Islam is a holistic way of life, taking into account physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being, each a separate but overlapping part of the structure of a human being. God created us with a purpose; to worship Him, but He did not abandon us to a world of instability and insecurity. He gave us a book of guidance, the Quran, and …
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Solution: The Morals Of the Qur’an
There are people who are persecuted and tortured to death: innocent babies, people who cannot even afford a loaf of bread, who sleep in cold weather, in tents and even on the streets, who cannot afford medical treatment, or who, despite being old and weak, have to wait for hours, or even days, for hospital care, people who are killed …
Read More »Facebook CEO Recommends Ibn Khaldun’s Muqaddimah
In January 2015, Facebook’s cofounder Mark Zuckerberg launched A Year of Books, a Facebook page dedicated to reading and discussing books that emphasize learning about new cultures, beliefs, histories and technologies. The recommendations up till now had been for mostly modern books. But the latest, the 11th, was the Muqaddimah, written in 1377 by the Arab Muslim historian Ibn Khaldun. …
Read More »Are Digestive Problems Ruining Your Ramadan? – By Anisa Abeytia
Your digestive tract is a self contained unit that doesn't (when working optimally) allow the food you consume to be absorbed and distributed to the body without first sterilizing, identifying and processing it. Without proper digestion there cannot be health. Not only is the health of the gut important for commonly known reasons, but the digestive tract is also home …
Read More »Expecting & Nursing Mothers in Ramadan : No Worries
When Emma gave birth to her first child, Ramadan was only a few days away. For the first time, she found out what it was like not to fast during the holy month – for the whole month. She would spend hours in her room adjusting to life with a newborn. Her cycles included nursing, napping, tending to crying baby, …
Read More »9 steps to prepare for Ramadan
The righteous predecessors were very attentive to the worship to Almighty Allah, including paying great attention to the holy month of Ramadan. So it is known that many of them used to pray to Allah during 6 months after the end of Ramadan to accept their fasting, and then in 6 months they would ask Allah to allow to …
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