Al-Bints Diary

Al-Bints Diary

My seventy-first devil

‘Are you leaving already?’  I asked Tahir’s cousin Muktar, when I saw him rising from his chair in the sitting room. ‘I t

Exterminate all the brutes(ses)

‘Don’t tell me you’ve once again found something too captivating to put down in that newspaper. Because if you did, I’ll have

A double celebration

‘For someone who is sad that Ramadan is about to end, you have a strange way of showing it.’ Tahir remarked, as he stood by our well laid

A worthy reminder to all

‘Aren’t you biting more than you can chew Bint? You are on the prayer carpet ostensibly to recite the Quran after your prayer ended. Yet h

Significance of charity (Sadaqah) in Ramadan

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful. Sadaqah means an act of giving something out of kindness, religious duty or generosity. Sada