Most of you know I don’t place a lot of weight on ahadith. The Qur’an is the Word of God and the only necessary source. Ahadith are nice when they fortify our faith, but so many—even the ones supposedly considered ‘reliable’ that are somehow always narrated by those who hated women—have the opposite effect on …
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Palestine-strong
We can only hope to have faith as strong as the Palestinians.
Satan’s vengeance
One of the parts of the Qur'an that I read, over and over, with fascination, is verses 15:28-50: the conversation between Iblis and Allah (swt) after the creation of the first human and the infamous refusal to acknowledge. I've read this in so many different ways through years, turning the verses over and over again …
The Purpose of Sin
I've been asking myself why we sin. Not the technicality, like free will or the ability to choose. I mean what purpose does sin serve? What's the point? On some level, the fact that the All-Forgiving forgives makes sin seem... redundant. Why allow it only to forgive it? And when is it punished, rather than …
Roe v. Wade was overturned. The economy is next.
I have no children. That means I have disposable income. I go through $2,000 a month, not including necessities like charitable contributions, rent, groceries, or fuel. (In fact, I'm a little embarrassed to say that. I'm certain that there's a level of extravagance God may characterize as sinful, but I have never feigned virtue before …
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Belated Eid.
I handed my mother money for the sacrifice. "Did you see the cow you purchased?" she asked. "Your brother sent you photos." "Why would I look at the animal I'm going to slaughter? It's going to die. I don't want to feel anything." "Then how do you call it a sacrifice?" she said. I stopped. …
“Why aren’t you writing?”
This is a legitimate question, and I'm very moved that there are readers who ask it after all these months. The truth is, I am very much writing, just not here. That's not due to a lack of interest or subjects to cover. I haven't been interacting with men. At all. I don't have any male …
the fatal feminist 