Taraweeh

Sometimes in the taraweeh, it just hits you.
And your heart softens, and you repent and ask for forgiveness, and you feel all alone in that sea of people, and you sometimes think you are the most sinful person out there but then you remember that the mercy of Allah is vast.
And sometimes you cry but [...]

Thank Allah for your parched mouth…

A few days ago, I went to my Sunday morning class. Alhumdullilah, I always find something enlightening from the teacher. On this day, we went over  Hadith Al-Qudsi hadith #6:
On the authority of Aboo `Abdillaah an-Nu`maan the son of Basheer (radiAllaahu ‘anhumaa), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) say:

 
That which is [...]

When Opening Your Fast…

Perhaps you might spare a thought for the brothers who have been unjustly detained in the last few years. In our community, we have had a number of brothers convicted and sentenced to many years to life to more than life in prison for offenses that even the jurors agreed were so minor they never [...]

Fasting: An Act of Faith

Several years before I converted to Islam, I was fascinated by an article in a local newspaper about several Muslim basketball players that continued to play in the NBA while fasting during the month of Ramadan. I remember being impressed by their ability to abstain from food and drink from the pre-dawn hours until sunset.
Although, [...]

Intro

remember the girlhood days of fasting. The days of dry mouth and hunger pangs. When the mouth was so dry that it seemed pasty, filled with crud or wet sand. The headaches gave way to a surreal feeling of other-worldliness. “Ummi, is it time yet?”

“No, just a few more hours. Why don’t you take a nap?”