Qahwa, a mother of eight in eastern Syria, says she has been forced to start baking bread at home to feed her kids due to a severe wheat crisis in the country.
"Bread from the bakeries isn't enough for us. I'm forced to make dough and bake to feed (...)
US-backed forces are closing in on Daesh (the so-called IS) in Raqqa, but local Syrians who have escaped the battlefield are worried about what comes after the fight.
Dozens of them have volunteered to help rebuild the town once the militants have (...)
From the lives of our pious predecessorsAl-Harith Bin Qays (Allah have mercy on him) said: “When intending to do something good, do not delay it until tomorrow. When involved in something to do with the hereafter, keep yourself involved as long as (...)
From the lives of our pious predecessors
Nu'aym Bin Abdullah, the scribe of Caliph Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, narrated that Umar said:
“The fear of showing off and vying with others prevents me from saying much of what could be said.”
– Abdullah (...)
From the lives of our pious predecessors
Salah is our connection with our Lord and the early Muslims were very keen on praying with full attentiveness.
Abu Al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “It is from a person's knowledge and (...)
From the lives of our pious predecessorsABDULLAH Bin Mas'ud said: Everyone speaks (talks) of good things. Only those whose words and deeds match (i.e. those who practice what they preach) have acquired their share. Those whose words and deeds do not (...)
Darda (may Allâh be pleased with him) said, “Three (people) make me laugh, and three make me cry.
Those that make me laugh are a person who puts his hopes in this worldly life while death pursues him, a person who is heedless (of his Lord) while (...)
