Zad-e-Roz · 2026-10-14
Cover Your Mouth When You Yawn
You are listening to someone when you yawn and leave your mouth open. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught an etiquette for this small moment too.
He instructed us to cover the mouth with a hand when yawning, because Satan enters through it. (Sahih Muslim: 2995a) When a yawn comes, place your hand over your mouth. Practise this at home as well as in company.
Start Folic Acid Before Pregnancy
You are planning a baby but intend to start vitamins after a positive pregnancy test. Folic acid should start earlier.
General guidance: take 400 micrograms of folic acid daily from when you start trying to conceive, through the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. This reduces the risk of certain birth defects of the baby’s brain and spine. If you have not started, begin as soon as you discover you are pregnant. Some women need a higher dose; a clinician should decide.
WHO: Periconceptional folic acid; NHS: Pregnancy vitamins.
