Inna lilahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun. My grandmother passed away earlier today 💔 Honestly lost for words today. May Allah grant her the highest ranks in Jannah ul Firdous Ameen. Lost both my grandparents in a span of 13 months 😭
The pain you’re experiencing is a blessing from the Almighty. Pain teaches you how to focus and concentrate on your acts of worship. Pain teaches you how to ask the Almighty with a pure heart. So don't complain about it.
Muharram will be filled with love
Muharram will be filled with healing
Muharram will be filled with progress
Muharram will be filled with blessings
Muharram will be filled with happiness
Muharram will be filled with opportunity
By the will of Allah🤍🌹
You willlllllll go to Umrah this new Islamic year.
You will give salaam to the Prophet.
You will have zamzam for breakfast, lunch and
dinner this year.
Point. Blank. Period!
Entering June with a heart that says: “Ya Allah, if the first half of this year was heavy, please make the remaining months full of miracles and ease.“
My top 5 horror movies:
1. Missing Fajr without feeling bad
2. Forgetting Allah during good times
3. Letting dust collect on the Qur’an
4. Thinking Allah won’t forgive me
5. Choosing dunya over deen again and again
We live in a world where attempting to bring food and medicine to people surviving a genocide is considered terrorism, but actually COMMITTING the genocide is not.
Normalize being a boring Muslim. Go to bed after Isha. Wake before Fajr. Sit with Qur'an to understand. Take dhikr walks. Your life doesn't have to be loud to have barakah. Sometimes the magic is in being unreachable. In becoming the Muslim nobody can disturb.
You’re having a baby. You want an Arabic name. You Google “Arabic baby names” and get a list of 500 names with one-word translations.
But Arabic names aren’t just labels. They’re prayers. Every time someone calls your child’s name, they’re making a dua without even knowing it.
Here are some Arabic names and what they actually mean:
Is it permissible for a woman to change her surname due to marriage?
If you are a Muslim woman, please listen to this. In our religion, your identity is not a piece of clothing you discard just because you signed a marriage contract. The bond of lineage, what we call Nasab, is sacred and immovable.
When a woman marries, she does not become the property of her husband’s family tree. She remains the daughter of her father. This is why you see that the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him) never became "Aisha Muhammad" or "Khadija Muhammad." They were always known by their fathers.
The Quran is very direct about this when it tells us to call people by the names of their fathers because that is more just in the sight of Allah. Taking a husband’s surname in a way that wipes out your own father's name is technically a violation of this principle of truth.
Also, this issue has a very dark side in our societies. Because people think a girl child will eventually "carry another man's name," they start to see her as a temporary guest.
This is where the obsession with male children comes from. People will go to extreme lengths, sometimes even moving into the haram, just to get a son who will "immortalize" the family name. It is a tragedy.
A daughter is a blessing that can lead her parents to Jannah, yet we treat her name like it is a placeholder. When a woman keeps her father’s name, it sends a powerful message that her identity is permanent. She is a person in her own right, not just a branch moved from one forest to another.
Having said this, it is critical I talk about how the world is at the moment. We live in a world of passports, visas, and complex legal systems, especially in the West. It can be a nightmare to travel with children if the mother’s name doesn't match the rest of the family on paper.
This is where the wisdom of modern scholars comes in. Many have given a concession for the compound format. You can keep your father’s name as your primary identity but add the husband’s name for legal recognition.
This way, you fulfill the administrative requirements of the state without cutting the tie to your own lineage. It is a middle ground that respects the law of the land while staying true to the law of the Almighty God.
Islam allows you to keep your roots while navigating the modern branches.
Allah knows best.