Five practical steps to be a steadfast Muslim!

Not a single person can deny the fact that human nature is notorious and censurable;  history is one unfortunate witness to this very fact! But human beings are bound to err. They were never designed to be perfect, nor  do they run on pre-defined algorithms for pre-designed results. They are not machines- rather they are driven by their...

Would you like it Blessed or Wretched?

Marriage is a colorful artwork gifted to you by Allah, specially designed for you to find repose in.  It is an institution where real love is nurtured for the family to bask in its warmth and light.  It is the building where the foundation of future is laid in the present.  It is falling in...

So you think Islamic weddings are boring?!

Amazing ideas brought to you by the Youth Club Street Dawah Team There is an outdated cliche with regards to practicing God fearing brothers and sisters that because they are so 'boring', then obviously their weddings will be drab too! People would complain: Where is the pumping loud Bhangra music?! Bhangra and Dhol apparently being...

The Only Man Who Truly Loves You

  A candid guest post by newly-wed writer, Imratul Ozair. “The whole notion of modern day lovveee is overrated, unrealistic and superficial!” declared the handsome new mehram in my life - my husband.  I nodded in approval. We, under an influence of media and peer pressure, have confined the idea of sincere love between opposite...

Broken hearts and picture frames

  I feel like Professor Snape toiling with an essay on "Being Unbiased". Not that I'm at a loss for what to write but because- it is complicated. To break love into categories, to stop loving someone when you're already in it, fall out of love... draft 11 discarded, crumpled and all thoughts brushed aside....