Winter. A season that so many of us dread but so many of us look forward to. The cold, misty, cinnamon scented fog is looming in the air, the eventual icy white blanket of snow tha…
“And say to the believing women (that) they should lower [of] their gaze and they should guard their chastity, and not (to) display their adornment except what is apparent of it.…
We don’t often realise how much we take for granted in this world. The human being is never satisfied; there is always a complaint about something or other. We all want perfectio…
The recent earthquake incident in South Asia, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, claimed over 350 lives and caused an estimated 2,000 fatalities on the first day alone. Areas affe…
Whilst many associate poverty with the developing world, it is a persistent problem which plagues millions of families in the UK.‘Fuel poverty’ is an inability to sufficiently …
The world is just a small part of what we were created for, a mere stop gap in the ever long journey. So why do we hold on to anything and everything that is of worldly value? We t…
Allah SWT has created us humans with wants, needs, feelings, emotions and desires. We, ourselves, control our minds and how we want to operate and act upon this.There are many thin…
All throughout the summer months, the ambivalent weather looms over us like a dark cloud (literally)! The weather change is one of the most discussed subjects amongst people at thi…
Time flies, doesn't it? Ramadan has passed, Eid-ul-Fitr has passed, the pilgrimage of Hajj for 2015 has been completed, followed by the festivities of Eid-ul-Adha… In all this ti…
Europe is facing one of the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War. More than half a million people are escaping terror, conflict, violence and persecution and looking for…
Time; everything we do in our lives is based on time. Our daily routines, weekly structures, our plans for today, for tomorrow and our future – all based on time. The time we spe…
Food, food, food. We all like our food. We all need food. We have unlimited choices for numerous different foods. We also have many tastes and differences when it comes to food. So…
The Prophet Muhammad SAW was one of Allah SWT’s most humble prophets. He is the role model for Muslim believers and followers worldwide. So many mannerisms of the Holy Prophet ar…
Whenever you go to mosque or to a religious gathering, you hear people all around you preaching about Islam and its teachings. Some of which you may agree with and some you may not…
We all know that feeling of having too many clothes in our wardrobe and hoarding all those ‘important’ things we seem to have no use for. Can you imagine how much money you cou…
We all have certain phobias in life. Some of us are scared of heights, whilst others are petrified of water, and quite a few of us suffer from arachnophobia (fear of spiders). So,…
It’s amazing how we get carried away with our day to day lives, in our own little bubble, isn’t it? Time carries on whilst we observe our daily tasks almost on auto-pilot, and …
There are so many generous people in this world today, Mash’Allah. There are children out there who would give all their pocket money to a child in need. There are groups of boys…
“He who performs a small act for the sake of Allah SWT, in return, Allah SWT will make that act superior than he wished for in the sight of others. And he who performs a great ac…
The Syrian crisis has led to an estimated 19 million Syrians fleeing their homes since the outbreak of civil war in 2011. Around 6.5 million have been displaced within Syria itself…
