Islamic Lifestyle

One of the clearest signs of sincere faith is what a person does when there is no audience. When nobody is watching, nobody is praising them and nobody would ever know what they chose to do, the heart is left alone with its relationship with Allah. This is where sincerity becomes real. It is easy to behave well when people are watching. We…

Knowing about Islam is important. A Muslim should learn about the Qur’an, understand the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, know the rules of worship and continue seeking beneficial knowledge throughout life. But there is a difference between knowing what Islam teaches and allowing Islam to shape the way we actually live. A person can know…

In Islam, the heart is more than the place where emotions are felt. It is closely connected to a person's faith, intentions, character and choices. This is why the Qur'an and Sunnah speak so much about what is inside a person. A Muslim can look perfectly religious on the outside while struggling with something serious within, just as someone who…

Two people can do exactly the same thing and yet stand completely differently before Allah. Two people can give money to someone in need. One may give quietly because they genuinely want to help and seek Allah’s pleasure. The other may give because people are watching and they want to be praised. From the outside, the action may…

Tawakkul is one of those Islamic words that almost every Muslim has heard, especially when life becomes uncertain. Someone loses a job and is told to have tawakkul. Someone is waiting for a marriage proposal, an important decision or the outcome of a difficult situation, and people remind them to trust Allah. The phrase is comforting, but…

Taqwa is one of the most important concepts in Islam, yet it is also one of those words Muslims hear so often that its deeper meaning can become easy to overlook. We are told to have taqwa of Allah, to increase our taqwa and to live with consciousness of Allah. But what does that actually look like when you leave the mosque and return…

The command to remember Allah appears throughout the Qur’an, and Muslims hear it so often that it can sometimes become a phrase we recognise without fully thinking about what it means. We know that dhikr is good. We know that we should say words such as SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah and Allahu Akbar. We know that making dhikr after salah is part of…

Dreaming about someone who has died can leave a person deeply emotional. You may wake up feeling as though you have just spent time with someone you have not seen in years. Sometimes the dream is comforting. Sometimes it is frightening. Sometimes the person appears exactly as you remember them, and other times they say or do things that…