I arrived in Vancouver in 2018. The first thing I noticed is homelessness mixed with drug addiction. All big cities wrestle with homelessness. But I’ve never seen something similar to Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES). The level of open drug use is...
We didn’t always sleep in a consolidated block of eight hours. But with all the scientific studies around sleep, eight-hour might sound like a law carved in marble. It’s actually not. Most of the science around sleep focuses on modern...
About the Author Shaykh Abu Guddah (1917 – 1997) was born in Syria. One of the outstanding Muslim scholars of the 20th century. He was taught by over 200 scholars. Among his prominent teachers were Ahmad al-Kurdi and imam al-Kawthari. The Book in 3...
So far, I haven’t felt the need to learn more about Covid or vaccines. Maybe because I’ve felt safe. Living in Vancouver, we had fewer lockdowns than in other parts of Canada. Or maybe because I’m practicing selective ignorance. Not...
The reason for Ramadan is not to feel for the poor. Otherwise, poor people would be exempt from fasting. Is the reason for Ramadan to take care of our bodies? Nope. Otherwise, healthy people would not have to fast. The light bulb produces heat. But this is...
A mechanical salat is like food without nutritional value. If we had to summarize the whole religion, it would be two things: – Relationship with Allah – Relationship with His creation Everything we do is a means to...
