A ruined History (salaamz)

heya guys its naz asalamu aleikum wa rahmatulahi wa barakatuhu
OMG i missed you guys
but im just a teeny bit upset today/tonight
i have just witnessed the worst elections in history
it was the somali presidential elections today in Djbouti and there were 2 main candidates
candidate 1)
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (self proclaimed sheikh might i add)
and candidate 2)
Nuur Hasan Hussein Nur Ade
the first was a member of the random militiant "islamic" group who took over somalia and introduced "sharia law" (nuthin against sharia bt it wasnt used properly) for like6 months in somalia before they were overthrown
and the second is the Prime minister (now former) who managed to kick out and unwanted president and unwanted Ethiopian forces out of Somalia
and the first guy won
and nw we will be celebratin a false inauguration of a random unwanted president
(only members of the parliment were alowed to vote)
*btw all this is nazs random opinion and no one has to agree with anything i just said*
but yeah im pretty sad i dont even mind whos president
i just want peace and prosperity for all the muslims wherever they are in the world
and inshallah itll come about
may allah help our muslim brothers and sisters in somalia and across the world
ameen
salaamz
lots of luv
naz
(btw nxt tym i cum bck ill be hapier nd hve good news inshallah) :D

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naz is GONE?!

Omg Naz where the hell are you going?! I was gone for a few days and it's your turn noowwwwwwwwwwww omg :(
And you're not going to celebrate your birthday with me :(
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Now what sisters am i to blog alone? or should I leave this blog stranded and you guys read my personal blog till nazzy wazzy gets back?
IDK! You peeps decide and tell me :)

NAZ COME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A'qilah! ;)

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Awayy!!! :'(

inshallah for so many reasons such as STUDYING and more studying
and things like that i dont think ill be here
until 16th febuary
when my holidays start and when the baby will be born lol
ohyeah and after my birthday
soo... although i wont be here
for a while (if ny1 will miss me) lol when i DO come back ill have LOADS to tell you
(all good news hopefully)
so i might not be here after 2moro
missin u all already
take care
have fun
salaamz
naz :)
(hpefully sis A'qilah will keep u entertained)







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Tagged Nazs favourite things

( i love Pepsi ohmygod and its blue lol ;p im high i need to sleep)



Favorite color:





i THINK BLUE haha its such a cuute colour and my mum is havin a baby boy and all his stuff is Blue lol


Favorite getaway place: My Room!! nt tht u can call it my room evry1 uses it
maybe the bathroom (i luv my baths)







Favorite perfume (guys): sumthin my bro wears i dnt knw wt its called smells gd lacoste pink :)



5.Favorite perfume (girls):OHMYGOD all perfumes ya ilah am perfume mad dnt even ask my whole dressin table is filled with every type of perfume



Favorite pj brand: I dont even wear Pjs


Favorite clothes brand in general: YA Allah all clothes man tht look hott.


Favorite person in the entire world: my baby brother who isnt even born yet luv ya darlin :) and the mother who will give birth to him




Favorite country (not including your own): Australia/UAE



Favorite car: am nt a car person



Favorite sport: Haha are you kidding me ??



Favorite sport player: NoN, not into sports!


Favorite spot in America: NYC HELL YEAH!!



.Favorite animal: eeew i hte animals all non-edible animals should be bannished

Favorite movie: NAZ loves movies (ohmygod i was in a random movie bt it wasnt tht good )Favorite singer: My taste in music is universal arabic,somali,R&B,nasheed,Pop or wteva sounds nice even some regae (sry i cnt spell)


.Favorite day in the week: mmmm.. Saturday i guess or friday ok WEEKEND



Favorite time of the day: MIDAY i swear if its sunny and its the middle of the day my face goes :D nd i can do anything (provided its fun)



Favorite holiday season: SUMMER (plz Allah let the winter go away)



.Favorite number: dnt hve one i gt fve letter fve mnth bt nt fve number :( i dnt like numbers man


.Favorite food: Somali food Pakistani food

welcome aboard wteva tastes nice


.Favorite chocolate: Chocolate hey hw can u ask a girl these things im in love with the word itself i used to hve a fve choc bt dnt even knw wt its called a lil expensive so ill say de normal ones Galaxy and kitty cat (KitKat)



Favorite cartoon: The Simpons (ill nvr grow old of them)


Favorite blogger: All bloggers who r awesome especially my muslima sisters yeey


.Favorite Flavour Ice Cream: nt icecream person hw bout Magnum owyh nd dis other one duno wt its called its delicious (didnt i js say im nt an icecream person nd nw am gng YUMMY)



.Favorite Mobile Brand: Sony Erricson and Samsung


Fve name:Wteva naz is short for (this isnt even in de list)




I TAG ms MODEST JUSTICE, ZARA (think ur already tagged tho), sis AMUSLIMAWIFE,AND *QUEEN* :D

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Silence Is A Virtue.

I've come to realise that the only time I get to sit in utter silence, close my eyes and detach myself from the surroundings to only think of my creator and all that He's blessed me with is when I'm in His House; The Masjid.

I've had a whole load of time to spare as I said;I'm on a 3 month break.
Things have been happening a lil too fast
while some seems to not be happening at all.
There has been clear ups and downs.
There's been the utmost disappointing of moments and the utmost happiest of times.

I sat in silence after my zuhr prayer at the Sultan Mosque today.-------->
So much has been happening; problems seem to tumble down one after another. It's been sometime since I sat down NOT to ask for something from Allah swt rather to Thank Him for all that He's been giving.

I'm in serious need of strength right now. I need Allah swt to guide me.
I need guidance and light.
And I need faith and patience.

Life's not been utterly miserable but sometimes when you see obstacles coming down one after another it's heart-wrenching and it makes you want to give up.
I'm not the sort of person who'd give up that easily.
I don't believe in admitting defeat til I finally attain an achievement and even if I lose in a battle; I wouldn't lose as a sore loser.

I always tell myself "I'm here because of my creator and it shall be FOR Him"
Because I get too busy these days I found myself moving away from the effort of getting close to Him. That was the reason why I decided to sit in the masjid with my "best friend" aka special sister to just reflect on all that's been happening ever since. To stop and think of how we always end up being too busy ASKING from Allah swt rather than giving (through prayers) and thanking Him for all that He's given.

I remember a story about a man who dreamt he visited the angels of Allah swt.
All the angels were tasked except one.
The man approached the angel in utter curiousity and asked;
"Oh Angel Of Allah swt; Why aren't you as busy as your fellow angels are?"

the Angel answered;
"Oh child of Adam, I've been tasked to take into account of those who thank Our Lord after asking for what they've asked for. The reason why my fellow angels are busy is because they tale charge of the servants who ASK from Allah while I take charge of those who THANK Allah.
Today itself, only a handful has said "Alhamdulillah" but look of Child Of Adam all are asking for so many favours from their Lord."

Doesn't the story tell us how much we tend to forget that we're blessed in at least one way or another and it seems that we never seem to notice the blessings and rather keep on ranting and asking.
Take a time off sisters and THANK Allah for all that He's given :)


فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٣﴾

(13) Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
(Surah Ar-Rahman (Surah No. 55))

-A'qilah Saiere-

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A Story of a Nikah :)

Story of a Nikah

I was living with my mother and step father and siblings and attending university and led quiet a good life I was good with my studies and did well as well as making many friends at university when my best friend went on holiday to her home country and was in a car accident which was not her fault and my whole life seemed to become bleak and miserable after losing a trusted and good friend almost one of the family since a lot of my time was spent with her after the initial shock and sadness it seemed I had much more time to fill without my Best friend and I seemed to miss odd things about her. My Iman was not that high and I was not really a practicing Muslimah and with my mother being a Doctor and my stepfather an Engineer as well as owning different properties in our home country I led quiet a privileged life (we even had maids) and I was definitely not used to trials all this made losing my best friend THAT much harder I decided the best thing to do was to pretend nothing had happened which is obviously not easy and at university its not that hard to get in with the wrong crowd and end up doing all the wrong things shortly after I had made my what seemed at the time good decision to forget my worries and have some “fun” the student union organised some sort of party ( they always have a reason for one) I ended up trying cigarettes and smoking and although I didn’t like it , and knew all the health problems it could create (that’s what happens when your mums a doc) I wasn’t the least bit fazed and seemed intent on hurting my self though I am so glad I drew the line at alchohol as I believed it could lead to funny business with males (I was doing the whole feminist thing and believed I hated all men) during my weird phase I started lying to my sisters about why I smelled of cigarettes all the time (it only led them to spy on me) and the closest person to me at that time was my brother ,I love my brother and he seems to understand everyone (he is not perfect but he is definitely not a hypocrite or a judgemental guy) and he was the only person I told my problems to at the time I also seemed to have many disagreements with my mother though if there is one boundary no one in our family would ever cross it is with parents and therefore it was never really an issue
Meanwhile things at university had changed Due to my best friend’s absence from the Dunya there was room for one more student in one of my classes and I hated him first because it seemed to me he had gained something from my loss and second because I was sure I detested all Males especially those who “advised” me.
Thing kept happening and it seemed I couldn’t avoid this guy (due to being in my classes) and the fact that HE didn’t seem to want to avoid me.
MashAllah he was good looking to me and he had nice manners he also prayed and fasted and it didn’t seem to bother him when people were doing “fun” things and he was no where to be seen afterwards we started speaking more and I finally gave in and gave him my msn we kept talking and got to know each other and I actually began to trust him and confide in him (to an extent) like I said he seemed like a good guy and I found out my little sister (well not so little really) was friends with his little sister (background check all finished) and I knew my family would approve but of course I was sure I had my entire life planned out and there was no time to get married in the middle of university and with so many other “inconveniences” that I went really strange and completely horrible to everyone I saw (the guy included) afterwards I decided I would let Allah tell me what to do and I would stop planning my whole life out because I cant control destiny and finally after much thinking and talking we decided we would get engaged have a wedding (the party) finish university due to the “dating whilst married thing” and move in after uni seemed like a plan and his parents met my parents and the fact that they already knew eachother ( we didn’t know that) made everything THAT much easier the only slight negative is because my family is really big and well known etc they insisted on a really huge wedding and no money was spared and it wasn’t very Islamic either but I had a great time and we went on a month long honeymoon cruise (you would never believe what strange things occurred on that cruise with other couples ) and got back to our lives
And now alhamdulilah so far so good
Im sorry its so long and I wouldn’t really like to share my pictures I hope you don’t mind
But theres my story
Your sister in islam
Says
Salaam J










***THIS IS THE STORY OF MY COUSIN AND NOT ME AND MAY APEAR IN SISTER A MUSLIM WIFES BLOG BECAUSE THE SHARING NIKAH STORIES THING WAS HER IDEA AND I HAD THE STORY HPE U LIKED IT ***

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Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Lion Dance by Martial Arts Groups.

Dragon Dance

Exchange of oranges are one of the few traditions that they practice till today.
Red Packets are called "Hongbao"; Just like our green packets for eid! :)
(The kiddies get cash eh)

Chinatown Light up.

Singapore's a tiny island with over 4 million people residing in it; it's become a lil TOO suffocating these days. So, majority of the residents here in Singapore are CHINESE.
I'm a Malay remember? lols. Erm, but I speak Chinese and I have a handful of Chinese Friends :)

ANYWAY, being a Chinese populated country or whatever you call it; When the time comes for Chinese New Year the whole country gets just oh-so-busy.
The streets are lighted up; Retail outlets get crazy with sales and because it's Chinese New Year and the Chinese believe that red is the colour of prosperity the country's RED. Lol.
Nothing wrong with that though; it's not always that Singapore's this BRIGHT. (Once A Year eh.)

The good thing for us Non-Chinese is that we gain from the crazy sales toooo Lols.
My mum bought a dozen of bed sheets out of which the original prices were $40-$50 and they were selling at $10-$20 LOL!
And hey women being women we shopped like crayzayyyyyy.
Everything's like selling at half price mann lols.
So yeah, good time to shop ;)
And guess what everyone gets 2 days off! Chinese or not ;)

Anyway to all Chinese Happy New Year; Gong Xi Fa Cai! :D

-A'qilah Saiere.-

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A'qilah's going BONKERS!

SORRRYYY I HAVENT BLOG! Lols... I've been toooo busy Subhan'Allah.
On Monday I went to the doc's with my cousin because she needed to collect her medicine that ran out; tuesday I spent 6 hours at the subordinate court waiting to hear my non-yet-prosecuted-drug-addict cousin; wednesday I spent the whole day in town and caught up with a sister I've not met for sometime, ate, shop and ate lol; thursday I spent the whole day at the Ministry Of Manpower-work permit outlet to collect my maid's work permit only to know there're errors and I have to come down in 4 working days and TODAY! I went for Juma'ah caught a movie at my crib with a sister i'm truly close to and finally headed off to tajweed class together after Maghrib!
Mash'Allah my schedule is not over! I'm going for a lecture tomorrow at Sultan Mosque at 2.15 so I'll be meeting the same sister at 11 am to have brunch and have our own quiet little time at the mosque till zuhr and finally the lecture; i don't know what's in store for tomorrow night though! YIKES! :S
To end my week I'll be attending Sunday School (LOL, i make it sound like church); a madrasah class I attend weekly from 8-10.30 at Masjid Abdul Aleem Siddique. Subhan'Allah it's for my own good though!
AND MONDAY! Tawheed class after Asr till After Isyk :)

I'll be having no school till April so I think this is the best period of time to instill Islamic Knowledge in myself.
I don't want my three months to be like my usual June/December Hols where I'll sleep at 4 am; Miss Fajr and Wake up for Zuhr. astgahfirullah! I'm trying my best to repent ;)

It's tiring but Alhamdulillah because it's for a good cause I get an inner feeling of self-satisfaction.
I'm either busy running from place to place to feed my hungry mind with knowledge OR I'm running errands.

So Heh Insy'Allah I will update more often ya?

Well you guys have nazzy wazzy!! :D
P.S HABIBTY I MISS YOU!!!

iight saaalams ;)

-A'qilah Saiere!- <3

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S-O-M-A-L-I-A - اللهم أنصر إخواننا في الصومال

salaamz everybody yeah this post is all about....................SOMALIA!! (yes i am in love)



you see for a "diversity" programme 10 students have been instructed to pick a country and do an entire project like thing on it and naz chose...cum on guess :P yeah SOMALIA






ok why i chose it is pretty simple ONE because its my country (or my parents country etc)





TWO coz i love it ( especially the beach) and THREE coz it wouldnt be hard to do a project on it because i would have information that you wouldnt really find if you went and did "research" (my grandmas stories) and traditional items etc and proffesional photos (yeah right)




so anyways i thought id just show you some of the things included




they are



TRADITIONAL CLOTHING of nomadic somali females ages ago (worn by nt so nomadic girls below) called "guntiino"

more wedding and i think its supposed to be traditional (for a muslim country the traditional clothes are nt very islamic:( :( ) called a "dira3/dirac" ( c in somali is equivalent to arabic 3eyn)



ohyeah it also features food


dunno how to explain what somali food is like but if you want to know go to http://www.somalirestaurant.co.uk/ its won the best UK muslim resturaunt or something






(i think my mums food is better)

(pick taken at a random somali resturaunt in somalia)

aswell as random places and pictures






like Mogadishu mosque ^ ( the big one)







Djbouti coast (i love djbouti) :)




and Hargeisa city (north somalia)



oh yeah and checkout this awesome mug i swear these days you can get mugs for just about anything lol



i bought one of these after having an ice cream at a random shopping Mall in London where i live lol


cool huh?



i better ace dis project thing :D



salaamz




naz

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Poor Poor naz

(haha she looks awesome and hilarious loooll!! no i dnt look like that :( )

haha salaamz
i seem to be doing everything a little upside down today
i went to school and everything was good my first lesson was a double oh and i forgot my book
so i spent the lesson doing the work 4 a guy who let me use HIS book :s (i was bored and he was sleeping)
afterwards i went outside and my friend bent down and i was playin with his hair then he randomly went like "aagh" and i got scared and hit my head on the wall (that got everyone laughing) lol then i went inside and spent 2 hours of a science lesson reading about a random saudi princess while my friend was asking me whether i knew my quran for tajweed class (the answer was no)
afterwards i had to try and convince all my friends to go to afterschool french lesson with me
YES IT WORKED or idve been bored halfway 2 death
and the teacher anounced we had a test (trust me to go the day we have a test) but i copied my friend who was born in france and got an A (nt very naughty i knw but it was FRENCH cum on)
oh and for some reason i didnt have my german book either
and we spent the lesson talking about how cold germany is with the german assistant
then when it was time to go home
my awesome brother decided to leave me and we had a whole discusion on why he left me lyk an hour an a half later (i went lookin4 him)
jus coz i said bye 2 him he said he thought i was gng with my frends my frends dnt even have cars ohmygod
and when i finally went tajweed class i failed
(bt the teacher didnt care THANK GOD)
aah i keep doing everything wrong lately and now i have loads of homework to do
so CIAO
my random blogin folks :P
nazzy wuvs u
(my frend calls me nazi nd i gt in trouble coz of tht i had 2 explain he didnt mean HITLER NAZI sheesh)
salaamz
naz :)

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OBAMA!! yeey

NO MORE GUANATANAMO

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NO SCHOOL

YEEEY!! lool ohman we get 2 days off hopefully or more (last time it was a week) off school because the stupid boiler system broke down and its so cold and its "below legal temperatures" therefore we had to leave school and get a couple of days
sounds great right?
but we are a little bored we are the only school/6th form closed so thres nuthin 2 do lol apart from er blog about it :P
lol
owk salaamz
naz

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I LOVE Hamas :)

i support the end of opression
i support the resistance
i support the toppling of the terrorist state (israel)
i support justice
i support truth
i support HAMAS

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the meaning of LOVE and PEACE

LOVE-
Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection.[1] The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure ("I loved that meal") to intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my girlfriend"). This diversity of meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.
As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness of familial and platonic love[2] to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love.[3]











PEACE- Peace is a term that most commonly refers to an absence of hostility, but which also represents a larger concept wherein there are healthy or newly-healed interpersonal or international relationships, safety in matters of social or economic welfare, the acknowledgment of equality and fairness in political relationships and, in world matters, peacetime; a state of being absent any war or conflict. Reflection on the nature of peace is also bound up with considerations of the causes for its absence or loss. Among these potential causes are: insecurity, social injustice, economic inequality, political and religious radicalism, and acute nationalism.











Those are wikipedias definitions for both the words love and peace and i beleive there needs to be more love in this world






love for your familly your friends aswell as your people and religion which will then lead to love for justice fairness and equality for everyone which will then lead to peace






peace for all the people of all the world freedom from pain and suffering






peace and tranquility which will hopefully lead to happiness and thankfullness and stop greed






so that the people of this world will live in peacefull tranquil and loving enviroment and spend their lives in devotion to their lord creator of all the worlds
















oh wouldnt that be a perfect world *sighs*




well im guessing that world would be a world run by islam where everyone followed the teachings of the quran and we had just rules who fear Allah and dont opress the muslims or the non muslims but are charitable and understand and undertake their duty to Allah most High




how i wish that world would come about.




ok salaamz




naz




(i hve no idea wt dis post is about im ina reflective mood and when im in that mood i dont know what im talking about lol excuse me)

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