Archive for February, 2011
When Looking for Faults, Use a Mirror, Not a Telescope
Feb 22nd
Author: Adilah Abdirahman
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,” Whoever conceals a Muslim , Allah will conceal him on the Day of Judgment.” Collected by Muslim 2699Ponder over this statement for a moment. Allah promises us refuge on that Day when our deeds will be called into account. We say that we’re too busy worrying about our faults to pick at others, but is this necessarily true? A recurring dilemma not only facing our Ummah, but more so our Muslim youth, is that of exposing the faults of our dear brothers and sisters in Islaam. This deen More >
Reading Week [Open Thread]!
Feb 19th
Asalaamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatu,
OPEN THREAD! This means you comment, we read, you comment again, and we either pick a fight or learn something.
Reading week is upon us! Of course, it goes without saying that any sort of reading is blasphemy for the next 10 days, but since this isn’t school work, it seems like a great time to get a lot of website news up to date.
First, as you may have noticed, I’ve been playing around with the colours and added a winter effect. I’m a newbie photoshopper so just to let you guys know these things aren’t difficult if More >
Winning Hearts
Feb 15th
Remember what you learned in kindergarten? Treat others the way you want to be treated. Well, treat others better than you want to be treated.
A humble person is not a someone that stands with pride, so even if it means you have to fall, so be it. Remember your place and humbly believe that you are not better than the people around you. They transform you, influence you and help you so be humble in your approach to them. You’ll be surprised at how grateful your character will become, and how many people will look up to you. But More >
Pun Intended
Feb 6th
Author: Sarah Usmani
I’m a war child. That’s right a war child, Just because the media makes believe that for myself I can’t speak, Don’t pretend like you can’t hear me, Don’t make me repeat my misery, I’m a war child, Yeah you heard me, A war child.
Because of the soldiers’ machine gun playing my loud nightly lullaby, I may not sleep at night, But I tell you I dream, I dream with my eyes open wide. I dream that if tonight with God’s might I may survive, Tomorrow I’ll look for a safer place for my siblings to hide.
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