If you've been struggling to focus at work, have meaningful connections with people, or feeling distant from Allah SWT, it’s time to check your spiritual heart and ask yourself if you've opened the floodgates of your eyes to soak in everything it sees without a filter.
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Most planning systems focus on what you want to achieve. Hijri calendar planning starts with why you want to achieve it. This approach emphasizes aligning your goals with spiritual intentions, using the Islamic calendar to foster a deeper connection with your faith throughout the year.
Our Ummah is filled with incredible souls who have life-changing insights, hard-earned wisdom, and transformative experiences. Yet most of these voices remain silent, their potential books trapped forever in their minds.
Let me share something that might surprise you: writing a book isn't just about becoming an author, it's about crystallizing your thoughts, deepening your understanding, and creating sadaqah jariyah (ongoing charity) of beneficial knowledge that continues benefiting people long after you're gone.
Gratitude (Shukr) is one of the most beautiful, elevated states a heart can live in. It transforms how we see the world, shifting our focus from what is missing to what is present, and from what went wrong to all that is going right. It helps us see Allah’s Hand in the fine details of
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Alhamdulillah, we are blessed as Muslims to have the five daily prayers that help us pause in the middle of our busy lives and turn to our Creator. But sadly, many of us rush through them trying to catch up with life.
The irony is that we rush through our meeting with our Creator, Who has control over everything in our lives, to hurry towards meetings with people or tasks that only Allah can facilitate in the first place!
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ spoke directly about this issue. In a hadith narrated by Abu Hurairah, the Prophet ﷺ noticed a man praying in a hurried manner. He said to him, "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed." This happened three times, until the man said, "Teach me, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet ﷺ then explained, "When you stand for prayer, perform wudu properly, then face the qibla and say takbir. Then recite what you can from the Quran, then bow until you feel at ease in ruku', then rise until you are standing straight, then prostrate until you feel at ease in prostration..." (Bukhari)
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Time wasn't "precise” - divided into 24 hours, each hour 60 minutes, and each minute 60 seconds. It was more free-flowing, more natural. Below is a description of how Muslim societies organized their time from a book called “Time Sticks”: How Islam and Other Cultures Have Measured Time by Dr. Barbara Freyer Stowasser:
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A sample Khutba (Friday Sermon) that Khateebs around the world can use to emphasize the importance of adopting the Hijri calendar for Muslims. It highlights key points that Khateebs can elaborate on and customize according to the local context. Note: The standard openings and closings of a Khutba are not included, assuming that Khateebs are familiar with these elements.
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Six months earlier… “SURPRISEEEEEEEEE” Everyone yelled when Zahra, the bride-to-be walked in. Salma had invited all the girls to celebrate her best friend Supa’s engagement to Ali, the hottest bachelor of the year with the support of adult entertainment services. “Oh my God you know those irritating people who flutter their eye lashes and
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To Allah belongs what He takes, and to Him belongs what He gives, and everything has its time.
When someone dies, we often reflect on their legacy and the life lessons they parted with us. And alhamdulillah, I learned so much from my dad - especially his mannerisms and kind conduct with people. However, in this article, I wanted to reflect on his death. I learned so much in this last year from him and the dying process that I want to capture these lessons firstly for myself and my family and secondly impart beneficial knowledge to any child or caregiver as they care for a dying parent, spouse, relative, or friend:
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How might we, as modern-day designers, entrepreneurs, and professionals, reconcile the deep understanding and spiritual practice of our creative predecessors with our hyper-digital, Hustle Culture lives?
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