I was once caught in a sandstorm in the heart of Cairo. We were on a balcony in my friend’s apartment overlooking Tahrir Square, when suddenly in the distance a red puff of smoke appeared...
It began to get larger and larger and before we knew it, we were desperately holding the balcony doors closed as the sandstorm hit with magnitude.
Once closed we stayed down on the floor until some kind of normalcy had returned. Outside, the sky was orange and all around us..
a thin layer of red dust remained. It was everywhere, on the bedcovers, on the kitchen cabinets, the lamps and stairs all over the apartment building.
Human transactions haven’t changed that much in their essence in 1400 years. God’s guidance for human beings is timeless.
He knows us. How we think, manipulate and scheme when we are left unchecked. On the other hand, He gives us the freedom to seek our fortune, to thrive, to create mutually beneficial and use fair means of earning wealth.
We live in a time when the dust of Riba - Interest/Usurious transactions - touches everything, directly or indirectly. Still we strive to do our utmost to avoid it. Still we must strive for a better way, a fairer system, based on our Creator’s guidance. May Allah help us.
[Source of Hadith: Musnad Aḥmad 10191]
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@GoldingBF Secondary schools and doctors in UK literally give underage girls access to contraception and the pill without informing their parents. This young lady has been saved.
@GoldingBF Young and elderly English people are embracing Islam.
Girls in the West are groomed away from the protection of their fathers and menfolk. They have to fend for themselves as soon as they mature. When a man shows a modicum of protective jealousy or sets standards, he is shamed. This opens girls up to abuse.
“Are you saying all men are predators?”
No. But good men have to protect women from the predatory men. When a society tells men that women don’t need them, they don’t need their protection or guardianship…the wolves in that society have a banquet.
Islam seeks to protect girls from the cradle to the grave. Her father is responsible for her care & provision until she gets married. He is her guardian. He facilitates her getting married. Then her husband is responsible for provision and protection.
My kid came home anxious about what humans are apparently doing to cause ‘climate change’.
How to have the ‘climate’ conversation with Muslim kids who are anxious:
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1. Explain to them that Allah is in control of the world, the weather, the ‘climate’, the universe. Nothing good or bad happens without his permission. So always ask for good from Allah and expect good.
2. If all of the world gathers together to cause harm, they cannot, unless Allah allows it, if all the world got together to cause benefit, they could not without Allah allowing it. These are fundamental theological beliefs for us as Muslims and should cause us to rely on Allah… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Imagine a scene in the park where the sun shines brightly and the air is filled with the laughter of children. In this idyllic setting, I found myself engaged in a deeply moving conversation with a young mother.
Fatigue was etched upon her face and her weary eyes spoke volumes about the sleepless nights she had endured while caring for her two little ones.
She felt ill-equipped as a mother, longing for a sense of freedom she hadn’t anticipated before becoming a parent. She yearned for freedom from the demands of raising children, which had taken its toll on her marriage and disrupted her plans.
Every Muslim should make a plan to learn Arabic as a language- the language of the Qur’an.
People ask how they can learn if they are not native Arabic speakers? Here are 7 resources or methods for learning Classical Arabic (fus-ha) that I and my family have used and liked:
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1. An Arabic tutor from Egypt:
Qortoba Institute @qortobainstitut@QIAS_qortoba and
Bakkah Institute: @BakkahInstitute
have great online tutors that have levels or bespoke classes for your needs!
(Mention me and they’ll give you a discount 🙌🏻)
2. Intensive Arabic course over the ☀️Summer in a country like Egypt: Qortoba.net have intensive Summer courses with excursions to fun sights too.