My People - Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam

rain dance of a lifetime

Move one foot in front of the other
Your shoes soggy from the rain
No pain, Like the sea
Slippery and carefree
Let yourself go
And feel what’s around you.
Look up and taste the water like it's an ocean
Slow motion –
Each cold droplet fall, race on your face.
Remember Who made you
And why you’re here,
And the good times are near.
Smile and laugh
Play and sing
Forget the bitterness.
And grow old this way
Hold hands and swing in circles I say
Capture the nostalgia
And be young again. Sin-less.
Youth is innocence.
And innocence is integrity.
Keep on, one foot in front of the other.
Keep on, dance through life and thank Him.

by Aysha Adrees

peace+love.<3

Allah Hafez. [I leave you under the protection of God.]

Fajr Prayer

I wake up to perform my morning prayer

I think, SubhanAllah, I remembered my Creator

I turn on the faucet and look at the running water a bit too long

Long enough to see what's wrong.

In the water I'm afraid to see my reflection

To see the grime and filth and dirt

wash away into the pure. As I cleanse myself,

I see what I'm cleaning

and I see that I'm screaming

because I have no humility.

What is wrong with me?

How can I pat myself on the back,

say, "Good job, how good I am - I woke up for Fajr"

When soon enough after the prayer,

I'll fall back asleep,

and forget my Creator.

-by Aysha Adrees

interesting facts about the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him

*He was a descendant of the Prophet Ismail and Prophet Abraham, peace be upon them. (Abraham was the father of Ismail.)


*He used to call his wife, A'isha, by the nickname "Ayesh."


*He was subject to assassination attempts.


*He used to pray facing Jerusalem, before it was revealed that he pray facing the Kaaba.


*He brushed his teeth 5 times a day.


*He never ate alone; he always invited someone to eat with him.


*He tried to avoid preaching in excess so others would not get annoyed.


*Sometimes he prayed so much that his legs swelled.


*Sometimes he slept on the floor. He didn't care where he slept.


*Once, during the conquest of Makkah, the Muslims passed a mother dog with puppies. Muhammad sall Allahu alayhi wa-alayhi wasallam not only gave orders that they were not to be disturbed, but he assigned a man to see the task was done.

*He was once a shepherd.

*He loved the color green.

*Once, Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, halted his entire army and made them camp out until sunrise. Why? His wife, Aisha, peace be upon her, lost her necklace in the dark of the night. He wanted to wait until morning so she could find it.

*He announced the Virgin Mary would be highest woman in Paradise. Proceeding Virgin Mary would be his daughter, Fatima. Peace be upon them all.


Peace.Love.<3

a grain of rice is a lot bigger than an atom - PART II

Salaam everyone!

I wanted to do a follow-up post to my last entry.
I asked if anyone knew of sites similar to FreeRice. For who wanted to know the answer to this themselves :

ripple.org
freepoverty.com
thehungersite.com
thenonprofits.com
children.care2.com
theanimalrescuesite.com


Love.Peace.Aysha

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.