THOUGHTS OF A SOMALI GIRL

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Hello everyone! I saw something today that I just wanted to quickly share with y'all.  Humans are helpless when they are babies. We completely depend on our mothers. It  was an exhausting day and I was on my way home from class. I was on the bus. A young woman came in with a stroller. She didn't look much older than I. She sat down on the seat beside me. I watched her lift the edge of the blanket covering her baby's stroller so she could look through the small corner at her baby. Inside the stroller, underneath the canopy of a blue blanket, was an adorable little baby. He looked about 2 months old. The bus ride was rough and bumpy. Every now and then, the bus would be jolted and we'd all be jarred from our tired stupor. Each time, the young mother would lower her head to peek through the small corner. Checking on him. To see if he was okay. I'd look at the child each time his mother peeked in at him. He looked comfortable and kept staring at m

Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Your alarm clock goes off.   Ugh , t ime for class . You hit the off button then groggily sit up. You yawn. You shuffle into the bathroom rubbing your bleary eyes. Still half-asleep, you reach for your toothbrush and tube of toothpaste. You squeeze some toothpaste onto your toothbrush.  Huh? What the... You're suddenly wide awake. Your eyes bulge out of its sockets. To your horror, nothing is coming out!  NOOOOOOOOO!!!! Okay, okay! So I'm being a little dramatic. But we all know it really sucks when there's no other tube of toothpaste and you have to leave for school or work. No one wants to smell your morning breath. I love me some Crest! Here's a very simple method of saving yourself in this situation and making the most out of them dollas you spent on your tube of toothpaste. Don't be fooled when you can't squeeze anything out of the tube. Cut it in half! You'll find there's an adequate

Hello everyone! Peace be upon you all. I wanted to share a little something I had written for my tafseer class about the Sunnah.  What is the Sunnah?  The Sunnah, is the example of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. It includes the du'aas (supplications to God) he would make and the things that he did. It is not enough for one to live by the Quran alone as some Muslims may argue. We must also adopt the Sunnah in our lives to attain success in the Hereafter. In his famous last sermon to the people, the Prophet said: " O People, no prophet or apostle will come after me and no new faith will be born. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand words which I convey to you. I leave behind me  two things , the Quran  and my example, the Sunnah and if you follow these you will never go astray ." In addition, in the Quran, Allah Almighty Himself advises us that following His Prophet (in addition to following His commandments in

I was on the bus this morning. It was extremely cold outside and the warm heat inside the bus was welcome. The bus was packed and I was lucky to have my butt in a seat. An old man entered the bus and was holding onto the railing above me. "Would you like to take a seat?" I asked. His watery blue eyes looked me up and down. His lip curled and he turned away. "No". "Um. Okay." I regretted offering my seat. I could've kept it to myself thank you very much. I was the only person on the bus courteous enough to let an elderly, a respected elder, the chance to sit down in a crowded bus. I hate it when old people think they're still young and have the stamina and physical abilities of the young. Like I don't mind if they want to kid themselves so that they'll feel better about their old age. What I do mind is when they act like I'd offended them when I offer my seat on the bus. What makes it even worse is that of all the rude

Some awkward moments my friend and I randomly put together. 1. You're walking down a hallway and someone is walking up from the opposite direction in front of you. Do you stare straight ahead or do you look down and look at them once every 2 seconds 'till you pass them? 2. There's an empty seat beside you on the bus and people are standing and the bus is packed but...no one wants to take the seat. 3. Your teacher or professor tells you a very personal story...serious TMI. How do you control the surprise and shock from your face? 4. You‘re doing a bunch of sit-ups at the gym and you accidentally fart. Oops. 5. Your walking and someone is walking toward you and you both try to walk around each other but end up stepping exactly to the same side. 6. You don't have your glasses on and a few yards away is a friend of yours and you wave at them. When you get closer you realize it's actually a complete stranger. 7. You're on the bus, wal