Eid Mubarak everyone. Taqabbal Allahu Minna Wa Minkum (May Allah accept it from you and us). This Eid is tainted with sadness at events around the world – Syria, Burma, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and most recently Palestine. The latter especially has brought together Muslims in protest, prayer and charity work throughout Ramadan. “The Believers, in […]
Have had a funny, aimless kind of a weekend, with nothing much getting done. I have been giving myself a break and trying not to feel guilty about it. Lots to think about at the moment. My department at work has just made four out of six senior managers redundant and had interviews for the […]
Our Ramadan Giving series highlights the amazing work charities are doing and showcases their special Ramadan campaigns, giving us all the opportunity to support, donate and do a little good insh’Allah Ramadan Giving Day 27: Abdullah Aid Abdullah Aid is an international aid relief organisation striving to serve humanity and ease the suffering of the […]
Little Lady and I have a constant battle over her hair. I want to keep cutting it off in the belief that this will mean she will have better hair when she is older. She wants to grow it in the beleif that she cannot be a princess or mermaid without long hair.I have been […]
When my dad asked Baby if she had seen the rainbow outside, I thought I would go and take a look. I didn’t expect to see the most intense, and biggest rainbow I had ever seen. I am not much of a photographer, so I couldn’t capture the beauty, but it positively glowed with colour. […]
Modern life seems to move at such a fast pace and as busy people no matter how much we do it never seems to be enough. As parents, spouses, home-makers and employees we have a mass of responsibilities and as Muslims we try to fulfil them in the best way possible. No matter what the […]
I am finally getting round to posting about Eid. My laptop has been used either by Little Lady studying or Mum-in-law Skyping dad-in-law in Pakistan. So I am posting this at 7am whilst everyone is asleep. We celebrated Eid a day before most of the rest of our family this year. This used to upset me, but […]
The quote for Day 20 of Ramadan from my box of things to think about is: “Remember your own faults before you remember others.” I could not find a source for this quote, but I did come across the following: Al-Bukhari reported: Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “If you intend to mention the […]
I had this tatty old box file which was falling apart. Little Lady loves cutting and sticking things and all kids love to get their hands on a pair of stickers. So I thought I’d get them to help me turn it into a “craft box” of sorts for all the things I didn’t need […]
My neighbours second dholki was a formal affair. The bride is getting married in Pakistan and will have her henna there, so wanted to do something here to celebrate with her friends. She stayed up late the night before with her friends creating all of the lovely details that went into the event. You can […]
I love making listsI love making plansI love dreaming about all the places I would love to go and all of the things I would love to do.So of course I love the idea of a bucket list.I have a list of things that I wanted to do that I write in 2006, long before […]
“I fear separation from Allah. I fear that at the time of death, I may be rejected and it be announced, ‘you do no deserve to be in Our Presence’.” ~ Rabia Basri (Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya RA) How many of us have such a deep and abiding love of Allah (SWT) that this is what […]
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