A sample Khutba (Friday Sermon) that Khateebs around the world can use to emphasize the importance of adopting the Hijri calendar for Muslims. It highlights key points that Khateebs can elaborate on and customize according to the local context. Note: The standard openings and closings of a Khutba are not included, assuming that Khateebs are familiar with these elements.
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Beyond Urgent: Prioritizing Life Using The Intention-Impact Matrix
The intention-impact matrix is a conceptual tool we’ve developed at The Productive Muslim Company to help individuals align their tasks and actions with long-term impact and underlying intention. This is particularly aligned with our Barakah Culture approach to productivity.
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How to Pick Yourself Up Post Ramadan
This article is a long one, but it’s for those of you who are serious about living the next best version of yourself post-Ramadan. Strategies, Tips, And Tools To Design Your Next Best Self Post-Ramadan Ramadan ended a few weeks ago, and by now you’re probably starting to settle back to your post-Ramadan routine. You
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How Inferiority Complex Is Hurting You and the Ummah (and How We Can Fix This)
Islamic history is lit up with examples of Muslims who were world class leaders. They sat at the helm of flourishing empires and led on multiple frontiers ranging across medicine, mathematics, natural sciences and legal jurisprudence. In fact many of the inventions, innovations and discoveries that came from the Islamic world constitute much of the
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When Souls Meet: How to fuse Barakah into your meetings?
We tend to think of meetings as spaces where minds meet, however, what if we redefined meetings as spaces where souls meet? How can meetings be conduits of Barakah (Divine Goodness) for ourselves and organizations, and even a means of personal and team-wide spiritual development? In this article, we explore how we can approach meetings from a spiritual perspective and the impact this will have on the quality of our meetings.
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The #GoHijri Adoption Framework: A practical tool to living a Hijri-first lifestyle
Adopting the Hijri calendar as your primary calendar in life can be challenging – especially that our modern life is built and organized around the Gregorian calendar. This article will offer a practical tool to help you live a Hijri-first lifestyle we call: The #GoHijri Adoption Framework.
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