The evil eye is real, we all know that. Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger as saying: The influence of an evil eye is a fact. [Sahih Muslim] Scholars define the evil eye as the repeated looking at the object of jealousy with evil feelings and intention of harm. However, we also know from our tradition
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What You Need to Know about Stigma & How NOT to Be a Bystander
*Fade in Inspirited Minds: (Facing the reader) Stigma. Reader: Ugh, that word again! Inspirited Minds: It’s time we stood up to stigma, and defeated it once and for all. Reader: Here we go again, ha, typical. Inspirited Minds: Mental Health is accepted in Islam, it’s time we took hold of our rich Islamic tradition in
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How to Have a Happy and Healthy Physical Heart (Part 1)
The heart pumps life. It keeps us moving, breathing and feeling. It maintains the body and mind that Allah has entrusted to us, and fuels our muscles so that we may worship Him. It is important to maintain the spiritual heart, but are we making sure our physical heart is healthy? Although working on the
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Deepening The Love of Allah [swt] in Young Hearts
Children have some of the most inquisitive minds. They find the mundane awe-inspiring, they constantly ask questions and they are full of excitement. It is at this tender age that you can start instilling a love of Allah and a love of Islam. I don’t mean by forcing them to join your salah or making
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Ask Abu Productive: Q&A with Mohammed Faris and Mifrah Mahroof
Joining us for the last episode of season 1, is Abu Productive, along with Mifrah Mahroof, for an interactive Q&A session. Abu Productive answers some questions from the audience regarding: Productively achieving goals Discovering your skills Maximizing concentration and focus Low self-esteem And a lot more… Questions asked: Is there a simple approach to fulfill
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The Power of Pause: Why We All Need Time to Refresh, Restart, and Refuel
Last year in November, I led a group of 22 participants from 5 countries in a personal development retreat in Sri Lanka called “Productive Muslim Retreat“. You can watch highlights of the retreat below: The goal of the retreat was to help everyone PAUSE and reflect on where they are headed in life, and plan
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