Perhaps, by chance, I met this brother about a week ago. I was quite impressed with his new video, please check it out.
November 16, 2009
October 5, 2009
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
And you would be surprised how true it can be:
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May 14, 2009
Yusuf (Cat Stevens) performs live on Jay Leno
Wow, perhaps the biggest name in Muslim pop music and he got the Jay Leno show!!! MashAllah, about time!!!
January 22, 2009
2009 is the year
2009 is a year of big things for me. An upcoming wedding, starting my master’s degree, hopefully finding a new job to begin a career, traveling, spending time with the love of my life, and last, but not least, hopefully reviving my blog. Let’s see what happens. I will start with a new look, and plan for several weekly updates inshAllah!!!
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April 10, 2008
The Inevitable End…
Yesterday I went with my Imam to the regional medical center to visit a brother who is dying of pancreatic cancer. I have visited a lot of individuals in hospitals over the years with my Imam, and it is something that is considered a good deed in Islam to visit the sick. However, most visits to the hospital are visiting individuals that I don’t know that well, or people who are temporarily in the hospital and are to get better and be discharged. Yesterday’s visit was very different however. Memories came flooding back to my mind of when my dear friend Nabeel Khan (may Allah have mercy upon him) passed away, as for the second time in my life, I was visiting a friend (or family friend) whom I had known in better times, and was shocked to see what the cancer had done to his health.
Seeing this brother in the hospital was not easy for me, and it really made me feel ashamed of myself. It seems like every day of my life, I go throughout my days worrying about things. Whether it be worrying about school, work, or other things, I realized my times are consumed with things that really don’t matter in the bigger scheme of things. The day will come when we will all be lying on our death beds, and all the day to day activities will have been a speck on the glass of our lives. This brother really made me want to cry when we visited him yesterday, because his spirits were so high, and he kept praising Allah (swt), and was so strong in his faith that I felt meager in comparison.
Later on in the day, I talked with my friend E about this, and he had told me it had been on his mind a lot lately as well. E made a good point as well, saying that death is the one thing that is certain for every human being on this earth, and we all know that we are heading in that direction, however it is the hardest thing to be prepared for. This made me begin to think why this was. What makes it so hard for us, as human beings, to always live our lives with death in mind. To me, it would seem, that if we did live each and every day as if it were to be our last, then we would probably be more productive, worry less, and take advantage of each and every opportunity that came out way. But, for some reason, this is a major challenge, and one I am struggling to figure out.
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December 3, 2007
Feel Good Inc.
I feel good…
No, I mean it, I really feel good. I feel good about everything at the moment. About life, about friends, about family, about work, about school, about humanity. I just feel like everything is going great, especially after getting off the best weekend I have had in quite some time…
Speaking of which… I think I am suffering from Burn Out… Not as bad as I have in the past, but definitely I feel it at the moment. All weekend, my only desire was to do nothing… At the moment, my writing doesn’t even seem to be as inspired as I usually find it to be…
I know, I have this plan that I need to follow through with. After I finish my degree, I am going to take a few months off and head to Iran… Yes I said it you stupid FBI jerks!! Going to Iran, 1/3 of the Axis of Evil, and a terrorist country…. Remember, Iran has a nuclear program everyone!!!
Ok, sorry about that… I am just really upset lately with all this anti-Iran stuff…. Anyhow, yes, I will take some time off and go to Iran and sit in the house my father built for me and my brothers, and write… I want to write a book, or two, or three… I just want to let my fingers flow across the keyboard and see what comes out. I feel I have something within me that I need to let out… And the United States is not the place where it will happen…
But yeah, Iran… I really look forward to it… Time so that I can do some serious soul searching, express myself through my writing, and recover from this painful world….
InshAllah….
November 22, 2007
Walking Away….
A dear friend recently made a statement that got me to thinking…
I asked him why he decided to leave an online social network, and he responded quite sincerely and honestly that he had to simply walk away…
I think it is time for me to walk away for some things. The last few days I feel like I have gotten lost in this illusion we call dunya. I think it is far past time for me to walk away from some things.
Some things may prove easier for me to walk away from, while others may prove more difficult…
I must walk away… I am left with little choice… I cannot accept failure as an option…
I must do it for Allah’s sake… I must do it for my soul…. I must do it for my family… I must do it for humanity…. Allah is my Lord and in Him alone do I find salvation…
“I don’t want a part of it no more…. I don’t want Allah to see my faults…”
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November 3, 2007
New Album from NATIVE DEEN!!!!
Ok, I am excited! I have been a fan of Native Deen for close to 10 years now, from the time when they were just known as MYNA Raps. Their second album as Native Deen is set to come out later this month. Check the link below to find out more info. And then check out themusic video for their first single from the album below.
