Posted in culture, faith, islam, life, love, muslim, muslim women, poem, poetry, religion, sisterhood, spirituality, women, world, tagged community, converts, faith, friendship, islam, love, muslim, muslim women, poem, poetry, religion, sisterhood, sisters, spirituality, ummah, women, world on November 25, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Isn’t the woman there my sister?
in Islam, I mean to say
For I just took my shahadah
at the masjid here today
Isn’t the woman there my sister?
I openly ask without any qualms
The one who just walked past me
Without offering me her salaams
Isn’t the woman there my sister?
Though she stands alone to pray
Each time I move to touch [...]
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Posted in faith, inspirational, islam, life, muslim, muslim women, religion, sisterhood, spirituality, thoughts, women, women in islam, world, tagged Islam Muslim Muslim Women Women In Islam Feel Challenge on November 17, 2007 | 9 Comments »
The transcript of the video (for those who can’t view it)
I invite every person, I invite every woman here, every non-Muslim woman here, to stand to the side when we leave here and talk to a Muslim lady. I mean now, let’s not ask Barbara Walters about how Muslim women feel. You know, let’s not [...]
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A Pioneer of the Environment
By Franscesca De Chatel
The idea of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as a pioneer of environmentalism will initially strike many as strange. Indeed, the term “environment” and related concepts like “ecology”, “environmental awareness” and “sustainability”, are modern-day inventions, terms that were formulated in the face of growing [...]
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Posted in children, family, islam, kids, life, motherhood, muslim, school, women, tagged Islam Muslim muslim women parenting kids children playg on November 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
All of my regular blog readers know that I am usually very diligent in posting and commenting. However, I have been flat out busy lately. As my children get older it seems that I have less and less time for myself and thus less time for the blog world. Alhamdullilah, though! Kids are only young once.
We were [...]
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Posted in God, atheist, faith, inspirational, islam, muslim, religion, spirituality, thoughts, world, tagged atheism, atheist, belief, culture, desert, faith, God, heart, inspirational, islam, moral, motivation, muslim, Quran, religion, sand, spirituality, story, tips, watch on November 5, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Suppose you found a watch in the middle of the desert. What would you conclude? Would you think someone had dropped the watch? Or would you suppose that the watch came by itself?
Of course, no sane person would say the watch just happened to emerge from the sand. All the intricate working parts could not [...]
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Posted in faith, inspirational, islam, life, motivational, muslim, religion, spirituality, world, tagged belief, charity, faith, hadeeth, hadis, hadith, heart, intentions, islam, motivation, muslim, Quran, religion, scholar, shaykh, spirituality, tips, wealth on November 5, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Our deeds - what we do externally - are judged ultimately by the states of our hearts. These are good deeds. Evil deeds are evil, but these good deeds are in reference to those that we perceive to be a part and parcel of righteousness. Allah will inspect the hearts to determine whether they are [...]
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