About a decade ago - at the early stage of my union to Queen Rasheedah - I fell ill and was eventually diagnosed of appendicitis. Without ado, perhaps as symptoms were worryingly and scarily manifested, I was recommended for...
I have written to the sentiment of men. I have lost count the number of articles I have rolled out in our favour. Turning the page overleaf to the plights of our counterparts should be no cause for alarm....
MY SUNNAH STORY (8)
BY
SANNI KAY YUSUF
I proposed marriage, not dating. So plans to legitimatize the mutuality to build up a blissful palace as king and queen came to fore. Madam was rather afraid to have such presented to her...
A man approached me after Salāh on a Jumu'ah day to inquire about the permissibility or otherwise of ẹ̀wààbejì (beans for a set of twins). That just reminded me of how, long time ago, women used to flood the...
Our sisters seem to have a lot of shocking secrets about our du'āt (callers to the path of Allāh) - secrets that when unravelled, their veracity is hardly, reluctantly believed.
Our sisters, in their women's talk circles, do expose some...
MY SUNNAH STORY (7)
BY
SANNI KAY YUSUF
One quality I hereditarily picked from my dad was boldness. Dad could confidently, conveniently speak the truth to a despotic ruler (however vampirous he might be) not minding that he could end up in...
"If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place, or come true, that is a message that the Lord has not spoken." Deuteronomy 18:22.
The night of December 31st is usually greeted with prophecies...
MY SUNNAH STORY (Part 1)
BY
SANNI KAY YUSUF
I was born into a family where paganism reigned supreme among kindred, even those who laid claim to Islam were pagans by association. They were usually seen partake in fetish family and communal...
VALENTINE: LOVE OR LUST?
BY
SANNI KAY YUSUF
The man, St Valentine - in one account of the conflicting stories of his life - was said to have been beheaded by one Roman emperor whose order barring soldiers from marriage (to keep...
If there is any disease more terminable than ebola, it is that of the mind, such as jealousy, hate for no tenable reason, and of course, suspicion - interpreting an action beyond the intent of its actor.
Suspicion is when...