Living Up to One’s Responsibility
Many conflicts occur when people demand their rights but do not live up to their responsibilities. Conflicts also occur because of unreasonable expectations. A family is like a corporation and the spouses are the corporate officers responsible for its wellbeing. Allah (subhanahu wata’ala) made marriage a sacred institution and characterized the bond between the spouses […]
وأن المساجد لله
زارنا منذ أيام مجموعة من أبناء وفتيات جاليتنا الكريمة إلى المسجد من مختلف الأعمار، هدفهم أن يتعرفوا على بيوت الله، وأحكامها، وآدابها، ويرسموا صورة في أذهانهم عن رسالة المسجد، تبقى معهم في حياتهم، ليكونوا بحق عُمّاراً لهذه المساجد، وينشروا هذه الرسالة في مجتمعهم الصغير في البيت والمدرسة.. ولما كان لهذه الزيارة أثرها الواضح عليهم، آثرت […]
All That
I see my hands – palm open upward and clean I re-offer myself to God and all that it means to be I re-surrender to nothing in this life Except by exception through acceptation all that is good That which He would have me have A lightness of spirit as chains made of pain, born […]
Cover Up
People ask why I cover up I cover up for confidence For modesty And yes I do it for my religious beliefs But before I covered up “My kind” didn’t even talk to me They didn’t even acknowledge me They assumed I wasn’t their “kind” Before I covered up I wasn’t happy I wasn’t confident […]