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  • ‎ ‎I Feel Lost and My Heart Is Sick. Please Help Me.‎

    Question:‎ In the Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Ever Merciful‎ ‎Assalaamu ‘Alaykum ‎ ‎This is the first time I am writing to you as I used to read the consultations that are posted [on your website] and hope that you would help me. A year ago, I wore Niqaab (face veil), but now I feel distracted and do not know.. More

  • Watch What You Eat in Ramadan!

    Ramadan is the time when families and friends get together to break the fast; it is a time for traditional cuisine, invitations to banquets and Iftaar parties laden with sumptuous food and desserts. Most of us know that these foods, when eaten in excess, cause unwanted weight gain and may exacerbate health conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure.. More

  • The Ramadan Good Food Guide

    An oft-quoted observation states that Ramadan is more about consumption of food than abstinence in today's times. The dawn to dusk fast causes mild hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and dehydration, which can cause weakness, headaches, lack of concentration, tiredness or lethargy, and intense cravings for fatty, sweet, or salty foods. It is vital that.. More

  • Bright points on the fasting of diabetics

    With the advent of the new moon of Ramadan, Muslims are competing in carrying out the obligations and Sunnah acts to draw closer to Allah The Almighty and to receive the reward in the month of Ramadan. When Allah The Almighty prescribed fasting, He granted concessions for certain categories of people. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {So whoever.. More

  • Receive Ramadan in fine health and good spirits

    Laziness, headache, nervousness, obesity and poor time management are some of the negative phenomena that we notice from the first day of Ramadan and which may continue to its end. One of the causes of these negative phenomena is most probably the physiological condition that affects ones’ behavior while fasting due to his bad habits. For example,.. More

  • Dried Dates – From Religion and Science

    Dried dates have a special status in Islam and one has always wondered why they receive all this attention? However, upon studying this issue carefully, I discovered that dried dates deserve all this appreciation and praise, because they are one of the countless great Divine blessings upon us. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): · {And He.. More

  • Vegetables - nutritional value and a source of health

    Herbaceous plants (vegetables) constituted the main food for man in ancient times and he would eat them raw. Later, he got to know the value of fire and found that if he exposed the vegetables to heat, it would cause a change of taste and smell and they would become easier for him to digest. Most people need to eat more of this group of foods to provide.. More

  • Fasting & diabetics

    A diabetic patient receives the month of Ramadan differently from others, because his feeding and health system during this month is different from that at any other time of the year. He must adhere to certain dosages of medication at specific times and must only eat certain types of food. With the advent of this month, the changes he faces are manifested.. More

  • Food essentials in Ramadan

    In Ramadan, the first sacrifice we make is forgoing consumption of food and drink between Suhoor (pre-dawn meal) and Iftaar (fast breaking). The absence of food and drink in our bodies for this extended period of time causes mild hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and dehydration, which can cause weakness, headaches, inability to focus, tiredness or lethargy,.. More

  • Increasing weight during Ramadan

    Question: How can I increase my weight during Ramadan, or at least maintain the same weight, because I am very skinny? Answer: Assalaamu ‘Alaykum, dear sister Maha. I hope that you are not skinny due to a physical problem, like being diabetic for example. This does not seem to be the case from the way you stated your question. Therefore,.. More

  • Benefits of Suhoor (predawn meal)

    The predawn meal (Suhoor) is one of the main meals during the blessed month of Ramadan. Doctors have confirmed that it is more important than the meal with which one breaks his fast (Iftaar), because it helps the person persevere through the difficulties of fasting. This is the reason why our Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, advised us.. More

  • A healthy and balanced food system

    Many people get into the bad habit of overeating during the month of Ramadan, which often causes different types of diseases, like constipation, rapid weight gain, and many others. This is because they are heedless of the instructions of the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and the etiquettes one must adhere to at the time of breaking the.. More

  • Advice to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers

    Allah has mandated fasting for every post-pubescent person who is physically fit to fast and has promised an abundant reward in return. He has, however, relieved those with sound excuses and exempted them from fasting, permitting them to break their fast until the reason for which they have been exempted is gone. However, He obliged them to make up.. More