People who dont care

Salaams
 
Dont you hate people who cruise through life….This one girl at work is so irresponsible and doesnot complete her work and then when theres a consequence like someone pitching for a meeting at the wrong time because she didnt inform them of the right time, she still has the nerve to walk around aimlessly and do other stuff instead of explaining herself to the person! I was so mad, I made sure that I didnt have to explain because really it wasnt my fault, but she took so long so i called her and told her to hurry up because the poor guy was waiting! So she finally explained but took no responsibility for standing him up 
 
*hrrmph*
🙂
 

When friendship wanes….

Why is it that some people can decide when THEY want to give up on friendship and others must just accept it? Why is it ok for some people to say what they want and you must just understand and accept it? Thats not fair, Im not afraid of conflict or confrontation when necessary to understand and explain the situation.
 
It hurts when this happens..but theres only one thing to do and that is to bring it on and face it head on
 
Wish me luck!  🙂

Career crisis

I’m having a career crisis – im not even in the mid of my career ( try 3 years down the track only!) and Im tired. I guess its because I am confused about what I want.Or what I though I wanted wasn’t quite right anymore 😦

I need inspiration and guidance from Allah. I have neglected my duty to Him recently ( very bad girl!) but Inshallah I will revive this again NOW!
🙂
M4life


Being a mother…


I had the most fabulous weekend- I spent the weekend babysitting my 9 year old sister Sumayya and we had a wonderful time! It was scary in that I had a responsibility towards her – and she got sick and i had to nurse her at night – and if I might say so myself, I think I did pretty fine! Alhamdulillah, she is an angel so it made it that much easier to handle! We went out, did shopping , did all her favorite things ( ok , so i spoilt her!). I surprised myself by being so patient and giving and always wanting to make sure she was happy and ok. But I also learnt that it was a different life having kids…they need your time and attention and all your activities for the weekend revolve around them! It was probably easier this weekend because my husband was away so I COULD give up all my time for her! But after this w/end I respect single mothers who do it by themselves- its not easy driving around, managing the house, working all by yourself- so heres to single mothers!

 
So now Im at work and I miss her so much! Cant wait to get home to be with her again!
 
So that was my practice lesson for being a mother one day, Inshallah.
I loved it 🙂
 
M4life

Everything happens for a reason!

If I ever felt Allahs presence and love, it was now. I had a procedure done in hospital recently and I had so much faith in Allah that Alhamdulillah, I had so little pain and I recovered so well! People cannot believe me when I say that it went so well with so little pain and discomfort.

Everything happens for a reason , that’s for sure. It also allowed me time off from work to be at home and so things I would never had a chance to do – I relaxed, I organised myself, I cleaned up the house and I had a glorious time, Alhamdulillah.

Why cant we always just trust in Allah? He always wants the best for us.

 
Everything happens for a reason. As Muslims, this is our greatest gift – faith in this statement and that Allah is in control of everything, Alhamdulillah 🙂

PRAYER BEFORE WORK.

~* Bismillah *~ 

PRAYER BEFORE WORK…

 

Allah, as I enter this work place, I bring Your presence with me.
I speak Your peace, Your grace, Your mercy, and Your perfect order into this office.
I acknowledge Your power over all that will be spoken, thought, decided, and done within these walls.

Allah, I thank You for the gifts You have blessed me with. I commit to using them responsibly in Your honour.
Give me a fresh supply of strength to do my job.
Bless my projects, ideas, and energy, so that even my smallest accomplishment  may bring You glory.
Allah when I am confused, guide me.
When I am weary, energise me. When I am burned out, infuse me with the light of Your Noor.
May the work that I do and the way I do it bring faith, joy, and a smile to all that I come in contact with today.
And, Ya Allah, when I leave this place, give me traveling mercy.

Bless my family and home to be in order as I left it.
Allah, I thank you for everything You’ve done, everything You’re doing, and everything You’re going to do.

 In the Name of Allah I pray, with much love and Thanksgiving….. Ameen.

 Never think that Allah’s delays are His denials.
Hold on; hold fast; hold out.  Patience is genius.

 

When people put others on pedestals….

Salaams
Today I am very disturbed..not in the head ( Ok, maybe there too!) but certainly in my heart. Why is it that certain people feel that what they do, what their children do and go through is the end of the world? why do people feel like their problems are thebiggest in the world, and what their kids are studying , and how difficult their lives are is not comparable to anyone else? Yesterday I voiced my opinion that I hate it when certain people I know do that – they completey exaggerate the situation and make it out that their family is the most special in the world, and nothing YOU go through is ever significant enough. Also these people brainwash MY family to believe their story and make them feel inadequate. so now members of my family are defending these people and feeling sorry for them! I cannot handle it. Its so unfair. At the end of the  month this person will be finishing their studies , which i admit is a great achievement. But excuse me, we ALL went through it! And it was really tuff, and we were married and I had moved to another city so we all went through tough times. But we dont see anyone else throwing us a party – we just take it all in our stride, Alhamdulillah.
I am so angry that they brainwash people too! That kills me. My only comfort is that Allah sees me for what I am and what I go through becasue he is always with me through it all. I dont need any recognition from any one else but Him. I just need to get through the end of this month when this person gets their brand new title of “Doctor” and everyone else has kissed their feet and made a huge fuss and Inshallah it will be easier for me thereafter.
Sorry I know Im whining a bit, but hey I needed to! I now feel a bit better, Alhamdulillah
M4life

My affirmations

Salaams

My husband has taught me something very useful called affirmations. We both have a notebook where we write down our goals and affirmations every time we feel them – Inshallah this will help us get closer to realising them as we think positively!

So My Main Affirmation for today is :

I WILL visit Makkah/ Madinah next year

Inshallah!
🙂
M4life

Post Ramadaan Post about Ramadaan


Slms
I have had so many thoughts that I wanted to post recently but they keep getting stale cos I have had no time to post them!
So pardon my Ramadaan post – it might be late but still so important to me!
 
Suhoor at Steers (18 October 2006)

My enjoyment of Ramadaan has blessed me in another way – I am really feeling more & more stronger towards rejecting the Western way of living, Alhamdulillah.You see Im surrounded by it daily at work and often I completely take for granted how much of their lives I’m unwittingly exposed to. Sometimes I feel left out , like I was the boring one and maybe there was something wrong with me almost.

And so I get to what happened at Suhoor at Steers. There were so many families eating suhoor at the restaurant. There’s something so fine about knowing that everyone there was there for the same purpose of eating suhoor for the fast, we were all going to go home to read Fajr and then we all will fast the next day. And also at the restaurant at 3:30 am there some drunken Non Muslim girls with a guy. They were so out of place in this restaurant where everyone else was partaking in a blessed practice of Suhoor for the fast the next day. And WE Muslims were not the odd ones out! At that time, I really appreciated the Muslim way of life!

So by being so immersed into  Islam this Ramadaan by listening to Radio Alansaar, forgetting about music and TV and being involved with Muslims overseas via blogging ; that being around non Muslims has for the first time felt strange for me! Woohoo! Subhanallah! And what amplified it was a guest from Jeddah who made us so jealous about living in Jeddah (which btw is 45 mins from Makkah! J) Anyway he was telling us about Ramadaan in Muslim countries- how the canteen is closed and non Muslims are the minority so eating is just not happening in Ramadaan – how cool is that? No more having to salivate when looking at the delicious strirfrys being made – or smelling the yummy cake being baked in the building! There’s so much unity when most people in a country are all fasting at the same time.


I would love to experience Ramadaan in a Muslim country Inshallah one day. But for now I’m in a non Muslim country so im going to make the best of it – and enjoy being a Proudly South African Muslimah!

Muslimah 4 life, Inshallah
TasKeeN

Keeping the Faith

Salaams

I learnt a very valuable lesson this Ramadaan (well I learnt many lessons but this is my favourite!) I learnt to trust in Allah. And you know what, it felt so good! After all , that’s what Hes there for , and that’s what He wants us to do. There was something that wasn’t working out for me and either I would have lost a lot of money or I would have got my money back but wouldn’t have received the items I wanted so badly and chose so specially. Whilst this may have been on a simple material level, it could very well apply to any situation in life. So anyway I felt so helpless but then I had hope because of Allah – I prayed to Him for guidance, I submitted to Him to decide for me which outcome was better and I promised Him that I would be happy with either way. So I tied my camel and left the rest up to Him. And it felt so good, Alhamdulillah!

And so Allah decided for me that receiving the items was better for me. But I had such strong faith in Him that I would have been happy with either decision. A thought I love to live by is that whenever I am disappointed, or I missed something I think to myself
“Allah has saved me from something worse”
and that really gets me by, Alhamdulillah.

Keeping the faith,
TasKeeN