A'isha

 (قالت أم المؤمنين عائشة رضي الله عنها:  (نعم النساء نساء الأنصار، لم يمنعهن الحياء أن يتفقهن في الدين 

Our Mother A'isha (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "How excellent are the women of the Ansar! They do not let their modesty prevent them from learning the religion."

Allahumma yassir, Allahumma yassir, Allahumma yassir!

to my sacred city, with love

"Because, he said, "I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you - especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous channel, and two hundred miles or so of land come broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, - you'd forget me.” 

(Mr. Rochester, Jane Eyre)

Thank you for everything, my beautiful, beautiful home. You were a most generous host for five most blessed years. And I pray to God I do not take to bleeding inwardly.

shade of swords

Abdillah ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: On one occasion of battle, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon him) waited until the sun came to Zuhr time, then he stood before the people [army] and said: "O people, do not desire to meet the enemy [i.e. do not wish for war], and ask Allah for well-being. But if you do meet the enemy, then be patient, and know: indeed paradise is beneath the shadows of swords."

Then the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) prayed: "O Allah, Sender of the Book, Mover of the clouds, Destroyer of the alliances: destroy them, and grant us victory over them." 

[Bukhari & Muslim]

God is beautiful, God is kind

Blessed to deliver a baby from a uterus during a caesarean-section yesterday. First time. Beauty.

Alhamdulila, God is kind, kind, kind.

Option to Cancel

There was a companion named Hibban b. Munqidh. He used to be constantly ripped off in sales, and so his family brought him to the Prophet, peace and blessings upon him. The Prophet, peace and blessings upon him, said to Hibban: "When you buy something, say: 'no deception! and I have three days to cancel'."

This meant that those who contracted with him were reminded to be fair, and if they didn't give him the option to cancel, he could move onto the next seller. If anyone did make him pay extortionate prices, once his family realised, Hibban could return the goods.

This is the Prophet, peace and blessings upon him and his family! Fixer. Sorter-of-all-sorts-of-problems! :-)

Abu Dharr

Allah have mercy upon you, Aba Dharr! You will live alone, die alone, and be resurrected alone.