'Greats of Islam' is available to watch on Qalbox. New users enjoy a 7-day free trial, which also gives access to the full features of the Muslim Pro app ad-free! Claim your free trial today! There have been many individuals who have excelled in their area of...
How can we be true to ourselves if we are unaware of the qualities we should possess? As global Muslims, we should strive to embrace the qualities of a true Muslim that can help us nurture healthy habits while existing harmoniously in a multicultural and multiracial...
There are many peaks and troughs in the world of business. It is to be anticipated as part of an inevitable equation in entrepreneurship either as building blocks of successes or stumbling blocks and humps caused by missteps and failures. Does that mean one has to be...
We are all aware of some basic facts pertaining to water. This precious natural resource covers about 70 per cent of Earth, the only planet we all call home. At the same time, our bodies are also made up of about 60 per cent of water. These are not just fun facts to...
The Burka Avenger Burka Avenger is available to watch on Qalbox. New users enjoy a 7-day free trial which also gives access to the full features to the Muslim Pro app ad-free! Claim your free trial today! In July 2013, a cartoon show from Pakistan created ripples...
Muslims around the world have just celebrated the Islamic New Year on 1st Muharram. Starting from the hijrah or migration of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ from Mecca to Medina, hijrah has a profound meaning for every Muslim. The word hijra الهجرة means “emigration”, it is...
As a Muslim, have you ever felt the following: There just seems to be not enough time although everyone has the same 24 hours or 1440 minutes, in a day? Demands of life cause loads of stress for us all. We are always pulled in all directions. From educational...
World Humanitarian Day has been established to pay tribute to the thousands of global humanitarian aid workers. Volunteers who spend their time, effort, and resources to help those in need. Sometimes they even end up giving their lives in the course of their work. The...
The space and place women have been given in Islam cannot be found in any other practicing religion. In fact even before the women empowerment and equality movements began globally, Islam has been promoting and respecting the value of women. We share the praiseworthy...
The Importance of Self Reflection in Islam Our daily lives are filled with infinite distractions. Our mind, heart, and body need regular detoxification. Prophet Muhammed ﷺ took time to reflect on his thoughts and feelings in the cave of Hira. The life of Prophet...
Demands of the contemporary world just keep on compounding. In schools we were taught subjects encompassing various matters from understanding and applying grammatical rules in our writing and speech, solving a particular mathematical problem, the significance of the...
The Holy Quran is a sacred book. It was revealed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ over 23 years. It is a source of divine guidance for both Muslims and non-Muslims. Allah mentions in the Quran, ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ This is the Book!...
Have you done enough to leave an indelible mark in this world? A human’s worth is often measured by tangible social achievements that tend to create superficial appearances, both literally and symbolically. Yet, there is nothing stopping us from extracting a few...
Are you a Taurus or an Aries? All these years, have you often heard those around you typecasting your amazing personality and reducing your complex nuanced being to simply being obstinate? Or, were you born in the year of the rat? Which would explain why some of your...
A human’s worth is often measured by tangible social achievements that create superficial appearances, both literally and symbolically, where every success or misstep is calculated. We often disregard what we should consider first - The value of our soul. We are His...
Muharram is the first month in the Islamic calendar and holds a high amount of important events in Islamic history. Muharram is also one of the four holy months, along with the Dhul Qa’da, Dhul Hijja and Rajab. These months were in the pre-Islamic era (al jâhiliya),...
Under the scorching heat, people of Jacobabad, Pakistan, have to contend with temperatures surpassing 40°C (104°F). It is not an excerpt taken from a science fiction novel that is based on our lived realities peppered with exaggerations and amplified figments of...
The Hajj Smile Being physically exhausted, things would go wrong, buses would be late, and people would get on our nerves and through all of that, my husband and I decided to practice something from day one; the ‘Hajj Smile’. No matter what happened or how tired we...
An exclusive watch party with Iman Zawahry playing an episode of Little Mosque on the Prairie and a tete led to enriching conversations about Muslims and our mediums of storytelling. Conversations with Iman Zawahry Iman Zawahry is a proud hijabi filmmaker, who...
Admiral Zheng He (pronounced Cheng Ho) was born to a humble Chinese Muslim family during the late 14th century. He was named Ma He at birth; Ma being the Chinese abbreviation for Muhammed. He went through a great ordeal during his childhood. However, he rose to ranks...
A Platform Celebrating Muslim Identities With Qalbox, we are expanding our offerings to include long-form streaming content across various genres - movies about Islam, television series, short films, and documentaries. We are striving to provide Muslim-centric...
Every year, on the 10th of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, on the occasion of the feast of Eid ul Adha, the Muslims immolate an animal commemorating the immense ordeal inflicted on our father Prophet Ibrahim. When he was old and desperate for an offspring, Allah, exalted...
I finally had the opportunity to fulfill my mother's promise to accompany her to Umrah since my father is no longer fit to travel and make the journey with her. We had been wishing and planning to make the journey since 2019, but we had to keep postponing our travel...
We immerse ourselves in ibadah during the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah, it is equally important to help our children understand the importance of these days. We explore different aspects of Ramadan with our kids, we satisfy their thirst for knowledge and help them...
إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِى بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah [i.e., Makkah] - blessed and a guidance for the worlds. [Surah Ali 'Imran 3:96] After...
We have all been there. In fact, some of us are still in the thick of it as working adults. Whether you are a parent of young school-age children or an adult juggling work responsibilities and study commitments, there would be times we might start doubting our sense...
Ibn Battuta traversed continents, which saw him travelling to more than 40 countries in the span of about three decades. Having travelled more than 75,000 miles or 120,000 kilometres in the 14th century, he would have undoubtedly garnered hundreds of thousands, if not...
Fathers are largely deemed as the anchor of the family. Typically, society at large compounded by images perpetuated in the mainstream media have painted fatherhood as a tough role and position to occupy. In modern and contemporary societies the world over, they are...
84 million. A staggering number indeed. However, it is not the number of followers of your favourite celebrity on any social media platform nor the number of views raked in by a random viral video. This number is part of a sobering reality; our shared realities in...
I had the opportunity to travel to East Africa: Tanzania, and Zanzibar with my family during August 2021. The pandemic was still causing chaos all over the world. However, this pleasant trip was a reunion of my family after many years. I spent four days in Zanzibar...
