Eid Mubarak everyone.  Taqabbal Allahu Minna Wa Minkum (May Allah accept it from you and us). Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 16:24 Labels: Eid

Little Man actually finished Quran last year, but with a new baby and my little sisters wedding, we pushed his celebration to a few months later instead. We had considered a day out for the family instead or a boys day out with his dad to somewhere like go-karting, but the horrible weather and cost put […]

Motherhood is a privilege, we are honoured and blessed to raise our children.   We are raising up the next generation, creating a legacy and changing the world. Paradise lies beneath a mothers feet. But there are days…like today, when after a full day of: Refereeing Disciplining Cajoling Pulling one apart from another Cooking Feeding […]

The latest edition of Mum and Muslim magazine is now out including my column, feature on travelling with children, book review, recipe and entry for the creative corner. As always I have enjoyed reading what other sisters have contributed. Please do visit and comment.The editor, Sister Umm Imran has a message for readers: Assalamu alaikum!Inshallah […]

We usually throw one Eid party a year for ladies and children but in the last year or two I had found these getting rowdy and moving away from my aim of providing a halal environment for my Muslimah friends to meet, enjoy and in some small way remember Allah (SWT): Abu Hurairah and Abu […]

The night before Eid day (chand raat), the neighbours girls who are friends with my daughter came round to get their henna done.  I need to practise, so I welcomes the chance to have a go on small hands.  My pinterest board for henna inspiration was helpful, mostly because I tend to pin designs which […]

One thing I love about my relationship about Little Lady is that we have great conversations. These are mainly about books, films, family, school, food and more books. But sometimes they are just about life and our perspective on things.One recent such conversation came about because she had been watching lots of hijab tutorials. I […]

The one thing I cannot stand at home is the boy’s cries of “I’m bored!!!”.  Little Man in particular hates this song.  I counteract in a number of ways: Tell the kids to go away, it’s not my job to entertain him Hand them carrier bags and tell them to put all of their toys […]

A few weeks ago I was sent by my work place to attend an assertiveness workshop. I have been on these before and I am still a wet lettuce most of the time when it comes to putting my foot down or stating what I want. The course presented us with two acronyms that were […]

I had a challenging evening this week.  Too much to do and the day going by in a flash.  Study and homework for my Arabic course, visiting the new baby in the family, housework, and kids were enough to handle without one of the boys blocking the toilet and creating a whole lot more work […]

I called a friend a few days ago to catch up on a few things and found her super busy with her three little ones, all under the age of five. It kind of stopped me in my tracks. I remember when I had three under five and it seems like such a long time […]

27 December 2005 – Left Madinah last night after Isha. Drove past Masjid Nabi on the way out and took one last look at the green dome. Drove past Jannat-al-Baqi and prayed fatihah. Made intention for ihram and prayed two nafl in a mosque in outer Madinah. There followed a long journey which stopped at […]

Alhamdulillah have had a hectic week so haven’t been able to blog. I had a job application to submit by this Friday and a presentation to prepare for a room full of people (mostly managers), something I used to enjoy but hadn’t done in a long time. I managed to get both done in the […]

After the intentions in my last post I had the strangest day today. I went to work with the intention of keeping my head down and just working hard and not giving anyone an excuse to get on my case. I had my one-to-one with my manager and had hoped to talk about development and […]