A book by : Dr. Aisha Hamdan A plethora of parenting books on the market these days covers every aspect of dealing with your children. From the terrible twos to the troublesome teens, you will have no problem finding multitudes of books claiming to point you in the right direction when it comes to raising [...]

"The scorn of the idiot is praise." In other words, it is a waste of time to criticize the opinion of foolish people. Regardless of what you say, they will benefit from the publicity that your criticism will give them.* If you don’t like someone’s opinion, just ignore them. Instead of criticizing an Islamophobic website, [...]

Bismillah “Emaan has sixty odd or seventy odd branches. The uppermost of all these is the Testimony of Faith: `La ilaha illallah’ (there is no true god except Allah) while the least of them is the removal of harmful object from the road. And shyness is a branch of Emaan.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] “…If removing [...]

The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you – depending on how you respond to them. Unfortunately, most people fail to see how Allah wants to use problems for good in their lives. They react foolishly and resent their problems rather than pausing to consider what benefit they might bring. Here are [...]

Just as our body gives us signals when we tax it too much physically or mentally, with migraine headaches, aching bones, low immunity to seasonal viruses, and muscular strains symbolizing the need for us to slow down, relax and give ourselves some stress-free time to unwind. So too, our actions and dealings with people give [...]