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.[…]

    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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]