Valentine's Day: Origins & Islamic View
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Lastprophet.info

As Muslims, we are required to love one another and to wish and inculcate love among people regardless of their color, race, religion, or identity. However, this does not mean dissolving our identity or blindly copying and imitating others' traditions and practices.

Why do human beings feel the need for Supplication?
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Hasan Kayıklık, PhD

In the Prophet's traditions prayer is also persistently mentioned and prayer's place in religious life is emphasized. While in one hadith he says...

Who Should Eyes See, Who Should Tongues Speak Of?
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Lastprophet.info

The feelings of love, dedication and respect felt for Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) have for centuries influenced the life arenas of both the Islamic realm and our own society so much that most of the works handed down by our forefathers have not been without tracesof the love felt for Allah and His Messenger.

Search for “Footprints” in Life Stories
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Nazife Şişman, PhD

Modern man is a searching man, whereas we should be among those following the tracks. Also we should be from those searching, but what we are looking for is footprints -the footprints of those who opened new eras and put forth good practices. 

Concepts of Love used in Islamic Culture
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Raşit Küçük, Prof. Dr.

There are many words, terms and concepts used to express love in Arabic, particularly in Islam’s basic sources, the Quran and sunnah (practices of the Prophet). Some writers who have compiled books related to this subject say that the number is as great as sixty.

How should we talk about the Prophet Today?
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Mustafa Çağrıcı, PhD

We know that Islamic world has experienced a regression period in the last 200-300 years and it has not yet scored any progress.

Prayer is the Ascension of Believers
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Haluk Nurbaki, PhD

Salah (ritual prayer) is unarguably the foundation of Islam. Having been commanded during the Prophet's Ascension (Mi‘raj), it is a blessing granted to Muslims by Allah. Muslims approach the wisdoms of Mi‘rajthrough a genuinely felt and performed salah, and thereby reach the zenith of servitude before Allah.

Reciting Salat and Salam
Lastprophet.Info / Others / İbrahim Bayraktar, PhD

Reciting salaat and salaam for Prophet Muhammad (Alayhi's-Salaatu wa's-Salaam) and for other Prophets (Alayhimu's-Salaam) is a reflection of the commitment, affection and respect felt towards them. This task can be performed anywhere anytime.

The Night of Salvation: Bara'a
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Editör

Bara'a connotes the lack of relation between two things; a person becoming freed from an obligation or not having an obligation. It is understood that Allah clears his servants [slate] who face him on this night and ask for forgiveness.

The Day of Ashura and Its Historical Dimensions
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Eyüp Baş, PhD

With the murder of Husayn on the 10th of Muharram 61/10, October 680 in Karbala, this date gained importance for Shiite Muslims, and it became a day of mourning on which the promise to wreak revenge for the murder of Husayn is renewed.

The Qur'an
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Nihat Temel, PhD

The Holy Qur'an was not revealed to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) solely as a means to keep out of harms way, or to be read at graveyards while mourning; nor was it written down and committed to memory just so that its spirit would be espoused and its orders abandoned...

To Live a Simple Life under the Contemporary Conditions
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Editor

The sources tell us that our Prophet led a very simple life. How would he have lived under the contemporary conditions?

Women in Muslim Civilization
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Zeynep Alp

Muhammad Akram Nadwi, who published a forty-volume biographical dictionary of women muhaddithat (scholars of hadith) gave a speech about the role of women in Islamic civilization in Istanbul on March 13, Saturday.

The First "Lady Photographer" in the Arab World: The Palestinian Karimeh Abbud
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Zeynep S. Paşalı

Palestine has always had a special place within the Arab world for the importance it gives to the pioneering work and education of women.

The Manner of Greeting and Shaking Hands According to the Sunna of the Prophet
Lastprophet.Info / Others / Elif Kapici

In Surah Nisa of the Qur'ân, Allah Almighty commands His servants to greet each other, and to spread greetings across the face of the earth. "When you enter any of these houses, greet one another with a blessed, pure and good salutation appointed by Allah." (Nur 24:61)