Last week, I went through a particularly stressful situation that left me distressed, unable to sleep for a few days. Looking back at the series of events now, I realise that the stress was not caused by the situation itself but by my indecision on how besWhen your mind becomes cluttered and anxious, thinking about a situation over and over and
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“Abi, when will we ever relax?”
I wanted to share a moving story that I once heard and will always remember and cherish for its meanings. It’s the story of one of the great Imams of this Ummah, Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal.
His son, Abdullah, asked his father one day: “Abi when will we ever relax?” His father, one of the greatest revivers of the Sunnah and a role model for all Muslims, looked him in the eye and said: “With the first step we take into Jannah.”
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One might ask what is the relationship, if any, between our sins and our productivity level? As Muslims, we believe that our success in life comes from Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala) and that barakah or “Divine Goodness” in our time/money/projects is one of the key ingredients to productivity and success. Anything that turns us away from Allah’s
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We’ve covered how to organize your typical day at work in a previous article. In this article we’re going to talk about how to organize your workflow and manage the tasks/projects that you face each day inshaAllah. Tasks vs. Projects: The first thing you need to be clear about when tackling your work is to
Read articleForgiving Others, Enhancing Personal Productivity
Imagine the feeling of looking at the man who murdered your uncle, who cut out his organs and gave it to someone to eat- and forgiving him. Imagine being abused and taunted, and when given the chance to retaliate, instead you forgive. This was the Messenger of Allah Ta’ala (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam), a
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