Yâ Hâbib Yâ Sâhib al-Qadam

According to my research this was a Number one single in mainstream German pop charts in 2006. The group that sing this song is called ‘cotu’ and it sung in 4 languages!!!! German, English, Turkish and Arabic..

what is her story
I really dont know
that she is Muslim woman
she begs through
this picture I show
she and her child
a destiny they tow

her hijab
her protection
part of her
shadow
her enduring faith
she wont forgo
had she
been given a proper
education
learnt some skill
it would have reduced the blow
quid pro quo
but early marriage
part of our tradition
adds to their woe
some build mosques
some build madarsas
some build bunglows
muslim women
on street s nowhere to go
muslim poor women
the underprivilged
chattel human cargo
this is truth that hurts
but part of her portfolio
her womanhood cursed
as an unborn embryo
borrowed todays
mortaged tomorrows
life laid low
as a mother
motherhood
against a tidal flow
living dead
soon to be buried below
empty talks
empty hope
eternal emptiness
that they will bestow
they who
with sectarian rhetorics
sectarian violence
seeds of hatredness sow
dividing Islam
God alone knows
power politics
all a big show
the Muslim woman is
what a Muslim woman was
since a long time ago
at the end of the tunnel
there is some light
although..
it is to our muslim
women our life
our religions life
we owe

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Notes:

When today before you put that morsal of food in your mouth; Stop, don’t rush to open your fast

Think of all those Muslims around the World who are inflicted by hardship; the women abused treated unfairly at the hands of tyrants, cultural traditions.   

If possible let your eye swell in thought of them may Allah make the drop of water from the eye shed for them today, a means of our salvation tomorrow. Amen Ya RabalAlameen 

A study has revealed that the miswak or teeth cleaning sticks used in Arab and Asian countries have greater value than toothbrush and toothpaste.

A group of dentists at King Saud University (KSU) has done a study revealing the medicinal properties of miswak, while miswak sales have gone up considerably in Ramadan this year.

The study suggests that the beneficial effects for oral hygiene and dental health for those who have been using miswak are equal to, if not greater than, those of a toothbrush and toothpaste.

“Miswak has many medicinal properties and can fight plaque, recession of gums, tooth wear, bleeding gums and periodontal pocket depths,” said the study, adding that the repeated process of using them releases fresh sap and silica (a hard glossy mineral), which acts as an abrasive material for the removal stains.

The study was conducted by a group of dentists led by Dr. Khaled Almas. The study explains that the miswak also releases a substance that soothes toothache. “It is also used to prevent smoking in adults and thumb sucking in children. It may also improve appetite and regulate peristaltic movements of the gastro-intestinal tract,” said the study.

Referring to the growing sales of miswak, especially during Ramadan this year, Mubarak Al-Oraizi, a miswak seller in Riyadh, said: “Miswak sales have gone up in Ramadan, especially in Makkah and Madinah by nearly 300 percent.”

Arif Aleem, a Bangladeshi salesman, who sits in front of a Riyadh mosque, said: “This is our season and we do brisk business in Ramadan every year. For me, it is fun sitting near the mosque, praying and talking to people, watching people coming and going and at the same time making money.”

Miracle Brush

History of Miswaak

A very touching Hadeeth narrated by our most respected and honorable mother of Mumineen, Hadrat ‘Aayesha Siddeeqah  about the very last minutes of the earthly sojourn of the Beloved of Allah, the most perfect of all humanity;  "One of the gifts among the gifts bestowed upon me by Allah ‘Azza Wa Jal is the apparent passing away (from this world) of my beloved husband  in my house during my turn to be with him  (when he was lying with his head) in between my collar bone and my ribs. It is also His gift that my saliva blended with his blessed saliva before his last breaths. (It so happened that) Hazrat Abdur Rahman Bin Abi Bakr came to my house and he had a miswaak in his hand. At that time I was supporting my beloved husband (his head between my collar bone and ribs). I saw him  looking at the miswaak. I knew his fondness for the miswaak. So, I asked him  do you want me to take the miswaak? (from Hadrat Abdur Rahman Bin Abi Bakr for you). He nodded his head in agreement. I took the miswaak from Hadrat Abdur Rahman Bin Abi Bakr and presented it (to my beloved husband ). He  wanted to use it but it was hard. (He  did not have the strength) Hence I asked "should I soften it for you?" He  nodded his head in agreement. I then chewed one end and (after softening it) presented it to him. He started to rub the miswaak over his (blessed) teeth. There was a utensil with water in it, in front of him . He  would put both his (blessed) hands in the water and apply it over his blessed face and recite "  " (There is no God (worthy of worship) but Allah) and say "Indeed there are hardships around death". He  would raise his hands in Dua and supplicate "O Allah (’Azza Wa Jal) include me among my highest friends (Prophets and Messengers)" and kept repeating it, till his  blessed soul was taken away and then his  blessed hands came down (to rest on or by his blessed body). (Kutub Katheerah)

My precious gems, every action every movement of the Beloved of my soul was for our benefit. No thought of his was free from love and concern for us. He is the greatest of all teachers. He taught not so much with words as with deeds. Alongwith reciting and making dua, the last act he performed as the strength was fading, was to clean his blessed teeth with the Miswaak.

When I read the above Hadeeth many many years ago Allah the Most Merciful moved my heart so profoundly that I resolved never to be without a Miswaak for the rest of my life. Whatever is dear to Allah is Dear to His Beloved and vice versa. In the heart of my hearts I knew that using Miswaak would endear me to my dearest Lord because His Beloved loved the Miswaak so, so much. I still carry the feeling, and its strength never wavers that weak and sinful as I am, I may falter in adopting the other difficult Sunnahs. The Merciful of all mercifuls may forgive my errors and shortcomings because of my love for the Miswaak and may just push me into Paradise because of it. Ameen.

I pray with all my heart that you my precious gems will be moved even more deeply than this humble slave was and adopt this magnificent yet simple blessed Sunnah for the rest of your lives and become endeared by the only One who matters and His most Beloved  and reach high levels in Paradise. Ameen.