Mom, Anne, Mutti, Daye – I have said “mother” in all of the four languages I grew up with. Yet, it was only after I became...
Part of the beauty of Islam is that it provides us with many types of mothers. No matter the circumstances that surround your particular motherhood journey,...
The departure of Ramadan often makes me reflect on my past nine Ramadans as a mother. When I was pregnant with my first baby, I had...
Alhamdulillah, most of us have created a culture of Qur’an in our hearts and our homes during Ramadan. Now, Shaykha Fatima Barkatullah shares how she intentionally...
Ramadan falls in different seasons every year. As a young child, I remember Ramadan falling in winter, when fasting was a breeze and you didn’t even...
Motherhood And Hajar After the spiritual high of Ramadan has worn off, Allah Most High, in His Mercy, provides us with the gift of the first...
Trigger warning: pregnancy loss and miscarriage Pregnancy losses in the first trimester of a pregnancy are so common, yet for some reason are taboo to talk...
Allah says in the Qur’an, “The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months,” [Surah Qadr:3] The Prophet is also reported to have said, “Whoever...
Muslim women’s spirituality in Ramadan is a topic that never grows old! Why do we only talk about parenting in Ramadan when it has to do...
The holy month of Ramadan fast-approaches and many mothers may be finding themselves in a predicament–a low spiritual state. Reflecting on the Ramadans of previous years...