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Showing posts with label Allah. Show all posts

Marriage in Islam -Workshop attended

The following notes are based on the second of the two day Workshop held in Nov 2010 by Sobia Kamaladdin (wife of Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed) on the topic: Marriage in Islam. The workshop was held in Karachi and was addressed only to women. These notes are not transcript of the workshop but simply based on my understanding of the topic.

The workshop was divided into three broad sections:

1. Conflict Resolution Guidelines
2. How to win the heart of your husband
3. Common Marital problems


Harmful effects of sins-Lecture attended

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PURIFICATION OF HEART SERIES- part 2
topic: Harmful effects of sin
Date: April 5, 2010
Venue: Main Campus, IBA
Speaker: Sobia Qasim


(topic notes by myself)


The Hidden message

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I wrote an article for Hiba Magazine which got printed last January (Jan 2010). I told my sister-in-law, Saima about it a few days back and she encouraged me to put it on my blog for everyone to read it. So here it is...

I look up at the stars on the sky. I am amazed. The dark blanket of the sky which scares most of us when it is in its solitary becomes an enchanting gaze of the eyes when jeweled by the glittering stars.


Coatable coats

Funny how sometimes pages and pages full of words and sentences fail to impart even a single message while sometimes a few beautifully strategically placed words can change the entire essence of a person. I have always been a big fan of learning the golden words whenever and wherever I could. It has been a beautiful journey and as I rewind my life, I can always see myself in search of this treasure consciously and unconsciously.

The big picture

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Oh did you just see Tania? What was she wearing today? So Out of fashion, like Oh my God! I would never even wear it while sleeping! oh that french braid doesn't suit her at all. Looks like she is having a bad hair day..

Welcome, my friends, to your own sweet world.



Alwaanul Islam

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Everyone of us has different version of what the definition of entertainment is. Some of us would want to play video games, some of us would want to watch a movie, some of us would want to read a good book and well the list goes on. However, a lot of stuff that we do in the name of entertainment comes under the category of haraam, for example listening to songs or watching movies that are inappropriate for watching with family etc.

Discover me.

Knock Knock…. 
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Open the doors of wisdom and meet me.

You know who I am?

Can you guess?

Maybe you already know me.

Or Maybe you have always been trying to find me.

Or Maybe not.

Of rocks and people


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 I was reading Suarah Baqarah today. Came across verse 74 which really made me wonder how beautifully Allah  describes ideas.


"Thenceforth were your hearts hardened: They became like a rock and even worse in hardness. For among rocks there are some from which rivers gush forth; others there are which when split asunder send forth water; and others which sink for fear of God. And God is not unmindful of what ye do" (verse 74, Surah Baqarah)