Ramadan is the most wonderful time of the year. Too often, we, adults, focus so much on the “work” associated with the month, but we forget that one of the most important things about this amazing month is to inculcate a love for this month and its blessings in our children. Ramadan should be a special
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[ProductiveRamadan World Challenge] Productive Muslims in Colombia
This article was written by a British revert, living and working as an academic and freelance journalist in Bogota, Colombia. He first wrote for Productive Muslim in August 2013, following his first and second Ramadan, spent on his own, in Spain and Poland in 2013, and in Spain and China in 2012. Now in 2014,
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7 More Apps to A Productive You This Ramadan
In an earlier article The Ramadan Guilt Trip we learnt that 65% of Muslims interviewed for a report felt they could do better during Ramadan, and ⅕ were “very disappointed” with what little they managed to achieve! Like the majority of the Muslims interviewed, if you have had that sinking feeling in your stomach at
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[Preparing for A Productive Ramadan]: Interview with Sr. Yasmin Essa
This is the final part of the 4-part special interview series, “Preparing for a Productive Ramadan”. Listen to the previous interviews: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. In this interview, Abu Productive talks to Sr. Yasmin Essa, founder of WellnessWithYasmin.com and Holistic Health Coach.
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[Productive Hobbies] Stop Horsing Around and Take Up Horseback Riding
While pondering over surah Al-Adiyat, did you wonder about the word ‘dhabha’ in ‘wal aadiyati dhabha’? ‘Dhabha’ is an adverb; it is the heavy panting and quick breathing of a horse in action — the sound that it makes as it gallops.
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Dealing with Tribulations Productively: A Change in Perspective
Among the most beautiful and soothing ayaat of the Qur’an for many of us are the ones in Surah Ash-Sharh: For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. [Qur’an: Chapter 94, Verses 5–6] Many people love to recite those verses, but few capture the wisdom in them.
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