Right before one Ramadan, I went to the dentist and my prayer app suddenly went off! Adhan filled the air! The dentist smiled and told me about how she had a friend who’s Muslim. And this Muslim friend is the only Muslim friend in the entire friendship group! This Muslim friend would ALWAYS take the … Continue reading
Living in the West means we interact with people of all faiths and cultures. It might just happen that you become interested in marrying someone who is not Muslim – yet our religion says that a Muslim woman cannot marry a non-Muslim man. What is the reason behind this? Allah is the source of love, … Continue reading
Barakah. It has a relationship to your Dua. We hear this word, “Barakah”, don’t we? And we often make Dua for others, “Baarak Allahu feek”. In fact, of all the things the Prophet, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, could make Dua for for newlyweds, he asked Allah to give them Barakah! So what does it … Continue reading
Ahmed lived far away from his grandfather and he missed his grandfather very much. He and his parents migrated to Australia when he was twelve. But that didn’t stop Ahmed from writing to his grandfather every month telling him of how interesting his new life in Australia was. His grandfather was very old. He had … Continue reading
A football match is 90 minutes A tv series is 60 minutes A movie is 180 minutes Salaah is 5 minutes Reading Quran is 5 minutes Dhikr is 5 minutes Jahannam is forever Jannah is forever Be smart. Contemplate. 300 friends on WhatsApp 100 friends on Facebook 80 friends on the phone 20 friends … Continue reading
There was a poor family of three which consisted of a mother, a father and a young daughter who was in primary school. They didn’t have much but they could just barely survive from day to day. Alhamdulillah. Although they were not rich in terms of money, they were rich in terms of happiness and … Continue reading
Sadly, some Muslim sisters do not know that Hijab is obligatory in Islam. Maybe they haven’t been told of the truth yet. What is the truth? Well… here it is… Hijab is Fard (mandatory). If a sister denies that Islam requires all girls who have reached the age of puberty to cover herself fully, except … Continue reading
I had recently moved to Melbourne, 🧕🇦🇺 , Australia. New country, new house, new life, everything. We soon learned that our neighbors were Muslim and had three kids, too. My husband was happy. He said I should go make friends with the mom. ☕ 👀I started inconspicuously observing them from my window, trying to learn … Continue reading
Have you prayed for your brother or sister without them knowing? Did you know… “The supplication (duáa) of a Muslim for his brother in his absence will certainly be answered. Every time he makes a supplication for good for his brother, the angel appointed for this particular task says: ‘Ameen*! May it be for you … Continue reading
I walked into my wedding party wearing Grandmother’s white cotton saree* with zero makeup and no jewellery. Yes. Seriously. Many people asked me why. So here is my reason. I was troubled by the picture of a bride that people normally have – with lots of makeup, a heavy dress and big piles of jewellery … Continue reading
Stories for Muslim Kids 