A woman warrior of Islam
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excerpted from the book
‘The Ideal Muslimah’ by Dr. Muhammad Ali Al Hashimi
One of the most distinguished women who took part in the battle of Uhud, if not the most distinguished of them, was Nasibah bint Ka’b al-Maziniyyah, Umm ‘Umarah (May Allah be pleased with her). At the beginning of the [...]
Ameen: It is my pleasure to introduce a special guest on the blog. Everyone, please give a LOUD, Assalam alaikum to Talha. Don’t be shy, type away your thoughts Talha. This post is specially set aside for you, so SPEAK!
Talha: Well its kinda hard when your sitting so close to me.
Ameen: Oh, my bad lol. [...]
Once Abdullâh bin Abbas radiallaahu ‘anhu took permission to visit Muawiyah radiallaahu ‘anhu. At that time a number of dignitaries among the Quraish were present there, and Said ibn al-Aas was sitting at Muawiyah’s right hand. When Muawiyah saw that Ibn Abbas was coming in, he said to Said, ‘O Said! By Allâh, I will [...]
From the beginning,
my mother held me,
and said, “Mohamed is your name and that’s what it will be.
Remain patient my son and avoid envy.
You are a man, lead your family“
I took her advice and trained hard to be a marine
Converting my room into war-game scenarios practiced by the navy
Now my brothers and I have grown
and we fight [...]
Another page from Poetic Justice. 21 questions with limited answers. Space is not an issue but unfortunately time is of great essence. Which has forced me to reveal only the first few verses from the lastest poetic work.
Why does my body clash with the soul
Aggressively jumping on the attack
Forcing mediation from my part, while I stand [...]
Stereotypes do exist. In fact, some are interesting but more often than not, they expose the ignorance that exists within an individual. For amusement, lets examine a few stereotypes and put them to the “true or false” test. Do you agree or disagree with the following stereotypes?
1) Lets start off with an easy one. Chinese/Japanese folks cant drive. True or false? I don’t [...]
I was stressed. I couldnt believe I was going to miss Rays of Faith with Waleed Basyouni and I had no one to blame but myself. It all started when I was asked to wait on some brothers who couldnt make up their minds as to why they should attend the class. While they debated within themselves, [...]
Often times, we like to complain about our situation as believers in Allah. “Oh look at the situation of the Muslims in Palestine and Iraq” we often utter, forgetting about the promise in which Allah has made to us. Remember when Allah revealed to the companions of the Messenger of Allah after they experienced a tough defeat during [...]
I was probably around nine years of age and nothing stood with greater importance than staying up late. One of the few incentives my mother placed on granting us the opportunity to stay up late was attending Islamic classes on Saturday mornings. My brother’s rebelled against the condition because Saturday morning was prime time for cartoons but [...]
I open my eyes, only to realize, where are those men who will lead me to prosperity? I slip my feet into my Air Max and set off into the cold world, in search of a role model. Instead I find corruption, envy, hate, cowards, deceivers, liars and the worst of them all, the hypocrites. After a long [...]
