Asalamu Alikum peeps,
Just a quick salam to people who might otherwise think i've skipped thier country ( BTW thats what the balifs think heheh)
Just tied up with some Home and work projects .....
inshAllah post some pics when i'm done.... Anyways salams for now
TC
wa'laikum Aslam
Monday, November 22, 2004
Sunday, November 14, 2004
The aftermath ...
Aslamu Alikum guys,
Hope everyone had a nice Eid and didnt get upto no good ( directing at all fun boya and gals)
Anyways i had a nice quiet one with the family. Would post some pics but most of them have got my ugly face and hair do in them so please enjoy our resident models Zayanah Abdur Rahman and Zahrah Abdur Rahman.
w'laikum asalam
Hope everyone had a nice Eid and didnt get upto no good ( directing at all fun boya and gals)
Anyways i had a nice quiet one with the family. Would post some pics but most of them have got my ugly face and hair do in them so please enjoy our resident models Zayanah Abdur Rahman and Zahrah Abdur Rahman.
w'laikum asalam
Friday, November 12, 2004
Mabrooooooook
Asalamu Alikum Ummmmmmmmmmmmmah,
EID MUBARAK TO ALL THE UMMAH ....
Hope everyone has a fab eid and keeps off all those somosas.
Plus all the bros with hired cars ...... make sure i dont catch yah hollering at gals ...... The piety Police will be out in force.
So be warned ......
EID MUBARAK TO ALL THE UMMAH ....
Hope everyone has a fab eid and keeps off all those somosas.
Plus all the bros with hired cars ...... make sure i dont catch yah hollering at gals ...... The piety Police will be out in force.
So be warned ......
To be or not to be .... Eid that is
Asalamau Alikum,
SubhanAllah .... its nearly over.
Another year just gone by :(
Will we see next year ... Allahu A'lam ( Allah knows best )
nearly ifar time peeps ... enjoy what maybe your last iftar :(
w'laikum Asalam
Ps.. i can smell some nice food
SubhanAllah .... its nearly over.
Another year just gone by :(
Will we see next year ... Allahu A'lam ( Allah knows best )
nearly ifar time peeps ... enjoy what maybe your last iftar :(
w'laikum Asalam
Ps.. i can smell some nice food
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Collesuem ( Maximums Meridous aka spainaird) Tangeers,Morroco
Collesuem ( Maximums Meridous aka spainaird) Tangeers,Morroco
Copyright Rash
Copyright Rash
View from Biggie's Van
The view from when they stick me in the back of Bigggie'ss van
Copyright Rash
Copyright Rash
Monday, November 08, 2004
Things in Ramadan that make you go mmmm….
During the day we are all quite relaxed, soaking up the ambient atmosphere, the mercy, the love and the solidarity between 1.3 billion people across the world
but come the last 5 mins to Iftar we seem to all go absolutely bananas.
I mean what comes over us people. All the reward that we have accumulated is then thrown down the drain with the cursing and shouting
Scenario
Radio On ....
Mum: Is that the athan?
Sister: No its an advert for something
Lil bro: Why do I have to set the table?
Other lil bro: When are we going to get our hair cut?
Me: Have you guys prayed your Asr
Dad: Going away on his beads trying for a new world record for the most subhanAllah said in 30 mins
Granddad: (Decides to do marriage pep talk just before Iftar with random quotes from Quran that have absolutely no relevance to marriage.. But bless)
Other bro: Why can't we have more somosas. Bro your putting on weight.
Mum: The somosas are burning, why don't you guys go to the living room, why are you all in the kitchen
MUM: AGHHHHHHH
2 mins into Iftar
Sister: silence
Lil bro:silence
Other lil bro: silence
Dad: silence
Other bro: silence
Mum: Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
All you can hear is munch, much and gulp, gulp
(That's one way to shut the Rash family up)
Now you would normally think that people who have fasted all day would now sit and reflect on the day and how fortunate we are to have such a wonderful spread, family and generally how good it is to be Muslim and alive .. Instead its open license to slag everyone off that you normally would have done so during the course of the day.
Serial gossipers armed with their free call 7-7 tariffs push those numbers on their speed dials to catch up on who's been saying what to whom. Others begin to slowly introduce the 'shaytani' elements which would be a normal occurrence in the house having not been Ramadan.
Typical sequence of events
1. Telly goes on maybe CNN .. Catch up on what's happening in Iraq no probs
2. Then switched to CBBC ( children BBC). pop song ... okay fair enuf you try to ignore it
3. MTV- You start to raise your eye brows...... BUT
4. Before you know it its gone too B4U, strobe light have come out, smoke machine on the go and it's a fully fledged disco with yah Nan dancing around her hand bag.
*shakes his head*
SubhanAllah peeps we need to really reflect and focus on the last few day that we got left.
Warning this one is going to get everyone going
Typical scenario
You're walking down the street maybe doing a dhikr in your mind when yah come across an elderly uncle on his way to the local shops. You make eye contact with him followed by a smile and a salaam.
BUT ... Before he can even begin to speak to you he has to get rid of the contents of his mouth that he's been so carefully collecting for the last ½ hr.
So he begins to unleash a blend of flem and saliva the size of a tennis ball. ( YUKKKKKKKK) but the worse is yet to come.
Not only does he decide to gob all over the pavement but to follow on he decides to empty the contents of his noses at the same time. So he holds one nostril down and blows hard to release the fresh mucus shooting out like a harpoon to a whale.... Only then do you get your w'laikum Asalam returned. Was it worth it ??
Peeps keep it in yah mouth or swallow it. We don't want to see it ..plzzzzzz
Moral of the lesson ... If yah see an elderly uncle never under any circumstances make eye.
As explained earlier Ramadan is about self reflection and change. But one group of people seem to have this overwhelming sense of self righteousness come Ramadan. I call these people the PIETY POLICE !!!!!!!!
These are self appointed DIY sheikhs giving verdicts on things they have heard on the radio the previous night or may have read on seasonal Ramadan pizza menu's. These part timers ready and rearing to go with their new found imaan and sporting their new kool mini Qurans (of which the print is so small you will need a super bionic eye to read it with) are not only annoying but give the wrong vibes about Islam.
By the middle of Ramadan they consider them selves qualified to give verdicts on almost anything from the state of the Ummah to fashionable ways to wear your hijab.
They are Islamic crusaders championing the Islamic cause in the post 911 era.....
But just for the festive season hehehhee.
Every family has one and every family wishes they didn't.
They are always in the front rows for taraweh and patiently pray 20 rakat with the imam. Plus you get the looks just in case you sit longer than you should during the 4 rakat break.
But what these brothers have failed to grasp is the basic essence of Islam. Where is his daily prayers ? Where is his intention for hajj? Where is his zakat? Islam is not just fasting for one month of the year.
So someone has to remind them that Islam is not flavor of the month. Its a way of life.
Most of the time these guys are so concerned with sorting out other peoples problems that they forget that shah rukh khan is teaching his kids how to look kool and 'churps' the gals because hes left B4U to babysit.
Subhanallah this is becoming into a proper Ramadan moan .. (Rozay dori lese... for all those that understand sylheti)
My moan is not directed at the bros and sisters who are geniuingly trying to make a change in their lives and trying to find that balance....In actual fact is supporting you guys by saying you can dooooooo it. InshAllah all it takes is making those important steps and always being true to yourself.
Islam is so rich that it will feed your every hunger may it be for love, knowledge or peace.
Sometimes when you listen to some bollywood weed sing a track and you may think ahh that was written for me subhanAllah.......You wait till you read the quran now that's a book that will speak to you directly!!
So Come on guys lets all get with the program Islam is not just for Ramadan it's a way of life. Lets try and fit our life into Islam rather than fit Islam into our lives....
Make that change !!!! :)
W'laikum Asalam
Ps. This Blog is dedicated to all the mums on the world that work so hard during Ramadan. (Especially cooking us food) ... SubhanAllah i can hear my mum preparing for sahoor.
May Allah grant all Mums jannah for all their love and hard work ameeen.
but come the last 5 mins to Iftar we seem to all go absolutely bananas.
I mean what comes over us people. All the reward that we have accumulated is then thrown down the drain with the cursing and shouting
Scenario
Radio On ....
Mum: Is that the athan?
Sister: No its an advert for something
Lil bro: Why do I have to set the table?
Other lil bro: When are we going to get our hair cut?
Me: Have you guys prayed your Asr
Dad: Going away on his beads trying for a new world record for the most subhanAllah said in 30 mins
Granddad: (Decides to do marriage pep talk just before Iftar with random quotes from Quran that have absolutely no relevance to marriage.. But bless)
Other bro: Why can't we have more somosas. Bro your putting on weight.
Mum: The somosas are burning, why don't you guys go to the living room, why are you all in the kitchen
MUM: AGHHHHHHH
2 mins into Iftar
Sister: silence
Lil bro:silence
Other lil bro: silence
Dad: silence
Other bro: silence
Mum: Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
All you can hear is munch, much and gulp, gulp
(That's one way to shut the Rash family up)
Now you would normally think that people who have fasted all day would now sit and reflect on the day and how fortunate we are to have such a wonderful spread, family and generally how good it is to be Muslim and alive .. Instead its open license to slag everyone off that you normally would have done so during the course of the day.
Serial gossipers armed with their free call 7-7 tariffs push those numbers on their speed dials to catch up on who's been saying what to whom. Others begin to slowly introduce the 'shaytani' elements which would be a normal occurrence in the house having not been Ramadan.
Typical sequence of events
1. Telly goes on maybe CNN .. Catch up on what's happening in Iraq no probs
2. Then switched to CBBC ( children BBC). pop song ... okay fair enuf you try to ignore it
3. MTV- You start to raise your eye brows...... BUT
4. Before you know it its gone too B4U, strobe light have come out, smoke machine on the go and it's a fully fledged disco with yah Nan dancing around her hand bag.
*shakes his head*
SubhanAllah peeps we need to really reflect and focus on the last few day that we got left.
Warning this one is going to get everyone going
Typical scenario
You're walking down the street maybe doing a dhikr in your mind when yah come across an elderly uncle on his way to the local shops. You make eye contact with him followed by a smile and a salaam.
BUT ... Before he can even begin to speak to you he has to get rid of the contents of his mouth that he's been so carefully collecting for the last ½ hr.
So he begins to unleash a blend of flem and saliva the size of a tennis ball. ( YUKKKKKKKK) but the worse is yet to come.
Not only does he decide to gob all over the pavement but to follow on he decides to empty the contents of his noses at the same time. So he holds one nostril down and blows hard to release the fresh mucus shooting out like a harpoon to a whale.... Only then do you get your w'laikum Asalam returned. Was it worth it ??
Peeps keep it in yah mouth or swallow it. We don't want to see it ..plzzzzzz
Moral of the lesson ... If yah see an elderly uncle never under any circumstances make eye.
As explained earlier Ramadan is about self reflection and change. But one group of people seem to have this overwhelming sense of self righteousness come Ramadan. I call these people the PIETY POLICE !!!!!!!!
These are self appointed DIY sheikhs giving verdicts on things they have heard on the radio the previous night or may have read on seasonal Ramadan pizza menu's. These part timers ready and rearing to go with their new found imaan and sporting their new kool mini Qurans (of which the print is so small you will need a super bionic eye to read it with) are not only annoying but give the wrong vibes about Islam.
By the middle of Ramadan they consider them selves qualified to give verdicts on almost anything from the state of the Ummah to fashionable ways to wear your hijab.
They are Islamic crusaders championing the Islamic cause in the post 911 era.....
But just for the festive season hehehhee.
Every family has one and every family wishes they didn't.
They are always in the front rows for taraweh and patiently pray 20 rakat with the imam. Plus you get the looks just in case you sit longer than you should during the 4 rakat break.
But what these brothers have failed to grasp is the basic essence of Islam. Where is his daily prayers ? Where is his intention for hajj? Where is his zakat? Islam is not just fasting for one month of the year.
So someone has to remind them that Islam is not flavor of the month. Its a way of life.
Most of the time these guys are so concerned with sorting out other peoples problems that they forget that shah rukh khan is teaching his kids how to look kool and 'churps' the gals because hes left B4U to babysit.
Subhanallah this is becoming into a proper Ramadan moan .. (Rozay dori lese... for all those that understand sylheti)
My moan is not directed at the bros and sisters who are geniuingly trying to make a change in their lives and trying to find that balance....In actual fact is supporting you guys by saying you can dooooooo it. InshAllah all it takes is making those important steps and always being true to yourself.
Islam is so rich that it will feed your every hunger may it be for love, knowledge or peace.
Sometimes when you listen to some bollywood weed sing a track and you may think ahh that was written for me subhanAllah.......You wait till you read the quran now that's a book that will speak to you directly!!
So Come on guys lets all get with the program Islam is not just for Ramadan it's a way of life. Lets try and fit our life into Islam rather than fit Islam into our lives....
Make that change !!!! :)
W'laikum Asalam
Ps. This Blog is dedicated to all the mums on the world that work so hard during Ramadan. (Especially cooking us food) ... SubhanAllah i can hear my mum preparing for sahoor.
May Allah grant all Mums jannah for all their love and hard work ameeen.
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Run Forrest run !!!
Aslamu Alikum Peeps,
A few more days of Ramadan to go guys and I’m already calculating the damage that I’ve done to my self thru massive iftars and midnight raiding missions to the fridge :(
I need to get back into the gym and run like a dog for a few weeks.
Ramadan is supposed to be a month of mercy, contemplation and general reflection instead its one big food orgy.
All the delights of Ramadan …… The dates (the edible datesJ), the somosas and the Rasmalaiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.
Sheesh I’ve made my self hungry.
*** Going to have meat and sag curry***
A few more days of Ramadan to go guys and I’m already calculating the damage that I’ve done to my self thru massive iftars and midnight raiding missions to the fridge :(
I need to get back into the gym and run like a dog for a few weeks.
Ramadan is supposed to be a month of mercy, contemplation and general reflection instead its one big food orgy.
All the delights of Ramadan …… The dates (the edible datesJ), the somosas and the Rasmalaiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.
Sheesh I’ve made my self hungry.
*** Going to have meat and sag curry***
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Better the devil you know...
Asalamu Alikum Guys,
Election time in the US and a dilema for Muslim voters in the states.
One one hand you have the Butcher Bush. A cowboy whos gonna 'smoke yah out' and on the other hand you have John kerry an ex soldier come hippy.
( Sheesh what a choice )
Okay the Rash pro and con test.
Bush:
1. Biggest idiot on the planet ( feel like poking him in the eye )
2. Cowboy ( i always hated westerns )
3. Looks like ventrilaqist doll
Kerry:
1. Hippy
2. Articulate
3. Ex Service man ( wouldnt want to send troops to fight unjust war ie vietnam.. maybe)
Both have pro Isralei opnions to the palestinian struggle.
Now you might think with this decisive and scientific study that Kerry is the ideal candiate for US muslims .... but I beg to differ.
No dobt Kerry is a more articulate man, Diplomatic, smart, has a decrotative service record (see above for relevance) , and generaly a more suitbale candidate for the white house and someone that you wont feel ashamed to call the leader of the free world.
Now imagine this scenario.... Aliens land on earth and they call for the most powerfull man on the planet ... and we send George W Bush. I think they wont hesitate to either inslave us into a race of 'Battery cells' (matrix stylee) or just obliterate us from existance.
But i'm still in two minds...
On the one hand you have this dynamic, fresh and outward looking cadidate and on the other you have good old predictable mudering barsteward Bush.
Hmmm (scratches head) at this point i think i would say .. 'better the devil you know...'
At least as muslim we know what hes capable of, at least we know the destruction and chaoes he has caused and is capable of doing, at least we can prepare for the onsalught ( Defensive Jihad ), at least we wont be fooled by our so called leaders and scholars into rallying around yet another non- muslim who wont have our interests at heart and at least we will know who we can relie on in the end .... Not Bush, Blair or Bin laden but ........ALLAH. ( sighhhh)
I promised my self that i'm gonna try my best to give up as much telly as i can especially during Ramadan .. but this i cant resist even though i know that the outcome for us is the same.
Kerry like most things is flavour of the month. If he gets into the white house i'm sure we will be chanting anti kerry slogans in the yrs to come........... so my message is clear ...... No man in the white house is going to do any muslims any favours.
Wa'laikum Asalam
Election time in the US and a dilema for Muslim voters in the states.
One one hand you have the Butcher Bush. A cowboy whos gonna 'smoke yah out' and on the other hand you have John kerry an ex soldier come hippy.
( Sheesh what a choice )
Okay the Rash pro and con test.
Bush:
1. Biggest idiot on the planet ( feel like poking him in the eye )
2. Cowboy ( i always hated westerns )
3. Looks like ventrilaqist doll
Kerry:
1. Hippy
2. Articulate
3. Ex Service man ( wouldnt want to send troops to fight unjust war ie vietnam.. maybe)
Both have pro Isralei opnions to the palestinian struggle.
Now you might think with this decisive and scientific study that Kerry is the ideal candiate for US muslims .... but I beg to differ.
No dobt Kerry is a more articulate man, Diplomatic, smart, has a decrotative service record (see above for relevance) , and generaly a more suitbale candidate for the white house and someone that you wont feel ashamed to call the leader of the free world.
Now imagine this scenario.... Aliens land on earth and they call for the most powerfull man on the planet ... and we send George W Bush. I think they wont hesitate to either inslave us into a race of 'Battery cells' (matrix stylee) or just obliterate us from existance.
But i'm still in two minds...
On the one hand you have this dynamic, fresh and outward looking cadidate and on the other you have good old predictable mudering barsteward Bush.
Hmmm (scratches head) at this point i think i would say .. 'better the devil you know...'
At least as muslim we know what hes capable of, at least we know the destruction and chaoes he has caused and is capable of doing, at least we can prepare for the onsalught ( Defensive Jihad ), at least we wont be fooled by our so called leaders and scholars into rallying around yet another non- muslim who wont have our interests at heart and at least we will know who we can relie on in the end .... Not Bush, Blair or Bin laden but ........ALLAH. ( sighhhh)
I promised my self that i'm gonna try my best to give up as much telly as i can especially during Ramadan .. but this i cant resist even though i know that the outcome for us is the same.
Kerry like most things is flavour of the month. If he gets into the white house i'm sure we will be chanting anti kerry slogans in the yrs to come........... so my message is clear ...... No man in the white house is going to do any muslims any favours.
Wa'laikum Asalam
Monday, November 01, 2004
The Critics come out ..........
Asalamu Alikum guys,
SubhanAllah the weekend is almost over...
Back to work in the morrow.. :(
Mixed bag of reviews of my blog so far .. from inspirational ( tanks Maya) to 'huh whats a blog' (shak).
But so far i think its fab. Somewhere to voice my ideas, share my pictures and discuss issues of the day that effect us as muslims living in the uk in a post 9/11 era. InshAllah creating a forum from where we can discuss and dispell some of the myths sourouding islam.
(Sheesh i'm gonna acheive all this with one blog ... Allah help me!)
Also just to clarify to some peeps this is not a despeate attempt to draw attention from the opposite sex (you know who you are) or an advert for marriage proposals (BTW please send them to my PA hehehe). This is a genuine place to vent ideas, thoughts and maybe share some creativity through my photography.
O yeah i also got accused of being a tad too femenine with my baby pics .... hmm. These are just pics i took guys of when it was baby season... (subhanAllah so many kids). InshAllah gonna upload some more so hope you guys will be critical and gimme some pointers.
Congrats to all the people that are pregnant or have just had thir babies... subhanAllah too many to mention. But enjoy it while you can before they turn into teenage dirt bags. (flash back of me ... sheesh i was a moron). O' yeah and this is not a teen blog so i wont be writting about my deep dark secrets hoping some knight in shinning armour will come and save me hehehehehe. Its just an ordinary blog. ( phewww i hear most of you guys say)
To all those i met on the weekend ... i think i might knock the ifar party on the head and opt for an eid party ...lemme know what yah guys think inshAllah. Plus we can buy preesies for each other. Sheesh i sound like a little kid. Deprived.
Anyways did the usual rounds with the fams and got the usual pep talks about marriage .. especially now that im 27 ( rub it in why not). But what suprised me is that my gradmother got in the act hehehehehe. Normally she has a neutral stance on this topic but this time she was no holes barred ... she even went as far as to quote a bengali saying or as i like to call it 'Ghoru Basor' example. I didnt understand a word she said so politely nodded and laughed with her... hehehehe bless.
Cheers to the guys for giving me a massive wad of cash for my 'friendship day' towards a top of the range digital camera. You guys are kool. Reminds me to upload pics of you guys.... put yah objections in an email subejct: Do not bother reading
I think i left the window open last night .... now i feel terrible ... niagra falls in my nose and sore throat... woke up talking like darth vadar from star wars.
okay guys im absolulty starving and need to raid the kitchen so bee good and make dua for me especially since its ramadan.
cyah
W'laikum Asalam
SubhanAllah the weekend is almost over...
Back to work in the morrow.. :(
Mixed bag of reviews of my blog so far .. from inspirational ( tanks Maya) to 'huh whats a blog' (shak).
But so far i think its fab. Somewhere to voice my ideas, share my pictures and discuss issues of the day that effect us as muslims living in the uk in a post 9/11 era. InshAllah creating a forum from where we can discuss and dispell some of the myths sourouding islam.
(Sheesh i'm gonna acheive all this with one blog ... Allah help me!)
Also just to clarify to some peeps this is not a despeate attempt to draw attention from the opposite sex (you know who you are) or an advert for marriage proposals (BTW please send them to my PA hehehe). This is a genuine place to vent ideas, thoughts and maybe share some creativity through my photography.
O yeah i also got accused of being a tad too femenine with my baby pics .... hmm. These are just pics i took guys of when it was baby season... (subhanAllah so many kids). InshAllah gonna upload some more so hope you guys will be critical and gimme some pointers.
Congrats to all the people that are pregnant or have just had thir babies... subhanAllah too many to mention. But enjoy it while you can before they turn into teenage dirt bags. (flash back of me ... sheesh i was a moron). O' yeah and this is not a teen blog so i wont be writting about my deep dark secrets hoping some knight in shinning armour will come and save me hehehehehe. Its just an ordinary blog. ( phewww i hear most of you guys say)
To all those i met on the weekend ... i think i might knock the ifar party on the head and opt for an eid party ...lemme know what yah guys think inshAllah. Plus we can buy preesies for each other. Sheesh i sound like a little kid. Deprived.
Anyways did the usual rounds with the fams and got the usual pep talks about marriage .. especially now that im 27 ( rub it in why not). But what suprised me is that my gradmother got in the act hehehehehe. Normally she has a neutral stance on this topic but this time she was no holes barred ... she even went as far as to quote a bengali saying or as i like to call it 'Ghoru Basor' example. I didnt understand a word she said so politely nodded and laughed with her... hehehehe bless.
Cheers to the guys for giving me a massive wad of cash for my 'friendship day' towards a top of the range digital camera. You guys are kool. Reminds me to upload pics of you guys.... put yah objections in an email subejct: Do not bother reading
I think i left the window open last night .... now i feel terrible ... niagra falls in my nose and sore throat... woke up talking like darth vadar from star wars.
okay guys im absolulty starving and need to raid the kitchen so bee good and make dua for me especially since its ramadan.
cyah
W'laikum Asalam
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