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The Book of Allah repeatedly encourages man to reflect; in fact, the verb yatafakkaru (they reflect) is mentioned 17 times. In his book, The Book of Assistance, Imam Al-Haddad remarks that reflection is the lamp of the heart, if it departs, the heart will have no light. Therefore, without reflection, the heart is darkened and life is lived with a sense of
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5 Tips to Stop Social Media From Taking Over Your Life
The Prophet advised us to take advantage of our free time before we become busy. We have somewhat of a different problem now. Instead of becoming busy, we’ve made ourselves busy. A lot of us go through the same social media routines constantly. At work we cycle through Gmail, ESPN, CNN, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, Buzzfeed,
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12 Tips from the Sunnah to Communicate Effectively with Others
We communicate with people on a daily basis, and what’s better than learning some important types of etiquette that could improve our daily interactions! I personally worked as an elementary school teacher in Sharjah for a period of time. After Allah blessed me with my third child, I couldn’t get back to work and I
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5 Golden Rules When Making and Sticking to Your Resolutions
“Judge yourselves before you are judged, evaluate yourselves before you are evaluated and be ready for the greatest investigation (the Day of Judgement).”Umar ibn al-Khattab Every new year kicks off with a whole lot of New Year’s resolutions which sound like: “2013 is going to be a fresh start.” That’s the spirit! “No being quiet
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Shopping – the Productive Muslim Way (i.e. Money-saving & Stress-less way)
The task of balancing your shopping list and the budget is always daunting. Those of us with big families and young children know what I’m talking about. Tackling the grocery list is usually the trickiest. I figured most of my readers, whether they have big families or not, go shopping every now and then, so
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Seven Golden Etiquettes for Seekers of Knowledge
It was related by Anas bin Malik that the Prophet said: “Seeking knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim.” [Sunan Ibn Mâjah] However, as with all things in our Deen, there are proper ways of going about doing things. We have a certain way of taking wudhu, making salaah, tasbeeh, zikr, fasting and hajj. Here we give you 7 etiquettes for knowledge seekers in sha Allah:
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