Contentment in a World of Constant Want
Do you feel like you have too many things you don’t need? Amina Salau shares handy tips on how a Muslim can learn to be content.
DetailsDo you feel like you have too many things you don’t need? Amina Salau shares handy tips on how a Muslim can learn to be content.
DetailsThe Qur’an is the ultimate guide for success and survival. How can we, as parents, connect our children to the Qur’an? Zahra Anjum shares some tips…
DetailsBy making a sacrifice in the true essence by giving something beloved to us, we also learn the true act of sacrifice for our everyday life.
DetailsThe best of us have a hard time being patient when things get tough. For children, it is a monumental task! Asking a child to “be patient” does not offer him any practical steps, nor does it help in developing this trait. Ruhaifa Adil discusses creative techniques in the first of this two part-series to help foster patience in children.
DetailsThree gifts for our times that will save us from losing faith in Islam
DetailsIn the same way you make sure that you do not miss any salah, you should act towards reading the Qur’an every day. Treat the daily recitation of Qur’an as important as observing your prayers, and you will slowly condition yourself to keep the habit. If you happen to miss any day, challenge yourself to make up for the missed day by reciting more on another day.
DetailsWe all are negative nancies at times. But there is a clear difference between having a few negative thoughts now and then and seriously suffering from low self-esteem. This can make a person feel completely worthless in their own eyes. As Muslims, we can use Islam’s clear guidelines to improve our self-esteem and be positive confident Muslims, writes Unaiza Ahsan.
DetailsSay (O Muhammad to mankind): “If you love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you of your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Surah al-Imran, 3:31)
DetailsJannah is a very abstract concept – no one has ever seen it with their eyes. In such a case, where there is no visual image of the destination, it is easy to get off track. Learn to mind map your way to Jannah with Ruhaifa Adil as she explains how to use the tool of mind mapping to make the way to Jannah clearer and more concrete through a detailed visual representation of the path that leads to it.
DetailsThe general purpose of this book is to provide a framework for understanding the trials and the tribulations that we experience in this worldly life from the Islamic perspective as well as to present various solutions for responding to and coping with these tribulations.
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