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To see every Muslim confident and impacting the world
We don't have perfect knowledge
This is a huge point made by Dr. Zeyn Green-Thompson, a medical doctor and Consultant Perinatal and Liaison Psychiatrist at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
Since we do not know everything that will happen, being hopeless is always false. On the other hand, having hope is always true, because you can't be sure that things will never get better!
Watch the full video:
🎥 https://youtu.be/Xxswhmir09w
The masjid should absolutely remain first and foremost a place of worship, guidance, and spirituality. Nobody is arguing otherwise. But if it is truly the centre of Muslim communal life, it cannot remain disconnected from the realities shaping the community it serves.
Masājid must increasingly become outward-facing. They must become places that help facilitate guidance, service, organisation, and responsible engagement for the wider community.
https://www.islam21c.com/politics/masjid-centre-of-influence/
Looking for something meaningful to do as a family this summer?
Family Break 2026 returns with this year's theme: The Greatest — Reflections on Āyat al-Kursī.
Spend quality time in an uplifting environment of learning, reflection, and recreation alongside hundreds of other Muslim families.
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Love is not lost overnight. It can sometimes fade through busy schedules, neglected relationships, wounded hearts, and forgetting the purpose that brought us together in the first place.
This upcoming evening will explore how faith can help restore love, strengthen relationships, and bring mercy back into our lives.
Book now: https://charitydinner.co.uk
This life is anything but a fairytale
This life is not all "love and peace" as some may want us to believe; rather, there will always be conflicts, wars, battles, and each and every one is there to test us.
Once we understand the above, everything else in this world should then also be understood according to that concept.
Watch the full video:
🎥 https://youtu.be/UN7Ax-H7mU8
The political awakening we are seeing in our community is real. That should be welcomed. We have shown that we can mobilise. We have shown that we can protest. We have shown that we can vote. But awakening alone is not maturity.
Mawlana Tahir Talati argues that the real question now is whether we can build. Because voting creates moments, but relationships create influence. And if our political engagement begins and ends at the ballot box, we will remain visible without ever becoming truly influential.
https://www.islam21c.com/politics/awakening-to-influence/
Love is an action, not a feeling
We're in a world where the meaning of love has been lost.
The Prophet ﷺ embodied love in the way we need to emulate: saying it often to those we care about, giving gifts, speaking with encouragement, and showing love through action rather than passivity.
Watch the full video:
🎥https://youtu.be/OCfPSkFBYos
Are we really there for our kids?
This is a profound point: we have to build an environment of connection prior to correction, especially when it comes to our children.
In fact, we may even find that many of their mistakes are better off put to one side, while we focus on those that actually matter.
Watch the full video:
🎥 https://youtu.be/OCfPSkFBYos
This is a ruling on the cutting of hair and nails for the families of the one offering Qurbani/Udhiyah.
https://www.islam21c.com/fatwa/cutting-hair-and-nails-qurbani/
We are very pleased to share the details of an upcoming book launch by one of our long-time contributors, Zimarina Sarwar.
Her latest work, “Journey of the Soul, Heading Home”, explores the human soul, its purpose, and its journey through this life and beyond.
Suitable for children aged 10+, the book reflects on what it truly means to be human, how we nourish the soul Allah has entrusted to us, and how we prepare for the eternal life to come.
The event will include live storytelling, a book reading, Q&A, and a book signing. Registration is not required, and families are welcome.
⏰ Saturday 23 May 2026, 11:30-15:00
📍 Lakeside Suite, Fairlop Waters Country Park, Forest Road, Ilford, IG6 3HN
In this article, Ustadh Faizaan Mahmood talks about how we, as non-pilgrims, can make the most of the best days of the year.
https://www.islam21c.com/seasonal-reminders/dhul-hijjah/live-by-the-pilgrims-code/
Day 2 of our special 10-part Dhul Hijjah series — daily reminders for the greatest days of the year.
You may think these are ordinary days, but Allah swore by them and the Prophet ﷺ called them “the best days in the world”.
Opportunities come and go. These ten days will too. Don’t let them pass like every other week.
Absorb the full insights from Shaykh Ali Hammuda on Islam21c.
https://www.islam21c.com/seasonal-reminders/best-days-ever/
Day 1 of our special 10-part Dhul Hijjah series — daily reminders for the greatest days of the year.
One day. Endless mercy.
The Saudi Press Agency has announced that tomorrow, Monday, is the first day of the month of Dhul Hijjah, and the Day of ‘Arafah will be on Tuesday, 26 May 2026.
O Allah, do not let the sun set on this day except that You have forgiven all of our sins.
For the ignorant, history began recently.
For Palestinians, the stark reality has been experienced generation after generation.
The horrifying Nakba of 1948 saw over 700,000 Palestinians ethnically cleansed from their homes, towns, and villages in a brutal mass uprooting by Israeli forces that devastated an entire indigenous people.
O Allah, aid us to bring an end to oppression and occupation, return dignity and safety to the oppressed, and grant the people of Palestine justice, relief, and lasting peace.
Women are the secret to civilisational success
"You cannot flourish as a civilisation, except with women."
Many conversations about reviving the Ummah focus on leadership, institutions, and strategy. But what if one of the most important foundations of a flourishing society is being overlooked?
Watch the full video:
🎥 https://youtu.be/mh6jCxdAebo
Children are like empty cups that need filling
We often focus heavily on harmful ideologies, whether liberalism, LGBTQ, or others — but that is not always where our greatest efforts are needed.
If our children grow up feeling loved, valued, listened to, and emotionally secure, they are far less likely to seek belonging elsewhere.
See them as empty cups needing love, affection, guidance, and attention poured into them before outside influences fill the gap.
Watch the full video:
🎥 https://youtu.be/OCfPSkFBYos
Why does practising Islam feel so complicated today?
In this new Islam21c podcast, Shaykh Dr Hatem al-Haj joins us for a deep and timely conversation on modern Muslim life — from politics, fatwas, maqāṣid and minority fiqh, to marriage, family breakdown, spirituality, and why so many Muslims feel that their faith has become dry or distant.
This isn’t just a discussion about “modern issues”. It’s about how to remain grounded in revelation while navigating a world that constantly pulls the heart, family, and community in different directions.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/4YEPuFvJ4Qo
Pushing away intrusive thoughts makes them worse?
It's normal to have intrusive thoughts, what we should do is avoid the things that set them off or make them worse, be that scrolling on social media, Reddit, Googling symptoms, etc.
We should instead accept that the compulsive thoughts are there in the background, while simultaneously moving on with life. This will change how we deal with such experiences.
Full video:
🎥 https://youtu.be/VP1qNaKeIKw
Do we worship our bodies?
In this clip from our recent podcast episode with Shaykh Abu Eesa Niamatullah, an interesting point is raised about how younger generations have become intensely focused on health and fitness — perhaps even to the point of obsession.
As priorities and lifestyles shift across generations, we need to ensure we remain relevant and connected to those younger than us, especially in a time when so many outside influences can shape their thinking and behaviour.
Watch the full video:
🎥 https://youtu.be/qiswHaCmlBE
Men and women were separated from their fitrah — and each other.
Here’s how we fix it.
This OnGuard episode with Sheikh Shaqur Rehman goes deep into how Muslim families were weakened, why motherhood and wifehood were devalued, how men lost real Islamic leadership, and what it takes to rebuild the home as the foundation of the Ummah.
This is not just a “gender roles” discussion. It’s about civilisation, family, tarbiyah, haya, and the future of our children.
Watch here:
https://youtu.be/mh6jCxdAebo
This is why fathers carry more than we realise, and why honouring them is among the greatest paths to Allah.
https://www.islam21c.com/islamic-thought/fathers-are-forgotten-gate-to-paradise/
Day 4 of our special 10-part Dhul Hijjah series — daily reminders for the greatest days of the year.
Three days. A lifetime of lessons. Discover what the university of Hajj was always trying to teach you.
https://www.islam21c.com/seasonal-reminders/hajj/lessons-from-the-university-of-hajj/
What happens when you know Islam is true… but still feel empty inside?
In this powerful episode of OnGuard, Hamza Tzortzis speaks to Imran Hussein about anxiety, intrusive thoughts, depression, nihilism, and the search for meaning.
Imran shares his own journey through darkness, the moment life seemed to lose its meaning, and how turning back to Allah transformed everything. But that wasn't the end...
This is an important conversation for anyone who has ever felt lost, anxious, spiritually numb, or overwhelmed — and for anyone trying to support someone who is.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/VP1qNaKeIKw
And search for 'OnGuard' on any of the online podcast platforms to listen.
Day 3 of our special 10-part Dhul Hijjah series — daily reminders for the greatest days of the year.
The days of Dhul Hijjah are not only for the pilgrims of Makkah!
They are sacred opportunities for every believer to pause, refocus, and draw closer to Allah through dhikr, prayer, patience, charity, and sacrifice.
What we prioritise in these blessed days can shape the rest of our year. Absorb the full insights from Ustadh Faizaan Mahmood on Islam21c.
https://www.islam21c.com/seasonal-reminders/dhul-hijjah/live-by-the-pilgrims-code/
In this article, Zimarina Sarwar reframes the story of Ibrāhīm (ʿalayhi al-Salām) through three unexpected lenses:
a celebrity considering rib-removal surgery for one awards ceremony; a violinist whose mother trained her musical technique from inside the womb; and Joseph, a Rwandan refugee who lost his wife and two children fleeing genocide.
Sacrifice, she argues, is simply the language of priority. So what does what we sacrifice say about what we worship?
https://www.islam21c.com/seasonal-reminders/sacrifice-lessons-from-department-store/
Whilst much of the conversation following the recent local elections has understandably focused on national politics, Reform, Labour, Gaza, and the wider political landscape, there is another discussion that we as a community need to have, and perhaps it is an even more important one.
In this follow-up article, Mawlana Tahir Talati argues that protest voting has its place, but political maturity is built through local engagement, accountability, and long-term community leadership.
https://www.islam21c.com/politics/know-your-council/
The first ten days of Dhul Hijjah are among the most beloved to Allah, carrying immense reward and opportunity for forgiveness.
This practical guide explores the virtues of these blessed days and outlines meaningful acts of worship — from fasting and dhikr to charity, Qur’ān recitation, qurbani, and sincere duʿā — helping believers make the most of a sacred season that may never return again.
https://www.islam21c.com/seasonal-reminders/four-things-in-dhul-hijjah/
Right now, families around the world are waiting for something many of us take for granted: a meal, a proper Eid, a moment of dignity.
Your Qurbani goes far beyond a donation, it is both worship and sacrifice, and it is their only chance to have meat during this special time.
This year, Qurbani starts from just £14! Please don’t wait until the last minute, our brothers and sisters need our support.
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Allah is putting the power in your hands!
We may look at the news and feel hopeless, as though oppressors like the Zionists or the American hegemony have all the power, but all true power belongs to Allah.
And according to the mufassirīn, He will not change our state of favour into disfavour, unless something changes within. Therefore, we also hold the power to improve our situation by collectively reverting back to Allah, repenting from our sins, and committing to be the best version of ourselves.
We don't need to be perfect, we just need to make that collective change for the better.
Watch the full video:
🎥 https://youtu.be/UN7Ax-H7mU8