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Instilling Love of the Prophet ﷺ in our Children

Instilling Love of the Prophet ﷺ in our Children

Even before becoming a parent, I always questioned, how am I supposed to love someone I don’t know? Well, you can’t. So, to put it bluntly, you nee...

Reimagining the Book Publishing Culture in 19th Century Singapore’s Kampong Gelam

Before 1910, Bussorah street was known as Sultan Road or Lorong Masjid Sultan. The street was concentrated with printing houses, bookshops and book...

Menyingkap Peristiwa Israk Mikraj Dalam Puisi Melayu

Kita bakal menyambut Israk Mikraj Nabi Muhammad ﷺ. Ini ialah peristiwa yang sangat luar biasa di mana tercatit ia kisah-kisahnya dalam pelbagai kit...

Maktabah al-Ḥalabī and the Ink of Jawi

Find out more about the history of one of the oldest publishing house in Egypt.

Kimia Kebahagiaan: Mencapai Ma’na Kebahagiaan

oleh Liyana Ramlan Perkembangan mutakhir perbahasan tentang kesihatan mental secara lazim pasti akan membawa kita kepada persoalan: apakah makna ke...

The Malibari Network in Nusantara

by Amirul Ulum The names Shaykh Zainudin ibn Ali al-Malibari (Zainudin Awwal/ The First) and Shaykh Zainudin Ibn Abdul Aziz al-Malibari (Zainudin T...

The Influential Nusantaran Sūfī in Mecca: Shaykh Ahmad Khatīb al-Sambasi al-Jawi

by Nurul Anwar Norruddin The Malay scholars in Mecca played an important role in spreading Islamic knowledge to this part of the world. The 18th to...

What's In A Name? Apa Ada pada Nama?

Nowadays, there are many popular books on sale in Malaysia and Indonesia listing appropriate Islamic names for children.[2] But what do we know of...

In The Footsteps of Our Teachers

Today is teacher’s day. A day where we honour, appreciate and shower our teachers with gifts. In schools, students would be putting up performances...

Imam Ghazali's Methodology in Delivering Knowledge and Its Spread in Malay World (Part II)

By Abdullah Zawawi Bin Mohd Zawawi Part II: The Manifestation of Imam al-Ghazālī's Methodology in Delivering Knowledge in the Process of Spreading ...

Sistem Pengajian Dars Niẓāmi: Suatu Pengenalan

Setiap institusi agama seperti universiti, pondok, mahupun pesantren pasti mempunyai sistem pengajian yang berbeza. Setiap sistem pengajian itu jug...

Imam al-Ghazālī's Methodology in Delivering Knowledge and Its Spread in The Malay World (Part 1)

Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī is a major figure in the Islamic intellectual tradition whose works, till today, remain relevant as a central reference. ...

Effective Steps in Choosing Quality Books

What is the benchmark that determines the quality of a particular book? What are the attributes of a good quality book? There are different views. ...