1000. That is the number of people the Saudi government is saying will be allowed to perform Hajj this year. I keep thinking to myself, who are these people? What have they done that has made them so beloved to Allah? He has invited them to His house, to this
On May 14th I will have been Muslim for 14 years. How fast that time has passed. Every May 14th I always experience a similar emotion. I struggle with an enormous sense of guilt and sadness. I reflect on the year, and ask myself, “What did you do for Allah
I wrote this post two weeks ago, prior to the recent changes and “social distancing” as a result of the Corona Virus. Unfortunately this creates some major uncertainty about the future and what Ramadan will look like. In all likelihood, it will be drastically different from Ramadan’s we are used
At the end of this weekend there will be 46 days left until Ramadan. I’m sure I am not the only one who looks forward to the blessed month. There are so many feelings of anticipation and hope as the month approaches. After all, the month is an opportunity to
There are so many things that I wish you had known. It would have saved so much frustration and pain, likewise there would have been fewer people hurt along the way. That being said, the struggles you face will shape you and your future. Sometimes we need to go through
We live in a time where we depend on social acceptance and “likes” to validate our efforts. So what happens when we are alone with just ourselves? Can we find that motivation within ourselves to succeed when something is hard or when we don’t have an audience? Is our relationship