2010
assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah,
I can't believe I started this blog SIX YEARS ago! SubhanAllah...time flies :)
Today I was in the doctor's office getting a glucose test done since inshaAllah I am expecting my first child (A GIRL!) in about three months, and I got a message that stated someone had commented on my blog. I was kinda surprised to be quite honest, seeing as I forgot this thing existed, but since I had an hour to kill (the glucose juice thing has to go through your system for an hour) I began to read all of my previous posts.
After reading just about every post I ever posted, I realized some things. Number one, your youth and free time is something that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO precious. I know I'm not exactly classified as the elderly right now, but I'm now 25 with a ton more responsibilities than I had say, six years ago. The amount of time you can dedicate to yourself, your deen, your friends, your community, everything, is just incomparable in your youth. If you look at any great movement at any time, it was spearheaded by the youth. Unfortunately as we get older other obligations begin to weigh us down, so much so that the level of independence we experience in our college years is no longer applicable in our every day lives. Of course this is no excuse whatsoever, I know it is my obligation to be of service to this deen, but I feel it is no longer as easy as it was for me say a couple of years ago. So those of you that are still in those years where you can chillax, take advantage of your time :)
May Allah always allow the fire of faith to burn inside us all.
wassalamualaikum wa rahmatullah.
back attack...
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah,
I am back. I think...
To attempt to rehash all that has happened in my life would just take up too much time. So I'll just start with today, and hopefully you can fill in the blanks for yourself...
I am currently teaching 6th,7th, and 8th grade English in an Islamic School. The past two weeks have been quite interesting to say the least. Just moments ago, one of my sixth grade students was wheeled out of the school in a stretcher and is being taken to the ER. Why you may ask, well allow me to enlighten you. As one may know about young rambunctious boys, is that they find any opportunity to hang off anything. So when this young gentleman was supposed to be making wudu in the bathroom he decided to attempt to hang from the door frame, however his hands were still wet from wudu (duh) and he FELL. STRAIGHT ON HIS FACE/HEAD. His lip began to bleed, and he formed a huge golfball-sized injury on his head...OUCH. Yeah...so this is what I deal with on a daily basis...pretty exciting huh :p.
Anywho I shall keep you updated on my ranting and raving...
until then.
Adios.
wassalamualaikumwarahmatullah.
Iraqi Kid Runs for Water...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7451951590598438762&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en-GB
Hajj
Bismillah...
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah,
Sometimes Allah subhana wa ta ala extends to us each a means to
rectify ourselves and purify us of our sins and impurities. Often
times we have done nothing to deserve such mercy, but in His
Greatness, His Beauty, and His Majesty He still allows us in our
sinful states to return to Him.
Allah subhana wa ta ala has extended such an invitation to me and my
parents. InshaAllah on the evening of December 14th, 2006 I will be
departing from NYC to return back to His home to perform Hajj. Before
I set forth I would like to sincerely beseech you for forgiveness. I
would love to think that I have never done anything to hurt anyone,
but I know that is absolutely untrue. That is why I ask you for
forgiveness for both those actions that I committed intentionally or
unintentionally against you or those you love. I ask that you find
the mercy in your hearts to forgive me for such deeds, and that in
return Allah subhana wa ta ala open all doors of mercy and forgiveness
for you. If there is anything that I may have borrowed or taken from
you that you wish returned back to you pleeeease do not hesitate to
ask, and I will inshaAllah do what is in my power to return such
things back to you.
Lastly, InshaAllah you will all be in my duas, however if you have any
duas that you would like for me to make on your behalf, I will gladly
do so, so please send me in detail whatever it is and I will do my
best to make those duas throughout my journey. I ask that you please
keep my family and me in your duas, and pray that we return in a
purified state, and that Allah subhana wa ta ala accepts this Hajj and
makes it a means to grow closer to him and his beloved Messenger,
salalahua alayhi wa salam.
JazakAllah khair,
wassalamualaikum wa rahmatullah
Maheen (Hina) Farooqi :)
new list..
i need it...
so here it is
Things that make me :)
1. watching the news with dora lee and calling out the lotto numbers as they are falling out of that ball thingy (its not really gambling this way)
2. aqsa and her camera phone ;)
3. having a dream about being trampled in makkah, wake up, still feel pressure on me, only to realize that maghrib has decided to take a seat on my side
4. volleyball in the apartment
5. halaqa
6. post-halaqa ;)
7. myyyyyyy stuuuuuuudeeeeeeentsssss :) !
8. teaching / my cooperating teacher
9. my pops
10. my moms
11. my moms
12. my moms :)
13. wednesday nights with dora
14. iiiiiiiiiceeeeeeeee creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaam
15. bearded papas
16. having the subway come as sooooon as you step on the platform ...sigh...
17. psycho voice :) (thats for you moosy husain)
18. getting mail (REAL mail)
19. the nice doormen :) (they're like....60 years old)
20. the way ms musa says 'maaaaheeeen jaaaan' :)
21. cute random babies on the street that are bundled up so much they can't move ...aww...
22. people who hold the elevator for you :)
23. talkin about makkah/madinah/hajj :) :) :)
24. reminicing about good times...sigh...
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insignificant
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah,
Have you ever been standing in salah, when all of a sudden a realization comes to you, and you feel like you've been punched in the stomach, the wind and life just completely sucked out of you? Today, just minutes ago, I was standing for Ishaa and reciting and all of a sudden my insignificant status hit me so hard that I literally choked up and my throat started to burn...
Insha'Allah in about 42 days I will be going on a very great journey, and each day as I think about it more and more, the more and more I decide what it would be like to not return. Each time I've thought about it I have only evaluated it according to my own thoughts and desires and relationships with individuals, and not vice versa. But for a moment, while I was standing in front of my Lord I realized that if by His will I did not return then, subhanAllah nothing would significantly change. Not for myself, and not for those around me.
In the past month or so I believe that I have become much more introverted. My contact and conversations with individuals has been very brief, curt, and limited, even those that I consider to be the closest to me. I don't quite know why this is happening, or what the ramification or repercussions of it are, but for some reason I have no desire to rectify these relationships to their prior state. Alhamdulilah it is not a state of depression as some may think it to be by the symptoms I've described, but I don't quite know how to identify it. But due to this lack of attachment to individuals (minus maybe my cat) I feel as if it is easier to let go of anything and anyone, which has left me feeling callous and numb and ultimately insignificant...
may Allah subhana wa ta ala fill the void in our hearts with His love and light...
wasalamualaikum wa rahmatullah..
Labels: Personal, Reflection
Eid Mubarak :) and my new 'services'
assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah,
EID MUBARAK!
and in other news:
So after talking to many individuals and hearing the all too similar story about marriage and how they want to/their parents want them to/they need to follow the sunnah etc. yet have failed to find a suitable match, I have taken it upon myself to personally search out, or matchmake for my peers. Now now, don't laugh. It's true that I myself am not married, but i think that in no way should inhibit the process. The only awkward situations arise when the sister or her parents ask me, "if this guy is so great why don't you marry him", or my parents favorite line, "why do you hook up others before yourself". Apparently many of our parents' generation don't believe in a simple concept known as "compatibility" . My dad believes that any girl and any guy can marry if they compromise enough....i disagree :)
I have jump started the process and have currently attempted 3 matches (full fledge) and have some others up my sleeve. Any success? Well we'll have to wait and see inshaAllah :)
Anyway I ask for your duas, and any resources you may have. In fact we can pool our resources and help create a happy ummah :)!
Untiil then :),
Wassalamualaikum wa rahmatullah.
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