The Healer of Hearts

By Mariam Riaz Bismillah. For a long time now, I have searched for inspiration to write. What better inspiration than the Book of Allah (SWT) and the most blessed of months, Ramadan! Every single one of us have reached a point in our lives when our heart suffered the deepest blow. The death of a...

My Ramadan Diary: Forgive Me When I Whine

By Umm Ibrahim Hot days? Long fasts? Parched tongue? Droopy eyes? Aching legs? This Ramadan, I will not whine! I absolutely refuse to complain. Not only will I not complain to Tom, Dick and Harry (or to Jamilah, Sakinah and Aneela) I will not even complain to myself! I feel too grateful to do that. I...

Peace!

Peace! The whole world's hankering after it. Today we have peace conventions, peace rallies, peace slogans, and yet, there is no peace. We are insecure in our own minds, in our own homes, in our own homeland. Amazing though it may sound but we don't really need to go into that much hullabaloo to get...

Fun, Love, Money.. Or is there more to life?

By Nadeem Ashraf NOTE: This article was based upon a few lectures that I gave at some schools in Faisalabad, including LGS, City School & Educare Academy. The article has purposefully been published in a lecture format so as to be of use to other brothers and sisters that would like to deliver a lecture...

That strange little meeting..

By Zaki Imtiaz It was like a gigantic wave of blood gushing in my aorta when I came close to him for the first time. I couldn't resist the appeal to hold him close, embrace him against my chest, feel the raw aroma coming out of his body. I was feeling a unique warmth in...

#QaboolHai – Theme for the Marriage Season!

Qabool Hai?? Qabool Hai!! Winter is here, and so is the marriage season.  Nikah contracts are in the air! For us at YouthClub, 2013 has been an extraordinarily beautiful year, with many of the YC brothers and sisters getting married! It sure is a promising prospect for the future of the Ummah when Dawah carriers,...

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...

The Inseparable Two

By Umm 'AishaBismillah.Our beloved Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wasallam) said: "Indeed Haya (modesty) and Iman (faith) are Companions. When one of them is lifted, the other leaves as well. (Baihaqi)Haya and Iman- these two remain joined together like Siamese twins!Today we see shameless and immodest acts being committed openly around us by 'Muslims' in 'Islamic' countries. ...

#Lovestruck – Did you know what YC is talking about these days?

#Lovestruck… That’s the newest trending hashtag for the Youth Clubbers! Before you say: “But we are encouraged to love our parents, siblings, thy neighbour etc..” Or “But I love my car, my job etc…” Allow us to clarify that the kind of love YouthClub is talking/tweeting/blogging/posting about is: the love that a man feels for...

Sacrifice Lovingly

By Umm 'Aisha Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem Scene 1: Younger Sister: Baji! Do you truly love me? Elder Sister: Of course I do! You need something again?!! Younger Sister: Yeah, that pink dress?? Elder Sister: Noooo! Not that one. Take the other one I bought last week. Scene 2: Husband: You know I value...