I was sooo happy when I read this in the top news this morning mashaAllah!! We’ve been holding our AlMaghrib class at this masjid, and they have an awesome school and high school that has just been accepted into the academically rigorous International Baccalaureate program, it’s one of the few private schools that have achieved this.  Anyways, I would love to teach here one day inshaAllah, check out the article!

Islamic School Thrives in Sacramento

This article speaks to me in ways I cannot describe.  It’s not facebook for me, it’s just the internet itself! . Especially on a beautiful spring day like today.

Dr Sigman spells out his warning in the latest issue of Biologist, the journal of the Institute of Biology, and maintains that social networking sites have played a significant role in people becoming more isolated.

He said: “Social networking is the internet’s biggest growth area, particular among young children.

“A quarter of British children have a laptop or computer in their room by the age of five and they have their own social networking sites, like the BBC’s myCBBC. It’s causing huge changes.”

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A friend had posted this on her facebook, I thought I’d share. Most comedians I can’t stand, they lie all the time while joking, and make a joke out of something that goes too far. But there’s something different about this one, see for yourself. 

I will only feel excitement when I know I have led people to come to this class in May,  and fulfilling my purpose of helping others to get the means that I have discovered. The means to knowledge, i.e. Al Maghrib Institute.

P.S. Who else can watch this trailor over and over again…..

Below is an article I read today on MuslimahSource.org: http://www.muslimahsource.org/relationships/married-men-untouchable-species/.

After reading this, I felt like I just had to write it my response here. …I think I will go about it paragraph by paragraph. Before I say anything, if anyone gets offended off of this, please forgive me as it is certainly not my intention to do so.

Bismillah,
So the first point I wanted to say was, props to the mother. I would have to agree and say that since they aren’t even your(you in a general sense) mahrams, then there’s absolutely no need to joke around even if they joke around with you. Let’s be the bigger person here.
I just can’t see how someone could call another their friend, but then criticize how they handle their own relationships with their husbands. The women(or should  I say her friends?) have every single right in making sure her husband is separate from any other girl. Better than that, it was beautiful to hear that all their husbands avoided them on their own behalf. Props to values in marriage! On top of this, what really surprised me is the author asked ‘what if the man couldn’t identify her on the street’ which is somewhat sad to her since she goes to his house to visit his wife everyday. My response to that: Allah(swt) has commanded both men and women to lower their gaze. There’s a reason for that. What is the need to identify you? If he does identify you, what will come out of it? A chilled out convo on the street? I don’t think so, there’s absolutely no need to have your face recognized by another man who doesn’t even care in the first place.

Next point was a double Subhanallah, I just don’t see the use in getting into other people’s business or marriage deals. If both husband and wife are happy with it, then so be it. I don’t see how a single author can criticize others’ marriages. Of course there will be mixed signals, there has never been a time where you’re in their shoes. Awkwardness is good, you shouldn’t ever feel comfy in the presence of a man who isn’t yours.

I have personally found Shuyookh who have answered my question.  It doesn’t matter if we ask the Shaykh a question ourselves. And even if we can’t, there are thousands of shuyookh to choose from if you want to personally talk with them and if and only if you feel like the message being relayed through the string is skewed to not be the original one.

“When Jealousy dies, you may be sure that love has also died.”-Ibn Hazm.

The prophet(s)’s wives were always jealous, and he(s) himself has said that it is a completely natural feeling, and there’s no stopping it nor is there anything wrong with it, as long as it doesn’t harm your relationship with your spouse.

The author had asked in regarding to the ’scared’ muslim married men, ‘where is the faith, trust, and fear in Allah(swt)’. She says that we all need to learn how to trust one another. The way that these untouchable married men are acting, is because they have faith, trust, and fear in Allah(swt). They know the punishments, the consequences, and they try their best to get out of that and continue on the straight path. I commend them for doing so. The growing problem I see is when people say that their male/female cousins, or those married men are so close to them like they think of them as their own older/younger brother/sister. Well, they are not your brother/sister, so there’s no need to feel comfortable around that category. We need to realize this before we get into the traps of making our cousins or friend’s husbands just like our own mahram. They aren’t that for a specific reason. There is, indeed, wisdom behind this. The true beauty is learning about this wisdom, and obeying it as it is because you understand it.

They say that “we are on your side” to those wives of the married women. Through the whole article, it’s practically attacking the wives themselves and then at the end they say trust them. I felt like I had to write about this because whenever I read something and people are actually agreeing on such an opinion, I don’t want to be  generalized as one of them, and I just want to put it out there that there are people who don’t think like this, and there shouldn’t be generalizations made even if someone does write an article(but most of the time, there usually is..)

There is no need to close the gap of the relationships between married men and single women.

They are called married for a reason, you can’t touch ‘em.

-A single sister.  (<–some inshaAllah have sense too.)

Expect a review on this from me soon insha’Allah, I have waited sooo long to finally get it. Jazakullah khair Sabz for letting me be the first to read it.:)

A long, fulfilling, and interesting article.

“knowledge is happiness.” -YQ  so true.

Sh. Yasir Qadhi & Tony Blair!

Rain is a mercy from Allah (swt). When I first heard this, I thought about all the times I didn’t like the rain, or think that it made me feel depressed. How horrible it was for me to think this way. When I pondered over it, it made sense, and I realized what  a true blessing rain really is.  I dislike it when I hear people complaining about the rain, and how wet they get. When I hear things from an Islamic perspective, it snaps back the logic in me (as if it was missing or something..sad), and my mindset completely changes. I have now grown to like the cold, rainy weather. I appreciate the water on my face, and I love the cold weather as a hijabi.  Another great thing to add in to the usefullness of it. . The same goes for hot weather. When I went on my trip back to Pakistan in the summer of ‘07. I thought I was just going for a couple brief family reuinions and culture shocks. But the weather caught me off guard. The first step out of the sweaty airport was a breath of fresh, no not air. HUMIDITY.  I felt as if I was stepping into an oven.  At first, I acted like a brat and complained about it, but then I realized, man we have got it GOOD back at home! . SubhanAllah, so many things to be grateful for when you go to a developing country that has A/C in only one room in the whole house. We drank lemonade all day long, and seldom had to go to the bathroom because we’d just sweat it out. hahaha. hilarious, and a bit scary. In all seriousness, be grateful for what you really have, for whatever position or situation you’re in, don’t just remember the bad parts, for indeed, there’s always more bad than good. And there’s always sunshine after the rain.

Finding a way to keep a track of my thoughts, what I’ve learned in life, and reminding myself my purpose. Here it is, the SM blog.