﷽ How is your Ramadan going? Mine is going way tooo fast and I think I am not the only one feeling this way! May Allah give us Laylatul Qadr! Allahumma Aameen! This is scary how fast time is flying because it is a sign of the end: Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of …
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Tips on guarding our soul this Rajab!
﷽ Assalamu Aleykum wa Rahmatullah sisters. I hope you are all doing well. I have a little brainstorm exercise for you today. 💭 What can we do to guard our souls in a sacred month? Try to spend some time thinking about this question to get ready not only for this month of Rajab but …
Reclaim your time so Qur’an is no longer a stranger…
﷽ Dear sis’ I pray this finds you well. I think it’s time for some real talk! I am noticing too many of my sisters being distracted away from Qur’an and we can’t have that dear sister because our relationship with the Book of Allah is a VITAL ONE!!! Qur’an is not a hobby nor …
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A few of my favorites lately💖
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Lately as I was going over my monthly review, I thought of doing a post on my favorites. Usually these posts are sponsored but mine is not, I just want to share things that I really enjoyed as a means of inspiration to you. Feel free to share some of your …
Say No!
﷽Say No to the destroyers of good deeds 2:266 Would any of you wish to have a garden with date-palms and vines, with rivers flowing underneath, and all kinds of fruits for him therein, while he is stricken with old age, and his children are weak (not able to look after themselves), then it is …
Turning a ‘negative’ situation around
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم Alhamdulillah continuing on the same thread of realistic positivity, we previously touched on, (click on this link for previous post) today, we will look at different ways we can actually turn what we consider a negative situation into a more beneficial one by looking at it from a different angle, an …
Islamic Gratitude vs Toxic positivity
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم I recently read an article on toxic positivity which basically is referring to the denial of reality, the denial of the fact that in this life there is pain, there is grief, there is loss, disappointment, sadness etc.. Click on this link for more https://apple.news/ArqTxC03PTDyaaSfW6Xx6Ug. I wanted to share my thoughts …
The Must Do’s during the day of Arafat
بِسْمِ الله الرَّحْمانِ الرَّحِيمِ Alhamdulillah for these best days! In Shaa ALLAH many of us will be blessed to witness the day of Arafat tomorrow. May Allah make us among them. Aameen. A day filled with blessings and Barakah and though we have not been chosen to be at Hajj this year, we can still …
Are we being deprived?
بِسْمِ الله الرَّحْمانِ الرَّحِيمِ Alhamdulillah we are in the blessed days of Dhul Hijjah, the best days of the year!!! Many posts are published about what we could be doing, reminders about the takbirat are posted and forwarded yet some people don’t even know about these days and they are Muslims. I was talking to …
How my baking (a banana nut bread) reminded me of the importance of following Qur’an and Sunnah.
بِسْمِ الله الرَّحْمانِ الرَّحِيمِ Dear sis’ let me quickly confess that I don’t bake. I can’t recall the last time I baked something… that is before my recent experience with the banana nut bread. I was taking a course on the Ta’leem of Qur’an and many of the sessions discussed the importance of blessings and …
Time To Do Good Now 