It’s a simple known fact that if we are overwhelmed with too many commitments we will never be productive. Life management will be very poor, spreading you in too many directions. The dunya will begin to control us and we will lose track of our time, value and space. When we were young, one of the first
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ProductiveMuslim vs. LazyMuslim
ProductiveMuslim vs. LazyMuslim by Mezba Mahtab of Read Quran with Meaning
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The Secrets to Being a Productive Offspring
What do we do if parents stop us from being productive? This is something a lot of us can relate to, whether our parents are Muslims or non-Muslims. Often, parents are concerned about the productive projects we undertake. Will the projects yield positive results? Do the projects involve the right kind of people (Islamophobia seems
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Living the Advice of Surat Al-Asr – Part 2
[Continued from Part 1] Based on a lecture by Sheikh Muhammad al Shareef By now, I hope you have realized the importance of time and have started applying the steps that were mentioned earlier. This article will continue from the point that we had last stopped at. “By time, indeed, mankind is in loss, except
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Working Productively in Dunya for Akhira
Every Muslim acknowledges that this life is temporary and the eternal life will begin in the hereafter. Allah has promised to those who believe and do righteous deeds a more bountiful, peaceful, and fulfilling life in the Hereafter; that is if we follow the principles of Islam accordingly and live our lives pleasing Allah and
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How To Extract Precious Gems From What We Read
We read all the self-improvement books, articles, blogs, listen to lectures, attend seminars, but sometimes we don’t see the results that were promised! In a quest for reading “X” amount of books, all too often our goal becomes to finish one book so we can move on to the next. Knowing what to do is not
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