Author: Peacespective
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Prophet Muhammad: the Messenger of mercy and peace…to women
Assalamu Alayka, Ya Rasul Allah May the blessings of Allah shower upon you eternally and may His peace be upon you continuously. Truly, you were not sent but as mercy to the worlds. And I, a Muslim woman, what speck am I in the history of humankind? What insignificant component of the infinite universe do…
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Asma’ Bint Abu Bakr: A Woman of Peace
Assalamu alaykum and Happy New Year! Today is the first day of Muharam – a month of peace. How significant that the year would start and end with months of peace. Peace is not the absence of war or fighting, it is not a vacuum; rather it is an active choice one makes in the…
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Hajar: A Woman at Peace
Assalamu alaykum and Eid Mubarak! May Allah accept your good deeds and bring the hujaj back home safely with their sins forgiven and their haj accepted. Ameen. W ith peacespective.org being about women and about peace, and it being the season of haj, I thought it would be appropriate to begin with highlighting two incidents…
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As the Hujjaj return…
This is the time to think about and plan for Haj. Now as you welcome the people coming back from Haj in your community, decide that you want to go next year and start planning. I knew a young girl who read that haj is both a physical and financial act of worship and started…
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Eid ul-Adha
Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem Allahumma salli ala sayidina Muhammad All praise be to Allah we have much to thank him for. Unlike occasions where happiness stems from passing material matters, the joy we feel in Eid comes from accomplishment. As an Ummah we feel the accomplishment of the Muslims in haj and our hearts and thoughts…
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Unseen Blessings
Layer Upon layer Upon layer Upon layer Of Your blessings Like a cloak cover my head and shoulders