By Meru Hussain Ibrahim. Our Father. Friend of Allah. A Nation unto himself. Thul-Hijjah is the season that comes to teach us patience, to reinforce to us the milla (way) of Ibrahim (as), to bring us back to La Illaha Ilallah. Many people find the...
“Allâh will accept the repentance of whom He wills. And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” [Surah At-Tawbah 9:27] When was the last time you repented to Allah ﷻ? And I don’t just mean casually uttering the words ‘Oh Allah fo...
By Romina Afghan One of the many blessings of Islam and being a Muslim, is knowing in detail all of the special times of the year, month and week that Allah Himself has preferred over other times, and the rewards of deeds in these special times th...
By Romina Afghan Life is all about connections. The connection we have with ourselves, with our purpose; the connection we have with our loved ones; the connections we make between our experiences and what they mean to us and for us. Connec...
By Romina Afghan Did we think we were different? Did we think we were better than the people of the past? Did we think that the Quran didn’t apply to us? أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓ...
By Fatima-Minna There’s a young women in a little terraced house in a UK city. She has just said goodbye to her Muslim friends, who came over to witness her Shahada. The sun shone into the tiny front room as she said the words that would change he...
By Asma Nemati When we talk about lessons learned from anything in life, each one of us brings a unique perspective. Allah Most High has created us in our own special ways. No two souls are alike. No two opinions are the same. They might have ...
By Romina Afghan and Maryam Akram The Day of Arafah is here! The best day of the entire year - alhamdulillaah we have been given life and the blessing to be able to see this day when so many others have passed, and when so many others are heedless o...
By Aliya Vaughan I used to think hijab oppressed Muslim women to benefit men, only to discover it was in fact, a fallacy that is used specifically to undermine Muslim women and discredit Islam. I later learned hijab is not a form of female subordina...
By Romina Afghan We are living through a unique moment in history. A moment where the things we had taken for granted suddenly seem fragile and the regular routines of normality have become a distant dream of the past; where we mourn the loss of all...