Recent Posts Tagged With 'sisterhood'

• Letter from a Muhajirah 5

  Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 20:51 in malaysia, sisters, letter, personal experiences, sisterhood, hijrah, revert musing

  It was monsoon time and it rained non-stop. The streets were flooded and the water kept rising so we had to move the cars to higher ground at 10 o’clock at night and when we walked back the water was almost up to our knees.The next day when I thoug...

• Letter from a Muhajirah 4

  Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 09:28 in malaysia, UAE, sisters, letter, sisterhood, hijrah, revert musing

  While Al-Ghariba is away, we will be posting hijrah experiences from other sisters. May Allah swt bless those who hijrah for His Sake and raise them in status in this life and the next. AminMay 2009Rabi II 1430Assalaamu alaykum warohmatullahi wabarok...

• Tarawih Prayer Separatists

  Posted on Sunday August 30th, 2009 at 12:38 in hadith, ramadan, sisterhood, salat, nasiha

  Tarawih SeparatistsThis year marks the first time I have ever prayed tarawih in the masjid. Before making hijrah I used to pray it at home because the masjid was far and the brothers there didn't have good adab towards sisters who wanted to pray in t...

• Letter from a Muhajirah 2

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 08:56 in yemen, sisterhood, hijrah

  I have another letter from another muhajirah this week. Our sister is also in Yemen, but with a different set of circumstances. She wrote to us excitedly about her hijrah experiences in Yemen so far, and the happy news of expecting a new family membe...

• No Hijrah after Fath Makkah...SAY WHAT!?

  Posted on Thursday May 14th, 2009 at 21:58 in personal experiences, sisterhood, dawa, hijrah

  My school has trouble finding practicing sisters qualified to take up teaching positions. I suggested to the Principal that we start a continuous recruiting program rather than wait until April/May to run around like headless chooks trying to find st...

• Sisters Protests in Sana'a, Yemen

  Posted on Monday February 9th, 2009 at 07:37 in yemen, sisterhood, ummah issues, boycott campaign

  Noise – Nothing Part 2. Sisters DemonstrationsI know I said previously that I think demonstrations are a waste of time and don’t achieve anything. I still hold this opinion despite attending the women’s protests organised by Jami’aat Al-Iman ...