10.26.06
Posted in Random at 8:29 pm by salafiya
Last night I was watching a program on TLC. It was called ‘The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off’. SubhanAllaah, my heart hurt for this man who died at the age of 36 after a life-long struggle with a rare disease. I hope that he never heard about Islaam (which is highly unlikely nowadays) because he was too busy with his disease. InshaAllaah, maybe he will be given another chance due to his ignorance. I asked myself….what would I do if during my pregnancy I discovered my child would have a severe disease/disability/disorder, etc? Of course I, like most Muslims, hate abortion but maybe it is an act of mercy in this case? But on the other hand, Allaah does what is best and who are we to take a life? Allaahu Alam. May Allaah never give us a trial as complicated as this, Ameen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_KennedyÂ
 Watching Jonny Kennedy’s story reminded me of Novemthree’s life. I watched his life story about a year ago and I could not contain my tears. I was filled with so much compassion for this child. I grew to love him during that 1-2 hour special and inshaAllaah he is in Jannah since he died when he was a child. Novemthree had a face eating tumor. subhanAllaah, I just can’t imagine his life. It seems as if the children who go through the tougher trials are the most patient. We could learn a thing or two from them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novemthree
I was also watching something about Micheal J. Fox (someone that all the news channels are talking about). I know that Allaah gives us trials that match our ability to deal with them and nothing more, but I still think about how I would ever be able to handle diseases. Of course we take things one at a time and we deal with life…all of us. I wouldn’t have been able to say 6 years ago that I could have dealt with any of the stuff that has happened since then.
 Anywho, back to the title of this entry. Whenever I watch these types of shows, I admit that I am ashamed of myself. I am so ashamed that I have the nerve to even complain about trivial things. We humans are so ungrateful to our Creator. Allaah has blessed us so much and we hardly ever take out the time to thank Him. As I wrote in my journal once, no matter how many difficulties we have, there is someone out there who is having more hardships than us. Who is at the bottom of the chain you may ask? No one. The person we deem to be at the bottom of the chain may think that we are the people who have it worst in life. But we all need to count our blessings before we start complaining (I say this to myself first and foremost. In fact, I say this to myself soley for now but I decided to share this with you all).
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Posted in Uncategorized at 7:48 pm by salafiya
Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu
 I went on a site and there is a nasheed that plays automatically. I have not heard this nasheed for such a long time - almost 2 months. Once I heard it, so many memories came pouring back. My heart really felt…dare I say it….warm and fuzzy. At the same time, I felt this sort of happiness that included tears springing up to my eyes. This nasheed has sentimental value. Sooo many people connected to it. *sighs*
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10.25.06
Posted in Random at 8:46 pm by salafiya
Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu
 I love his voice/recitation. MashaALlaah it’s so amazing to listen to him. I will try to upload a sample of a recording from this year’s taraweeh. I also tried uploading it onto youtube, but I think it is still processing.
 Ok, it’s not working - invalid format. Well, there is a brother who has uploaded the recitation from last year. This year’s was a bit different but mashaAllaah still very nice. He can recite in all 7 ways.
 oh my Allaah, while I was recording this, I got so annoyed with all the fans and the girls talking in the back. I mean, if you don’t/can’t pray, then go to the basement! Or go to the room designated for children! DO NOT TALK WHILE WE ARE PRAYING! man. I guess I can’t really blame them because that was me a couple of years ago. I would find one of my long lost friends and we’d start talking until taraweeh ended (=/). But now I look forward to standing for the 20 rakah. =D
 Anyways, here is the brother’s blog….the du’aa is at the top on the banner, right under ‘Saqib Saab’. http://www.xanga.com/saqibsaab He used to have Surah At-Tawbah (ayahs 111-116) on there, but I can’t seem to be able to google it & click the cached version.
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10.23.06
Posted in Random at 10:05 pm by salafiya
Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu
 oops, sort of late.
edited
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10.17.06
Posted in Random at 5:59 pm by salafiya
LOL, I just reread my last entry. I do not know why I went off on a tangent on how I miss my friends. I guess because I truly do miss them….sorely. Anyways, here’s just something I made….
 
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Posted in Random, Uncategorized at 3:28 pm by salafiya
bleh 3layk =P
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10.16.06
Posted in Random at 7:53 am by salafiya
bleh….nvm
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10.12.06
Posted in Random at 3:38 pm by salafiya
bleh bleh bleh….was stupid.
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10.09.06
Posted in Asma at 10:35 am by salafiya
Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu
Today is October 9th, 2006. Asma would have been 14 today according to the Gregorian Calendar, not that we celebrate birthdays. She was born on a Friday, I think in the morning hours. Though I cannot be sure since I do not even know the time of day I was born. She would have been 14 today and I would still be 17. For a few months we would only be three years apart if you look at the numbers. And then inshaAllaah this December I will be 18. But I won’t be able to compare ages with my sister any longer.
 This day, this month last year, Asma would have been 13. But she never reached her 13th ‘birthday.’ She left this dunya only four months after she turned 12 (again, according to the Gregorian Calendar). Funny thing is, she never wanted to become a teenager. She would say to me, “Aysha, I’m scared of being 13.” And I knew where she was coming from because I felt the same way when I was her age. My thoughts were that I was growing up too quickly and I wanted to be Daddy’s little girl forever. I didn’t want to become like these nasty teenagers that we so often see on television. I don’t know if these were the same reasons Asma had, but I knew how she felt. SubhanAllaah, Asma never had to deal with being a teenager, with growing up. Indeed, it is true that Allaah works in mysterious ways. Mysterious to us, that is.
While Asma was sick, I was looking forward to her becoming 14 and me 18. Or 15/19, 16/20. They are such perfect pairs in my opinion. I was looking forward to the day when I would be able to talk to her about anything and everything. I would tell Asma a lot of thing about my life, but not everything because I just thought she was too young at the time.
 But Alhumdulillah ‘ala kulli hal. I wanted to continue this post, but I can’t. InshaAllaah later…
 On a final note, Asma was born on Friday, October 9, 1992 and passed away Friday, February 11th, 2005.
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