It’s a series all about positivity and about making the most of this blessed month which is upon us. Although Ramadan is not the start of the year, I personally feel that it’s a stronger marker that a year has passed. Maybe you know exactly what I’m talking about...
I can think of several amusing misunderstandings in my early months as a Muslim (many years ago!). I first learned to perform salah (ritual prayer) from a book. The instructions said that I should not let a stranger walk in front of me while praying and I took that very literally.
In the weeks leading up to the Holy Month of Ramadan, most Muslims have their very best intentions at heart and are ready to embrace the glorious month of fasting wholeheartedly. However, despite their best intentions, it’s very easy to stumble during the first few days...
Being able to love for your brother or sister what you love for yourself is a characteristic every true Muslim should train their heart upon. What does this mean? Firstly it is the golden rule; treat others how you want to be treated. You don’t want to be backbitten, so don’t backbite others.
In order to sleep better, we should first relax a bit. We need to unwind from the pressures, worries, and distresses of the day. And we need to end the day on a note of forgiveness and with a few moments of tenderness with our families...
Nowadays motivational and life coaches teach their students that jealousy can lead you away from your chosen path. This is something we Muslims understand because we are faced with situations and circumstances that seem designed to turn us away from God and His commandments.
Ramadan is like our off season training. This is when we have intensive training on remembering Allah, reading and understanding the Quran, doing more charity, giving alms, doing more acts of worship, whatever they may be... they may be extra voluntary prayers…
The Month of Ramadan is like a gentle breeze that hastens to cool a sweltering summer night. However, just as quickly as it arrives, it bids farewell much too soon. Get ready to welcome Ramadan today, so that you can take full advantage of the blessed days and nights once it arrives.
All of us should make sure that we are developing a habit of reciting this book in these coming days, so that when the month of Ramadan comes, we are already oriented around the Book of Allah. Because I know many of us maybe perhaps since last Ramadan...
Don't exhaust your effort and waste your life chasing a mirage, chasing something that Allah has promised us it will be destroyed. Do you want true happiness? Run to Allah. Allah will give you true happiness in this life and in our real home, the everlasting home...
I would like to share a few of my stories with you. These are my embarrassing first steps into Islam. I tell them to you so that you will not be afraid to go forward, knowing that we all have to start somewhere.
Make this Ramadan an even bigger success than in year’s past by calling those nearest to you to the mercy and love contained within God’s Last Message, the Quran. Get creative and use innovative methods to inspire non-Muslims, and those considering...
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