Younique Youth

(Continued) Notes on "Tarbia lil Ihsan" - Training for Excellence

2009-06-26T21:12:00.000-07:00

(almost 3 months later...)Part 2. :)Friends- The Prophet (pbuh) said to choose your friends wisely.- Befriend the righteous.- You can have friends from all religions and races, just make sure their personalities and actions are the right kind of influences.When choosing friends... consider the following:- are they going to influence you to do good or bad?- will they lead you to, or away from your

Sufferings of the Ummah

2009-05-22T16:14:00.000-07:00

َلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىۡءٍ۬ مِّنَ ٱلۡخَوۡفِ وَٱلۡجُوعِ وَنَقۡصٍ۬ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡوَٲلِ وَٱلۡأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٲتِ‌ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ∞ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتۡهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ۬ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيۡهِ رَٲجِعُونَ ∞ أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ عَلَيۡہِمۡ صَلَوَٲتٌ۬ مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ وَرَحۡمَةٌ۬‌ۖ وَأُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدُونَ∞And definitely, we will test you with something of fear,

Torture in the Grave...

2009-05-22T16:04:00.000-07:00

The following is a circulated story out of Saudi Arabia... I'm quoting straight from source here.""""""A 18-year old young Arab boy who died in one of the hospitals of Oman . The boy died in hospital and was buried under the Islamic law on the same day after obligatory ablution of the body. However after funeral the father doubted the diagnosis of doctors and wanted to identify the true reason of

Khutbah Review - 1

2009-05-01T21:14:00.000-07:00

Today we went to Jummah…. usual stuff. VERY unusual khutbah. The Khatib was an old teacher of my dads… since in Guyana. His name is.. Sheikh Mohammad Safi? Even though he does not like to be called Sheikh. I’ve never heard him speak, or seen him before. Today I wasn’t expecting anything special. The particular Masjid we went too is known in my head for having very lame, overused khutbahs. But

Notes on "Tarbia lil Ihsan" - Training for Excellence

2009-04-04T18:42:00.000-07:00

I realize we haven't blogged, for like, ages. =] I apologize, but we have been very busy with school, and classes, and school and what not. -------I went to a seminar today. A muslim youth seminar for girls. The topic was "Tarbia lil Ihsan" which can be translated to mean "Training for Excellence". The program was spread across seven sessions, ranging in topics from "Defining and Implementing

The Fountain of Al-Kawthar

2008-08-11T12:30:00.000-07:00

Everyone knows Surah Kauther, after all it's like the shortest Surah in the Quran, so like I'm POSITIVE everyone knows it. We probably even recite it every single day in our Salah because its SOO easy. I know I do :D (but yeah, it's better to recite the long ones in Salah), nevertheless, we don't realize the deep and beautiful meaning of this Surah. It's so amazingly short, yet so amazingly

Struggling To Survive

2008-07-05T18:00:00.000-07:00

The sound of the explosion in the distance brought her back to the world. Another day. Another bomb. Another cry for freedom. Another wave of agony. Dread was what surrounded her world. No hope, no sign of freedom. Caged in their own land is what you could call the situation of the Iraqi people. She clamped her hands over her ears and squeezed her eyes shut, as if to block out all the frightening

She Ate Her Sister's Flesh

2008-06-26T10:37:00.000-07:00

She slit open her sister’s throat as the blood seeped out in puddles. With her long nails, she cut her stomach open, allowing the insides to protrude. She took hold of her sister’s heart, gnawing on it, scratching it… She grabbed the freshly slashed flesh, putting it to her lips; she licked the blood, enjoying its sweet flavor. She savored the taste of the meat in her mouth, as if it was candy.

I Asked Allah...

2008-06-25T16:32:00.000-07:00

This isn't an orignal piece, but I thought it was beautiful... All credits due to the orignal writer, whoever it may be...I asked Allah to take away my pride.Allah said, "No... It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up."I asked allah to make my handicapped child whole.Allah said, "No... Her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary."I asked Allah to grant me patience.Allah said

Keeping it Clean

2008-06-03T18:28:00.000-07:00

Have you ever stood to pray, in a perfect state of mind at a Masjid, just after an Emaan rushing lecture, when you realize that the person beside you has the most awful stench? Or have you ever visited someone’s house, only to realize that you would not feel comfortable drinking a glass of water? These experiences leave you wondering; don’t these people understand the level of importance that

Letter From A Hungry Soul

2008-05-31T08:53:00.000-07:00

Tarnished and deprived, you're left me, not even acknowledging my presence... So hungry I am, yet you don't feed me. You don't care about me. You deprive me of my nourishment, of my supplements, of my vitamins. Day by day, you grow fatter, feeding your materialistic body, which is made of clay and will be buried with the mud and filth in the ground. As you grow old, you try to beautify your body