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Assalaamu’alaykum,

SubhanAllah, Ramadan always seems to move like sand slipping through our fingers.

Before we know it, we're already knee-deep in the final stretch of the month. And if you’re anything like me, around this point each year I start to wonder with rising sadness...

Have I done enoug...

Assalaamu’alaykum,

SubhanAllah, we’re already past the halfway mark of this blessed month and I’m not saying that for dramatic effect. We wait for Ramadan to arrive with such anticipation and then somehow it begins to slip away faster than we realise.

And I pray that you are feeling connected and ...

Assalaamu’alaykum, 

Ramadan Mubarak my dear readers. I pray you have had a blessed entry into this blessed month.

There were brothers and sisters who were with us last Ramadan, who fasted beside us, prayed beside us, made duaa beside us… and they are no longer here.
So the very fact that Allah has ...

Assalaamu’alaykum,

I was reminded yesterday of the importance of safe spaces and just how essential they are for the human heart.

Alhamdulillah, I have been blessed throughout my life with a good network of family and friends. People who love, support and hold me with care.
And yet, if I’m honest, ...

Assalaamu’alaykum, 

This week inside Breaking Barriers, we had a very powerful session during our monthly Shukr Circle.

The theme was hardships.

Now, gratitude isn’t something we naturally associate with difficulty. But the reflections that emerged were deeply moving and I wanted to share a few w...

Assalaamu’alaykum,

Guilt can feel like a heavy load to carry, but the discomfort of it is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it can be part of an essential internal mechanism that Allah has placed within us, a kind of spiritual tripwire that goes off to stop us from drifting further away from Hi...

Assalaamu’alaykum,

During a recent Qur’an lesson, we spent time discussing an ayah from Surah Al-Balad and I've been contemplating over this ayah since: 

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

“Indeed, We have created the human being in hardship.” (Qur’an 90:4)

I've been reflecting over the wor...

Assalaamu’alaykum,

I was reminded of death again recently.

A few close family members were involved in a serious accident. Alhamdulillah, they are okay.
But it could so easily have ended very differently.

One moment, you’re thinking about everyday, ordinary things. What you need to do. The calls y...

Assalaamu’alaykum, 

For many years, I lived as a chronic people-pleaser.

On the outside, it looked like kindness, khidmah (service to others) and being the “good Muslim” who always shows up. But underneath, I was exhausted. I burned out repeatedly, disconnected from myself and ignored the signs my...

Assalaamu’alaykum, 

We are human beings that are deeply complex and often very flawed.

When moments catch us off guard, it’s easy to slip into impulsive reactions that we later look back on with regret.

Then we get caught up in cycles of overthinking, interfering with our focus and plans and befo...

Assalaamu’alaykum, 

I think this might be a cultural thing but I’ve heard it said over and over again in different spaces.

“Look at so-and-so... see what they’re going through... it’s because they did this.”

“This is happening to them because they didn’t do that.”

But here’s the scary thing.

We...

Assalaamu’alaykum,

Health is one of those blessings you never want to waste yet it’s one the Prophet ﷺ told us many of us would waste… sadly.

And these past few weeks have been a big “wake-up call” reminder of that for me.

Last month, I had the next four weeks mapped out. My launch prep, a TV int...