Featured

Islam’s Treatment for Anxiety and Worry

  Dealing with Worries and Stress   Let us now discuss some of the different kinds of remedies and treatments taught by Islam:   1. Equipping oneself with eemaan (faith), accompanied by righteous deeds. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “Whoever works righteousness, whether male or female, while he (or …

Read More »

The Cohesive Nature of the Family

The Cohesive Nature of the Family (part 1 of 4): Introduction God says in the Quran—in a passage that the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, used to repeat often when he would begin his speeches: “O mankind!  Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created …

Read More »

Parenting Goals and Ideas

  By Khalid Baig “O Believers! Save Yourself and Your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones.” [At-Tahreem, 66:6] This verse points to the goal as well as the required seriousness of our efforts in bringing up our children. The central goal of their education and upbringing …

Read More »

How Barbie Sexualises Young Girls

With the release of the Barbie movie, toy manufacturer and entertainment company Mattel is setting out to bedazzle a fresh generation of girls into jumping on the “Barbie bandwagon.” The hype has been massive, with marketing techniques such as the introduction of a new Barbie filter that makes you pink, …

Read More »

The Myth of Population Crisis

By: Khalid Baig I remember when the day, when a hippopotamus gave birth at the “world famous” San Diego Zoo in California. They celebrated the born for weeks. At the zoo, it is always a joyous occasion at the born of a panda, a kangaroo, an elephant, or what have …

Read More »

Wasawis: The Whisperings of Shaitaan

    Wasawis is the plural of Waswasah. Wasawis can be loosely translated into “doubts” and these are generally, the whisperings of Shaitaan.   Wasawis are of various categories and affect a person in different aspects. Some are more common than others but the cause of all are the same …

Read More »

15 Tips to Raising Great Children

  Children are easily influenced by their surroundings. These days, it is extremely difficult to expose our children to an ideal Islamic environment given the influences from media, friends and even other members of the family.   With television, radio, Internet, cellphone and forms of social media mostly touting un-Islamic …

Read More »