Thursday, December 30, 2021

Books I've Read @ 2nd Half 2021

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  Here are the books I've finished reading throughout July - December 2021 (In no particular order): 1. "The Gift: Young Muslim Ent...
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Ending the meeting when things get "hot" or uncomfortable? 🔥

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  Recently, a department released a series of knowledge sharing on Meeting Management 101. While I found many of the tips to be useful, some...
Sunday, December 19, 2021

Siapakah Al-Mutaffifeen? - Pandai menuntut hak, tapi kantoi bila dituntut tanggungjawab sendiri

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  Kebiasaannya, golongan "Mutaffifeen" di dalam surah ini biasanya dikaitkan dengan mereka yang berlaku curang - yakni, menipu - d...
Saturday, December 18, 2021

When our children give us gifts.. 🎁

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  The Prophet said,  تَهَادُوا تَحَابُّوا "Give gifts and you will love one another." (Narrated in Adab Al-Mufrad of Al-Bukhari) W...
Wednesday, December 01, 2021

Energising 16 Forum: Moderating Panel Discussions, "SKG16 Towards MFT 50:0"

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Alhamdulillah today I had the opportunity to moderate panel discussions focusing on how our technical fraternities can play our part to fulf...
Saturday, November 27, 2021

How I developed a reading habit: tracking with a simple bookmark and setting low daily targets (Make it easy)

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  Alhamdulillah, just finished reading the book "This is Love" by Dr. Ali Albarghouthi 😍📖👍🏼.  One of the key strategies in bui...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Little Man's Homecoming

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  Alhamdulillah, after over one year away, Miri-born Muawiyah has finally returned home.  It would be his first flight as a 3-year old, and ...
Saturday, November 13, 2021

First week in office: 8-12th November 2021

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  This week was the first time ever setting foot in the office after over a year working from home. Admittedly, it felt incredibly awkward, ...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

Collaboration for the sake of Allah

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  Let us join & support our friends over at @QalbyApp for their live event today! Alhamdulillah on behalf of the @thebarakaheffect team,...
Sunday, October 24, 2021

Our true, Authentic selves 🤔🔍

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  While we were recording the latest podcast episode of #theBarakahEffect podcast, I noticed the stark contrast of the camera view versus ...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

How do we teach Tawhid to our Toddlers and young children?

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As Muslims, the most important lesson that we need to be educating our children is the concept of tawhid (Oneness of Allah). But I often won...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

"It's just a sunnah"

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Dr. Bilal Philips was once questioned,  "Our Muslim brothers and sisters are suffering in Palestine, and here you are talking about eat...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Missing the Prophet ﷺ? Seven Habits that can Unite us with Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in Jannatul Firdaus #LoveRasulullah #CintaRasul

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Food for thought: How much do WE yearn to be with the Prophet ﷺ? How much do we miss him? I am reminded of this very touching hadith about ...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

"Muawiyah nak wash hand sendiri" - handling accidents after the fall

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Since he was 3, Muawiyah always insisted to independently wash his hands by himself. He would casually walk up to the sink, adjust the plast...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Tarbiyah: Conditioning our Habit Triggers

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  As Muawiyah and I were playing by the beach, a sound of a motorbike could be heard coming from a distance, and then the ringing of a bell ...