
The Muslim Secret
The Islamic secret isn’t too different from the best-selling “The Secret” based on the Law of Attraction. According to the latter, the secret is “to ask, to believe and to receive” – that positive thinking alone could give you pretty much anything you ever dared to hope for.

Backbiting Off More Than You Can Chew
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ has defined backbiting as “talking about your brother in a manner which he dislikes”. [Muslim]

The Day I Met Aisha
I was a delivery man in a previous life. One thing I realised as a delivery man is that there are a lot of old people homes in our cities, and we don’t even realise.

Raz … Blogs?
Salaam 🙂
That’s right! RAZ. BLOGS. Raz tweeted, Raz instagrammed, Raz even vined. Now, thanks to BonsaiSky aka Nader, looks like Raz will start to blog, InshaAllah. Just when you thought I couldn’t torture the world any more…

It’s Never Too Late
I speak Arabic fluently, but have always had trouble reading and writing in Arabic. I don’t know if it’s because I was born and raised in the US, but I do know that my parents definitely tried their best. I remember going to weekend schools to learn Arabic. In fact, I was sent to an Islamic school for 7th and 8th grade, but let’s just say I wasn’t the best student.