سعد بن أبي وقاص: “كان أبي يعلمنا المغازي والسرايا، ويقول: يا بني هذه شرف آبائكم فلا تضيعوا ذكرها” – شرح الزرقاني على المواهب اللدنية بالمنح المحمدية Sa’ad ibn Abi Waqqas: “Our father used to teach us about the battles and raids [of the Prophet ﷺ], and used to say; my son, this is the honor…
In the next installment of our financial section, Muslim Bitcoiner continues off his first essay in issue one where he discussed the history of usury: In our previous essay in the first issue of Qawwam, we briefly went over how Riba manifests itself within the current global monetary system. We demonstrated how interest-based lending is…
ISA MARTELL introduces the now niche sport which not too long ago made up the fabric of male physical life and culture. There is something that stirs deep within the soul when a man picks up a sword for the first time. These iconic weapons hold a place of wonderment in our minds and souls…
In 1260, Baybars ascended to power by eliminating Qutuz and led the state for a long period of seventeen years. Upon his accession, the realm was besieged by challenges on multiple fronts: the Mongols, whose incursions were a source of relentless pressure on the Islamic world, and the Armenians, who readily aligned themselves with the…
Disclaimer: This article was written 3/10/2024. The only thing I’d change here is replacing every “Biden” with “Harris”. As of writing this, Nikki Haley has recently quit her run for U.S. president, confirming what already was seen as a done deal since Trump’s indictment charges were dropped last March: that the 2024 election would once…
In the first article of this series, we discussed the problem of modernity, how it behaves, and why it is so important that we understand that it is the modern process itself that is our “other”. Those who’ve read that article might remember we specifically took a stance against framing the problem as “the West”…
“Well, I’m actually an angel sent by God, and I’ll meet you on Judgement Day.” That’s from someone who came to the Dawah table my friend Mouctar and I set up on campus. This was our last dawah day of the school year, and it was by far the most memorable. This was a Christian…
Horst Schulze, former president of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, wrote a book called Excellence Wins: A No-Nonsense Guide to Becoming the Best in a World of Compromise. During a promotional tour of the book, someone cornered the eighty-year-old executive and asked him about his idea of “excellence.” “It’s not harder,” Mr. Schulze replied before he…
Our next book review comes from TOMAS SABLIĆ, a Croatian brother who reviews Croatian Jihad by author and political prisoner Marko Francišković. As Tomas describes it, it’s more than just a manifesto: it’s a thoughtful retelling of Islamic history and a hopeful vision of Islam’s destiny in the Balkans.
Pseudonymous brother A. ALI, another financial expert, wrote us a brief essay on the hegemony of the U.S. dollar and its effects, further adding context to Muslim Bitcoiner’s piece.