Category Archives: Family & Marriage

How to respect your children

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It is certainly true that we, as adults, always try to respect one another. But do we extend the same courtesy to our children?

Umm Zaidah Nusaybah discusses at her blog:

“Respect is often associated with elders. We are taught to respect our parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents etc. The subject of respecting youngsters is quite alien. How often do we see children being spoken to in a derogatory manner? Being criticized for not doing something correctly or being shouted at for causing an accident? Have we ever stopped to think about how that child feels when we behave in such a manner? We need to ask ourselves, how would you feel if we were being treated in this way.”

10 Ways to Lose a Woman

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Everyone loves a good horror story – and the best always seem to be based on marriage proposals gone bad. Random Ramblings serves up lessons one and two of how to lose a woman (a.k.a. how to remain single for a very long time):

Earlier today I met a friend for coffee, we got talking about the horrors of “getting hitched” these days. I swear, if I had a pound for every creep I met or every freaky story I heard I would probably be a millionaire by now… So, in pure “randomness” style, I’ve decided to share a few of the most bizarre anecdotes with you, really because I know half of you ladies will probably relate to the cr*p out of these experiences, and also in the sheer hope that you guys (please god, please god let them) try to understand what us women find a total and utter TURN OFF…

God works in Mysterious Ways

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A moving entry on the lessons of life and death, written by Asma T. Uddin of Peanut Gallery:

God works in mysterious ways. He takes a life and gives another, sometimes in the place of the former… But I’m not one for spiritual clichés. God’s profundity spans well beyond such neat little sound bytes, and I’m not sure it even makes rational sense to think that lives are somehow swapped for one another.

What does your driving style say about you?

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Many things. But did you know that it could be used to form an opinion as to what sort of future spouse you could be? Here is what brother Hammad has to say,

” ..one the ways you can find out about a prospective spouse is by the way he/she drives. That struck real cord with me because I notice how driving has so many similarities with our real life interactions with our surroundings…”

Read this, and more helpful advice, at “Lessons from the road”.

(Warning, this piece is about love)

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Masha’Allah, I love the way this sister writes:

“When I was a girl, all I could think of was my family,” she said. “Even before I knew them, I loved them. I loved my husband before we ever met. I loved my sons and my daughters before they were born. When I thought of my future, I could only dream of them. I felt them coming to me long before they arrived.” She extracted two thin packets of gum from her purse. Opening one, she unwrapped and passed a piece to me. The other she lay to rest atop of the hand wipes. A present.

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Care for the Elderly

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HijabHaven discusses the concept of care homes for the elderly from a Muslim perspective:

Loving your parents does not mean you have to keep them bottled up in the living room the whole day – it is much like your children, you have to let them off to pre-school one day, just for the sake of getting up and about, out the house and learning something new in this unlimited world of wisdom. It is also a time for them to make friends and talk to other people. The elderly need that too, especially if a spouse has passed on – moping around at home can lead them down memory lane’s more painful trips.

Jazakallah to mummyjaan for the tip.

The Happy Occasion and a Gift for All

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The Darvish has announced:

 

My daughter is engaged to be married :) In honor of this happy event, I am giving the Master of the Jinn Ebook as a free gift to all who want one.

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if you are kind enough to want to help this poor darvish pay for the wedding, you can buy Master of the Jinn as a paperback or Ebook by going HERE.

 

We extend our congratulation and du’a for the soon-to-be couple and their parents!