tumblrbot asked: WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?
A long hug from someone who loves me.
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tumblrbot asked: WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?
A long hug from someone who loves me.
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“My path to god has been filled with doubts, difficulty, and ease. The more self-aware I become, the more I feel that I am aligned with God’s best plan for me. My faith grows stronger, no longer weakened by external forces. Islam for me is to surrender to divine will, spiritual practice, and cleansing my soul of hatred, resentment, and jealousy. What I now know is that for me, Islam is fundamentally a way of life emanating from God’s mercy. I have been endowed with the nature to live my absolute best life, and only I can determine what that means. The Prophet Muhammad taught us that “to know yourself is to know your Lord.” And I am closer to my true self than I have ever been.”
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New Paths So I am learning how to pray the 5 prayers (Fajr, Dhuhr, ‘Asr, Maghrib and ‘Isha). Knowing only one person who is Muslim (my boyfriend)and not wanting to depend on him for help, I went surfing the internet for instructions. I was quickly reminded of how many different sects and approaches there are to Islam. It became apparent to me that the best way to decide how to approach prayer myself would be to focus on the Qur’an and the actions of the Prophet Muhammad.
It is very important to me that this journey is an intimacy between myself and Allah. However, I am very grateful to have a person in my life who is so helpful, non-judgemental, and genuinely does not want to influence me spiritually/religiously. After struggling to find what I was looking for on the web regarding prayer, my boyfriend made me a set of flashcards to help me with Rakat. He wrote them in English so that I would know what I was saying (awesome), and drew little stick figures to show me how I would position my body. He also lent me some helpful books in addition to the Qur’an that he gave me a month ago, which is the Yusuf ‘Ali translation with commentary-AWESOMEST!
I still have not spoken to any Sisters, and am aching to talk to some ladies about Wudu. Sisters, holler at me please if you care to discuss.
New Paths
So I am learning how to pray the 5 prayers (Fajr, Dhuhr, ‘Asr, Maghrib and ‘Isha). Knowing only one person who is Muslim (my boyfriend)and not wanting to depend on him for help, I went surfing the internet for instructions. I was quickly reminded of how many different sects and approaches there are to Islam. It became apparent to me that the best way to decide how to approach prayer myself would be to focus on the Qur’an and the actions of the Prophet Muhammad.
It is very important to me that this journey is an intimacy between myself and Allah. However, I am very grateful to have a person in my life who is so helpful, non-judgemental, and genuinely does not want to influence me spiritually/religiously. After struggling to find what I was looking for on the web regarding prayer, my boyfriend made me a set of flashcards to help me with Rakat. He wrote them in English so that I would know what I was saying (awesome), and drew little stick figures to show me how I would position my body. He also lent me some helpful books in addition to the Qur’an that he gave me a month ago, which is the Yusuf ‘Ali translation with commentary-AWESOMEST!
I still have not spoken to any Sisters, and am aching to talk to some ladies about Wudu. Sisters, holler at me please if you care to discuss.
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“…the real story of women in Islam is one of progressive liberation and elevation of status. It was for this reason that women were the staunchest supporters of Muhammad’s mission. If women today are not enjoying the full rights bestowed upon them by Islam, it is not the fault of the religion, but of chauvinistic men who use religion selectively to maintain their dominance.”
