Mothering the Fitrah
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In trying to build a safe world for a child, you may gently repair the world that once broke you. It’s amazing how it works. But Allah works in wondrous ways. We were taught that to love is to endure. But what happens when we realize that to love is, in fact, to protect? To…
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It is a wonderful experience to transform from being an object into becoming a human being. It is a wonderful feeling to reach a point where you have little to lose, and to walk free of the invisible and indescribable net that once held you down with such tyrannical force. Recently, as I concluded a…
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Right here, in front of our eyes, in the little hands of our children, dear reader. If we don’t wake up now, then when? قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ (1) مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ (2) وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ (3) وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ (4) وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ (5) 1. Say: “I…
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One of the most critical topics that the Muslim Ummah needs to master in today’s time is child pedagogy. As days pass and the world changes rapidly, the routes that “education” is taking and how it is being promoted are not it. The very definition of education is bizarre. What we see live every day…