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Each and every person wants to be positive. People admire others whom are positive and wants to learn as much they can from they because having a positive outlook to life not only increases their success rate but also makes sure that they have good surroundings. Some people read positive books to learn from the best. Other listen to lectures and learn from people they admire the most.
Once in a while each and every can lose their positivism, but mostly people bounce back after having a hard time. It is mostly because they have positive surroundings and have that inner positive feeling that keeps them going no matter how hard life becomes. It is important to be positive because no matter what happens in life there is always something to be thankful for. And Allah loves Muslims whom are thankful. Because of their gratefulness to Allah they become even more succesful than before.
One should always be positive, but that doesn`t mean that one should be blind to reality. If something isn`t going to happen, than one needs to make new goals and try better to achieve them instead of running after something that they have lost.
Sometimes one makes wrong choices in life, and these choices decide what is going to happen in our future. It`s never late to change ones way, try your best and making new goals. Because each and every person in this world can be succesful without dragging others down. What one can try is to focus on now, be a good muslim / muslimah, do good deeds and focus on Islam.
I guess if one focuses on Islam with a real intention about becoming a better human being first and then a good Muslim / Muslimah than ones i bound to succeed, some way or the other. Allah makes the way and one just follows. The best guidance we can get is from Prophets Muhammed (pbuh) Sunnah and the Quran. Be a good Muslim / Muslimah and every thing else will follow. Alhamdolillah, May Allah make us amongst the Muslims whom will achieve Jannah and forever bliss in the hereafter. Ameen summa ameen.
I heard some people talk ill about people whom discuss daily cultural issues instead of using Islam as an example whenever they want to make a point. This person does have a point in a sence. I agree to the fact that we muslims should take examples from Islam to bring people whom are misguided closer to our deen and further away from dunya. But that is not always the way it is accomplished. Sometimes one need to come with examples from our culture to show what something isn`t good or why it is good. Because people whom are a bit away from our deen sometimes need real human stories to bring them closer to what Islam says. They need stories about people whom have found guidance and how they managed that after several years.
It is upto Allah alone to guide someone. We can only pray for someone. We can come up with lots of examples to guide someone, but that person will only achieve guidance through the will of Allah Subhanwuatalah. So we try to come up with reasons for why it is important to read namaz on time to learn more about Islam and how to achieve sakoon in our life.
On the other hand if we like someone does do; say to people in an offensive manner even though our mission is to spread Islam, than that would make people distant from our deen instead of bringing them closer. Why? Because you’re looking down at them. Instead try to speak to others straight to them instead of belittling them in a way. That is better Ikhlas like our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has shown us through his seerah, and that would make people actually listen and apply what you say. In one sentence i would sum it up that if you want to spread dawah do it in a way, “i have found a cure to your issues, and that is Islam”, or ” i am even worse muslim than you, but I know about a way to get better, or I have found a way to become better”. I think what people need is logical explanations without saying anything bad about them. Instead of preaching in the wrong way, try to think how can i explain this that would make someone want to read fajr namaz or an ayat from our Quran after they have heard some dawah from you?
Some people like the ideal muslimah or igotitcovered are superb dais at facebook, on the other hand some people whom are new at it need to learn more to achieve its proper success.
For a little time now when I`m outside and I see muslim girls and women without a hijab, I sort of think in my head that wouldn`t it be nice if she also wore hijab. There are a lot of muslim women whom don`t use hijab. I even think like that when I see members from my own family. Wouldn`t it be wonderful if the girls and women out there could see the beauty in wearing hijab? To not let any other person see them without the headscarf. I think most of the women wants to wear hijab but some things prevent them from starting. Like if they will get a proper rishta or if they will lose their friends or if their surroundings would think that they have become too strict in everything so they might lose their friendships.
These people are just unaware of the fact that what should make a difference in their life is not what other people might say, nobody can please each and every person in this world. Some people are always going to be displeased with what you do as some others are going to be pleased with what you do, because we people have different mindsets. What should actually matter for every Muslimah is the fact that what their Lord, Allah says about the matter because ultimately it is to Him you are going back after your life here on the earth. The rules are simple, follow Allah’s laws and He will be happy, not follow and He will become angry. If we try our out most to live our life’s according to Islam we would become more satisfied about ourselves as well, as we are trying to do our best.
The best friendships are those whom guide you to a better path and righteousness. If one thinks of losing ones friends think if Allah is with you, you don`t need any other on you side and if Allah Subhanwuatalah is angry with you no other person can ever help you out of your worries as Allah is the only one Who can do that. Put your trust in Allah and He will take care of the rest.
If someone won`t marry just because you use hijab than that person does not have his priorities right and can most certainly not be a good muslim. A person whom helps you to do more righteous deeds so that our Allah will be pleased, that is the one to hold on to. Because in the hereafter inshaAllah people with these mindset do prosper. And so your final destination Jannah is to be achieved.
I`ve always thought about this a lot. I would like my husband to be, to pray salat and be a good muslim. And have a motivation to do good in every situation in life. Just so that we also can have a chance to prosper. Someone whom follows the universal islamic guidelines and wants to strive to become a better person. One whom has the right priorities in life and wants to achieve eternal bliss. That is muslim would be a perfect husband.
If you look for dunya when you live in dunya that is all you will achieve. So you will be the one whom loses in the hereafter. Though if you live in dunya but are earning good deeds for the hereafter, than that will be your eternal place, a mansion in jannah, inshaAllah.
May Allah bless us all and guide us to always follow the straight path that leads to eternal bliss. Ameen summa ameen.
I would like to share this because there might be other girls/women out there whom might be thinking of starting to use hijab but have difficulties taking the first step. First of all I would like to say that even if you wear hijab or you don`t all in all its the iman in yourself that can say how good mominah you are. I must confess it`s a journey. You start with small steps and starts avoiding certain things and start doing other things that our deen has guided us to follow.
I remember a page in “the ideal Muslimah” which really touched my heart. It was about the fact that some women find it difficult to wear hijab in the summers because it`s the temperature that is so high. The answer that came from that women whom was asked was that the fire in hell has a much higher degree than the summers around the world. I would want to wear hijab in duniya to avoid the hell fire in jahannum. So I would say “thumbs up” very well said! Whenever we want to follow something that is islamic right there are always some people whom ask their surroundings but whomever you ask the thing is that you should actually listen to yourself instead of anyone else. Shaitan is always there to make you feel that this is so difficult, but believe me if you have made up your mind that I want to wear hijab, Allah khud hi apke rastein asan kar dein ghe. That is always what happens. Allah is guiding the ones whom seek guidance with pure heart, Alhamdolillah.
I remember the date i started to wear hijab. It was 19. of march in 2009. The reason why I remember it is that it was my friend’s birthday that day, and I went to her party wearing a hijab for the first time in my life. I didn`t know that many people at the gathering, but I remember my friend just looking at me and laughing, while I got a few other looks from some of the other people there. Though I didn`t mind that cause I had made my mind to use it, and I`m Alhamdolillah content about my decision. After I started wearing hijab I did get a few questions a few months after that would you ever want to stop wearing it now that you have started wearing it, and my answer to that was “never”. Alhamdolillah. May Allah keep on guiding me to become an even better and better muslimah. Ameen summa ameen. I`ve always thought that you can`t change the world in one day, right 
One starts changing, making small steps and gradually change for the better. The changes that are gradually would actually last for a longer time. Than the changes that are made on one day, because one might bounce back to the old person one was. I really believe in this and am Alhamdolillah following it also.
I`ve thought about starting to wear hijab for years. I believed that it wasn`t only the hijab that needed to be put on the head but also a change in my being a better person and from there a better muslimah. So I always stopped because I didn`t have the right clothes and minor issues like that. Alhamdolillah I had stopped wearing t-shirts with small arms and stuff, but still most of the clothes I had, was too fitted. And I believe that when one starts wearing the hijab, than one shouldn`t wear fitted clothes either. So I gradually started giving away clothes that I found wasn`t right to wear and started buying new clothes that were more suitable for a woman/girl to wear. You see the biggest jihad ever is the one with ones own nafs. You will always start to think to do the right thing, but then the nafs (shaitan) tries to make you go on the wrong path. This is a never-ending battle, and will never stop. But as long as you are strong from within and seek guidance from above, nothing is impossible and Inshallah you will also be lead to lead a more muslimized life. Inshallah Ameen summa ameen. Always one does get thoughts which comes from the shaitan, ke kuch nahi hota ke aaj I can use perfume or other ways he tries to misguide us. But if we are strong we can fight that, as long as we can differentiate between right and wrong, and the Quran does that, so we, and I`m counting in myself, should read it more often, and use time to comprehend on what we are reading and do our best to act upon it as well.
A few days before my friend’s birthday which was in march 2009, I remember I went to the city to do some shopping. And I remember that I had open hair. Usually I don`t do that but that day I had open hair. I noticed that I got a few looks from a few guys. Not that I`m that pretty but, lets face it, if one has open hair, and it is a bit long or something, people around you will notice that. I got quite upset about that. Did not like it at all. A bit earlier the same day at work another female colleague of mine also noticed I had open hair, and said that I should do that a bit more often. When I got a few looks later in the city, that was what lead me to start wearing hijab:) To avoid having people stare at me for the wrong reasons. So when I got home that day, I was really upset and very angry. I hated myself for going to the town, but knew that I had to buy a few things I needed. So just like that I called my mum and asked her to buy a few hijabs for me from town, so that I could wear it from tomorrow. She was, of course, so happy to hear me say this, that she bought a bunch and gave them all to me. And from that day on I started wearing hijab.
All in all this has been a process for me. Gradually I`ve bought clothes that are non-fitted and I`ve stopped wearing perfume in gatherings with non-mehram people and stopped listening to music, and have started my journey to live my life according to Islam and Sunnah. One needs to make healthy habits. You start with one thing, make it a healthy and constant habit, and from there on start with more and more healthy habits, make them your own, and keep improving yourself. You can`t do it over night. But you have to be constant, You can`t read 50 namaz one day and be so tired for the rest of the week that you can`t fulfil any of your responsibilities. You do as much as you can, without putting a burden on yourself. Inshallah may Allah guide us all to become a better human being and a more and better muslims as well. Ameen summa ameen. I haven`t reached to any goal yet, but I`ve started the journey, and I know that it will lead me to bliss as long as I follow the deen correctly and don`t let other misguide me in any way. Are you looking for peace? Islam is peace for me:) Alhamdolillah. You know I haven`t ever been this satisfied about my life, like I am nowadays. I`ve stopped listening to music and listen to nasheeds and hamds instead. I`ve started doing dhikr and praising Ya Rasolallaha as much as I can. The amount of satisfaction and feeling of content one gets from dhikr one can`t get from anything else. I remember from a program on Noor TV or maybe I read it in a book somewhere People ask you how old are you? and some would say 30 other would say 32. But nowadays I would say about 1 year and seven months 
My real life began when I started to live according to Islam Alhamdolillah. May Allah give me and my loved ones and the whole humanity so much guidance that we one day can see ourselves being a momin/mominah. Ameen summa ameen.
Wearing a hijab and all in all being a muslimah doesn’t mean that one can`t dress oneself pretty. No! One can dress oneself pretty but be modest in the dressing, which means don`t attract too much attention wherever you go. We muslims are ambassadors for our religion, and the more we follow our deen from the heart and in action the better picture every non-muslim would get about Islam. Who knows when one of them gets that guided that they decide to become a muslim?
Therefore we should strive as much as we can to show the bestest side of Islam. And let the whole world see the beauty of it. Inshallah Ameen summa ameen.
Alhamdolillah am watching Dars-e-Masnavi at Noor tv lately and it is excellent:) Pir Alaudin Siddiqi sahib has a wonderful way of portraying the way to become a better and better Muslim/Muslimah and achieve what is our purpose of coming into this world. He says that our goal should be to have the love of the Prophet Muhammad in our hearts and keep us on the right path and follow the Quran and InshaAllah become more and more blessed by Allah Subhanataalah for following His rules.
I want to share something I heard in the Masnavi-sharif with you:) Pir Sahib says that this world is a place where we there lives adults as well as kids, though he has his own definition on who is an adult and who is a kid. Pir Sahib says that the adults are those who have the love of Prophet Muhammad in their hearts as well as live by the rules set by Allah Subhanataalah and want to achieve everlasting bliss to come to Jannat Ul Firdous, the highest degree of paradise. The adults spend their time in dhikr praising Allah and the Prophet Muhammad and keeping their heart and mind always in the remembrance of their Sustainer. The kids on the other hand are those that maybe an adult by their looks but are kids by their behaviour. They do not recognize the teachings of Islam and the truth which has been sent down to us from Allah. They can be non-practising muslims or people whom has another belief than Islam.
What Pir Sahib mentioned further on in the dars was that the kids are busy playing and fighting and doing everything else. And the Adults are spending their time busy in dhikr. The people whom have not recognized their Sustainer laugh and say bad things to the adults. At the end who’s going to win. The kids are going to play and have so much fun they can, but only in this world. The adults whom have found the truth keep their selves busy following the Quran and Sunnah and will InshaAllah find happiness in the hereafter and forever. What the kids need to do is to recognize the truth and do their best in doing dhikr all the time and follow the rules that are set by our Sustainer Allah. SubhanAllah! This will lead them to eternal bliss.
Pir Sahib also said that if you give a diamond and a little sparkling bit of a glass to a kid, he won`t see the difference between them. He would probably play a bit with both and later on just throw it away, not understanding the preciousness or the difference. So when the Adult talk to a kid, since they are like night and day, they can`t understand each other. The adults should always keep themselves in the company of adults and not kids. That would even make the adult`s darjat more and more buland/high and the adult will become more prosperous.
InshaAllah I hope we all one day can strive more and more into becoming a complete adult. I now I have my faults and I know everyone has. We just need to strive more and more for guidance and never let go of the hope of achieving eternal bliss in jannat. Ameen summa ameen.
This goes for me to, if someone laughs at you or make fun of you because you want to follow your religion Islam, than remember there is nothing wrong with you, but with those that have not recognised the purpose of life which is for Allah ka banda /bandi to pray and ask from only Allah,no-one else. Pat yourself on the back and remember that you are on the right track:) And don`t let others bring you down or make you angry. Keep yourself calm, for your sake, for my sake and most importantly for the sake of Allah. I am still striving to keep myself calm, I know we both are, and InshaAllah I know we can do it:) There is boundaries for us but for Allah ki rehmat ka barasna there is no boundaries. Even as we follow our deen more and more our goal becomes higher and higher, and there is no boundary for our goal as Allah Subhanataalah is the greatest. SubhanAllah. I don`t even have words to express how great Allah is! SubhanAllah!
