Muslim Youth Musings

Powerful Protecter

Remember when we were younger and they used to tell us about the Prophets of the past? Let’s step back and remind ourselves about one of them again; Prophet Ibrahim. When he started making Da’wah to his father, Azar, and the people of his town, he was just a young teenager. Allah mentions in...

27 March 2010 | 5 Comments

Qualities of a Hafidh

“Come in”, Shaykh Haroon Baqai said. I walked in slowly, shaking from head to toe. I had only applied for the Hifzh School a few days ago, and now I found myself entering his office for a scheduled interview. Alhamdulillah, it went smooth and after answering a few questions and memorizing an Ayah from...

22 March 2010 | 20 Comments

The Death Of A Teenage Hafidh

While on my Twitter account the other day, I saw a tweet from Sh. Abdul Nasir Jangda (instructor for Bayyinah Institute) which read, “Hafidh Salis Jibran, 18, has passed away.” After reading this, I thought to myself, “A Hafidh just passed away? An eighteen-year-old American kid, Hafidh, just passed away?!” Death can come to...

17 March 2010 | 3 Comments

Wisdom From Unlikely Sources

Go to any quotation site, and you’ll notice that most quotes come from only famous people. However, whoever said that wisdom comes primarily from famous people? The following is a compilation of true stories and conjured tales from MYM staff writers (as well as a special guest writer towards the end) that think otherwise...

26 February 2010 | 11 Comments

Emo Muslim Youth?

Our society is filled with hurt and despair. The sad part is that we, as Muslim youth, don’t make it any better. Unfortunately, many people do not realize that any statement or action of hurt will hurt, regardless of what one may say. We may call it gentle teasing or good-natured ribbing, but at...

20 February 2010 | 11 Comments

Giving Back To Our Communities

All too often, we see individuals being raised up by their communities and then just leaving when they’re old enough. When they were younger, they used to attend the full-time/weekend school, spend hours at the playground with other children, attend the after-school Karate or sports program, participate in the community festivals, get scolded by...

02 February 2010 | 7 Comments

How YOU(th) can be a STAR!

When you look up at the night sky these days, in your own city, what do you see? For me, all I see are a bunch of gloomy clouds. MashaAllah it’s a beautiful picture, but tell me, do you see any STARs? It seems that nowadays, all of our STARs have left us. They’re...

01 February 2010 | 4 Comments

One Way

A lot of people have exams coming up. During one of my Arabic Classes, one student asked the teacher to cancel next week’s class because of she needed to study to get a perfect grade. When we want something, like an A on our exam, or a new electronic, or to win in this competition,...

25 January 2010 | 4 Comments

The Battle of Badr

The Battle of Badr took place in the blessed month of Ramadaan in the 2nd year after the Hijrah. The Battle of Badr has been referred to in the Qur’aan as the “Day of Furqaan”. Furqaan in Arabic means to separate and to distinguish because on that day, Allah clearly distinguished truth from falsehood....

17 January 2010 | 0 Comments

The Outlook of Young Imam An-Nawawi

When Imam Nawawi was young, he used to be pursued by the children of his town as they continually asked him to join them in their games. They used to sneer, jeer, and try every conceivable method to get him to join, but he used to break away from them crying while saying, “Allah...

14 January 2010 | 4 Comments

MYM is featured in Mission:Ramadan!

New E-Book for all Alhamdulillah, ProductiveMuslim.com has released an eBook entitled, Mission: Ramadan. It basically comprises of 30 bloggers each writing on one theme, this year being Qur’an, for the month of Ramadan. Go ahead and click the cover image to view the eBook! In the book itself, there are two articles written by...

05 January 2010 | 1 Comment

Dare to be Different!

“Whoever sticks to my Sunnah, when the rest of my Ummah…” I’m just passing on to you all a Hadeeth (statement) of our Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)… something to think about. By the way, this is a kind of follow-up on the beautiful article by our brother Jawaad Ahmad Khan (Are You...

03 January 2010 | 14 Comments

From the Masses to the Individual

There was once a politician who was gearing up to give the speech of his life. He spent countless months writing and reciting his speech, he spent thousands of dollars to rent the largest stadium in town, and spent even more in mass advertising through flyers, posters postcards, billboards, online social networks, television commercials,...

29 December 2009 | 2 Comments

Mud or Gold

Many years ago, while waiting for my father to pick me up from school, I sat in front of the Masjid playground, mesmerized by the sand all around me. It was a sunny day, and the sand glittered in the sun like gold. As I picked the shimmering golden beads of sand up and...

19 December 2009 | 8 Comments

Too Fast, Too Furious

By Ayman Nassar Today, we got a reminder of death which we very often forget about; a 20 yr old brother from my community perished in a car accident. I know we all love speed, excitement and the high adrenaline levels that accelerating in a boxed metal structure brings with it, but it is...

10 December 2009 | 1 Comment

Are You Different?

“Islam began as something strange, and will revert to being strange as it began. So give glad tidings to the strangers.” -The Messenger of Allah (sallalahu ‘alayhi wasallam) (narrated by Muslim (145) from Abu Hurayrah) /~~~\ Are you a stranger? Or are you just an average Joe? Are you DIFFERENT? Or do you fit...

05 December 2009 | 3 Comments

Speech Delivery 101

By Ikhlas Hassen Got to give the Khutbah? Want to start a Halaqah? Use these tips to increase your speech delivery skills! 1) Thikr- Remembrance of Allah (subhanahu wa tala) Malik related to me that he heard that Isa ibn Maryam used to say, “Do not speak much without the mention of Allah for...

30 November 2009 | 3 Comments