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7 common mistakes in Ramadan
Ramadan is a blessed month and it would be sad, if a fasting person would miss out its blessing throughout the month because of major mistakes. We have pointed out some of them in this article: 1) To eat until sunrise. Some muslims believe that the fast is from sunrise (shuruq) till sunset (maghrib). This is false, and it invalidates the fast, and it compulsory to compensate each day done so. You should stop eating suhoor some minutes before fajr begins, and break the fast when you are sure that the time for maghrib has entered. 2) To break the fast before maghrib in the belief of it has broken because of you have started bleeding. Dear brother and sister, you wudu’ is invalidated by bleeding, but it doesn’t break your fast! However if a muslim woman experience he...
6 things to do when a baby is born
Becoming parents is a huge blessing by Allah. When the baby is born, there are some islamic rites you can do: 1. Thank Allah and put your trust in Him “It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when you knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and affection: that you may give thanks (to Allah)” (An-Nahl, 16:78).Allah has blessed us in so many ways! We can never thank Him enough. 2. Giving adhan The wisdom behind it is that the first words the child hears is the magnification of Allah Most High, in hopes that the child would live their life responding to the call to worship the Lord on the path of Islam. 3. Giving the child tahneek/gurti It is narrated about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that when a child was born and b...
10 common mistakes when raising children
Having children is a huge blessing, but taking responsibility of their upbringing is even greater! As muslim parents we are going to be held responsible for everything that we teach (and don’t teach) our children, be it good or bad. We have gathered some of the most common parenting mistakes: 1) Giving the little child too much freedom and choices and being strict to the teenager Small children get overwhelmed by always given many choices, but as they grow up they get used to it and it is difficult for them to deal with strictness when they get older. In many muslim families teenagers have too many strict rules, while they have been given many choices and freedom as a child. This creates many barriers between the teenager and the parents, and many the times the teenager end up...
9 tips for a productive Ramadan
Ramadan is here to bring us closer to our Rabb. But are we achieving the optimal potential of this month? We have gathered some tips for you on how you can become productive this Ramadan! 1. Make your intentions clear for yourself Every action is upon its intention, and each intention will be rewarded by Allah Almighty if it is for the sake of Allah. ‘Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, related from his Lord the Blessed and Exalted: “Verily, Allah has recorded good and bad deeds and he made them clear. Whoever intends to perform a good deed but does not do it, then Allah will record it as a complete good deed. If he intends to do it and does so, then Allah the Exalted will record it as ten good deeds up to seven hundred times as much or even m...
10 foods liked by the Prophet ﷺ
Our Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ loved eating these food items – both for their taste and their benefits and advantages. It is direct Sunnah to use these items while cooking food. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ believed in these items’ benefits for the human body and loved eating them. These are some of the foods liked by the Prophet. Stay tuned at Naateapaak.com to read more about this topic 1) Honey Narrated by Sayyida ‘Aisha (radi Allahu ‘anha): The Prophet, salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, used to like sweet edible things and honey (Sahih Bukhari, 586) Also good for: Liver, kidney, bladder, 2) Dates Narrated by Sayyida ‘Aishah, radi Allahu ‘anha: That the Prophet, salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “A house without dates, its inhabitants will be hungry.” ...
7 ways to prepare for Ramadan
Did you know? There are less than 100 days to the blessed month of Ramadan. How are you preparing yourself? Let’s look at some of these tips: 1) Compensate for missed days If you missed any days due to sickness, travelling, aging, or if you as a woman feared for your child during pregnancy or when you breastfed your child, you are obliged to compensate for each day you didn’t fast in earlier Ramadan’s. It’s not too late compensate those, but begin as soon as you can as none of us have any deal with the angel Izra’il, who is waiting upon the command from Allah to let us return to Him, then we should haste in being clear with our missed fasts 2) Fast on the 3 white days Why wait with fasting till Ramadan? You can begin now fasting the white days in each month according to the Sunnah, ...
