What Muslims can (re)learn from Japanese culture: Reflections from Japonisme by Erin Niimi Longhurst
Every Ramadan, my family and I would gather eagerly around the TV to catch the latest episode of Khawater, a popular TV series that aired…
What I learnt from Rozan, the Syrian mother living in lebanon
With a tough year dwindling to a close, I asked myself what I wanted to carry with me into 2018. What from the days prior…
The anti-ageing effects of fasting: Autophagy
With the prevalence of intermittent fasting, scientific studies on the health benefits of fasting is a growing phenomenon. As Muslims, our foremost intention for…
Self-Worth: Capitalism vs Consciousness
This world trains us to feel like our value as humans is tied to our achievements, status and acquisitions. From career titles to the size…
Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ Daily Routine: Forgotten Sunnahs to Implement in Your Life
Daily routines have become a huge topic of discussion in recent years. It feels like we’re constantly being bombarded with different advice on how we…
Book Review – Fiqh of Social Media: Timeless Principles for Navigating the Digital Age
Aftering reading the late Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death and spending a few months away from Twitter, it was a stroke of serendipity that…
Keeping the Ramadan vibe alive starting with Shawwal fasts
So Shawwal is almost here, Ramadan is over….where do we go from here? How do we, should we, react? There are many reactions we can have…
How Ramadan and Eid have been hijacked by capitalism
‘Oh Children of Adam, take your adornment at every Masjid, and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed he likes not those who commit…
Slow living as a spiritual exercise
Since the pandemic, it seems like a lot of us have begun to re-evaluate the pace of our lives. More people than ever are changing…
Introducing Alafia Project: A Black Muslim Mental Health Project
Black mental health through history The book ‘The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease’, written by psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl and published in 2010,…
The last mile, lift your Ramadan slump
In the many years I’ve been lucky enough to spend fasting, I’ve had the same approach to Ramadan. I tend to set myself huge goals…
How reconnecting with Allah helped me to manage my anxiety
DISCLAIMER: These tips are not meant to be used as a substitute for professional help. We encourage you to reach out to mental health…
What good deeds do the Quran and Hadith command us to engage in?
Our natural inclination as humans is in fact to engage good, we were made in a way that our fitra actually wants to engage in…
A Letter to a Weary Ramadan Heart
To the weary heart starting to tire as we enter the second half of Ramadan, maybe you didn’t quite prepare for Ramadan as you wanted…
Remembering our Loved Ones: Duas You Can Make For The Deceased
When a loved one returns back to Allah, it is undeniable that we experience a range of emotions under grief. It has been especially hard…
This is Where I Live: An exploration of Palestine, language and memory
In my mother’s kitchen, you’ll find a jar of spiced lemon rinds and spices brining in vinegar on the windowsill. Homemade achar, a South Asian…
A response to “Sister, it’s better for you to pray at home.”
Muslim women and Mosques seems to be an ongoing conversation with it often increasing in the month of Ramadan. Ustadha Rumaysah shares a few key…
The Etiquettes of making Dua: How to get your prayers answered
During the blessed month of Ramadan, we usually spend our time worshipping Allah through reading the Quran, increasing our voluntary salah such as Taraweeh or…
The Loneliest Ramadan: You May Feel Like It’s Not Really Ramadan
My first Ramadan without a mosque, tarawih, jummah prayers, communal iftars or family gatherings is not this one. There was no global pandemic at that…
Your Invitation to the Divine Banquet
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine you were invited to a great dinner, an elaborate, sumptuous spread laid before you by a generous…
The Powerful History of Zakat
Each year, Allah presents us with an opportunity to purify our hearts and wealth through fasting and Zakat. Our deen has been formed in a…
Healing and experiencing grief during Ramadan
One of the most bewildering aspects of navigating grief is how unaffected the rest of the world seems to be by your anguish. Despite the…
What’s in a samosa? Losing our Dad to Covid and Navigating our first Ramadan without him
This is our first Ramadan without our dad, and samosas. My dad was an extraordinarily good person, who led a simple life that had been…
Journeying to Islam: “I simply just need to arrive, and God will be waiting”
My whole life I have felt uncomfortable talking about my religion or what I believed in and not because I was embarrassed but because I…
How to answer: Why aren’t you fasting? Why aren’t you praying? Where do babies come from? for kids
We all know how loaded this question is and, if unprepared, answering can be awkward, to say the least. Yet, it’s not just young children who…
The Moon, Money and Motherhood: Conversations with a New Wave of Muslim Leaders
What do sighting the moon, purifying your wealth and the postpartum rest period have in common? A strange question, I know, but they are each…
Sunnah ways: Mindful eating this Ramadan
Mindful eating is nothing new, but in reality, it is so difficult to practice, especially at iftar time during Ramadan, as Ramadan approaches it’s important…
Make Palestinian Iftar dish Musakhan with Jenan
Musakhan is the national dish of Palestine and it’s a dish that is cherished by so many. It’s made with layers of fluffy bread, drenched…
We break down what “100% donation” and “no admin cost” policies actually mean
During the month of Ramadan, we often hear charities marketing “100% donations” or “no admin costs” – buzzwords that imply your donations only go to…
12 Duas For Pregnancy and Childbirth
From the day you decide to have a child to the day Allah blesses you with one, every experience related to pregnancy and childbirth is…
Ramadan Children’s Books with diverse families and characters
Ramadan now offers us so much choice in terms of resources for our children, decorations and reading material. I remember just a few years ago…
15 online classes and videos series to follow this month
The month of Ramadan is the perfect time to focus on our personal reflection and growth. Thankfully, the online community of Muslim discussions and reminders is…
Leave the bad habits behind this Ramadan
I remember the first Ramadan I experienced during the pandemic where people around me, including myself, felt disappointed for not being able to go to…
Welcoming Ramadan into our homes – A practical guide
As we await the arrival of Ramadan, lots of us are busily preparing our hearts, writing du’a lists, setting Qur’an recitation goals, and carefully setting…
19 Islamic and Muslim character books for kids about Ramadan, Eid and everyday life!
Please note this article was written and copied in 2021, See here for 2022 Book recommendations One of the best ways to bring Ramadan and…
The Motive, Week II, Why not go for a day trip to Cambridge?
This week in The Motive, why not go for a day trip to Cambridge? There’s plenty to do in this historical, picturesque city. 🚣🏽♀️ You…
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