Last Friday—Thanksgiving weekend—something happened that I’m still processing.

I was visiting my parents and sister in the Bay Area for the holidays. It was colder than LA, and after Jumu’ah and lun...

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn.

Today I heard about the passing of Dr. Mazhar Kazi (raḥimahullāh), father of Sh. Yasir Qadhi.

I never knew him closely. I only met him once, very briefly, in a p...

By: Fouzia Usman 

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Raheem.

I want to share a story about how Allah places people in our lives at the right time, in the most unexpected ways. I first met brother Nayaz and his ...

By: Fouzia Usman

Sometimes the most profound changes begin with the smallest observations.

A Simple Observation That Changed Everything

Last year at The Prophetic Summit (TPSS), I found myself sitt...

By: Fouzia Usman

There's this delusion we have as parents that taking our children to historical places and showing them monuments will somehow connect them to their heritage. It won't. Not when thos...

By: Fouzia Usman

My daughter has been participating in the Qur’an competition at MAS LA Con every Thanksgiving for the past three years. It’s an event we started attending regularly for the last few ...

This one practice turned my decade-long struggles into achievements. A habit that can bring breakthroughs. Imagine a simple practice that unlocks blessings, eases hardships, and brings barakah into yo...

By: Fouzia Usman

I attended a dinner that Brendon Burchard organized for the ULTRA community, of which I am a part at the beginning of the month. These dinners are lavish, akin to wedding celebration...

Sunday School or Muslim Nation Builders? 

Part 2: Why Sunday School is Failing Us and What We Can Do About It 

By Wael Adelgawad

As I mentioned in Part 1, I teach Sunday school to Muslim teenagers...

Feeling the weight and exhaustion of the parenting journey, I often found solace on the prayer mat. Yet, by the time I reached it, drained by the day's challenges, weariness had overshadowed my prayer...

Imam Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali's book, "Difference Between Advising and Shaming," illustrates the delicate balance between offering sincere advice and avoiding the pitfalls of public shaming. It explores t...

Join Sr. Fouzia Usman in an insightful conversation with Sr. Megan Wyatt, relationship expert, as they dive deep into the essential topic of 

"Correction versus Connection: How to Protect Your Kids' ...