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Reading Early and Often!
Reading to your child almost from the day they are born (and even in utero) is considered to be absolutely essential if you want your child to read early, read often and love reading. Although, I didn’t quite catch the reading to my child thing until he was 8 months, I can see its effects. I knew reading to him was important but, I was too busy with other essentials like diapers, nursing, sleeping, and taking... Read More →
Chapter 19: The Mountain of Uhud (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. More than a decade ago I remember standing at a wired fence in some desert in Saudi Arabia as a little kid. My parents must have made Umrah (the Lesser Pilgrimage) and this was one of the tour spots we stopped at but I was very confused. I was surrounded by weeping adults holding their hands up in prayer. I was standing... Read More →
Chapter 18: The City of the Prophet (sal Allahu ‘alayhi wasallam) (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. In the cold, I barely wanted to move, but someone was tapping me and gently tugging the covers off of me. In a calm voice someone helped lift me up and slowly walk me to another bed, then tuck me into it. I was coughing, my nose was stuffy, my eyelids were heavy. Why was it so cold? What was happening? Was it fajr... Read More →
Chapter 17: Bus Ride #9235 (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Since completing Hajj – packing a few bags, a couple of days, and one more trip to Bin Dawood later – we were boarding a nice big air conditioned bus to take us to Madinah – the second part of our Hajj package. We had spent two weeks in Makkah and now we were going to spend about two and a half days in Madinah. Surprisingly,... Read More →
Chapter 16: Salaam to the Kabah (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. A day or so after Hajj, it was time for us to leave Makkah. It had only been two weeks since we had been here but it still felt like I was leaving a place I had lived in for months. When one leaves Makkah, there’s a rite they have to perform called Tawaaf al-Widaa. I call it the ‘Good-bye Tawaaf.’ For this you... Read More →
Chapter 15: Day V – The Ongoing Pilgrimage (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Hajj Day 1 – Completed Purpose: Enter into the state of ihram, make your intention for Hajj, and spend the day in preparation for the journey of Hajj. Location: Mina camps Hajj Day 2 – Completed Purpose: To spend the afternoon from dhuhr to maghrib prayer times making du’aa and repenting to leave Arafat with all of... Read More →
Chapter 13: Day IV – Sa’ee (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. So first Tawaaf, drink Zam Zam, and then pray two units, or raka’at, of prayer behind Maqam-e-Ibrahim, the station of Prophet Abraham. The Maqam-e-Ibrahim is a brass structure located by the Kabah which contains the footprints of Prophet Abraham. Prophet Muhammed (sal Allahu ‘alayhi wasallam) also prayed behind... Read More →
Chapter 9: Day 3 – Attempt from Muzdalifah to Mina (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Hajj Day 1 – Completed Purpose: Enter into the state of ihram, make your intention for Hajj, and spend the day in preparation for the journey of Hajj. Location: Mina camps Hajj Day 2 – Completed Purpose: To spend the afternoon from dhuhr to maghrib prayer times making du’aa and repenting to leave Arafat with all of our... Read More →
Chapter 7: Day II – The Day of Arafat – Dhuhr to Maghrib (Hajj Series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Ibn al Sammak said to Al-Rashid when asked to be brought a cup of drinking water: “Commander of the faithful, if this drink were refused to you, how much would you offer to get it?” “My entire kingdom,” replied al-Rashid. “Commander of the faithful,” continues the other, “if you... Read More →
Chapter 6: Day II – The Day of Arafat – Morning to Dhuhr (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Hajj Day 1 – Completed Purpose: Enter into the state of ihram, make your intention for Hajj, and spend the day in preparation for the journey of Hajj. Location: Mina camps When we arrived in the area of Mount Arafat it was about 8:00 in the morning. We still had a few hours until the mission of this day would begin.... Read More →
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