Fever

I bought a book because Ethan Hawke wrote it. I saw the cover and WHAM! was reminded of the days of "Reality Bites", of "Great Expectations" and most importantly, of "Before Sunrise."

To read a book should be an experience of its own. Hopefully if it's terrible, I'll finally get over that fluttery-butterfly phase that I had managed to drag all the way from my teenage, until realization yesterday.

Common Sense, for God's Sake

The voice of David AS glorifying Allah by reading out the Psalms does not equal the use of musical instruments. A voice and an instrument are not the same.
If one really were to follow the example of David AS, then there would be musical accompaniment with the recitation of the Quran, but everyone agrees that would be disrespectful and plainly wrong.

Also, David AS fasted every other day, i.e. half the year. I'd like to tell that to the people who're only too keen on "following his example." Try matching his amount of taqwa before addressing other issues.

Volume 3, Book 31, Number 200:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As:
The Prophet said to me, "You fast daily all the year and pray every night all the night?" I replied in the affirmative. The Prophet said, "If you keep on doing this, your eyes will become weak and your body will get tired. He who fasts all the year is as he who did not fast at all. The fasting of three days (a month) will be equal to the tasting of the whole year." I replied, "I have the power for more than this." The Prophet said, "Then fast like the fasting of David who used to fast on alternate days and would never flee from the battle field, on meeting the enemy.

Volume 3, Book 31, Number 201:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
Allah's Apostle was informed about my fasts, and he came to me and I spread for him a leather cushion stuffed with palm fires, but he sat on the ground and the cushion remained between me and him, and then he said, "Isn't it sufficient for you to fast three days a month?" I replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more)." He said, "Five?" I replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more)." He said, "Seven?" I replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more)." He said, "Nine (days per month)?" I replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more)" He said, "Eleven (days per month)?" And then the Prophet said, "There is no fast superior to that of the Prophet David it was for half of the year. So, fast on alternate days."

(taken from Sahih Bukhari)

The Kite Runner

So much for goofing around while watching, "Killing Jane." I saw the beginning of a trailer that showed two middle-Eastern boys sitting as friends would and I said, "The Kite Runner" and grabbed Afshan's hand. Amazing how I stumbled upon the trailer of the movie I would not have never read the written version of, had it not been for the love of the person who was squeezing my hand ever so tight throughout the length of the trailer. The trailer I could not have possibly sit through alone.

From hearing my favorite words in the morning, to being humbly reminded of tawwakal nearing evening, Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala had sure been Generous about His signs to me today.