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Boy Hanging Around
Question:
Assalaamu ‘alaikum
I attended the Uswatul Muslimah marriage course and had a question.
Dating was discussed as well as zina, but these topics are very broad. I’m attending full time studies at… There is a Muslim boy at campus who hangs out with my friends and sits with us at specific lectures. He occasionally makes small talk about work and campus.
In the course, it was said that Prophet (sallallahu …
The Pearl Necklace
Qaadhi Abu Bakr Muhammad bin ‘Abdil Baaqi bin Muhammad Al-Bazzaaz Al-Ansaari (rahimahullah) (d. 535 A.H.), gives the following account of his life:
One day, while I was in Makkah Mukarramah, I was hungry and could not find anything to stave off my hunger. On my way home, I found a small silken pouch neatly tied with a tassel of silk. I picked it up and returned home with it. On opening it, I found a beautiful pearl necklace inside, the …
Fed Up!
Ever heard of the ‘terrible two’s’? It’s the age where your endearing, innocent angel suddenly seems to transform into a bundle of tantrums. Even a mundane task such as feeding him or her becomes a battle of wills with the kitchen floor serving as the battlefield, covered in the debris of yet another meal refused.
Soon after follow the ‘terrifying threes’, ‘fearsome fours’ and ‘furious fives’. This breakdown in behaviour sometimes even continues into the ‘sour sixes’, ‘sneaky sevens’, ‘evil eights’ …
