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Children

Raising a Hijabi

Alhumdulillah, I have raised a son and a daughter, who are Hijabis. “A son?” you ask in shock! Yes, a son… Hijab literally means ‘barrier’, and there is the command for both men and women to be modest and cover; yet, we tend to focus only on our daughters, writes Tasneem Vali.

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E-Magazine

If Today was the Last Day of Your Life…

Yameenuddin Ahmed, Vice President Timelenders, invites us to reflect on all that we would do if we knew we were to die the next day. And what steps we can take now to ensure that we make the most of the time we have.

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Marriage

Abdul Sattar Edhi Falls in Love

Long after his friends sang songs from the movie: “Tra la la, my heart is longing for …” teenaged Edhi would finish for them “… Pakoras!” Get an insight into the life of Abdul Sattar Edhi.

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Modesty

To Cover or Not to Cover?

A lady sent me a long email about how she read that the Quran never talks about covering the head. According to her, she read the Ayah of Surah An-Noor and that it uses the word Khimar which refers to a veil. She looked up the dictionary and it said things like a shawl or cover. It didn’t say anything about covering the head. Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan responds to this common misconception.

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