Jonathan Brown Addresses Misunderstandings
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Jonathan AC Brown

Jonathan Brown examines the historical misunderstandings about the Prophet Muhammad's life

Umar: The Man Satan Feared
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / A. Ali Ural

Tradition and stubbornness tied his hands. Five years passed before these ties were broken. The sun rose and set hundreds of times during five years. He slept and awoke hundreds of times. But his hands were always bound.

Khadija: The Woman to whom God Sent Greetings
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / A.Ali Ural

He draws on the ground with a branch. His students carefully watch his hand and lips. What they see is four long lines. What they hear is: "Do you know what these are?" The lines flow to their eyes the ground which has become an endless black board. 

Ummu Salama: Our Mother Who Ran
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / A. Ali Ural

First she ran to Arkam's house with her husband Abu Salama; she had heard about the Prophet (pbuh)'s call to Islam. Later she went to Abyssinia with her husband because she was called to migrate. 

The First British Guest of Allah
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Abdal Hakim Murad

At a time when  Britain had major political and economic interests in the Middle East, Hedley Churchward had only one concern in mind while going on a pilgrimage to Mecca; the pleasure of Allah.

Love Knows No Command
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Senai Demirci

“Say: "If you indeed love God, then follow me, so that God will love you…”

(Let Me Call) My Lord On Thee
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / From the Editor

This song, sung by Nader Khan, is the English translation of a poem written by Yunus Emre (1240-1320), one of the most famous Sufi poets who has made a great impact on the Turkish-Muslim culture. This poem is at essence an entreaty to God, by means of the intercession of those things and people that are deemed to be close to God Almighty.
 

The Last Days of the Prophet
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Abdal Hakim Murad

Martin Luther King Junior once said that "the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

In this khutba, Shaykh abdulHakim uses the passing of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, to explore some of the reasons is considered the best of men

Ramadan in Istanbul
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Abdal Hakim Murad

Ramadan brings to the surface some of Istanbul’s deepest human secrets. The great City resembles the improbable arm of the sea that cuts it in half, cheerfully consistent on the surface, yet churned by strange currents known only to veteran fishermen...

From Hamza Yusuf’s Viewpoint: What can the West learn from Islam?
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Editor

Hamza Yusuf calls attention to the prejudices of the Western world against Islam, as well as the attitude of Muslims towards the West, both of which appear to be biased. 

Attitudes and Behavior of the Prophet towards Non-Muslims
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Şinasi Gündüz

The most obvious facet of Prophet Muhammad’s attitude and behavior towards non-Muslims is the fact that he never compromised his moral virtues. As the Qur'an states, the Prophet always showed “the most beautiful morality” and presented humanity with the most beautiful example of this morality.

Arabia in the Pre-Islamic Period
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

To understand the religion that Prophet Muhammad conveyed and the effects that this religion had on society, it is necessary to understand in part the ethnic, geographic, social, cultural, economic and religious features of the environment in which Prophet Muhammad lived.

Walead Mosaad Teaching on Insights From Imam Ghazali
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Abdal Hakim Murad

Shaykh Walead Mosaad...

Medina: The City Renewed by Emigration
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

Following a gloomy Maghrib prayer, the congregation leaves the Prophet's Mosque; all are silent. The congregation has shrunk in size; familiar faces have been replaced with faces that are now strangers through a loss of trust.

When Were "Candle Nights" First Celebrated?
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nebi Bozkurt, PhD

The Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) birthday, Raghaib, Mi‘raj, The Night of Salvation (Bara'a) and the Night of Power are special nights celebrated and considered to be holy by Muslims. Because these nights were first celebrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan, Selim II (1566-1574), by illuminating the mosques with candles on the minarets, these nights were called "candle nights."

Are You a Shadow or Body?
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Senai Demirci

“Regenerating the Sunna” referes to not imitating the Sunna, but realizing it, bringing it to fruition, actualizing it. The concept implies not merely remembering the actions of Prophet Muhammad, but living and experiencing those behaviors in the here and now.

Quicunque Vult: or, My Journey to Islam - I
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Abdal Hakim Murad

This memoir is offered, at the persistent request of some Turkish friends, by a monotheist whose formative life was shaped by Anglican Christianity, but who has made his home in Islam.