8) You need the ajar (reward) and the poor need the money Save money in a charity box to spend on the needy and destitute during the auspicious month of Ramadhan. And spending money as charity is a deed that is very dear to Allah. Even if it is a small amount that you...

6) Salaah before Fasting! The last thing you want this Ramadhan is to struggle with praying all the 5 obligatory prayers on time while fasting. It just doesn’t make sense does it? Salah is the Second Pillar of Islam after Tauheed (First). Fasting (Sawm) comes way...

4) Get the tongue into practice. While preparing for Ramadhan, you must also develop the habit of making dhikr. In the modern world, we tend to mimic technology by focusing on our minds and bodies’ performances while neglecting the most important side of us – our...

Can you really move forward when you haven’t gotten over your past? Allah says in the Quran: وَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ “And all of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful”...

Some years ago, there was a vibe about the way Muslims approached the holy month of Ramadhan. Preparing for the blessed month had its own charm, its own flavour. But life has become so haphazard, so messy in the 21st century that we have forgotten the traditions of...

If Sha`baan caught you off guard, then what are the chances that Ramadhan won`t do the same? The greatest catastrophe is not preparing or not preparing adequately for an important event. Now the problem which we have is many of us do not deem it to be necessary to...