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November 4, 2021

Advice to a Sister Who Prefers Marriage to Medical School

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The Context A sister had posted to our sub asking if she should delay marriage in order to pursue medical school. She was facing pressure from her family to do so and was made to feel less-than for wishing to prioritize marriage. This post contains my response. The Response ﷽ There’s a lot you’ve touched on, I hope you don’t mind if I go through it point by point. You first...

September 7, 2021

Musnad Ahmad 26550

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It was narrated that Umm Humayd, the wife of Abu Humayd al-Saa’idi, came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I like to pray with you." He said, "I know that you like to pray with me, but your prayer in your room is better for you than your prayer in your courtyard and your prayer in your courtyard is better for you than your praying in your house, and your...

August 13, 2021

Questions About Women in Islam

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﷽ As always, I’d like to begin by clarifying that I am neither a scholar nor a student of knowledge. Most of what you’ve asked should be asked to a scholar. Luckily, similar inquiries have been made that I will try to pull from when sharing some general advice from what little knowledge I have. May Allah forgive and correct any mistakes I make. The Context A sister had posted some...

March 4, 2021

The Blue Prison

-isms and Islam
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04March

A Critique of the Hollywood Movie Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. This post is not to encourage watching movies or consuming haram media in any way, shape, or form. This is simply to report on the insidious nature of sociocultural engineering happening in the West against Islam, subliminally, through the use of popular media. Though not an Islamic perspective, this article covers some of the more glaring...

June 24, 2020

Permissibility of Handling the Mushaf While Junub

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24June

A short PDF by Shaykh Mashhoor Hassan al-Salmaan which discusses the permissibility of menstruating women handling the mushaf while in a state of janabah (ritual impurity). Download PDF The Pushback When this information was posted to the SistersInSunnah subreddit, a user took issue with the stance and made a post refuted the opinion. Some back and forth occurred, but alhamdulillah, one of the...

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travelingprincess

Urban hermit. Kitchenwali. Low-key rishta auntie. I write about culture, marriage, lifestyle, religion, etc. and how all of these are improved with Islam.

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