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Eid Mubarak 🌙

Taqaballullahu minnaa wa minkum.

Female scholarship is crucial to the deen.

Join Ustazha Jamila Dawud on Monday- Thursday 10:30am GMT at these two locations.

Allahumma baarik sister.
May Allah her and her family. Aameen

Do they not ?

Ramadan Mubarak

Ramadan Mubarak ☪️ 💫 🕌

May Allah accept it from us. Aameen

In sha Allah, we live to see this kind of representation in Ghana.

We should not wait for people outside of our Muslim community to do it for us. We can mobilize.

We have the people!

Allahumma balignaa Ramadan

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MENSTRUATION AND SPIRITUALITY - themodestcode Menstruation is very natural and muslim women need to be comfortable talking about it.Spirituality is one aspect of faith that is tested during our periods

Ramadan is an important period for Muslims. However, many individuals (friends and colleagues) and organizations do not support Muslims during this period.

We just published an article on simple ways you can support you can support your Muslim friends and colleagues in Ramadan.

7 simple ways to support Muslims in Ramadan - themodestcode Muslims do not get the support they deserve from the non-Muslim friends/colleagues during the month of Ramadan. Here are 7 simple tips to guide you

It is no news that Islam has empowered women and continues to stand for justice for women.

Unfortunately, society reclaimed its injustice towards women. Culture shrouded in religion continues to be used to silence women. However, when Muslim women took to studying Islam more seriously (without reactivity) , they have come to realize the fallacy.

Today, Muslim women are taking up space and are doing so through collective healing. For some, healing looks like retelling their experiences and for others, it’s creating a new path forward.

It is important to realize that, healing should be done through love and kindness. That we should be honest with ourselves as we are on this journey. Also make room for others to tell their truths and be ready to listen to their truths with kindness.

May we witness Ramadan in good health and Eemaan.

Please pay off your debt if you have not.

Countdown is on !

What does black history month mean for Ghanaians/Africans?

While many Ghanaians living in Ghana may not understand blackness, they may have internalized inferiority complex due to their study of Islam from an Arab point of view. They only heed to Arab scholars when it comes to their study of Islam.

Throughout our study of Islam in makaranta( and I use this term to make a point), the only black person we are taught about is Bilal (r.a). However, there are many other companions of the prophet male and female who contributed to Islam. Some of whom are, Umm Ayman- the prophet called her his second mother. Sumayyah bint khayat, Usamah bin Zayd, Julaybib, Abu Dharr etc.

According to history, prophet Musa’s mother was black. However, in Arab culture, the child takes the identity of the father and not the mother. In this case, Black women who birthed these children are not mentioned in talks about the identity of these figures.

Black people have always only been regarded when they contributed “greatly” to a cause, but what happens if they don’t? They are sidelined.

I write this to remind us to learn about Islam and the contributions of black people to Islam.

In the last sermon of prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) he said to be mindful of our differences.

“All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor does a black have any superiority over a white, except by piety and good action.”

Studying this difference and Black Muslims contribution will make us appreciate ourselves more and no less than an Arab Muslim.

To learn more, read Mustafa Briggs book on “Beyond Bilal”. There are biographies of Shehu Usman Dan Fodio and other great scholars of Islam here in Ghana.

My first experience with knowing that wearing the hijab and being modest takes a lot of guts came when I worked with an organization (name withheld).

Traditionally, in my community/home, we wear the “duku or kallabi” but not hijab, I wanted to level up. And so I started wearing the hijab after high school. I went to campus everyday with my hijab on ( the response from some students is a different conversation). Eventually, it just became a part of my style- Alhamdulillah.

I resolved to wear the hijab to work despite the challenges I was told wearing the hijab comes with. When I got this job, I was excited to go into the world and share my brilliance 😅

My workplace was good on and and so my hijab was never an issue. But on my first day of meeting the team, a careful scan of the room made me feel so different. I did not understand the feeling, I felt weird.

Later that day, I reflected on why I felt that way and concluded that I had taken the ability to wear the hijab for granted. Or maybe that I have come a long way in my journey that I don’t see why another lady should struggle with it.

Let’s be real, we all want to fit into the spaces we find ourselves. It is easy to say “be modest” but social spaces/organizations can impact people’s hijab decisions.

That day I appreciated just being able to wear the hijab without thinking twice or struggling to wear it. I appreciated having the guts to show up and be who I am fully. And just maybe, it helps someone else to show up as their full selves.