If marriage is half your deen (faith) then that only means that the institution of marriage is so important in Islam but only if the institution is respected, both parties serve their purpose within the marriage and both are in it wholeheartedly to acquire the reward of completing half your deen. With that being said, this ...
Comedy Creating Bridges
A couple of months ago a friend booked tickets for me to go see Ashley Blaker & Imran Yusuf: Prophet Sharing I have never watched either of them perform on TV before the event and in fact in the run-up decided not to Google or YouTube and just go straight to the show to experience ...
The Pulpit of Salahuddin
The Masjid al-Ibrahimi is where Ibrahim AS and his wife Sarah, Ishaq AS and his wife Rafqah, Yaqub AS and his wife Liya and son Yusuf (May Allah be pleased with them) is buried in #Hebron #Jerusalem, and is considered to be the fourth most important religious site in Islam, and the second holiest place after the ...
Discovering Tatreez
While in Jerusalem, although we did not get to do much shopping due to the few days we were there and the amount we had to see. I did promise myself to by some traditionally embroidered clothing. As you walk through the Damascus gates during the day the hubbub of vendors hits you, you see ladies ...
Ilm: The travel for knowledge and spirituality
“Tell everyone to come! Please tell everyone to come! Don’t leave the mosque empty!” I am still sharing little snapshots as things come to me and my brain triggers. Look out for these they usually spill onto Instagram. I am going to load some of these on the blog at some point too. The day we were ...
The journey is yours alone. Don’t let anyone take control of your emotions and make you feel worthless. Keep strong and keep others strong. Never let anyone make you feel guilty for helping others. Champion yourself and others. Most importantly turn and face the only person who will truly love and support you; your creator and truly seek comfort there and there alone. Once you are there no-one and nothing will rock you. Subhan-Allah.
Pray for Peace…
Every day I wake up to a sense of dread. Returning home yesterday it felt a luxury to be safe. Thinking about all the innocent lives that are being lost for ultimately the sake of power. ISIS claim to be followers of Islam, yet fail to believe that God is just and will deliver justice ...
Eid ul Fitr 2015
17July 2015 & 18 July 2015 saw Muslims around the world celebrate the day of EID UL FITR Whoop! Whoop! – btw I don’t care which day you celebrated as long as you spent it with loved ones and had a generally awesome day! Eid marks the end of 30 days fasting for Muslims around the ...
FOUR weeks of Mercy
THIRTY days of Worship
SEVEN HUNDRED & TWENTY hours of spirituality
FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED minutes of forgiveness
TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED & NIGHTY TWO THOUSAND seconds of being grateful for all the blessings we have in life and more…Sad to see Ramadhan go…
Love Istanbul…
For my 30th (yes I hit the milestone *groan*) me and my friend (who also turned 30 around the same time) hit the beautiful city of Istanbul to make our coming of age memorable. We only had 4 days there and 3 nights so we had to squeeze as much into the break as possible and ...