Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 25 April 2026 5-minute read Are fizzy cooldrinks and energy drinks really as...
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Understanding Teenagers
Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 15 April 2026 6-minute read Once children enter their teens, the ball game...
Tawakkul in Times of Uncertainty
Mumtaz Moosa | mumtaz@radioislam.org.za 2 April 2026 2-minute read This past week felt heavy with uncertainty. It is...
Become The Beloved Of Allah
12 March 2026 4-minute read Every Muslim, young or old, black or white, Arab or non-Arab, male or female, pious or not, all desire to become the beloveds of Allāh. That is the goal. That is the zenith and the apex of what we desire and hope to achieve. Jannah is an...
Certain People Are Like Magnets
11 March 2026 3-minute read A Hadith is mentioned by Mundhiri رَحِمَهُ اللهُ in his Targheeb [wat Tarhib] إِنَّ للهِ خَلْقًا، خَلَقَهُمْ لِحَوَائِجِ النَّاسِ Sometimes you and I may assist but we feel 'hey, why do they come always to me? They only know my door'. ...
Make His Difficulty Your Difficulty
10 March 2026 4-minute read What we need to understand when we study History, and even Islamic History, is that we always discuss the youth and the generations to come but the problems of the generation to come stem from the fact that we are only obsessed with our own...
Live To Serve Humanity: The Best Of Nations
09 March 2026 5-minute read كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّة You are the best of nations Many a time we hear the title: Khairul Umam (خَيْرُ الْأُمَم). You are the Best of Ummahs, the Best of Nations. We, as Muslims take pride in that, that Allāh has selected you and me, not by...
What A Sincere Apology Entails
07 March 2026 3-minute read Let me tell you that a sincere apology is not the way in which most politicians apologise! When they get caught doing something wrong, or when they say that which people deem offensive, they say, “If I have offended you, then I apologise.”...
When Does The Need To Apologise Arise?
05 March 2026 3-minute read We do not go around as if we are carrying a rosary bead or a tasbeeh, uttering, “I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,” and just apologising for no reason. When does the need to apologise arise? There are a few circumstances when it is...
Why Apologise?
04 March 2026 3-minute read Firstly, it creates humility within a person. It's a bitter pill to swallow. In a Hadith, Nabi SAW says, كُلُّ بَنِي آدَمَ خَطَّاءٌ Every son of Adam is a sinner. You are not right every time. You cannot be. It is not expected of you to be...
Apologies Are Difficult!
03 March 2026 4-minute read The second reason why we find it difficult to apologise, is that we feel that if we apologise, it is a sign of weakness. We tend to think that a strong man is that man who stands his ground even when he's wrong. That may be according to...
Why Is It So Difficult To Apologise?
02 March 2026 5-minute read In life there are many actions that are easy to do, yet we find it difficult to bring ourselves to do them. There are many actions which would literally take us a few seconds to complete, that require very little energy or effort. Yet, for...
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