Posted in Scented Sheets, Tinkling Glasses on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sheikh Sami al-Majid
The first wedding night is like no other. It is the night where two people embark upon life in a whole new world with its own unique qualities and experiences.
It is a doorway that is being crossed for the first time. The two people are able for the first time to enjoy what [...]
Posted in Scented Sheets, Tinkling Glasses on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[original source? validity of connections?]
To all my beloved sisters in Islam, please take a look at these advices [sic] so that you can stay attractive and beautiful for the rest of your life, In sha’ Allah.
To beautify your eyes, lower your gaze towards strange men. This will make your eyes pure and shiny. Allah says [...]
Posted in Glitter, Scented Sheets, Tinkling Glasses on January 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All praise is due to Allah, the easer of grief and the dispeller of worries, and may his blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, the best of mankind. My son:
This is a letter of injury from your poor mother, who wrote in shyness after much delay and hesitation. Often, she had picked up [...]
Posted in Scented Sheets, Tinkling Glasses on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
by Fatima Asmal
During my first trip to Makkah, as a 24-year-old, I met an inspirational mother of one, who eleven years after giving birth to her first child, desperately wanted another baby. Three years after going through a divorce, I too, was desperate – to get married again. When I told this sister about [...]
Posted in Scented Sheets, Tinkling Glasses on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tazin Abdullah
Media Student, Macquarie University
(This is a satire written to mimic articles, reports and stories generally written about Muslim women by women from Western non-Muslim backgrounds. It is, to some extent, an attempt to convey to the readers how it feels to be `other’ and to be judged superficially in accordance with only one’s own [...]
Posted in Scented Sheets, Tinkling Glasses on May 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most famous and most beautiful of these texts was recorded by `Abd al-Malik ibn `Umayr al-Qurashi, who was one of the outstanding scholars of the second century AH. He quotes the words of advice given by Umamah bint al-Harith, one of the most eloquent and learned women, who was possessed of wisdom [...]
Posted in Rose Petals, Tinkling Glasses on May 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Women are in the shade of Islam… and men are in the sunshine.”
