THE APRON by Karimah Bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain & well being writer. I was sent this delightful post my by Auntie, Mum number 2. I remember my grandma’s, both wearing aprons and hanging cups from hooks in the kitchen and cotton hankies tied around steam puddings.As I keep telling you, I am old school and have had for years a selection of aprons before I even became grandma. I have fotos of me in aprons and high heels…
Category: ISLAM
WUDU WITH A JUG OF WATER
Hadith – Bukhari 1:161, Narrated Humran (The slave of ‘Uthman) I saw ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan asking for a tumbler of water (and when it was brought) he poured water over his hands and washed them thrice and then put his right hand in the water container and rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by putting…
Nanaa Karimah
Being a Grandparent by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain and Well Being Writer, Mashallah, I never imagained when I was younger that I would be a grandparent, I never though that far ahead and it was hard enough being a teenager and parent , let alone a grandparent. Many moons have since passed and alhmdulilah I am still here and alhamdulilah now within the fold of Islam.Why is this…
LOOKING AT POTENTIAL SPOUSES
LOOKING AT POTENTIAL SPOUSES by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain & Bell Being Writer I have sugested through my own expereince to look at how a potential spouse prays, should you get the opportunity or get your mahram to see how a brother who is a potential husband prays. This suggestion was met with the usual ignorant objections to I decided to revise…
Queen Victoria’s Handsome Indian Muslim Connection
“Queen Victoria’s Handsome Indian Muslim Connection” by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain & well being writer. I am a big fan of queen Victoria and the good things she did all over the Empire, one of them included providing free education to working class boys and girls and was a major part of what has helped us, by the grace of Allah, as Muslim women and working class boys to…
Karimah Got Her Groove Back
Changes in Lifestyle are Needed, by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain & Well Being Writer. There comes a point in most, if not all our lives, where we realize that we are going to have to take a good hard look at our lifestyle, as we approach the big 40, it is sometimes hard to acknowledge that life…
FOODS OF THE NOBEL QURAN AND SUNNAH CELERY- (karafs)
FOODS OF THE NOBEL QURAN AND SUNNAH-CELERY- (karafs) by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain & well being writer There is a haddith, though not authentic but still mentioned by Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah in Medicine of the Prophet, the haddith says that the Messenger of Allah, salah al alahi wa salem said” whoever eats karafs and sleeps upon it, sleeps with good…
WHOLE FOODS MARKET LONDON
WHOLE FOODS AND THE ENVIRONMENT By Karimah bint Dawoud , Muslim chaplain and well being writer of Amazon Number 1 halal cook book, “Heavenly Bites” . Today was one of those days, a very very let’s be good to the environment day, with my friend Queenie ,we set out to look for fish to compliment some tarragon and samphire grass I bought recently.Samphire is a type if edible plant that grows in costal regions, and a…
Holding Down The Weight This Winter
By Karimah Bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer, karimahscuisina@live.co.uk As the dark days of winter trundled along the muddy path towards us, the temptation is to curl up into a ball by the fire with a big bowl of creamy mash potatoes covered in honey and chocolate fudge sauce…or something like that! Resist my lovelies, resist! After last winters indulgence into mince pies and more…
PROPHET MUHAMMAD AND ROMANCE
PROPHET MUHAMMAD WAS ROMANTIC !!! by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk I paid to go to a talk of what I now call one of the islamic celebrities. He said the sole purpose of marriage was to have children, I wrote this down a the time in my notebook and brought it up with him when I met him though he denied it….