A blessed Eid

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 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh all :) taqabbal Allah minna wa'l minkum!


We have reached Eid, once again, alhamdulillah. I don't want to say "finally", because as it always does, it came so early. But now we are here, on the finish line, and I hope we can all feel winners. It's not who did most or who didn't, we did our best at the moments and hopefully we can take some of the barakah with us to the next year. 


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Yesterday evening I didn't know where to go pray in the morning. My friend, who I was supposed to go together with, became ill and plans were changed. Then I was planning to go to a Finnish speaking mosque, which would have been kinda far, but then my well organized safe person, aka my dear husband came home and let me know that his community is organizing a prayer at a place nearby,  7 minute walk from our home. Ma sha Allah. I was really nervous to go because I didn't know anybody there, but it went fine. One nice lady came to sit next to me, it helped a lot even though we chat only very briefly. This is a reminder that one person can really make a difference. It's not always easy to come alone to these kind of events, even though we as muslims are generally welcoming and polite.

After prayer we took some pictures and came home. We had a Finnish lunch. I made a smoked salmon pie with some side salad and for dessert we had a store bought carrot cake (yum!). I then went to meet my friend and her daughter, alhamdulillah, and came home early in the evening. We hung out with hubby and now we get ready for regular daily life again.  

A happy day ❤





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But it's also bittersweet.. maybe all of us think about Gaza. And Sudan, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon. Congo. Myanmar... Muslims are suffering and it always hurts us all. And as humans, everyone's distress stings our hearts. It kills me to be so helpless. I just can remind myself that duaa is a believer's weapon. Where this world is headed to?

Maybe after this Ramadan, things are permanently different. We can't and we won't accept the choices of our so called leaders. I don't want to be part of their politics.


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So let this be a new start. A start and continuum for the good habits, farewell the old habits that didn't serve us. It's time to go deeper into practicing, thanking Allah swt and asking for His forgiveness.


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Yeah.. I hope you had a good day, and Eid Mubarak to also those who celebrate tomorrow! I'll take my time relaxing a bit now. Later then,


Aisha



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