Why do we say “did you know” rather than “do you know”? — D.M., Pakistan Answer The phrase “did you know” is used when you are asking someone if they know a fact, and you already know that fact. For example, you might say “Did you know that the blue whale is the largest mammal?” where “the blue whale is the largest mammal”… Read More »
The submission didn’t make a difference, but he wasn’t very grateful either.The owner was very angry that I increased his salary but did not even thank him properly. He reduced the salary by five thousand the next month.The employee’s obedience remained the same and no complaint was made.The owner sent for him and said, “You big weirdo, I… Read More »
I spend my career researching young people and the internet: what they do online, what they think about it and how their views differ to those of their parents. I often get questions from parents about their children’s internet use. One of the most common is when to get their child a mobile phone, as well as how… Read More »
Once in a village, a woman saw three old men sitting outside her house. They were sitting there for quite a while. The woman went outside and said, ‘I don’t know you, but I saw that you are sitting here for long, you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.’ One of them asked,… Read More »
Recently, we received a question from an HR manager, “Do we pay salary for the total number of calendar days in a month or only for the working days, after deducting the number of Sundays and other holidays in a month?” Of course, organizations pay the same salary each month to an employee who works the entire month.… Read More »
This chapter deals with those things which render necessary wudu’ and ghusl. Wudu’ designates the action and wadu’ designates the water. Lingusistically it means cleaniness and excellence, and in the Shari’a it means to purify certain parts of the body with water to make them clean and to remove the judgement of ‘minor impurity” (hadath) from them to… Read More »
Jashoda Mohanta, Rashmi Rekha Mohanta, and Jayanti Mohanta led the charge to prioritise women’s needs, safety, and health of their community and get piped water supply to every household in their village. Jashoda Mohanta arrived at the village Ghodaghaguri as a new bride in 2012. She was shocked when she realised there were no toilets in her new… Read More »
The five pillars of Islam form the foundation for which a Muslim’s routine and life should be based around. The second pillar is prayer, in Arabic صلاة pronounced as Salah or Salat. An Introduction to Salah: Salah is not intended to just be a mandatory enactment. Rather it is the first and a continuing sign of the believer’s… Read More »
Mary Ellen Handy had a painful crash course in the dangers of the Internet. The trouble started in her freshman year of high school after a dispute over a boy’s affections. Once she began dating him, a jealous girl flooded her computer with a stream of nasty messages. “She’d say, ‘I hate you; leave the school,’ and she… Read More »
For many of us, the fundamental question of ethics is, “What should I do?” or “How should I act?” Ethics is supposed to provide us with “moral principles” or universal rules that tell us what to do. Many people, for example, read passionate adherents of the moral principle of utilitarianism: “Everyone is obligated to do whatever will achieve… Read More »