Ramadan is coming up and Alhamdullillah that we are alive to begin preparing for it. Coming up is another chance to earn Allah’s mercy, seek forgiveness for our sins and gather all the barakah that we possibly can. Alhamdullillah! Unfortunately, I missed fasting during Ramadan last year; I was too sick to even attempt to keep
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Mastering Work-Life Balance: 3 Eye-opening Lessons from Prophet Muhammad [saw]
To many people, work-life balance is at best a good idea, or at worst a terrible modern day joke that doesn’t make anyone laugh anymore. In the words of Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams, who wrote in a March 2014 Harvard Business Review article: “Work/life” balance is at best an elusive ideal and at worst
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1-Day ProductiveRamadan Workshop – London, UK (+ Online LIVE Streaming)
ProductiveMuslim.com is pleased to announce a 1-Day ProductiveRamadan Workshop in London on Saturday, 21st May 2016 in partnership with the Islamic Institute for Development Research (IIDR). Date: Sat 21 May ’16 Time: 9.00am – 6.30pm Venue: Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS The workshop will be facilitated by the founder of ProductiveMuslim.com, Mohammed Faris (aka Abu
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“Ready, Set, Ramadan!” A 1-Day Productive Ramadan LIVE Workshop – Vancouver, Canada
ProductiveMuslim.com is pleased to announce a 1-Day ProductiveRamadan Workshop in Vancouver (Canada) in partnership with Vancouver Madinah (Click here for more details). WHAT: READY, SET, RAMADAN! WHERE: MAC Centre 2122 Kingsway, Vancouver WHEN: 10AM – 6PM Topics we’ll cover: How to build that perfect Ramadan routine How to increase your spiritual productivity How to
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How Giving Up Music Made Me More Productive
I used to have a library of lyrics in my head, and would always be up to date with new songs, and share them with my friends. I wouldn’t leave my house without headphones. It was something I was dependent on to study, relax, while in my car… it was just a significant part of
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[Reader Discussion] How to Recover from Phases of Weak Iman
There are phases when we don’t feel motivated enough to hasten towards good deeds as we should. We learn from the Qur’an and Sunnah that there are reasons that trigger these phases: 1. Overzealousness or excessiveness in worship beyond one’s ability, which might lead to a relapse and lack of ability to maintain the hype. ‘Aisha
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