February 2005

• Where's the Love?: Assalaamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. When you think of a Masjid, you can picture a serene, warm setting where brothers and sisters are (separately) learning together, or performing other acts of 'eebaadah - be it reciting the Qur`aan,... | 3 Thoughts

• The Characteristics of the True Believer: By knowing the difference between the believers and other people, the difference between the Truth and falsehood becomes distinctly clear, as does the difference between the people of eternal happiness and the people of eternal misery.

• Homeschooling: I've been trying to make decisions that will benefit not only myself, but my family and my community and one of them is to homeschool. As Junayd is still only 15 months old, it's not him who I'll be schooling yet. | 4 Thoughts

• Du'a: the Weapon of the Believer: As with salaah, du'aa is another way for us to create a connection with our Lord; we are able to ask of Him without intermediaries or 'middle-men'. As it is such a vital tool to gain closeness to Allaah, should we not know the issues that pertaining to it - issues which may determine whether our supplications will be answered or not.

• Go On, Supplement!: As good as a mother's natural milk is, after the age of 6 months mothers who exclusively breastfeed need to think about the amount of vitamins and minerals their baby's getting. A condition that I have recently been made aware of is infantile osteomalacia - otherwise known as rickets.