I wasn't always practicing. There was a point in my life in which I was losing touch with reality, and I almost gave up hope of living. At that time, I always wanted to repent, to change my life, away from the madness of what the world had offered. (...)
Aisha, the wife of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) narrated, "Quraysh used to fast on the day of Ashura in the Pre-Islamic period, and then Allah's Apostle ordered [Muslims] to fast on it until the fasting in the month of Ramadan was (...)
