Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 16, 2023
The province of al-Ismāʿīlīya, situated approximately 120 kilometers northeast of Cairo, received a daʿwa (call) convoy, launched by al-Azhar under the auspices of Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb. The primary objective of this initiative was to propagate the accurate concepts of Islam by...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2023
Today, December 13, marks the death anniversary of Shaykh Maḥmūd Shaltūt, an imām who was responsible for some of the largest religious discourse renewals in the 20th century, with illuminating and unprecedented contributions made in the service of the Islamic sharīʿa.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 11, 2023
The Ṣūfī Council in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan held a scholarly symposium on interpretation of the Holy Qurʾān, moderated by the council’s secretary-general, Dr. Muḥammad al-ʿĀydī.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 17, 2023
On December 17, 1273, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī, a poet, Ṣūfī mystic, and scholar of the Ḥanafī doctrine, passed away.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 15, 2023
Coptic Christians are awaiting the president’s decisions to resolve their issues, which have remained unsolved over the years under successive governments.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 15, 2023
The Maronite denomination emerged in Egypt in 1745, when the Aleppo monk, Mūsa Hilāna, consecrated al-Bārija, the first Maronite church in Damietta (Dumyāṭ), as well as in Egypt and Africa.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 2023
Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ṣūfī Orders, Dr. ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Qaṣabī, expressed his support for the presidential candidate, ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, in the upcoming presidential election.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2023
On the first day of the Coptic calendar month of Kiahk, which marks the beginning of the countdown for the Eastern Christmas scheduled for January 7, the Coptic Orthodox Church experiences intense activity.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 10, 2023
The former Grand Muftī, Dr. ʿAlī Jumʿa, remarked that there is no clear indication in the Sharīʿa specifying a particular type of prayer through which Muslims can witness the Prophet Muḥammad in their dreams. He added that if someone claims to have prayed two rakʿas (prostrations), and afterwards...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2023
The Sharīʿa & Law Faculty at al-Azhar University in the city of Ṭanṭā recently hosted a symposium focused on raising awareness among students regarding the importance of participating in the forthcoming presidential election.