Author: A. L. Said
A. L. Said
A. L. Said founded Rethinking Islam, a Singapore Muslim digital magazine connecting faith with modern life. He explores identity, relationships, money and the digital world through a distinctly Singaporean lens. His articles bring together personal reflection, recognised scholarship and verified sources, with links for further reading. His aim is simple: clear ideas, thoughtful questions and meaningful conversations, with a little local wit.
If faith is about believing, why does the Quran repeatedly ask us to observe, question, reason and reflect? There is…
Quran 2:256 is one of Islam’s most quoted verses. But what is it actually saying? You may have seen the…
If Allah seals a person’s heart, can that person really be blamed for not believing? It is one of those…
For years, I thought being a smart traveller meant planning every single detail myself. Flights at midnight. Twenty hotel tabs…
Islamic Finance • Education • Singapore For many Muslims, the answer seems simple. Islam prohibits riba, a conventional bank loan…
Muslim estate planning in Singapore Your LPA protects you while you are alive. It ends when you die. An LPA…
Faraid identifies who inherits and in what shares. It does not automatically give every heir authority to collect, manage or distribute the estate in Singapore.
Practical Gen Z Guide You collect your BTO keys and promise each other one thing. Keep the renovation simple. Then…
Social media can support Muslim learning and community, but it can also turn faith into performance. The first question is not who looks pious online, but what public religion is doing to our own sincerity.
The Quran describes jinn as morally responsible beings but gives no universal intelligence ranking between humans and jinn. Here is what we know and what we do not.