Book: Four Agreements
Author: Don Miguel Ruiz
Review By: Sister Ambar Qayyum
The agreements mentioned in the book are compared by Islamic View point.
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Episode 22 – The Power of Istighfaar!
Al-Muhaddithat – The Women Scholars in Islam
Book Name: Al-Muhaddithat
Author: Sh. Akram Nadwi
Reviewed by: Sr. Amal Saffour
If you thought this 290 page book was sufficiently packed with info and facts (which it is), then it’ll comes as a shock to know it is in fact only a preface to Sh. Mohammad Akram Nadwi’s 40 volume biographical dictionary (in Arabic) of the Muslim women who taught and studied hadith! Upon reading the book and realising the above, one is truly in awe of the beauty of our history and the role our mothers and sisters have played in furthering and developing the deen.
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Interview with a Productive twin: Arif and Ali Vakil
Assalamu alaykum,
Today we are proud to present, Brothers Arif and Ali Vakil, from Bangalore, India
Arif and Ali are brothers, who are running a family real-estate business in Bangalore with their father. Together with their corporate background, they’ve got a keen interest in a variety of topics, many that revolve around the Purpose of life, Islam and Spirituality. They pen down their thoughts sometimes in words other times in pictures at their blog. In 2008, their business was the first business to be trained in GTD in India and Arif and Ali were the first Certified GTD trainers in India. With that background we found them to be interesting candidates to interview for the readers of Productive Muslim.?
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Enjoy Your Life by Sheikh Dr. Muhammad ‘Abd Al-Rahaman Al-‘Arifi
Book Name: Enjoy Your Life
Author: Sheikh Dr. Muhammad ‘Abd Al-Rahaman Al-‘Arifi
Reviewed by: Anisa Hagi-Mohamed
Edited by: Mohammed Athif Khaleel
The art of interacting with people as deducted from a study of our beloved Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) life.
– A product of more than twenty years of research.
Enjoy Your Life by Sheikh Muhammad Al-Arifi is a book centered on developing and perfecting interpersonal skills based on Islamic Principles; whether that is with parents, children or students, friends, etc. This book is primarily based on the life of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). There are also numerous incidents from history and the author’s personal experiences. So, it’s not just a practical self-help book but it’s also a good lesson from history!
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