Adapted from my book God Intervenes Between A Person and Their Heart In our modern landscape of infinite scrolls and overnight deliveries, we are constantly haunted by the ghost of “more.” We chase the next level of comfort, the newer model, and the higher bracket, rarely pausing to ask why. We often sanitize the lives of the giants of faith, painting them in strokes of perfection that distance them from our own messy, material realities. Yet the history of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ upon him peace and blessings, reveals a deeply human moment in 7th-century Medina—a period of domestic tension Read More …
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The Two Women of Midian: Lessons on Moral Clarity, and the Ethics of Speech
The women of Midian teach that haya’ is not silence or fragility, but a disciplined moral intelligence that protects one from harm. They stepped away from corruption, spoke only what was necessary, and trusted Allah to open the path. This is the spiritual intelligence missing from many modern conflicts, where modesty is performed outwardly while rivalry and insinuation thrive behind the scenes. The Qur’an honors restraint—not manipulation disguised as piety.
A Tied Heart: Lessons From Mother of Moses
There is a specific kind of paralyzing fear that takes hold when we are forced to let go of what we love most. Sometimes it is a relationship, a sense of safety, or plans we’ve built our identity around. Other times, it is something more subtle but equally gripping: the story others have constructed about us—a narrative we did not write, cannot control, and yet feel trapped inside. Releasing these attachments can feel like a kind of death, because a part of us believes our survival depends on holding them together. The story of the mother of Moses (upon him Read More …
Ghuroor, Muslim Women, and Shutting Down Grief
Will Muslims be welcomed as fellow human beings and allowed to grieve alongside their Christian brothers and sisters in humanity this horrible tragedy? Or will we be treated as outsiders? It is critically important that we all nurture each other during times of mass public loss, and that we grieve not as those who belong to different religions or nationalities, but together as fellow human beings.
Hijab is Not About Oppression or Seduction, It’s About Trust
Hijab, which in its essence means “to conceal,” is usually associated with Muslim women. Although other faith traditions promote modest dress, and Muslim men are also asked to dress modestly, most of the noise around this world is directed at Muslim women.
There are two unhealthy views around women wearing hijab. First, that a woman who wears hijab is always oppressed. Second, that women must wear hijab because they are necessarily seductresses, and men cannot follow their own consciences unless women are covered.