Faizel Patel, Radio Islam - 02-07-2019 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Pic: Supplied   Esteemed Islamic Scholar Mufti Yusuf Moosagie says that while mundanity sets in in most couple’s lives after marriage, there are a number of ways in keeping the spark alive between husband and wife as mentioned by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Mufti Moosagie was rendering advice during a nikaah ceremony. In the current era and reality of life there is no eternal...

    Naseerah Nanabhai 28-06-2019 Moulana Sulaimaan Ravat gave a lecture on Positive Thinking in which he mentioned that in the world today, anxiety, fear, worry and negative thinking has overwhelmed many of us. Individuals are brought down by negative thinking, that results from financial problems, their health, their profile and so on. All of these anxieties over time adds up and kills our optimism. It is so easy to get stuck in the realities of this...

  By Mumtaz Saley 01:07:2019 Though you may have a friend of a friend who is a therapist and is willing to hear you out over WhatsApp in an emergency, sometimes that doesn’t really work well when you need a proper appointment with a professional. Now, unless you’re on a comprehensive medical aid plan, your medical aid won’t cover more than a few sessions and that’s often not enough. Generally, an hour-long session of talk therapy costs between R950...

    By Naseera Nanabhai 27:06:2019 You are a citizen of the digital realm and thus, young or old, you will be a participant of the 4th Industrial Revolution. Being a citizen means that you subscribe to a particular law, or government, that will in some way hold you accountable. In recent years, many rules and laws have been put in place to make users of digital spaces accountable for their online actions. You are accountable for what you post...

  By Annisa Essack 26:06:2019   Today is the second day of the “Peace to Prosperity” Workshop in Manama, organised by the Trump administration as part of the Middle East peace plan. In a bitter twist of irony, Bahrain has regularly stamped out dissent with arbitrary detention, censorship, and torture has been selected to host a workshop on peace to prosperity. Foreign and independent journalists are rarely allowed access to Bahrain and...

  By Mumtaz Saley   With 7 days left of this beautiful month, I have had the most unexpected miracles happen. I’m glad I have opened myself to the changes I have experienced recently and more importantly, that I have accepted change. I’m now dressing more conservatively with my goal being to please my Lord and I’ve learnt to balance my time better to ensure that I make pray and converse with Him too. I have found Allah, and in doing so realised...

  By Mumtaz Saley Wow, we’ve reached the 22nd fast and I can’t help but feel sad as the blessed month is coming to an end. Alhumdulillah, I had, stumbled, upon someone who was in dire need of our help and who lived close by but who was also completely overlooked by the community. During my attendance at some of the community functions, I had seen an older woman who was very helpful, polite and very much to herself. Little did I know that she had...

  By Mumtaz Saley Today is an amazing day as I get ready for Fajr after Suhoor, Ahmed and I take a moment to sit by the fire and just talk. Usually, we wait for the 20th fast to distribute our zakat so I knew what the chat was about. “Sabreen, do you know of any families within our community that needs the zakat? Maybe a family that’s struggling to put food on their table?” Ebrahim asked. “Ahmed, do you think anyone living in our suburb is in...

  By Mumtaz Saley   Nothing was going as planned today, Mohammed was at home, sick with the flu, Amina was miserable as she too seemed to be getting ill, Ahmed had gone to work but had been complaining about feeling under the weather too. I baked and well, that too just flopped! Just as I was ready to pack it all in, Uncle Abdul appeared. He gave me that knowing look and asked me to sit down with him for a bit. “You know Sabreen, you’re feeling...