Posted on July 30, 2007 by Um Yusuf as-Siddiq
With your beauty, you are better than the sun; with your morals you are more sublime than musk; with your modesty you are nobler than the full moon; with your compassion you are more beneficial than rain. So, preserve your beauty with faith, your tranquility with contentment, your chastity with hijab. Remember [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2007 by Um Yusuf as-Siddiq
Four decades of occupation
Happening to the best of all nations
What will become of the new generation
O Allah grant them salvation
For them this is a dedication
A call for an end to the defamation
Don’t let go of your determination
Persist in du’aa in your prostration
This is only Allah’s preparation
For a great victory that follows tribulation
Continually make your invocations
He [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2007 by Um Yusuf as-Siddiq
On the road of life, remembering these words from Prophet Mohammed (sallAllahu alayhi wasallam) grounds me and gives me solace: “Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler.”
A traveler is continuously on the move, in a place where it is not his home, stopping merely to get basic needs, [...]
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