Eid al Adha is a holiday synonymous with sacrifice. According to the Quranic story, God asks Ibrahim (AS) to sacrifice his son. Ibrahim is willing to make the sacrifice. God sees that he is willing, and replaces the child with a lamb. Lasting three to four days, and celebrated by millions of Muslims worldwide, the…
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Days 24, 25, 26, 27: Sight, Hearing, Taste, Touch
Time has squished together during the last 10 nights of Ramadan. And so, my post today squishes together many blessings into a single post. When you abstain from seeing things that you shouldn’t see, hearing things you shouldn’t hear, eating the foods you normally love, and touching things you shouldn’t touch during the month of…
Ramadan Day 18: Sisterhood
On my daughter’s birthday — or as we say, my day of giving birth — a group of amazing mom friends came to celebrate a milestone with my daughter. In our tradition, at age 7, she begins to learn to pray. It doesn’t technically count until she reaches puberty, but the habit of prayer begins,…
Sadia Kalam 