shaheeda35
strive4Jannah
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Allah is so Merciful to us. We have a roof over our heads, food to eat, clothes to wear. He has provided us with so much, Alhamdullilah. As I think about the many blessings of Allah, I think about the ones who do not have what we have. There are people all over the world who literally have nothing, dont know where their next meal is coming from, and sadly some of these people are muslims. I was going to cut/paste something about this, but I have my own story.
I have been homeless, in a shelter with my three children in tow. After my divorce, he told me I could not stay at his place, in other words, I had to go:astag: . Which made it even worse, he is muslim. I had to go into a shelter, and I must say that was the biggest test of my life. Being around non-muslims, afraid of losing your belongings, moving from place to place, Ya Allah! was not easy. They put us in disgusting places, was afraid for my kids to the point of staying up all night so nothing will get them in the night. I literally had the clothes on my back. I went to get help from the masjid, only to receive a voucher for some meat, and sent me on my way, subhanallah.
Alhamdullilah, through prayer and patience that I am out of that situation, and able to write to you from a computer in my own apartment, comfortable and content that Allah has taken me out of that situation. This is my story, but what about now where there are muslims who are homeless and in shelters struggling, what are we doing?? Our muslim sisters are in shelters, in need, what are we doing? When I was growing up in Brooklyn in an all muslim community(Dar-ul-Salaam), everyone was united and together, and knew when one was in need. No one went hungry, everyone gave sadaqa to help each other, it was beautiful, mashallah. We should be doing more to help our ummah. I saw a muslim sister in Niqaab the other day begging on the street around the masjid, and no one helped this sister, they just kept on walking:astag: and these are muslims!!
So what is it like where you live? Is it a big problem there and is the community helping in any way?? I was just curious about this because I have personally been there. Which is it of the favors of your Lord shall you Deny?? Lets be grateful my dear brothers and sisters in Islam that we have the very basics of life that other people are struggling for. We should stop complaining about what we dont have, and thank Allah with what we do have, no matter what it is. Lets be grateful to Allah, for it can all be taken away in a minute. Allah is AR-Razzaq, Ash-Shakur, subhanallah!! Take care my dear brothers and sisters in Islam.
:blackhijab:
Allah is so Merciful to us. We have a roof over our heads, food to eat, clothes to wear. He has provided us with so much, Alhamdullilah. As I think about the many blessings of Allah, I think about the ones who do not have what we have. There are people all over the world who literally have nothing, dont know where their next meal is coming from, and sadly some of these people are muslims. I was going to cut/paste something about this, but I have my own story.
I have been homeless, in a shelter with my three children in tow. After my divorce, he told me I could not stay at his place, in other words, I had to go:astag: . Which made it even worse, he is muslim. I had to go into a shelter, and I must say that was the biggest test of my life. Being around non-muslims, afraid of losing your belongings, moving from place to place, Ya Allah! was not easy. They put us in disgusting places, was afraid for my kids to the point of staying up all night so nothing will get them in the night. I literally had the clothes on my back. I went to get help from the masjid, only to receive a voucher for some meat, and sent me on my way, subhanallah.
Alhamdullilah, through prayer and patience that I am out of that situation, and able to write to you from a computer in my own apartment, comfortable and content that Allah has taken me out of that situation. This is my story, but what about now where there are muslims who are homeless and in shelters struggling, what are we doing?? Our muslim sisters are in shelters, in need, what are we doing? When I was growing up in Brooklyn in an all muslim community(Dar-ul-Salaam), everyone was united and together, and knew when one was in need. No one went hungry, everyone gave sadaqa to help each other, it was beautiful, mashallah. We should be doing more to help our ummah. I saw a muslim sister in Niqaab the other day begging on the street around the masjid, and no one helped this sister, they just kept on walking:astag: and these are muslims!!
So what is it like where you live? Is it a big problem there and is the community helping in any way?? I was just curious about this because I have personally been there. Which is it of the favors of your Lord shall you Deny?? Lets be grateful my dear brothers and sisters in Islam that we have the very basics of life that other people are struggling for. We should stop complaining about what we dont have, and thank Allah with what we do have, no matter what it is. Lets be grateful to Allah, for it can all be taken away in a minute. Allah is AR-Razzaq, Ash-Shakur, subhanallah!! Take care my dear brothers and sisters in Islam.
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