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, […]

Muslims across the globe will be immersed in 29 or 30-day fasting, devotion and reflection. The sanctity of the month, as it is believed, was evidenced by the link of the Holy Qur’an with Ramadan. According to a scholar, the entire Qur’an came down in Ramadan; the first revelation also occurred in Ramadan as well […]

By Haroon Ishola-Balogun The obligation to fast in Ramadan was revealed in the first year of Hijrah when the Prophet migrated to Madinah. This commandment can be found in the very first juz of the Quran. This juz tells us about the beginning, about the basic tenets and pillars of Islam – tawheed, salat, charity/zakat […]

By Ibrahim Adémólá Òrúnbon There is a need to pay more attention to the plight of the poor. The Muslims holy month of self- purification and self- denial, otherwise known as Ramadan, has just ended. While it lasted, the season of fasting and prayer offered all Muslims the opportunity to reflect on their relationship with […]

There is a certain buzz that fills the air as Muslims approach the end of the fasting season. This year’s fasting came on the heels of the just-concluded Lenten season by Christians— another fasting season.

As Muslim faithful continue to observe Ramadan, food vendors in Kubwa, a suburb in the FCT, are complaining of low patronage. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who spoke with some food vendors, was told that sales continued to drop as the Ramadan progressed. Mrs Sarah Ajayi, who owns a restaurant at Byazhin Across, […]

Pious Muslim Women International Organisation, a faith-based non-governmental organisation registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission in Nigeria has since its inception striven to add value to the Nigerian society.

The Zamfara Government says it spent the sum of N2.9 billion on the purchase of essential commodities for distribution to various categories of people as Ramadan welfare. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, in a statement he issued in Gusau on Sunday. He said the Chairman of the main […]

An Islamic poet says: A believer sees his sins as if he were sitting beneath a mountain which he fears will fall on him, whilst the sinner sees his sin as if it was a fly trying to find its way in his nose and he waves it off. Fasting has been ordained on as […]