Monthly Archives: December 2010

Spilling Over

The Prophet (saw) narrated the story of the Pharoah’s hairdresser who was combing the hair of Pharoah’s daughter and dropped her comb on the ground. “Bismillah, in the name of God,” she blurted as she bent down to pick it up. She and her four children were burnt to death because of this slip of...

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The Pacifier

The Pacifier. Yes, I capitalized the P. Where do I begin? My son hated it the day he was born. On day two, while getting circumcised, the doctor was trying to force it to stay in his mouth. I guess other baby boys don’t scream during the procedure. I thought the doctor was going to...

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Salah Club

Everyone likes to feel like they belong to something special. I noticed the children at Sunday school responded positively to our new pilot project “Salah Club.” Like many schools, we have a hard time settling the younger ones down for Zhur salah. One day I said, “All those in Salah Club, come join the line.”...

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