Sheikh/Dr. Bilal Philips
A modern hijab poem
Baby, it's all good!
Author unknown
What do you see when you look at me
Do you see someone limited, or someone free
All some people can do is just look and stare
Simply because they can't see my hair
Others think I am controlled and uneducated
They think that I am limited and un-liberated
They are so thankful that they are not me
Because they would like to remain 'free'
Well free isn't exactly the word I would've used
Describing women who are cheated on and abused
They think that I do not have opinions or voice
They think that being hooded isn't my choice
They think that the hood makes me look caged
That my husband or dad are totally outraged
All they can do is look at me in fear
And in my eye there is a tear
Not because I have been stared at or made fun of
But because people are ignoring the One up above
On the day of judgment they will be the fools
Because they were too ashamed to play by their own rules
Maybe the guys won't think I am a cutie
But at least I am filled with more inner beauty
See I have declined from being a guy's toy
Because I won't let myself be controlled by a boy
Real men are able to appreciate my mind
And aren't busy looking at my behind
Hooded girls are the ones really helping the Muslim cause
The role that we play definitely deserves applause
I will be recognized because I am smart and bright
And because some people are inspired by my sight
The smart ones are attracted by my tranquility
In the back of their mind they wish they were me
We have the strength to do what we think is right
Even if it means putting up a life long fight
You see we are not controlled by a mini skirt and tight shirt
We are given only respect, and never treated like dirt
So you see, we are the ones that are free and liberated
We are not the ones that are sexually terrorized and violated
We are the ones that are free and pure
We're free of STD's that have no cure
So when people ask you how you feel about the hood
Just sum it up by saying, 'Baby its all good'
Now this...is my kind of poem.
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Author unknown
What do you see when you look at me
Do you see someone limited, or someone free
All some people can do is just look and stare
Simply because they can't see my hair
Others think I am controlled and uneducated
They think that I am limited and un-liberated
They are so thankful that they are not me
Because they would like to remain 'free'
Well free isn't exactly the word I would've used
Describing women who are cheated on and abused
They think that I do not have opinions or voice
They think that being hooded isn't my choice
They think that the hood makes me look caged
That my husband or dad are totally outraged
All they can do is look at me in fear
And in my eye there is a tear
Not because I have been stared at or made fun of
But because people are ignoring the One up above
On the day of judgment they will be the fools
Because they were too ashamed to play by their own rules
Maybe the guys won't think I am a cutie
But at least I am filled with more inner beauty
See I have declined from being a guy's toy
Because I won't let myself be controlled by a boy
Real men are able to appreciate my mind
And aren't busy looking at my behind
Hooded girls are the ones really helping the Muslim cause
The role that we play definitely deserves applause
I will be recognized because I am smart and bright
And because some people are inspired by my sight
The smart ones are attracted by my tranquility
In the back of their mind they wish they were me
We have the strength to do what we think is right
Even if it means putting up a life long fight
You see we are not controlled by a mini skirt and tight shirt
We are given only respect, and never treated like dirt
So you see, we are the ones that are free and liberated
We are not the ones that are sexually terrorized and violated
We are the ones that are free and pure
We're free of STD's that have no cure
So when people ask you how you feel about the hood
Just sum it up by saying, 'Baby its all good'
Now this...is my kind of poem.
Turning Muslim In The UK
Wow...that lady has courage for wearing the burqa/niqaab...also considering the fact that she just entered islam not so long ago.
Its funny because most converts that I have met (in T. and Edmonton)always seem more intertwined with their faith....while the muslims born into this religion are running away from it...maybe its because they found the truth for them selves while "we" were told what to believe, and decided to beleive it without the effort of researching the truth for ourselves....maybe because "we" take this for granted and blindly follow the crowd like a flock of sheep, not knowing what it is that we
believe or why....
Things like these is what puts a smile on my face....seeing it live is a 100 times better though (i know...i'm a bit wierd) :D
Bukhari narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:
"Whoever wronged his brother with regard to his honour or any other matter, should seek his forgiveness today, before there are no longer any dinars, or dirhams; and if he has any righteous deeds, they will be taken from him, in accordance with the wrong he did; and if he has no hasanaat, some of the sayi`aat of his counterpart will be taken and added to his burden.” [Bukhari: Kitaab al-Mazaalim, Baab man kaanat lahu mazlamah `inda rajul, Fath al-Baari, 5/101]
This person whose hasanaat are taken from him by the people, and then has their sayi`aat placed on his own back, is the one who is bankrupt, as the Messenger (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) called him. Muslim narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:
"Do you know who is the one who is bankrupt?" They said, "The bankrupt is the one who has no money and no possessions." He said, "Among my ummah, the one who is bankrupt is the one who will come on the Day of Resurrection with prayer and fasting and zakah (to his credit), but he will come having insulted this one, slandered that one, consumed the wealth of this one and shed the blood of that one, and beaten that one. So they will all be given some of his hasanaat, and when his hasanaat run out, before judgement is passed, some of their sins will be taken and cast onto him, then he will be cast into the Fire." [Muslim: 4/1998, hadith no. 2581.]
If a debtor died when he still owed money to people, they will take from his hasanaat whatever is in accordance with what he owes them. In Sunan ibn Maajah it is narrated with a saheeh isnaad that Ibn 'Umar (radhiallahu `anhu) stated: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:
"Whoever dies owing a dinar or a dirham, it will be paid from his hasanaat, for then there will be no dinars or dirhams.” [Saheeh al-Jaami' as-Sagheer, 5/537, hadith no. 6432.]
I was checking out some blogs and found this....very interesting stuff.
I didn't know blogs could be so informatif :)
(I should start paying back some of my friends.... I owe a few people : S )
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"Whoever wronged his brother with regard to his honour or any other matter, should seek his forgiveness today, before there are no longer any dinars, or dirhams; and if he has any righteous deeds, they will be taken from him, in accordance with the wrong he did; and if he has no hasanaat, some of the sayi`aat of his counterpart will be taken and added to his burden.” [Bukhari: Kitaab al-Mazaalim, Baab man kaanat lahu mazlamah `inda rajul, Fath al-Baari, 5/101]
This person whose hasanaat are taken from him by the people, and then has their sayi`aat placed on his own back, is the one who is bankrupt, as the Messenger (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) called him. Muslim narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:
"Do you know who is the one who is bankrupt?" They said, "The bankrupt is the one who has no money and no possessions." He said, "Among my ummah, the one who is bankrupt is the one who will come on the Day of Resurrection with prayer and fasting and zakah (to his credit), but he will come having insulted this one, slandered that one, consumed the wealth of this one and shed the blood of that one, and beaten that one. So they will all be given some of his hasanaat, and when his hasanaat run out, before judgement is passed, some of their sins will be taken and cast onto him, then he will be cast into the Fire." [Muslim: 4/1998, hadith no. 2581.]
If a debtor died when he still owed money to people, they will take from his hasanaat whatever is in accordance with what he owes them. In Sunan ibn Maajah it is narrated with a saheeh isnaad that Ibn 'Umar (radhiallahu `anhu) stated: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:
"Whoever dies owing a dinar or a dirham, it will be paid from his hasanaat, for then there will be no dinars or dirhams.” [Saheeh al-Jaami' as-Sagheer, 5/537, hadith no. 6432.]
I was checking out some blogs and found this....very interesting stuff.
I didn't know blogs could be so informatif :)
(I should start paying back some of my friends.... I owe a few people : S )
The Slanderer & the Backbiter
In the name of Allah the Most Beneficient The Most Merciful.
-Wail to every slanderer and backbiter
(Soorah Al-Humazah, verse #1)
{That is, they will be in a river in Hell-fire wich is composed of the pus and purulant discharge of the people of Hell. The slanderer disparages people while the backbiter speaks ill of them behind their backs, thus angering them.}
-Behold, you received it on your tongues, and said out of your mouths things which you had no knowledge; and you thought it to be a light matter, while it was most serious in the sight of God (24: 15) {Many of us back bite and gossip without thinking. We think it is minor matter, however God reminds us to be careful and even though we think we are doing something little it is in fact very big in the sight of God!}
-And why did you not, when you heard it, say? "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to God, this is a most serious slander" (24:16)
{Many people are so busy spreading the slander they hear that they do not even stop to think if it is true or not.}
-Prophet Muhammad said :"Do you know what backbiting is?" They said, "God and His Messenger know best." He then said, "It is to say something about your brother that he would dislike." Someone asked him, "But what if what I say is true?" The Messenger of God(pbuh)said, "If what you say about him is true, you are backbiting him, but if it is not true then you have slandered him." (Muslim)
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After friday's halaqa, as any other friday evening, I had gone over to my friends house. Another friend of mine decided to join me, and so we walked together for awhile. We spoke of many things, she's a bit older than I am, so everything I would tell her she would completely understand having gone through it already. We talked about school, our interests, our lives before edmonton, our goals ...our friends. Things started to get a little more personal and I mentioned a friend of ours. I told her that she wasn't always the way she was and that her pick of friends is the main cause of "who" she has become. Before I could finish my sentence I looked up at her in awe... her hands were on her ears as she was shaking her head. "Are you o.k ?" I ask.
She looks at me , hoping that she had not hurt my feelings. "I'm sorry... I just hate it whenever people talk badly about each other...it doesn't make any sense...its nothing but trouble...I just hate it...I hope I didn't hurt your feelings, I just..." I looked at her for a while, then smiled.. the biggest smile and told her that not only am i "not" hurt by what you have just done...but I am so thankful that I have a friend like you. Thats definitely the first time someone has done something like this to me. I told her that I always encourage my friends to tell me whenever I do/say something wrong, but they always tell me "after" I've already done it...while she had stopped me in the process of making a great mistake (thankfully)
Its true...I hate it when people gossip, sometimes a little may slip out unknowingly...but for those who sit and watch the wrong doing.. knowing that you "could" have stoped it from happening...just rememeber...you will also be questioned
" And why did you not, when you heard it, say? "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to God, this is a most serious slander" (24:16).
So the one who listens to the backbiting/slandering could be just as bad as the one who commits it. Yes, yes, i know not everyone is capable of just "stopping" the act of backbiting, lets just be aware of what we say...and how we say it. (Rome wasn't built in a day :) )
This past year, every single fight (concerning the girls...that I have witnessed) either verbal or physical was caused by this...the act of satan.
What will we do the next time we are tempted to backbite or hear slander in our presence
hmm...?
Verily, the prayer is a preventative deterrent against human tendencies towards doing what is wrong.
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Intense Conversation
The other day, while I was in one of my classes, I got into this intense conversation with a friend of mine. She asked me about my beliefs, and I summarized the basics to her, how I believe in one God and the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) was the last amongst them, how Muslims have to pray 5 times a day, but I forgot to mention Zakat & the pilgrimages to Makkah .. she already knew about fasting, then I asked her about her beliefs and she didn’t really know what to say.
She said to me that she believes in God and that God is everywhere. She's always singing songs about Jesus (gospel), but when I asked her if she believed Jesus to be god, she said no…(lol…funny stuff)
She didn’t know what to believe actually, she was pretty much lost. This girl that was listing to our conversation comes over and starts talking to us about religion too. She told me she was an atheist. When I asked her why, she said god was never there for her in her time of need, so god “must” be a fictional character, only to make people feel better about them selves. I was so surprised. I don’t remember what I said to her, all I remember is the teacher staring at me…
After a while, we suddenly started talking about why I was against homosexuality…..it was so disturbing talking about things like that. Then I told her that, the only reason why I was against it, is because my religion doesn’t allow it. Then she asked me “So…would you ever do anything to stop 'it' ?” I told her that even if I could…who would listen, right? Then she looked at me and said “good, I was hoping you weren’t one of those “anti homosexual people”. I had this puzzled look on my face, and then she told me that these 2 girls in one of our classes was “one of them”…and I’m like “say whaaat?? "
I really wanted to stop talking about it, and then she gets closer to me, as if whispering,
"I don’t mind people like that…I guess they’re just born like that, huh? ummmm…although I have a boyfriend, sometimes I get attracted to girls…but not to the extent that I would actually go out with one, hahaha”
I was horrified and my friend was staring at me and I’m staring back and I was like
“ hold up/hold up /hold UP ….what in heck just happened?”
I walked backwards really slowly, and said that I better get back to work…
That was one of “the most uncomfortable” moments I had ever gone through…
I can’t even look at that girl the same way I used to…
man they should ban that kind of stuff ….its just nasty, its sickening :/
Then when I was walking out of that class, the teacher looked at me with the biggest smile ever and said “wow…that was a pretty interesting conversation you had there…”
I laughed and walked out of class feeling like that whole conversation was pointless.... I didn’t even get my point across to that girl! I thought of so many things I could tell her.. but after it already happened!…I always do that, I always think of the best things to say AFTER it happened, so its no use. I also really don’t want to have to talk about “that” again.
Hopefully someone will set her straight.
All I gotta say is “Thank God for Islam” :)
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She said to me that she believes in God and that God is everywhere. She's always singing songs about Jesus (gospel), but when I asked her if she believed Jesus to be god, she said no…(lol…funny stuff)
She didn’t know what to believe actually, she was pretty much lost. This girl that was listing to our conversation comes over and starts talking to us about religion too. She told me she was an atheist. When I asked her why, she said god was never there for her in her time of need, so god “must” be a fictional character, only to make people feel better about them selves. I was so surprised. I don’t remember what I said to her, all I remember is the teacher staring at me…
After a while, we suddenly started talking about why I was against homosexuality…..it was so disturbing talking about things like that. Then I told her that, the only reason why I was against it, is because my religion doesn’t allow it. Then she asked me “So…would you ever do anything to stop 'it' ?” I told her that even if I could…who would listen, right? Then she looked at me and said “good, I was hoping you weren’t one of those “anti homosexual people”. I had this puzzled look on my face, and then she told me that these 2 girls in one of our classes was “one of them”…and I’m like “say whaaat?? "
I really wanted to stop talking about it, and then she gets closer to me, as if whispering,
"I don’t mind people like that…I guess they’re just born like that, huh? ummmm…although I have a boyfriend, sometimes I get attracted to girls…but not to the extent that I would actually go out with one, hahaha”
I was horrified and my friend was staring at me and I’m staring back and I was like
“ hold up/hold up /hold UP ….what in heck just happened?”
I walked backwards really slowly, and said that I better get back to work…
That was one of “the most uncomfortable” moments I had ever gone through…
I can’t even look at that girl the same way I used to…
man they should ban that kind of stuff ….its just nasty, its sickening :/
Then when I was walking out of that class, the teacher looked at me with the biggest smile ever and said “wow…that was a pretty interesting conversation you had there…”
I laughed and walked out of class feeling like that whole conversation was pointless.... I didn’t even get my point across to that girl! I thought of so many things I could tell her.. but after it already happened!…I always do that, I always think of the best things to say AFTER it happened, so its no use. I also really don’t want to have to talk about “that” again.
Hopefully someone will set her straight.
All I gotta say is “Thank God for Islam” :)