Inna lillah wa inna ilayhi raji’un. “To Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return.” …… This phrase never phased me. Not even when someone I knew left this world. I felt sadness as I [...]
My friend who graced the blog, 1newleaf with wonderful articles has departed from the world. She wrote with the pen name, “Honey bee”. Like a bee, she wanted to work hard and enrich her Akhira [...]
She’s still not married? What’s wrong? For some reason, many communities have this ridiculous notion that a woman’s life both begins and ends with marriage. My own community – that of South [...]
Some people seem to be on top of the world. They’re the leaders of their fields, they’re always on top of things. It’s common to wonder just what their secret is. I’ve done it myself. How is it [...]
Coping mechanisms are things you use to get you through difficult situations. Special thanks to Hasina Suliman from Muslimah Lifestyle for starting to talk to me about different coping mechanisms [...]
Work, family, hobbies, passions. Our lives are filled with so, so many things Alhamdulilah. But what happens when there’s too much? I have the tendency to overfill my days, stuffing them as full [...]
Have you ever wanted to do something (or refrain from doing something) and then proceeded to deny your desire because What will people say? What will people say if they see your children going [...]
Every time Ramadan comes & goes we tend to reflect on the month – did we do enough ibadah? Did weask for enough forgiveness? Did we read enough Quran? Did we forget to invite somebody to [...]
I am all about time management and being productive. I believe that as Muslims our time in this Dunya is short and hence we should make the most out of the time we are blessed with. This month, [...]
It took me a very long time to decide what I wanted this post to be about. If I still wrote free-hand, there’d be a trash can filled with crumpled up pages at my feet. What I settled on in [...]
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