This video spoke to me loudly when I had not yet come to Islam. I was a slave to the media. I spent my loose change on the latest issues of Vogue, US weekly, Cosmopolitan, and all the garbage magazines out there today....
Praise be to Allaah.   Verses that have to do with hijab:  1 – Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):  “And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts)...

A side note:

February 22, 2012
Assalamualaikum wa rahamatulahi wa barakatuhu! This is just a reminder for the BROTHERS who visit my blog and comment. This is just a SISTER'S ONLY blog and by all means I can't stop you from reading my posts but PLEASE if you could...
"Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allah has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will...
Even though happiness is perhaps one of the most important things in life, science still can not explain much about it.  Its concept itself is elusive.  Is it an idea, emotion, virtue, philosophy, ideal, or is it just programmed in the genes?  There...
A rather great excerpt that caught my attention from a book written by Ibn Al-Qayyim where he discusses the importance of controlling ones lowly desires and how to overcome them with confidence and by seeking guidance only from Allah subhanahu' wa'tala. There is...
According to saheeh reports, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever does something that is a not part of this matter of ours (i.e., Islam) will have it rejected” (reported by Muslim in his Saheeh); and “The best...

Benefit from a fever?

February 15, 2012
Fever wipes out one’s sins and rids his body from dead substances and germs. It is a blessing in disguise. The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam (may Allaah exalt his mention) said: “When a believer gets sick or feverish, it is like metal...