By Karimah Bint Dawoud Today is the 1st day of one of the sacred Islamic month; it’s the first day of the first month in the Islamic calendar, the month of Muharaam. How many of us actually know that is the significance of this month? Muharam means forbidden and what is forbidden in this month…
Category: ISLAM
EVENT- NATIONAL INTERFAITH WEEK 2012
As salam alaikum, this event is open to all professionals in the field of health and well being, it’s a registration only event, should you be interested to come, please register on the following link, thank you http://karimahsnov12.eventbrite.co.uk/
THE MONDAY MORNING KICK UP THE BUM
By Karimah Bint Dawoud, We were discussing Islam and weight on FaceBook and as usually the fat sistars and their supporters were hurling donuts at us, then a sistar put up three blog links of famous MALE scholars all saying the same thing we had been saying and the donuts stopped 😦 Its a bit sad that,but however the message gets…
NO “MEAT “ FOR 365
NO “MEAT “ FOR 365 By Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain and well being writer. As the last of Hajj Eid’s meat finally finishes, the moon of Dhul Hijjah is waning and the new moon of the new Islamic year starts with the lunar month of Muharram, meaning “forbidden” but that’s another story, another soon…
SISTARS EID LUNCH
What can I say but alhmdulilah, all praise is due to the Creator, we had a feast, it could have been more but that would have been decadent and we managed to stay just this side of that. You can’t beat home cook food that is cooked with loving hands from loving hearts, this joint effort from Karimah’s Cuisina Sistars who are all…
HAJJ, 60 YEARS – OLD PART 2
by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain. While researching to see what stage of hajj is today I found this wonderful list of things to do by star catcher and polisher, life coach Sheikh Muhammad Alshareef. They are things to do while on hajj and thought I would share them as they are also good…
HAJJ , 60 YEARS OLD
VINTAGE FOTOS By Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain and lover of vintage Looking through some old magazines, I came across these wonderful fotos that I thought I would share with you, from an old National Geographic Magazine. They illustrate how Hajj was nearly 60 years ago, I hope you like them as much as I do….
PUMPKIN SOUP FOR THE PROPHET
PUMPKIN SOUP FOR THE PROPHET by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain & well being writer Serves 4 persons Cooking time 45 minutes We normally think of pumpkin at Halloween time, sitting on a window ledge with a scary face cut out of it to ward away the jinn and evil spirits that maybe be walking…
FEED THE NEED – SHAZIA’S STORY
PLEASE CLICK ON FOTO TO ENLARGE I cried when I saw this poem as it keeps my heart soft to know there are others who still are obedient to what Allah says in important in our relation to human kind mashallah. One of the sister who helped us cook and distributed the food on the streets last night went home and wrote this poem with Omar Asif’s artwork.
FEED THE NEED OCTOBER 12
by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain Alhamdulillah, once again Teama Cuisina were out in full force on the streets feeding London’s homeless in central London. This is our ethos, Quran, chapter 2 Surat Al Baqara, The Cow, verse 267 “O you who have believed, spend from the good things which you have earned and from that which…