Category: Blog
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Sajdah Sahw: What to Do When You Make a Mistake in Salah
If you follow me on Instagram, you might remember a post I once shared explaining how to perform Sajdah Sahw. It became one of my most reshared and saved posts, and I received a few follow-up questions afterward, questions I couldn’t fully answer, as I am not an expert in fiqh. Not long after posting it,…
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How Istikhara Guided My Life: Personal Reflections and Misconceptions
Have you ever read the beautiful poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost? I still remember the first time I read it in my Literature class in High School. I had read hundreds of books before then and considered myself well-read for my age, but I was still a novice in the poetry world…
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How to Build an Impressive Akhira CV
The other day I was crouched over my desk at home in the early hours of the morning, updating my professional cv when all of sudden I was hit with a profound insight. It was 6am and there I was hyper-focused and busy polishing my cv and trying to highlight all my best work and…
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How to Re-invent Yourself: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Wholesome Muslim
When was the last time you hit the hard reset button in your life? Are you at a point in your life where you feel you need a clean break with your past and want to start again? What does this practically involve? If you do not have the answer to these questions, I am…
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7 Reasons Why I ‘Left’ Social Media
I would like to start off by admitting that the title of this post is a bit misleading. Social media is a broad term encompassing different social networks and websites. For instance, I still have my Tumblr and Twitter accounts and a few other social media applications that I seldom use and maintain. For the…
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Conquering Your Fears
Something profound happened to me the other day and I don’t think I’ll ever see or experience the feeling of fear the same way ever again. You see, for the most part of my life I lived in fear. The fear of moving to another country at a young and impressionable age. The fear of…