http://www.anightingale.com Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:51:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm currently enrolled in an Al-Huda 4 Week Summer Course.  In it we study the tafsir of certain selected verses, practice reciting with proper tajweed, memorize different du'as, learn about various figures in Islamic history, and finally go over different aspects of good  Muslim behavior.  Today we had an assignment ... http://www.anightingale.com/2008/08/04/patience-perserverence-preservation-zayd-ibn-thabit/ I saw it on the counter the other day... a registration packet from school for my younger brother-in-law.  It's almost that time again.; time to go... Back to school! Today I'm going to be visiting the new school where I'll be teaching this fall.  I need to pick up my textbooks.  ... http://www.anightingale.com/2008/07/29/its-almost-that-time-again/ About a year ago Saqib was looking online for good ice cream shops and he stumbled upon a company named Graeter's.  He was so excited to read about this company because the site kept praising it as one of the best ice creams in America.  The company sets itself apart ... http://www.anightingale.com/2008/07/23/graeters-was-greater/ This past weekend Saqib and I returned from our Honeymoon, and arrived back in Illinois just in time for the AlMaghrib course Sacred Scrolls.  It was a one weekend seminar taught by both Imam Suhaib Webb and Shaykh Yasir Qadhi.   Click the picture above. I was a little anxious to go to ... http://www.anightingale.com/2008/07/23/i-%e2%99%a5-ittihaad/ The bags are packed.  The Garmin is out.  The cooler is set.  Our path is marked.  Tennessee, here we come! Saqib and I are first hitting up Newport, TN and staying in the above photographed, lovely inn called Christopher Place.  Next stop is Gatlinburg, TN, a town nestled in the heart ... http://www.anightingale.com/2008/07/11/tennessee-here-we-come/ I've been asked recently, quite a few times, about my whereabouts and happenings.  What has happened to Ayesha Siddique over the past few weeks? Not too much, I guess :-) Two Saturdays back, as was mentioned in the previous post, I had my ruksati wedding party with my one and only SaqibSaab.  ... http://www.anightingale.com/2008/07/01/whats-up-doc/ Nikaḥ kitāba, otherwise known as "celibate marriage," has become an increasingly common and preferred way of marriage for many young Muslim couples. A young man and woman may find themselves wanting to marry one another, but at the time are unable to live together. So instead of being engaged for ... http://www.anightingale.com/2008/06/22/the-nikah-kitaba-survival-guide/ The countdown to my wedding is no longer being measured in weeks, but rather in days.  I've got four more days until I'll officially have "moved out" of my house.  I'll actually be leaving Michigan on Monday, but I suppose the rukhsati marks my departure from my house. I can't describe ... http://www.anightingale.com/2008/06/17/i-%e2%99%a5-my-room/ It's been nine whole years since I started wearing hijab.  In 1999, just like today, it was Friday the 13th of June.  It was the day after 8th grade finished and the first day of summer.  I threw on that hijab with determination never to stop. But what brought me to ... http://www.anightingale.com/2008/06/13/happy-9th-birthday-hijab/ It all started with a horse-- Sandy. What felt like almost everyday, ammi and I would go to Meijer when I was a little kid.  And whenever she would pay for groceries, she would quickly plop me down on the pony, drop in a penny, and let me have a "wild ... http://www.anightingale.com/2008/06/12/i-%e2%99%a5-meijer/