Oh Sorrow.. you will never be the same

Humanity has bourne no greater loss than the loss of Prophet Muhammad SAW. No Muslim will
ever lose anything more than what he has with the passing of our Prophet. Why am i saying this, you ask... almost 1400 years have gone by afterall.I remember while reading the seerah, i started feeling so close to the Prophet SAW - his physical attributes and his personality both became so vivid to me. So strong was this feeling, that i could not bring myself to read chapters about his passing. I felt i was loosing him and i know his seerah and sunnah live on; so i forced myself to go through the final part.
And it was painful, just as it is painful for me to write about it even now. And one can only feel this loss, if they have felt the connection.. else its just a superfacial emotion. If one wants to feel that connection, the ideal way is to follow the Sunnah and read the seerah. I have mentioned about loving the prophet in one of my earlier posts (For the Love of Prophet SAW). I wish we could all embody the Sunnah, and feel this connection even better than we already do - for our Iman is incomplete
without this love.
When you will love him, you will feel his loss truly. When you feel his loss, no other loss will ever compare .. SubhanAllah!

Why don't you believe us?

When we walk down the streets wearing our "gowns" (abayas) and headscarves and face-veils (niqabs), we face everything from annoyed looks to stares and glares to outright nasty and hurtful comments. Yet, we persevere. We stand with you shoulder to shoulder at the school, doing the same tasks you do. We are behind you in the drive-thru, driving just like you. We struggle to balance matters of the home and outside, just like you.
But our presence insults you; as though we are lower beings. It irks some of you to the point, that you have the gall to tell us to go away. You point fingers at us, whisper about us in your friends ear, roll your eyes at us. Yes we can see and feel all that you throw our way. Yet, we persevere.

Our husbands/fathers and brothers are respectful in our presence, they thank us for the balancing act we perform everyday because they know Allah didnot burden the woman with chores. They credit the righteous upbringing of their children to us. We are incharge of our household and all its decisions, and they wilingly lend us their help. They walk ahead of us, as a show of their love for us so they may face your stares before we do.

Our covering and veil is to please our Lord - Allah! Not because we were forced by our husbands or fathers; but you dont believe our words. We speak our minds, only watchful to not say something to displease Allah. We do not confine ourselves to the standards of society, we are today's woman; but you don't believe our stance and you dont acknowledge our courage.

You oppress us - not our veils!

For the Love of the Prophet (SAW)!

Since childhood we have been told to love the prophet sallalahu alaihi wa'alihi wassalam. When i gained consciousness of my way of life - i questioned how can i love and i mean really love (not just revere) a man, whom i have never seen or met. SubhanAllah! The answer is through his Seerah and his sunnah. We must strive to read as much as we can about our prophet and we must absolutely follow his sunnah. By Allah, that is the only way to love him that is accepted by Allah. and Allah knows best.
Love you for the sake of Allah!