Islamic ideal in his different bodily, intellectually and mentally. The content and methods of his education being closely bound by the ideology of Islam. Abu Salih precisely presented Islamic Education as the rearing and preparation of the Muslim for his earthly and immortal.
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- The term ‘education' in Islam is understood and comprehended in a totally different manner to what is understood within Western societies. As we explored, the general understanding of an educated individual within Western societies is someone who possesses critical faculties and is perceived as being autonomouswith aesthetic sensitivity.
- We like to think of Islamic education as a composite rock made up of various, crystalline elements: 1) the depth and beauty of a traditional belief system and worldview based on the revelatory verses of the Qur'an that combines all the elements of human nature and the natural order into unified body of knowledge that is revealed.
- .The mosque, was the centre of the Islamic community, a place for prayer, meditation, religious instruction, political discussion, and a school. Mosques develop into well known places of learning, often with hundreds, sometimes with thousands of students, and frequently contained important libraries. By 900 nearly every mosque had an elementary school for the education of both boys.
1) Importance of Education
Transcript of the paper presented at the First Annual Conference of the Ahlu 'l-bayt Assembly of North America, October 12-13, 1993, Toronto, Canada.
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In a society where religion and knowledge in general and science in particular do not go hand in hand, it seems necessary to briefly describe the position of Islam vis-à-vis knowledge, Islam, in theory as well as in practice, has always promoted knowledge. Distinctive mark of human beings over the angels is knowledge:
'And Allah taught Adam all the names…' (2:31)
The first verses of the Quran began with the word:
'Read. Read in the name of thy Lord who created; [He] created the human being from blood clot. Read in the name of thy Lord who taught by the pen: [He] taught the human being what he did not know.'(96: 1-5).
The Qur'an says.
'Are those who have knowledge equal to those who do not have knowledge?!'(39:9).
The Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him and his progeny) has also emphasized the importance of seeking knowledge in different ways:
(a) Time: 'Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.'
(b) Place: 'Seek knowledge even if it is far as China.'
(c) Gender: 'Seeking of knowledge is a duty of every Muslim'
(d) Source: 'Wisdom is the lost property of the believer, he should take it even if finds it in the mouth of a mushrik.'
The Prophet did not only preach about importance of knowledge, he also gave examples of promoting knowledge. In the very first battle between the Muslims and unbelievers or Mecca, known as the war of Badr, the Muslims gain victory and caught seventy kuffars as prisoners of war. One of the criteria of releasing the POWs devised by the Prophet was that those who were literate among the prisoners could go free if they teach ten Muslim children how to read and write.
2) What Type of Knowledge?
Knowledge in Islam is normally divided into two broad categories: there is a famous saying 'al-'ilm 'ilman: 'ilmu- adyan wa ilmu abdan - knowledge is of two kinds: the knowledge concerning religions and the knowledge concerning [human and physical] bodies.' What has been mentioned above on the importance of knowledge refers to both, the religious as well as the secular knowledge.
The Quran has specifically talked about science also:
'In the creation of the heavens and the earth the alternation of the night and the day, in the ships that sail in the sea with their load…. in the rain which Allah sends down from the sky and thus revives the earth after its death; and then He spread in all kinds of animals; in the changing of the winds: in the clouds which have been left suspending between the heaven and the earth -in all these are clear signs for the people who understand' (2:164)
'We shall show them Our signs in the horizons and in themselves.' (41:53)
The backwardness of the Muslims in last few centuries, as far as education is concerned, is because of the following:
Scenario downloads. • The Muslims lost leadership in the field of physical science and technology because of arrogance which led to stagnation.
• The invasion by the Mongols, who were barbarians and did not appreciate the value of knowledge: they burned down the most prestigious libraries in Baghdad.
• In the nineteenth century, when the Muslims attempted to revive the process of education and knowledge in their societies, they naively adapted the western secular system which had completely separated the religious sciences from the secular sciences. (Example of the Turkish reformers of the last century and also Egyptian intellectuals of the early twentieth century, especially Dr. Taha Husayn in his Mustaqbilu ‘th-Thaqafah fi Misr. We can also mention Sir Syed Ahmad Khan of India.) The Muslim world is still suffering from the dissection between the religious and secular sciences.
This issue goes back to the basic difference between the Islamic and Christian view of knowledge. In Christianity, the Bible relates the fall of man to the sin of stealing the fruit from the tree of knowledge; whereas, in Islam, the Quran describes knowledge as the basis on which the man was given preference over the angels. Even historically, the Christian church is full of stories about its Inquisitors who censored the works of science and also tortured the scientists if they views were contrary to what the Bible said.
In Muslim history, no such institutionalized censorship or suppression of scientists can be found. In the Muslim world, you find the harmonious combination of the two types of knowledge. For example, in the person of Ibn Sina, you had someone who had written al-Isharat on philosophy and metaphysics, and also al-Qanun fi't-Tibb on medicine, a book whose Latin translation was used as a text in western universities till two centuries ago!
This dissection between the religious and secular sciences is the root of all the problems in the area of education for the Muslims world-wide. The greatest challenge for the Muslims of the twenty-first century is the issue of the bringing together of the two sciences, religious and secular, in such a way that knowledge brings people closer to God and gives meaning to the life on this earth. This is not impossible because historically the Muslims have done that in the past. Right from the days of Imam Muhammad al- Baqir (a.s.) till the down-fall of the Muslim empire. We had Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s) who taught theology to Hisham bin Hakam, Ahadith to Zurarah bin A'yan, and science to Jabir bin Hayyan. In our Imams, we see the example of a single source for religious as well as secular sciences.
The western science is based on experimental method. Let me just quote something about the alchemy of Muslims from Will Durant's The Story of Civilization,1 Muslim 'developed experimental method which is the greatest pride and tool of the modern mind. When Roger Bacon proclaimed that method to Europe, live hundred years after Jabir bin Hayyan, he owned his illumination to the Moors of Spain, whose light had come from the Muslim East.'
But, for today, I would like to briefly look at this issue in the Western context and propose some ideas which hopefully would generate discussions in the workshop this afternoon.
3) Education at the Basic Level
What can we do to combine the religions and secular education for Muslim children in North America? There are two solutions to these problems: a short-term and a long-term solution.
a) The Short Term Solution
Send our children to the public or private school for secular education; and for their religious education, send them to the: Sunday schools and summer programs. This is what we are doing at this stage of our settlement in this continent.
But this short-term solution is not a complete solution, its still suffers from the problem of separating religion from science; religion from real life issues. If the parents do not implement what is taught to the students at the Sunday schools, then there is the danger that the student might suffer from the double standard syndrome: behave as a Muslim in madrasah, masjid and majlis but. behave as a 'regular' with others.
b) The Long-Term Solution
Creation of full time Islamic schools. This will provide The Muslim students with a morally Islamic atmosphere turning the peer pressure in favour of Islam rather than against Islam.
Secondly, a full time Islamic school would integrate the secular sciences with religious sciences — science will became not only a servant of man but also a means of serving Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.
4) Education at Advanced Level
At the present stage of our settlement, on this continent, we cannot think of the same solution for the advanced level or education as we presented about the basic level of education. Maybe, our future generations may explore the means and ways of establishing an Islamic university which our students can study the so-called 'non-religious' sciences not as anti-religious but as part of their 'religious' outlook.
At the moment, however, our efforts should be concentrated on bridging the gap between the 'ulama and the scientists on the intellectual and mental levels. This may be done in two ways:
a) Short Term
There should be regular inter-action, dialogue and discussion between the ulama and scholars of secular sciences.
b) Long Term
(a) The 'ulama' should become familiar with the modern scientific issues: their information on social, economic, and ethical issues of our time must be up- to-date and correct.
In the old Islamic system, there was no separation between the centers of learning of religious and secular sciences. You could have gone to Baghdad, Hella, Najaf, Ray, Cairo, Fez, Qum or Cordova for seeking of religious as well as scientific knowledge. Even now, I personally know of examples among the 'ulama' of Qum who had hired a learned economist from the University of Tehran to visit them on a weekly basis to discuss the most modern and advance economic theories of the time. My own grandfather was an ‘alim and also a tabib.
(b) The Muslim scientists must familiar themselves with the basic texts of Islam: the Qur'an and sunnah.
The Muslim scientists must become familiar with the Islamic literature related to the areas of their specialization. When the Prophet said, 'I am leaving two precious things amongst you: the Book of Allah and my family; as long as you hold to them you will never be led astray,' he was not only addressing the ‘ulama': he was leaving these two guides for the entire ummah.
Out of six thousand and some verses of the Qur'an, only five hundred arc on fiqh, The verses on nature and creation are still waiting explanation by the Muslim scientists. The ahadith on nature and science arc still waiting for explanation at the hands of Muslim scientists. Allamah Majlisi has compiled a 110 volumes encyclopaedia of Ahadith known as Biharul Anwar. In this compilation, there a complete volume on the verses and ahadith related to the earth and heavens; this particular volume is sub-titled as 'kitabu ‘s-sama' wa 'l ardh' — the book of the heaven and earth.
Small steps have already been taken by some scientists to study the original texts of Islam on scientific issues. The fore-most example is that of Dr. Maurice BuCaille in his Bible, Qur'an Science. Also a group of Canadian science Lists from the University of Toronto were invited in early eighties by a university in Arabia to study embryology in the Quran and hadith. These non-Muslims were astonished to see that the Qur'an spoke about issues which have been discovered only recently by the modern science on embryology.
My prayers is to see that Muslim scientists come up with ground-breaking theories based on the Quran and Ahadith rather than wait for science to discover something and then say that it was mentioned by the Qur'an 1400 years ago!
5) Some more Suggestions
The Shi'ah community of North America is, al hamdulila-Lah, affluent to take care of its children. And I strongly believe that our organizations, specially the federal, national or umbrella organizations, must establish scholarship programs for those who want to pursue advance studies in all fields of knowledge. They should also establish 'awards' for those of our children who show excellence in their academic fields. Even Muslim scholars and scientists should be awarded for their achievements. Such projects already exist among other ethnic and religious groups. e.g., the Jewish people, who recognise the achievements of their own people. We should we not take pride in our community members and support them.
If there are organizations which have such programs, then they should be more publicized among- our communities all over North America. I hope the ideas I have thrown around will help in generating discussion and formulating a vision and a view of future, which, I believe is optimistic.
Remember, our Imams have said that if you have to select between wealth and knowledge, go for knowledge: wealth can he stolen but knowledge can never be taken away; wealth decreases with usage but the more you use your knowledge the more you increase in it.
Look at the examples of our Imams: the rulers took away the wealth but they could not take away the knowledge which had been bestowed upon them by Allah. In spite of all the bitterness between Imam Ali and first caliphs, the second caliph used to approach Imam Ali whenever he could not resolve a legal or Qur'anic problem.
We are in minority in this continent; when political stability and economic prosperity is there, we as immigrants or minorities are acceptable. But no one knows what will happen to the present tolerant environment when the economic indicator goes down or these countries lose their political stability. Look at the anti-immigrant, sentiments in Europe during the last two years. Our wealth may be taken away; but if we have knowledge, no one will be able to deprive us of it. With knowledge, we may regain our wealth; but with wealth, you cannot buy knowledge
- 1. vol. on Religion, p. 249
Gaining Islamic knowledge is an onus upon every Muslim and learning it and teaching it to others is considered one of the best ways to attain success in this life and the next.
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) has said, 'Seeking knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim.'
In today's Digital Age learning about Islam has never been easier. Yet, not all what is available on the internet can said to be from credible sources and as a Muslim one has to be careful from where he/she learns their religion from.
So to counter the above scenario we have prepared this list that covers some of the most authentic Islamic websites out there. However, many of the websites in our list specialize in a particular field, so we tried to cover all different aspects of the religion through highlighting different websites; from learning how to read basic Arabic to websites where one can have their doubts or questions answered.
Islam Question And Answer
Web: islamqa.info
If you want to know about any Islamic ruling under the sun, then this is the website that you should be heading to. You could ask your question here or chances are that someone has already asked a similar question before, so you could just browse through previous answers as well.
This rulings posted on the website are supervised by renowned Sheikh Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid and the fatwas posted use only authentic sources based on the Quran and sunnah and other reliable contemporary scholarly opinions. Clear references are provided as and when necessary.
Madinah Arabic
Web: madinaharabic.com
The website is extremely useful for those who want to learn the Arabic language in an Islamic framework. It follows the Madinah Book Series by Dr V Abdur Rahim, which is used in the Islamic University of Madinah to teach the Arabic language to non-Arab students.
877-Why-Islam
Web: whyislam.org
It is aimed mainly at non-Muslims who are willing to learn more about Islam. The website has a lot of interfaith material covering Islam, Christianity and Judaism amongst others. It introduces Islam to its readers and tries to dispel erroneous stereotypes and misconceptions about the religion that is rife nowadays.
Islam Way
Web: en.islamway.net
From several recitations and translations of the Quran to articles, eBooks and fatwas – this site can cater to most needs of Muslims globally. It is one of the most popular Islamic websites in the world and is available in several languages as well.
Muslim Heritage
Web: muslimheritage.com
Those interested in Islamic history and the contribution of Islam to various sciences will find this website to be one of the most extensive on the topic.
Peace TV
Web: peacetv.tv
One of the most-watched Islamic TV channels on the globe, this is the official website of Peace TV that allows you to stream the live broadcast for free. You can also get to know more about the speakers and the daily programming schedule here.
The Noble Quran
Web: quran.com
Dedicated to those who want to read the Quran, the website offers translations of the Holy Book in numerous languages. Just select the surah you want to read and start. Each surah is accompanied by transliterations and an introduction. You can also just click play and select the reciter whose recitation you'd like to hear and listen to the Quran.
Islam Web
Web: islamweb.net
This voluminous website is a library of Islamic knowledge covering numerous aspects of Islam. Plentiful articles, eBooks, audios of the Quran, fatwas and lots more.
Sunnah.com
Educationall Islamic Content In One Placemats
Hornsounds. Web: sunnah.com
Housing most major collections of ahadith of the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.), the website is dedicated to those who want to research, study or understand the various sayings of the final messenger (P.B.U.H). The multilingual website even offers a search facility so one can just type a particular word in the search box and results will appear highlighting the various hadiths that the word has been mentioned.
Educationall Islamic Content In One Places
Islam House
Web: islamhouse.com
The website claims to be the 'largest and most authentic free reference to introduce Islam in the world languages on the internet'. It features texts from a massive 115 languages and has plentiful resources for new Muslims and non-Muslims interested in Islam.
Islamic Online University (IOU)
Educationall Islamic Content In One Place Crossword
Web: islamiconlineuniversity.com
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(b) Place: 'Seek knowledge even if it is far as China.'
(c) Gender: 'Seeking of knowledge is a duty of every Muslim'
(d) Source: 'Wisdom is the lost property of the believer, he should take it even if finds it in the mouth of a mushrik.'
The Prophet did not only preach about importance of knowledge, he also gave examples of promoting knowledge. In the very first battle between the Muslims and unbelievers or Mecca, known as the war of Badr, the Muslims gain victory and caught seventy kuffars as prisoners of war. One of the criteria of releasing the POWs devised by the Prophet was that those who were literate among the prisoners could go free if they teach ten Muslim children how to read and write.
2) What Type of Knowledge?
Knowledge in Islam is normally divided into two broad categories: there is a famous saying 'al-'ilm 'ilman: 'ilmu- adyan wa ilmu abdan - knowledge is of two kinds: the knowledge concerning religions and the knowledge concerning [human and physical] bodies.' What has been mentioned above on the importance of knowledge refers to both, the religious as well as the secular knowledge.
The Quran has specifically talked about science also:
'In the creation of the heavens and the earth the alternation of the night and the day, in the ships that sail in the sea with their load…. in the rain which Allah sends down from the sky and thus revives the earth after its death; and then He spread in all kinds of animals; in the changing of the winds: in the clouds which have been left suspending between the heaven and the earth -in all these are clear signs for the people who understand' (2:164)
'We shall show them Our signs in the horizons and in themselves.' (41:53)
The backwardness of the Muslims in last few centuries, as far as education is concerned, is because of the following:
Scenario downloads. • The Muslims lost leadership in the field of physical science and technology because of arrogance which led to stagnation.
• The invasion by the Mongols, who were barbarians and did not appreciate the value of knowledge: they burned down the most prestigious libraries in Baghdad.
• In the nineteenth century, when the Muslims attempted to revive the process of education and knowledge in their societies, they naively adapted the western secular system which had completely separated the religious sciences from the secular sciences. (Example of the Turkish reformers of the last century and also Egyptian intellectuals of the early twentieth century, especially Dr. Taha Husayn in his Mustaqbilu ‘th-Thaqafah fi Misr. We can also mention Sir Syed Ahmad Khan of India.) The Muslim world is still suffering from the dissection between the religious and secular sciences.
This issue goes back to the basic difference between the Islamic and Christian view of knowledge. In Christianity, the Bible relates the fall of man to the sin of stealing the fruit from the tree of knowledge; whereas, in Islam, the Quran describes knowledge as the basis on which the man was given preference over the angels. Even historically, the Christian church is full of stories about its Inquisitors who censored the works of science and also tortured the scientists if they views were contrary to what the Bible said.
In Muslim history, no such institutionalized censorship or suppression of scientists can be found. In the Muslim world, you find the harmonious combination of the two types of knowledge. For example, in the person of Ibn Sina, you had someone who had written al-Isharat on philosophy and metaphysics, and also al-Qanun fi't-Tibb on medicine, a book whose Latin translation was used as a text in western universities till two centuries ago!
This dissection between the religious and secular sciences is the root of all the problems in the area of education for the Muslims world-wide. The greatest challenge for the Muslims of the twenty-first century is the issue of the bringing together of the two sciences, religious and secular, in such a way that knowledge brings people closer to God and gives meaning to the life on this earth. This is not impossible because historically the Muslims have done that in the past. Right from the days of Imam Muhammad al- Baqir (a.s.) till the down-fall of the Muslim empire. We had Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s) who taught theology to Hisham bin Hakam, Ahadith to Zurarah bin A'yan, and science to Jabir bin Hayyan. In our Imams, we see the example of a single source for religious as well as secular sciences.
The western science is based on experimental method. Let me just quote something about the alchemy of Muslims from Will Durant's The Story of Civilization,1 Muslim 'developed experimental method which is the greatest pride and tool of the modern mind. When Roger Bacon proclaimed that method to Europe, live hundred years after Jabir bin Hayyan, he owned his illumination to the Moors of Spain, whose light had come from the Muslim East.'
But, for today, I would like to briefly look at this issue in the Western context and propose some ideas which hopefully would generate discussions in the workshop this afternoon.
3) Education at the Basic Level
What can we do to combine the religions and secular education for Muslim children in North America? There are two solutions to these problems: a short-term and a long-term solution.
a) The Short Term Solution
Send our children to the public or private school for secular education; and for their religious education, send them to the: Sunday schools and summer programs. This is what we are doing at this stage of our settlement in this continent.
But this short-term solution is not a complete solution, its still suffers from the problem of separating religion from science; religion from real life issues. If the parents do not implement what is taught to the students at the Sunday schools, then there is the danger that the student might suffer from the double standard syndrome: behave as a Muslim in madrasah, masjid and majlis but. behave as a 'regular' with others.
b) The Long-Term Solution
Creation of full time Islamic schools. This will provide The Muslim students with a morally Islamic atmosphere turning the peer pressure in favour of Islam rather than against Islam.
Secondly, a full time Islamic school would integrate the secular sciences with religious sciences — science will became not only a servant of man but also a means of serving Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.
4) Education at Advanced Level
At the present stage of our settlement, on this continent, we cannot think of the same solution for the advanced level or education as we presented about the basic level of education. Maybe, our future generations may explore the means and ways of establishing an Islamic university which our students can study the so-called 'non-religious' sciences not as anti-religious but as part of their 'religious' outlook.
At the moment, however, our efforts should be concentrated on bridging the gap between the 'ulama and the scientists on the intellectual and mental levels. This may be done in two ways:
a) Short Term
There should be regular inter-action, dialogue and discussion between the ulama and scholars of secular sciences.
b) Long Term
(a) The 'ulama' should become familiar with the modern scientific issues: their information on social, economic, and ethical issues of our time must be up- to-date and correct.
In the old Islamic system, there was no separation between the centers of learning of religious and secular sciences. You could have gone to Baghdad, Hella, Najaf, Ray, Cairo, Fez, Qum or Cordova for seeking of religious as well as scientific knowledge. Even now, I personally know of examples among the 'ulama' of Qum who had hired a learned economist from the University of Tehran to visit them on a weekly basis to discuss the most modern and advance economic theories of the time. My own grandfather was an ‘alim and also a tabib.
(b) The Muslim scientists must familiar themselves with the basic texts of Islam: the Qur'an and sunnah.
The Muslim scientists must become familiar with the Islamic literature related to the areas of their specialization. When the Prophet said, 'I am leaving two precious things amongst you: the Book of Allah and my family; as long as you hold to them you will never be led astray,' he was not only addressing the ‘ulama': he was leaving these two guides for the entire ummah.
Out of six thousand and some verses of the Qur'an, only five hundred arc on fiqh, The verses on nature and creation are still waiting explanation by the Muslim scientists. The ahadith on nature and science arc still waiting for explanation at the hands of Muslim scientists. Allamah Majlisi has compiled a 110 volumes encyclopaedia of Ahadith known as Biharul Anwar. In this compilation, there a complete volume on the verses and ahadith related to the earth and heavens; this particular volume is sub-titled as 'kitabu ‘s-sama' wa 'l ardh' — the book of the heaven and earth.
Small steps have already been taken by some scientists to study the original texts of Islam on scientific issues. The fore-most example is that of Dr. Maurice BuCaille in his Bible, Qur'an Science. Also a group of Canadian science Lists from the University of Toronto were invited in early eighties by a university in Arabia to study embryology in the Quran and hadith. These non-Muslims were astonished to see that the Qur'an spoke about issues which have been discovered only recently by the modern science on embryology.
My prayers is to see that Muslim scientists come up with ground-breaking theories based on the Quran and Ahadith rather than wait for science to discover something and then say that it was mentioned by the Qur'an 1400 years ago!
5) Some more Suggestions
The Shi'ah community of North America is, al hamdulila-Lah, affluent to take care of its children. And I strongly believe that our organizations, specially the federal, national or umbrella organizations, must establish scholarship programs for those who want to pursue advance studies in all fields of knowledge. They should also establish 'awards' for those of our children who show excellence in their academic fields. Even Muslim scholars and scientists should be awarded for their achievements. Such projects already exist among other ethnic and religious groups. e.g., the Jewish people, who recognise the achievements of their own people. We should we not take pride in our community members and support them.
If there are organizations which have such programs, then they should be more publicized among- our communities all over North America. I hope the ideas I have thrown around will help in generating discussion and formulating a vision and a view of future, which, I believe is optimistic.
Remember, our Imams have said that if you have to select between wealth and knowledge, go for knowledge: wealth can he stolen but knowledge can never be taken away; wealth decreases with usage but the more you use your knowledge the more you increase in it.
Look at the examples of our Imams: the rulers took away the wealth but they could not take away the knowledge which had been bestowed upon them by Allah. In spite of all the bitterness between Imam Ali and first caliphs, the second caliph used to approach Imam Ali whenever he could not resolve a legal or Qur'anic problem.
We are in minority in this continent; when political stability and economic prosperity is there, we as immigrants or minorities are acceptable. But no one knows what will happen to the present tolerant environment when the economic indicator goes down or these countries lose their political stability. Look at the anti-immigrant, sentiments in Europe during the last two years. Our wealth may be taken away; but if we have knowledge, no one will be able to deprive us of it. With knowledge, we may regain our wealth; but with wealth, you cannot buy knowledge
- 1. vol. on Religion, p. 249
Gaining Islamic knowledge is an onus upon every Muslim and learning it and teaching it to others is considered one of the best ways to attain success in this life and the next.
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) has said, 'Seeking knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim.'
In today's Digital Age learning about Islam has never been easier. Yet, not all what is available on the internet can said to be from credible sources and as a Muslim one has to be careful from where he/she learns their religion from.
So to counter the above scenario we have prepared this list that covers some of the most authentic Islamic websites out there. However, many of the websites in our list specialize in a particular field, so we tried to cover all different aspects of the religion through highlighting different websites; from learning how to read basic Arabic to websites where one can have their doubts or questions answered.
Islam Question And Answer
Web: islamqa.info
If you want to know about any Islamic ruling under the sun, then this is the website that you should be heading to. You could ask your question here or chances are that someone has already asked a similar question before, so you could just browse through previous answers as well.
This rulings posted on the website are supervised by renowned Sheikh Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid and the fatwas posted use only authentic sources based on the Quran and sunnah and other reliable contemporary scholarly opinions. Clear references are provided as and when necessary.
Madinah Arabic
Web: madinaharabic.com
The website is extremely useful for those who want to learn the Arabic language in an Islamic framework. It follows the Madinah Book Series by Dr V Abdur Rahim, which is used in the Islamic University of Madinah to teach the Arabic language to non-Arab students.
877-Why-Islam
Web: whyislam.org
It is aimed mainly at non-Muslims who are willing to learn more about Islam. The website has a lot of interfaith material covering Islam, Christianity and Judaism amongst others. It introduces Islam to its readers and tries to dispel erroneous stereotypes and misconceptions about the religion that is rife nowadays.
Islam Way
Web: en.islamway.net
From several recitations and translations of the Quran to articles, eBooks and fatwas – this site can cater to most needs of Muslims globally. It is one of the most popular Islamic websites in the world and is available in several languages as well.
Muslim Heritage
Web: muslimheritage.com
Those interested in Islamic history and the contribution of Islam to various sciences will find this website to be one of the most extensive on the topic.
Peace TV
Web: peacetv.tv
One of the most-watched Islamic TV channels on the globe, this is the official website of Peace TV that allows you to stream the live broadcast for free. You can also get to know more about the speakers and the daily programming schedule here.
The Noble Quran
Web: quran.com
Dedicated to those who want to read the Quran, the website offers translations of the Holy Book in numerous languages. Just select the surah you want to read and start. Each surah is accompanied by transliterations and an introduction. You can also just click play and select the reciter whose recitation you'd like to hear and listen to the Quran.
Islam Web
Web: islamweb.net
This voluminous website is a library of Islamic knowledge covering numerous aspects of Islam. Plentiful articles, eBooks, audios of the Quran, fatwas and lots more.
Sunnah.com
Educationall Islamic Content In One Placemats
Hornsounds. Web: sunnah.com
Housing most major collections of ahadith of the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.), the website is dedicated to those who want to research, study or understand the various sayings of the final messenger (P.B.U.H). The multilingual website even offers a search facility so one can just type a particular word in the search box and results will appear highlighting the various hadiths that the word has been mentioned.
Educationall Islamic Content In One Places
Islam House
Web: islamhouse.com
The website claims to be the 'largest and most authentic free reference to introduce Islam in the world languages on the internet'. It features texts from a massive 115 languages and has plentiful resources for new Muslims and non-Muslims interested in Islam.
Islamic Online University (IOU)
Educationall Islamic Content In One Place Crossword
Web: islamiconlineuniversity.com
Educationall Islamic Content In One Placemat
Founded by eminent scholar, Dr. Bilal Philips, the online university offers tuition-free diplomas, undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs. Since the courses are offered online, one can learn authentic Islamic knowledge that is provided in these courses without having to leave the precincts of their homes.
