Mothering with mercy : The acknowledgement process
Assalamualakum Warahmatullah Beloved Sisters, Alhamdulillah my excitement for the month of September knows no end as I am carefully watching my plants and waiting for my buds to spring to life! We have started this month with a little bit of a pause. A time to breathe and reflect. A time to still even as […]
A bright red bus , a yummy sweet cake and cheesy gooey pizza : Lessons in nurturing and acts of service to others
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullah Wabarakatu Alhamdulillah for a lovely weekend with loved ones and a day to appreciate my little Arwa Hannah. She has what can only be described as a gusto for life and is always making us laugh. She is crazy about buses and pizza and loves her grandmother to bits. Our days […]
Mischievous muddy kids, giggles and buses zooming by, amidst it all time to connect to Allah… Why do we praise and glorify Allah?
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullah ! I hope you all have had a lovely day so far. I have just completed my morning Arabic classes as well as our classes on spiritual development from the book of Imam Ghazali (ra). After class, I took my little ones to school and we had the most fun drive down […]
Nurturing faith through motherhood
Assalamualaikum warahmatullah Alhamdulillah, the feedback from the last two blogs has been extremely encouraging. May Allah reward you all for taking the time to message with kind words of consideration. Ameen Motherhood can often seem an insurmountable a task. I know many of us are at different points in our motherhood journey – […]
How do we plan our courses at Umm Abbad Academy
Bi ismi Ta’ala Fellow students of knowledge, if you are like me then you probably have an unquenchable thirst to learn as much as you can and yet you find that there are not enough hours in the day to learn all that you would love to. Alhamdulillah that’s the true mindframe of a seeker […]
Seasons of Womanhood
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullah Wabarakatu To say it has been a while since I have written is an understatement! The last few years seem to have flown by in a whirlwind of big moments and my little Arwa-Hannah turns two this week. From pregnancy to breastfeeding to toddler tantrums to teaching and being on the radio […]
Supporting your child through the Hifz Journey
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Respected Sisters Last Saturday,I was honored to have met seventy sisters in person and almost a hundred sisters online , all meeting for one purpose only. The desire and quest to allow their children to deeply bond to the words of Allah. We found like minded women […]
Three Compliments from Allah to His Khaleel Ibrahim عليه السلام
Compliments to loved ones are often full of appreciation and recognition of the qualities that have made them your beloved. You truly admire the qualities within that person and this resonates in your praise of them. Now Allah (swt) praises His Khaleel Ibrahim عليه السلام with words that highlight just how beloved he was […]
Tiny Triggers, Massive explosions
Human interactions seem to be the bane of of our existence. We try and try to be better versions of ourselves. We exert ourselves in having good relationships , and overlooking the faults of others. We try to bite our tongues and not respond but sometimes – as much as we try we get caught. […]
Allah(swt) Perfect Plan
Dear SistersThe human body is a marvellous machine, built by Allah Azzawajal to function in a most fascinating way. “…verily We have created you from dust, then from a nutfah, then from a clot …..22:5”From a collection of cells that all look the same to, to a tubular structure that twists and turns to precisely […]