Asalaamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh (May the Peace and Mercy and Blessings of God be onto you). 

For the longest time I was trying to figure out how I was going to use this site. After school had finnished I thought that I would finally be able to relax and enjoy myself and my life. What I didn't expect was the difficulties of trying to find a job, trying to move back home into my parents house (who aren't muslim) and start a new chapter in my life. 

I thought this would be easy, but I find myself struggling and a little sad with moving to back to a small town where there are only an average of 10 muslims that attend my mosque (80% of those being brothers). But InshaAllah I pray Allah makes it easier.

When I attended the mosque I realised that although the community was small, there were more and more converts coming or women interrested in learning the religion, Alahmdullilah! So I started to wonder, who will help these new sisters? I had the opportunity of being a part of a larger muslim community where I could be taught the basics and had a number of sisters that I could go to with questions. We as muslims know that there is a problem where sisters convert to the religion and that they have nowhere to turn for guidance. I thought I might talk about some bare minimums for my sisters over the next couple of weeks to help them to get a feel for the religion. 

On saying that, I also want to let my sisters know that I am not a sheikh or schollar, and that I have very limited knowledge of Islam, but that I want to introduce some of the basics to my sisters to get them started in the right direction in the religion Insha'Allah.

Today I thought I would talk about the Shahada. The Shahada is the very first of 5 pillars (or basic beliefs) in Islam and is summarized in one sentence :

La ilaha illa Allah wa-Muhammad rasul Allah.

I may write about my shahada in a later blog Insha'Allah, but today I write for those sisters who are looking to become muslim, or those who are new to the religion. A Shahada is a vow that you make to Allah explaining that there is none that you will be placing beside or equal to Allah and that he is the one true God, the One creator of all things and that he alone is to be worshipped. The second half of the shahada is a statement that you believe that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) is the last and final messenger  sent to the people by God. 

Amenakin from Pearl Daisy made a wonderful video explaining he Shahada for new sisters and people hoping to revert to the religion of Islam.

I hope you found this video helpful and I pray you all remain in good health and Deen Insha'Allah

Salaams <3

I wanted to give a brief shout out to a new contest by Sweet Modesty to win a beautiful Islamic swimsuit! 

Modest Sea products are innovative outfits for Muslimahs to enjoy the water and the summer with friends and family. 

Check the following Link to find out how you can win your own modest swimsuit! 

http://www.sweetmodesty.com/2012/04/modest-sea-giveaway-with-surprise.html?showComment=1333678731199#c5938536902015017995

I'm not sure why I'm on here and not writting my paper.

So today I had to write an exam and Alhamdullilah it went well. I thought I would do much worse than it was but it's my last year of Uni and I guess I need to hand myself a little more credit.

I'm currently on the search for a dress (on the side of all my papers to write) for an upcomming formal, not quite sure if I want to go with an Abaya or a dress. 

We will see.. 

Asalaamu Alaykum ;)

Asalaamu Alakum Wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. 

How should I begin? We'll I guess I could tell you that it's been a crazy past year. Alost a year ago I travelled half way across Canada to say my Shahada, but I'll get to that..

Right now I'm stuck trying to get 5 papers and three finals completed in the next couple weeks so I may not be able to get much blogging done until then. 

I pray everyone who reads this is in good health and Iman Insha'Allah and I can't wait to start get blogging!