It was just after Fajr. The house was still kids asleep, the wind outside doing its usual Cape Doctor tantrum. I stepped outside with a cup of rooibos, barefoot, feeling that cold Gordon’s Bay dew soak straight through my socks. Classic mistake. But it woke me up properly. As I looked out across the garden…
Category: Islam
How You Treat Your Team Is How You Treat Your Trust
I’ve managed teams. I’ve been part of teams. I’ve seen what leadership looks like when it inspires — and what it looks like when it drains the soul. And what I’ve come to learn, both from experience and from Islamic tradition, is this: you don’t lead people by extracting output. You lead them by honoring…
Raising Core Skills for 2030 (One Bedtime Story at a Time)
The other night, as I tucked Khawlah and Thauban into bed, Khawlah asked me a question that made me pause:“Papa, when we’re big, what kind of work will we do?” It’s a simple question, but beneath it lies the real challenge of parenting today:We’re raising children not just for 2030 — we’re raising them for…
The Struggle Is the Point: Why We Need to Think Before We Ask
The goats were fighting again. I was trying to sort out a small programming bug while keeping one eye on the kids outside. Somewhere between chicken feed and line 84 of my code, one of the kids ran up and asked: “Papa, how do I spell ‘galaxy’?” I paused. I knew the answer, obviously. But…
When Boys Were Men – The Forgotten Standard of Youth in Islam
It’s quiet. Subtle. But it’s happening right in front of us. A generation of boys who never really grow up. Men who wear the title but never shoulder the weight. And a society that keeps pushing adulthood further and further into the distance — like some finish line we were never meant to cross. “Relax,…
Raising Them Right: What the Prophet ﷺ Taught Me About My Kids
Last night I was sitting outside, watching the night sky, thinking about my future podcasting session. Khawlah was still half-awake next to me trying to stop Sonic (our melliois), mumbling something about baking a cake and mayonnaise. The others were inside, winding down after a long day of chicken drama, goat escapes, and endless questions…
When Striving Becomes Escaping: The Hidden Cost of Always Building
We live in an age that rewards the loudest, the fastest, the most optimized. But when did movement become the measure of meaning? For years, I ran.I built empires with code, with strategy, with sweat.And yet, a silence followed me — one that neither metrics nor money could mute. It wasn’t a lack of purpose….
Zakaah: The Powerful Lifeline We’ve Neglected (And How to Fix It)
Just after Fajr, the air had that damp, earthy smell that only hits after a cool Gordon’s Bay night. I could hear the ocean in the distance — or maybe that was the wind picking up again. Hard to tell when the Cape Doctor does whatever it wants. In that quiet, out of nowhere, the…