In my courses on early Islam and the life of Muhammad, I teach to the amazement of my students that there are few pre-modern historical figures that we know more about than we do about Muhammad. The ...

Franciscan Fr. Joe Nangle is a member of the leadership of the Franciscan Holy Name Province and currently ministers to the Hispanic population at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Arlington, Va. On ...

The word of Allah did not come easily to Muhammad iln Abdallah. “Never once did I receive a revelation without thinking my soul had been torn from me,” the prophet said. Like many religious leaders, ...

Al-Bukhaari and Muslim (Allah’s mercy on them) are considered the most Saheeh of Hadeeth Books and scholars are unanimous that none are weak. But in the Tafseer of 29:48, where Maulana ...

The new seven-volume encyclopaedia of hadiths at the library of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate in Ankara. Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that ...

On Saturday, I sat down to prepare my Sharing Time lesson on “The prophets in the scriptures are examples to my family.” This week’s official lesson outline encouraged us to discuss with the children ...