Lotifa Begum

It is a well known fact that mothers hold a very high place in Islam as numerous ahadith narrate the rewards attached to motherhood. The Prophet Muhammad said: ‘Paradise lies at the feet of your mother’. [Sunan An-Nasa’i]. However, sometimes mothers lose the confidence to be more productive or lose a focus on themselves in the midst of looking

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We recently asked our Productive Muslimah fans what books they recommend for a productive Muslimah. I am always asked: how do I get inspired with ideas? Where do I get energy to come up with something new to contribute? The secret lies in constantly reading books, and lots of them! My ideal home would be in

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As a Muslimah working in the West, I know the demands of managing work life, giving quality time at home and then being involved in contributing to the wider community. This is one of the biggest challenges I hear from working Muslimahs, which often leads to sisters burning out before they get to put dinner on the

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It recently dawned on me that the challenge of raising and nurturing an individual is one of the toughest, yet greatest gifts we can receive as a Muslimah. Bearing and raising children is indeed a challenge for Muslim women in a world which is full of toxic behaviour, which can consume us – quite literally!

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There is a profound statement by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah which says: ‘Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.’ If women make up nearly all of society, shouldn’t we be striving to be productive in this life for the next?

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How many times have you woken up and looked into the wardrobe and asked yourself, ‘What on earth am I going to wear today?’. And then found yourself thinking, ‘I have nothing to wear?!’. And then screamed in your head about how much time you need to spend just deciding what to wear, or finding

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