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He who practices medicine but is not known for medicine, is liable.

This hadith is narrated in Sahih Muslim from Jabir. What does it mean though? Let’s back up a minute..
Have you ever broken one of your limbs? You had to over compensate right?

From the beauty of Allah’s speech is the variant modes of reciting the Quran and the variant meanings that stem from them. In Surah Ibrahim verse 34, Allah says:

As the Arabs say: (مَنْ جَدّ وَجَدَ) He who puts in the effort will find what he is looking for.

What works for the kids will work for you, as long as you act like a child

This means what it says. You have to think like a child. Don’t over analyze things when learning. Don’t say “But WHY do they say al-walad al-dhaki for the smart boy and not walad al-dhaki?

Dedication is the key to succeeding at anything. You will have to dedicate time and money to this effort.

One of the biggest mistakes I made with my children was being afraid of failure. This lead me to not teach my children anything for a while because I feared that it would be incorrect. To get past this you have to set goals for yourself and your child, and realize that if Arabic is something important to you then your child with mistaken Arabic is better than him with none at all.

The legal tensions are obvious, but the strategic tensions may be lost on many Americans. With a significant number of US Muslims coming from countries where government intervention

Abortion is an important and at times divisive topic in American discourse. In this post we will discuss neither of the two extremes, but instead take a reductionist approach to the issue. Bear minimums here on applicable issues, evidences, and arguments. Many times when an issue is discussed in Islamic law both sides will gruel it out with lengthy arguments, we’ll cut to the chase here.

At times while seeking knowledge or being involved in Islamic work, some students ask questions, feeling that this is the “M.O.” of a student of knowledge. No doubt that asking questions is a part of learning, however it is neither the first part nor the most important.

Then there is the doctrine of precedent, one of my favourite doctrines. I have managed to apply it at least once a year since I’ve been on the Bench. The doctrine is that whenever you are faced with a decision, you always follow what the last person who was faced with the same decision did. It is a doctrine eminently suitable for a nation overwhelmingly populated by sheep. As the distinguished chemist, Cornford, said: “The doctrine is based on the theory that nothing should ever be done for the first time.”