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Finding Motivation in Trust

Assalamualaikum, It’s that time of the year again! Finals are just around the corner and you probably have to deal with a lot more than just studying and writing papers. You may have to prepare for an an emotional roller coaster if things get rough. But remember Allah through it all and you will succeed, [...]

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How to Develop An Attitude for Gratitude

Assalamu-Alaikum, “And Allah has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and intellect that perhaps you would be grateful.” – Surah Nahl, Ayah 78 Alhumdulilah, recently I hurt my foot and it made me realize how important each body part is. My [...]

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Why You Should Invest in Spiritual Capital

Assalamualaikum! Ever had that moment where you’re sitting in class, half alert, you hear one sentence or one word and all of a sudden you have an epiphany about something totally unrelated. Well, that is exactly what happened to me when my professor asked, “What is capital’?” While the rest of the class attempted to [...]

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How to Talk to Young Muslims

Salam Yo, One of the topics I’ve been thinking about lately is how parents or in general elders speak to young Muslims who are far from the Deen.  Often times, their tone or approach in talking ends up driving them further away from doing what is right. I’ll give you one example: One of my [...]

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How to Apply Best Customer Service Practices for Daw’ah

Salam, Being in the entrepreneur mode lately, I’ve been thinking about what makes certain companies successful. After reading up on some which are the cream of the crop in customer service, including Amazon.com, Nordstrom and Zappo’s to name a few, I was motivated to write a post about how we can take some business lessons [...]

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