UMHH still cant come up with one..

                                                                           19-4-09

He called me "FATSUMA" which I always didn't like as a child because its "FATIMA" not the old people Fatsuma but meh I got used to it in a short while.
Its always hard for me to believe I was his "favorite" because a day never went by without him sending me on errands for more than 5 times. It always goes like FATSUMAAA & there I come running like an athlete (Usain Bolt ain't got nothing against that) and then he speaks "Go and bring me some water". I'm always like "but baba cant you just say FATSUMAA WATER so I don't take two trips?" but most of the times I get lucky to receive a handful of sweets, fruits, coins or other goodies instead of the usual errands.
Back on the errands, I ran his errands so much my grandmother gets tired and point out "are you the only child in the house or doesn't he know your sister's name?. I followed her advice one day and kept quite, poor man called like five times and when there was no reply, he shouted "Bilki" and we all burst out laughing saying "Oh so he knows there are other kids in the house" .
As a kid, I always ask him to stop calling me "Fatsuma" and call me "MUFIDA" & he replied "Look your name is Fatsuma, I can't call you this modern names Fufida or Mufifa or whatever it is" When I look back now, I realized he was the last person to ever call me by my First name & I feel sad about every single day I asked him not to.
This is to a man we cherish so much, the strongest man I've ever come across, the man who taught me a lot of things, who taught me the values of the hijab, the man who's call to prayer send me running to follow the jam'i, the man who showered me with gifts every single day of his life non-stop (even on his sick bed).
Its been 5years today but the pain in my heart is still the same. we miss you Baba. You lived a great life full of love, sharing, respect and kindness (the least I can mention because I could go on and on with a never ending list.). May Allah's noor illuminate your Qabr and may His Rahma forever be with you. Ya Allah bless my grandfather and all of the Muslim ummah with Jannatul Firdaus. Ameen

Dedicated to my Father:
Sadiq Kassim

Written 21-3-13 (I wanted to wait for the perfect time to show you)
He is always with us in mind and soul.
Mal Kassim Ali (19th April 2009)

IMPOSSIBLE!

Where is our faith?
Where is our belief?
What happened to our trust in Allah?
Have we forgotten our articles of faith?
This questions I kept asking myself for quite a long time and still haven't got any answers to.

I read a certain hadith that says "If anyone of you believes in Allah and he is asked to move a mountain and he trust's Allah then he can move it." & also an old proverb of the same nature that says "FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS". We claim to believe in Allah yet we think and sometimes believe that some things cannot be done. (Astaghfirullah) .. Yes I repeat we don't believe Allah can do some things for us. Hold your judgments and follow my examples.

Last two weeks, a video clip went viral about this Sudanese shepherd who refused to accept 200 Riyals to pretend to the owner of the flock that he has lost one of the sheep when asked to be sold despite his desperate need, he said "Even if you give me 200 thousand by Allah I will not accept and sell to you. What am I going to do when I go to my grave and meet my Creator? If I accept, I'm afraid the sky will collapse on me" He continued "Mustaheel sah? (IMPOSSIBLE RIGHT?) But Allah is looking at me.

I sat down once listening to some girls chatter and one was talking about how she wished to be so and so and get married to a so called icon (A celebrity, An Arab prince.......). All I could hear from the friends were words like "Impossible, are you crazy, stop dreaming, wake up..... I really couldn't let the conversation keep going as I just jumped in and asked "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FAITH? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR BELIEF? WHAT DID YOU DO WITH YOUR HEART?
With Allah, The word IMPOSSIBLE doesn't exist. Prophet Muhammad SAW married Khadija (RDA) who was a very rich woman at his time & he had nothing. Did Bill Gates say No to his dreams because they were IMPOSSIBLE to pursue?. Did Oprah Winfrey stopped? Mandela went from Prison to President, was that also impossible? Goodluck Jonathan once had no shoes.....

Sit down and think. Why do we use the word Impossible? where did we put our trust in Allah? why did we lost hope? Remember, you are not a true Muslim until you belief in all the articles of Faith.
Lets Join hands and renew our trust in Allah.
Lets remove the word IMPOSSIBLE from our lives.
Lets change our ways of thinking.
Lets use our Faith to move mountains.
With Allah, everything is Possible.

Astaghfirlillah wa atuubu Ilayk.

(Written: Sunday 2nd March 2014, Statistics {Community Medicine} Class 10:36am)

DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD its impossible. WITH ALLAH, EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE... Have FAITH, TRUST in ALLAH, BELIEVE & HOPE.!