Choose your friends wisely.

By Hareem Fatima Abu Huraira (R.A) narrated: Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said:  “Man is upon the religion of their friend, so every one of among you should look upon his friend.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, 2378). What does this tell us? 3 things immediately come to mind: 1. Our friend circle is usually made up of like-minded people...

Missing Ramadan? Worry not, the BEST 10 are here!

By Nadeem Ashraf It's been more than a month since the blissful time of reflection and prayer that is Ramadan has come to a swift end. You tried your very best to get rid of niggling addictions and minor sins. You woke up even before Fajr for Tahajjud and Suhoor. You paid attention to your Salah...

Ramadan Challenge: Good Deeds Post-Ramadan!

By Umm Ibrahim We can never thank Allah enough for the blessed month of Ramadan, and the increase in worship it brings for us all. Almost all of us go one notch up than our pre-Ramadan selves in terms of worship. Maybe we read the Quran after months. Maybe we prayed Fajr on time after...

To Be Sinless, Or To Sin Less

By Zaynub Zafar Attitude 1: " Oh no! I’ve done it yet again. And after all those promises to Allah- there’s no point trying to stop.!..." Attitude 2: "It's OK, no big deal really. I mean sure, it's bad, but it's a minor sin. Besides, everyone does it. I will repent later. Can't be that...

The Art of Faith

"Faith is the art of holding onto things inspite of your changing moods and circumstances." ~ C. S. Lewis  There are times we have an extremely high level of faith. So we are enthusiastically doing our night prayers, daily charity, dawah work - you name it. But then there come times when the level just...