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		<title>The Muslim Woman Unveiled</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Yusuf as-Siddiq</dc:creator>
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		<title>I Am That Hijab</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Yusuf as-Siddiq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am that Hijab A stunning and powerful poem on hijab by guest writer Aatifa Shareef Originally posted on www.igotitcovered.org I am that Hijab That cloth, that fabric That symbol, that fear In people’s eyes Why does she wear it? I am that cloth Bound Grippingly around her head Secure but comfortable Strong but delicate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1408600&amp;post=393&amp;subd=shakethepalmtree&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Yusuf as-Siddiq</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am reading a small booklet by one of our great scholars, Muwaffaq ad-Din Ibn Qudama Al-Maqdisi, better known as Ibn Qudama.  The title of this booklet is called Al-Wasiyyah (The Advice) and it is the kind of writing so typical of our great scholars (may Allah have mercy on them all).  A few statements [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1408600&amp;post=384&amp;subd=shakethepalmtree&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Patience</title>
		<link>http://shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/patience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Yusuf as-Siddiq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we face inevitable hardships in life, we can find inspiration from the story of Hajar, Ibrahim&#8217;s (alayhi salam) wife.  She was left alone with her baby son Ismaeel (alayhi salam) in a desert in Makkah without food and without water. Hajar did not know what Allah SWT had hidden for her but she was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1408600&amp;post=374&amp;subd=shakethepalmtree&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Yusuf as-Siddiq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assalamu Alaikum Qadr of Allah my grandfather on my father&#8217;s side just passed away at the age of 96.  He lived in in the Guangzhou Province in Southern China, in a very poor village with most of my father&#8217;s side of the family living there as well.  When I went to China a few summers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1408600&amp;post=364&amp;subd=shakethepalmtree&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>REMEMBER</title>
		<link>http://shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Remember that with the rise in temperatures there will be an evident rise in fahisha/shamelessness and all types of immodesty that will surround you and I. - Remember to guard your eyes and guard your faith for these are the times where fitnah/trials will approach us from all corners. - Remember that no matter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1408600&amp;post=352&amp;subd=shakethepalmtree&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I Love About My Muslim Wife</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taken from sistersmagazine Brothers from different walks of life tell us what they love most about their wives – may Allah reward them with good!   &#8220;What I love about my wife&#8221;  How would life be without my wife?  The emptiness,  the strife,  Would all be rife  I care not to think of that plight [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1408600&amp;post=326&amp;subd=shakethepalmtree&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Men and Women in Islam: Both Equal and Complementary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Equality of Men and Woman in Islam, and their complementary nature to one another In one sense, equality between men and women is possible and reasonable because they are both human, with similar souls, brains, hearts, lungs, limbs, etc. In another sense, equality between men and women is impossible and an absurdity due to their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1408600&amp;post=304&amp;subd=shakethepalmtree&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Does the Heart Fast?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does the Heart fast? by Shaykh Aa&#8217;id &#8216;Abdullâh al-Qarnî     And if anyone believes in Allah, (Allah) guides his heart (aright)’ (64:11).  The guidance of the heart is the basis of all guidance, the law of all success, the origin of every deed and head of every action. The Prophet saws said:  ‘Truly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1408600&amp;post=294&amp;subd=shakethepalmtree&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All for a Palm Tree in Jannah</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In life there will always be those people who are opportunists, or those who take advantage of any opportunity to get what they want no matter what the cost is.  Opportunists are usually thought of in a negative, &#8220;out for yourself&#8221; perspective.  In reality this depends on your intention, your acts, how you go about getting what you want, and at what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakethepalmtree.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1408600&amp;post=290&amp;subd=shakethepalmtree&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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