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As I sat down at Shelbies with my family, waiting for my Shawarma Poutine with Halloumi Cheese to arrive, I gazed at the clear blue skies with a knot in the pits of my stomach. It was a perfect afternoon. Yet it wasn’t. For a second I imagined what it would feel like if missiles […]

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Life goes on…

ہر محبت کو زوال ہے, یہی زندگی ہے The guy you thought you would die without, If you don’t get him, you’ll survive.If you get him, it won’t be all that you thought it would be! Again, you’ll survive! The parents you thought you would die without If you move away, you’ll survive.If you get […]

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Don’t take your Obedience for Granted- Dhul Hijjah Reflections VI

Ismail a.s said :- يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفۡعَلۡ مَا تُؤۡمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ “O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find me, if Allah wills, of the steadfast.”” Lesson:- Never take your Obedience for granted! Never take the tawfeeq that He gave for granted! Even If you’re consistently doing some good […]

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Do Great Things with Great Humility!-Dhull Hijjah Reflections VII

ھم کچھ اچھا کرتے ہیں تو پھولے نہ سماتے ھیں We expect fame, applause or acknowledgement at the very least! And we expect good things to come our way cz hello “karma, right?” Lesson#1 Look at the attitude of Syyedna Ibrahim a.s and Ismail a.s, they’re making a mosque,and not just an ordinary mosque, the […]

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Zhul Hijah Reflections-Dhul Hijjah Reflections V

Ibrahim a.s was blessed with a son at the age of 86! Anyone that has struggled with infertility will tell you how long a time that is.Yet when he’s given the son , Allah SWT says sacrifice him! Run a knife on his throat! With your very hands! The very hands you used to make […]

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Make a Dua that Transcends Centuries – Dhul Hijjah Reflections IV

So Ibrahim (a.s) at this point i.e leaving behind his offspring & wife makes this dua:- رَبَّنَاۤ اِنِّىۡۤ اَسۡكَنۡتُ مِنۡ ذُرِّيَّتِىۡ بِوَادٍ غَيۡرِ ذِىۡ زَرۡعٍ عِنۡدَ بَيۡتِكَ الۡمُحَرَّمِۙ رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيۡمُوۡا الصَّلٰوةَ فَاجۡعَلۡ اَ فۡـئِدَةً مِّنَ النَّاسِ تَهۡوِىۡۤ اِلَيۡهِمۡ وَارۡزُقۡهُمۡ مِّنَ الثَّمَرٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَشۡكُرُوۡنَ‏ ﴿14:37﴾(14:37) “Our Lord! I have made some of my offspring settle in […]

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Be Like Hajrah (a.s)-Dhul Hijjah Reflections III

Almost all the stories revolving around zhul Hijjah, seem to me, at their deepest level, stories of tawakul. And tawakul comes from love! From a deep, unwavering sense of being loved. Lovers cannot imagine not being loved۔ You know you can just TELL when you see a child that has been loved as children should […]

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Give up Something for Allah (swt)-Dhul Hijjah Reflections II

Ibrahim a.s was tested by many things in his life and Almost every single relationship! By his father’s shunning of him, by having to leave a land he grew up in, being thrown out by his own people, and finally, the difficulty of not having children. Eventually, When he IS blessed with a child, Allah […]

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Leap of Faith-Dhul Hijjah Reflections I

I was cooking today & there was a sudden splash of hot oil. My Little one was behind me & you know what I did?In an instant, I shielded her with my body! No questions asked, no second guesses, no rethinking, nothing! That’s what Ibrahim a.s did. Threw himself in the fire! No questions asked! […]