Hello, I’m Rukhsana

I’m a Muslim mother of two in Bradford, in a terraced house with the moors at the end of the road. Every day starts with the school run and ends with someone asking for one more story, and in between we are all trying to fit in five prayers.

For a long time I managed them alone, in whatever gap I could find. Then I started a family planner on the fridge, and the prayers slowly became something we do together: the mat unrolled at dawn, a dua in the lunchbox, everyone on the carpet at sunset.

Every Friday I write a letter about one small part of it, a morning, a mistake or a thing that worked. I am not a scholar. I am a mother who writes things down, and I share what has helped in our house in case it helps in yours.