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Book - Current read

I am currently reading and studying this book called the Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom it is  translated by Abdassamd Clarke of the masterwork of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, the Jami' al-'ulum wal-hikam, the book is a commentary on fifty hadith including the Forty of Imaam an-Nawawi.

Each and every hadith is one of those considered by the 'ulama essential for knowledge of the deen. The topics range from the most exacting treatments of the affairs of the shari'ah to luminous expositions of the spiritual sciences of Islam. One thing I would say is that the book is super thick and not one you can carry around with you, it is a shame they did not split it in to two volumes. The transaltion is very easy to read and follow and the depth it goes in to is just enough to understand the topic. InshAllah I pray that Allah swt gives me the ability to better understand my deen and to apply the knowledge I learn in to my life, to gain closeness to Allah swt.

Twitter ....

I joined facebook a while back but I just never got in to it enough to use it like everyone else was, so you would think why oh why would you join another social networking site ..... curiosity

I am a little intrigued with the twitter craze ... so please do come and join me so that I am not alone. click on the link below !

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ACID violence - Islamic Help & Pearl Daisy

Acid Violence


This is a post that I have written to encourage my UK readers (ladies only) to come along and support this charity event in Birmingham or London to raise awareness and funds for acid burns victims, obviously my international readers can do their bit by making donations to support this cause.  

It really touched me, infact I was in tears when I watched this video,  afterwards I sat there thinking that I can sometimes moan about the odd spot or lack of clarity on my face when there are women even in this day and age who have gone through this torture, women who dont even recognise themselves when they look in the mirror, and what is more shocking is that is usually caused by someone they know. It is truly horrific I am at loss with words so I wanted to share it with everyone and hope that you will all try and help as much as you can.

To give you a little background The Smiles Better campaign has been formed by Islamic Help a UK based charity to improve the lives of acid attack survivors. Islamic Help has been providing specialist medical and surgical support to acid burns victims since 2005. If anyone has seen a burns victim they will realise that facial burns have major visual impact on victims and anybody who sees them, burns around other parts of the body constrict muscles, thereby severely restricting movement of the head, arms and legs, so you can imagine the pain and horror that the burns cause the victims.

The surgery that Islamic Help has been providing over the past years (led by world renowned surgeon Dr Muhammad Ali Jawad) has had a significant impact on survivors, enabling enhanced facial appearance, free and unrestricted movement of the limbs and most importantly reigniting the confidence to live in the community again.

Pearl Daisy has teamed up with Islamic Relief to organise this event, if you have never heard of Pearl Daisy ….where have you been ladies? Pearl Daisy is the brainchild of sister Amena or Amenakin as she is known on YouTube, she is the hijab tutorial guru from YouTube who started out doing the odd tutorial after wearing hijab, to now running a super successful online store supplying hijab and accessories to ladies all over the world, all whilst  balancing motherhood to two young children. She is a fantastic role model for the young and old muslimah’s wearing hijab or interested in hijab. She is truly an  inspirational women showing that being a “Hijabi” as we are commonly known these days does not hold you back in anyway Alhamdulillah.

I will let Amena say the rest, please watch this video and tell me how anyone could not be moved?

Islamic Help

Pearl Daisy

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I read something beautiful today, it went something like this, We often think of this ayah as meaning if we suffer through hardship, ease will come afterwards, but that’s not all it means at all. It doesn’t say after it says with. This helps us to understand that Allah (SWT) is telling us that no matter what your are suffering, there is ease within it. So when we are strugglying or suffering we turn to Allah swt and pray more so our iman increases so you have that ease within your hardship. The hardship you are going through is not in vain  Allah swt is erasing your sins and making your stronger and a true believer. Allah swt knows best never lose hope.