Sayyid Qu?b, in full Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili Sayyid Qutb, born Oct. 9, 1906, near Asyut, Egypt—died Aug. 29, 1966, Cairo, Egyptian writer who was one of the foremost figures in modern Sunni Islamic revivalism. He was from a family of impoverished rural notables. For most of his early life he was a schoolteacher.

Stressing that “Sunnis do not believe in mourning in Muharram month”, Mawlana Muhammad Hussein Gorgij asked school principals, jail authorities and barracks to not force Sunnis for participating in mourning ceremonies.

Question and answer details Reply date: 2015/10/27 Question: Aoa! I want to share my problem. Actually I love someone and want to marry him, is it right if I pray to Allah for him? As I am a girl it is very difficult for me to propose to him, can you tell me some dua […]

Note: due to intensification of crisis in the Middle East and after the air strikes of Russia in Syria on the pretext of “war on extremism”, there have been different reactions to the attack. The Official website of the Sunni Community in Iran interviewed Mawlana Abdol-Hamid, the outstanding Sunni scholar in Iran and an expert […]

An eminent scholar of Sunnis in Iran stated “Sunni scholars are not aligned and affiliated with any criminal”, criticizing the baseless allegations of some extremist groups on Shaikh Abdol-Hamid and other Sunni scholars.

The more I know Allah, the more my love for Him grows and my desire to have more knowledge of His Perfect Names and Attributes increases.

I woke up from a dream. One of those dreams that fills you with emotion; that feels so real you desperately cling to it as it’s swept away by consciousness.

The outstanding Iranian Sunni leader alluded to the arrival of the first lunar month, Muharram of 1437 (2015), and warned mourners on profaning of the sacred tenets of Islamic sects during mourning rituals.

Milestones are markers fundamental to the human psyche. As we come to the end of the calendar year, outside of the controversies surrounding the months of Ramadan and Dhul Hijjah, have we given any thought to the other months of the hijri (Islamic) calendar?

Interviewer: I’m joined by one of my brothers in Islam, brother Yusuf Burke. Assalamu`alaikum warhmatullahi wabarakatuh. Brother Yusuf: Walaikum assalamu warhmatullahi wabarkatuh.