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- The Real Housewives of Ancient Arabia
- The Real Housewives of Ancient Egypt
- Surah Al-Kahf: The Travels and Travails of Dhul-Qarnain
- The Several-Year Glitch and the Deafening Silence
- Prophet Musa and Khidr: the Quest For Divine Knowledge
- Surah Al-Kahf: The Curious Case of the Bohemian Boys
- Surah Al-Kahf: The Two Conversing Companions and the Trial of Affluence
- Defending Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللِّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
- The Quran of Al-Fajr: Quran that is Witnessed
- The Effect of the Quran on a Believer
- The Rising Tide of Atheism: the Truth Behind the Claims of “Freedom”, “Liberation” and “Tolerance”
- The Apprentice
- Deprived of Light on Judgment Day: 5 Behavioral Traits of Munafiqs
- My Home: My Sanctuary of Solitude, Not an ‘Open House’
- Prophet Musa and Pharaoh: Psychological Human Behavior Faced by a Caller to Islam
- Imparting the Blessings of Quran to a Baby – From Before Birth!
- Pamper Your Daughter, Clip Her Wings
- Fasting Ramadan in the Family Way: A Daunting Yet Surmountable Challenge
- How Do You ‘Call’ Allah?
- Happy, Havocked HomeFront: Riding The Home Education Wave and Lovin’ It
- Money Matters: Musing About Mindsets, Spending Habits and Extravagance
- ‘Romantic’ Relationships, Marriage Proposals and Dreams of Destiny
- Using Arabic Grammar to Understand the Qur’an
- From Infants to Inspectors: Incessantly Intelligent Little Interrogators
- Debunking the “Pretty Woman” Myth: How Romance Novels and Films Delude Youth
- Little Men – Sons Today, Husbands Tomorrow
- Wedding Extravagance: Much Ado About a Superficial “Do”
- Hope
- A Chivalrous Prophet, a Rueful Rider and a Working Wife
- The Adventures of Homeschooling
All posts on this blog
See where our family eats out in Karachi:My articles on OnIslam.net
Aging Singles: How Parents Cause Delay in Marriage- Become a Siddiq: A Highly Truthful Person
Believing in the Unseen & Its Impact on Believers- Ceaseless Reward Even After Death: Can Good Deeds Be Continuously Rewarded?
- Cherishing Charity in Ramadan – Ladling Out Lasting Livelihoods
- Cultural Aspects That Have No Basis in Islam
- Discretion In Weddings: Don’t ‘Show and Tell’
Eid Al-Adha – Start a New Leaf
Enjoying Married Life the Halal Way- First Year of Marriage: Is It Complicated? Managing Challenges at the Beginning of Your Marital Journey
- Giving and Forgiving on Eid
Hajj: A Journey of Selfless Brotherhood- Hiccups of Newlyweds After Great Expectations
- Home and Work: A Win-Win Relation for Muslim Women
- How Can Muslim Women Live the Sunnah Today?
How Can Reverts Increase in Love for The Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم- How Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم Reprimanded Children
- How to Defend Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم? (Part 1)
- How to Defend Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم? (Part 2)
How to Enrich Your Life With the Quran- How to Manage Anger and Maintain Peace at Home
- Impact of the Quran on Muslim Women
Matters of the Heart
Myths and Facts About Muslim Marriage- Positive Parenting: Paving the Path to Paradise
- Prophet Muhammad: A Source of Mercy For Young Ones
Prophet Muhammad: The Thankful Slave
Prophet Muhammad: What Most Non-Muslims Don't Know- Ramadan's Final Round: Seeking Solitude at its End
- Ramadan: Seizing the Moments for Supplication – Changing Times Require Deeper & Different Duaa’s (Part 1/2)
- Ramadan: Seizing the Moments for Supplication – Changing Times Require Deeper & Different Duaa’s (Part 2/2)
- Reviving Up for Ramadan: Retrospection, Reflection, Repentance, Renewal
- Shura: Teaching Children the Art of Consultation
Silent Spouses: Misunderstanding Patience- Spouses: Actualizing Tranquility, Love, and Mercy
Sustaining Spousal Love: Quell Insecurity, Give Space- The Creation of Man as Mentioned in the Quran
- The Essence of Sincere Repentance
The Prophet’s Wisdom at Al-Hudaibiyah- The Veiled Warrior
- Traits of Arrogance in Students of Knowledge – Part 1
- Wifely Wisdom: Wielding a Wary Way with Words
Hiba Magazine
SISTERS Magazine
My Veil Magazine
HomeWorks Magazine
My Blog Posts on MuslimMatters
- The Art of Overcoming Negativity
- The Essence of Sincere Repentance
- Hues of Arrogance – Part 1
- A Wakeup Call for Muslim Parents
- Linking In to Make Muslims Matter
- "Miss Beautiful Morals, Will You Please Step Up?"
- Broken Bowls and Flowing Tears: Prophet Muhammad [صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم] as Husband Extraordinaire!
- Pakistan's IDP: Needy of Prayers
- Why is the Flap on My Face, a Slap In Yours, Mr Sarkozy?
- Zakaah: Worth its Weight in Gold
- Chill Out Like the Prophet: Tips for the Stressed Muslim Da'ee – Part I
- Chill Out Like The Prophet: Tips for the Stressed Muslim Da'ee – Part II
- Ramadan: Worship Whirlwind, or Food Fest?
- Children @ Taraweeh: Storm in a Teacup
- Meeting and Greeting: Tips for Relationship Success
- Unspoken Hajj Truths: Lessons in Brotherhood and Fortitude
- Women of Islam: Divinely Fortified Pillars of Strength
- Lessons from Surah Yusuf – Part 1: Sibling Rivalry
- Lessons from Surah Yusuf – Part 2: Trials and Temptation
- Lessons From Surah Yusuf – Part 3: Da'wah Behind Bars
- The Prophet’s Prescribed Antidote for Housework Fatigue: Remembrance of Allah!
- Haya: Showcasing the Shyness of a Shepherdess
- Eye Opening Words in the Quran Describing the Life of this World
- The Family Way: Ten Tips for Expecting Muslims
- Homely Homemaking Homebodies? Why the Quran Commands Muslim Women: “Stay in Your Homes”
- Spending on Family: Charity or Expense? Depends on your Intention!
- The Real ‘Miss Universe’: Maryam Bint `Imran
- Parables in the Quran: The Light of Allah
- Sialkot, Pakistan: Two Muslim Boys Murdered by Mob in Broad Daylight During Ramadan – Moral Decadence at its Lowest!
- Hues of Arrogance – Part 2
- The Creation of Man as Mentioned in the Quran
My Articles Published in Saudi Gazette
- A Believer's Attitude During Fitnah
- Allah's Benevolent System of Forgiveness
- As Hajj Approaches, Ummah Unites
- Beat the Heat With Positive Thinking
- Being Kind to Old Parents
- Da'wah Tip: Get Over Fear of People
- Do You 'See' Allah?
- Eight Qualities of the Super Special
- Extravagance Check: Do You Shop Till You Drop?
- Eyes that Weep for Allah
- Fasting in the Month of Allah
- Finding Time for the Family
- Fragrances and Bitter Tastes
- From Darkness to Light
- Great Instructive Stories From Surah Al-Kahf
- Guess Who's Coming For Dinner?
- Having Taqwa During Divorce
- How Beneficial Are Your Pastimes?
- Identify Your Sincere Well-Wisher
- Inspirational Dua's of Prophets in the Quran
- Let's Earn Extra Reward in Shawwal
- Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
- Pleased With Allah's Decree
- Pray for Our Sisters Around the World
- Prophet Muhammad – A Concerned Father
- Prophet Musa: An Excellent Role Model
- Prophet Nuh: Epitome of Sincerity
- Prophet's Special Deeds In Ramadan
- Seek Refuge with Almighty from the Torments of Hell
- Stoop to Conquer: 10 Ways of Honoring Servants
- Sulaiman: A Humble Proponent of Tawheed
- The Blessings of Solitude
- The Four Factors: Check Yourself for Signs of Hypocrisy
- Towards a Higher Level of Fasting
- Wealth and the Rejection of Truth
- What to Do When Disasters Strike
My past articles on HowToDoThings.com
- How To Accept the Concept of the Hoors of Paradise as a Muslim Woman
- How To Be a Friend for the Sake of Allah
- How To Be a Good Muslim Husband
- How To Bond as a Muslim Family
- How To Celebrate the Islamic Festival of `Eid Al-Adha
- How To Celebrate the Islamic Festival of `Eid Al-Fitr
- How To Deal With Jealous People
- How To Deal With Nosy People
- How To Do Good Deeds that Reward a Muslim After Death
- How To Enrich Your Life with the Quran
- How To Face Economic Recession as Muslims
- How To Fast During Ramadan
- How To Form a New Mothers' Support Group
- How To Form a Quran Study Circle
- How To Guard Your Husband's Honor as a Muslim Wife
- How To Identify Postpartum Depression
- How To Identify the Greatest Trials Faced by Muslims Today
- How To Judge a Friendship as Muslims
- How To Learn to Recite the Qur'an
- How To Live According to the Five Pillars of Islam
- How To Perform Hajj
- How To Recognize and Avoid Islamophobic Propaganda
- How To Refrain from Backbiting
- How To Respect a Muslim Woman Who Wears a Veil
- How To Return to School as an Adult
- How To Rise Above Violence and Civil War in a Muslim Country
- How To Spend Secular Holidays and Celebrations as a Muslim
- How To Strengthen Your Faith in Allah
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- Bundles of Joy My article in DAWN’s Review
- Casually Conversing ‘Cannibals’: Ways to kick the backbiting bug
- Divine Comfort How the Qur’an came alive in my heart during a difficult pregnancy that involved physical affliction and loneliness.
- Home is Where the School Is Feature story in The Express Tribune about home education in Karachi, showcasing my older two children
- Religious Advocates Heed the Call of New Media IPS News interviewed me as the “Muslim” online activist
- Swept Under the Carpet – Child Sexual Abuse
- The Muslim Link: Local Students of Farhat Hashmi Defend Movement Against Accusations I was interviewed by The Muslim Link as an alumnus of Al-Huda Institute
- Using Arabic Grammar to Understand the Quran
- What the Quran Says About Creation My article republished in Qatari newspaper “The Peninsula” from OnIslam.net
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- In the Pursuit of Writing
- Muslim American Homeschool Mommy
- Muslimas Oasis
- MuslimMatters
- Perceptions Local Islamic workshops for teenaged Muslim girls
- Quran Reflections A blog maintained by the students and staff of the branch of Al-Huda at Khayaban-e-Seher, Karachi, where I teach part-time.
- Resources for Muslim Writers An excellent blog by Amel Abdullah that provides links and guidance about the Muslim writing world online
- Suhaib Webb
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Author Archives: Sadaf Farooqi
The Real Housewives of Ancient Arabia
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ Continued from: The Real Housewives of Ancient Egypt In the first part of this post, we discussed an incident from Surah Yusuf in the Quran, involving a dinner banquet with an agenda that was convened and attended … Continue reading
The Real Housewives of Ancient Egypt
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ Ever attended a ladies’ social get-together or party? Of course you have, if you are female! Ladies of all ages love to dress up, get together, and have a heart-to-heart conversation over sumptuous food. For a … Continue reading
Posted in Islamic Knowledge, Marriage, Motherhood, Pleasing Allah, Quran, Reflections and Reminders, Social Psychology
Tagged Aziz, banquet, desperate housewives, dinner, egypt, Egyptian, housewives, party, potluck, rape, real housewives, Surah Yusuf, wife, Yusuf, Zulekha
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The Several-Year Glitch and the Deafening Silence
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ I am ‘interrupting’ my Surah Al-Kahf series to write this post because the muse paid me a visit, and like most writers, I cannot stall when inspiration beckons. I have this habit of intermittently practicing a spiritually … Continue reading
Posted in Pleasing Allah, Reflections and Reminders, Social Psychology, Youth
Tagged critic, Islam, Muslim, Quran, success
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Surah Al-Kahf: The Curious Case of the Bohemian Boys
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ Think, “a group of young boys hanging out together”, and what comes to mind? If you are in the age range of 10-25, you’ll probably think they are having fun. And if you are older, you’ll … Continue reading
Defending Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللِّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ The world is talking about Prophet Muhammad (صَلَّى اللِّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ). In an age dominated by instant online marketing, media strategies, public relations campaigns, and digital media publishing, the power of the printed or published world, … Continue reading
The Quran of Al-Fajr: Quran that is Witnessed
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ As the readers of this blog as well as those who have been reading my past articles probably know by now, through many of my writings I have attempted to pen my thoughts and in-depth reflections … Continue reading









