#thgwrites

[thehalalgirlofficial]

هل تستحي من أن ترفع يديك إلي ربٍّ حَيِيٍّ يستحي أن يردهما صفرًا؟

Are you shy to ask from a Lord that is shy to return you empty handed?

[thehalalgirlofficial]

today i heard your name and broke down crying.

it was all i could do to not feel soul crushingly lost.

[thehalalgirlofficial]

may Allah ﷻ accept the aches in your bones and the fire in your heart

[thehalalgirlofficial]

story time:

i was in the masjid praying taraweeh (socially distanced) when the musalla of the woman to my right caught my eye. in that moment, from that angle, i felt as though i was sitting in the haram facing the rawdah, in the exact spot i would usually be breaking my fast in. i was transported spiritually and i felt a peace of heart that i haven’t known for a long time. this is how ramadan is supposed to feel.

after ending the salah with salam, i turned to her and asked her where she had gotten her musalla from since it was so beautiful. she wasn’t sure but i told her that looking at it makes me feel like im in madinah. then we went on our merry ways finishing off the rest of the taraweeh.

as i turned my head to the left to read the last salaam of my witr, a bit of fabric caught my eye. i looked up confused and was met with the woman trying to hurry away. i called out to her, “oh, no! wait! i didn’t want your musalla, just to let you know that it’s beautiful.” yet she insisted i keep it.

this is the spirit of Nabi ﷺ that lives on in every one of us; magnifying this spirit is what ramadan is all about.

now, every time i pray on my new musalla, i don’t only feel like i’m in madinah, i feel the love of Nabi ﷺ thanks to the beautiful gesture of this kind woman.

may Allah ﷻ accept her and all that she does. ameen.

[thehalalgirlofficial]

الله أكبر

something amazing happens when you say allahu akbar

you make zikr of Allah ﷻ, most high

and you acknowledge the insignificance of everything else

including your own whims and desires

your zikr, in essence, means

"i am nothing,

i come from nothing,

i will return to nothingness

only through Allah's ﷻ Grace am I ever anything."

[thehalalgirlofficial]

i long for those sujood that would alleviate all the stress and pain of this worldly life the moment my forehead touched the ground

[thehalalgirlofficial]

i turn to you my Lord ﷻ, recognizing that no other can mend my broken heart

[thehalalgirlofficial]

Please stop treating women like our existence is fitna