What do we do if parents stop us from being productive? This is something a lot of us can relate to, whether our parents are Muslims or non-Muslims. Often, parents are concerned about the productive projects we undertake. Will the projects yield positive results? Do the projects involve the right kind of people (Islamophobia seems
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Living the Advice of Surat Al-Asr – Part 2
[Continued from Part 1] Based on a lecture by Sheikh Muhammad al Shareef By now, I hope you have realized the importance of time and have started applying the steps that were mentioned earlier. This article will continue from the point that we had last stopped at. “By time, indeed, mankind is in loss, except
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Working Productively in Dunya for Akhira
Every Muslim acknowledges that this life is temporary and the eternal life will begin in the hereafter. Allah has promised to those who believe and do righteous deeds a more bountiful, peaceful, and fulfilling life in the Hereafter; that is if we follow the principles of Islam accordingly and live our lives pleasing Allah and
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How To Extract Precious Gems From What We Read
We read all the self-improvement books, articles, blogs, listen to lectures, attend seminars, but sometimes we don’t see the results that were promised! In a quest for reading “X” amount of books, all too often our goal becomes to finish one book so we can move on to the next. Knowing what to do is not
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Fighting the 'Black Magic Box' (TV)
The majority of households around the world today will have the famous black box in various shapes and sizes sitting in their living room blazing entertainment and news. Each day millions of TV viewers are engulfed by both good and bad content that allows them to be hypnotized by the ‘magic black box’. I want
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Sense of Humour in Islam
A friend of mine once asked me: “Why are Muslims always gloomy?” I was surprised at this, so I asked him how he came to that conclusion, and he explained: “Once I told my friend about a funny thing that happened to me but he told me not to laugh…” To help answer his query I though
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