Feeeeeeeeeellings.............................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m not sure how I feel. 

I could not do it myself.

 I also could not do it at home.

 So I called someone I trusted and told him about it and where to find them. 

So, a perfume,  a tiny white tasbeeh, a powder for my eyes, a blue cream in a pretty lavender bottle were removed and thrown away. 

I did so like the blue cream in the spherical container. It was so well hidden that he almost couldn’t find it.

I’m not sure how I  feel  about it. I'm  not so sad that I’m crying, nor am I very happy.

It’s possible then that it had no effect on me whatsoever, so I’m imagining things.

But……….sigh…………………..

I think I understand now.

It’s as if the last link was cut.

The Joy of Sacrifice

It's Eid ul Adha- the Festival of Sacrifice

Eid Mubarak

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illalahu, Wallahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar Wa lillahil Hamd

The Holy Qur'an says about the sacrificed animals:-

'It is neither their flesh nor their blood that reaches Allah, but what does reach Him is the Taqwa (sense of obedience) on your part.'

To read Salaah, to fast, to pay  Zakaah, even to go for Hajj..............

All these are our duties to our creator, to the one who gave us life and provides for our every need throughout our life.

But to deny our nafs......

To give up that which we love....

To give up our so-called rights..... 

And to consider the rights of Allah's creation besides ourselves

To provide for others and forget ourselves......

To give up sin and cause our hearts to shatter into pieces..... 

And the only reason we would do such a thing

The only reason..............

Only reason..................

Is to please that one Allah who created us...then that is the.......

                                             

 Joy of Sacrifice

  

Needlebook

A very unusual needlebook

I can remember  as a child, my mother had like to look at a television show called 'Little House on the Prairie.' 

All the ladies in that show wore hats called 'bonnets' and I  thought  these hats were so pretty.

So, when I saw Tipnut  had a pattern for a vintage  needlebook shaped like a bonnet, I just had to make one.

The cap  in front opens to white flannel pages to put needles and  pins. And the gathers to the back  is a little drawstring bag. It can hold thread, thimble  and a small scissors.  

It's very cute