Every now and then this beautiful, sunshiney, youngest child of mine does something absolutely ridiculous to remind me he is a boy. Yesterday I got a shout for help from my mother-in-laws bedroom, I rushed over, phone in hand knowing he was stuck somewhere again, to find him hanging out of his grandmothers wardrobe. She […]

At the moment I am killing time at work, surfing the net and waiting until 12.30 when we are all going to be let out of our cages (not really fair to my employers, but I feel caged up at the moment). I also have one eye on the mountain of tins full of chocolates […]

Alhamdulillah, we had a lovely time in Scotland (I think we drove about 1000 miles in total over the weekend, which is slightly mental). Reviews of our visit to Edinburgh Castle and Loch Lomond will appear in Mum and Muslim magazine at the end of the week. My sincerest thanks to all those who kindly […]

This lot? image source Naaah…usually this is who saves the day for me. My husband saw how annoyed I was at not being able to write or answer my e-mails and took me seriously.  After numerous trips to various people he has got my laptop working and has had something done to our creaky family […]

15 Supplications for the first 10 days of Zul Hijjah Ibn ‘Abbas (radiAllahu anhu) reported that the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said: “There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.” The people asked, “Not even jihad for the sake of Allah?” He said, “Not even jihad […]

I received a message about two weeks ago informing me that my domain name purchase (for www.happymuslimah.com) would not be renewed.  This happened to me once before years ago when my blog used to be at www.happymuslimmama.com and I had to think of a new domain name and register that instead (many years later, I […]

I already had too many books to read checked out of the library, but I could not resist one more when I saw the quote on the back of this book from the reviewer at Vogue: “Heartbreaking…the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak’s book”. Books from the Middle East and South Asia (Pakistan and Afghanistan especially) […]

I had planned to give the Eid cards a rest, but my gran requested some to send from herself and as my mum hasn’t been too well, I offered to send some from her to family members along with mine, so I put some together very quickly from designs I had used before and from […]

I set some time aside this afternoon to make these date and nut slices (recipe here).  Everyone in my household loves them as do my parents.  We eat them for both suhoor (dawn meal) and iftar (the meal to break the fast) and they provide energy and nutrition, as well as tasting good.  They are […]

I have always tried to be gentle in the way I manage my children.  I prefer not to hit them and to use time-out methods or to make clear I am upset about something which also works fairly well (especially with Little Man who hates me to be disappointed in him). But as it’s the […]

I’m not sure if I just  can’t keep up with life, or if it is just really hectic right now, but I didn’t get to make any special decorations for Ramadan.  The house is also upside down because my mum and dad-in-law are coming to stay later this week and my husband has been re-organising […]

Happy Eid to everyone, hope it was special for each and every one of you. Have had a manic few days (and thats saying something considering I never seem to be able to stop running around like a headless chicklet).Took a week off and spent most of the time running around preparing for Eid and […]

I created the Muslimah Life Planner 2018 by taking the best of the techniques, tools and planners and journals I have used over the years to try and manage my life better. I have built on previous versions to make this the biggest and best version yet insha’Allah. This year The Muslimah Life Planner 2018 is 449 pages […]

I wrote for last years Ramadan Challenge on the theme of “throwback” about my favourite iftar.  So instead what comes to mind is the years where I had iftar at my mums.  My mum is a wonderful cook and two of her best dishes are these tasty mince samosa’s and very soft grilled lamb kebabs: She used […]