I saw her video and made a mental note to post about it. I commend this beautiful sister for being so honest, brave and vulnerable. Allah knows I would be deeply sad if I had a sister tested with marriage. If you don't like profanity please skip this video.
She uses profanity. Just a headsup for sisters who don't like that.
Moving on....
Dear Single sisters in love (yep the haraam kind)! โค
Firstly, I love you and I pray the man you love is the right man for you and the right father for your progeny. And I pray this becomes halal and Allah facilitates things and forgives you both for your mistakes. With that being said...
Men who truly love will move mountains to marry the woman of their dreams and the future mother of their children. Although just because a man has chased you enough to marry you doesn't make him worthy of you.
Be wise and get marital counselling and make sure he knows the Fiqh of Marriage and divorce. Make sure he is stable enough to support you and your first pregnancy.
Does he know the importance of saving money?
Will he be a hands on father?
Is he well read?
Does he know about periods and contraception? Yes it is important that a man is equally educated about these topics.
What kind of men does he move around with?
Is he a hardworker and a hustler or keeps searching for shortcuts to make unstable inconsistent quick bucks?
Is he actively involved in the community and dawah scene or is he a loner who is living in his parents home and playing games on his gadgets? Are his family and parents involved in this? Or is he keeping this a secret and all hush hush.
How does he treat his mother and sisters?
Does he ignore them?
Shout at them?
If he is abusing them and is distant from them know for sure you will soon be added to that list. No matter how many hours you guys talk on the phone now.
Is he still in touch with his exs or is lax with his interactions when it comes to opposite sex?
He is meant to be a qawwam over you, he is going to provide and take care of you. You are not adopting a baby.
Choose your spouse wisely.
You are not only choosing your husband but you are choosing the father of your future kids.
I wish sister Hannah had someone who could talk her out of this. But sadly when you are in love you become blind to the person's faults. It is a fact.
The rational part of your brain shuts down that is why people say love is blind and that is why women need to involve walies.
The way a man can access a man a woman cannot. (read 3x times)
I know fathers who have shook hands with potential men and rejected rishtas/proposals only to later find out the guy was interested in men and not in women and he wanted to marry only to please his parents.
The experience and outlook our parents and elders have towards life we do not. Please listen to counsel. Please involve community and elders. Nikah is a social contract meant to protect you. Do not give up on mehr.
Step out of your love bubble and listen and listen hard and act upon the advice of elders. Not your peers they don't know better.
The meaning of a Qawwam is a man who protects you financially, physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.
Make sure you are marrying a man and not a boy.
Marriage is already a lot of work. Do not marry someone with red flags.
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1) The Patient & Just: The woman who remains patient in all circumstances, and never whines, moans and complains. When she has to communicate she is direct and clear. When some trouble or affliction hits her, she turns to Allah for help.
But when her rights are being trampled she has a strong voice and fights for her haqq.
Don't make mistakes some of our Fathers or Senior Brothers made.
Marry now with the little you have. Don't wait to be a millionaire, Have kids early so you can grow with them. Grow with your kids and succeed with your wife.
You will never finish making money or achieving your plans. You might still not succeed at your target year. So start your life early, with consistency you will grow.
My father said this to me: When i was 25, i was talking about making billions before i marry.
Many years later, billions didn't come, yet no kid no wife... I had an opportunity to marry the most beautiful love of my life very early, But my fear was, can i really take care of her? But right now She's married with Four grown up children.
People who have gratitude do miss the things they don't have. They have unfulfilled duas and dreams but even amidst that gaping hole of what could have been, they choose to focus on what they do have.
Little big blessings of Allah that we take for granted every single day.
Islam, ability to offer salaah, ability to make dhikr, ability to physically make sujood, food, shelter, clean water, safety, a little extra money, loved ones.
There are people who hardly eat twice a day, who have money but no eeman, who are living in palaces but are neck deep in debts and riba, who have no one who truly loves them, who sleep on streets.
This poster got me wondering what I am grateful for today.
It's normal to not relate to people who are not going through similar struggles like you are. Their sorrows/struggles aren't deeper and yours aren't shallow and vice versa.
Everyone is struggling according to what Allah deems they can bear. If you think you have it harder then remember.
๐ โIf Allah intends good for someone, then he afflicts him with trials.โ
- Prophet Muhammad ุตูู ุงููู ุนููู ูุณูู
[แนขaแธฅฤซแธฅ al-Bukhฤrฤซ 5321]
๐ โAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity...โ
{Surah Al Baqarah 2: Verse 286}
Don't get lost in reflections of people you do not relate to. Focus on your life, your journey, your struggles and not that of your social media newsfeed.
Living in the 21st century has its perks. Media is now accessible within the tip of our fingers by Social Media sites. Alhamdulillฤh, through the power of Social Media we get the latest updates of any news that is important to the society.
But like any other thing, it has its cons. Social Media is addictive, the youth today spends most of their time through social media. As muslims, we have to understand that in our borrowed time in this dunya, every second counts.
We have to understand that our only purpose in this dunya is to please Allฤh, nothing else. Wasted time is something that is not taken lightly in Islam, each second of our existence will be questioned on the Day of Judgement.
There was once a man who was madly in love with his wife even though they had been together for more than 10 years, when he was asked what it was about her that he was all praise, he said:
"Ever since we got married, to my aggravation, she never stopped asking me to perform my prayers. Year after year passed by but I did not give two hoots about what she said, but on our 10th wedding anniversary,
I asked her what she wanted as her gift and she simply told that my best gift to her would be if I started to pray. I could not deny it to her this time and now as a result,