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History of Islam, Page 52

Trading Gemstones for Gravel

The great scholar and jurist of Muslim Spain, Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi, tells us that those who prefer the pleasures of this life and who disregard the life to come, are like people who exchange gemstones for gravel…

The Inner Dimensions of Hajj

The journey inevitably comes to an end, as we must return home. This is our true abode. In light of the Qur’ān and Ḥadith the true abode is in the hereafter…