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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Currently Listening
Spring Has Come
By SHAAM
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Here's what I think we should focus on this month. Some of them might overlap...

1) Do as many things as you can to win the maximum favor of Allah. That includes performing Nafl salat, read the Qur'an everyday, small deeds, doing dhikr, and making frequent salat.

2) Invite people to share iftaar with you.

3) Spend some quality time with your family.

4) Give gifts to people just like you would for their birthdays, or any other "unnecessary" events.

5) Enhance your knowledge and practice.

6) Try to volunteer and help others. Doesn't have to be with an Islamic organization.

7) Pray on Laylatul-Qadr and experience the pleasure of Tahajjud prayers.

8) Weep in private for the forgiveness of your sins. It's never EVER too late to ask for forgiveness.

9) Learn to control your tongue and lower your gaze. Remember the Prophet's warning about lying and backbiting.

10) Encourage others to fast and do everyone mentioned above.

I always say that the things you avoid during Ramadan, are things you're not supposed to do often or do at all anyway. For example, we try to avoid watching movies and listening to harami music. Why? Because it's Ramadhan, and we're supposed to be doing dhikr and spend our time wisely. Aren't we supposed to be doing that anyway? Does it make sense to go right back to it after this blessed month is over? Wouldn't we get more blessings if we continue not doing them? I know it's hard, but it's an effort worth trying. I read somewhere that if you force yourself to a certain thing for 30 days straight, then it becomes a habit iA.

Keep in mind that we have Ramadhan only once a year, and it's Allah's way of reminding us to fine-tune our patterns. It's not just a montly thing. This month gives us the oppurtunity to fix ourselves for the long run.

What're you planning to change about yourself or your habits this month? Make a list, and look at everyday either after Suhoor (if you plan not to go back to sleep) or right after you wake up. Look at it again before you go to bed, and mark off the ones you worked on.


Saturday, September 09, 2006

Last post here

Assalaam 'Alaikum

I'm gonna go back to using my ol baby now. Blogspots the way to go. I started writing on that when I first introduced to the world of online blogging. I learned to use html coding on that, so most of the stuff on it comes from my own creativity. It feels more personal.

Yeah..so..basically, back to www.sakarim.blogspot.com

 

 


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Saturday, June 24, 2006

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Naked Pictures of Famous People
By Jon Stewart
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

En España!!

Paris in a minute

Toured around in a spacious bus with a Moroccan tour guide, got to see the things you normally see on postcards..seemed really surreal in person, wish I coulda visited the Museum to see some paintings, but not enough time. I would give Paris 3 stars.

Morocco in a minute

Went to at least 15 cities..pretty much all of Morocizzo in a little van, spent some time with host families and sucked at my arabic speaking skills, stayed under a tent in the Sahara dessert, rolled down the dunes, rode camels, and watch the sun rise, learned more about identity and Muslim philosophy with Prof. Kamal, shopped like a maniac, ate so many tanjeens that I´m about to throw up and then left on a ferry, crossed the Mediterranean Sea and came to Granada, Spain. All in all, loved every minute of it. 4 stars, minus 1 because of the heat and the van.

Spain en uno minuto..whatevero

It´s ok. Too westernized. Every single Muslim person here is looked down at coz they hate immigrants, got some dirty looks here and there, pretty safe town, everythings a rip off, most stores here sell things from Morocco for 50 times more, night life starts at 11pm and goes on till 3-4am, ice cream everyday coz thats normal, free tapas when you order a drink so dinners cheap somehow, awesome shoes, sad how the Islamic heritage of this place is slowly being erased, went to Cordoba and saw how a beautiful Andalucian mosque was changed into a cathedral, visiting some host familes and students, living with a 41 yr old single feminist lady who reads taror cards and has a negro dolls in the living room which i think she uses for voo doo, can´t wait to talk to the Muslim people here and learn about how they live here, Spanish lesson flashbacks from high school and learning it again now, visiting Al Hambra next week and Madrid soon, everyóne including myself have got pollo pox..aka chicken pox, learned that even though if ppl had it before, they can have it again.  Cant rate it yet.

 

Oh, and thanks to Africa, Im black now.

That´s it for now!



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