Spiritual Development

List of authentic stories of the sahabiyat (online, apps, books, podcasts and lectures etc.) along with short stories of 5 famous female companions - like Bareerah (رضي الله عنہا), Hind bint Utbah (رضي الله عنہا), Umm Salamah (رضي الله عنہا), Juwairiyah bint Harith (رضي الله عنہا), Fatima bint Muhammad (رضي الله عنہا) and 5 less-known female companions - like Umm Sulaym bint Malhan - Rumaisa (رضي الله عنہا), Nusaybah bint Ka'ab - Umm Ammarah (رضي الله عنہا), Umm Hakim bint Harith (رضي الله عنہا), Asma bint Umais (رضي الله عنہا), Khansa (Tamadur bint Amr) (رضي الله عنہا)

Fasting 6 days of Shawwal makes Ramadan's fasting, a perpetual one. Find a list of masnoon days of fasting (beyond Ramadan).

THERE are two questions I repeatedly answer, as I am sure most people that have followed similar paths in life do: “Why did you...

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Because Prophet (saws) asked us to… and he only asked us what he did himself. So consider it as a sunnah as well (not just the way of prophet (saw) but of so many companions, successors and so on…). I have never come across memorization of any specific surah/ayaat except for this. "If anyone learns by heart the first ten verses of the Surah al-Kahf, he will be protected from the Dajjal." [Muslim]

Sometimes I just don't feel like living... not like a forever-not-living feeling! But I need a break, break from motherhood, break from wife-hood, break from simply being human. Break from the perpetual civil war that I am in which so many souls are fighting to survive, destroying each other in the process...

Does gaining the knowledge of Islam scare you? Keep these 5 points in mind to make the journey as smooth as possible (in shaa Allah).

Practical Steps to convince your soul to be more giving + 10 small deeds to start off with even when you have no money - for charity or sadaqah jaariyah.

There are many like me who hang this most controversial piece of cloth (niqab) on their face, unflinchingly and unapologetically. Those who aren’t smothered, oppressed or chained behind that veil.

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