Umm Idris is a stay-at-home mother who often self-reflects about her life at night over a hot cup of tea. Whenever she finds ambiguity in her life experiences, she becomes heavily invested in dissecting them to understand them better. Believing in finding answers by questioning and exploring things that happen, she hopes that sharing it with the world will help her find some clarity in such muddy waters.

  • Do Not Make Islam Difficult For Others.

    Do Not Make Islam Difficult For Others.

    Aren’t you afraid of being the person who pushes someone away from practicing Islam because you insist on making what may very well be sunnah or not at all part of being a Muslim something that must be practiced?

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  • Have You Noticed Others Avoiding You Lately?

    Have You Noticed Others Avoiding You Lately?

    When we instigate fights, we are not just severing ties with others. We are poisoning the wells of our own barakah and isolating ourselves when Qiyamah comes. As one’s fiery temper scorches their world, they find themselves wandering life alone, haunted by the silence of desertion.

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  • “I didn’t realise I was suicidal.”

    “I didn’t realise I was suicidal.”

    From ‘The Private Journal’ of Umm Idris. Umm Idris shares her parenting reflections from her childhood with the hope that her story will gently guide other parents from making the same mistakes and collectively learn from them for the sake of our future generations.

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  • The Mini Parental Series: Have We Let Go Too Much?

    The Mini Parental Series: Have We Let Go Too Much?

    When is granting autonomy and freedom too much for your child? Is there a moment in our parenting journey where we need to ask ourselves if taking control becomes counterproductive to their iman or critical and neccessary for the sake of it?

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  • My Neighbour With A Blackened Heart.

    My Neighbour With A Blackened Heart.

    There is nothing quite like an ice-cold dose of reality when you discover than even the closest of people to you are simply waiting to celebrate any grief or discord in your home and marriage.

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