By Kutibh Chihabi on September 3, 2010
It is a Saturday evening and your racing endorphins put you on the edge as you prepare to attend your first ever Qiyam-Al-Layl, a Sunnah (tradition) of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions to stand up in worship all night long. You napped during the day just to get the energy to [...]
Posted in Community, myIslam | Tagged corona, fasting, iftar, Islamic Center, Muslim Standard Time, night prayer, organization, qiyam, Ramadan, riverside, shaykh, technology, time management, youth
By AT Reader on August 13, 2010
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by Samina Mohammad
Since I live in a college town in Indiana, Ramadan and Eid is the time when my community comes together to help the college students feel part of a family. The mosque has daily iftars for them and each family [...]
Posted in Community, myIslam | Tagged Chand Raat, college town, Community, Dr. Farhat Hashmi, Eid, family bonding, iftar, Indiana, myRamadan, prayers, quran, Ramadan, Rooh Afza, Taleem ul-Quran
By Kutibh Chihabi on August 9, 2010
My father happily walks into my room handing me a mug of tea, hoping it would make me smile. As I take a whiff, I smell the aroma that teases me from a distance on my desk. Just like the smell of pie teases passerby’s from the kitchen windowsill in Saturday morning cartoons. The aroma [...]
Posted in myIslam, Opinion | Tagged conditions for life, existence, gas, life, liquid, solid, states, steam, tea, tea party
By Kutibh Chihabi on July 24, 2010
Taking a short walk outside this hot, sunny day in Riverside, California exposed to me to one of Allah’s miracles. In my backyard, perched in the tiny space of one of the lamppost’s corners was a tiny nest. Resting on that nest was a mother hummingbird, gracefully feeding her young. As I approached it out [...]
Posted in myIslam | Tagged Allah's miracles, hummingbird, miracle, nature, nest
