Reflections-roll call!

Bismillah, Alhamdulilah, alhamdulilah! My Lord is so good to us, He gives, He gives, and blesses us in so many ways its unbelievable! I’ve been swamped- a good type of swamp, wherein I truly believe its Allah subhana wa tala answering my dua list from Ramadan. I’m attached to my dua list in Ramadan and [...]

Flipping out…

Bismillah, Alhamdulilah, all praise is due to Allah who Has has given us the ability to think and ponder! Its early morning now and I’m heading out soon to attend to one of my halaqah’s of the day and insha’Allah another one later in the day. Today’s talk will be on manners in Islam! How [...]

Gatherings of Rememberance

Bismillah, Alhamdulilah, all praise is due to Allah has blessed in so many ways! Alhamdulilah. I recently started two youth halaqahs. I love teaching about Allah, and anything that I hope is pleasing to Allah. I look at my young students and in my heart I want the best for them and pray that Allah [...]

Random/Meaningful updates!

Bismillah, Alhamdulilah, all praise is due to Allah who has blessed us with time. Bullet format is the way I’ll go for this post, too many things to capture all at once. * Time is so precious, so important, Allah subhana wa tala swears by it! Must use it wisely * Quran memorization picked up [...]

Graduation, ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’

Bismillah, Alhamdulilah, all praise is due to Allah azza wa jala, who by His will all things are possible. Alhamdulilah, graduation was on Sunday…yes, I am finally done with Undergrad, and indeed Allah has blessed me with ni3ma. Indeed, there was a time when I first entered University that I wanted to leave it in [...]

Gems!

Bismillah, Me to A: Spell this word… A: I can do it AD to A: Be quiet Me: AD, that is not nice, when you speak nicely to people you can go to that nice place…jannah. Don’t you want to go there? AD: No thank you. My mom won’t let me go, I have to [...]

The commandments of Allah

Bismillah, Subhana’Allah. You know, i tend to get all worked up about life and vent my frustration but somtimes, I think there isn’t anything in life that gets me more frustrated then seeing young Muslims leaving the commandments of Allah in their daily life. Yeah, its those little ones that I see every Saturday morning. [...]

StuffII

Bismillah, I visited my kids today at the usual place. Subhana’Allah, everyone was restless and we did random things. Again, we had the usual hijaab talk. Today, I had asked several of my students to mold their dress code into one that fits under the definition of hijaab. I have to keep reminding them that [...]