#if you don't know what ramadan is you can search it up

[gatitties]

Can I request for a strawhat x Muslim female reader? Specifically Shia :)if you don’t know what it’s do some research! IT’s currently 4am idek what am I doing :,)

Have a nice day/night/afternoon! :D

─Strawhats x muslim!fem!reader

─Summary: some headcanons of the strawhats with you being a muslim, nothing more, nothing less

─Warnings: none

Oh, it's fine! I'm sorry if this was too general or if there are stereotypes, despite my search I still don't know much about the culture, I'm sorry for that 😓, if there's anything I need to correct or change, let me know!

─ Luffy probably doesn't fully understand your traditions, since this boy doesn't believe in anything other than giant flying spaghetti as his only god and only because it's food, but he has no problems, you're super cool, whether it's because of your powers, strength or personality! It's the only thing you need.

─ The rest simply don't care about your beliefs, if they are different or the same as theirs, it's fine for them, it's no problem.

─ Robin is surely the most interested in your traditions, holidays… she always listens to you so interested in the history of your religion that she makes you spend entire nights sharing curiosities and stories.

─ Nami will hit Zoro and Sanji because when they fight they are very loud and they usually do it at the least opportune moment, that is, when you want to do your prayers.

─ Sanji bought a book especially about typical food from your area so that you could taste the dishes that you liked the most, he will ask you for help to know if he is doing it right or if the flavor is right.

─ Zoro will probably ask you to teach him bad words in your language so he can cause some chaos when he gets lost on some random island.

─ On the other hand, Ussopp will ask you to teach him some of your native language just out of curiosity, plus this way you could have a method of communicating without others knowing what you are up to, although Robin will surely understand it since she asked you before.

─ Nami loves your hijab and she will leave you some money (interest-free) to buy more in different colors so you can change your style, she will also try to create different 'hairstyles' with the fabric.

─ Although it's usually Franky who changes your hairstyle, since he is used to doing it with his hair, it's an easy job for him, master any style you want, just tell him what you want and you will have a nice hairstyle made of soft fabric in question of minutes.

─ Chopper is more attentive to you during Ramadan because he thinks that you will faint from not eating anything during the day, poor Chopper does not know that you are completely used to it and it is something normal for you.

─ Long time without listening to typical melodies or songs from your house? No problem, sing or hum a couple of notes and Brook will be playing that same music for you, it'll just cost you a punch after he asks about your underwear, nothing out of the ordinary with this guy…

─ It may not be exactly the same as praying, but Jinbe will invite you to meditate with him, usually you do it after you finish your midday prayer to let your thoughts flow.

─ They try not to bother you during Āshūrā since according to what you told Robin about your history, for your people it was a day of mourning, a day to commemorate a painful death, so everything remained much calmer during that day.

─ If someone looks at you badly, whether because of your appearance or your beliefs, they will make others respect you by throwing punches if necessary.

#op #one piece #one piece x reader #reader insert #request #muslim!reader #fem reader #one piece x muslim!reader #strawhats #strawhats x reader #strawhats x muslim reader #sfw #headcanons

[notetaeker]

Hi dear notetaker. I need a suggestion for my English class. You know, Ramadan is coming soon and I wanna do an activity with my kids. They're third graders and very enthusiastic about ramadan. But I don't know where to start. Do you have any ideas or suggestions for it? 🌸

Yes!! Are your kids primarily muslim? In any case, here are some that we've tried before / wanted to try - the kids I work with mostly are 6th grade so some of these may be geared toward older kids. Feel free to take any of these ideas and adjust them.

Ramadan Activities for kids (+ adults tbh)

1. Ramadan bingo - each box filled with a good deed and they put a sticker when they complete it, and you can give multiple levels of prizes depending on if they got a bingo / how many bingo lines they can make, or if they complete everything on the bingo board - we gave fidget toys from amazon as prizes. (Based on the hadith that the best deeds are those that are small but consistent)

2. Sadaqa Jar - everyone gets a little jar which they decorate with stickers / washi tape / markers provided and they use it to store their change or a dollar each day and then you can collect it every friday or right before Ramadan ends to donate to a cause

3. Good Deed Jar - fill a jar with 30 slips of paper, each with a good deed. Every day they pull out a slip of paper and do the good deed.

4. Everyone writes one major thing they are going to pray for on a slip of paper, the papers get shuffled and distributed and everyone has another person's dua that they will ask for in addition to their own. (This activity fits well while teaching kids about the hadith that if you pray for something for someone, the angels pray for that same thing for you + gets them in the habit of praying for others)

5. Make a paper Fanoos (Lantern) + chain links - a childhood favorite that I did myself as a kid - its fun to make and doubles as decorations that you can hang in your classroom / masjid for Ramadan. There are countless tutorials online and you just need paper, scissors, and a stapler (or glue)

6. 'Stained glass' effect suncatchers using cellophane wrappers / tissue paper (link) that they can hang on their windows - there's a lot of ramadan lantern tutorials if you search, here's a more advanced one

7. Making and decorating bookmarks to be used while reading qur'an (Since Ramadan is the month of the Qur'an)

8. Making moon-sighting binoculars (link) - connecting to the lunar calendar

9/10. There are also really great Ramadan related picture-books that are out -I've seen some in my library and they can be read aloud for story time. I'd also recommend Adam's World (it's a puppet show for kids about different islamic concepts and I like it because it's not the overstimulating super colorful filled with music type show.) The Ramadan episode is about adam, a kid who is fasting for the first time and trying to get thru the day learning that it's not just about avoiding food, but it's also about doing good deeds (not to be biased but it's what I watched growing up in the early 200s lol so I show it to my students too sometimes)

#hope this helps!!!!!!!! #if anyone else has any ideas pls feel free to add! #replies #anon #allahumma ballighna ramadan

[babyjakes]

I know you’re on a kinkmas grind (I’ve been loving it!) but I can’t help but think about Willa at the holidays! You may have done this before (I may have been the one to even suggest it even lol) but imagine Willa learning about the various holidays. Steve teaches her about Christmas and gets Thor to dress up like Santa. She learns about Hanukkah from Bucky and they light candles together. Idk I just love coming up with Willa fluff.

hey sweet friend, happy holidays! i was indeed very busy with kinkmas when i received this but i still wanted to give a little answer about willa's holiday season as you and a few anons sent in asks about it 🫶

note: i wanted to include willa learning about a wide variety of religions and cultures, but i'm not an expert on anything so if i got anything wrong or anything should be adjusted please let me know!! i will be so happy and grateful to learn more 💕

the end of the year is a crazy time for willa-bug, she's so busy! i didn't know bucky was jewish (and a quick google search wasn't very helpful on confirming this) but if he is, i love that!! and then yes he definitely does hanukkah stuff with her, lighting the candles and maybe she even makes him little presents for each night of hanukkah 🥺 she also wants some of the other friends (peter, thor, wanda, clint...) to come celebrate with bucky too, and bring gifts and participate in all the festivities with him!

i bet she and peter do advent calendars together, he gets her an avenger themed one and she finds him a spiderman one lol 🥺 maybe steve invites peter and wanda to stay over for the first 25 days of december and makes a big deal about them and willa getting to experience "christmas-time in a proper home" 💕 they do all sorts of traditional stuff that steve loves: baking and cooking, decorating the house, fun little crafts, putting up a christmas tree, etc. maybe the whole team comes over one night to help decorate the tree, and they all bring some ornaments to contribute so that willa and steve can have a nice selection for every year 🥺 christmas eve is super fun, she sets out cookies and milk for santa- then in the morning, steve and the kids all gather around the christmas tree and santa brought sooo many presents! (wanda and peter made sure to bring willa out to get lots for steve too ofc 🫶)

a silly little side note: willa's letter to santa is so precious 🥺 at five, she's just learning to write and can't spell yet, so she asks steve to write it out for her so she can copy it down onto her paper. the first part of the letter is just her talking to santa, asking how he is and how all the reindeer are and if he has to wear a bunch of coats in the north pole lol. she asks for a few things for herself but then she asks for a present for each of her friends too, bc thor told her that grown-ups don't write letters to santa and she wants to make sure santa knows exactly what they would like!! so if she's the only one writing to him, she's gotta put in a word for them herself 🥺 she also writes "please" after each thing so santa can see she's using her manners 😭 steve is already tearing up as he listens to her and writes it out for her in big, easy to read letters. then when he sees it written out in her own five-year-old script, he's practically clutching his heart he can't take the cuteness 😭 he definitely saves it, tucks it away somewhere safe to show her when she grows up

willa isn't ready for proper preschool but steve does bring her to an early childhood education program where parents stay and play 💕 she makes lots of friends, many who have different backgrounds that she gets to learn about! she gets to learn about ramadan and eid ul-fitr, as well as eid ul-adha from one classmate whose mom invites her and steve to come join them for iftar! another friend tells her all about chinese new year and shows pictures from the festival she went to last year with her family.

steve definitely raises her to be interested in and respectful of all other cultures and religions! he teaches her what traditions and holidays he celebrates, but also encourages her to find out what other important people in her life believe in and celebrate, and to value those things as well. maybe he gets her a big calendar to hang on the wall where they can mark all their holidays, and their friends' holidays too! so they can remember to celebrate along with them in ways they find meaningful 💕

#eun replies #we love kay #faad #faad headcanons

[benilos]

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I am Etan. I have been previously known by other names, but this is the one you can have for now. My AO3 is benilos.

22 years old, I am American Indigenous, pronouns are he/they/it/majora. I am the creator Hyrule-Bound and Time and Time Again of the TCU media series.

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I primarily do Legend of Zelda and Creepypasta content, my series Three Circuits Unending is a crossover series involving both medias, as well as having a lot of original content involved as well. This will be the blog for all series related content, art and writing.

My reblog blog where I may bitch like the toxic asshole I am is @kitom-kortil

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Tag list is

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"Knife" for writing content.

"Kid art" for art content.

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"Skull Talk", "Evie Talk", and a few other Talk tags will refer to either me, one of my alters, or Anthony and Morgin speaking on a post.

An addition: If you are of a religious sect that has any kind of holiday similar to Ramadan where you need to avoid certain subject matters, you are absolutely welcome to let me know, and I will gladly add tags to posts if it is needed. Ramadan is the only one I am somewhat knowledgeable about, so I may need prompting for others. This DOES NOT INCLUDE content warning tagging for LGBTQ+ related things unless I personally feel it is important, because I will not cater to queerphobic people. This is a safe space for everyone BUT those people. Thank you.

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Anthony and Morgin have their own sideblog, @kito-nasra. You are welcome to say hello to them. I do not look at that blog, and I have all notifs muted for that blog. You will not be able to speak to me or get ahold of me from that blog, so do not try to do so. You will only get cussed out by those two.

#skull talk #pinned post #hyrule-bound #hyrule bound #time and time again #tata #hb #tcu #three circuits unending #people have already tried harrassing me from anthony and morgins blog lol

[msanonymous]

Day 23: Are you making dua for anything specific? (Any dua you want us to make for you?)

Well, one duā that is always constant in my duā lists is may Allāh let us all the Muslim ummah reach Ramadan next year too. And may Allāh make us among the forgiven ones. But this year I have a really important (& tough I might add) exam right after Ramadan, which I think I'm gonna fail because I'm not prepared really well, so I'm making lots of duā for that too. If you guys would be kind enough to make it for me it'd be really really really helpful 🥹❤️‍🩹

May Allāh make it easy for all of the students who are appearing for exams in and/or after Ramadan.

Day 24: Share an Eid memory that sticks out to you! What kind of Eid traditions do you have?

Definitely the night before Eid. It feels so magical. Staying up all night, going to the rooftop, searching for the moon, help the ladies clean the whole house, helping with the Eid desserts, that one cousin who knows henna almost breaking her back 😭

Chand raat tradition is really the best!

Day 25: Who is a sahaba (companion of the prophet) that you feel inspired by? Can you share the story that inspires you?

Each and every one of them were inspiring in their own way. The way they held onto their faith despite being tortured, called out, harrassed. The way they were patient while going through tough trials and hardships. Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه spending his wealth on freeing the slaves that were tortured just for accepting Islam, going to that blind women's house doing all her house work, preparing food for all her children all that in secrecy. Khadija رضي الله عنها leaving all her comfort and luxuries, being the first to believe him (ﷺ). Fatima رضي الله عنها never getting to witness the peaceful days before Prophethood like her other siblings, being a 10 year old and treating her father's wounds. Bilal رضي الله عنه not stepping away from his beliefs despite being brutally tortured. I don't think I can pick a single one. All of them were inspiring in their own way. May Allāh be pleased with them all and gather us all with them in Jannatul Firdous.

Day 26: Mention your favorite story about the Prophet Muhammad, or which of his qualities you look up to the most.

His kindness, the way he went out of his way and treated people with kindness, even those who wronged him. I mean who among could face the person with a smile who is the reason your uncle isn't in this world anymore? Also the story of prophet's (ﷺ) son passing away: Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه reported: We entered the house of Abu Sayf along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was the husband of Ibrahim’s wet-nurse, upon him be peace. The Prophet (ﷺ) took hold of Ibrahim, kissed him, and smelled him. Then, we entered after that as Ibrahim was breathing his last breaths. It made the eyes of the Prophet (ﷺ) shed tears. Abdur Rahman ibn Awf رضي الله عنه said, “Even you, O Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O Ibn Awf, this is mercy.” Then, the Prophet (ﷺ) wept some more and he said, “Verily, the eyes shed tears and the heart is grieved, but we will not say anything except what is pleasing to our Lord. We are saddened by your departure, O Ibrahim.” the way it shows that we're allowed to grieve and shed tears that our prophet (ﷺ) did too. A lot of people think you're not allowed to do it, you should have sabr, sabr doesn't just mean being patient, you're allowed to feel things, you're allowed to cry, it's the mercy that our hearts are not hardened.

#ramadanchallenge2023

[imarawbu]

I saw some conversations on the social side of the Muslim dating app that I have been using. I'm not using the marriage side and have deactivated that portion, in case anyone wants to accuse me of anything. I find the social side very helpful in learning how people and how men behave and how they use dating apps. I've modified my profile in some areas based on the helpful tips I've seen for when I actually do start using it.

One of the major things that has been bothering me came up in several posts I saw on there today. People moving on quickly and getting back out and dating again so soon. I get it, it can definitely be a red flag, you have trauma or you caused trauma for another person. Looking at my own experience. Yes, when there was no turning back with my ex, I got onto the app I am on now for the first time. It actually helped me divorce him as I could see a life and love beyond wallowing in my own sadness and being afraid to leave him. About a month or two after I got on the site and started talking to other men, I finally gave him papers for the first time- it still took several more months to divorce him and another year to cut contact completely, but I did it, on my own.

I don't plan on repeating that situation. Before Ramadan, as you can see in my posts, I was very depressed and unsure but wanted to leave. During Ramadan I decided to get back on this app and see what options there are for single mothers on a Muslim dating app. It was a huge confidence boost. It encouraged me to work harder and make a timeline for divorce. I have emailed a lawyer, I have been searching for second jobs. I feel more confident and better than I have in a long time.

On the downside, the first divorce, I know I was unhealed and scared. Scared to talk to men, unsure of what to say, and then also caved into whatever they asked me to do, like giving them my social media, giving them my phone number as soon as we matched. Most of the guys I did cut off eventually because I just didn't feel ready and they were pushing me. When I met my husband, he did the same things and pushed and got me to cave to what he wanted. That's how we got married after 4 months of being in a "relationship" because he pushed me to, I wanted 9 months minimum. My ex-husband did the same in 3 months.

Now, I am not like this nobody is going to make me cave to something I don't want. I will just block at the first sign of a red flag, as I do know them all. Back then and for more than half my life I was severely mentally ill and being around abusive people and situations made it worse. I mentioned in previous posts, how severe it was. My husband isn't exactly abusive- as long as you do what he wants until he changes things up and moves his expectations. I think I recovered after a year or so of marriage, I don't consider him to have been a factor. I consider living with him partially fulfilling my desire to be a loving wife and him being less abusive than my parents and ex to be the reasons why. I also did get better when I moved out of my parents and lived with him and his parents, and then later just with him. I had been told my entire life I was dumb, lazy, etc. being a wife and pretty much being the only adult in the relationship, showed me and others I could do much more than people thought. I earned the respect and admiration of my ex's family when they initially hated me. Even after that, even knowing what I went through and how I did overcome and get out of that situation and handled it better than most 19 year olds would. I still had people look down on me and see me as incapable because I was severely distraught and my mental illness exacerbated by being back living with my parents, who thought I would never amount to anything and said as such about how I had ruined my life. We are specifically talking about F and his mother. They did not see me as capable of being a wife, his mother knew what I went through, I didn't tell her everything but I told her enough. Look how that turned out and I will say it again how she's done everything but verbally stated to me in English she would have preferred me as her daughter in law after she saw how I got better after marriage. Nothing about how I helped her and spent time with her, helped her with her homework when she was trying to become a surgical tech, traveling to her place (3 hours drive) at least once a month to spend time with her, helping her prep for interviews when she wanted to be a nanny, making her a better resume for this as well, helping her get her certifications, etc- but you know, I couldn't cook, so that makes me unstable for marriage? I say this because she discouraged me from trying to remarry because I wasn't prepared to be a wife, cooking was one of the items mentioned the most. I said I would learn to cook after marriage, that's what happened and I'm a better cook than her and most people at their own ethnic food. She told her son lots of stuff about me and at one point, after I had been taking care of her after her (ex?) husband died for two weeks and both her kids flew home for his funeral, her son suddenly saw potential in me and told his mom he was willing to help me look... Anytime I think about it it just infuriates me how much people took advantage of me told me they saw potential, but ultimately underestimated me and saw me the same way my parents did- yet I gave them respect and cared about them...

Anyways. The biggest difference is I'm not fearing and needing to get remarried, I am indifferent about it but it would be nice. I know what to ask and not just to chat and see where it leads, I know what I want beyond just the description I have on my profile for what I'm "looking for." For me, getting back out there is proof I have moved on. None of my marriages was the problem, I just don't know how not to make myself a target and most of that was due to high functioning but still mentally ill. That's gone now. I'm not expecting to literally go on there as soon as I'm divorced and meet someone and marry them immediately, no, it would take months or years and I am holding fast to a minimum of one year knowing each other before marriage happens. Don't like it, bye and moving on. You will regret, not me.

Something else I've learned from seeing the social side, maybe it's just British Muslims or Muslims in general that use the social portion but the women are horrendous. Put aside the red pilled men on there, the women are totally something else and I see why a specific ethnicity has so many problems and why Muslims in general have so many issues getting married. By comparison, I know I'm a catch, there's maybe a few like me on that app.

[strangerstoryteller]

You know why I always talked about you having brown eyes?

Cause it was the most beautiful and mesmerizing thing for me. And I could still get my heart beating rapidly while thinking about those eyes. Which shined brightly in the sun. I never realized until that day that you had brown eyes.

Those eyes were ready to open me up as an open book. Those eyes were able to read me through my soul which is why I couldn't stare at you. As if you could read through me that I might have fallen for you... like the crush has changed into love ever since the last ramadan.

Liittle did that Farin knew that it was the moment she was falling deeper than ever..

I happily failed the test but that day I was having a rush of butterflies in my stomach which lasted for days... Even when I was trying to give up on you saying I'll never get you,, those days of remembering those eyes and getting jealous of the future girl you will get.. nuisance but the jealousy was working on its peak thinking that someone else might be the one to get those beautiful eyes and smile and that perfection of yours will belong to them... that's when I became greedy. I wanted to have all of you for me... I wish I wasn't that stupid to rush things... I wish that these jealousy could have been erased,, I wished ..

The time you were searching for uber I kept stealing your glimpses. I never thought that it would be the last time...

They said loving a writer meant being a character of one of their book. And maybe just like those classical writers explaining the cheeks of the beautiful female characters as an apple started to make sense for me. And I happen to behave like them admiring every bits of you while acting like I don't care.

How ethereal it was to see you under the tree and those few drops of shining sun setting on your hands.. manly and handsome.... I wish I could explain it the way I have seen... Like the writers... I wish I had learned more words to describe you perfectly.. I wished so many things...

Those heavenly fine Adam apples and that heavenly neck as if you were really a fictional character. I happen to look at the mole on your neck. Perfectly fine hair you kept nagging about it getting dirty. But how I wish you could see yourself the way I have seen.

Great I had definitely fallen deeper for you!!

Sadly I could care less about those features cause for the time being I started feeling like I'll be doomed if I ever get to be hugged by you. I was not sexualizing you. But I only wanted to be loved by you. I wanted to be greedy for you..

How crazy I was, wasn't I? Maybe all those fangirling moments all those fictional characters started laughing at me saying see you thought people like us doesn't exist but in real it does... And now look what are you doing...

You were the sweet boy I could never had.. I knew my fate and that's when it gets real... Like the saying reality is the harsh truth... I knew I could never have you. Neither can I be totally yours... But that time I started praying for you to become mine... I cried .. I prayed...

those months I unknowingly fell more deeper for you... as if through the months since our 3rd and 4th meet I was only falling deeper than ever...

Just the same as the airports which have seen more kissing, longing stories then the halls of a marriage/church/ mosques/ mandir does.. I loved you when you had already left.. I'm sorry that I failed...

Luckily I was able to meet you. But I failed to keep you. More than this I failed to make you falling deeper for me.

And those last two months when you were doing right I failed...

The thing you are afraid of happening will happen became true and I failed to prove my loyalty to you...

I could explain everything to you but I had forgotten what I had told you before cause none of these actually mattered.. I knew my intentions which was totally stupid but I didn't knew that things could be go like this...

I told you every secrets of mine except my mental family traumas... And look those secrets were now breaking the house I have been making for so long...

All the other guys I have met before fell for me... And I thought that this guy would be the best to make you jealous... At least better than those guys who had proposed me... I'm really dumb... Ik and so I'm repenting ...

I only wish for you to understand me after all this... I know I am dumb... But I wish you had known too... So now I'm wishing for you to understand me even if it's too late I only wish for you to understand that what I have been through...

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🦇 Happy Monday my fellow book bats, babes, and dragons!

What you're seeing: Luna, hiding behind her namesake pillow, because my lap wasn't to her liking.

💜 QOTD: How is your Monday going so far? Answer one of the prompts below to share more about your day!

📖 Reading I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai, which spent four weeks on the NYT bestseller's list so far! Bodie Kane's past is back to haunt her when she returns to her New Hampshire boarding school where her former roommate, Thalia, died. As a film professor and podcaster, Bodie is there to teach. When a student digs into the mysterious murder as a class assignment, Bodie gets tossed back to 1995, but is her memory entirely reliable? So far, this book is a page-turner for sure.

☕️ Drinking... Actually, I'm craving Turkish coffee at the moment, which seems random but is completely appropriate for Ramadan. Turkish coffee is made in small quantities, on a stovetop, and usually features cardamom for a more intense flavor. With a little brown sugar, it's *chef's kiss* perfect.

🍯 Eating... I was on the phone with my mother and grandmother yesterday, hearing them talk about breaking fast with lamb stuffed with warak dawali (grape leaves stuffed with meat and rice), which has left me in a mouth-watering, jealous state since. I can cook, but I don't have the skill or patience necessary to make THAT, so we're sticking with something far less complex; firecracker salmon and veggies. ...I'm still thinking about the lamb, tbh.

🎧Listening... to the House of Halliwell Charmed Rewatch (The House of Halliwell) podcast. Hello nostalgia.

📺 Watching... Finally got my gf to start watching 911 Lone Star, but she's squeamish so there are certain scenes watched between hands or fingers. We're almost done with our COMPLETE Doctor Who rewatch, which has been bittersweet.

✍️ Doing... Writing search engine optimized blog posts, searching for a job in book publishing (if you know of any companies accepting applications, DM me), and switching my office to a different room for a change of pace.

Your turn! Let me know what you're up to in the comments below! Have a wonderful week book bats, babes, and dragons!

#bookblr #booklr #bookstagram #reading #cats #battyaboutbooks #batty about books

[fruixtii]

FRUITYYY <3 HAVE U SEEN THE SASAMIYA FINALE YET ^W^ ITS THE SWEETESTTTTTT <33333

also i hope you're doing well!!! have a nice day *hugs you*

no i haven't but i'll watch it when i have time!! I'm sure it's great

#I'm doing good ^_^ #Ramadan starts tomorrow #and i have to fast #i am not excited #if you don't know what ramadan is you can search it up #caps #ocean 🌊 #muduels

[madfantasy]

Dear blogging

It's 3 am on the 7th day of Ramadan, my tummy finally settling after probably minor food poisoning perfectly timed at the start of fasting, sticking me in bed. Cuz u don't wanna throw up and break your fasting and have a day to redo when u can later. Mr perfect record speaking here, heh

I am in such a, idk, bigger than me moment — just to want to give everyone the biggest hug, in the same time weighed with this tiresome, egging me to leave earth.

How can i give love, more love, while being unable to to do much.. and knowing too little of the common..

I found myself suddenly elevated to a point I thought, "yes, I shouldn't feel ashamed of stating my isolation or justify the happenings of it anymore" I am isolated, socially inept, mentally-everything person who coexist with my guardians because I need them just as much as they need me, no matter how gruelling our relationship is, and how much i care no matter what .. that being said, everything I did to resist that failed. And I am running out of energy year after year..

I've posted to tiktok the first cat I ever see near me, and it frightening how brave it was to just not leave. When I fed it it meowed, and that meow tugged at my heart like when my baby siblings beg for food. I thought to myself, so that's how it feels with pets?

It was my new experience and even tho my body says to run and flinches every time I see it, I try to feed it. Obviously I can't feed it much and if my guardians find out about it they'd chace it away. And realistically we don't have any possibility to tend to the cat anyway

I tried to busy and give myself the joy of having a room that is perfectly red black and a bit of white. So far only this corner gives me the severe visual pleasure of seeing those colors together

But it had to claim its share of being absolutely troubling. For some reason, every red colored item I purchased either turned out to be maroon or simply they sent me a whole different creature of an item, not even close to what they advertise. I've returned so many unrelated shi and maroon colors, that I started to understand Ron's hatred of the color. And it's not a vibrant shade either, it's disgusting murky brown of a red.

And what makes me extra furious is that they don't refund the delivery costs. Why then ship me this??? Does it LOOK like the picture? It's ORANGE with different patterns!

I was especially frustrated because it would have been a match made in heaven with my rug

Now I feel absolutely helpless. I can't run more risks if they keep sucking on the delivery charge, and buying it internationally, I would just pay hundreds for shipping for worthless room shi, and asking my guardians is futile cuz they either will take 60 years to do it or just say "oh you expect me to go searching for you in this state? Beside its a small town so dont expect mcuh".. so idk what to do

For the time being, im absolutely burned out of doing art, my life line. I missed sorly how I used to draw Sev, retouched one I loved dearly nd the Harry one too, now I'm aching to illustrate the HP books AND tintin now x'c

At least im in some progress🍀

I'm off to chug water, wish you lovey dovey days, my dears 💛

#text #personal #drawing journey #I CRAVE DRAWING SEV LIKE THE OLD DAYS #AND SNARRY DX

[carelesssserenity]

april 24th, sunday

i had SO many things to do today... and i ended up reading cinematography books i'd bought years ago. i do not know what deadlines mean.

but yeah, overall i'm finally in my feet again! a bit overwhelmed and somehow tired, but it'll get better.

🎼sticker - nct 127, 📖screenplay: the foundations of screenwriting - syd field

i'm gonna keep the challenge answers under the cut, there's a lot =)

April 13th - do you keep track of vitamins in your diet?

- mostly just calories, and i try to get as much protein as i can. although, i do take vitamin pills for other reasons

April 14th - do you work out? spring might be the best season to start.

- i do! it helps to escape a lot of things, and also it just feels so rewarding to actually work on your body.

April 15th - scented candles: yes or no?

- an obvious yes, i'm a full-time scented candles activist. i even have a collection of them.

April 16th - do you use a tote bag or a simple backpack?

- i use both. for college - a backpack, for any other outdoor activities - a tote bag. honestly, as long as a bag can fit in my laptop, it suits me

April 17th - do you celebrate Easter, Ramadan or any religious holiday this month?

- i celebrated Easter! i love this holiday a lot. it's excessively traditional in my family, but in a good way

April 18th - take it easy today. what's your way of connecting with your soul?

- there's a lot, but music, gym and manga are my go-to when it comes to soul.

April 19th - do you feel steady and ready right now? vent, if you'd like.

- more like the opposite. everything's so fast recently, i barely keep track of time. somehow i keep cutting everyone off and it just makes me feel worse. but I'm hopeful that this is just a period of time that'll pass eventually

April 20th - do you do rest days?

- i try to, but it's rare. usually, fridays are ok

April 21st - evening in the garage or morning in the park?

- evening in the garage.. i love garages as you guys can see, haha. they just have that cozy and careless vibe i search for

April 22nd - what's your current/future major?

- well... i tried a lot of things already. languages, cinematography, law, you name it. but recently i've been thinking about picking business management in uni

April 23rd - organise or improvise?

- mostly, improvise, im good at that :) i used to over-plan, but kept ditching everything, so i just don't do that anymore

April 24th - did you know that it’s Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day today?

- of course. the mourning day of the year. i was at the church this morning, and cried a lot.. its a feeling that i can't really convey, as an armenian, i always felt the weigh of this trauma and grief, and there's no way for me to let go.

#carelessproductivity #aesthetic #moscow #studying #why am i doing this #study blog #study hard #studyblr #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #study notes #studyspo #study motivation

[twinklingstar-09]

"✨DAY 2 - RAMADAN SERIES"

⚜️ *Story of BANI ISRAEL & THE COW.*🐄

There was a wealthy man among the Bani Israel who had substantial wealth. He didn’t have anyone to inherit his wealth, except one nephew. Therefore, his nephew killed him out of greed and selfishness so that he could immediately inherit the wealth. The other members of Bani Israel then found out the wealthy man had been murdered and wanted to know who committed the murder. So they decided to go to Musa (as) and ask him since they decided he should be the arbitrator.

When they came to Musa (as) and told him everything that happened, Musa (as) asked Allah (swt) what the people should do. Allah (swt) then instructed Musa (as) to tell them to slaughter a cow and take a place of its flesh and put it on the dead man’s body. Musa (as) said this would be the way for them to find out who the murderer was, At once, the people ridiculed and accused Musa (as) for joking. They made fun of him and said you want us to kill a cow to find out who the murderer is?

“Surely Allah commands you that you should sacrifice a cow”; they said: “Do you ridicule us?” 

-Surah al-Baqarah, Ayah 67

So they decided, to mock Allah (swt) and Musa (as) and asked Musa (as), what kind of cow it should be? Musa (as) was so disappointed in his people and said it can be any kind of cow, yet the Bani Israel were rebellious and arrogant and wanted to make things more difficult. So, they said:

“Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to us what she is”. Musa said: “He says, Surely she is a cow neither advanced in age nor too young, of middle age between that (and this); do there­fore what you are commanded ”

-Surah al-Baqarah, Ayah 68

Once again, instead of listening to Musa (as), they asked more questions! “What color must it be?” Musa (as) all fed up with his people, once again asked Allah (swt) and He replied,

…her colour is intensely yellow, giving delight to the beholders”

-Surah al-Baqarah, Ayah 69

Bani Israel were still not satisfied and asked for more details. Their ungratefulness and arrogance led them to ask more questions. So, Musa (as) asked Allah (swt) once AGAIN, and He replied,

Surely she is a cow not made submissive that she should plough the land, nor does she irrigate the tilth, sound, without a blemish in her.” 

-Surah al-Baqarah, Ayah 71

Finally, they were satisfied with the requirements. And so they went out in search of such a cow. The only cow that matched those requirements was owned by an orphan who inherited the cow from his father. This orphan’s father was a very pious man. On his deathbed, the father said, “O Allah, I place my wife, my little son, and my only possession, a calf, in Your care.” Oddly, he asked his wife to lead the cow into the nearby forest and leave it there. He did this because he didn’t trust the other Bani Israel members, as they were selfish and greedy.

When the Bani Israel found the orphan, they asked him how much he would sell his cow for. He told them he would have to ask his mother before he could sell it. A while later, they came to his house and offered 3 gold coins for the cow. The mother refused and said the cow was worth much more than 3 gold coins. They kept increasing their offer and the mother kept on turning their offers away. And so the orphan finally interjected and said, “I will not sell the cow without my mother’s approval, even if you offered me its skin filled with gold!” Upon hearing this, his mother smiled and said, “Let that be the price: Its skin filled with gold.” The people were disappointed but had no choice but to pay up since no other cow could fulfill the requirements. They agreed and bought the cow with its skin filled with gold.

With the cow slaughtered, they took a piece of its flesh and put it on the dead man. The dead man at once arose and revealed his nephew as the murderer and then died once again.

✨✅Contemplation on the Ayah :

1. Bani israel were being tested with the slaughtering of cow, cuz they were into cow-worship.

2. Allah commanded them only to slaughter a COW but their unnecessary questions made their task more difficult.

✅Part of Action :

1. Sometimes we need to accept commands of Allah as they have been sent to us, raising unnecessary questions could complicate the matter.

2. Verily Allah possess more wisdom, we don't. So we need to Trust Allah's plans

✅Takeaway :

1. Acknowledge the versus and commands of Allah as they are and trusting Allah could facilitate ease for us in both the worlds.

[tasmiq]

Jumu'ah Khuthbah: 9 July 2021

#1. Just yesterday morning in search of topping up my weekly inspirations Alhamdulillah, did I dare into a Jumu'ah Khuthbah by Shaykh Abdel Hakim Murad. His depth resonated beautifully with me in an awake state, unlike before.

He spoke as poetically as ever, on intuition. He explained that it involves judging the inside of a being by their outward appearance - which even babies and parents do. We all have the gift of looking into people's souls by how they act outwardly. The ulema say it involves judging the inward by looking at the outward.

Beyond the legal expert and the police official, the question is what can we intuit in Allah's light? He powerfully proclaimed that faith is an inner intuition, through the gift of witnessing or observing - as Shaykh Taner often compels us to do!

- We can't see everything in others or ourselves, which is why Allah keeps secrets in our hearts as a mercy. Allah is the knower of hidden things. He is watching all of us for 24 hours a day and these are recorded by our Guardian Angels with us at all times. These Angels follow us into our secret places, our hidden habits as places that we don't really want others.

- The resurrection is a time of nakedness, an inward as well as an outward nakedness. Allah's justice becomes manifest here.

- I learnt of Firasa (discernment) which is the ability to penetrate the meaning of existence, and acting on conscious insight. It is a light that Allah puts into a person when they have purified their heart of spiritual ailments. With a light that adorns one with belief, knowledge and love of Allah, and zeal to serve His cause. Spiritual teachers as our Shaykh Taner, Anneh and Shaykh Nishaat are of this calibre, they don't only watch what the outer actions of us their students are, but also what our hearts are doing. As well as a good friend who understands the heart of a person, just as a spouse is as-Sadiq, someone who is true with you. For me, your Abbu unsurprisingly, and your Mimi in a strange way, reflect just this.

- The preeminence of the moment where Shaykh Murad says; it is where the brilliance, beauty and stillness of the moment is felt in pockets of Islam as during Jumu'ah, Ramadan, Haj etc. It is a still moment, as Allah's gift to you - for those monkeys in your nafs to calm down.

- Religion has been a mountain of rules and prohibitions, and there is the sweetness of dunya/this world - like sheep chomping on grass, in hopes for the greener grass - but they don't look up. Although we are given so many reminders!

- What use is life if you are a millionaire, a robot or automaton - not truly awake and aware of the blessings in certain times and certain places - we need to seize them!

- Religion is all for us, because Allah is Ghani, as in need of nothing. We need Him. Our need for Him is equal to His lack of need for us, which is total. It's the reason for worship and all the other acts of remembrance.

Shaykh Murad concludes that we must be made more subtle, so that we read the signs of the subtle mysteries that Allah has placed in creation and in each other which is good for our dunya/worldly existence, and deen/faith.

Soak in the wisdom, completely for yourself: 

https://youtu.be/f9LkK2qaX3I

#2. On Monday's London Zikr session did Shaykha Rita proclaim that loving Allah means accepting what He wants you to learn, at a point in time. As I was fighting adjusting to my new wheelchair, when we were connected with them. 

"Trust in the guidance you pray for", she reminded which soothed my senses. Thereafter, Shaykh Reeyaaz asked your Abbu and me to make the dua'a at the end of Zikr. I relinquished it to your Abbu not knowing how exactly to articulate my heart. Amongst other things, Shaykh Reeyaaz added "Ya Sabur Ya Latif" and it perfectly encapsulated what my heart was yearning for, in the acclimatisation process. 

And subsequently Subhana'Allah, I have adjusted like a dream to it! I easily manoeuvre into the bathroom and our room, like never before. I last in the evenings without putting my legs up, refreshingly unlike before. I can even sit at the end of our dining table like a normal person, in a wheelchair of course! Funnest of all, I can make donuts by turning 360 degrees 😆

#3. A piece of research fascinatingly suggests, "spirituality and religiosity map to a common brain circuit centered on the periaqueductal grey (PAG), a brainstem region previously implicated in fear conditioning, pain modulation, and altruistic behavior."

The takeaway is that spirituality and religiosity are rooted in fundamental neurobiological dynamics adding, "We were astonished to find that this brain circuit for spirituality is centered in one of the most evolutionarily preserved structures in the brain."

Going forward, the team hopes to continue studying how belief can be affected by brain injuries and lesions. Now during our accident, I suffered TBI which is Traumatic Brain Injury. I think my accident is directly correlated to my heightened spiritual consciousness, Alhamdulillah. Furthermore, the curiosity of the study is to explore how healing and spirituality can co-inform each other.  On this very point, my healing from our accident - is a product of complimentary health, both conventional medicine and Sufi healing. Subhana'Allah!

Find the original article about spirituality and the brain here:

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/spirituality-found-to-light-up-this-part-of-brain-study-finds

Finally Huu for your Abbu's Arabic Khuthbah!

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