How to Bring Salah into your Busy Schedule
As a co-founder of a young startup and a mother of 2, Iโve always struggled to find a balance in my work, family life and faith commitments. On some days work overwhelms me (since Iโm multitasking on so many tasks),...
How did our Forefathers find the Qibla Direction without an App?
Finding the Qibla direction is a relatively easy affair today: qibla compasses built into prayer rugs, smartphone apps, and youtube can point us in the right direction. But do you wonder how people used to find the Qibla in the...
Did You Know? All The Worldโs Shadows Point To Mecca Once A Year!
๏ปฟHorror - Your Qibla Compass Isnโt Always Accurate In A Building ๐ฑ Did you know that compasses (physical ones, as well as the ones on your phone), can point in different directions in the SAME room? I experienced this many...
Hereโs 3 Ways to Manage Your Prayer Times While Traveling.
I was with my friend having Iftar in Tokyo one Ramadan evening, and then came the time for Maghrib. We stood up, took some paper napkins from the table, and went out to the corridor to pray (using the paper...
How to stay safe while using mobile apps?
In this digital era, most of us hold smartphones, and we each have countless apps stored on them! Now, which application do you most frequently access when you are using your phone? For me, I always have a standard set...
How to find the Qibla direction in my room?
When I first converted to Islam, one of the main things that amazed me completely was the fact that five times every single day, Muslims face toward the direction of the Kaaba to pray.ย This unity is not seen in any...
No, Iโm not filling my water bottle in the toilet for drinking!
I never considered that the bottle I used to drink water with is something I'll need while using a public restroom. I had the most awkward moment of my life as a new resident of a non-muslim country. Finding a...
โIslam began as a something strange and it will return to being strange, so blessed are the strangersโ (Sฬฃahฬฃiฬhฬฃ Muslim 145) When we look around and see something that is absolutely different from the norms of life, we find it...
A short visit inside a Muslimโs Bag
Ever left your house forgetting to take something along? If you are like me, you'd probably spend quite a good number of minutes going through a mental checklist in your mind before you step outside the house (haha!). Even so,...