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 (9)
BY
SANNI KAY YUSUF
We got to her mum amid palpitation of the heart. She was surprised to see us. "Why the uninformed visit?" she probed. "He is here to talk to you, mummy," replied madam. I was...
It's show of immaturity and extreme villainy to punish the woman with starvation. Such tyranny will not quell but fuel the quarrel that might have led to the wickedness. The man too is not to be starved of sex...
MY SUNNAH STORY (13)
BY
SANNI KAY YUSUF
Agege was the base of my in-laws, and given the envisaged calibre of clerics therein as told by madam, my mind wasn't at rest as to the officiating of the nikaah. I didn't want...
MY SUNNAH STORY (Part II)
BY
SANNI KAY YUSUF
While winding down university education, dad kept echoing to my subconscious that I should consider no "masquerade" for a wife. Subhaanallaah! How on earth would a human born of a woman find bliss...
In the days of old, our fathers gave their all to madrasah education, yet they would eat from hand to mouth. That's because the service was rendered free of charge and they had no job to fill up their...
I do not bow, neither do I prostrate to mum and dad. While the former is a Muslim, the latter isn't yet. May Allah grant my wish on him.
That's one of the reasons mum never wanted me on the...
"IF YOU HAD TOLD US WHOM YOU WERE..."
By
Sanni Kay Yusuf
As soon as the day broke - immediately after Salah - we set out to visit a hospitalized friend. We were all dressed down since our destination was within the...
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...
Like the man is naturally polygynous, the woman is naturally monogamous. She is apparently jealous and meticulously protective of her marriage from being enjoyed by another woman. She loves her husband so much that she doesn’t want anyone come...
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