Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 28 February 2024 | 13:30 CAT 1 min read As Ramadan nears and the tradition of...
Religious (opinion) Articles
Reflection – Giving a Final Gift of Sadaqah
Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 29th November 2023 | 15:00 CAT 2 min read Lately, I've been pondering over the...
Uttar Pradesh Implements Ban on Halal-Certified Products
Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 22 November 2023 | 14:45 CAT 1 min read In a recent development, the state of Uttar...
Shakirah Hunter Your home is often your solace. It is the place that you find the most calm and peace. Recently I have finally settled down into my own space after leaving South America for almost ten years. We came back to South Africa and found ourselves rebuilding...
A nightly-routine to rival all nightly routines
Shakirah Hunter Morning routines and bed-time routines have become somewhat of an addiction and a joy to watch. We are all looking for the optimum routine for our skins and that one magic cream that fixes it all. And so, because we are addicted to finding that...
Creating balance in our lives – using your hobbies to create a life of productivity whilst relaxing
Shakirah Hunter Often when we focus on the understanding of being good Muslims who are focused on the akhirah – we tend to think that all enjoyment of this world must be divorced from our lives. When we do find ourselves relaxing, we often have feelings of guilt that...
Choosing to feel empathy as we are caught in the cycle of “zombie scrolling”
Shakirah Hunter Durban Kwa Zulu Natal has been ravaged by different difficulties over the last year. The looting last year brought immense national reaction as well as international reaction. Then came the floods and we all were moved once again. This weekend we saw...
The Duaa Portal: A Dua to create a life of satisfaction
Shakirah Hunter We all are incredibly aware of the great power of Duaa and we have no doubt that much of what we achieve – nay all of what we achieve in our lives are a direct result of the duas that we have made. But what tends to happen at times is that the...
Financial worries that lead to deferring your Hajj
Shakirah Hunter Your lifetime dream has been to go for Hajj. You have been saving for years and years and trying to fulfill this incredible part of your Deen. The last two years saw a pandemic which brought those dreams to a hold. And now finally, finally it is twenty...
How To Respond To Crime, Loss of Wealth & Loss of Life – Mufti Yusuf Moosagie
We all experience challenging situations in this world, whether it is crime, loss of wealth or loss of a dear person. How do we respond? In Jumuah lecture at Masjid Sayyidina Hamza R.A. Ext 9 Lenasia - Mufti Yusuf Moosagie shared the following advice: 1- Always make...
The Reality of Death- a white sheet irrespective of your millions
Shakirah Hunter Pictures have been flooding social media of the death and funeral of one of the richest monarchs in the world, President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates, has died at the age of 73. The al-Nahyan family is believed to have...
Infertility – a test of faith
Shakirah Hunter It seems as if it is a lifetime ago- those moments of making dua to Allah Ta’ala to bless our home with a child. At first, I was young and enjoyed the freedom of travel and the excitement of being a young newlywed. At the time children seemed to be a...
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