You snatch yourself out of a meeting, rush to make wudu, find an empty conference room, then hurriedly start performing dhuhr (noon) prayer. By the time you say “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is Greater), all sorts of distractions flood your mind ironically: the email you must send, the phone call you need to make, the report
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Graduating Ramadan Without Regret: 7 Realistic & Manageable Tips to Help You
You’ve probably been getting tons of messages telling you how to make the best of the last 10 precious nights of Ramadan and the most anticipated Laylatul-Qadr (The Night of Power/Decree). But instead of getting motivated, you get overwhelmed and feel that the goals and plans you are reading about are unrealistic given your circumstances.
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Praying When You Don’t Feel like Praying: How to Overcome the Lack of Motivation
My teacher once said, “Some people feel better after they have prayed and some pray after they feel better. Both are aiming for the same target, but the latter option will leave you feeling utterly lost.” He was absolutely right. If you are someone who is waiting to ‘feel better first’, I humbly urge you
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[Doodle of the Month] Your MOST Productive Day at Work
Abu Productive shares his tips on how to have the most productive day based on the Qur’an, the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad and science. Design inspired by A Day in the Life of a Graphic Designer by Keith Bowman © Amerikan Made Prints.
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How to Gain Tranquility in Your Prayer Series (Part 1)
(Part 1): How to Attain Ultimate Submission Read Part 2, Part 3 and 4 here! We are quick to say we’ve submitted to the will of Allah , but does our heart completely back our words? Have we submitted ourselves, or found “khushoo” in our prayer, our actions and our daily lives? “Successful indeed are
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A Glorious Call to Prayer
We may hear this call 5 times a day, but have you ever genuinely listened to the adhan? Have you ever felt it as a call from Allah, The Mighty and Majestic, addressed to you specially as a Muslim? Indeed it is calling us to the noblest of worship, our salah, which brings barakah into
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