Check it out here.

The site is just plain awesome masha Allah. A very much needed Muslim version of ”Ask Abby”.

Thanks for posting about it Sarah, otherwise I wouldn’t have found out such a marvelous yet sincere place existed. May Allah bless the writers with jannatul ferdows and impacting words that will get others there as well insha Allah.

 ”Don’t leave the milk out for too long, it’ll spoil!”

or

“Why is the milk still on the table? I told you, it’ll spoil!”

or

“How many times do I have to tell you?! Put the milk in the fridge!”

or

“Hello? Are you listening to me?! Heeellooooo???”

Or maybe just the first one…

Point is – If you leave things waiting for too long, something bad’s bound to happen. Keep that in mind for later.

I heard a gem of a statement the other day while listening to the Fasting & Furious lecture by Shaykh Muhammad Alshareef. It was,

“We don’t need motivation to do the things we love. So what’s holding us back from loving the Qur’an? From wanting to pray taraweeh? From loving Allah?”

(Pretty powerful stuff that I think says enough on it’s own but I gotta ramble so…)

Nothing holds us, or should I say me personally, back from logging into my gmail account to chat. I don’t think twice before doing things that I enjoy. 

But what about those things that we should enjoy and are just putting to the back of our minds, for comfort’s sake? For that, I think we’re all in need of re-evaluating our priorities every once in a while. What’s really more important to us? Maybe the reason behind our excuses of ‘I don’t have time’ or ‘I’m too tired’ is simply because, well, as painful as it is to admit it – maybe we just don’t care enough. Once you get to the root of the problem and fix it, the rest will be history insha Allah.

And what about those things that we don’t enjoy but really should get done with already?

Ahh the perils of procrastination… I could probably write a book on that topic, simply based off of all the times I’ve fallen into the habit and got myself into holes deeper than I could climb out of, and done it again. But I won’t. Instead, I’ll share a tip a special person once shared with me:

“For all the things that you hate doing, just imagine if you died today. Think of who would have to do the task after you. How do you feel about that?”

For example, let’s just say a certain someone has been putting off cleaning her room (yeah, okay fine, it’s me again). Imagining someone else coming to tidy up my room, picking up all my clothes off the floor, putting everything away, etc. after my death scheduled in 24 hours (which is already scary by itself!) is enough to make me snap out of my chair and pick up the vacuum cleaner.

Where in your life do you have milk waiting to be put away? And if not now, when are you going to do it? Remember, you’ve got 24 hours. Maybe.

And then it got eyebrows.

And then it got smushed.

Don’t worry Hiddensouls, we froze your requested 40. You’re welcome .

The Story

Yesterday one of the kittens fell off the top step of the stairs (the ones in the pic). I know, triple ouch. The poor thing started meowing like crazy with every hobble it took afterwards. (Alhamdulillah, she’s better now.) So what’s the cool thing about this story? Well, it just so happens that of all the kittens (6 at the time), only the one who was injured is able to jump from the steps today.

Moral: What hurts now may be the reason behind your success later (and because of your difficult situation @ the present (think of it as a present), you may end up whizzing by others struggling in the future).  

Insha Allah soon enough I’ll post some cuter pictures with better resolution. I stole these ones off L.

Enough posts for one night, methinks!

PS Ever since I found out ‘one’ can’t be referred to as ‘they’ – (ex: one never knows where they’ll find…), I find it so hard to implement this irritating grammar rule destroyed by everyday conversation. Sorry. Blame society, media, and cheese (why not?), but not milk.

- Deadlines in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear.

- If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.

- Every year we live we pass by the anniversary of our deaths.

- August reminds me of Augustus Gloop.

- The Ultimate Showdown would be between Charlie Brown & Snoopy and Calvin & Hobbes. Obviously, there’s a clear winner.

- One of the most common mistakes in the English language is using the words ‘aisle’ and ‘isle’ interchangeably. There is a difference. Google it. You learn something new everyday.

There are a couple more. Insha Allah soon.

Convo 1

- ???: “Welcome to the world. You’re not a kid. Please wake up. Don’t take it personal, but no one cares about you and as a matter of fact they want to be better than you.”

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Convo 2

- ???: “ajidfokalsdfisdjf” – something funny that I forget

- Me: “If I had a facebook account I would make that my status. Too bad – “

- ???: “No.” *moments later* “You can get facebook.”

- Me: “ARE YOU – “

- ???: “Just kidding!” *later* “If you had facebook you could make a fan page for me.”

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Convo 3

- Grandma: “…Yeah, they’re staying in Beirut for two days.”

- ???: “Oh Beirut as in Paris, right?”

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Convo 4

- Me after entering her room: “What was that one – “

- ???: “Bismillah!”

- Me: “Um… Am I really that scary?”

- ???: “I didn’t see you!”

- Me: “Okay. What was that one – “

- ???: “What?”

- Me: “I said what was that – “

- ???: “Whaat??”

- Me: “I SAID – ” *??? takes out earplugs* “What was that one thing you said yesterday that I was all ‘ohh if I had fb I would make that my status!’?”

- ???: “Oh, how I told you, ‘Today I learned you have a psychiatric disorder.’?”

- Me: “Yeah. I’m not gonna facebook it. I’m gonna WORDPRESS it.”

- ???: “Um… Okay. You make no sense please go I have to study.”

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Wisdom, Discipline, and Humour – I need a bit of everything. Maybe that’s why I have 3 sisters. Alhamdulillah.

And seriously, what would you choose?

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Although the one below does not exactly fit either case, I still found it to be quite intriguing as it touches upon a crux found in every society: gender equality vs gender equity.

For more What Would You Do episodes touching on gender equality some can be found here and here.

So, as always I have to put my own spin on things …

Today, we find many pushing and pushing in an attempt to reach gender equality. At the same time however, people refuse to accept the fact that as human beings we will continue to subconsciously treat men differently than the way we interact with women. Most of the time when we do things that affects someone we don’t think, “Is the way I’m treating so and so fair? Would I treat this person the same way if his/her gender was different?”

Rarely do we think this… Except when we’re out there purposely monitoring our actions, keeping our modesty in check, purifying our intentions, and so on.

Where am I going with this?

Maybe I’m analyzing this too much, maybe I’m not. I just can’t help but feel that the hijab/headscarf that Muslim women wear is like a “divine prescription” – customized to fit each and every woman’s needs; a reminder to herself of who she is and what she stands for, as well as a body of armour that automatically sets others straight on how to interact with her. True equality stems from treating a woman the way she deserves to be treated, not by measuring her up to man-made standards made for man. I don’t wear hijab for men nor because of men, but I do refuse to be judged according to men. Maybe as women it’s time to wipe off the “white mustaches” we’ve grown accustomed to having on our faces and find our true feminism elsewhere.

And hey, maybe the fact that the hijab has lasted more than centuries has to mean something… maybe something like: “it’s more than just a piece of cloth”.

Alhamdulillah.

Is it all too clear I miss writing for I Got It Covered ?

PS Again, title credit goes to DaughterofPearls – what would I do without your cleverness?!

PSS Why is ‘cleverness’ a word but not ‘geniusness’? Someone can be a genius the same way he/she can be clever. I refuse to allow the word ‘genius’ to be reduced to a simple title and not be granted the ranking of an adjective, Webster.

Afraid much? Oh no, not at all...

So now what? Run. Chicken Run.

… then come back, face reality, suck it up, and make most of the days Allah has blessed you with.

But seriously, this time  - no I can’t promise that, just listen…