3 Top Tips To Jump Start Your Ramadan By Shalisha Smith Ramadan, the best month of the year! Every year this blessed month arrives, some of us enter it in a panic, followed by the overwhelm at the long hours of fasting and short hours of sleeping...
By Fatima-Minna I’ll start with an apology and a disclaimer. This is not a spiritual guide to Ramadan in any way, but there is a reason for that. A couple of experiences I’ve had during Ramadan as a busy working mother have changed my perspect...
By Aliya Vaughan "...But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not" Quran 2:216 "The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life" A....
By Crystal Daulton In the name of Allah, the most gracious and most merciful...Before I begin, I ask Allah for guidance and to continue to bless the mission of Solace in giving our revert sisters much needed support. May the donors and team memb...
A New Perspective: Differently-abled NOT Disabled! By Shalisha Smith There was a time when I viewed people with disabilities with the eye of pity. "Oh wow, imagine living life like that, Allah has truly blessed me.” If I happened to come acr...
By Romina Afghan If there is one quality that raises a person from being an average “Muslim” to an outstanding one who worships Allaah with “ihsaan” or excellence, it might be the ability to be grateful to Allaah at all times and in all ci...
By Aya Zaki In that school’s small prayer room, a little girl sat not realizing she was having an encounter with God. It was a day where the teacher had decided they would all go and pray together as a class. It was a dim room, but the light and...
By Calisha Bennet Very rarely have I ever met someone who said that their journey towards learning, memorising or understanding the Quran was a super easy one. The common experience is that it is an ongoing and uphill journey for most. It’s expr...
By Fatima-Minna When I was a child one of my favourite authors was Enid Blyton. My 8 year old is currently exploring many of my favourite old books, and I am getting the opportunity to see her stories from an adults view point. A common thread thr...
By Romina Afghan Something was wrong. Badly wrong. I knew it, felt it, but couldn't bring myself to speak it and give it a life beyond my mind where I had hastily stashed it behind a layer of normality. I didn't feel like myself. I felt l...