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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[Parenting Lessons from Surah Luqman – Part 3]: Being Grateful and Caring towards Parents
In previous parts of this series on parenting lessons from surah Luqman, we talked about the essential prerequisites of parenting (Part 1), and the importance of instilling tawheed and iman in our children, so they can avoid committing shirk (Part 2). This part focuses on the next piece of advice in surah Luqman : taking
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How to Increase Social Productivity this Ramadan?
The month of Ramadan is a time when we should maximise good deeds. Being active at a community level is one way of doing so. Ramadan offers you the opportunity to serve your community and to get close to it. Here are some tips for achieving this: 1. Help at Home During Ramadan, everyone
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How YOU Can End World Hunger
There is a crisis afoot, perhaps the greatest scandal of our times. There is more than enough food for everyone in the world, yet close to a billion people are starving. How is this even possible? The deeper you look at it, the worse you realize the situation is. Every year £10 billion worth of food
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In Part 1 we looked at the mindset of a Muslim when mentally preparing for the weekend. Now it’s time for some practical suggestions for what to actually do with your time. We start with Q2 activities – the important things in life that are likely to slip away as they don’t have urgent deadline pressures. So
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