If there is one thing I love to do it’s to get organised and plan ahead: “There is no intelligence like planning.” ~ Hadith Ibn Majah (via Provisions for the Seekers – Zaadut Taalibeen) Although the Muslim New Year passed about two months ago, I didn’t quite manage to get myself organised by then. So […]
Last year we went to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park in Central London with some guests that were staying with us for the Christmas holidays. We had a lot of fun, so when I saw it was on again this year, we decided to take the children again. Last year I spent too long in […]
I have always struggled to engage in Salah in just the way I believe it should be prayed. The Prophet SAW said: “The coolness of my eyes is in prayer”. There have been times when I have felt deeply moved during Salah and times when it has given me a deep peace. Yet nothing close […]
I have been mulling over the awful attack this week outside Parliament and on Westminster Bridge. I can’t imagine the pain of those who have lost family members and the terror of those that were injured. My thoughts are with those who have lost their loved ones and who have been hurt: I pray that […]
I have always struggled to engage in Salah in just the way I believe it should be prayed. The Prophet SAW said: “The coolness of my eyes is in prayer”. There have been times when I have felt deeply moved during Salah and times when it has given me a deep peace. Yet nothing close […]
Now that I am starting to get a little older (or just old as a colleague at work likes to tease me), I am starting to see the first signs of ageing. I look younger at the start of the day than at the end, the extra weight is a little harder to shift that […]
I have always struggled to engage in Salah in just the way I believe it should be prayed. The Prophet SAW said: “The coolness of my eyes is in prayer”. There have been times when I have felt deeply moved during Salah and times when it has given me a deep peace. Yet nothing close […]
My apologies – after posting I found out this morning from the masjid that today is the 8th not the 9th of Muharram. The 9th will be tomorrow on the 12th of November. Tomorrow is the ninth day of Muharram in the Islamic calender. The month of Muharram is one of the sacred months for […]
I am coming to realise that I am facing one of the biggest challenges I will ever meet. I have always found progress very easy in my academic and working life and have enjoyed the feeling of sailing through these spheres most of the time. This leads a person to the feeling, especially when you […]
I am coming to realise that I am facing one of the biggest challenges I will ever meet. I have always found progress very easy in my academic and working life and have enjoyed the feeling of sailing through these spheres most of the time. This leads a person to the feeling, especially when you […]
A while ago I posted Healthy Eating With Kids and then realised that my children’s diets, healthy eating, learning to cook well and growing my own food or finding fresh (from relatives gardens, farm shops and markets) are all growing into real passions for me. I think all of these aspects of food are closely […]
I am coming to realise that I am facing one of the biggest challenges I will ever meet. I have always found progress very easy in my academic and working life and have enjoyed the feeling of sailing through these spheres most of the time. This leads a person to the feeling, especially when you […]
I am coming to realise that I am facing one of the biggest challenges I will ever meet. I have always found progress very easy in my academic and working life and have enjoyed the feeling of sailing through these spheres most of the time. This leads a person to the feeling, especially when you […]
As my best friend just left for Hajj (may Allah SWT accept her pilgrimage insh’Allah), I dug out my old Hajj journal from 2005 (the year there were two Hajj – January and the following December). I recognised so many of her hopes and worries in what I had written. I had hoped to reproduce […]
