It’s been a LOONNGG time since I posted anything! There were many times I meant to post, but don’t know exactly what stopped me. Anyways, here is my post for today.
I was thinking about that bad guy at school. When I was in 2nd Grade, there was this new kid in class […]

When you give advice, find a private place and speak gently. Do not say that somebody else has said the criticisms that you address to your companion, that would be to speak ill. If you phrase your advice bluntly, you will annoy and discourage. “Speak to him courteously,” the Almighty has said: “And speak unto […]

Being largely homebound, I depend on the net a lot for news, staying in touch with friends and family (OK, this I need to work on!), lesson ideas, craft tutorials and well… almost anything really! I even made broadband connection the most important clause in my agreement to move to Pakistan *blush*
I am trying to […]

ولئن أذقناه نعماء بعد ضراء مسته ليقولن ذهب السيئات عني إنه لفرح فخور
But if We give him a taste of (Our) favours after adversity hath touched him, he is sure to say, “All evil has departed from me:” Behold! he falls into exultation and pride.
إلا الذين صبروا وعملوا الصالحات أولئك لهم مغفرة وأجر كبير
Not so […]

Have you noticed that whenever we think about enjoining good and forbidding evil, we tend to concentrate more on the forbidding evil part? We’ve lost an important sense of optimism which the Sahabah had, which brought forth so much strength, motivation and stamina in the religion. We even make our kids suffer.
Case in […]