The Best Azkaar for the 10 Days of Dhul Hajj

By Huda Ali Khan  Allah Almighty mentions in the Quran,  “ By the dawn and by the ten nights.”  (Surah Fajr 1-2)  The first ten days of the blessed month of Dhul-Hajj are of great value.  The pilgrims by the will of Allah, perform one of the five obligations, The Hajj. The Sunnah of Prophet...

A Sacrifice of A Different Kind

By Zahra Nayyar Bismillah,  When I think of the month of Dhul Hijjah, I immediately envision ihram-clad Muslims circling the majestic Kaabah and the echoes of the Labaik.  Then it hits me, another year and my desires to behold this amazing experience in person remain incomplete. Many of us feel a kind of anguish, a...

#BlessedDays (Sep-Oct ’13)

Dhul-Hijjah (ذو الحجة) is coming up, I hear! It's the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar. This is a very sacred month in the Islamic calendar, marking the end of the year. It is in this month in which the Hajj (pilgrimage) takes place. “Dhu al-Hijjah” literally means “Possessor of the Pilgrimage.” It is during this month...