a grain of rice is a lot bigger than an atom

I hate it when I go to websites and learn that if I donate money, I'll feed _____ amount of children. I hate it when I see all these great things people are doing, such as Sami Yusuf, WFP, etc. because I, too, really want to just do something. I wanna help and get involved and be like the other active youngsters around the world. I wish I could just help the world so much that I alone make a big difference. It's annoying when you see things on the internet asking if you want to help a little girl in Afghanistan or Nigeria or Bangladesh or Palestine or Somalia, or wherever achieve her dreams - get her an education to be the journalist she's always wanted to become. I hate it when I see that because I'm like "YES! YES, I DO WANT TO HELP!" And I click it, and it asks me to donate. I feel like I'll never get anything done until I am an adult out of college with a job with my own pay. I can't do anything because I'm not making money myself. It's so...disappointing, upsetting, obnoxious even, that I just have to wait. Life (mine and the chilld's) is slipping away, I want to help, but oh, I can't do anything about it. Ugh! I want to be active. There needs to be some alternative than just donating. I would give up much of my time if I could help any other way.





If anyone at all knows websites or programs/foundations that have other ways of doing this please let me know. The only one I know of is FreeRice. Sometimes people feel like they're not actually making a difference by playing but they ARE.
 [Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, see it!]—Holy Qur'an, sura 99 Az-Zalzala, ayat 7-8

[Surely God does not do injustice to the weight of an atom, and if it is a good deed He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.]—Holy Qur'an, sura 4 An-Nisa, ayah 40

You can play here.

Allah Hafiz. [May God be with you.]

Smile - It's Friday! :)

I've been waiting all week for it to be Friday so I could post this video.
Gain a good deed - spread this video. Make someone smile with this cute video & tell them to pass it on. Soon everyone will be smiling, and you'll receive a a good deed in your record for every person who smiled after you, plus yourself.
Smiling is Sunnah & charity. :) Happy Jumuah!

peace.love.
-Aysha! :)

Rainbows

By Aysha Adrees

What will it take

For us to look past

Differences and faults

And enjoy individuality?

Do we all have to be color blind

To get along?

‘Rainbows’

Should not be hated

For they are a creation of God

And they keep the world smiling.

Brown dirt is needed for the green grass to grow.

White clouds

Complement the blue sky very well.

If the world was colorless – water,

We’d all blend together

In a puddle of invisibility.

On Pain

On Pain

Your Pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses

your understanding.

Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its

heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

And could you keep your heart in wonder at the

daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem

less wondrous than your joy;

And you would accept the seasons of your heart,

even as you have always accepted the seasons that

pass over your fields.

And you would watch with serenity through the

winters of your grief.

Much of your pain is self-chosen.

It is the bitter potion by which the physician within

you heals your sick self.

Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy

in silence and tranquility:

For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by

the tender hand of the Unseen,

And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has

been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has

moistened with His own sacred tears.

–Khalil Gibran

Just Watch it.

I'm telling you.
You seriously need to watch this. It's facetious. It's funny. And it's the hard cold truth. :)

"But that's okay." :D Best line.

peace+love.
Aysha

the reward of Love

Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world. - Ali ibn Abu Talib

If you've ever suppressed your dislike for someone, looked past faults, felt something besides the differences - to please your Lord,
If you've ever loved anyone, your mom, your dad, a sister, a brother, a friend,
be grateful. Just as I always thought,
In the end it benefits you.

Narrated Abu Huraira (رضى الله عنه): The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “Certainly, Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who love each other for the sake of My Glory? Today, I will shelter them in My shade; a Day when there is no shade but Mine.”
(Sahih Muslim, Book 032, Number 6225)

Reward of love? Shade of God.


love.n'peace,
Aysha.

Support

Asalaamu Alaikum, everyone!

I just wanted to say that everybody should check out Hisham al Hadi's youtube videos, facebook, or twitter page! Hisham al Hadi is a knowledgeable 16-year-old guy that makes some really funny videos with great messages. He is quite popular and has even been on the Geo TV show "Maa aur Beta." (Means Mother and Son.) My mom actually knew his mother (the quite-known Farhat Hashmi) from college which I thought was pretty cool. He talks about the youth a lot.

HijabiBengaliSisters also make youtube videos, and they have a facebook page. They share their struggles and advice pertaining to Islam presented in a humorous way. They are also veryy popular. Link to their youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/HijabiBengaliSisters

Here's a good one about hijab.

Here's an extremely inspiring one:



This one is just straight up HILARIOUS.



ANNNNND, last but not least, my absolute favorite of all time.





So just please please check them out and support them!
Allah Hafiz.
-Aysha