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Interview with a SUPER ProductiveMuslim: Sheikh Muhammad Alshareef

Productive Muslim - Mon, 15/03/2010 - 7:57pm

Muhammad Alshareef was born in 1975 and raised in Canada. In his youth, he memorized the Quran and later graduated with an Islamic Law degree from the Islamic University of Madinah, class ...

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Cleanliness and Productivity - Part 3: Spiritual Hygiene

Productive Muslim - Mon, 15/03/2010 - 12:00pm

For this third and final part of the Productivity & Cleanliness series, I had a last minute change of topic.Initially, I was going to talk about being organized and having a clean workspace ...

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Cleanliness and Productivity - Part 2: Personal Hygiene

Productive Muslim - Sat, 13/03/2010 - 8:12pm

Over the past week, I’ve been delaying posting this article, because I found it really hard to explain how personal hygiene affects productivity. Deep down I knew there was a link, but ...

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Cleanliness and Productivity: Part 1 - Wudhu

Productive Muslim - Fri, 05/03/2010 - 8:04am

How does been squeaky clean keep us Productive?! That’s a question that came across my mind when I noticed a heightened productivity right after making wudhu, having a shower, or generally ...

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Elements of Success

Productive Muslim - Mon, 01/03/2010 - 2:50pm

Transcribed and Summarized version of Sh. Hamza Yusuf's talk on Elements of Success In our current state of affairs, we have come to know that failure is the opposite of success. One of the ...

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Interview with a Productive Muslim: Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Productive Muslim - Sat, 27/02/2010 - 12:37am

ProductiveMuslim.com is pleased to present to you an interview with a very ultra-Productive Muslim - Shaykh Faraz Rabbani. Shaykh Faraz Rabbani is a researcher and teacher of the Islamic ...

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Spirit21 about to undergo upgrade...

Spirit21 - Thu, 25/02/2010 - 10:50pm

Dear readersNow that my blog has reached the grand old age of 4, it will be undergoing some upgrades over the next 24 - 48 hours.Come back to visit the new and improved spirit21 very shortly...

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Echoes of a darker age for women - beware a new Jahiliyyah

Spirit21 - Tue, 23/02/2010 - 9:03am

This article was recently published in The National There are few concepts in the Muslim psyche that paint an image as vivid and forceful as the era of The Jahiliyyah, the Period of Great ...

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5 Steps to Make Effective Decisions

Productive Muslim - Mon, 22/02/2010 - 9:53pm

You wake up in the morning, no idea what to do for that day, open your e-mails, check your facebook account, sleep some more, go to work/uni/school, do something to act busy, wait for the time to ...

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Interview with a Productive Muslim: Bilal Randeree

Productive Muslim - Mon, 15/02/2010 - 9:00am

ProductiveMuslim had an honor to speak to Bilal Randeree. Bilal is from Newcastle and is a chartered accountant. He is a social activist and takes a keen interest in finance, economics and just ...

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Introducing the all NEW ProductiveMuslim Book Club!

Productive Muslim - Sun, 14/02/2010 - 9:00am

A few months back we started the ProductiveMuslim book club. MashaAllah, it started off with a bang and it looked very promising with lots of signups and eager members! Somehow unfortunately, it ...

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Saudi women boycott lingerie shops

Spirit21 - Fri, 12/02/2010 - 10:26am

If any women amongst you have tried to buy clothing of an intimate nature in Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Gulf, you will know how mortifying it is that the shop assistants are almost always ...

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1000GoodDeeds.com: Masjid Make-over Challenge!

Productive Muslim - Fri, 12/02/2010 - 4:15am

Our sister co-founded website: 1000GoodDeeds.com is running an exciting new challenge for Productive Muslims/Muslimahs around the world! See below for details. Introducing: The Masjid Makeover ...

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ProductiveMuslim's Review to Success Planner

Productive Muslim - Tue, 09/02/2010 - 3:44pm

Over the past two weeks, we tried out Success Planner, a Muslim organizer software. And we liked it! Alhamdulillah, it is a fit for Productive Muslims. Here's our detailed review :) Success ...

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The meaning of minarets

Spirit21 - Wed, 03/02/2010 - 9:07am

This article was published in the latest issue of EMEL Magazine. What is the difference between a church spire and a mosque minaret? This is a question that has pre-occupied me since late 2009, ...

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Our Fajr Double Advantage

Productive Muslim - Tue, 02/02/2010 - 4:52am

Source: By Michael Young, Islam For Today The key to spiritual and material success for Muslims "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise" - a famous maxim coined by ...

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The FIKS.Org Jumuah Khutba: How to become a ProductiveMuslim.

Productive Muslim - Tue, 02/02/2010 - 3:00am

Our friends at TheFiks.ORG in NewYork made a beautiful Khutba about how to become a ProductiveMuslim. See video below & visit TheFiks.org for more on their excellent work.

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Interview with a SUPER ProductiveMuslim: Sheikh Tawfique Chowdhury

Productive Muslim - Mon, 01/02/2010 - 9:00am

Last Thursday, I was honoured to interview Sheikh Tawfique Chowdhury, the founder and director general of MercyMission and Al-Kauthar Institute. SubhanaAllah, a truly inspiring interview, and one ...

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Time Tracking Experiment Results (Part 2)

Productive Muslim - Sun, 31/01/2010 - 3:00pm

We continue today with the results from the participants of the ProductiveMuslim Time Tracking experiment. Today we have sister Faiza, Sister Sana'a and Sister Yumna share their key lessons ...

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Guest Post: The Five Dysfunctions of Islamic Organizations

Productive Muslim - Sun, 31/01/2010 - 3:50am

This post was prepared by Br. Ibn Abee Omar of MuslimMatters.org This information should benefit anyone involved in Islamic organizations, but it really needs extra attention from those in ...

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