Kissing while Fasting

Fasting Sahih Muslim Chapter 18 book of Fasting Haddith 591 of summarized English translation Narrated Aisha, radiahu anha,”the Messenger of Allah used to kiss and fondle his wives while he was fasting, he had the greater control over his desires among you.” (Bukhari 1927)

ALHAMDULILAH…I became a Muslim because……….

ALHAMDULILAH…I became a Muslim because by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk ALHAMDULILAH…I became a Muslim because when the wind of life’s troubles blows I stay on my deen, my prayers, my hijaab, trying to be patient and grateful. All praise is due to the Creator I embraced Islam for myself…

ALHAMDULILAH – I’m glad I became a muslim because………

ALHAMDULILAH – I’m glad I became a muslim because……… by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk I’m glad I became a muslim because….now I have a wonderful and every day more wonderful relationship with my mum, maashallah. Westernised society sets women up against each other in the media, in soap operas and films and adverts. I remember seeing…

Alhamdulilah – I’m glad I became a muslim because……..

Alhamdulilah – I’m glad I became a muslim because…….. by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk I am so glad I became a muslim because it has made me be a better example to my son, I stopped drinking alcohol, stop taking drugs and stopped having boyfriends. Stop smoking marijuana means that I don’t get paranoid  and now I think more clearly, the same goes for alcohol. Drinking alcohol makes you have blurry boundaries and makes you do things you wouldn’t normally do. The combination of alcohol and…

IFTAR IDEAS – RAMADHAN RECIPES

IFTAR IDEAS – Arabic samosas, the healthy option! by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk   Recipes in forth coming book, “Heavenly Bites” http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavenly-Bites-Karimah-Bint-Dawood/dp/1847740316 Dr Farouk Haffejee mentions in his book, Health Guidelines For Ramadhan, that baked samosas have 85 calories while the deep fried ones have 150 calories.Thats not so bad, you think but if you have 3 thats nearly 500 calories…

ALHAMDULILAH-I’m so glad I became a muslim because…………

ALHAMDULILAH-I’m so glad I became a muslim because………… by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk ALHAMDULILAH-I’m so glad I became a muslim because I am glad to stay in on a Friday or Saturday night.Last weekend I was cleaning out my kitchen cupbards and my mum, who is not muslim asked me what I was doing, when I told her  she was surprised and a bit taken back…

SPICE GIRLS- making the mundane look easy

SPICE GIRLS- cleaning my spice jars by karimah bint dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk As salaam alaikum brothers and sistars Listening to Sheikh Tawfik Chawdry, speaking about depression on Ramadan TV, we decided to embark on cleaning the spice jars.Not a big deal you may think, but we have nearly 40 spice jars and that number is alwasy…

FAVOURS FROM ALLAH- RAMADHAN REFORMATION

FAVOURS FROM ALLAH by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer. karimahscuisina@live.co.uk   As salaam alaikum wa rahmatulaahi wa barakatu brothers and sistars Please forgive and correct me for any mistakes in this article. I woke up this morning after dreaming about a person with understanding who puts that understanding into action and…

FRIDAYS..READING SURAT AL KHAF

The Virtues of Reciting Soorat al-Kahf during the day or night of Jumu’ah (Friday).    saheeh ahaadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) concerning the virtues of reciting Soorat al-Kahf during the day or night of Jumu’ah (Friday). These include:  (a) From Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri, who said: “Whoever reads Soorat al-Kahf…

TRUTH SEEKERS….A PRAYER

IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Many years and many moons ago when I was modelling, I was shown an Islamic book called “In Search of the Truth”…”Strange”, I thought ” Why do you have to search for the Truth?” But as I grew just that little bit older, I soon realised that this wonderful world we live in is full of lies and illusion and that the Truth is a precious commodity indeed. Praise the creator, I have known found the Truth , seen it with my…