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One of the quieter but deeply important threads in Islamic scholarship concerns how the Prophet (peace be upon him) navigated the religious customs of pre-Islamic Arabia. When he declared that neither the Fara’ nor the ‘Atira were permissible, he wasn’t dismis…
Global markets opened the week with cautious optimism as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq extended gains, but the dominant story is the upcoming NATO summit where President Trump will meet Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and Syria’s al-Sharaa . That meeting, alongside Turkiye hosti…
The hadith describing Anas performing Hajj on a simple packsaddle — the same kind the Prophet himself used, even while carrying baggage — is easy to overlook. But it contains something quietly profound. Anas was not poor. The narration explicitly notes he was …
If you ask Mu what is moving in markets, the answer used to come after a planning step that considered all the possible ways to handle a general question. That step was thorough, but for a straightforward market query it added a half-second of unnecessary indi…
Reports from Tehran describe enormous crowds gathering for the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei, defying intense summer heat to mark the death of a man who led Iran for over three decades. For outside observers, the scale of public mourning raises a genuine quest…
Massive crowds filled Tehran for the second day of funeral processions for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US airstrike, as the BBC shows. The outpouring comes as analyst Paolo von Schirrach argues the US is facing a “changing glob…
The verse from Surah Al-Qiyamah carries a deceptively simple instruction: when revelation is recited, follow it closely. The immediate context is the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) being gently corrected for rushing to memorise the words as they came — a…
President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging CNBC interview has cast a long shadow over today’s financial and political landscape, particularly as he defended his family’s crypto windfall worth at least $1.4 billion, stating there is “nothing wrong” with it. That co…
Global markets are bracing for a mixed open today as a sustained rotation out of technology stocks weighs on sentiment across Asia and the US. The US labor force participation rate has fallen to its lowest in 50 years outside the pandemic , with job seekers gi…
One of the less discussed names of Allah carries perhaps the most quietly radical implication for how we understand wealth, legacy, and ambition. Al-Waarith — the Inheritor — tells us that in the end, every possession, every fortune, every empire, and every in…
When you ask Mu what is moving in markets, the goal is to get you the data, not to walk through a planning loop. Recently we tightened how the agent handles market-mover questions so that the ask-to-answer path is shorter. The change is small in code but notic…
The story of Barirah in the hadith literature is easy to overlook — a woman seeking help to buy her own freedom, navigating a financial contract called a kitaba, which allowed enslaved people to purchase their emancipation through agreed instalments. What make…
The US decision not to renew the USMCA trade pact with Canada and Mexico opens the door for renegotiations, as President Trump targets America’s trade deficits with both neighbours. That uncertainty weighed on commodity markets, with copper slipping 0.3% and s…
The US political landscape continues to shape both tech and finance: a new bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Tim Scott and Bill Hagerty seeks to block foreign adversaries from accessing American AI technology, building on the earlier GENIUS Act. Meanwhile…
The story of Thumama bin Uthal, recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari, is brief but extraordinary. He was the chief of Yamama — a powerful leader, not a minor figure — captured and brought to the Prophet’s mosque in Medina. For three days he remained there, the Prophet…
One of the most quietly instructive narrations in Islamic tradition is this: the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) bought food on credit and pledged his armour as collateral. No divine intervention to skip the transaction. No special exception from the mech…
Wall Street’s Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 52,000 for the first time on Monday, lifted by gains in Alphabet and a temporary pause in US-Iran hostilities — but that calm may be short-lived as Tehran denies talks were planned in Doha after ceasefire…
The everyday internet has a shape: weather from one company, news from another, mail from a third, search and video from the biggest ones. Each platform owns its slice and earns from your attention. The stack as a whole belongs to no one — least of all you. Mu…
The hadith recorded about the people of Quba is easy to overlook — a brief account of neighbours who fell into such bitter dispute that they began throwing stones at each other. What makes it remarkable is the Prophet’s response. He didn’t send an emissary, is…
Oil prices rose 1.2% to $70 a barrel on Monday as markets reopened after US airstrikes on Iran over the weekend, with Tehran putting nuclear talks on hold and President Trump again threatening “annihilation.” The escalation has rattled global equity futures, …