Archive for Advice


The Issue of Leadership and Islamic Revival

‘Saddam Hussein was bad!’ most people would say. A cruel, heartless dictator who cared little for his people. Someone who didn’t even flinch at the thought of torturing someone, or snuffing out a life. Truth be told, I’d agree to some of these notions. There was even a time when it was nice to say [...]

Six effective tips to Islamically train small children

Small children are the joy of our lives; whether they are our own or nephews or nieces. We adore them. Once we have them, we can’t think of life without them.

photo by Sadati

No one needs to be told that small children love to emulate their elders. Whether you know it or not, they’re watching you [...]

Seven tips to help you pray Fajr

Most of us struggle to get up at Fajr time. There can be several reasons for this; ranging from weakness in eeman, to lack of discipline. However, the intention of this post is not to list them and then chastise people. Rather, I would like to list a few practical tips that can help us [...]

Why do Muslims miss Salah?

This may seem like a very basic question to many. However, I’ve been pondering over this the past few days and I was trying to think of some of the (unfortunately) many reasons why Muslims don’t pray. The first thing that comes to my mind is that we can’t forget our loved ones when it [...]