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Two-year-old minds

By: Umm Salihah “Pick up the ball, sweetie, pick up the ball, don’t drop it… very goooood, bring it to Mommy now, baby—no, pick it up—bring it—come on…” I’m an editor. I would lose it if I had to edit that sentence. I would flat quit. But that’s the way I’ve been talking for the past 3 months or so since my daughter has become able to send and receive verbal communication on some level. But—re-reading... Read More →

A Blueprint for Immortality: The Case of Prophet Ibrahim (as)

By: Zahra M. Since the beginning of time on earth, life as known to human beings has one key certainty: death. We as humans see death around us and know it will come one day or another. Some people have tried avoiding death by finding how to become ‘immortal’. They’ve spent their lives searching for the ‘fountain of youth’ which will keep them young forever or tried discovering medicines which will keep them... Read More →

Two Little Pills

Every morning after I wake up, I reach for a little blue box that lies upon my desk. This is my pill cutter. Next to my pill cutter is a blister pack and a white bottle. This is my medicine. I pop out a big pill from the blister pack, put it into the pill cutter, and push down. The ‘snap’ lets me know its through and I open the lid to see a freshly cut pill, chalky dust around the incision site. I take a half,... Read More →

A Blessed Hifdh Journey: Interview with Sr. Julie

Alhamdulillah, All Praise is due to Allah; MuslimahSource recently had a chance to interview sister Julie, a sister living in Canada who recently completed the memorization of the Qur’an. We hope this interview can serve as an inspiration for sisters and brothers out there who hope to memorize the Book of Allah. It’s a blessing to hear the personal hifdh story of a sister in a time when we don’t hear... Read More →