The light of the day · Tuesday 1 September
Your morning coffee has Sufi roots
Coffee spread through the world from 15th-century Yemen, where Sufis in Mocha drank qahwa to stay awake for night devotion. From their gatherings it reached Makkah, Cairo, Istanbul, and eventually every café on earth.
Yemen · 15th century
Tuesday 1 September 2026 · 18 Rabi al-Awwal 1448 AH
The word · Worship
وُضوء
Wudu
The washing done before prayer: face, arms to the elbows, wiping the head, and feet to the ankles.
The four acts are named directly in the Qur'an, and the Prophet added rinsing the mouth and nose, washing the hands first, and doing each part three times. Wudu is broken by using the toilet, by passing wind, and by deep sleep; it is not broken by touching an animal or by ordinary dirt. One wudu lasts for as many prayers as you like until something breaks it.
The Path · chapter 49 of 71
خلافة عثمان
Uthman: One Book for the Ummah
The navy, the expansions, and the single written Qur'an; then the first fitnah, met with a neck offered rather than Muslim blood spilled.
Guarding the text is guarding the ummah: his least dramatic act was his greatest
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