Fitna Free Friday!!! Egpyt Edition

Asalaamu-alaikum world. Hope all is well out there. I am feeling a little drained. Long week at work and looking forward to Friday! I really am enjoying my job and have been working out everyday these last 2 weeks and down 7.3 lbs! yay! So anyways, since my brain is officially fried I really wanted to shift the focus from me and my problems  to a bigger issue. EGYPT!!! I am not sure if anyone or everyone out there has been watching the news but ...lets just say the beautiful country of Egpyt and the people who live there are really being tested right now. Much of what is shown in the media is edited and scripted, some is true some is not. Many big name networks have been down playing the situation over there, claiming only 5 deaths so far as a result of the protest. Well, it has been way more than that. Some reports are in the hundreds. So wherever you live in the world, take a few minutes in your day and make dua for the people in Egypt that they may find peace and transition into an organized productive government that actually cares about the people. Oh and I dont want to forget about the protesters in Tunisia very little media coverage so their issue unfortunately for many over this way has been stifled.

Regardless of what difficult situations we are facing whether it be a crazy hard final exam you have to study for , a  psycho cowife, car problems, money problems, husband problems, kid problems, keep in mind that 1. someone always has it worse, and 2. Allah will not change the condition of the people until they change that which is in themselves. 3. Being grateful for the life you have and the gifts you already are presented with provides so much comfort. Also when you show humility and gratitude towards Allah , then Allah bestows more favors upon you. Perhaps not the coach bag you have been eying for months but something else you need and may not even know you needed it. For example, my new job it couldn't have come at a better time. The environment is laid back, I am able to pray at work, and its very close to a Masjid here. My coworkers are really nice and I am able to study my Quranic lessons without drama. I know that may seem small but many jobs especially in the states try to slave you from the moment you walk in the door and then have the nerve to look at you crazy when you want to exercise your religious beliefs. Life for anyone isn't perfect, if they are saying it is they are lying. But we can still enjoy this life, while preparing for the next by focusing on our blessings and making effort to be grateful and draw nearer to Allah.

Duas to for tranquilty :
O Allah! Grant me light in my heart, light in my sight, light in my hearing, light to my right, light to my left, light above me, light underneath me, light before me, light behind me, and grant me light.

Often in times of stress, or discomfort we feel there is a dark cloud looming over us wherever we go. This dua I love because, when someone has hurt us, holding on to anger can cause bitterness and can hurt us more than the person who we are angry with. So asking for light in our heart is essential for finding
peace within ourselves. 

O Allah, have mercy on me! Do not leave me alone for even a moment, and put my affairs in order, there is no God but You.O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy; and You make the difficult easy if it be Your will.