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Short Stories & Reflections

Time has wings! The wise don’t let it fly!

We all know that we live a limited time, and we all have 24-twenty four hours in a day to do our chores. But, we need to ask ourselves, whether we are doing justice with our time. Are we doing something productive on daily basis?

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Quran, Sahabah and Muslim heroes

Umm Atikah Bint Zaid (ra) (Part 3)

Umar (ra) and Umm Atikah (ra) lived a happy marital life. Her second husband too was pleased with her companionship. Devoted to worship, Umm Atikah (ra) would seek her husband’s permission to pray in the mosque. Umar (ra) would say that even though he didn’t like her going to the mosque, he could not stop her from that which was permissible. In reply, Umm Atikah (ra) would say that she would keep seeking his permission.

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Quran, Sahabah and Muslim heroes

Umm Atikah Bint Zaid (ra) (Part 2)

How many wives are praised by their husbands? If not many, then why not? Abdullah (ra) not only praised Umm Atikah’s beauty, but also her fine character, wisdom and temperament.

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Quran, Sahabah and Muslim heroes

Umm Atikah Bint Zaid (ra) (Part 1)

Umm Atikah (ra) was beautiful both inside and out. She was gorgeous on the outside and a person of magnificent conduct. She was one of the early embracers of Islam. When the instruction for migration came she also moved to Madina to remain close to the Prophet (sa) and learn the matters of the religion. The great exegete Ibn Katheer describes her as a religious person.

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Short Stories & Reflections

I discovered when I covered

How could wearing hijab bring peace and contentment in the heart of Muslim women? Let’s find it out in the words of Ayesha Salam.

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Quran, Sahabah and Muslim heroes

Umm Ammarah, Naseebah (ra) (Part 2)

Umm Ammarah’s (ra) defence of Islam did not end with the Prophet’s (sa) passing away, when the Fitnah (trial) of apostasy emerged she pledged her support to Abu Bakr (ra). He acknowledged that she was indeed a strong and daring woman, hence, allowed her to join the Muslim forces fighting the apostate Musalymah Kathab.

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Quran, Sahabah and Muslim heroes

Umm Ammarah, Naseebah (ra) (Part 1)

We are told the women’s participation in the battles was limited to nursing the wounded and bringing water to the soldiers. Here is a woman who participated in the Battles of Uhud, Khyber, Hunayn, Yamamah and others. She entered the battlefield with no other intention than defending the Prophet (sa).

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Short Stories & Reflections

How to deal with Peer Pressure

‘Peer pressure is not a recent phenomenon; it is as old as history itself. All the prophets and their descendants faced all kinds of peer pressure.’ Ayesha Salam shares some rules to overcome peer-pressure.

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