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AssalaamAlaikum Aunty Anjum,
My friends tell me I always think negative. I don’t know how to be positive, to be honest. It’s not like there’s a button! With all the things (not) happening in my life, I feel hopeless and don’t expect happiness for myself. Nothing good happens to me and I feel sad all the time and I know … Continue Reading

Bittikh, Watermelon
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ used to eat dates with watermelon, saying:
“The hotness of this substance [dates] neutralizes the coolness of that [watermelon].”
Green watermelon is cold, wet and sweet. It works as a cleanser for the stomach and intestines. Watermelon relieves the stomach more quickly than cucumber and quickly blends with whatever is present in the stomach. While … Continue Reading

Nobody ever purposely builds their own destruction, nobody plans and executes the plan to destroy their lives, nobody sits around dreaming to be an alcoholic, or a drug addict, or a burglar or a smuggler, and nobody gets married with the aim of divorce, right?
At the end of the day, everyone wants to be happy and pleased with their … Continue Reading

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 You feel the world is tearing you apart, your anxieties and depression are consuming you like a parasite. All you wish is that you could change that one incident or person in your life and you will be happy and joyful again. You are trying hard, yearning for your du’a to get accepted but still, no answer. You feel … Continue Reading

Khall, Vinegar
Jabir bin Abdullah [RA] said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked his wife for food and she said that I have vinegar, he ﷺ asked for some and started eating from it while saying: What an excellent food vinegar is [he ﷺ ate it with bread].”
 
Khall is a substance that is both hot and cold, although … Continue Reading

Zait, Olive.
Narrated from Abu Huraira [RA] that prophet Muhammad [ﷺ] said: “Eat the olive and use it as ointment, because it is produced by a blessed tree.” 
Zait is hot and wet in first degree. Also, the quality of the oil depends on the tree that produces it. Olive oil helps against poisons, works as a laxative, … Continue Reading

Women in Islam have a decidedly raised status. While the western world has only just begun to give women rights of property and a say in the family, Islam had bequeathed the same rights, and moreover fourteen centuries ago. This is a testament that we, as Muslim women, should be proud of Islam and Allah’s blessings and wisdom in … Continue Reading