The Prophet advised us to take advantage of our free time before we become busy. We have somewhat of a different problem now. Instead of becoming busy, we’ve made ourselves busy. A lot of us go through the same social media routines constantly. At work we cycle through Gmail, ESPN, CNN, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, Buzzfeed,
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12 Tips from the Sunnah to Communicate Effectively with Others
We communicate with people on a daily basis, and what’s better than learning some important types of etiquette that could improve our daily interactions! I personally worked as an elementary school teacher in Sharjah for a period of time. After Allah blessed me with my third child, I couldn’t get back to work and I
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How I’m Trying to Raise 8 Intelligent, God-Conscious Children: Interview with Sharifah Mastura Al Jifri
I’d met the eldest daughter at law school: a hafidhah who was fluent in English, Arabic and Malay, a bright student who’d studied 3 different syllabuses and was a remarkably disciplined girl for her age. When she told me all her other 7 siblings were or are becoming huffaadh and were being educated and brought
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[Being Your Own Boss – Part 1] How to Develop an Entrepreneurial Mindset
This is Part 1 of UmmahHub’s series on Being Your Own Boss that reveals the 10 keys to help you become a successful entrepreneur and be the best you can be in business and in life, In sha Allah. To be an entrepreneur and be involved in business consists of exerting significant effort and hard
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[Parenting Lessons from Surah Luqman – Part 3]: Being Grateful and Caring towards Parents
In previous parts of this series on parenting lessons from surah Luqman, we talked about the essential prerequisites of parenting (Part 1), and the importance of instilling tawheed and iman in our children, so they can avoid committing shirk (Part 2). This part focuses on the next piece of advice in surah Luqman : taking
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ProductiveMuslim’s Best of 2014
It’s that time of the year again! Alhamdulillah, Allah has enabled us to mark another successful year of fabulous articles on how to be a productive Muslim, and it’s time for us to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the people who’ve made this possible: Firstly, our guest authors from around the world who volunteer and
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