The light of the day · Saturday 24 October
Europe studied a Muslim's medical book for 600 years
Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, finished in 1025, organized the world's medical knowledge so completely that European universities used it as a core textbook into the 17th century, and it described contagion long before germ theory.
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) · 980-1037 CE
Saturday 24 October 2026 · 12 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
The word · Worship
مَحْظوراتُ الإِحْرام
Mahzurat al-Ihram
The things forbidden while in ihram, such as perfume, cutting hair or nails, hunting and intimacy.
The Qur'an forbids sexual relations, wrongdoing and arguing during hajj, and forbids hunting land game while in ihram. To these are added perfume, cutting hair or nails, and for men sewn clothing and covering the head; most schools add contracting a marriage, which Hanafis permit. Breaking one out of forgetfulness is not sinful, though the schools differ over whether compensation is still owed, and doing it…
The Path · chapter 34 of 71
غار ثور
Hijrah: Cave of Thawr
Do not grieve; Allah is with us. Three nights in Thawr while Makkah hunted.
Planning to the last detail and tawakkul are one act, not rivals
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