difference between sin and rejection

April 26, 2020

Do We Muslims Have the Right to Not Pray, Fast or Wear Hijab?

Q. Does a Muslim have a right to choose whether to pray, fast, financially maintain family, or wear hijab? ♦ A. A Muslim may indeed decide not to pray. But do they have a “right” to choose not to pray? Well, not really. A Muslim man may decide not to maintain his family and dependents. Continue reading

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About Me

My name is Surkheel Sharif (aka Abu Aaliyah). Born and raised in London, England, I began my more formal, but gradual studies of the Islamic sciences around the late 1980s (just a few years after having quit my degree in Astrophysics). I also gained an MA in Islamic Studies from Birkbeck College, University of London, in 2009.

I’ve translated a few Islamic works from Arabic into English; one of them, a short text on Muslim spirituality, called The Exquisite Pearl (2000). I have also authored a few books, including: More Fish Please & the Earth’s Complaint (2011); Fussing Over the 15th of Sha’ban & the Golden Rule of Differing (2011); A Muslim’s Guide to Modernity (2025); and Salafism Reconsidered (forthcoming)

I am the founder and current Director of the Jawziyyah Institute (est. 1999): a non-profit organisation dedicated to cultivating an Islam true to its time-honoured tradition, relevant to its current context, and of benefit to wider society.

difference between sin and rejection

Do We Muslims Have the Right to Not Pray, Fast or Wear Hijab?