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All welcome in Muslim tea room 3!

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squishinglittlefatcheeks · 10/10/2014 16:22

Salaam and hello to all.

Thought I would take the liberty of starting a new thread as I didn't get to say Eid Mubarak on the last one and I do like checking in with you all Smile

So come in, pull up a chair and have some lovely biryani - and there's baklava for dessert Wink

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peacefuloptimist · 04/07/2015 16:35

Salams

Hope you are all well. I need some inspiration for what to do on Eid with kids. I have a 3 year old. I will be visiting family for part of the day but not sure what to do for the rest. Anyone know if any family Eid events are happening on eid day? I know they do 1Eid celebration in some parts of the UK. Anything happening local to you?

peanutcookie · 05/07/2015 15:53

walaykum salaam peaceful I know Sutton do Eid in the park and there always seems to be something going on on ealing common as I drive past on Eid. don't know ow if either of those areas are near to you tho

MsAspreyDiamonds · 07/07/2015 22:11

Salaam everyone. Thanks for all your kind thoughts. The janazza went well as these things go, most of the nutty relations kept quiet or stayed away. They probably heard about my 'discussion' with one of them and decided to give the funeral a wide berth! Wink

We are all taking one day at a time and taking comfort in the fact that he went during this blessed month.

peanutcookie · 08/07/2015 00:15

alhamdulillah it's good to hear from you mrsasprey. May Allah accept your father as shaheed, ameen. a death in the family always brings out the quacks. I had to have STERN WORDS with a family friend just hours after my dad died. Alhamdulillah it's a good thing they stayed away from your dad's janazah, you would have had enough stress on you at that time. sorry I'm stating the obvious aren't I
well I'm desperately trying for a quick nap before getting up again but it's not happening. probably cos I'm trying too hard

Teacup246 · 12/07/2015 21:14

Hope everyone is well and making the most of the last few days.

MsAsprey - thinking of you

PyjamasLlamas · 19/07/2015 13:24

Eid Mubarak everyone xx Hope everyone had a lovely day xx

I was looking for the fasting thread to post in that but can't find it!

peanutcookie · 10/08/2015 22:18

assalaam alaykum all. how are the hols going? hope the post Ramadan glow is still going. I had a great many plans of how I was going to keep my Ramadan vibe going but sadly they mostly seem to have fizzled out

peanutcookie · 25/09/2015 07:34

Eid Mubarak everyone, hope you all had a fab day inshAllah

fuzzywuzzy · 25/09/2015 07:37

Eid Mubarak.

Hope you're well sis, hope everyone had a good Eid inshallah

NegativeIron · 25/09/2015 22:38

Eid Mubarak, sisters, though I am not a co-religionist.

I think you have just answered a question for me, which no longer having my DM to tell me I have not known, whether to email my friends and extended family to wish them the same.

I am sorry for those who have lost loved ones at the Hajj, may they find consolation.

Bigbiscuits · 05/11/2015 07:56

Hi there,

I am Jewish (but not particularly observant) and have just been reading the anti-circumcision thread in the petitions section of MN.

Not many Jewish or Muslim mumsneters are there (not surprisingly as it isn't a very welcoming place).

But it occurred to me that I am very familiar with the Jewish customs around the practice - it's done at 8 days unless there is a medical reason to postpone and is usually done with a small family and friends gathering. But I have no idea what the Muslim community in the UK do.

There are a few Muslim boys in my sons school, and although I know the mums quite well, I'm still embarrassed to ask!

So hoping some of you can enlighten me.

Thank you!

Lessstressedhemum · 15/11/2015 00:35

Just wanted to say that you are all in my thoughts and prayers after the atrocities in Paris. May God be with you and grant you the strength and peace that you may need in the coming days.

It is my prayer that we can all fond a way to live together and that God will bring calm and clarity to minds blinded by anger and hate.

Salaam, sisters, peace be with youFlowers

Tuo · 15/11/2015 16:50

I came to write exactly what Stressed has just said, above. I am thinking of you all and praying for peace, love, open-mindedness and tolerance.

Sunnyfunny · 16/11/2015 00:27

Salaam everyone,

Been a while since I last came on here, though I am under a name change.

Bigbiscuit, cant speak for others, but for my DS, we did it a week later, along with shaving the head and giving charity and distributing meat to the poor. I know it can be done later, but I wanted it done early as possible.

Thank you so much for your sentiments stressed and tuo. I just dont understand why the world is this way, anymore. I am fed up of those who hijack my beautiful religion to further their own goals and I am fed up of those who blame me or my religion for someone else's messed up actions!

It is heartening and touching to see your messages at times like this.
Peace and love to you all.

LuisSuarezTeeth · 17/11/2015 00:04

Salaam all. I shall pray with you all if I may.

keepcalmandcarryon41 · 25/11/2015 17:41

salaams sisters, the muslim, jewish and christian of you all. nice to see the thread is still knocking around, i can guess why many posters stopped but it was a good way of showing insight into muslim female life and faith.

like Sunnyfunny im also really grateful to TUO and LESSSTRESSED for even thinking to post here during this time. i kind of gave up on mumsnet awhile ago for the relentless negative threads and posts on islam. i tried to adopt the equanimity of our christian friends here when under hostile fire but general withdrawal was better for my online and real life!

BISCUITS i had my boys circumcised at 7 days as that was the age the prophet pbuh had his grandsons circumcised and so as to keep up that tradition (what we call sunnah). but lots of other muslims leave it till much later sometimes upto near 11/12 because of differences in opinion on when prophet Abraham pbuh had his son ishmael circumcised (some reports go as far as saying he was 13 years old!). hope you come back as iv always been curious to ask questions on judaism and seeing how much we have in common on ways and rules of orthodox practise.

metimeisforwimps · 20/12/2015 09:12

Lovely to see the messages of support on here. xx
BISCUITS, it seems to depend on culture exactly the timing of getting it done, we do it at 1 year +,but the Pakistani community seem to do it at a few days old.
I didn't feel any desire to contribute to the anti-circumcision thread, they seem to have made up their minds! I read an academic paper once comparing cervical cancer rates between Jewish and non-Jewish populations. Jewish women had a lower rate and the authors proposed that this was due to cirumcision of the males. From a personal point of view I imagine my sons would be pretty cross as adults if we hadn't had them circumcised!

Now to the reason I came to the tearoom (old timer with new name Wink), I am looking for a large print quran, with Arabic script and then English translation (not transliteration) on the opposite page, not on the same page is they usually are. Has anyone seen one like this and know where I could get one?

Salaams xxx

chanice · 03/04/2016 23:09

salam sisters are you still out there?

Sothatsflatwhite · 18/04/2016 22:43

Salaam to everyone. This is a lovely thread to have stumbled across on mumsnet. Insha'Allah I will get a chance to read more of it soon, some lovely posts above.

Could I ask for some advice?

Does anyone know of a place in central London where I could take my 3year old daughter to learn about Islam? I am a revert to Islam, and I want my daughter to have strong Iman and feel happy as a Muslim Inshallah. She's only little so maybe only half an hour or an hour per week.

Thank you dearest sisters and please remember my daughter in your prayers and duah

moonstruckl8 · 23/04/2016 22:57

Salams sisters nice to see people still posting. I hope you find a place for your younger daughter flatwhite - choose somewhere child friendly and simple. it might also be better to find a place for you to learn and then have your daughter come along with you? I'm not around that often but will pop by to say salaam once in awhile.

LadyStarkOfWinterfell · 06/06/2016 18:06

Ramadan Mubarak! Today is HARD and my head is banging. Why is this thread so quiet?

JustAnotherYellowBelly · 06/06/2016 19:16

Salaam
Anyone else not fasting due to a chronic health condition? I feel so bad that the children can do it and I can't Sad

Lessstressedhemum · 07/06/2016 10:09

Ramadan Mubarak, sisters. May grant you the strength you need.

moonstruckl8 · 07/06/2016 16:39

thanks hemum God bless you for your kind thoughts and wishes for us. yellow, winterfell salams, hows the fasting going today? sorry to hear you cant fast yellow, inshaallah the kids understand its a mercy for you not to. im seeing amazing things on facebook of people decorationg their houses for ramadan and making lovely advent style calendars for their children but i havent been able to work upto that this year!

earthmoon · 14/06/2016 20:49

Salam aleykum,

Ramdhan Mubarak to all of you!!! Hope the fasting is going well for those of you who are fasting. I don't fast due to chronic health condition Yellow, and pay fidyah instead. i have been doing it for the past 3 ramdhan. Its not easy but Allah knows whats in our hearts and there is always hope of some extra khaiir for practicing sabr, because Allah knows how hard it is not to fast. Alhamduli Laah, Allah needs no explanation of our feelings and is Rahman. Who gave us a way out, without having to risk our physical health.

I find focusing on other activities i can do makes me feel better. Ramdhan is not only the month of fasting but the month of Quran, so I read/ listen to it more often during ramdhan. I may also make iftaar a bigger deal than i used to. Don't isolate yourself from Iftaar time, you have every right to be at the tables during iftaar time just like everyone else and to eat & pray same time as them (health & period permitting). That is something my father used to say to me before marriage.