dailyprompt

What’s the best way to deal with negative thoughts? I saw this daily prompt and thought who am I to write on this topic as recently I have really been struggling to deal with negative thoughts. This might seem contrary to what you would think if you read my blog post on depression. If you…

What is something you wish you could tell your 20-year-old self? I would like to tell my 20 year old self to try to be confident in myself and not care so much about what others think about me. Once you have children it will be harder to travel and meet up with family and…

What’s a fear you’ve overcome — and how did you do it? This daily prompt is 1 day late but social anxiety. Over the years I’ve somewhat overcome it الحمدلله but that’s not to say it’s not still there. I think what escalated my social anxiety was the covid time lockdown. I do still have…

What’s the most profound piece of advice you’ve been given? Did you take it? I wouldn’t say what I’m about to write is the *most* profound piece of advice I’ve been given, but it nevertheless is profound and I did take it. Someone once told me about soaking up the times with my small children…

What’s a word or phrase that annoys you? Erm I’m not sure maybe swear words in general especially ones that derogate women.

What’s a book that completely surprised you? I have read (tbh half finished) a book called “The Surrendered Wife” by Laura Doyles and many things in the book suprised me. First of all what suprised me was that this book is written by a Christian and she had written similar viewpoints to Islam, when it…

Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? Tbh as I read this question I thought of this quote by Ibn Taymiyyah: “Every love will one day hurt you except the love of Allaah”. I haven’t thought of this quote in a long time but as I remembered it,…

Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind. I thought about the message from my sister where she said she was watching the seerah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and she said seeing what he (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions went through is inspirational. She…

Describe one positive change you have made in your life. الحمدلله One positive change I have made in my life is trying to let go and accepting Qadr (destiny) of Allaah. I slowly realised that the more I tried to be impatient, complain etc made things worse. I couldn’t resist my fate and there is…

What book could you read over and over again? The Qur’an

How would you improve your community? This is a vast question and there are many things that need improving but some things I would say are: first and foremost our community needs to turn back to Allaah and prioritise Him in all dealings in life. Also, we need to create more safe spaces for mothers…

Which aspects do you think makes a person unique? The way a person carries themselves, the way they decide to speak when faced with difficulties, their tone, their personality: whether extroverted or introverted or inbetween, their appearance (as everyone is unique even someone who is a twin), the way they smell I guess lol, the…

What makes you laugh? Many things make me laugh but to name a few in a more generic way would be funny jokes of course, children being silly and adults doing cringey things.

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? A (not so) secret ability I have is that I can say words in backwards e.g. star would be rats lol. If I could choose, it would be to be invisible whenever I wanted to or to be able to fly.

What is your favorite type of weather? Ultimately Allaah decrees the weather, so we shouldn’t complain about the weather e.g. some people will complain when it’s raining outside when we shouldn’t. Also rain is a rahmah/mercy from Allaah and a time to make dua. In terms of my preference, I love the spring time weather;…

What do you wish you could do more every day? Reading more Qur’an, spending quality time with my children and speaking to my family on phone.

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? Probably airplane or bus depending on if doing sightseeing or not throughout the trip.

What are three objects you couldn’t live without? My phone, my niqab and my Qur’an.

Do you believe in fate/destiny? Yes I believe in Qadr of Allaah. Allaah has written everything down.

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? I would probably choose to be one of my children, so I can see things from their lens and feel what they feel.

Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. I’m not sure, probably a clock I made in design tech class. I’m not really much of a DIY person.

What is your favorite drink? My favourite healthyish drink would probably be rubicon mango orange sparkling water with fruit juice. The fizz makes it taste like it’s a fizzy drink lol

Who are your favorite people to be around? People who respect me and care for me. By respect I don’t mean someone having to be at service to me or even super nice just someone who can be respectful of my boundaries and not throw hate my way.  Truth is not everyone will respect you…

If there were a biography about you, what would the title be? Hmm interesting question maybe “Explore the life of Umm Abdur-Rahman”