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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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Your 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
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[Reader Discussion] Struggling with Your Parents? How to Deal with it Productively
“But my Mom is the person who gets on my nerves the most”, says a sister in a religious gathering. The statement was made after she was reminded of the virtues of treating parents kindly. It seems that sometimes when people become ‘religious’, ‘practicing’ or acquire more knowledge of the deen, they start
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[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.”
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[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.
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[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
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