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Chapter 4: The Buses Are Here, The Buses Are He– PSYCHE! (Hajj series)

Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Actually, ignore everything I’ve told you about Hajj. Just remember this: Hajj is waiting for buses. The buses never come. You stop believing in the buses. You think everyone is lying about the buses. When someone barges into your room (or tent) switching on lights and clapping their hands yelling, “The buses are here!... Read More →

Chapter 3: The Race of Hajj (Hajj series)

Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Some people climb Mount Everest, some people prepare to achieve Olympic gold medals, some people pioneer outer space. It seems to always be to prove how far they can push themselves, how much they can accomplish if they put their minds to it. Maybe they even do it to come to peace with an internal struggle. Others, I guess,... Read More →

Chapter 2: Better Than Getting a Letter from Hogwarts (Hajj series)

Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. I always secretly wished I would wake up one day and find an owl perched up on my bed frame with a piece of paper in between its beak bearing the Hogwarts insignia. Even though I knew I was being silly, the age of eleven came and went and then so did all the years thereafter. When I graduated from high school and as I wrapped... Read More →

Chapter 1: So, How Was Your Hajj? (Hajj series)

Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. I stared blankly at the face of the auntie in front of me with my mouth partly open just going, “Uhhhh…” I probably looked like my brain had just shut down but this was my typical answer to, “So, how was your Hajj?” To my surprise, I was having more issues with everyone around me asking me how my Hajj was the way they... Read More →

Who Am I to Judge? On Imagined Humility

By Umm Zakiyyah “Are you so righteous,” the sister asked, “that you can now fix all the sinful?” Almost anyone who is actively involved in Islamic work can relate to hearing these sorts of comments in response to their da’wah efforts. And each time someone says this, the underlying message is clear: Because you are “pointing out others’ sins,” you must think you’re better than everyone else. Then... Read More →