Passions
Hajj & Umrah
Many of you have read my book “Getting the best out of Al-Hajj”. Needless to say, helping people make their journey to the house of Allah and answer His call is one of my biggest passions in life!
Zakat
Helping the needy in my backyard is something I have always believed strongly in. I am currently the National Manager of the National Zakat Foundation Australia and this allows me to wake up each day knowing I can help you help those in need right here in Australia.
Social Services
My wife and I undertake a number of social initiatives including foster parenting, marriage counselling, helping people find partners, advice on schooling, working overseas, professional mentoring, leadership and much more.
Why do I call the above my passions?
About Me
Achieve – I believe that we are all special and we need to harness our gifts and skills in a positive way to make a difference in our own lives and the broader community. There is no benefit in sitting back and criticising and think the world owes us a living. I help people believe that are able to achieve.
Motivate – As a highly self -motivated person, I teach people how to try and remain positive and motivated everyday.
Inspire – In order to inspire you need to lead by example and be passionate. I do my best to Inspire people in the things I believe in and have responsibility for.
Discover - I love discovering new things and ideas and I encourage people to be inquisitive and discover the world and the best in mankind.
My Team
Abu Muneer Ismail Davids
Umm Muneer
My Blog
Post COVID and Hajj is still so expensive. Why?
2022 – Hajj is back… but oh, so Expensive! I originally wrote an article in 2017 as to why Hajj is getting so expensive. Without a doubt it is now even more relevant to try and explain this and dispel the idea that Hajj agents are ripping people off. I am not writing to try[…]
Why is Hajj getting so expensive-Part 2
This is part 2 of my article on why Hajj is getting so expensive. To read part 1 – click here To read part 2 – click here Now that you understand that the cost of Hajj is most likely only going to keep increasing, don’t delay your Hajj! Make every effort to perform it[…]
Why is Hajj getting so expensive-Part 1
People often ask me why Hajj is so expensive. Many people end up waiting year on year in the hope that Hajj will mysteriously become cheaper. Guess what? It’s not going to get any cheaper. I recently wrote an article for hajjandumrah360.com explaining exactly why. Click here to read the full article. Keen to know your thoughts.
3 things you need to know to make powerful Dua
There is something beneficial I learn from Hajj every year, and this particular post is about something that I came across while at Mina last year and is extremely powerful and beneficial for all of us not only during Hajj but every other day inshaAllah. This is very different to the usual steps to make dua, i.e.[…]
The first ten days of Dhul-Hijja
Alhamdulillah Dhul-Hijja has been announced to start on Tuesday, 15 September inshaAllah. This means Dhul-Qa’da completes 30 days. This also means we have fewer moon fighting debates, inshaAllah! Assuming you are not busy on moon-fighting.com and wasting your time in endless social media discussions about whether it was or was not possible to see the moon, lets make[…]
Your mountain of Uhud
As news of the crane accident in Makkah makes it rounds through the media, I’d like us to reflect on a couple of things Death is inevitable. It can come at any place, at any time. How prepared are we? Death is something that should have a big impact on everyone. The deceased, the deceased’s family[…]
The learning Haaji
In one of my previous blogs, I had written about how you can become a comfortable Haaji. If you missed it, you can read it here. So let’s assume you’re now comfortable, which will also mean you have more time on your hands. Remember time is your currency during Hajj so it’s all about how you[…]
How do you make the best use of your mornings in Madinah?
So you’re in Madinah Alhamdulillah. And we all think to ourselves “We got to make the best use of our time!!” But let’s face it, after day 1, we struggle to find productive things to do. It becomes “easy” to spend another hour chit chatting over breakfast, or convincing yourself to spend an additional hour[…]
First steps to becoming a Haaji – (A comfortable one)
Day 1 – Madinah al Munawwaraah Okay, so we are in Madinah and feeling great Alhamdulillah. If you come from countries where the maximum temperature is only 15 degrees at the moment or lower, very soon you start feeling uncomfortable, tired, etc. (see picture for weather forecast below) The 10 trips a[…]
Not just another Hajj checklist!
Alhamdulillah, my website is finally ready and just in time as I get ready to depart for Hajj this year! Many of you will be performing Hajj this year too and who can’t do with another check list 🙂 … Hopefully I’ve got some points here that you haven’t read already and can benefit from![…]