Annisa Essack | kzn@radioislam.org.za 15 May 2026 5 min read Some stories are so ordinary, they almost feel sacred —...
Opinion and Analysis Articles
A Cyber-Safe Hajj
Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 09 May 2026 5-minute read While most of the departing hujjaj take safety as...
Imran Khan: The ‘Peace Broker’ the Muslim World Cannot Afford to Sideline
By Khurram Zeeshan The writer is a Senator of Pakistan and a lawyer by profession. ISLAMABAD — In the high-stakes...
Fizzy And Energy Drinks: Harmful Or Helpful?
Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 25 April 2026 5-minute read Are fizzy cooldrinks and energy drinks really as good or as bad as they’re made out to be? Clinical dietician Ayesha Madaran, specialising between psychology and nutrition, noted that while most...
Understanding Teenagers
Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 15 April 2026 6-minute read Once children enter their teens, the ball game changes. The ages between 13 and 19 are an age of madness, a long and difficult period fraught with uncertainty, and it is at this time that teens...
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 natural for us to worry, as it is part of our fitrah. Even when we hold on to tawakkul, our nafs still whispers and unsettles the heart. But in...
Discovering Your Blind Spots
Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 31 March 2026 5-minute read When learning to drive, we’ve all been taught to check our blind spot. But in relation to personal development, blind spots are character traits or behaviours in ourselves that others can clearly...
Beloved By Allah
19 March 2026 6-minute read How do we gauge in terms of how we are faring when it comes to the love of Allāh? A scholar said: صِدْقُ الْمَحَبَّةِ فِي ثَلَاث If you want to test whether your love is genuine or not then look at three things, your love for Allāh. اَن...
How To Become The Beloved of Allah
18 March 2026 5-minute read How do we go on this journey of becoming the Beloveds of Allāh? إِنْ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقُونَ Allāh says, ‘those that are Beloved to me are those who have Taqwa’. After the great month of Ramadhaan, the levels of Taqwa are high....
Allah Is Not Selfish In His Love
17 March 2026 4-minute read Islam is about love, through and through, but you need to make Allāh your Beloved and you need to become the Beloved of Allāh before you can radiate the love of Allāh to the rest of humanity. You know you can pay lip-service and say, ‘Oh,...
Every Love Is Motivated…Except Two
16 March 2026 4-minute read Every relationship that we enjoy on earth is not purely based on love, it always has some ulterior motive, some self-interest that is attached. In other words, there is no-one on planet earth who loves you purely out of love. They may love...
The Benchmark By Which To Live Your Life
13 March 2026 4-minute read When you buy your own car for the first time, you are happy. But when you buy your son a car for the first time, then that's not a smile on your face, it's a smile on your heart. When you see that you have brought a smile to somebody else's...
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