Lectures from the school of Life

2007-03-18T02:51:00.000-07:00

TO MY BELOVED BROTHER AHMAD AND HIS FIANCE RUQAYA ; MY BELOVED SISTER IN LAW REMA AND HER FIANCE EMRAN

MAY ALLAH BLESS YOUR MARRIAGE, AND MAY THE BEST DAYS OF YOUR PAST, BE THE WORST DAYS OF YOUR FUTURE LIFE'S. (you might need to read it twice to let it click)

MABROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!

AMAL

2007-03-16T15:42:00.001-07:00

"It's a world of laughter, a world of tears;
It's a world of hopes and a world of fears;
There's so much that we share,
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all!"

Today Alhamdulilah I had a great reunion with an old friend of mine.

The paths have taken us apart and time got us used to the distance.

Suna and I met 10 years ago in Baton Rouge, LA, we were friends the whole time I lived in Louisiana. It was a great friendship. Then the day came when my family decided to go back to Saudi Arabia, we had a sad farewell and hoped to keep in touch.

A year later my family and I moved back to LA, and Suna was gone. I asked her cousins they said she got married and moved to California. I was so sad but couldn't do anything about it, cause her cousin didn't know anything else about her.

Years went by, I moved to Arizona, got married and never thought that Suna's path would ever cross mine, but today it did.

In a very unexpected fashion I found my self talking to 2 ladies who were here visiting just for the weekend, the were asking me about life in AZ and Muslims here. During our conversation I mentioned the fact that I lived in Baton Rouge so the lady says oh, I have family in Baton Rouge from the family of (blank).

To my excitment I said oh my God I know the family (blank), I know this girl and that girl, and oh yeh my best friend was from that family but we parted after she got married, last I heard of her was that she had triplets. At that moment the lady I was talking to says pointing at the other lady from LA, " this is the only lady from the (blank) family that had triplets".

I looked at her and I just got tears in my eyes. IT WAS HER! 10 years later but it was her. I could'nt come close to her or hug her for a few moments until it registered in my head that this was SUNA my long lost friend :)

We huged and cried a little and then huged again. It was the best feeling in the world.

Subhan Allah, Allah just took a bk away from me and less than a week later found me my old friend. They dont replace each other but it diffenatly makes things easier.

I promise to not lose track of any of my friends (unless they want me to). and I promise I will not lost track of Suna again.

I love all my friends.

2007-01-21T17:04:00.000-08:00

ITS OFFICIAL!

Taiba Outfitters is open for business...

Check us out at: www.TaibaOutfitters.com

Pray for us..

Mooolzi

2006-12-06T16:42:00.000-08:00

The Answer to your Supplications is Delayed for a Reason

There is an interesting situation that confuses all of us : the believer who is afflicted with a calamity and then invokes Allah constantly, yet sees no signs of an answer to his prayers. Then when he comes near to the point of hopelessness, the true worth of his heart is found out.

If he is pleased with what Allah decreed for him, without losing hope of Allah's favor, then in most situations it is at this point that such a person's supplications are answered, answered because his test is over: his faith has shined through and the devil has been defeated. So is is at the time of near hopelessness that the worth of man is judged. This meaning is in the saying of Allah:

"Or think you that you will enter Paradise without such trials as came to those who passes away before you? They were afflicted with severe poverty and ailments and were so shaken that even the Messenger and those who believed along with him said," when will come the help of Allah?" Yes! Certainly the help of Allah is near!" Quran 2:214

After Yaqub lost his son, much time elapsed, yet he never lost hope of relief. Instead of relief, another of his sons was then taken away, and even then he did not lose hope of Allah's favor and mercy:

"So patience is most fitting for me. it may be that Allah will bring them all back to me. Truly He! Only He is all knowing, all wise" Quran 12:83

Never therefore, should one feel that too much time has passed by without his supplications being answered. One should realize that whenever one is tested with hardship, one's patience and faith are being tested. To pass such a test, one must drive away the whispers of the shaytan and then turn for help to the Most Merciful, the most Generous, the most Wise.

Here is a little dua'a for students during finals..

"O Allaah, I take refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debts and from being over powered by men."

2006-11-13T05:42:00.000-08:00

Studied too long (not surfed)
When they say the nights get shorter in the winter..They're not kidding...

I was up studying all night for a stupid organic chemistry exam and a case study for my nutrition class..It was 6 am and I was barely done with my last chapter and my case study was done.. (I started studying for his exam 4 days ago which usually is more than enough to finish 5 chapters)..

Right now I'm feeling brain dead and I have to drive to the end of the world to turn in my casestudy, then drive back to the begining of the world to take my organic chem exam...and then...my compy cozy warm bed awaits....

Please pray for me, even if the test is over, pray that the instructor just received the best news and decided to give everyone A's...

May Allah bless you all

PS: my homesickness is getting stronger..

2006-11-01T22:05:00.000-08:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
I've been wanting to write a new post for a while now. I cant say I have nothing to talk about, I think it might be too many things to write about..

But since the 21st night of Ramadan I had a topic in mind but i just didnt get around to posting it.. so here it is.. part of the post is arabic I will translate but if you want to read the arabic and your pc wont show it, go to view-->encoding-->more--> arabic windows. now here is my post..

Usually when I drive to asu east, I like to listen to something that would keep me interested otherwise I would fall asleep on the loooong boring 202. So I have 3 Surah's that I want to memorize that I play on and on..Surat Maryam, Surat Yusef, Surat al Kahf. So on the 20 day of ramadan I was listening to surat yusuf and as I heard it for the 100th time, I noticed an Ayah for the first time..
Ayah number 87, the later part of the ayah saying: "and never give up hope of Allah's Mercy. Certainly no one despairs of Allah's Mercy, except the people who disbelieve" sadaq Allah Alatheem.
"ولا تيأسو من روح الله, إنه لا ييأس من روح الله إلا القوم الكافرون"
The word "Rawh" mentioned in the Ayah means either mercy as mentioned above or the spirit.

I found this Ayah the most beautiful Ayah ever...Just think about it..in every day life when something happens to us, Alhamdulilah most of us remember that its a test from Allah SWT and we believe that Allah is with us and his mercy is showering us..

for lack of words to explain the beauty of this Ayah I will stop here and keep it up to you to apply it to your life which everway you think its right.

Never give up hope from the mercy and soul of Allah..

your sister,
Hope

2006-10-09T18:05:00.000-07:00

Reasons why I quit my job

1- The fact that its a mental hospital
2- The fact that i have to work weekends
3- The fact that i can finish my work in half the time my coworker can (which pisses my boss off, dunno why)
4- Being sexually harrased by a 50 year old man
5- man many many many many small reasons...
6- this is a sample of what my coworkers talk about all day :
Man1: Man I wish I was gay
Man 2: why ??
Man 1: It would be so much easier to find a man than to find a women
Man2: Man I love women, i think if i didnt get one ill just become a man whore to get one.

7- This is a Sample of what the patients talk about:
Patient: Im soo sick of being the invisible man and having to save the world
Nurse: dont you like to save the world
Patient: I do but i wish i wasnt invisible, i want the people to see me when i save them

I've been working in this hospital since August 2005 and my last day is october 15 inshaa Allah...
I think one thing all my coworkers agree on, is that there is a huge possibilty to become one of the patients after working here long enough...
Friends...watch out...

2006-10-05T11:06:00.000-07:00

2006-09-28T23:56:00.000-07:00

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2006-09-09T00:23:00.000-07:00

PATIENCE
Ali bin abi Taleb رضي الله عنه went to Ash'ath to console him upon the death of one of his sons. He said, " If you are sad, then you are deserving of mercy, but if you are patient, then Allah gives you something in place of what was lost or destroyed. And know that if you are patient, everything that was destined for you and preordained for you will occur and you will be rewarded. If you complain and are hopeless, then likewise all that was destined for you will occur, except that you will be blamed for your impatience at Allah's will.

Patience everyone....( I need to learn from this )

This update is just for you SA....

PS...yes this is my nephew Yusef :) I love this kid

2006-09-03T00:11:00.000-07:00

Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah, in his book Ad-Da' wad-Dawa', said that surely sins are like the seeds of fruits that always bear like fruits. Some of our pious forefathers have said that indeed the punishment for committing a sin is that one is compelled to commit sin again, and the reward for doing a good deed is the guidance to follow that up with yet another good deed. This singular action of doing a good deed bears a series of good deeds and in turn one's profits multipy. Similarly bad deeds bring more bad deeds and begin to take shape and permanence in one's character.

If a righteous person were to leave a good deed, he/she would feel confined and constircted. Much like a fish out of water, the soul finds rest only in the tides of moral decency. So it is the same for the sinner, who finds comfort only in the familiarity and repetition of an old sin. He, too, feels the same sense of longing as the righteous person does. He/she sins not for the pleasrue that is derived from it, but to soothe the pain that being away from it brings.

2006-08-25T21:55:00.000-07:00

Love of Allah

Ibn Al Qayyim said that there are ten things that bring about the love of Allah:

1) Recitation of the Quran with reflection and with understanding of its meanings.

2) Seeking closeness to Allah by performing voluntary deeds after having performed obligatory ones, for that leads one to the highest levels of love.

3) Remembering Allah during every situation - with one's time, heart and deeds... one's share of that love is to the degree of one's share in that remembrance.

4) Preferring what He loves to what you love when your derires are strong.

5) Allowing you heart to reflect on His Names and attributes.

6) Reflecting on His many favors and blessings, borht the apparent ones and hidden ones, for that leads to His love.

7) Having your heart softened as it is worshipping Allah.

8) Being alone with HIm in worship when He descends during the last third of the night. And this means to invoke Him, to recite His speech, to stand with all sincerity, good manners and good submission, and then to end that with repentance and seeking His forgiveness.

9) Sitting with those who are truthful in their love of Allah.

10) Staying away from all that creates barriers between the heart and Allah.

Lets try and do one a week..maybe at the end of the 10 weeks we'll accomplish the real love of Allah (SWT).

2006-08-15T14:06:00.000-07:00

Im baaaaaaaaack....as most of you know I finished my finals on Friday the 4th but had to stay in town for a wedding on saturday...me and Hazim planned to go to California on sunday after fajr but we were too excited to get out of town so we left right after the wedding..

we had a great time driving there.. first thing we attended an MSA meeting then after lunch we went to the Sami yusef concert in longbeach...IT WAS GREAT!! wallah i was wishing that everyone was there...inshaaAllah next time...oh yeh i saw SA , Azrah and Rafiq there..

the hotel we were staying in was a 5 minute walk from disney land.. monday morning we went to disney, sadly it was soooo busy so we didnt get to go to all the rides (that means in toon town) cause i wanted to ride EVERYTHING... but we had an awsome time...

tuesday we went to the beach and the we had dinner with family...wednesday, thursday,friday, saturday we stayed at Hazims cousins house, we enjoyed our selves...and finally we installed an alarm system, automatic door locks and keyless entry to my car...now no one should mess with it ..inshaa allah

We had an awsome time, I got really refreshed alhamdulilah...and finally I went to dinsey with hazim :D

Hope everyone had a great time in the last week of summer..
( for some reason i cant upload the pics...ill upload them later...)

2006-08-01T15:46:00.000-07:00

http://killedbaby.blogspot.com/

I can't make any comments...

May Allah give patience to the families of the shuhada'a and the highest level of heaven to the shuhada'a...

Pray for them..its the least we can do...

2006-07-24T23:39:00.000-07:00

There has been a slight change in the plan for dua and qiyam..We will fast Thursday and we will have a potluck iftar at the MAS Youth Center and after that we will pray maghrib and Ishaa together and we will do a few raqa'a of qiyam.. insha Allah this will not last longer than 10:30 pm Thursday night...

you can still pray qiyam Wednesday on your own..But please join us while we break our fast, pray and make duaa together at the mas office...

please forward this email to everyone you know..And try your best to make it..Again this will be a potluck...Bring very simple things..We are there to make dua and pray not eat...

may Allah accept this from all of us...

MAS youth center
2121 S priest rd.
Tempe, 85282

Amal

2006-07-21T00:52:00.000-07:00

Al Salam Alykum,

Im sure everyone is following the news..I hope no one got to the point I got to last night of just extreme deprisson for not being able to do anything about the whole issue..

And as I said on BK blog I was going to advertise for a massive qiyam and duaa...so here is my advertisement and please tell everyone you know and email everyone about it..

InshaAllah this coming up Thursday the 27th of July, we will all pray at 12 am as much as each one wants and making Duaa for Lebanon, and Palestine specifically, for muslims all over the world, and finally for all of humanity..

Thursday the 27th of July we will fast and make duaa through out the day and make extenesive duaa at the time of breaking your fast...

Dont say you cant do it, this is the least we can do for our brothers and sisters all over the world...please email everyone you know...wallahi we will be held accountable on the day of judgment...

Please...for the sake of all the kids that have been killed, the people who lost their homes and for people who lost hope in their fellow brothers and sister in Islam to do anything for them...

Jazakum Allah khair...

2006-07-19T09:27:00.000-07:00

Al Salam Alykum,

Just wanted to share a few pictures from our trip to Medinah..

Masjid of the prophet before fajir

This picture is after fajir...

Masjid of Abu bakir

Masjid of Qiba-the first masjid built in medina

Masjid of Qiblateen(2 Qiblas)

this masjid is where the prophet pbuh and the companions were praying towards Jerusalem and Allah ordered them to turn towards Mekkah as they we were praying

The mountain of the archers in the battle of uhud..the mountain infront of the mount of uhud

Mountain of Uhud

May Allah grant us all the companionship of the prohpet PBUH...Ameen

2006-07-12T09:15:00.000-07:00

Who is a friend?

In life, while traveling through the various stages of life, a person needs good friends, and companions to provide comfort throughout the journey of life. A persons' friend is a source of help and relief when disasters strike, sadness comes down, and a source of happiness when joys are shared. A good friendship should be based on piety, good Islamic behavior, and mainly the love of Allah and the love for Allah's sake.

One last point we should consider is what the prophet PBUH said.
" verily, those among you who will have the closest seats to me(on the day of resurrection) are who have the best conduct, who are humble, who easily get along and are easy to get along with".

I cant be thankful enough to Allah about my friends... To all my friends out there who read this or dont..I love you for the sake of Allah..

2006-06-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

"Indeed with hardship there is ease, Indeed with hardship there is ease" Surah Al-Sharh 4-5

Allah SWT promised two eases with every hardship..
It is narrated that the Messenger of Allah PBUH would go about happy and smiling, and would say ‘A hardship does not overcome two eases; for indeed in hardship there is an ease, indeed in hardship there is an ease.’

And a poet once said :

‘When the world subjects you to its pressure,
Think about ‘Have We not expanded for thee thy breast...’94:1-94:3
You will find two eases for every hardship,
When you mind it you become happy.’

So next time, when you have a paper, a final to study for and a family to spend time with and you feel burdned with too many things, always remember that with hardship comes 2 eases..

when you feel stressed pray 2 rakah for the sake of Allah and make Dua that Allah makes it easy for you, and when its over you will feel the 2 eases.

May Allah make us from among those who ask for Allah's help and when we get it, to be among those who are thankful.. Ameen

2006-06-27T01:22:00.000-07:00

I finally had the time to post some of the camp pictures...

ENJOY!!

2006-06-27T00:34:00.000-07:00

Yesterday as everyone knows, our first year anniversary. Alhamdulilah it went great..
we spent the day at the park and in the evening my dad invited us for dinner, he took us to Macaroni Grill mashaAllah there was 10 of us, the whole family :) reunited again..

After the Dinner he gave me a gift, it was a new stereo for my car. ( for all those who dont know, my car was broken into and the stereo which was my wedding gift from my brother was stolen).

Later that night we went to coffee rush, the best coffee place in the world, we played Dominoes and the night ended by me and hazim dropping my brothers off at Belal's house.

Alhamdulilah for having a big loving family, and for having a great husband..

2006-06-23T01:07:00.000-07:00

This Sunday will be our first year anniversary. Time has passed so fast.. It seems like we just got married a few months ago.

All the awsome times we had are not forgetable. From our trip to Hawaii to our strolls in the park.
For all those who are married.. may Allah bless your marriages and make them continues happiness.. And for those who are yet to be married, may Allah bless you with great spouses who fear Allah in everything they do.

May Allah bless my husband and grant him all his dreams and when this life is over gather us again in heaven with the prophets and the comapanions.

2006-06-05T06:33:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my moderate blog, where I will share things that I learned from the school of life.

It would be nice if everyone commented on my thoughts with what they have learned themselves.