Sick child

Asalaam Alaikum Hadith – Bukhari 7:564 I visited Allah’s Apostle  while he was suffering from a high fever. I touched him with my hand and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! You have a high fever.” Allah’s Apostle  said, “Yes, I have as much fever as two men of you have.” I said, “Is it because you will get

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The School Run

Asalaam Alaikum Well this is my rant of the week! I joined the wonderful world of School Run’s in September when my munchkin started reception. Let’s just say the first week seriously put me off. On the first day I came crawling (well driving) home like a drowned rat as it decided to rain just

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Christmas Crowds

Asalaam Alaikum Well it’s that time of the year when it becomes a bit of a mission to go shopping…. Christmas!! Now don’t get me wrong. I love going into the city centre to see the lights… I think they are fab! However, I can’t stand the crowds!  For the past few years I have

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Desi Doll!

Asalaam Alaikum Well on one of my random searches on the internet I came across the Desi Dolls!  The girl doll is named Aamina and the boy is Yousuf. They are soft plush dolls that speak English and Arabic. When the hands and feet are pressed they recite essential Quranic words, phrases and surahs together with

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Eid Gifts!

Asalaam Alaikum I know Eid has been and gone but I received a late gift today!  In the forum that I am a member of we do an ‘Eid present swap’ at each Eid.  This basically involves the sister’s who want to take part being given the details of another sister and send a gift

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Gardening!

Asalaam Alaikum! I LOVE gardening! Ok maybe not the physical stuff such as weeding etc but I love going to Homebase and BandQ in the summer and buying lots of plants. My husband thinks I have officially lost it every spring and summer as everytime I go out I come home with a plant. I

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Quran Stories

Asalaam Alaikum I may have mentioned that my little princess is 4 mashaAllah! (Where does the time go!?) Well as Christmas is coming up she is now learning about Christmas and the story behind it. Now I personally do not have a problem with her learning about it as I believe that you should learn

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The English Defence League

Asalaam Alaikum! One of the things that is currently on my mind at the moment is the proposed march by the EDL in our city in less than 2 weeks. One question on my mind is why are the council not trying to get a ban like Leicester did? The EDL were allowed to have

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