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Raise not the Niqaab
(Hafsah bintu Seereen [rahimahallah] – Part Two)
‘Aasim Al-Ahwal (rahimahullah), a renowned narrator of hadeeth, mentions the following:
Whenever we would go to Hafsah bintu Seereen (rahimahallah) (to learn hadeeth), she would use her jilbaab to cover her face as a niqaab. We once said to her, “May Allah Ta‘ala have mercy on you! Allah Ta‘ala has mentioned in the Quraan Majeed:
وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ اللَّاتِي لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًا فَلَيْسَ …
Save the Low Pan!
For centuries and centuries, since the beginning of time, the natural position that people globally adopted for relieving themselves was that of squatting. Indeed, this position is so natural that a child instinctively adopts it when he needs to relieve himself.
It was only around the seventeenth century that Lord John Harington invented the high-pan toilet. Despite the years that have passed since its inception, and its popularity among certain classes of society, more than half the population of the world …
Big Bad Backbite
Ask Our Children:
1. What is backbiting?
2. What should we do when someone backbites?
Now Tell Them The Story:
Saarah was a little girl. She had an elder sister, Aneesah. One day, Saarah said to her mother, “Mummy! Aneesah’s friend has a big mouth!”
Immediately, her mother stopped Saarah from saying another word and said to her, “Saarah! You have eaten the flesh of your Muslim sister!”
Saarah was surprised. She had …
