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		<title>Time to Revive a Dying Blog :)</title>
		<link>http://ummreem.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/time-to-revive-a-dying-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you might know that I recently moved to Qatar. All of this happened so quickly that past three months of my life were totally overtaken in packing and moving. Leaving U.S., after spending almost 20 years of my life, was not as easy as I thought it would be and to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ummreem.wordpress.com&blog=768662&post=83&subd=ummreem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Afflictions: Which Level Are You On?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are upon 4 levels regarding the circumstances of affliction:

The First Level
Being angry, and this is in various ways: 
The first type: That the anger is by the heart as if he is angry at his Lord. So he becomes angry with what Allah, subhanahu wa ta&#8217;ala, has decreed for him, and this (level) is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ummreem.wordpress.com&blog=768662&post=79&subd=ummreem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage and Beyond&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked to give a halaqah when I was visiting Houston last month. I used to have this halaqah every Tuesday when I was living there. It has continued, alhamdullialh, for more then 5 years now even after I left.
So, I prepared my talk about ‘Test and Trials’ but when I got there I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ummreem.wordpress.com&blog=768662&post=77&subd=ummreem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Level of Prayer&#8230;where do we stand?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمالله) said:
And mankind, with regard to their performance  of prayer are in five levels:
The First: The level of  the one who is negligent and wrongs his soul: He is the one who falls short in  performing wudu properly, performing the prayer upon its time and within  its specified limits, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ummreem.wordpress.com&blog=768662&post=76&subd=ummreem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Still Alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes I am! Those who were wondering what happened&#8230;well I went to visit home, the H-town&#8230;i.e. Houston!! Can u believe it, I went there after 1.5 years!!!
It was a very nice trip. Originally I went there for 2 weeks but ended up staying for 4 weeks instead. I must say that once anyone had the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ummreem.wordpress.com&blog=768662&post=75&subd=ummreem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tricks of Shaytaan: Procrastination &amp; Laziness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a nice reminder from As-Sunnah Newsletter.

Shaytaan attempts to make people negligent or exaggerate in the religion;
and causes them to be lazy and delay performing good deeds
Shaytaan attempts to either make people negligent or exaggerate in their religion: 
Ibnul-Qayyim said, &#8216;There is nothing that Allah has enjoined, but Shaytan has ways of dealing with it, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ummreem.wordpress.com&blog=768662&post=73&subd=ummreem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Children &amp; Vegetables</title>
		<link>http://ummreem.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/children-vegetables/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My children always have a problem with eating vegetables. Although, I tried to feed them vegetables from a young age, it seems like we are always struggling.
They eat salad (mainly cucumbers and lettuce), carrots at times, corn, spinach, peas but that’s about it.
My mother used to cook vegetables, when I was small, but it would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ummreem.wordpress.com&blog=768662&post=72&subd=ummreem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Relationship with Allah azzawajal</title>
		<link>http://ummreem.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/your-relationship-with-allah-azzawjal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going through some of the old Daughter of Adam magazines and found some really inspirational articles. I thought it would be nice to post them here. This article is by Haleh Banani, mashaAllah, not only she has a Masters in Clinical Psychology but she even knows how to inspire her readers!
&#8212;&#8212;
The experience of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ummreem.wordpress.com&blog=768662&post=71&subd=ummreem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tired of ECZEMA!!</title>
		<link>http://ummreem.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/tired-of-eczema/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The following brochure is personally written by my daughter’s allergy specialist. My daughter severely suffered though eczema for almost 10 years. Then, by Allah’s Mercy, I found this doctor for her. Alhamdullilah, Allah has blessed him with much knowledge and experience in his field. He is the head of the research department of Allergy and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ummreem.wordpress.com&blog=768662&post=70&subd=ummreem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Effective Teacher Part 2</title>
		<link>http://ummreem.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/an-effective-teacher-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If you dare to teach, then you must dare to learn” this is how Harry Wong has summarized his book in just one sentence. His book is not a ‘plan’ or a ‘model’ but full of suggestions and experiences of other ‘successful’ teachers.
First chapter is about being an ‘effective teacher. Here is a brief summary:
Key [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ummreem.wordpress.com&blog=768662&post=69&subd=ummreem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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