As’Salaam-o-Alaikum, I hope this message reaches you in an ardent state of emaan and excellent health. May Allah the great accept from me and you! You have fasted and prayed and wept and begged Allah the Great and now is your time to rejoice as His mercy and forgiveness envelopes the Universe. May Allah shower you and your family with His choicest rewards and please you on the Day you meet Him just as you are pleased today. Eid Mubarak to...

Mālik bin Dīnār (Arabic: مالك بن دينار‎) (died 748 CE) was from the generation of the Tabi‘in. He is mentioned as a reliable traditionist, transmitting from such author­ities as Malik ibn Anas and Ibn Sirin. He was the son of a Persian slave from Kabul who became a disciple of Hasan al-Basri. He died at the age of ninety in Basra. The first Indian mosque is thought to have been built in 629 A.D, purportedly at the behest of Rama Varma...