Rainbow In The Grey Sky

The weekend was very wet but some sun did emerge alhamduilah but there as i went to put the rubbish out i spoted MY RAINBOW so here it is did anyone else see it in London town on Sunday? Subhan Allah Allah is all I have to say!

Chinese -chicken&mushroom fried rice

I trid Mimi's lovely recipe
http://culinaryxcouture.blogspot.com/2008/07/chinese-chicken-fried-rice.html

here's mine in pictures have a look:

The Science Museum

We visited the science Museum, my sons fav here are the pictures he took. Can you see the lamp shade made out of Biro pens? http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
So armed with a healthy packed lunch we set of mashaAllah

A Long Walk (Royal Parks)

Located in Kensington Gardens, Serpentine Gallery is one of London's best-loved galleries for modern and contemporary art and architecture, attracting 750,000 visitors a year and admission is free , we took shelter from the rain and has a rest under this structure.
http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington_gardens/
Diana, Princess of Wales' Memorial Playground
Kids had a good play at this playground and like it very much http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington_gardens/diana_playground.cfm
we also had a look at the memorial fountain Was a nice day with lots of walking from and through park to park , the kids especialy liked the playground and climbed and climbed that ship!

Mission flutter

Explore the life cycle of some of the world’s most beautiful creatures this summer in the giant maze and butterfly house at the Amazing Butterflies, the new family exhibition at the Museum.

Begin at the maze that takes you on a journey from egg to caterpillar, and chrysalis to butterfly. There's a zip slide where you can soar through the air like a butterfly. Mind your head as you enter the butterfly house. It is home to hundreds of flying butterflies and moths bred in the exhibition's own hatchery. Your journey finishes in the beautiful butterfly garden, planted with British flowers that attract native species.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/amazing-butterflies/

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Quick snack Plantain

slice up some plantain , salt fry , drain sandwhich and enjoy!

Mother

MOTHER
I had a marvelous Mother, who loved me,

Sacrificed for me and helped me in every way possible.

In all of my growing up from childhood through School and eventually marriage,

My mother was always at my side
And when I needed help with my little ones,
She was there for me.


A few years ago, we buried this wonderful
woman.

Can you imagine how I felt when I returned home and

Found poem in her drawer written by my mom
The time is now
If you are ever going to love
Love me now while I can know
The sweet and tender feeling Which from true
affection flow
Love me now while I am living
Do not wait until I am gone
And then have it chiselled in marble
Sweet words on ice-cold stone
If you have tender thoughts of me
Please let me know now
If you wait until I am sleeping
There will be death between us
And I will not hear you then
So if you love me, even a little bit
Let me know while I am living
So that I can treasure it

Now she is gone and I am sick with guilt
Because I never told her what she meant to me.

Worse yet, I did not treat her as she deserved to be
treated.

I found time for everyone and everything else

But I never made time for her.

It would have been easy to drop in for a cup of tea

And a hug but my friends came first.

Would any of them have done for me what my mother did,

I know the answer
When I called mom on the phone,

I was always in a hurry.

I feel ashamed when I think of the times I cut her off.

I remember too, the times I could have included her and did not.

Our children loved Grandma from the times they were babies.

They often turn to her for comfort and advice.
Grandma gave them unconditional love.

She understood them.
I realize now that I was too critical,

Too short-tempered, too stingy with praise.

The world is filled with sons, daughters and a child like me.

I hope they see themselves in this letter and realize from it.

Value Sisterhood

Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem

My Dear Sweet Sister in Islam, I love you for Allah. If you ever need me, InshaAllah I will be here for you. If I ever hurt or offend you, please inform me ASAP so I can make ammends. May Allah guide us all and let us love each other for Him alone. May we be united under the Throne of Allah, under its shade, on the day that there will be no shade except His. O’ Allah, Rabbana, forgive us, help us to use our time here for that which is good and not that which is eveil. O’ Allah, Rabban, protect us from the Shaytan, for he is an open enemy to us, and we were created weak and hasty. O’ Allah, You are the Forgiver, You love to Forgive, so Forgive us, for we turn to You and repent to You and seek only from You. Keep us far away from the punishement of the grave, and from the punishement of the Hellfire. Ease our difficulties, answer our ad’eya, strengthen our eman, increase our taqwa, make us among those with sabrun jameel, and among the truthful. O’ Allah, admit us to Your garden of eternal rest, grant us from its best portions, and raise us to its highest peaks. We are Your slaves, happy to know this, content to submit, pleased to be humble.

AMEEN AMEEN THUMA AMEEN

Ten Useless Matters

There are ten useless matters:


Knowledge that is not acted on
The deed that has neither sincerity nor is based on following the righteous examples of others
Money that is hoarded, as the owner neither enjoys it during this life nor obtains any reward for it in the Hereafter
The heart that is empty of love and longing for Allah, and of seeking closeness to Him
A body that does not obey and serve Allah
Loving Allah without following His orders or seeking His pleasure
Time that is not spent in expiating sins or seizing opportunities to do good
A mind that thinks about useless matters
Serving those who do not bring you close to Allah, nor benefit you in your life
Hoping and fearing whoever is under the authority of Allah and in His hand; while he cannot bring any benefit or harm to himself, nor death, nor life; nor can he resurrect himself.
However the greater of these matters are wasting the heart and wasting time. Wasting the heart is done by preferring this worldly life over the Hereafter, and wasting time is done by having incessant hope. Destruction occurs by following one’s desires and having incessant hope, while all goodness is found in following the right path and preparing oneself to meet Allah.

How strange it is that when a servant of Allah has a [worldly] problem, he seeks help of Allah, but he never asks Allah to cure his heart before it dies of ignorance, neglect, fulfilling one’s desires and being involved in innovations. Indeed, when the heart dies, he will never feel the significance or impact of his sins.


Imam Ibn ul Qayyim al Jawziyyah