By SuhaibWebb on Islam and Religion from www.suhaibwebb.com
Today, often times a “religious” person is seen to be someone who is rough and rigid, spouting do’s and don’ts without thinking twice about the emotions of the person being scolded. The Prophet ﷺ, however, was the farthest from any such description. He was a man who was enveloped in mercy, who cared for the weak, encouraged the women, and stood up for anyone in need. 
By SuhaibWebb on Opinion from www.suhaibwebb.com
Leaving is hard. Losing is harder. So a few weeks ago I asked the question, ‘why do people have to leave each other?’ The answer took me into some of my life’s deepest realizations and struggles. But it has also led me to wonder: After people leave, do they ever return? After something we love is taken from us, does it ever come back? Is loss permanent—or just a means for a higher purpose? Is loss the End itself, or a temporary cure for our heart’s ailments? 
By MuslimVoices on Opinion from muslimvoices.org
Professor of Religious Studies' William C. Chittick discusses Sufism and the need for love. 
By SuhaibWebb on Islam and Religion from www.suhaibwebb.com
By SuhaibWebb on Islam and Religion from www.suhaibwebb.com
Question: Is dating allowed in Islam so that I can get to know someone for marriage? It’s hard to get married and dating is normal in our society. Arranged marriages aren’t realistic for us nowadays.
By funkymonkey on Muslim Lifestyle from wina79.multiply.com
Some of these might be offensive, but I will let you be the judge.
By SuhaibWebb on Everything Else from www.suhaibwebb.com
I read of a great courtship, a love story that is so romantic it’s divine. The setting – Madyan, the land of frankincense, I can almost smell it lingering in the air. Historian Abdulla Al-Wohaibi writes that Madyan was “a flourishing ancient town with numerous wells and permanently flowing springs whose water had good taste. There were farms, gardens and groves of palm trees.” 
By elan on Everything Else from www.elanthemag.com
Muslims love many things, including forwarding junk emails to friends and family. They do it out of love and out of not understanding how the Internet works. How thoughtful!Read More 
By MuslimMatters on Opinion from muslimmatters.org
I could have been sleeping at home in my comfortable bedroom with it's neat-and-clean attached bathroom, offering my Fajr on a plush Musallah... but no, going through all those experiences that night opened my eyes to an existence that was based on putting someone else before your own needs. In a sense, it was a physical enactment of suppressing the desires of the Nafs for the sake of pleasing Allah(swt). 
By SuhaibWebb on Everything Else from www.suhaibwebb.com
Valentine’s DayBy Abu MajeedI once dropped by the MSA at the University of Tulsa and heard a very disturbing story. A man from the area had left Islam and had recently given a talk at a local church about his apostasy. He claimed that there was no love in Islam. He felt that the Islamic [...] 
