Sheikh Mahmood Husri
Sheikh Mahmood Khaleel Husri was born in 1917 in the village of Shibrun Namlah in Tanta, Egypt. By 8 he had memorized the Quraan at the Madrassah in h...
Sheikhs of Robben Island
Sheikh Abdur Rahmaan Matura was buried on Robben Island about 260 years ago. He defied Dutch colonial rule and was imprisoned on the island in the 17t...
Tribute to Moulana Yunus Patel rahimahullah
I wrote the following article a few days ago and did not mention the Aalim's name. Then the sad news came of Moulana Yunus Patel rahimahullah's demise...
Fatimah bint Asad rahiallahu anha
Fatimah bint Asad radhiallahu anha belonged to the Hashimite clan. Her grandfather was Hashim, the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam’s great-grandfa...
Haji Bhai Padia
Goolam Muhammad Ismail Padia, known as Haji Bhai Padia rahimahullah was born in Umzinto, South Africa in 1935. His father was Hafiz Ismail and his mot...
Moulana Yunus Patel
The Closing of a Chapter
The passing away of Hazrat Moulana Yunus Patel rahimahullah in the precincts of the Ka’bah in Makkah Mukarramah on 12 July...
Imam Ahmed Gurey
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, known in Somali as Gurey, was Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate in Somalia who invaded Ethiopia and defeated several ...
Nuruddin Zangi
Nuruddin Abu al-Qasim Mahmud Ibn Imad ad- Din Zangi born 1118, died 1174 in Damascus, Syria. He was Emir of Damascus and Aleppo and reigned from 1146-...
Musa ibn Abil Ghassan
Not much is known about the life of this hero of Islam in its last days in Spain. His name was Musa ibn Abil Ghassan. He was a knight from a royal lin...
Muhammad Ibn Qasim
Imaduddeen Muhammad bin Qasim bin Yusuf Sakifi. Born: 695 in Taif, Arabia. Died: 715. He was an Umayyad general who, at the age of 17, began the conqu...