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6 Discord and Disunity
by Mufti Husain Ahmad Madani
9 IN A NUTSHELL
10 Forced to Choose
by M. Dawud Alcox
14 The Formative Years —
Childhood
by M. Dr. Mateen Khan
16 LEARN ARABIC
Bowls & Plates
Rabi‘ al-Awwal/Rabi‘ al-Thani 1443
November – December 2021
Volume 21 Issue 6
Patron
Hazrat Dr. Ismail Memon
Fatawa Review
Mufti Husain Ahmad Madani
Executive Editor
Asim Ahmad
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S. Faruqui
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Graphic Designer
Annalisha Johnson
Contributors
Dr. Kamran Karatela
Mufti Husain Ahmad Madani
M. Dr. Mateen Khan
M. Dawud Alcox
M. Omar Baig
Mufti Taqi Usmani
M. Abdullah Parks
Asim Ahmad
Mail Distribution
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Advisory Board
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M. Masood Memon
M. Atif Iqbal
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18 Spiritual Discourse
by Mufti Taqi Usmani
22 ISLAMIC FINANCE
by M. Omar Baig
24 The Sunna Before Sleeping
by M. Abdullah Parks
26 ON TRACK
28 FATAWA
by Mufti Husain Ahmad Madani
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A digital watercolor drawing of the single-domed Ortakoy Masjid in the touristic Besiktas
district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Sultan Abdul Majid and built between
1854-56. As in this image, the Ortakoy Masjid often appears on Istanbul mementos with the
Bosphorus Bridge as a backdrop.