Before I even asked you

Before I had even asked you
you had already answered
before I even said your name
you were already their
knowing I was going to turn to you
such blessings you have put in my life
such beautiful steps you have left for me
all I have to do is follow your way
yet I fall down the steps
and your their waiting for me
ready to answer my plea
Before I even asked you
before I even began my dua
you had already answered
knowing I am in need of you .

seeking

I have begun to seek knowledge
the soil I seed my my seeds in
is that of firm of faith
the more I seek
the seed starts to grow
the roots is watered
with firm prayer
as I ask
as I seek
the more I receive
the more my mind grows
the more I have hope
that Islam is truth
the seed is growing
as I continue
I stay firm
I slip at times
but then I go back to water
the seeds with what I watered with them first
faith
prayer
and
conviction
eventually their will be Branch's
each branch representing
truth
each branch explaining that which is false
by Allah the tree will stand firm
watered with iman
watered with conviction

salafi islam or classical islam ?

salafi Islam or mainstream Islam ? , after converting from shia islam to sunni Islam , I have been confused about groups , I haven't actually joined a group , but everyone seems to be in a group , the type of Muslims I have been surrounded by is mainly salafi's , lately it has started to get to me . Salafi's are supposed to follow the 1st 3 generations of salaf, yet all the other 4 school of thoughts do exactly the same , so what makes them think they are so special ?
One of the reasons why I converted to sunni islam , was the lack of mercy and forgiveness in shia islam , in regards to their opinions on the sahaba , which I do not want to go into in great detail . I have always been into spiritual side of Islam , cleansing the heart and finding out who are you ? . Loving Allah , being close to Allah , salafi manhaj idea's are very rigid , they do not talk much about it . They make you think all other groups are deviated except salafi manhaj .
I have started getting sick of it , I went to a 2 day conference with salafi's I became really depressed , because it just felt so dead . I was living with people who were just so clueless , I'm just tired of people following something like a flock of sheep . Check the ingredients before you consume it ! .
I ask Allah to open the way for me to study the science's in Islam , hadeeth , quran and Arabic . One thing I have realized now is that , I have to go and study classical Islam , salafi ideas are very new , frankly speaking they think other peoples ideas are bidah , I'm starting to think wether their ideas is bidah ?

Oh men

Oh men you can say
whatever you like about us woman
But don't forget the womb that you were nurtured in

Oh men you can say
that woman's mind is deficient
But don't forget the woman that taught you to read an write

Oh men you can say
how much you are in charge of a woman
But don't forget who are the pedal movers in society

Oh men you can say
anything while you are breathing
you can control as much as you like
while you are still breathing
But don't forget
their will be a day of reckoning

you will have to answer to Allah
what did you do with your woman ?
what did you with that I entrusted you with ?

follow up to ...so you want to change the world ?

It took me a while to finally grasp the concept that for big changes to happen small changes have to start . Its like trying to start to walk before you have even tried to crawl . Muslims these days try to change what goes on back home . politics and so on . that is never going to happen until you acknowledge that YOU have to change . Our homes are messed up yet were crying about whats going on in Palestine ....its because we are messed up that's why the world is the way it is . we have so many diseases in our community i cannot stress this anymore .
A friend told me how Rasool swa spent forty years working on his character, perfecting his character until actual revelation came to him . If the best of men worked on himself for that long then who are we to take such a matter lightly ?. It amazes me when Muslims say well 'am not the prophet' well then don't claim to be his follower . If you say you are aspiring to be like him then you better not come out with comments like that . know ones perfect changing oneself is a struggle.Success is sweeter when you worked hard for it . Change will only happen when we ourselves realize our character defects and actually want to change them . Islam is not appearance the inside is just as important if not more then the appearance . know one is going to enter jennah like that except only by the mercy of Allah .
As a final reminder it is obligation on us as Muslims to perfect our character you don't have a choice on the matter . It might take you a week to change one bad thing in you or might take you ten years , the point is you have to change . Good character is number one in Islam it is what will make family life better , community relations better and society a better ideal place to live in . The day we let go of our ego , the day when we say am sorry i was wrong may Allah forgive me . Is certainly the day when we will have positive change .