There was once a wealthy man who had gardens and orchards. In his garden, there were pomegranates. One day, as he entered his garden, he asked a worker to bring him ripe, sweet pomegranates. The…
We are all students, and a great deal of our lives are dedicated to learning, the various subjects we study come from many sound sources. The teachings themselves are coming from Allah (SWT) and his…
You may have heard that the companions of the prophet (SAW) were divided into two main categories. There were those who had migrated to Madinah and those who had migrated from there. Those who had…
One of the outstanding features of the sahaba (RA) was that, while they were learning, they were applying whatever they had learned. Sahaba (RA) tell us that the prophet (SAW) used to teach them ten…
One of the most common emotions we feel is anger and anger is a very specific type of feeling that develops inside a person when a number of things happen. Generally speaking, anger is our…
After the Muslims conquered Persia, the king of that time escaped and went into hiding. In this way, he spent the rest of his life and died. In the meantime, his children were taken captive…
There was a Muslim king by the name of Nizham al Mulk who had started a series of Islamic schools around the country. This is primarily in the area that we call today as Iran…
Allah (SWT) has made the system of teaching and learning such that he has designated certain means (“asbab”) as we call them in Arabic for acquiring knowledge. These means are important because knowledge, in the…
One of the greatest favours upon us by Allah (SWT) is that he gives us people who educate us and take us from one phase of our education to the next. These are our teachers…
Islam invited mankind towards the best of teachings; Islam came with a set of teachings that would be pushing people forward, compelling them to think of those around them and of the future The teachings…
Many people know the story of when the prophet (SAW) migrated from Makkah to Madinah and how he left Sayyid Ali (RA) in his place and the people of Quraysh, who had plotted to kill…
We started talking about how the best of students, the sahaba (RA), used to learn from the best of teachers, the prophet (SAW). One of the characteristics of the sahaba, when it came to learning,…