1.0 Qurʾānic chapters: The Declining Day [Al ʿAṣr] 103:1-3 & The Feast [Al-Māʾidah] 5:2
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy.
“By the declining day, man is [deep] in loss, except for those who believe, do good deeds, urge one another to the truth, and urge one another to steadfastness.” Qurʾān: The Declining Day [Al ʿAṣr] 103:1-3
“……, Help one another to do what is right and good, do not help one another towards sin and hostility. Be mindful of God, for His punishment issevere.” Qurʾān: The Feast [Al-Māʾidah] 5:2
1.1 Who Is the Team Behind Islam My Religion?
We are a group of Muslim sisters who welcome people from all backgrounds, enabling them through Islamic sacred knowledge, wisdom and practical advice to develop a strong and loving connection with Allah [God] ﷻ [jalla jalāluhu:Great is His Majesty] and His ﷻ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ [ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wasallam: May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him].
We aim to provide a safe virtual space that is both supportive and non-judgmental, fostering a sense of belonging, community and collaboration. This in turn empowers its members to navigate life’s journey, through personal and spiritual transformation. We are guided by inspirational teachers, who embody these teachings and are linked to an authentic chain of transmission [sanad] back to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
1.2 Our Aims and Goals
Allah ﷻ has created humans to be part of a family and a whole community:
“O People, We created you all from a single man and a single woman, and made you into races and tribes so that you should recognize one another. In God’s eyes, the most honoured of you are the ones most mindful of Him: God is all knowing, all aware.” Qurʾān: The Private Rooms [Al-Ḥujurāt] 49:13
With the pressures and strains of modern life, people can find themselves unsure of where to find guidance, whether spiritually, emotionally or physically. Due to isolation and lack of spiritual fulfilment, people often lack the supporting strength of a community [ummah].
Modern life has placed increasing pressure upon both men and women with multiple roles and responsibilities.
The teachers in Islam My Religion (previously, “Sisters for Allah”) saw the need for guidance and wanted to address this, they formed this group in 2006. They began teaching religious and spiritual lessons with practical advice and over the years, as more people needed support and guidance, they decided to extend this support.
By the will of Allah ﷻ [in shā Allah], through this website and social media platforms, we now hope to reach people who are seeking Islamic knowledge and guidance from across the globe. We hope to develop and guide people to the way of real knowledge of Allah’s ﷻ existence [ma ʿrifah] and His ﷻ hidden reality [haqīqah], to develop a strong love for the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his ﷺ teachings and the sacred chain of narrators that leads back to him ﷺ.
We focus on modern issues, empowering individuals through Islam, giving them a strong, moral compass in an ever-evolving world. Our aim is to enable them to understand their rights, and the respect and honour, that Allah ﷻ has blessed them with and to empower them to support one another from their own direct experiences and wisdom.
Our motto is: “Bringing those seeking guidance from Allah, in a world full of challenges and tribulations”.
We aim to fulfil this through the website and social media platforms.
We pray that Allah ﷻ accepts our intentions and blesses this endeavour to benefit anyone searching for guidance by the will of Allah ﷻ [in shā Allah].
Nuʿman bin Bashir رضى الله عنه [radiallāhu-ʿanhu: May Allah be pleased with him] reported: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever”. Al- Nawawi, Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn: Introduction, Ḥadīth 224.
1.3 Our Teachers:
Our source of guidance is Allah ﷻ, His ﷻ revelation – the Qurʾān, and His ﷻ Last Prophet – Muhammad ﷺ with the guidance of his ﷺ prophetic teachings [sunnah] from thecollections of his narrations [aḥādīth].
There is an unbroken chain of narration [sanad] starting from the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to our present-day teachers. These chains [isnād] are authentic, accurate, and reliable, and are found in well-known, trusted sources of collected narrations [aḥādīth] transmitted by traditional scholars who have knowledge of theoutward and inward [ẓāhir wa bāṭin] knowledge of the Islamic sciences, for example: the legal aspects of practice [sharīʿa] and the spiritual path to Allah ﷻ [sulūq].
Other references come from well-known traditional scholars within Islamic sources and present-day scholars who have been educated and trained in this sacred knowledge.
We have been taught by our teachers. This is essential, in gaining an accurate understanding of the legal practicesand spiritual pathwithin Islam. We learn how to practise correctly, emulating and following in the footsteps of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the righteous scholars [ṣāliḥīn] within traditional Sunni Islam.
Islam is the middle way, showing us how to live our lives in the world, whilst connecting to the remembrance of Allah ﷻ and fulfilling His ﷻ rights [Huqūq-ul-Allah] and the rights of people [huqūq-ul- ʿibād].
Please find below our teachers which include well-respected scholars from classical Islam and from the present day:
| Classical Authentic Scholars | Modern Scholars | Why they are Important/Who are they?(links to organisation) |
| Qurʾān/Tafsir [Interpretation]/ Scientific Miracles of the Qurʾān – Al- Kurtabi (ra) – At Tabari (ra) – Fakhr al-Din al- Razi (ra) – Imam Abdul Qadir Al – Jilani (ra) – Jalaluddin Al- Muhalli (ra) (stated the Tafsir) and Jalaluddin As- Sayuti (ra) oh(completed) (translated by Aisha Bewley) TAFSIR AL JALAL LAYN (inc link to book) | Qurʾān Translations into English: – Mohammed Haleem Oxford Publications – Mohammed Yusuf Ali – Aisha Bewley – Dr Faid – tapes and internet (Youtube) – Imam Sharawi (Arabic) – Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (you tube video) Surah Yaseen – Mohammed Rateb al- Nabulsi (Syrian) Nabulsi.com – Encyclopedia of scientific I’jaz (Inimitability) in Al – Qurʾān and Sunnah (Arabic ) 2 books – The Miracle of God in Humans ( Ayat Allah fil- Insaan) – The Miracles of God in the Universe ( Ayat Allah fil-Afaaq) – Zaghloul el – Naggar (Egyptian ) Elnaggarzr.com – Geological Concept of Mountains in the Qur’an (2003, ISBN 9773630072) New Vision publishers | List alphabetical Recommended translations to use from someone connected to Shaykh Hamza Yusuf 3.1 The Holy Qurʾān by Abdullah Yusuf Ali 3.2 The Essential Qurʾān by Thomas Cleary (English only) 3.3 The Qur’an: A new Translation ny M. A. S. Abdel Haleem (English only) 3.4 The Message of the Qurʾān by Muhammad Asad 3.5 The Holy Qurʾān with English translation and Commentary by Maulana Muhammad Ali 3.6 The Study Qurʾān: A New Translation and Commentary edited by Seyyed Hossein |
| Khutb as- Sitah [6 main books] -Sources of Hadith: Tabarani Bukhari Muslim Tirmidhi Nisai Abu Dawaud Ibn Majah (name of Hadith books and complete author names) | – Imam an Nawawi – 40 Hadith collection – Imam An Nawai – Riyadh as saliheen – Ibn Kathir – Al bidaya an Nihaya (The Beginning and the End) 14 Volume History of Islam | |
| 4 Madhabs [schools of thought] Imam Malik Imam Hanbal Imam Shafi Imam Abu Hanafi | Hanbali Fiqh: – Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani (ra) Maliki Fiqh: – Muwatta – Imam Malik (ra) Hanafi Fiqh: – Imam abu Hanifa’s al -Fiqh al -akbar explained by Abu l – Muntaha Ai-Maghnisawi – Nur al Idah [ The Light of Clarification] by Abu al – Ikhkas al- Hasan Bin Ammar bin Ali bin Yusuf Shurunbulali , translated from the Arabic with Commentary and notes by Wesam Charkawi – (Hanafi fiqh) – Maraqi al – Falah – Radd al -Muhtar Shafi Fiqh: – The Beginning of Guidance (Bidayat al- Hidaya- Imam Ghazali (Shafi) – Hadhramawti book (to research) – Al Munqad min ud dalal (Deliverance from Error) by Abu Hamid Al- Ghazali | |
| Belief (Aqeedah) Al- Ashari Al- Marturidi Imam Tahawi Imam Omar al -Nasafi Imam Birgiwy (Maturidi/ Hanafi) Imam Al Ghazali Aqeedah Awam – Asakir (poem) Aqeedah Asakir – explanation | – Shaykh Omar Farroukh (YouTube) – Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (YouTube) – Faraz Rabbani (Seekers Guidance) Facebook – Abu Bakr Al mashur (Fiqh at Towlat) – Shaykh Sayed Fawdah (Jordanian) | Shaykh Omar Farroukh and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf on the Attributes of Allah (swt) – podcast – CD https://sandala.org/product-category/cdsdvds/ |
| Suluk [spiritual path]: Shaykh Mohammed Al Ghazali Shaykh Abdul Qadir Al Jilani Imam Ahmad Ar – Rifai Imam Al – Qushairi- Risala Qushairia Imam ar Rabbani Imam Al Haddad Jalaluddin Rumi Imam Jazuli -Dalail Khayrat Imam Surhinder Imam Ibn Arabi (advanced reading and understanding- for advanced students of theology with scholars to explain meaning) | – Habib Umar Bin Hafiz-Al- Khulasa – Habib Ali Al-Jifri – wayfarer – for women? (Books translated into English) – Shaykh Nazim Al- Haqqani – Abdul Hakim Murad – Shaykh Faraz Rabbani – Shaykh Yahya Rhodus – Shaykh Ibrahim Osi-Effa (Light of the Eyes- TBC) – Shaykh Hamza Yusuf- Purification of the Heart. (Online articles) – Mohammed Darwesh (Trodden Path) | Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani -Liberating the Soul-Volume 5 -Chapter 34- Using your Heart |
| Fiqh [Jurisprudence] Shaykh Abdul Qadir Al Jilani (Shafi & Hanbal) Imam Al- Ghazali (Shafi) Ida (Hanafi) Imam Malik – Muwatta (Malik) UM – to ask Asma from Sh Hamza 4 scholars for fiqh – 2 madhabs and their names of the books | – Scholars in the Rihla – Greensville Trust- Shaykh Ibrahim Osi – Effi – Trodden – Seekers Guidance – Canada- Shaykh | |
| Seerah [Life of the Prophet saw]/Shamail[Sublime Qualities] of the Prophet saw Qadi Iyad Ibn Kathir At Tabari Imam Bayhaiqi- Dalail an Nabuwwa Shamail Tirmidhi | – Martin Lings – Muhammad – Shifah of Qadhi Iyad – translated by Aishah Bewley – Shaykh Ibrahim – Light of Prophet (Poss seerah / shamail ) – Shaykh Mohammed Aslam – Shamail Mohammadiyyah | Hamza Yususf – book the Prophetic Invocations |
| Dhikr [Remembrance] *Imam Jazuli-Dalail Khayrat Imam Nawawi | – Habib Umar Bin Hafiz- Al- Khulasa-Wird al lateef, Simmering lights Mawlid – Habib Ahmad Al-Haddad – Yusuf Nabhani – Imam Sharani | Shaykh Hamza Yusuf- The prophetic Invocations |
| – Habib Maliki | ||
| – Habib Muhammad bin Alawi al- Aydarus | ||
| – Shaykh Saleh al Jafari | ||
| Naqshabandi tariqa? | – Habib Muneer Ba Zuhayr | |
| Qadari tariqa | – Habib Ali bin Abdullah al- Hamed | |
| – Shaykh Mohamad Adam Malami – Shaykh Mohammed ba Shu’ayb – Sayida Zaynub, – Hababa Umm Rayaan – Hababa Mona al Khaf? | ||
| Hamza Yusuf | ||
| Abdullah Umar al-Farrouk | ||
| Other Ulema | Shaykh Babikr | |
| Abdul Hakim Murad | ||
| Imam Zaid Shakir | ||
| Imam Yahya Rhodus | ||
| Shaykh Abdul Karim Yahya | ||
| Anse Tamara Gray | ||
| Shaykh Ibrahim Osi -Effi | ||
| Anse Halima Krausen | ||
| Imam Bayuti | ||
| Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani | ||
| Shaykh Hisham al -Kibbani | ||
| Shaykh Mehemt al-Effendi | ||
| Murabutul-Hajj | ||
| Mohammed Murabatul- Hajj | ||
| Liaquat Zaman (Roots of knowledge)-Birmingham | ||
| Aishah Bewley | ||
| Habib Kadhim | ||
| Sidi Amin Buxton | ||
| Shaykh Aslam |
Teachers are inheritors of the Prophets عليھم السلام [ʿalayhim salām: peace be upon them]. Within traditional Sunni Islam [Ahl as-Sunnah wa l-jamāʻah] there is a consensus on all the traditional scholars from those who are knowledgeable and trained [ʿulamāʾ] with a chain of transmission all the way back to the Prophet ﷺ. This methodology also applies to modern day scholars, who have permission [ijāzah] to teach and spread their knowledge of the Islamic Sciences.