Maha! Without any introductions, It's Maha's birthday today!
Maha is my school friend, two years older than me, and now she goes to faculty of medicine.
She is that friend who is so spontaneous, doesn't need to introduce everything she wants to say; and so she is true whenever she says what's in her heart. She is open minded and so welcoming me whenever I practiced my psychologist role with her.. she really accepts me when advised her in anything.
As far as I know her, she's one of the most clear hearts that doesn't keep hatred for people. when she does, she says honestly.
She is my companion in skirt-wearing.
Those days when we used to call and read Qor'an together, when I sang and she liked my voice and encouraged me, when we stayed up late calling and chatting.
"Yaskendereyya" <-- that song when we listened and sang it together.
My amateur cook partner. Sometimes it pops in my mind that I want to bake something but don't know what to do. She then, is my consultant. She suggests beautiful things and didn't fail in that job.
She has good sense of humor and turns the surrounding atmosphere into cheerful one whenever we gathered and talked.
"شاقيييييرااااااااااع"
" هظ يا وظ"
"أنا ضمعط من كطر الضحك أصلا" :D
Happy birthday my doctor, may ALLAH provide you with success and let you be always cheerful and beautiful.
كل صنة و انطي طيبة <3
I thought that you might like multi colors. I hope it doesn't cause eye blurring :P
Today, I'm going to talk about my champion. A Successful & Smart young lady that inspires and boosts me with her achievements and successful events. She is a chess player! She started her journey since the fourth year of her age. A year after a year and she won the Egyptian championship for girls under 12 and defeated 9 other players in 2007. In 2008, She won more championships in so many clubs. In 2009, She won her firstinternationalmedalafter winningthethirdplaceandthebronzemedalintheAfrican Championshipin South Africa. In 2012, She participated in the first international Olympics in Turkey and achieved the first international title in the tournament which is "WFM". In the same year she won the silver medal in the Arab championship for girls under 18 in Yemen. And followed it by the bronze medal in the African championship for under 20s in Tunisia. SHE IS SOHAYLA MOHAMMAD! Sohayla is my childhood beautiful, affectionate, kindhearted, generous, hard-worker, and tactful friend.We
used to sit next to each other at school since we were young. To be
honest, then, sometimes she was kind of my enemy and I hated her. We used to fight for the seat, fight for games, fight for everything. Despite that, I can't deny that we had great childhood memories. However,
Now she's one of my very close friends whom I love the most. If the
school day passes without playing with her hair, I feel that something
is missed. Today, is her birthday! She is now my 16 year old close friend! I wish you, my dear friend, happy years always full of cheer and success. <3
At about 10:30 pm, I had a strange feeling that turned my mood down. I sat down on the floor, put my head between my hands, started checking if there was something wrong. I asked myself " tomorrow my friends will come, food is ready to be cooked, almost everything is set. What's the matter, then?" I felt that some great trouble is there or happened or going to happen but I couldn't recognize it. I escaped from these thoughts by going to sleep. I woke up at about 2:00 am to answer my friend's call, then my mother had a phone call, and her reaction was like: Mom: ha... yes... hmm.. ehemm.... WHAT!!! <-- the most terrified face was on my mother. Hey there! I'd like to introduce to you one of my childhood best friends team: Me, Mahmoud ( my brother, two years older than me), Yousif ( my cousin, one year older than my brother). Our days then were the most exciting. They used to be like: I wake up and my brother, have our breakfast, wear proper clothes, get our selves ready, then go down to the second floor to call our cousin to start our adventure! We used to ride our bicycles, then have the best fun. From races to playing police & thieves game to hide & seek to our best game then ( ringing door bells of our neighbors then run), then we used to wait for the after noon when our fathers used to arrive from their jobs, then asked them for money. After that, we went and bought lots of snacks and arrived to play a game we called it (sleep & wake up). Sure it's a ridiculous name but then, it was fine for us, kids. That game was about a mother and a father who would take care of their son to go to school, and the mother ( I think she was me) should prepare breakfast (snacks) for her husband and son and wait for them until they come back.( By the way, I liked the role of the mother as she was the only one able to eat from the snacks until her family came back). Then night came and we went to Yosif's warm house to enjoy his elder sister's delicious fried potatoes that she prepared just for us. It was my favorite. Our days were nothing but fun, fun and fun. I still remember those days... I was almost five when we used to go early to our grand mother's as she used to be sleeping then, and open her fridge and eat everything was there. Not because she prevented us from her fridge.. no, she would extremely welcome us and be happy, but because stolen food from her fridge had a different taste. We didn't stop after that, but we used to press a button on her Dictaphone in order to ring at my uncles', then make the best use of our legs and enjoy watching from far distance our old cousins going to see if grandma needed something. We used to do that trick everyday, until one day my grand mother gathered the three of us and gave us fruits then told us: " See kids! I give you whatever you want, I never prevent something from you. But I want to know who takes stuff from the fridge every day?" But we, kids were smart that couldn't be easily tricked.. we told her " Oh! Is there who takes stuff from you fridge!!! ohhh bad" You can say that we were crazy super triple. We were like brothers.. I considered Yousif as my other brother and friend. He used to get my back whenever I argued with anyone, he also used to defend me whenever other boys bothered me or made fun of me. He also would have got my side if he had found me in trouble even with my female friends. He was so generous and the most kind-hearted person. He also defended my brother whenever someone annoyed him or made him in trouble, he was his companion and fellow. You are asking about a faithful friend, affectionate brother, loyal companion, kind-hearted helper & dear fellow? Of course you mean Yosif! Mom: ha... yes... hmm.. ehemm.... WHAT!!! DIED!!!! Me & Karim: What!! Who?!!! Mom: Yosif Abdul Hamid died?!!! Me: Yousif my uncle's son?! ... July 30, 2013 .. the 22nd night of Ramadan .. Yosif Abdul Hamid Seddiq died, 19 years old. I'll let you imagine our feelings when we heard the news, that all the previous person died. May ALLAH show mercy upon you and allow you to His paradise, my cousin!
When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to retire to his bed, he would lie on his right side and then say, "O Allah, I surrender my soul to You and I turn my face to You and I entrust my affair to You and I seek Your support with hope and fear of You. There is no refuge from You but to You. I have believed in Your Book which You sent down and Your Prophet whom You sent."
In my last topic, I mentioned 'Salah' (Praying) which is the second of the five pillars of Islam. But, What does Salah mean?In Arabic it means connection. Connection? between whom? It is Connection between you & ALLAH, to talk to Him, ask from Him, tell Him your problems with deep sincerity and recognizing that you're in front of ALLAH now; and ALLAH will respond by giving you what you asked and be satisfied with you. Salah is a wonderful worship, imagine yourself asking ALLAH all what you want and ALLAH is giving you in a return. Imagine yourself having a tough trouble, having a fatal disease or having a problem in your work or with your family or fighting death or under a control of a tough ruler and misfortune is coming inevitably and no people are there to help you because it's not in their hands, and once you do Salah and ask ALLAH to help you because everything is in His hand only; He solves ALL your problems and makes everything easy for you. Isn't He worthy to be worshiped? ALLAH Almighty said to his soldiers in the Qor'an: " Call on me, I'll respond to you" And He Almighty also said to Prophet Mohammad [PBUH]: "And when my soldiers ask you about me, I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.". I want you to recognize how merciful, and generous ALLAH is. Although salah is a gift from ALLAH to us, it is as important as it is the first thing that ALLAH will ask his soldiers about. In fact, Salah is the most important pillar in Islam after bearing witness that ALLAH is one God and Mohammad is His messenger. Prophet Mohammad[PBUH] said: "The first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day of Judgment is the prayer. If it is sound, then the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is bad, then the rest of his deeds will be bad". So, you can recognize now how merciful ALLAH is, as he made that enjoyable and comfortable deed a worship that is taken into account. On whom is Salah imposed? Salah is imposed on every Muslim, adult, sane, whether male or female. It is not imposed on children and women during their menstruation. Well, how to pray? Well, first thing you should do is, Wudu' ( Ablution). Then, How to perform Wudu' (Ablution)? 1-Say Bism ALLAH ( In the name of ALLAH) 2- wash your hands until your wrists with water (three times). 3-Rinse your mouth with water (three times). 4-put some water in your right hand, inhale (or "throw") water into your nose. After which you will blow the water out (three times). 5-Wash your face completely by spreading your hands from your right ear to the left, and from the edge of the hair to the chin (three times). 6-Wipe your head using your wet hands, just gently wipe your head from front to back and back to front just (one time). 7-Wipe your ears inside and out by putting finger in all crevices of ear and thumb behind it, wiping down (one time). 8-Wash each of your feet. Do so up to the ankles (3 times)and be sure water goes between the toes. 9-Recite the following: "Ash-hadu allaa ilaaha illallaahu wahdahuu laa shariikalah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhuu wa rasuuluh" Means: "I bear witness that there is no God but Allah alone, without any partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is his slave and messenger." Here is a video to show you how it's all done:
Now how to pray? You can have an idea about how to pray through next videos:
-- First, to start a prayer, you should say : 'ALLAHO Akbar' then read the following Sourah after saying "Bism ALLAH Alrahman AL-raheem"_In the name of ALLAH, most gracious, most merciful_: Sourat AL-Fatiha: And it is the most important Sourah in Salah as Salah is invalid without reciting it. Transliteration: "Alhamdulillahi rab Al'alameen, Arrahman Arraheem, Maliki yawm Eddeen, iyyaka na'bodo w iyyaka nasta'een, ihdina asseratal mostaqeem, Seratillathina an'amta alayhim ghayr elmaghdobi alayhim waladdaaleeen, Amin" Translation: "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, the Gracious, the Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgment Verily, You do we worship, and Your help do we seek. Guide us along the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your grace, with whom You are not angry, nor who go astray." After that you can recite any other Sourah, but you can recite the following Sourahs until you get used on them. Don't forget to say 'Bism ALLAH Al-rahman Al-raheem' before each Sourah.
Next, to do ruku', you should say: " Sobhana Rabbeya Al'atheem" _Glory to my Great Lord_three times.
Then, to perform Sujud, you should say: "Sobhana Rabbeya Al-A'la"_Glory to my Topmost Lord_three times.
When you get up frpm Sujud, you should sau: " Rabb Eghferly, Rabb Erhamny"_God, Forgive me, God Show mercy upon me_three times.
And when you are about to finish Salah, you should say tashahhud. Transliteration: "Attaheyyato lellah wassalawato wattayebat, assalamo alayka ayyoha annabey w rahmatullahy wabaraktoh, assalamo alayna w ala ebad ALLAH assaleheen, Ash-hadu alla ilaha illa ALLAH wahdaho la shareeka lah, w ash-hado anna mohammadan abdoho warasoloh. ALLAHOM sally ala Mohammad wa ala aali Mohammad, kama sallayta ala Ibrahim w ala aali Ibrahim. Wa barik ala Mohammad w ala aali Mohammad, kama barakta ala Ibrahim w ala aali Ibrahim. Fy Al'alameen. Innaka Hamidon Majeed" Translation:
"Salutations to ALLAH and prayers and blessed deeds. Peace of ALLAH be upon you, O Prophet, and His mercy and blessings, peace be upon us and upon the righteous soldiers of ALLAH, I bear witness that there's no God but ALLAH alone has no partner, and I bear witness that Mohammad is his slave and messenger. O ALLAH, send prayer upon Mohammad and family of Mohammad as well as you've sent prayer upon Ibrahim and family of Ibrahim. And show blessings upon Mohammad and family of Mohammad as well as you've showed blessings upon Ibrahim and family of Ibrahim. In the worlds, You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory" So,
What are the five daily prayers?
1- Fajr, it's near dawn. And it's two rak'as, and in the second Rak'ah you should recite the full Tashahhud. ( Rak'a isa single complete part of the prayer, as when you finish sujud and start standing up again that will be a new rak'ah)
2-Dhuhr, and it's the noon time. four rak'as. You should recite half part of the tashahhud after sujud after two rak'as, then stand up again to complete the other two rak'as, and at the end you should recite the full tashahhud.
3-Asr, in the afternoon. Four rak'as, same as Dhuhr.
4-Maghrib, Just after sunset. Three rak'as. Same as Dhur and Asr but here you'll pray only one rak'a after reciting the half part of tashahhud after two rak'as.
5-'Isha', around night fall. Four rak'as. Same as Dhuhr and Asr.
P.S:
1-The half part of tashahhud is until "..and I bear witness that Mohammad is His slave and His messenger" in transliteration is as following:
"Attaheyyato lellah wassalawato wattayebat, assalamo alayka ayyoha annabey w rahmatullahy wabaraktoh, assalamo alayna w ala ebad ALLAH assaleheen, Ash-hadu alla ilaha illa ALLAH wahdaho la shareeka lah, w ash-hado anna mohammadan abdoho warasoloh"
2-In every prayer that has more than two rak'as, you should read Sourat AL-Fatiha only in the next rak'as after the first two rak'as.
You can recognize the times of the prayers through the next site. Just select 'Prayer Times' on the top, then choose your country, and get introduced to your city's prayer times.
Now, You've got sort of a good idea about how to pray. Then, let's get introduced to the:
Terms of validity of prayer: 1-Cleanness by Wudu'. 2- Facing Qibla. 3-Intention. 4-Covering Awrah. And Awrah of a man is from his belly button until his knees, and Awrah of woman is all her body except the face, and palms. So, What is the Qiblah and how can I recognize it? Qibla is the direction to Ka'ba in Mecca In Saudi Arabia. To locate Qibla: 1- Go to that site: http://www.qiblalocator.com/ 2-Select 'Satellite' to see the actual places. 3-Write your address or the place you are existing in. 4-You'll find '+' sign. Put your place in the middle of the sign. 5-You'll see a red line starts from the sign '+' and ends on Ka'ba. 6-The direction of that line is the direction of Qibla. Now, You can pray and be sure that your prayer will be valid_By God's permission_. Have a problem or in trouble? Want to complain and talk to someone but there's no one to hear you? ALLAH is watching & hearing you, and waiting you to ask Him to give you everything you want. Just go and perform Wudu', and pray two rak'as with the intention that ALLAH can solve everything. And remember Prophet Mohammad [PBUH]'s talk: "If anyone performs ablution well then stands and prays two rak’as without negligence, all his previous sins will be forgiven".
