Niyah;

Niyah is so painfully important in everything that you do. It truly determines almost everything from the journey to getting something done to the results of whatever that you intended to do.

Innamal a3malu binniyah isn't it?

You see I had this job that was given to me late last year and it was to last for a whole year - which means my "title" or "job" will be taken away from me at the end of this year. It really is not an easy job because there were so many tasks to carry out and pretty heavy responsibilities that I had to handle. I started off very very motivated to make everything work out well because I was driven by my passion for the ummah & for what I wanted to do for Allah. Eventually, I got stressed about my work and I got into political conflicts with the people involved ( the ones I had to work with). I lost a couple of sisters as a result and I realised how my "job" was taking away pieces of my soul, turning me into someone I barely knew.

So my niyah started to change and I started to carry out my tasks for the sake of it, I started to attend meetings because I had to and not because I wanted to. I dreaded having to face the people involved and I hated all because of what a few did to me. I slowly started to miss meetings - but really, Allah is great -I didn't miss them because I wanted to but because really most were conflicting with my schedule so I never lied my way through to miss the meetings.

But really, now that my niyah was no longer for the Ummah or for Allah, it was meaningless to carry out what I wanted to carry out.

I had a meeting today for an event this November out of which I have totally lost momentum for but alhamdulillah, it felt good to see everyone today -surprisingly and alhamdulillah, my initial niyah is back and alhamdulillah, i'm motivated to make everything work again :)

InshaAllah khayer.

So really, niyah is wayyyy too important for us to neglect. InshaAllah for whatever that we do, let it for Allah swt & He will guide us to make sure everything works the way it's supposed to.

A'qilah Saiere

We know you're not stupid;

Even after many Muslimahs have become established fashion designers for their own kind and for non-Muslim women both in the Middle East and in the United Kingdom and even after thousands of Hijabees have been seen dressing up in top fashion yet still modest, many still choose to think that they are oppressed and aren't able to meet the standards in lifestyle of those living out of the deen.

I believe that ignorance is a choice - these people's choice. Their choice to view these established modern, modest and successful Muslim women as nothing but pathetic and oppressed women living in a male dominated society that restricts them like a cage in a bird just because they choose to not have sex with random men and not get drunk on tequila and hard liquor.

They are not uninformed of Islam, they just choose to think that Muslims are not liberated and are unsuccessful.

So the next time you see a non-Muslim woman calling your sister oppressed, all you have to do is show her a video of Rabia Z. & Sarah Elenany.

& remember don't get too angry because they might just call you a terrorist instead ;)

& it's here again :-)

Eid Mubarak, my dearest Ummah.

I love you all with all my heart <3

Kullum 3am w antum bi 5yer

A'qilah Saiere