Archive | July, 2009

Jumu’ah Prayer Tip: Don’t Block Your Neighbors Driveway

At least one Friday of every Month, their has to be one Muslim brother who does something stupid to annoy the Sheikh. The most recent one? A brother blocked a neighbors driveway so he could catch the Jumu’ah Salat with congregation, then the whole Salat we heard someone “honking”. As a result, he ruined the [...]

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Gotta Love McDonald’s PR in Urdu

Mcdonalds Marketing in Urdu

This is a little random, but I thought it was pretty good marketing. My cousin a.k.a blogger angrybrownguy got coupons from McDonald’s in Urdu! And this isn’t in Pakistan it’s in New Jersey. Maybe this is one step closer for McDonald’s to start serving halal, since a good percentage of South Asians in North America [...]

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5-Year-Old Girl Feeds Nearly 18,000 Hungry San Franciscans; What Can You Do? (VIDEO)

Mash’Allah! This should inspire us all. 7:31.O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes), while praying  and going round (the Tawaf of ) the Ka’bah, and eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allah) likes not Al-Musrifun (those who waste by extravagance). Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased [...]

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What You Know About Islam in Spain (Al-Andalus)?

What You Know About Islam in Spain (Al-Andalus)?

I was reading about the history of Islam in Spain and came across some pretty amazing facts. Surprised me at first, but yea real talk, read below on how much Muslims accomplished in Southern Spain alone: Did you know that….. Al-Andalus, which means, “to become green at the end of the summer” is referred to [...]

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Islam and Mercy

Islam and Mercy

Here is an essay I wrote for a class I took last semester called “Women in Islam”. The topic I chose was “Islam and Mercy”, Send some halal feedback a.k.a constructive criticism. Here is a sneak peek at the end of the essay where I quoted my favorite Hadith “I end with a beautiful hadith [...]

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