In the sixth year after the Hijrah, the Prophet decided to expand the scope of his mission. He sent eight letters to rulers in the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding areas.. read more

Good writing starts with good ideas. If you write about things that you care about, you will write better. If you write about things that you don’t care about, you’ll.. read more

DESCRIPTION Starfruit (a.k.a. carambola) has unique ridges down its sides, usually five but it can vary. In cross-sections, it looks like a star, which is where it gets its name. The.. read more

What is Qiyam Al-Layl? Qiyam’ means ‘standing’ and ‘Qiyam al-Layl’ means ‘standing in night.’ In the Islamic terminology, both terms refer to ‘the voluntary night prayer, whose time extends from.. read more

And so my love for dairy and all things milk made me explore new levels of goodness. Soya Cincau (Soh-yah Chin-Chau) is a mixture of sugar syrup, soy milk and.. read more

Cold war My husband and I got into a discussion (read: argument) about ais cendol, which he ordered at a restaurant serving Malaysian and Singaporean cuisine. He called it a.. read more

The month of Ramadan has come. Muslims across the world will perform the obligatory worship in the form of fasting — abstaining from food, drink and sexual intercourse from dawn.. read more

Most of us belong to prosperous families where managing two square meals of a day is never a problem. All our needs are very well-catered by our parents and sometimes,.. read more

QUESTION : What is the ruling on a person swallowing his saliva, because I noticed that many people in Ramadan spit a great deal to avoid swallowing their saliva, especially.. read more

Alert is a neuro-physical condition which enables a human to assess the situation relying on its capability of faster decision making. It creates havoc if one is alert all the.. read more