Water is one of the best fluids for proper hydration because it does not contain sugars or caffeine, which can actually increase dehydration. The consumption of water also ensures that the digestive tract is sufficiently lubricated and helps prevent constipation and other digestive problems. We know it is difficult to consume enough water during sahoor […]

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja Following the commencement of 2022 Ramadan fast, the Ansar-ud-deen Society of Nigeria, a faith-based organisation, has condemned the recent upsurge in ritual killings in the country. The religious body, however, blamed the total breakdown of moral values and parental collusion as some of the reasons for the malaise. It would be recalled […]

One of the reasons for fasting is that we feel the pangs of hunger. However, overeating during iftar and suhoor, eating heavily or stuffing our bellies with too much food is a major health hazard that potentially can nullify the several health benefits gained during fasting. Sahur does not entail you overfilling your stomach, just […]

By Haroon-Ishola Balogun It’s expected that in this month, everyone of us become conscious of our actions, what we do and what we don’t do; our speech, our gaze, where we go and what we do. It is in this month we step up our ibadah during the day and night. Never in the whole […]

Apart from the inner feeling of satisfaction of carrying out the ordinance of Allah that you get when breaking your fast, you also feel happy that you are legible for the blissful abode prepared by Allah as reward for those who carries out His orders. The joyful feeling of long night prayer, the spiritual contentment, […]

By Haroon-Ishola Balogun In Quran 73 verses 1-6, Allah commands His Messenger to get up and stand in prayer to His Lord. The Prophet did as Allah ordered him, by standing for prayer at night. In one of the authentic hadiths, it is said that the best prayer after the obligatory prayers is the night […]

Taraweeh prayer is one of the notable acts of worship in Ramadan. One of the sunnah prayers done during the night of Ramadan after Ishai. There is no specific number of it, it can be 8, 10 or 20. Although there are different opinions on the number of rak’at but no scholar in Islam fixed […]

A New Zealand military team in gas masks and hazmat suits recovered six bodies on Friday from the volcanic island that fatally erupted earlier this week, as doctors worked to save badly burned survivors. An eight-person bomb disposal squad set off before dawn and spent four hours on White Island, which experts said could erupt […]

Ramadan is now drawing to an end. Have you had a wonderful and most rewarding period in the last 27 days? The few days remaining are capable of making our already filled cup run over with blessings. We can still maximise the benefits of the month.

Islam is so wonderful that it establishes and fixes Zakaat-l-Fitr at the end of Ramadan. The act of ibadaah will serve two main purposes. One, to purify our fast from our shortcomings during the month.