The Return of the Pilgrim

Who left his heart in Makkah, not suprisingly at all for me. Alhamduilah he finailly made it home, happy and full of tales to tell, expierences to share , encouragement to go and a gallon of zamzam water to drink mashaAllah. here are his picture he took on his phone none of the kabba i am affraid but have a look anyhow, some were taking in Amman in Jordan and inside the cave related to surat al Kaff forthose of you the know.

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Moving to Saudi Arabia

It's been a while

Well i would like to say my abscence has been planned but it was not , my mind pre occupied mainly with other stuff happening in my life right now has not allowed me to sit and relax. not to mention my hard drive crashed and this one is not nearly as high tec as we all want it to be ''sigh'' but alhamduilah at least i can get on.

My dh went on hajj and is still there due to return end of the week, i have felt so sad at having to seprate again afte finaily getting together as a family after 3yrs years but the Pilgramige softens the blow for me and i pray Allah accepts it ameen.

Another major avent i decided to put the kids into British State School............a tough decision, as they have never been to school ever in the UKand were home educated. It's the first 7days so far so good alhamduilah and the school are very accomadation to my wishes more importantly they like it and the learning is coming on well , just in 7 days subhan Allah!

Eid Al Adha came and went it was to be a quite affair but we ended up having a ball with the neighbours mashaAllah, i made some cakes Algerian ofcourse!
My Bangladeshi neighbour got me a SARI as an EID present and then wanted me to wear it on the day. I felt they needed to see me in my Indain Glory baring in mind i have not worn a sari for 15yrs, i must say it was great fun and i loved the whole sari expierence and getting intouch with my roots. I got a make over on Eid day another sister did my make up...smoky eyes by MAC all new to me.

We also have a Canadian sister staying with us since my dh's depature. We
never knew her before but she was in need and alhamduillah we were able to help out, she is moving out on Saturday. All i can say is she has been a breath of fresh air mashaAllah and a pleasure to have.

I also met up with another Canadian-British, yes Ameena from Ameena's adventures after 2yrs of cyber friendship the day finally came and it was a pleasure. Again a really lovely sister who i pray gets herself sorted and enjoy's a happy life ameen. We took her on a tour of East London at its best Canery wharf, it became a very nostalgic day for both Canadians. lots of good fun and nice food , well we had to EAT!

We have been out and about doing different things visiting family and friends although sadly i never got to visit seeking Taqwa after EID and i pray she is feeling better.

I have done little crafts although i did in the first week and started a larger project, have been baking breads.

Project done in a few hours

mashaAllah wanted to try really , just to see if i can and here they are, i always wanted to make booties from a very young age subhan Allah , my duas answered.




As i have no babies in the home or near by right now, they are up for grabs after i wash them, if you are in the UK and would like them free, plz say and i will post them to you free of charge. first to post first get's basis.Forgot to mention i am nursing a sore back so its got me resting on the sofa , so having time to crochet alhamduilah , i am doing a pair of socks now, i got the hoooking bug............

Its snowing ........

did autumn really pass us by so quickly? here is how it was at 8am

the frist glimmer and excitement





the apple tree

Finshed Projects

Used this boys pattern but made it girlie with colour and a flower

A hat and scarf for dd7 and mittens are in progress





A Book Soc to keep her Quran from getting grubby in her bag for madrassa.The pattern is here but i modified it a little with a draw string and flower.
Now as for the flower it was from a book i have at home but there are ample online also to get a bigger flower i used a 6mm hook.

Tajweed Ability And Enabling

After embarking on one of my ''return goals''mashaAllah the return being to the UK, oh maybe i never listed them i had some goals in mind that i developed during my 3yrs as a muhajrah. In the face of my own life there and my happiness and hardships i decided there were things i needed in life to continue and that were going to be etenssil in my survival in this dunniyyah as a muslimah as i can not contemplate a life any other way.

Alhamduillah learning Al Quran fluently was one infact it was top of the list. I enrolled myself on a course at an Islamic College yes in London mashaallah , alhamduilah for the mercy of this. The course is based on a book written by “Tajweed Rules of the
Qur’an: Part One” by Kareema Carol Czerepinski. The course is taught in English and includes coverage of the basic rules of Tajweed in theory and practical application. This for me was Paramount as i tried to learn in Algeria with very able sisters mashaAllah but sadly could not benefit as i had wished due to my own in ability of being able to have a fluent ground in the Classical Arabic language (Arbia Forca) Allah Al must'aan. I have a lot of admiration for this American revert sister Kareema who's chain can be traced back to the Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him. Qur’anic recitation is taught according to the Islamic tradition. “When we have recited
it, repeat the recitation” (75:18). The Angel Jibreel recited the revelation to the blessed
Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him, hence we too must, receive the Qur’an and
learn it in this way: from a qualified teacher who is connected in a knowledge chain to
the Prophet Mohammad, peace and blessings be upon him. Students learn through
listening to a qualified Qur’an teacher recite, reciting to the teacher and receiving
corrections from the teacher.
Some of the things we have already covered
• Introduction to Tajweed and Virtues of learning the Qur’an
• Principles of Tajweed
• Manners when reciting Qur’an
• Rules of “seeking refuge” and the “basmalah” in recitation of the Qur’an
• Articulation points and some characteristics for the letters: qalqala, whistling
plus others
• The Ghunnah
• Rules of noon saakinah: idhar, idgham, iqlab, ikhfaa
• Rules of meem saakinah
• Rules of laam saakinah
and will cover
• Articulation points and some characteristics for the letters: qalqala, whistling
plus others
• The Ghunnah
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• Rules of noon saakinah: idhar, idgham, iqlab, ikhfaa
• Rules of meem saakinah
• Rules of laam saakinah
• Rules of two alike, two similar, two close letters
• Tafkheem and Tarqeeq – lightness and heaviness
• Rules of the letter ‘raa’
• Rules of hamza‐wasl
• Mudood – elongations
Really All praises to Allah, the Lord of the worlds it will be the best £70 you could ever spend. After this level one there s level 2 and also begginers classes.
I have discovered this wonderful site mshaAllah so useful and i can learn from it to re-enforce my studies, its a Tajweed pod cast. If you are interested in learning please you must go look. I found it via umm Hibaat's Quran Blog . I just did the hamzat el wastle lession and it really helped to re-enforce what i have been learning at school if not explain it better. One thing i have learnt as a total struggle in Quran is it needs to be consistent and you need to have a zeal and love to learn inshaAllah. Dua is also good. I hope someone can benifit from this post and make dua we can all strive to learn Al Qur'aan for it to intercede for us on a day when it will really matter ameen.