Love’s like that
You know how it is with us ladies? The “off-time” whereby we can’t pray, or touch/read the Quran and all that? I don’t know about other people, but that’s when I become anxious and hope that the “off-time” would be as brief as possible. Mine usually takes up 1 week, and 1 week is just waaaaaaayy toooo loooongggg for me.
But there’s an upside to all of this “off time”, which is…once everything goes back to normal, the 1st prayer feels like the BEST prayer. I’d usually get all giddy with excitement like a girl on a first date…nervous and anxious to meet the boy. You know how it is when you’re just bursting to say something to your best friend, or just want somebody you trust to talk to…but you have to hold it in for a week. So once your best friend is finally there, it’s like an opportunity to finally let it out. Well, that’s how it is for me after each break. If only I had that much passion for each salat. I’ll get there one day, insya Allah :)
Friday, October 17th, 2008 @ 6:54 am 
Any given day, Heart
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October 19th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Thank you.
You say some of the most wonderfult hings on your blog. Thank you.
What you have said here echos so much of what I am feeling these days. I recently had a major lapse of trust in someone that I love dearly. The bad deeds attached to the lies mean so little to me. It is the trust that was destroyed that pains me most. And withthis, I have coem to speak to Allah more deeply, with more conviction, and more sincerity because if I can trust no one, there is ALWAYS ALLAH. I think I had forgotten that for a moment.
So, for me, the prayers take on a whole new significance, which makes me almost grateful for this recent disappointment. Anything that draws me to Allah…there has to be some good to it, yeah?
Khaalidah
October 21st, 2008 at 11:47 am
Alhamdulilah. I’m thankful to Allah for allowing this little act of da’wah get somewhere…anywhere.
Last night’s lecture was on sabar and syukur, and how our whole life is like a pendulum that goes back and forth between these two states. I might even dedicate one whole blog entry on what I learned last night, insya Allah.
Hadith Aisha r.a: “The Prophet said, “The real patience is at the FIRST stroke of calamity”
(Al Baqarah:156) “who, when calamity befalls them, say “Verily, unto God do we belong and, verily, unto Him we shall return”.
If we remember the above hadith and ayat (amongst many other hadiths and ayats), whatever trying times we have to endure will become a lot easier to handle, insya Allah :)