The amount of times I have had visions of being hit by a car while I walk into town or cross the road minding my own business is unreal. The amount of times while walking on main roads and crossing junctions do you stop to consider your surroundings and keep your whits about you in ...
We need to champion each other!
Wow some of the posts on social media recently! Let's do what Muslims do best, create a post about a popular Muslim figure that we may not agree with, which then allows people to backchat about the person, point fingers and be judgemental in order to preserve our faith, and preach about our religion (which ...
A dream come true
I lost my grandma approximately a month ago. In her last couple of months alive she spent quite some time in the Leicester Royal Infirmary, getting treatment before she was released to come home with us for her last few weeks. During this time I had a dream, this is quite significant for me, because ...
Losing a loved one – Allah’s Mercy
My beloved Dadi took her final breath on Sunday 26-Dhu al-Hijjah-1438 approximately 3.30pm at which point it began to rain heavily with some of the largest droplets, the day before this moment was a bright sunny, dry day with no sign of rain, it was amazing to feel the air change as she left and ...
Hajj – The Day of Arafah
"This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion." (Surah al Maa'idah 5:3) Before leaving for Hajj so much preparation is done, but really all of the preparation is to make your journey as comfortable as possible but in this day and age ...
Hajj – The biggest journey of my life
My Hajj journey began during a conversation with my family during iftar (breaking fast) in the middle of Ramadhan (Islamic month of fasting) in 2012. My family had never been invited to Makkah or Madinah yet and every Ramadhan my mum would sit and watch the tarawih (night prayers performed in Ramadhan) on TV or ...
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 ...
The unimaginable pain…
I woke up this morning to see the news and feel that horrible feeling again, that feeling that you feel in the pit of your stomach and the pain you feel in your soul knowing that yet again fellow human life has suffered unimaginably for no valid reason whatsoever. As I work updating social media ...
The Strangers
As humans we struggle with the concept that this life is temporary, whether you are a person of faith or not faith this is something that is a fact this life is temporary we will not live forever. Yet we chase the temporary beyond living in the today. We save money as if we will ...
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 ...