Friday 27 July 2012

The "Camel Hump" hijab

THERE ARE POSSIBLY  THOUSANDS OF BLOGS /EMAILS /WEBSITES THAT HAVE TOUCHED ON THIS ISSUE: SO NOW ITS MY TURN...LOL

I have been hearing about this whole big thing about how the "camel Hijaab" is haraam, and me loving my Hijaab, decided to go find out were it comes from. I found that it stems from a hadeeth that is as follows:

It was reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There are two types of the people of Hell that I have not seen yet: men with whips like the tails of cattle, with which they strike the people, and women who are clothed yet naked, walking with an enticing gait, with something on their heads that looks like the humps of camels, leaning to one side. They will never enter Paradise or even smell its fragrance, although its fragrance can be detected from such and such a distance.” (Narrated by Ahmad and by Muslim in al-Saheeh).


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Now I am no senior scholar or anything but I thought I would give just my opinion on it. At first I thought why would it be haraam? It’s encouraging more women and more youth to cover them and wear the Hijaab. I won’t lie... I sometimes wear it like that. And there is AWAYS a reason as to why something is made haraam.

looking at the Hadeeth I was wondering if all of those go together - referring to the women that will not enter...(or get the smell) of Paradise.

Because they do say 2 types of people:
Men with the whip people like cattle
And the women that are openly dressed with a "camel hump".

....At least thats how I read it....

Well what if you have a “camel hump” and you are covered?
Doesn’t that count for something?
Is it not about ourah?
Are we then not discouraging young women to wear the hijaab
Is this hadeeth then not taken out of context?
Just questions I’ve been asking myself since I’ve come across this whole thing.



I am not perfect; I listen to music and do a number of things that make me well...ME... Even though I try to better myself, I do have my flaws... (allot of them), but I think if it is encouraging young girls to cover themselves, which now a days is something very rare, then should it not be a good thing.  And I am not saying that all the ulema saying that this form of Hijaab is haraam are wrong. I just want to know what exactly makes it haraam. Is it because it has now become a fashion statement? And if so does it not encourage non Muslims to then cover themselves as well? Help them see the beauty in our deen?

Its all so confusing.



Thursday 26 July 2012

Boeka On The Beach

The fast is here and I am in a different mind space... But sometimes you get so distracted with doing other things that you don’t realize how much time you actually waste doing these unimportant things

The hardest thing about the fast is not really the hunger part
It’s everything else that comes with it
Controlling your temper
Keeping your thoughts pure and clean

The Ramadan is a time to ponder, reflect, repent.It’s a time for change, by doing small things....


There is a hadeeth that is as follows:


Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “Fasting is a shield (or a screen or a shelter). So, the person observing fasting should avoid sexual relation with his wife and should not behave foolishly and impudently, and if somebody fights with him or abuses him, he should tell him twice, ‘I am fasting.” The Prophet added, “By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. (Allah says about the fasting person), ‘He has left his food, drink and desires for My sake. The fast is for Me. So I will reward (the fasting person) for it and the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times.”



It’s amazing how many things you notice during this time that you never really saw, how many things you appreciate more...

Like when I am driving to or from work... The beauty of the world that we are live in... The grass is greener, even the mist looks more beautiful and more mysterious

Then I had an encounter with an asylum. And it made had me thinking and appreciating my life and my sanity and the way the creator has made me.


Why is there so much hostility in the world during this time? I thought this was a month of peace, but all around me I am seeing people act out. Is it just their test? Or have they lost their patients because they hungry LOL



What I really look forward to in the Ramadan is our mass boeka (Iftar). All my cousins and friends and friends of friends come. Just us youngsters. Anyone that is considered "youth" can come. We come together and bring whatever we can. Every year it is at a different location.

I remember our first mass Iftar:
It was on the beach. We were all rushing to get there on time, and then trying to hear the athaan (Call to prayer). (Didn’t have a radio...LOL). Finally when we saw the sun had set we broke our fast. Made our prayer on the beach. It was allot of fun and very cold. But that didn’t stop some of us to jump into the freezing water....


MEMORIES I WILL NEVER FORGET 




 

Friday 13 July 2012

The Guitar



My brother has a guitar and I thought it might be a good idea to try something like that out

You know how it is.... You always hear or see someone playing and wonder how hard it actually can be....




Or it is....: “I wish I can do that".....



I recorded a piece but it doesn’t sound as good as it does in Live LOL.....


It really actually sounds pathetic, but I guess you get better as you try. I don’t want to be held back I want to do everything I can do in this life to make it full.... I want to be old and grey and be able to tell little stories and say: “I did that” with a smile on my face…. No regrets… Even if it is a bit wobbly


It’s not about the beginning or the end.... It’s about the journey

FRINGE

Not the type you wear as hair....lol

Everyone has been saying I must try and finish a series of something.... anything. Some people even have been giving me anema... (Wrong spelling. I know - LOL). I dont have a problem with anima, BTW...... But I can’t seem to sit and watch something without being distracted and once I’m distracted I lose interest.

Then my brother starts watching FRINGE..... OoOh.. It is soooooo CoooOooL... Once you start you can’t stop..... Like that Pringle add....

It’s about a FBI Agent who employs a criminal that gets his father out of a mental institution to help them with supernatural cases.....

I think it’s like a mix of Criminal Minds and supernatural...... Again......

SoooOoo CooOool!!!!

It’s a must watch


Tuesday 3 July 2012

Shariefah Khasief Fadzielah




Recently went to a quiraah program It was really spiritually uplifting... listening to finish off a gatam (the entire recitation of the Holy Quraan)

Have you heard a female quariah before? Like Shariefah Khasief Fadzielah - International female quariah

She is unbelievable.... the power in her voice....