IN the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful.After the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) received his first revelation in Mecca around 610 CE, marking the beginning of his prophetic mission, he spent ...

After completing his time in the cave, he would return to Mecca, circumambulate the Ka’ba seven times or more, and then return home. It was in this cave that the mission began, marked by the ...

His interviewees include pilgrims on their way to Mecca, a former adviser to Ariel Sharon, impassioned 9/11 commemorators on the streets of New York and Asad’s friends and colleagues.

Muhammad’s daytime was spent fulfilling his prophetic mission of teaching. His nights were spent in long solitary prayers. This lifestyle was scarcely conducive to sexual perversion as suggested ...

Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash, in a sermon attended by PA President Mahmoud Abbas on the day that renewed peace negotiations with Israel were announced, c ...