Back in my day we had to keep our blazers on unless the teachers gave us permission to take them off. And if we were in a French lesson our teacher made us ask in French.
The NHS midwife and health visitor system after a baby is born is one of the most genuinely supportive things this country does quietly and without fanfare. Top notch design 🙏🏼
When mufti menk said "You cannot raise your children how your parents raised you, because they raised you for a world that no longer exists" I felt that
The Arabs in old times used to say:
Four things separate brothers:
wealth, women, jealousy, and death.
Four things make you lose your value among people: talking too much, laughing too much, lying, & gossiping.
Four things by which a wife ruins her home:
stubbornness, anger,
My Sisters…
Marrying a man who isn't firm in his deen will ruin you. Even if you're firm. Take people for who they are now, without the hope that they'll become better. There's no guarantee, and what if he drags you down with him?
Wallahi, marrying someone who truly loves you is a gift from Allah. Many people get married out of necessity, carrying deep wounds from past relationships, and you may never even know, because they bear that pain silently to their graves.
May we end up loving those who truly love us, and may Allah grant us righteous spouses.