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| Tuesday, October 4th, 2005 | | 5:05 pm |
| | 4:45 pm |
So at first I was going to fast Tuesday but now
insha'allah I'm going to fast Wedensday. My goals for Ramadhan. 1. Pray on time-I don't miss prayers wa lillaahil hamd but I need to be more studious in praying at the best time. 2. Be just-I discussed this today. I have to stive not to be too harsh nor too lenient but to tell the truth even if it is against myself. 3. Exercise-Maybe the most important and the reason why is that it has an effect on my deen. One of the reasons why I don't pray as much as I should is because I'm so out of shape. I'm not using Allah's Loan to me (my body) in the best manner. Even though we will be fasting I'm going to try to do 15 minutes or so, not too much, shortly before it is time for iftar (hehe). 4. Night Prayer-Even if it is a little I'm going to try to do it consistently, speaking of which 5. Consistentcy-The deeds most beloved to Allah. Sometimes I try to take on too much. I especially notice this with my dhikr after salaah. There is NO WAY I can do as many as I know (at least in my current state of eemaan) so I'm going to choose ones that I can do always. 6. Eat Less and Better-I need to start drinking water before I eat so I don't over do it. Buffets are out of the question cause I don't know how to act. 7. Spend the time that I would have spent with food related stuff studying-:D 8. Finish the First Madinah Book-Insha'allah! Ramadhan Mubarak! | | Sunday, September 18th, 2005 | | 1:18 pm |
Asalamu 'alaykum
I hope everyone is doing well. Quick updates ~I'm readying myself for a good Ramadhan insha'allah. I'm living with a group of muslim brothers again wa lillahil hamd, I quit CVS and am working with them in the restaurant again. CVS was okay for the time but I did not want to do anything with the least haram element going into Ramadhan. ~I'm back in school big time. Even though I plan to finish my major over the span of two years I'm going to do the majority of it over the next year and then go to school only part time and work full time over the last part of it. Learning a lot in school, and learning a lot of out of it. I like the freedom and scope of psychology. I actually do a lot of work outside of class that supplements what I am learning in it. Definietly, Organizational Psychology is my interest. ~Umm.....I'm going to start my exercise regimine (again) today insha'allah. ~I'm doing well in school. Dean's List last sememster. ( Read more... ) | | Saturday, July 9th, 2005 | | 2:45 pm |
*twists finger in ear*
I'll probably lists updates when something updateable happens in my life. Lately, I've been feeling the need to do something updateable so I'm planning something. I'm moving back with my old roomate next month insha'allah. Wow...that's lame. But I spread the greetings of salam to my Muslims brothers and sisters:) ~Abdullah | | Tuesday, June 7th, 2005 | | 8:48 am |
I have not forgotten to complete
my list of books that have influenced me. Just taking some time out to blurb about some things in my life. I've decided to try to become a better person. Keep this a secret, this is just between me and you (plural). I'm going to start working on my abs. They are for self esteem and wifey (actress to play the role of wifey yet to be revealed). I looked in the mirror and noticed that I have a muscular abdomen that I never work out. Then the idea hit me, imagine what that surfboard would look like if I DID exercise! Hey! And it'll give me and excuse to get in shape. I think I should start a goal of ten sit ups a day. And by July I want to start going to the gym on days off. Had a nice little argument yesterday. Two things you all can learn about me. One, I'm a funny person. Natural. Weird really, but when you think of weirdness and its qualities you can understand how they relate to being funny. Humor is reliant upon novelty, subtlety, wit etc, but mostly novelty. When you can predict a joke it ceases to be funny. What does that have to do with my argument and what you can learn? Nothing except one of the prime participants (me!) is quite funny. ( Read more... ) | | Thursday, June 2nd, 2005 | | 11:21 am |
Books that were meaningful to me
Stolen from another journal! 1. The Qu'ran As I say this I'm doing my best to really mean it. I certainly do but for my eemaan I want to remember why. One of the reasons is because that the Quran is the basis of Islam and that is the basis of my life. My social, economic, moral, everything, all my centers are based on the the books. I am me and I love me greatly but I acknowledge that I am truly property of God and that I belong to Him. And that's a good thing:) Yup, the Qu'ran is meangful as a foundatioin, even if I don't read it everyday (which I should), thankfully I pray everyday so it is always the center of my life. ( Read more... ) | | Saturday, May 28th, 2005 | | 3:04 pm |
Don't drop me off your friends list yet!
Busy, busy busy am I and distant from my comp. So far the life developments have been. -I suck as a Muslim which is a good thing to realize if it helps me become a better one:) Good thing is that I'm feeling more and more comfortable and guided in my choice to switch to psych. My problem is I need to work on balance. There was a time when I was able to work and go to the masjid a lot but no school. Now I am working and am excelling in school but every time I go to the masjid the brothers greet me with the glee you would a travelor you don't see much which means I need to go MUCH more. I'm seeking a balance. -I'm doing part time flyer work and part time CVS, shift begins in under an hour. I'm debating if I should eat lunch or not. My first day was just day before yesterday so my impressions on the job are still forming. Tenatively I think I can last there, the big thing is just show up, show up on time, and do moderately decent work but if I excel in any of the aforementioned areas it will be better. Good news is that there is a lot of turnover at the job (I'll tell you why that's good news in a minute) so I'm along with about 5 other new employees and the two managers are overworked so they are looking for a shift supervisor (two steps away from manager) and the assistant manager told me that I am one of the "eyed" new employees because the hiring guy thinks I have manager potential. So I might try to be "ambitious" for the first time in my life. -I'm starting to figure out what I want in terms of family. I really should make that an entry. Probably will be one of my most honest and revealing. I'm starting to become more comfortable and honest with who I am. Its probably because I'm out with my grandparents still and am away from my Muslim breathren but as I gaze upon the relationships of my western peers I just know that before Islam one of the reasons that I knew this deen was a fit for me is that I just did not like it. The fornication, the infidelity, the insecurity (we'll get to this in my entry. I was reading a book about "what women want", and no I'm not thinking of becoming a pimp:), but it said one of things women want are security in general. I thought of it and as much as I disliked it (please be mature about this though I know most of you will be but traits like verbal aptitude, distaste for violence, ability to be moved, and compassion which are typically classified as female characteristics I have also which I don't like but hey, that's me. Personally I think they are superior traits (Know they are in fact, Prophet Muhammad sal Allahu alayhi wa salim had them) but in our society people think you are a punk.). Anyway, I realize that I want security too in a romantic, marital relationship. No interest in financial security from my partner but I do want emotional and sexual security and postive reinforcement for my partner. In exchange for that I will gladly sacrifice extra marital affairs (which I would have done anyway), pre marital sex (which I am doing anyway) AND even polygyny (which is something we'll get to). I really don't WANT more than one wife but we'll discuss that later insha'allah. Work beckons, Hope everyone is doing well. Welcome back Hafsa and May Allah help you in your job search Brian:D | | Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005 | | 11:08 am |
I was just reading the Islam Online articles about a woman leading salaah
should I email them to my Islam and Women class? Today is the last class and last class I was peeved again because they were, I don't have time to go into it now cause I have to type my final but I will insha'allah because it would be good to know. But now I'm definetly insha'allah going to send out fatwa that correct the erroneius (Spellcheck, My God!) claims made last class because they were borderline heinous and sick. Nah, they were sick. But because I didn't know for sure I didn't say anything and I just listened as like always Muslims were portrayed as being cruel to women and backwards individuals. Grrr... But after reading the articles about women leading salaah I think they were well written. I've told Dr. Wadud numerous times privately (never discussed the prayer issue) that the class is not fair and does not present opposing and often the prevailing arguments against a lot of the things she advocates. Instead they are misportrayed and the class forms ill opinions about Muslims, especially men, based on poor information. I've been holding my tongue about that prayer debacle all semester but the rest of the class hasn't and neither has she. She can't really hurt me (too much) grade wise, and the articles would broadcast the correct picture. Should I email them to the class? Shoorah Solicited Shoorah Solicited! | | Thursday, April 28th, 2005 | | 4:28 pm |
A good thing and a bad thing...
You Are 12 Years Old |
12
Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.
| | | 4:24 pm |
| | Friday, April 22nd, 2005 | | 1:09 pm |
My friends you may not know this but
I actually read your entries regularly I just always run out of time to update myself. As it is now. Developments -I actually ran out of time to do the things I needed to do this week as opposed to just being lazy -School is going great. Good grades, and I/O psych may be a field I try to get into -Forget the stock market after a terrible 04 and slow start to 05 my emaan is up a couple of points today:) Jumu'ah in a couple. And I really want some coffee but no time! | | Tuesday, April 5th, 2005 | | 6:19 pm |
| | 4:04 pm |
Oh and I didn't forget
I actually privatized the journal entries I made answering your questions about what Dr. Wadud is like cause I didn't complete them. I'll unload them when I'm finished. I still gotta do an english response to poems so it may not be today though. | | Tuesday, March 29th, 2005 | | 11:11 am |
| | 11:08 am |
Because I'm trying to avoid doing work
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| | Monday, March 28th, 2005 | | 9:18 pm |
Busy now but I'm very interested in hearing
what those of you on lj think of Dr. Wadud's action but a little more too. What do you all think are the pressing issues that the ummah needs to deal with in regards to women and Islam? Also, what are your ideas of gender discrimination and Islam? For instance, a man being able to marry four wives and a woman only being allowed to marry one is gender discrimination. What do you all think of it? I'm not trying to invite questioning Allah's hukm or anything like that (Dr. Wadud reinterprets those verses ironically and thinks polygyny is not permissible) but I'm more interested in hearing how sisters who have eemaan in the verses of Allah feel about some of the revelation that grants men certain priviledges and not women. P.S-The Dr. Wadud thing is actually still making local news here. She skipped class Thursday without any warning and rumors are there are security concerns. So far it seems to mostly be rumors as VCU admitted they received not threat or anything like that. It may have just been coincidence that she was absent but you know... | | Monday, March 21st, 2005 | | 4:38 pm |
So I've been away on Spring Break and all and away from my computer...Dr. Wadud is famous it seems..
Wow. Subhaana Allah. She mentioned to us in class that she was going to lead the khutbah in New York but it wasn't until over the break I heard she was also planning to lead the salaah. Wow. I've been away from the internet so I'm amazed that I come back to the world wide web and it is world wide news. It seems that some shuyook gave internationally broadcasted lectures just to discuss the issue of what she did. Oh just a reminder one of the reasons I'm so interested in this situation is not only am I a student at VCU but I'm also in Dr. Wadud's Islam and Women class. I've read some of her book (as an assignment) in which she makes some of the statements that got her into so much trouble. May Allah guide her. | | Monday, March 7th, 2005 | | 4:26 pm |
Quick updates
-I'm no longer seeing a "counselor", I'm seeing my "Improvement Coach" I was reading Harvard's Buisness review for my IO psych class and some of the psychologists said that most if not all high level corporate officials should see a psychologist or psychiatrist to deal with their jobs but most are embarrased to see a "shrink" so they have "coaches". I decided that I really don't need serious mental help rather just some advice on certain skills I need to acquire. So I'm now seeing my coach instead of a shrink. -VCU is in the CAA final tonight I got class but I wish I could watch the game. I'm such a basketball fan (and irresponsible student) that I would skip tonight's class to watch the game but I haven't gone to the last two classes so I think I should show up. -I exercised today for the first time in...a while. I hope to keep it up. Hmm. Bout it. Asalamu alaykum ~Abdullah | | Tuesday, February 15th, 2005 | | 10:27 am |
I'm quite pleased
the school psychologist called me "interesting." I bet he sees all kinds of people so to be called interesting is quite a compliment. Yay! | | Saturday, February 12th, 2005 | | 8:38 pm |
For Brad_Lastname :D
Do not feel troubled brother. Allah is the One who makes these easy. I ask that he make this of benefit for you and He always guide you and me to good. I'm no scholar but the best definition I can give off the top of "Acts of worship" is an action by which the person doing it seeks nearness to Allah or seeks His Pleasure and reward. That's not a legal definition but that is the best I can come up with. It is good that you support not adding unnecessary extras. Celebrating the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa salim) birthday is a very good example. But see the thing is by not adding extras, not only are we maintaining tradition but we are fulfilling an obligation of Islam. Allah said "...This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion..." 5:03 So Allah completed Islam so it doesn't need anything added onto it and it is already perfect so no one can come up with anything to improve the religion. And Allah does not want anyone to add to it. ( Read more... ) |
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