Reflections of a traveller

Our children are learning this nasheed below so that they can understand a bit more Arabic. I am also learning the song with them. I hope very soon we will be able to sing the song on our own, bi'idnillah. You can listen to the nasheed here .  حياتى كلها لله .. فلا مولى لنا الاه  My life is all for Allah...for there is no Lord but Him احب الله جل علاه .. ومن حبى له اخشاه  I love Allah, and from this love I humble myself ********************************** اصون النفس احميها .. بنور الله اهديها  I protect the 'self' and look after it, with God's light I guide it بحب الله اسقيها .. لتفرح عندما تلقاه  With the love of God I water it, so that when it can be joyful upon meeting Him حياتى كلها لله .. حياتى كلها لله  My life is all for Allah ********************************** اذا ما الحب لم يسبى .. فؤاد المؤمن الصب If love didnt fill the believers heart فوا اسفاه على القلب .. لان الزيف قد غشاه  Then pity the heart, because glitter has fooled him حياتى كلها لل...

I hope to keep studying the Qur'an through out the year, not just in Ramadan. Everyday I hope to read one surah (one chapter) of the Qura'n and try to study/listen to the explanation bi'idnillah. Today it's going to be surah Al-Insaan . Tafsir of surah Al-Insaan This is a surah revealed in Makkah before prophet Muhammad Sallallahu alaihe Wa Sallam's migration to Madinah. The Theme of the surah is to inform us the mankind, our true position in the world and to tell us that if we really understood our true position rightly and adopted the attitude of gratefulness, we would meet with such and such good end. Some amazing facts about jannah are mentioned in this surah. And the people who will not be grateful, for them awaits a great punishment. [ "Indeed, We have prepared for the disbelievers chain and shackles and a blaze."76:4] In this surah, first of all man has been reminded that there was a time when she was nothing; then a humble beginning of...

Bismillah Last week on Thursday we celebrated Eid ul fitr alhamdulillah which means this year Ramadan was 29 days for us. We went to the park near us where we prayed the Eid salah with the local Muslims, alhamdulillah. The day and night before Eid is always a very sad time for me. I know for sure that as soon as Ramadan leaves us, it will be quite difficult to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so intensely like Ramadan. May Allah accept our humble deeds in Ramadan and forgive us for our shortcomings through out the year, ameen! May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala enable us to witness lots of Ramadan in our life, ameen!  This year Ramadan has been quite a hectic one for me, given my kids are a bit older and very demanding. I normally went to sleep after 4/4:30 but had to get up by 7:30/8 as kids were already wide awake! Lack of sleep made me quite tired and exhausted. If I compare my Ramadan this year with all the other Ramadan I was lucky to have in my life, this year prayi...

Bismillah... In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful Today is the last day of Ramadan. I know I should be glad that it's Eid tomorrow. But I am sad that Ramadan has just left us. This was a great month to feel more closer to my Lord. I am tuned into Ramadan TV watching the fund raising event by iERA. Brother Hamza was saying that Ramadan is the time when you find yourself. Allah subhana wa ta'ala says in the Qur'an that the people who forget Allah, Allah makes them forget themselves. Subhanallah what a profound statement! During Ramadan we are so busy with the worship of Allah, that our life becomes so meaningful mashAllah. It all bogs down to the fact that we truly realize during Ramadan, what our purpose is ! And that is to worship our Lord. That's the one and only reason He subhanahu wa ta'ala has created us for! O Allah, please give us the ability to worship You with this realization through out the year and through out our life, ameen, ameen, ameeen!  A...

Bismillah... In  the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful 2 or 1 day left till the Eid inshAllah. Today quite a lot of people were sharing news about the possibility of Eid happening tomorrow! This is first time in my life I came across this dilemma. Apparently, sometimes moon sighting may go wrong and we can end up fasting only 28 days. If that happens, we are supposed to fast the missed day after Eid. As it was quite cloudy in Saudi during the month of Sha'abaan, they couldn't see the moon. Today they tried to witness the Eid moon, but couldn't find it. Alhamdulillah I am really glad that we will be fasting tomorrow. I just hope Eid is on Friday inshAllah so that we can have 30 days of fasts. Ramadan is an amazing opportunity for us earn the pleasure of our Lord. That's why the more fast we have to do, the better. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala enable us to do our best during the remaining hours of Ramadan, ameen! Sheikh Omer Suleiman has shared a beautiful ...

Bismillah...In The Name of Allah Subahanahu wa ta'ala Yesterday I was watching the Little Explorers show on Ramadan TV Sky 192 . A young boy, Rayaan, aged 6 came to the show with his older sisters. He is very sick , suffering from a blood disorder . He is in desperate need of a bone-marrow donor. It was quite heart-breaking watching him. Subhanallah he still had a beautiful smile on his face. Even his beautiful sisters looked so happy and content. I just hope and pray that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless him with shifa', ameen!  The family has been working really hard to raise awareness and find a donor for him. They have been active through Facebook and other social media.  " My name is Rayaan. I am 6 years old. I live with my mum, dad and two sisters. I enjoy playing with lego and cars. At the weekends I love to go swimming and karate. This summer I was looking forward to karate camp, but that won't be possible  due to my developing a rare disease ...

Bismillah.. In the Name of Allah the Most-Merciful Ramadan is leaving us very soon. It really saddens me thinking how quickly this amazing month passes! Subhanallah! Worshiping Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala becomes easy during this month, as Satan our staunch enemy is imprisoned and our enemy within, the negative bits of our nafs, feel weak due to lack of food and drink. I can feel the sadness more during the last day of Ramadan. There is no guarantee that I will be able to witness this great month again in my life. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive my shortcomings and accept my humble deeds, ameen!  Ramadan reminds us that this life is really short and very soon we will face the day of Judgement. Let us leave this Ramadan with a strong determination to do our best to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on a regular basis through out the year. If we have done so much in Ramadan, how can we not be able to do little bit of regular acts through out the year? Allah subha...

Bismillah.. In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful.. Subhanallah 25 fasts already done only 4 or 5 to go inshAllah. How quickly time passes! Lot of people are saying that yesterday was the night of power. Yesterday I was very tired. I did pray and tried to be awake through out the night but I am sure the quality of my worship wasn't that good. I felt quite sad but I realized my sadness should be a sign that I want to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as much as pssible and with the best of my abilities inshAllah. I hope to remain awake the last couple of nights and do my best in pleasing Him, bi'idnillah. One sister said it really well... " I am sure many of you have read about the Signs of the Night (Laylatul Qadr) and that it's 'over'. Don't slacken your worship or lose the enthusiasm of performing good deeds just because people say it's over. Allah wants us to maintain intense worship till the last second of Ramadan. Worship is not a game...

Bismillah... In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate Assalamu alaikum my dear readers, Alhamdulillah I am so glad to tell you that the 13th issue of Aaila is uploaded now. As its Ramadan, I was struggling with getting our precious writers to write. I didn't want to force them as I know we all are kind of tired and exhausted. I was tempted to change the deadline but Alhamdulillah Aaila new issue is out now. I have been making dua that Allah Subhanahu Wa ta'ala makes it easy for me. Now looking at the end product I am quite glad, alhamdulillah. There  may be still some mistakes. Give me a shout if you find any and forgive this shattered soul :-( ! I feel really blessed to work for this magazine. I really love my work. I get to read all the articles before it goes online :-) I am always 'hunting' for good writers which means I am always browsing, reading and contacting amazing people around the world. Without our excellent writers an...

In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful... Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah my dear readers, Today I have been very busy as the new issue of Aaila is due tomorrow inshAllah. On top of that, the neighbor's tall tree just decided to fall today in our front garden. This was really weird as it wasn't that windy today. For almost an hour , phone line was out of order. Our drain pipe has been broken which we have replaced quite recently. I was busy contacting the relevant people to sort out the problem. I reported the incident to the council and asked the other neighbors to do the same as this can make them respond quickly.  In the morning I had to go to the library to return one of the kid's book and was planning to spend the rest of the day, editing and uploading the articles for Aaila. But we plan and Allah subhanau wa ta'ala plans too. And He is the best of planners. While the phone line was cut and I didn't have any internet, I was actually quite glad as I...