Abraha began gathering a big army. He asked permission from the Najâshi, who sent his personal elephant, Mahmûd, and eight other elephants with Abraha’s army. When the news of Abraha’s plan reached the Arabs, they prepared to oppose the attack. Abraha defeated the armies of several Arab tribes along the way to Makkah, and he took one of their leaders, Nufail bin Habeeb, as a prisoner and used him for a guide. As he approached Makkah, the people of Tâ’if decided that instead of trying to fight Abraha, they will help him out, so that he would not destroy their own temple. So they sent with him one of their leaders named Abû Righâl.
When Abu Bakr, Umar nearly lost all
This is an article I received in e-mail. Read and share and apply in your lives. THE Prophet (peace be upon him) was once sitting with his companions when they were approached by some horsemen as delegates from the tribe of Banu Tamim. As with any tribe coming to…
What stops me from being what I want to be
It all started with the thought process in my mind – random things going in and out of my mind – jumbled up – things I want to do – wanted to do. Day-dream – I will do this – I will do that – and bask in the glory of having done it (in…
Khandar – The Kashmiri Wedding – Kupwara
A few years back I had the honour of being invited to a wedding feast in Kupwara. To me a chance to visit the countryside in Kashmir is always something I look forward to – not only does it pristine unmatched beauty thrill me, the simplicity of its people, the sweet smile of the kids who grow up away from the ‘city-life’ makes me feel like this is the real Kashmir. Kashmir away from the ugly influences that makes us act like someone else.
Modern Stress And Its Cure
Well here I am again, sharing something I received in my inbox today. I hope you find it useful. May Allah relieve the stress in our lives. Modern Stress And Its Cure From Quran by Shahin Akhtar MD Stress is the most common aliment of modern age. It has been implicated in the causation of…
So what do you think of Allah as?
Read this in a post and reminded myself that Allah is most Merciful and inshaAllah He will give us the best of both worlds. 🙂 And reminding you all as well! Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in a Hadith al-Qudsi tells us the words of Allah as He talks to His slaves: “I am as My…
Kashmiri Song – Love for the Prophet
Woke up one fine morning to a beautiful sound. I knew he was here – singing eloquently – naats and other songs praising Allah and professing love of the Prophet. Grabbed my dupatta, got my son ready and we ran down to see my parents in law listening as this man sung. There was magic…
I have moved!
Finally SakooterSpeaks on its own! Thank you WordPress for letting me host it with you for such a long time, but its time to move on! 🙂 Need a few days to get, set and finally go! inshaAllah!
Khandar the Kashmiri Wedding – Part 3
For those of you who have visited my blog before, you might have already read a little something about the Kashmiri Wedding here. While preparation of food (see Khandar the Kashmiri Wedding) is a very elaborate and lavish affair, the process of finding your soul-mate, the koshur-way is a complicated and tiring process (see Khandar…
Rat Attack
I never thought it would come to this. I have been closing the windows and even suffocating myself in this heat just to make sure that the rats that I have heard of don’t walk in. Yes it’s a pigeon infested area, with rats running around happily. I saw one outside our bedroom window once…