Also spelled prayer, namaz, salaah.
Book · Understanding the Deen
Tafaqquh fid-Deen and the divine demand of the present hour
Argues that the ummah lacks not religious information but tafaqquh fid-deen: the faculty to recognise, fulfil and convey what Allah requires of a believer now. Drawing on the Qur’an, sahih Sunnah and Ibn al-Qayyim, it tests the principle on repeated nafl Hajj and Umrah and fences it with three safeguards.
Writing · Faith & Spirituality
Network vis-à-vis the Network of Allah; Connection vis-à-vis the Connection with Allah
Contrasts worldly networking, which often fades when prolonged adversity makes a person less relevant, with the connection with Allah, which needs no appointment and can grow stronger through difficulty. Urges readers to build it during ease through ṣalāh, Qur’an, duʿā, dhikr, tafakkur and Sunnah, treating people as means and Allah as the Source.
Reflection · Faith & Spirituality
A short invitation to the full essay. Notes that prolonged difficulty thins a person’s network, since some people were connected only to his relevance, and turns to the network with Allah: the one Connection in which no one becomes irrelevant, built through the Qur’an, tafakkur, the Sunnah and daily prayer.
Writing · Adversity & ResilienceFree
A Personal Account of Spiritual Collapse, Awakening, and the Slow Rebuilding of a Broken Emaan
A first-person account, written from inside a comprehensive crisis at sixty-two, of discovering that the author’s emaan was dangerously weak and beginning to rebuild it: presence in salah, muraqabah, istikhara before every significant interaction, informal conversation with Allah, holding to the fara’id, and dismantling bitterness, framed by the Takweeni-Tashree’i distinction.
Writing · Mind & Emotions
An Islamic Guide for Muslims in an Age of War, Anxiety, and Information Overload
Written amid the Iran-Israel conflict, argues that a Muslim’s eyes, ears and heart are an amanah to be guarded: verify before sharing, confine news to set windows, judge sources by the muhadditheen’s standard, and turn grief into du’a, sadaqah and salah with khushu’. Such stewardship, it insists, is not apathy.
Writing · Faith & Spirituality
Understanding Allah’s Takweeni & Tashree’i Nizaam — A Framework for Spiritual Resilience, Mental Strength, and Unwavering Faith in Times of Global Crisis
Explains the distinction between Allah’s Takweeni Nizaam (His decree over events) and Tashree’i Nizaam (what He commands), arguing that anxiety over the Ummah’s crises and end-times obsession come from confusing the two. It sets out the believer’s lane: disciplined grief, salah, dua, tawakkul after effort, refusing despair, constructive action, curated news and community.
