It’s late afternoon. You’re finishing up work, the children are asking for snacks, and your mind drifts to the thought: Ramadan is almost here. Excitement rises, but so does a quiet worry: how will I balance worship, family, and everything else? This is the moment to...
*It's the only house* where you can go to dozens of times without an invitation. *The only house* where you can put the key in the door and enter directly. *The house* that has loving eyes that stare at the Door until they see you. *The house* which...
There is a famous statement, "Do not let anyone live your head rent free." Through prophetic advice we learn the importance of using bedtime to make an effort to let it all go daily. This is a path of Jannah. This is a difficult but rewarding spiritual...
Posts resume after Eidul Fitr 2024 Rehab was an activist in the American Muslim community, who gave preference to others over herself. She was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 26. “[When] she said she would do something, she did it. Not many people...
There are times that a quick, short answer jumps out of your mouth. Full of sharp edges that draw blood. And you look away so you don’t need to see the pain you know you caused. Half of what she does, you don’t understand. The things...
𝟏. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐟𝐚𝐚𝐫: "𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝: '𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐭-𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠; '𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬." [𝟕𝟏:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟐] 2. Fear Allah ﺳﺒﺤﺎﻧﻪ ﻭﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ. Have Taqwa: "Whosoever fears...
No one tells the oceans or the trees or the mountains that they're too old. They talk of how powerful, how grounded, how awesome they are. Imagine if we thought the same way about ourselves as we got older. Maybe we'd realize how spectacular we are. By: Becky Hemsley...
An onlooker (Muhammad Asad -- before Islam), unfamiliar with the Islamic mode of prayer, asked a simple Muslim: "Might it not be better only to look into one's self and to pray to Him in the stillness of one's heart? Why all these movements of your...
He awakes in the middle of the night with a purpose. Slowly, he gets out of bed and quietly slips off to the bathroom so not to awaken the others. Inside he feels refreshed as the cool water splashes on his face, arms and feet....
All the situations in our lives teach us exactly what we need to be learning. The people and situations we encounter every day have much to teach us when we are open to receiving their wisdom. Often we don’t recognize our teachers yet they may embody...
