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yeah I'm insane

[aboonoor]

He will give you something better than what was taken from you. Qur’an 8/70

Whenever I feel like my life isn’t working out for me, and I’m having trouble accepting that God really does want the best for me, I always think of the postal service as a modern-day example for us to reflect upon.

When the internet was in its early days, instant messaging got rid of people’s need for sending letters, and the postal service, just like us, probably thought that it was the end for them and that they were doomed.

But because of online shopping, the postal service is probably used even more than it was before the internet.

That’s how God always works, he only empties your hands to put something better in them.

[hijaberdiary09]

Christchurch, New Zealand ❤

Beautifully written by a Chinese revert sister. (It is written to the killer).

(I) Appreciate that you made the effort to find out the timing of our noon prayer.

Appreciate that you learnt more about our religion to know that Fridays are the days the men go to the Mosques for their congregational prayers.

But I guess there were some things you, rather unfortunately, didn’t get to learn.

Perhaps you didn’t know that what you did made them Martyrs.

And how you have single-handedly raised the statuses of our brothers and sisters in the eyes of their beloved Creator with your actions. And how, through your actions, they will be raised as the most righteous and pious of Muslims.

Perhaps you didn’t know that doing what you did, at the time and place you chose, it actually meant that the last words that escaped their lips were probably words of remembrance and praise of Allah. Which is a noble end many Muslims could only dream of.

And perhaps you didn’t know, but what you did would almost guarantee them paradise.

Appreciate that you showed the world how Muslims welcome, with open arms, even people like yourself into our Mosques, which is our second home.

Appreciate you for showing that our mosques have no locks or gates, and are unguarded because everyone and anyone is welcome to be with us.

Appreciate you for allowing the world to see the powerful image of a man you injured, lying on back on the stretcher with his index finger raised high, as a declaration of his faith and complete trust in Allah.

Appreciate how you brought the Churches and communities together to stand with us Muslims.

Appreciate that you made countless New Zealanders come out of their homes to visit the mosques nearest to them with flowers with beautiful messages of peace and love.

You have broken many many hearts and you have made the world weep. You have left a huge void.

But what you also have done have brought us closer together. And it has strengthened our faith and resolve.

In the coming weeks, more people will turn up in the Mosques, a place you hate so much, fortified by the strength in their faith, and inspired by their fallen brothers and sisters.

In the coming weeks, more non Muslims will turn up at the gates of mosques with fresh flowers and beautifully handwritten notes. They may not have known where the mosques in their area was. But now, they do. All because of you.

You may have achieved your aim of intended destruction, but I guess you failed to incite hatred, fear and despair in all of us.

And while I understand that it may have been your objective, I hate to say that after all of that elaborate planning, and the perverse and wretched efforts on your part, you still failed to drive a divide among the the Muslims and non-Muslims in the world.

For that, I can’t say that I’m sorry.

(A Radiant Muslim)

[islamiyet]

LOVE ISLAM, LOVE SAHADAT.. ALLAHU AKBAR..

#NewZealandMosqueAttack  

[indiezeitgeist]

May Allah cause them to die in righteousness and join them with the righteous companions. Indeed to Him we will return.

[themindfulmuslims]

“He created the seven seas and He loved a tear from you, but your eyes were tearless.”

— Ibn al-Qayyim, (al-Fawa'id: 53)

[aboorayhaana]

خُلِقَ الْإِنْسٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ ۚ سَأُورِيكُمْ ءَايٰتِى فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

“Man was created of haste. I will show you My signs, so do not impatiently urge Me.”

Source: Sūrat al-Anbiyāʼ (21:37)

[islamicrays]

As I meet more and more people who take credit for God’s work in their lives and claim it to be their own—saying their positive mindset and hard work alone “channeled the energy of the Universe” in their favor—I’m growing to appreciate the wisdom in the simple utterance, “Alhamdulillaah” (i.e. “All praise and thanks belong to God”) and in the simple act of sajdatu-shukr (prostration for gratefulness), wherein we place our heads humbly on the ground and glorify our Creator after something good has happened in our lives.

In moving our tongue in remembrance of our Creator after every decree (good and bad), we are reminded where both the power and praise always belong. And in placing our heads humbly on the ground after receiving good news, we are reminded where we ourselves always belong—in humble remembrance that our highest honor is found in embracing our humility before God, not in claiming our greatness before His creation.

Yes, the ground where you place your head might have “greener grass” than someone else’s. But don’t assume it’s because you put in all the necessary work while they didn’t. Your grass is not greener only because you watered it. It’s greener because God planted it, thus giving you something to water in the first place. Then He granted you the knowledge and tools you needed to make that grass grow—which is more a testimony to His greatness than your work.

We wouldn’t have even a patch of dirt to stand on—let alone grass growing from it—if it weren’t for God saying “Be” and granting it to us.

So before you share how much you watered your grass and someone else didn’t, take a moment to praise and acknowledge the One who can strip it all from you in the blink of an eye, like He did with the arrogant man who owned the beautiful gardens in Surah Al-Kahf (18:32-43).

And be careful, lest in boldly declaring your “tools to success”—whether in amassing wealth or knowledge, or in having a lasting marriage or strong family ties—you become like those whom our Creator warns us about in the Qur’an: “Think not that those who exult in what they have brought about, and love to be praised for what they have not done—never think them [to be] safe from punishment [of Allah]…” (Ali’Imraan, 3:188).

And we seek protection, guidance, and forgiveness wherever we have forgotten our Creator, or ourselves.

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O Allah, we ask You to soften our hearts and place in them compassion and empathy for all of Your creation—especially for Your believing servants who are struggling in ways that we cannot understand or comprehend, and who are battling trials that we have not been tested with!

And O Al-Muhaymin (Granter of Security), Al-Ghaffaar (Ever Forgiving)! We beg You to protect us from the evil within ourselves, and forgive us our sins and faults, both hidden and open, and of what we know and what we don’t know!

And O Al-Wahhaab (Bestower of Goodness), Al-Haadee (The One Who Guides)! Remove from our hearts the stains of arrogance, self-praise, and kibr (looking down on others and rejecting the truth)!

And O Allah, Al-Kareem (The Most Generous)! We beg You to make every trial You place in our lives, whether in ease or hardship, cause us to draw closer to You in humility, gratitude, and tawakkul (sincere trust in Your plan, guidance, and decree) until we meet You!

from the journal of Umm Zakiyyah

[strong-reminders]

For those who wish to turn their lives around, it begins by perfecting the Prayer.

[amxva]

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Say, “O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.”

“And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped.”

“And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you do not perceive,

Lest a soul should say, “Oh [how great is] my regret over what I neglected in regard to Allah and that I was among the mockers.”

“Or [lest] it say, “If only Allah had guided me, I would have been among the righteous,

Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, “If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good.”

“But yes, there had come to you My verses, but you denied them and were arrogant, and you were among the disbelievers,

And on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied about Allah [with] their faces blackened. Is there not in Hell a residence for the arrogant?,

And Allah will save those who feared Him by their attainment; no evil will touch them, nor will they grieve.”

Qur’an │39:53-61

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‎ﻻ ﺗﺪﻉ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺱ ﻳﻌﺮﻓﻮﻥ ﻋﻨﻚ ﺳﻮﻯ ﺳﻌﺎﺩﺗﻚ ! ﻭﻻ ﻳﺮﻭﻥ ﻣــﻨﻚ ﺇﻻ ﺍﺑﺘﺴﺎﻣﺘﻚ ﻓﺈﻥ ﺿﺎﻗﺖ ﻋﻠﻴﻚ ! ﻓﻔﻲ ﺍﻟﻘﺮﺁﻥ ﺟﻨﺘﻚ . . ﻭﺇﻥ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﻚ ﻭﺣﺪﺗﻚ ﻓﺈﻟﻰ ﺍﻟﺴﻤﺎﺀ ﺩﻋﻮﺗﻚ ! ﻭﺇﻥ ﺳﺄﻟﻮﻙ ﻋﻦ ﺃﺧﺒﺎﺭﻙ !! ﻓﺄﺣﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻭ ﺃﺑﺘﺴـﻢ

“Let not the people come to know except of your happiness, and let them not see except your smile. If life becomes constricted upon you, then within the Qur’an lies your orchard. If you feel curtailed and restricted, then to the heavens raise your call. And if they ask you of your affairs, then praise Allah and smile.

‎ﻭﺇﺫﺍ ﺭﺃﻳﺖ ﻧﻤﻠﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﻄﺮﻳﻖ ﻓﻼ ﺗﺪﺳﻬﺎ ﻭﺍﺑﺘﻎ ﺑﺬﻟﻚ ﻭﺟﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﺴﻰ ﺃﻥ ﻳﺮﺣﻤﻚ ﻛﻤﺎ ﺭﺣﻤﺘﻬﺎ ” . . ﻭﺗﺬﻛﺮ ﺃﻧﻬﺎ ﺗﺴﺒﺢ ﻟﻠﻪ ﻓﻼ ﺗﻮﻗﻒ ﻫﺬﺍ ﺍﻟﺘﺴﺒﻴﺢ ﺑﻘﺘﻠﻚ ﻟﻬﺎ

If you see an ant on the path, then do not crush it, and seek the pleasure of Allah thereby, so that He will have mercy on you like you had mercy on it, and remember that it glorifies Allah, so do not halt this glorification by killing it.

‎ﻭﺇﺫﺍ ﻣﺮﺭﺕ ﺑﻌﺼﻔﻮﺭ ﻳﺸﺮﺏ ﻣﻦ ﺑﺮﻛﺔ ﻣﺎﺀ ﻓﻼ ﺗﻤﺮ ﺑﺠﺎﻧﺒﻪ ﻟﺘﺨﻴﻔﻪ ” ﻭﺍﺑﺘﻎ ﺑﺬﻟﻚ ﻭﺟﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﺴﻰ ﺃﻥ ﻳﺆﻣﻨﻚ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺨﻮﻑ ﻳﻮﻡ ﺗﺒﻠﻎ ﺍﻟﻘﻠﻮﺏ ﺍﻟﺤﻨﺎﺟﺮ

And if you pass by a bird drinking from the blessing of water, then do not pass close to it in case you startle it, and seek the pleasure of Allah thereby, so that He grants you safety from fear on the Day when hearts shall reach the throat.

‎ﻭﺇﺫﺍ ﺍﻋﺘﺮﺿﺘﻚ ﻗﻄﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻭﺳﻂ ﺍﻟﻄﺮﻳﻖ ﻓﺘﺠﻨﺐ ﺃﻥ ﺗﺼﺪﻣﻬﺎ ﻭﺍﺑﺘﻎ ﺑﺬﻟﻚ ﻭﺟﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﺴﻰ ﺃﻥ ﻳﻘﻴﻚ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻣﻴﺘﺔ ﺍﻟﺴﻮﺀ

And if you come across a cat in the middle of the road, then avoid hitting it, and seek the pleasure of Allah thereby, so that He protects you from an evil death.

‎ﻭﺍﺫﺍ ﻫﻤﻤﺖ ﺑﺈﻟﻘﺎﺀ ﺑﻘﺎﻳﺎ ﺍﻟﻄﻌﺎﻡ ﻓﺎﺟﻌﻞ ﻧﻴﺘﻚ ﺃﻥ ﺗﺄﻛﻞ ﻣﻨﻬﺎ ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍﺏ ﻭﺍﺑﺘﻎ ﺑﺬﻟﻚ ﻭﺟﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﺴﻰ ﺃﻥ ﻳﺮﺯﻗﻚ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻣﻦ ﺣﻴﺚ ﻻ ﺗﺤﺘﺴﺐ

And if you want to throw out food, then make it your intention that animals can eat from it, and seek the pleasure of Allah thereby, so that He provides you from whence you do not expect.

‎ﻭﺗﺬﻛﺮ ~: ﺍﻓﻌﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﻣﻬﻤﺎ ﺍﺳﺘﺼﻐﺮﺗﻪ ﻓﻼ ﺗﺪﺭﻯ ﺃﻯ ﺣﺴﻨﺔ ﺗﺪﺧﻠﻚ ﺍﻟﺠﻨﻪ

Do good, no matter how small it seems to you, because you do not know which good deed will get you into Paradise.

‎ﻭﺍﺫﺍ ﻧﻮﻳﺖ ﻧﺸﺮﻫﺬﺍ ﺍﻟﻜﻼﻡ ﺍﻧﻮﻯ ﺑﻬﺎ ﺧﻴﺮ ﻟﻌﻞ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻳﻔﺮﺝ ﻟﻚ ﻛﺮﺑﻪ ﻣﻦ ﻛﺮﺏ ﺍﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎ ﻭﺍﻻﺧﺮﻩ

And if you wish to spread this statement, then intend good, so that Allah may relieve you of a trial from the trials of this world and the Hereafter.”

[bakwaaas]

My parents have 6 daughters. When my mum was pregnant with the youngest, everyone was like ‘oh you might finally have a boy’! And obviously she ended up being another girl.

When my dad told the news to one of his (asian) friends, the man’s response was ‘ah that’s a shame, I’m sorry.’ My Dad was so angry. Someone just had a healthy and beautiful baby, a blessing from Allah, and your response is like someone’s died, just because of the baby’s gender. And this was a typical response from most of the people my parents knew.

Culture is so toxic and backward… it’s funny how they’re obsessed with having boys but don’t raise them right and most of their sons turn out to be pieces of shit.

[strivingfor-jannah-deletingsoon]

The same happened with my parents. We have 5 girls in our family, no boys. My parents have never said they wanted a boy. I remember when my youngest sister was born too, we rushed out of the house at like 7am to go see my mum and baby sister, and my neighbour was out. “Is the baby born? Is it a boy??” “No, it’s a girl” my dad said with a smile on his face. My neighbours expression turned into something of disappointment. “Its okay, you’re both still young, there’s always next time”. This happened so many times. My parents don’t have 5 children because they were hoping to have a boy. They have 5 children because Allah blessed them with 5 children, because they wanted 5 children. Girls are the biggest blessing. They aren’t burdens. They aren’t second to sons.

[phuljhari]

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever has three daughters and he cares for them, he is merciful to them, and he clothes them, then Paradise is certainly for him”

[indiezeitgeist]

The Messenger of Allah peace be upon him is a father of daughters and girl is indeed a blessing. They just lack knowledge or assuming things they don’t know. Be proud if you have daughters.

[neo-somaliana]

thinking out loud#11

I miss Egypt at times. I’ve never seen a people so hospitable and loving. My misconceptions of Arabs were laid to rest. They love small talk but the genuine type. Like they’d always ask me and my friends when we’d get in cabs or buses ( because they’d hear us speak English or we’d speak in classical Arabic which isn’t spoken in that region) where are you from? And we’d say Somalia because it’s easier to explain that because we look Somali obviously. And they’d always break out in a hearty smile saying Ahsana naas! The best of people! Of course, we came to learn that it’s a phrase they use for everyone. But regardless. They’d welcome us to the country even after we’d been there for a good while.

And Ramadans were magical. The night before would have the streets alive with cheering and people decorating the streetlights and poles with beautiful lanterns. At suhur time there’d be someone walking around calling people awake in a beautiful chant to the beat of their drum. There’d be at least two in every neighbourhood and they’d do this every single night of Ramadan without fail.

And when it comes to breaking the fast, if you happen to be on the bus or in the mosque there’d be this impromptu feast of dates and cookies and other confectionaries. And heaven forbid you decline! Egyptians don’t take no for an answer when it comes to hospitality. When they give you something ya better take it and enjoy it!

And because most schools would be closed during Ramadan to give people a break, most would be up all night after taraweeh. Shops would open after noon and restaurants wouldn’t be open at all, at least after maghrib.

There would be this beautiful juxtapositioning of churches and mosques built next to each other. And I’d play this game in my head of guessing whether someone was Muslim or Christian by checking their car dashboard; Muslims would often have mini Qur'aans and Christians would hang a cross on the rearview mirror.

If you had Somali passport you’d be treated like royalty; university scholarships with a monthly stipend ( which Somalis from the diaspora would exploit by going to university there with forged documents claiming they are refugees), discounts on rent ( if you had a Western passport, as would transpire when you’re signing papers, landlords would mercilessly spike the prices on you because they think you’re a loaded tourist), having everyone make duaa for Somalia and Somalis everywhere you go when you say you’re Somali ( a number of older ladies actually cried out of sheer love for Somalis and sadness over the state of affairs) .

There was a lot that irked me but it was all a wholesome blend of human imperfection. Having lived in different countries - and especially having lived in Kenya prior to moving to Egypt- gave me an ability to see people and cultures through their lenses, and not my own. Of course, it took a year or two for my Swedish lens to be broken down when I first moved to Kenya with my family as a teen ( I moved to Egypt on my own, when I was 21) but it was beautiful to witness decolonization happen organically.

All humans are alike. We just have different imbalances and deficiencies. But Arabs aren’t worse than Swedes in the absolute sense. Nor are Somalis worse than Kenyans. Cultures and countries are macrocosms of the individual; the different traits can be described but not quantified in a mechanical way as to create a hierarchy. It’s like comparing pandas and kangaroos. Or volcanoes and tornadoes. Or rivers and oceans. Or lions and sharks.

We like to categorize things and people to make it easier for ourselves to navigate the world and feel safe, but that comes at the great cost of not discovering the richness in our differences. When you treat every fingerprint that isn’t yours as that of a potential burglar, you can’t stop to study the beautiful details in the different fingerprints and the intricacies that make them distinct from you.

[asr2maghrib]

So I was watching tv in the living room while my little sister played with her toys.

The news came up and reporter said something about “muslim terrorists are killing children [..] ” and my sister looked at the tv and said “killing children is not in the Quran, don’t they know? ” and went back to her game. She’s six years old.

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The older I get, the more I begin to grow apart from everyone. The more I started deattaching myself from this dunya. It gets more clear, each day that I am nothing but a traveller in this dunya.

As the days go by, I remember my Prophetصلى الله عليه وسلم when he said: “The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the unbeliever.” And I remember that this world is nothing but a trial for us all.

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[iheartallah]

And if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He touches you with good - then He is over all things competent (6:17)

[thisdayinwwi]

The forgotten Muslim heroes who fought for Britain in the trenches

The stories of the 2.5 million Muslims who travelled to Europe to fight for the allies during the first world war are finally being told

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BarakAllāhu Fīkum.