Boğaziçi University will host Dr. Jonathan Brown!
  Dr. Jonathan Brown, from Georgetown University, address a large audience on May 18 about The Role of Sunnah in Islam: Misquoting Muhammad (pbuh). Date: 18th of May, Wednesday Time: 7 pm. Location: Garanti Cultural Center, Ayhan Şahenk Hall...

Calender of the 3 Holy Months

Majid Majidi's Movie Will Be Shown in Turkey
Majid Majidi’s Tehran-backed production telling the story of Muhammad (pbuh)’s early years to be shown in March in Turkey. You can recieve Lastprophet.info's interview with Majid Majidi here.

The Last Sermon of the Prophet
O People!

Lend me an attentive ear, for I know not whether after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen to what I am saying to you very carefully and take these words to those who could not be present here today.

O People!...

Hajj in 23 Questions
1. What is Hajj? The dictionary meaning of the word "Hajj" connotes facing a big and important matter that is respected, visitation and going somewhere and coming back. As a term of Islamic jurisprudence, it signifies a worship that is performed by Muslims who have the means in specified period of time in a fashion that follows religious requirements in the Kaba, Arafat, Muzdalifa and Mina. Hajj...

The Sunna of Abraham: Sacrifice
The Arabic meaning of the word sacrifice, in its material and spiritual sense, has an affinity in religious terminology that indicates devotion to Allah and the sacrifice of an animal carried out on the ‘Eid al-Adha with the intention of worshipping Allah.

The tradition of sacrifice in different religions and cultures in the past has played an important role in the lives of people in ancient socie...

The Sunna of Sacrificing
Eid al-Adha is called the Great Eid. It occurs at the culmination of the Hajj, and is the culmination of the first ten blessed days of Dhu al-Hijjah, days which have been described by our beloved Prophet (pbuh) as the best days of the year, exceeding even the days of Ramadan in their virtue. From the confirmed Sunnahs (practices of the Prophet) of Eid al-Adha is the sacrifice of a suitable animal...

The Opportunity of Ramadan
During the holy month of Ramadan the devils are chained, temptations of the self fade, and raw instincts become weak. Eating, drinking, and sexual activity are abandoned during the day, and one keeps oneself on guard even against a single bad word that may slip out of the mouth, hoping to keep the reward of fasting undiminished. These Ramadan days are an opportunity to elevate our soul by rescuin...

Are We Ready for Ramadan?
We live in the time where months and years seem to be devoid of blessing; that is, a week passes like a day, a month like a week and a year like a month. It seems like just the other day when we last bid farewell to the month of Ramadan. And yet here it is again. A friend of mine once said that when she asked people how they were, as one usually does in the manner of conversing, people responded...

The Miraculous Nighttime Meal
Ramadan is a time during which I feel my faith in Allah (S.w.t) and my respect for Him most deeply as His slave. I am amazed by the act of fasting, which is an act of worship that has no visibility whatsoever, and the authenticity of which can thus only be known by Allah (s.w.t). Getting up from the bed in the middle of the night to prepare a meal, sometimes for an entire family, despite the exha...

Lastprophet.info Hosted Professor Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadan, professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University, addressed a large audience on April 10th and laid emphasis on the centrality of presenting the Prophet Muhammad correctly to ourselves before seeking to address other audiences and the futility of trying to shape his image to attract and please other people. ...

International Seerah Symposium
From April 9th to 12th Meridyen Association and lastprophet.info hosted the Muslim American academic Jonathan A.C. Brown, scholar Joe Bradford, and one of the most popular Muslim intellectuals of our time, Professor Tariq Ramadan, for the International Seerah Symposium. At the opening of the symposium on April 9th The Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu's wife Sare Davutoğlu, Professor ...