In the first part of this article, I shared some tips for being a productive online student. A teacher is still very much a student, so if you haven’t read the previous post, I highly recommend you head over there first! In this part, we will look at some habits that make for a productive online teaching
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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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[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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Why We Don’t Take Advice Productively and How to Solve That
The issue of giving/taking advice can get a bit tricky sometimes. Consider the following real-life scenarios: 1. “This is difficult . I don’t know how I will do it any more”, I said to my husband after my 3rd cycle of chemotherapy. He replied,“You should thank Allah that this time chemo is not as bad
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[Surat Al-A’raf Series- Part 5]: Be A Productive Forerunner!
In Part 1 and 2, we began our journey into Surat Al A’raf to look for productivity lessons. In Part 3 and 4, we began the story of Adam and Iblis. Now, in Part 5, we go further into the incident to pick up more productivity lessons . Allah said, “Descend from Paradise, for it is not
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[Interview with Dr. Mohamed Abutaleb] How to Productively Excel in Deen & Dunya
Many times, when we hear success stories of inspiring individuals, we cannot help but compare ourselves to them. How did they have the time to do that? What is their secret? How did they stay motivated? Wondering about that could be a good thing. If your intention while doing that is to evaluate yourself and
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