Islamic Stories & Reflections | By Kafayat Olubukola
Our World is Turning Messy Sulaiman crawled into his bed as he became thought-sick; he just dropped a video call from his mother who informed him that his old woman was sick and had been admitted to the hospital. He was told the only song that could be heard from her mouth was about seeing her […]
The Boy Died After reporting Kaka to Allah during qiyaamu layl (night prayer), Mar’yam sent a text message to Sulaiman about the new threat. Sulaiman had received the message while studying for an assessment with his friend. He read out the message to Toohir and became frustrated. “SubhanAllah! What does Kaka want to gain from […]
Feel For The Orphans “Don’t you think the Ameera is trying to avoid us?” Raised Mutmainah, breaking the quiet atmosphere. As intended, they had visited Mar’yam in her single-room apartment shared with two female students who hadn’t returned from class. They had gifted her the five long hijabs they had brought and after the warm […]
The Law of Love It was already late in the night, Toohir and Sulaiman had waited to recite some chapters from the Holy Qur’an before leaving the masjid. Exhausted, they dragged themselves home. One of the Toohir’s leathered palm slippers had cut along the road, he had grabbed it and wanted to walk with bare […]
Don’t Judge A Book Before Viewing Its Pages Why did Mar’yam have to see Sulaiman and why was she looking sad? – Toohir was curious but had to wait. He couldn’t intervene but watched them from afar as the girl had sought Sulaiman alone. He knew about nothing happening between them. They had stood by […]
LOWER YOUR GAZE At 12:30 pm, the electronic bell rang for the HND 1’s class. It was the end of the day’s lecture but they were to hang around till 3:00 pm for electrical practicals. As Sulaiman and Toohir were about to leave the class to loiter in the masjid, they were met by a […]
A Believer’s Best Treasure “Rabbanaah ab lanaah min azwaajinaah waminzurriyyaatinaah qurrata a’yunin waji’alnaah lilmuttaqeena imaamah; meaning O our Lord! grant us in our spouses and our offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us guides to those who guard (against evil).” He supplicated among other supplications as he had been doing always during and […]
Her Father’s Daughter She was trying to take in the renovated environment – the blue wall had been repainted to white, making a perfect background for the framed pictures of some political figures and their names. She wondered when her father would stop hanging pictures. Did he not know that the angels don’t enter the […]
She Was Once Overly In Love After days of arguments and conviction, Sulaiman finally agreed to meet the girl; the daughter of his mother’s friend whom his great grandmother said to have found for him. His holidays at home had been unusually passive – he had been spending days alone in his room sleeping, surfing […]
He Hoped He’d Be Fine. He had returned with a brighter and smiling face, feeling like a conqueror, with the polythene bag in his hand, clearly written all over him that the girls had refused the gifts. He stood by the door confidently, heaving a sigh. Toohir groaned, “what kind of girls refuse gifts!” He […]