I have had this idea in my head for ages. I like the way orange and silver loook together and the sky blue seem to complement these two colours. I was inspired by the following hijab which I brought back from Saudi Arabia. Whilst I was making this, I was listening to this lecture called […]
Eid was a little different this year. I was too preoccupied with gobby teenagers, work and preparing for the next school year for it to catch my attention early enough. I didn’t mind this too much as we had a simple and relaxed Eid. We used decorations I had made for a previous Eid. We […]
We managed to go to a boot fair during September and find a few bargains. The one we went to was at Chigwell Rise on Saturday morning and is one of the busier ones I have been to. I came back with some pretty and fun, but probably not very practical things: Most things in […]
I spent ten minutes slitting these dates, taking the stones out and stuffing them with almonds, walnut halves and cashews. They weren’t the most expensive dates, but the nuts made them taste so yummy. I plan to try a few different recipes with dates this Ramadan, packaged nicely, something like this would make a nice gift also.
What role model that you had are you grateful for? There are lots of people I admire and have learned from, just a very few include: Mother of the Believers, Lady Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (radhiallahu‘anha), for her loyalty, nobility and absolute goodness. Mother of the Believers, Lady Aisha bint Abu Bakr (radhiallahu‘anha), for her intelligence […]
I attended a local Ramadan souk and charity bazaar on the weekend and enjoyed browsing the Islamic gifts and handmade items. We ended mostly window shopping and trying some of the dishes sisters had made to bring and sell. One stall that caught my eye was the Luuna Skin one, a new handmade skincare products […]
“Remember Me and I will remember you.” ~ Al-Quran 2:152] “Those men and women who engage much in Allah’s praise. For them has Allah prepared forgiveness and a great reward.” ~ Al-Quran 33:35 In what I have learnt of my faith so far, one of the thing that seems most precious to Allah seems to […]
Last week, my daughter got dressed in her school uniform, brushed her hair and then…put a scarf on her head. I watched her with curiosity out of the corner of my eye as she ate her breakfast and then gathered up her schools things as we set off for school. I watched with curiosity because […]
You may or may not have noticed that I have not been blogging very much recently. I seem to be on some sort of a go-slow. I have not been blogging very much or responding to my e-mails very quickly (sorry! I will get back to you insh’Allah), I have not been near my card-making […]
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This week I had to take Little Lady to meet her new teacher after work and ended up running late to prepare iftar. I rushed home to realise that I had forgot to pick up some dates. I felt bad because mum-in-law struggles with fasting, but she still fasts and always opens her fasts with […]
As we move into the shorter days of winter, quite a few of my daily prayers are starting to fall during my work day (midday, late afternoon and soon the evening prayer too). This means I have to make ablutions for prayers at work. I have always struggled with washing up for prayers at work. […]
The quote for Day 11 of Ramadan from my box of things to think about is: “…we only benefitted from the small units of Prayer we did late at night” ~ Imam Abu ‘l-Qasim al-Junayd al-Baghdadi I couldn’t find much about this quote or its origin or context, i.e. we only benefitted in comparison to what other […]
The second day of Eid followed a familiar and much-loved routine, lunch at mums, followed by a day spent laughing and joking with siblings and doting over our clutch of little girls alhamdulillah. I wore this blue kameez from edenrobe with white trousers and a silky royal blue scarf. My husband bought it last year […]
