We always hear about the virtues of the month of Shaaban, but some people don’t know how to make the best out of it. A group of sisters from Egypt, however, created a plan to help each other maximize their productivity in Shaaban. This hadith triggered the motivation. Usamah bin Zaid said: “I said: ‘O
Read articleYour Jannah To-Do List: 6 Tasks to Inherit Al-Firdaus (The Highest Paradise)
We all have our eyes on the ultimate goal, the biggest prize…Al-Firdaus, right? It’s the highest level of Jannah (paradise) – in it what no eyes have seen, no ears have heard and no human has ever imagined. But what exactly do we have to do to attain this lofty and honourable level? Jannah: a short
Read article[Finding Peace and Contentment – Part 3]: How Our Words Affect Our Hearts
You know what’s funny? In our circles, when two people greet each other, the conversation usually goes something like this: “Assalamu ‘Alaikum, Brother/Sister” “Wa ‘Alaikum AsSalam wa Rahmat Allah.” “How are you?” “Alhamdulillah.”
Read article[Finding Peace and Contentment – Part 2]: Does Having Problems Mean You’re Not Blessed?
This is actually one of those questions that keeps hovering in many people’s minds.You have one rough day/week, things don’t go the way they ‘should’, then you start wondering: “Why does everything have to go wrong for me? What did I do?” If this applies to you, you’ve reached the right article! Take a deep breath.
Read article[Finding Peace and Contentment – Part 1]: What Does it Mean to be Blessed?
If you’re in a state of difficulty, tribulation or restriction that is affecting your inner peace and making you think you’re not blessed, then you should read this. We all want to be ‘blessed’, right? When we’re pleased with someone, we say “God bless you.” When people ask us to make dua for them, we say
Read articleWhat I Learned from Our Three Winners: Changing the Way We Deal With Calamities
There are some deep and revolutionary messages to all of us that emerged and continue to emerge from the Chapel Hill Shooting. The three beautiful souls of Deah (23), his bride Yusor (21), and Razan (19) have been taken violently and hatefully in what is undoubtedly a senseless inhumane crime. Details of the incident and the main stream media’s unsurprisingly
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