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Jul
05
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Random Sometimes it seems like the hardest thing in the world is getting away, part of you wants to run, the other sees more sense, responsibilities and duties constantly tying one down, but isn’t that what makes us who we are? If we didnt have these would we care about anything or anyone? Wouldn’t we all just constantly be getting away?
Its funny how when the going gets tough, it just gets tougher, you go into something thinking it’ll be easy, but then it becomes far from easy, even taking the easy way out isn’t easy. Thoughts constantly bombarding, there is no getting away … How is one to get away from the own mind?
The same old thoughts come back, it is true that what is true and right is always the hardest, and that the best things in life arn’t the easiest to attain or acheive, yet it seems ever so difficult as the days go by…
Patience, Patience and more Patience, In the end that’s what it’s all about.
Jul
02
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Random Lipstick In Schools
According to a news report, a certain private school in Newcastle upon Tyne was recently faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom.
That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.
Every night the maintenance man would remove them and the next day the girls would put them back.
Finally the Headmistress decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the
maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little Geordie ‘Princesses’).
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required. He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.
Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
There are teachers…. and then there are educators.
(Still havn’t got around to making a new blog, will let those who requested know as soon as I do inshaAllah. )
May
26
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Random Sometimes in order to move on you have to leave, change is the best way of forgetting.
So in the spirit of it, I’m moving my blog to an undisclosed location, I will leave this blog for the info that it has, but for those of you whom I know and who wish to actually read what I write (for some odd reason) leave me a message and inshaAllahI’ll tell you where I’m at.
Hadithuna, May Allah 
reward you for the great year of blogging! I’ll stil be around when I find useful things to post :)
Love and Duas
Radiant xXx
Feb
10
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Random (I found this In my collection of articles)
A Wife
by Shaykh Abdullah Adhami
By getting married you are not just getting a wife, you are getting your whole world. From now until the rest of your days your wife will be your partner, your companion, and your best friend. She will share your moments, your days, and your years. She will share your joys and sorrows, your successes and failures, your dreams and your fears.
When you are ill, she will take the best care of you; when you need help, she will do all she can for you; When you have a secret, she will keep it; when you need advice, she will give you the best advice. She will always be with you: when you wake up in the morning the first thing your eyes will see will be hers; during the day, she will be with you, if for a moment she is not with you by her physical body, she will be thinking of you, praying for you with all her heart, mind, and soul; when you go to sleep at night, the last thing your eyes will see will be her; and when you are asleep you will still see her in your dreams. In short, she will be your whole world and you will be her whole world.
The best description that I personally have ever read describing the closeness of the spouses to each other is the Qur’anic verse which says:
“…they are Libas [i.e. body-cover, or screen, or sakan (i.e. you enjoy the pleasure of living with them - as in the verse 7:189) Tafsir At-Tabari] for you and you are the same for them….”[Surah Al-Baqarah: 187]
Indeed, spouses are like garments to each other because they provide one another with the protection, the comfort, the cover, the support, and the adornment that garments provide to humans. Just imagine a journey in the winter of Alaska without garments! Our spouses provide us with the same level of comfort, protection, cover, and support in the journey of our lives on this earth as garments would do in the Alaskan journey.
The relationship between the spouses is the most amazing of all human relations: the amount of love and affection, intimacy and closeness, mercy and compassion, peace and tranquillity that fills the hearts of the spouses is simply inexplicable. The only rational explanation for these most amazing of all human feelings is that: it is an act of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala,
“And Allah has made for you Azwaj (mates or wives) of your own kind…”
[Surah An-Nahl: 72]
Only our Almighty Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala in His Infinite Power, Boundless Mercy, and Great Wisdom can create and ingrain these amazing and blessed feelings in the hearts of the spouses. In fact Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala is reminding those who search for His signs in the universe that these feelings in the hearts of the spouses are among the signs that should guide humans to His existence as He says in the Qur’an,
“And among His signs is this, that He created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find repose in them, and he has put between you affection and mercy. Verily, in that aare indeed signs for a people who reflect.”
[Surah Ar-Rum: 21]
But Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala knows that the human heart is not a static entity, it is sometimes weak and at times dynamic. Feelings can and do change with time. Love may wither and fade away. The marital bond might weaken if not properly cared for. Happiness in marriage cannot be taken for granted; continuous happiness requires constant giving from both sides. For the tree of marital love to remain alive and keep growing, the soil has to be sustained, maintained, watered and nurtured.
Remember that our Prophet Muhammad 
Salallaahu ‘aliahi wa’sallaam had found the time to go out to the desert and race with his wife Aisha. She out ran him but later after she had gained some weight, he out ran her.
Remember that the Prophet Salallaahu ‘aliahi wa’sallaam took his wife to watch the young Ethiopians playing and dancing their folk dances. The show of emotions is necessary to keep the marital bond
away from rusting and disintegrating.
Remember that you will be rewarded by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala for any emotions you show to your wife as the Prophet Salallaahu ‘aliahi wa’sallaam said “one would be rewarded for anything that he does seeking the pleasure of Allah even the food that he puts in the mouth of his wife.”
Never underestimate the importance of seemingly little things as putting food in your wife’s mouth, opening the car’s door for her, etc. Remember that the Prophet Salallaahu ‘aliahi wa’sallaam used to extend his knee to his wife to assist her up to ride the camel. Try to always find some time for both of you to pray together. Strengthening the bond between you and Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala is the best guarantee that your own marital bond would always remain strong. Having peace with Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala will always result in having more peace at home.
Remember that the Prophet Salallaahu ‘aliahi wa’sallaam gave glad tidings for those couples who wake up at night to pray together. The Prophet Salallaahu ‘aliahi wa’sallaam even urged the spouse who rises up first to wake the other spouse up even by throwing cold water on his/her face.
Always try your best to be good to your wife by words and by deeds. Talk to her, smile to her, seek her advice, ask for her opinion, spend quality time with her and always remember that the Prophet Salallaahu ‘aliahi wa’sallam said “the best of you are those who are best to their wives.”
Finally, it is common that spouses vow to love and honor their spouses until death do them part. I do believe that this vow is good or even great, but not enough! It is not enough that you love your wife. You have to love what she loves as well. Her family, her loved ones must also become your loved ones. Don’t be like my colleague who was unhappy about his wife’s parents coming to visit for few weeks. He candidly said to her “I don’t like your parents.” Naturally, she angrily looked at him straight in the eye and said ” I don’t like yours either”… Also, it is not enough that you love her until death do you part. Love should never end and we do believethere is life after death where those who did righteousness in this world will be joined by their spouses, “Enter Paradise, you and your wives in happiness.” [Surah Az-Zukhruf: 70] and offsprings.
The best example in this regard is the Prophet Salallaahu ‘aliahi wa’sallam whose love for Khadija radiAllahu anha, his wife of 25 years extended to include all those she loved and continued even after her death. It was many years after her death and he never forgot her and whenever a goat was slaughtered in his house he would send portions of it to Khadija’s family and friends and whenever he felt that the visitor at the door might be Khadija’s radiAllahu anha sister Hala, he would pray saying “O Allah let it be Hala.”
Feb
03
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Random I’m known for my never ending questions and inquisitive statements but as of late its been unrelenting (I’m sure a few people will testify to that).
Its one of those things I can’t help, I feel like one of my kids at times, the little one who always has a never ending array of questions.
Yet when I actually sit with the people who can answer my questions I tend to forget most of them, class ain’t it!
Anyway I was thinking about this now (at 6am on a Sunday morning), and remembered madrassah, my fellow class members would get me to ask questions to have a time out during duroos!
That trail of thought lead me to think about a recent post on Br Naeems blog, I think one of the main experiences in learning ilm, and one we benefited from greatly was the true essence of sisterhood found when sitting in a class.
These are sisters who you have to spend at least 3+ hrs a day with for 6 days a week for 6 years, it may seem less, but this duroos isn’t like that of the secular education, its of a whole new level. These sisters become like a family, you have your ups and your downs (mood swings an all!), but soon enough once you have to leave it behind it becomes one of the greatest experiences, one of those that you know you won’t ever have again.
I think the main reason is that the ilm it changes a persons life, and going through something like that, the people you learnt with also become a special part of it. The love for the sake of Allah , being in a place for His sake, He puts barakah into it .
Then that lead me to think of sisters whom one studies with but choose a complete different path to the one you spent 6 years learning.
Deep down they have the ilm, yet what stops a person from acting upon it? Everyone has a conscience and knows right from wrong, you can pin it on shaytaan but the issue starts from within.
There must be a seed that shaytaan plays on to begin with.
I don’t look down upon these sisters of mine, but my heart hurts for them. Like watching a close family member voluntarily hurt themselves, you know they have great good beneath only if they cared to see themselves.
This post may not make sense to many … but to all the Jamia girls it will :)
Duas Requested
Ma’assalam
Jan
30
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Random
Practice patience; it is the essence of praise.
Have patience, for that is true worship.
No other worship is worth as much.
Have patience; patience is the key to all relief.
-Rumi, “Mathnawi”
Jan
24
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Random assalamualaykum warahmatuallahi wabarakatuhu
The comment left by Br Abdul jawad reminded me of something I forgot to add at the end of the last post:
Alhumdulillah, looking back now, I realise I learnt many many lessons in those few weeks.
But what kept within my heart the most, was the dua she made for me constantly as I helped her through her labour, and after care.
This made me determined to spend a life in the service of helping people anyway I could, because the heart felt dua of a person means more than any worldly gain.
Ma’assalam
Jan
18
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Random 
I’ve added more recipies, these are two ace recipes, try em if you can.
http://seedsofrealisation.hadithuna.com/recipes-biscuitscookies/
I’m going to add some of my savoury recipes soon inshaAllah, ranging from pastas, pastries and pies to indian dishes :-)
(any requests just ask :) )
Duas Requested
Ma’assalam
Jan
17
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Random السَّلامْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَ بَرَكاته
تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ
“Their limbs do forsake their beds of sleep, the while they call on their Lord, in Fear and Hope: and they spend (in charity) out of the sustenance which We have bestowed on them. “
Surah Sajadah Ayah 16
Recently I’ve been memorising surah sajadah, and this one ayah continuously keeps running through my head.
Being someone who needs her sleep, and at times finding it extremely difficult to get up for qiyam, this ayah is a great reminder, that those who are true believers, are those who are able to forsake their warm beds for their lord and stand up in the night in order to worship and make dua to him.
Continuously having been told that the sign of the successful is that they wake for qiyaam, but in the words of Allah it is so much more beautiful!
May Allah Make us from those who can forsake our beds for Him. Ameen
Duas Requested
السَّلامْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَ بَرَكاته
