this week...
alhamdulillah, am starting uni next week.
From next week i shall be studying Masters in Money, Banking and Finance. Boring as it may sound it is what i want to go into inshaAllah. This course also offers a Module in Islamic Banking and Finance (which is what i want to get into really!!)...rather then doing a whole Masters in Islamic Banking and Finance, which is what i originally opted to do. I'll be studying at Loughborough Uni, which I keep being told is great for Finance...i don't care really, i'm just there cos it's the only place that offers a module in Islamic Banking. For those of you who are interested Durham University has a good Islamic Studies/Finance Department but their actual Business/ Finance Dept isn't that great...but Durham Uni overall is amazing....Plus, Anisa will be there!!!
The reason i am blogging so much is cos i have so much free time on my hands. I know...i should be spending it doing something more constructive especially cos its Ramadan but as you all know when that 'time of the month' calls its so hard to do anything!! Stopped reading the Qu'ran so currently am reading Milestones by Sayyed Qutb, as recommended by Ninja. Oh, Ninja is alive ppl- texted her yday and she managed to text back!! Said she's enjoying married life and was ironing her hubby's shirts while he was at wrk. InshaAllah will speak to her when she's less busy...would prefer to see her though so may pop down to London soon inshaAllah. Eco- you wanna come? Have got pretty far but the first chapter discusses the Unique Qur'anic Generation- the generation of the Companions of the Prophet (pbuh)- and what puts them apart from any generation created in the history of mankind. The three main points that makes them different from later generations are
i) their only source was the Qur'an
ii) the instructions in the Qur'an were translated into action as soon as they learnt it. They did not approach the Qur'an for the purpose of acquiring culture or information, nor for increasing their total sum of knowledge for the sake of knowledge itself. Instead they approached it to act on what they haerd immediately.
iii) when a sahaba embraced Islam they immediately cut themselves off from Jahiliyyah.
Kinda makes you think why the Muslim Ummah is failing to make a great impact on society....
Eco- hope you haven't just left this book at the back of your shelf or something?!!plus, when do you want to go to Mcr? I was thinking maybe next weekend cos i would have only had one week of uni by then so hopefully not that much work load...
Oh, cos i've been lazy for the past day i thought i'd watch tv. Stopped watching tv during Ramadan alhamdulillah...so thought the only halal channel that i can watch is Islam Channel, so tuned in. New channel called Itihad TV(channel 825) is being released soon too- looks interesting. Anyway, what happened to be on...the Nasheed show. Usually switch off when they keep playing Sami Yusuf but this time it was seven8six *ahem, Eco* and Dawud Wharnsby-Ali and Nazeel's video for his nasheed Rahmanur Raheem (i think). The video is cool. I mean, he's not globe-trotting or anything like Sami Yusuf but the woods seem like a nice place...plus, a few token cute kids thrown in- it was nice to watch i guess. Pink- i promise to record it for you next time but don't actually think our video player works!! You're just gonna have to come round and hope that they show the video when you're here. I guess that'll be on ILo's wishlist for Eid!! (more like my excuse to but his album). Speaking of his album- it's already available in shops *plug* cos they were playing it in the bookshop i shall be working at form next week. Yippee. Everyone has to come to the shop when im working...its the coolest Islamic Bookshop in Bham...maybe except Maktabah further down Stratford Road, cos they have really cool nasheed CDs- mainly Iraqi and Palestianian Jihadi Nasheeds, which i like to blast in my car. Eco- ask Mufti whether it would be permissible for a sister to blast Nasheeds in her car?- don't worry, im not bopping my head too. Hopefully i won't be getting arrested for the contents of my car...
gtg pick up the kids.
From next week i shall be studying Masters in Money, Banking and Finance. Boring as it may sound it is what i want to go into inshaAllah. This course also offers a Module in Islamic Banking and Finance (which is what i want to get into really!!)...rather then doing a whole Masters in Islamic Banking and Finance, which is what i originally opted to do. I'll be studying at Loughborough Uni, which I keep being told is great for Finance...i don't care really, i'm just there cos it's the only place that offers a module in Islamic Banking. For those of you who are interested Durham University has a good Islamic Studies/Finance Department but their actual Business/ Finance Dept isn't that great...but Durham Uni overall is amazing....Plus, Anisa will be there!!!
The reason i am blogging so much is cos i have so much free time on my hands. I know...i should be spending it doing something more constructive especially cos its Ramadan but as you all know when that 'time of the month' calls its so hard to do anything!! Stopped reading the Qu'ran so currently am reading Milestones by Sayyed Qutb, as recommended by Ninja. Oh, Ninja is alive ppl- texted her yday and she managed to text back!! Said she's enjoying married life and was ironing her hubby's shirts while he was at wrk. InshaAllah will speak to her when she's less busy...would prefer to see her though so may pop down to London soon inshaAllah. Eco- you wanna come? Have got pretty far but the first chapter discusses the Unique Qur'anic Generation- the generation of the Companions of the Prophet (pbuh)- and what puts them apart from any generation created in the history of mankind. The three main points that makes them different from later generations are
i) their only source was the Qur'an
ii) the instructions in the Qur'an were translated into action as soon as they learnt it. They did not approach the Qur'an for the purpose of acquiring culture or information, nor for increasing their total sum of knowledge for the sake of knowledge itself. Instead they approached it to act on what they haerd immediately.
iii) when a sahaba embraced Islam they immediately cut themselves off from Jahiliyyah.
Kinda makes you think why the Muslim Ummah is failing to make a great impact on society....
Eco- hope you haven't just left this book at the back of your shelf or something?!!plus, when do you want to go to Mcr? I was thinking maybe next weekend cos i would have only had one week of uni by then so hopefully not that much work load...
Oh, cos i've been lazy for the past day i thought i'd watch tv. Stopped watching tv during Ramadan alhamdulillah...so thought the only halal channel that i can watch is Islam Channel, so tuned in. New channel called Itihad TV(channel 825) is being released soon too- looks interesting. Anyway, what happened to be on...the Nasheed show. Usually switch off when they keep playing Sami Yusuf but this time it was seven8six *ahem, Eco* and Dawud Wharnsby-Ali and Nazeel's video for his nasheed Rahmanur Raheem (i think). The video is cool. I mean, he's not globe-trotting or anything like Sami Yusuf but the woods seem like a nice place...plus, a few token cute kids thrown in- it was nice to watch i guess. Pink- i promise to record it for you next time but don't actually think our video player works!! You're just gonna have to come round and hope that they show the video when you're here. I guess that'll be on ILo's wishlist for Eid!! (more like my excuse to but his album). Speaking of his album- it's already available in shops *plug* cos they were playing it in the bookshop i shall be working at form next week. Yippee. Everyone has to come to the shop when im working...its the coolest Islamic Bookshop in Bham...maybe except Maktabah further down Stratford Road, cos they have really cool nasheed CDs- mainly Iraqi and Palestianian Jihadi Nasheeds, which i like to blast in my car. Eco- ask Mufti whether it would be permissible for a sister to blast Nasheeds in her car?- don't worry, im not bopping my head too. Hopefully i won't be getting arrested for the contents of my car...
gtg pick up the kids.
posted by PrincessMeMe @ 2:31 pm
3 Comments:
At 9:19 pm,
Anonymous said…
alhamdulillah i was getting worried about poonie. she's ironing shirts? eek, thats a lesson for me, id better skidaddle.
At 11:40 pm,
Pink said…
o phew she's alive!! alhmd, can i tag along on ur plans to visit her?? plz plz plz... as long as its after 6 or weekend...
i like ur ramadan blogs, v interesting, and love milestones! its one of those books that u re-read once a yr and subhanAllah it jst hits u how relevant it is all over again... what a mujtahid mashaAllah...
thats cool abt naz bhaia's album, really make dua it sells well and ppl dont do the pirate thing coz they spent loads ot produce it and he doesnt wanna go down the artisty half-hearted nasheed route wt music etc, so we need to make profit the halaal way for them by just buying the album & promoting it left, right & centre inshaAllah!!
guess what - im going south korea inshaAllah 9th-13th oct!!! bit reluctant at first coz its ramadan, but inshaAllah am back for last 10days... jst wish i could hav delayed my time of month till then so i could enjoy it more!
hmm i shud jst email u, but somehow blog commenting is easier and quicker... not spoken to anyone in ages, no social life here, am so So tired. slightly homesick but happy alhamdulillah :)
At 12:16 pm,
PrincessMeMe said…
yeah, sure you can tag along...if i feeling up to having company. Liking this lonely existence. You know i like to plan so was thinking of coming up to London 27th October. Only because my friend Kiran is playing Sitar in some Orchestra or something for the BBC or something... and then may see Ninja that weekend. But not sorted it out with her or PERMISSION from my dad- will let you know. That weekend is the weekend after Eid so you, my dear, may be at home(i like to organise my friends' lives too!).
Nabeels's album cover is very beautiful mashaAllah. Ok- i promise not to burn the CD!! I do actually buy it and then copy it for when im at uni cos there's no point in buying two copies in the same household!! Plus, will now need a copy for the car. Alhamdulillah there's no music in the nasheeds...will be able to listen to it without feeling guilty :S Actually, il buy a copy for my sister's sister-in-laws for Eid. There you go- £20 for his pocket!
stop being a lazy bugger!! email me if you think its necessary otherwise speak to you when you're not so tired after work or not busy texting 7 year olds!!
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