Nazia Saley

  Letters for Living #54 Helping you move from surviving to living with purpose. As-salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh, dear beautiful souls, Bismillah. It's been two weeks since I last sat down to write to you. Not because I had nothing to say... Quite the opposite. Sometimes life gently invites us into a season of stillness. Not because we planned it, but because it's exactly where we need to be. That has been my journey over the past two weeks. I've been reflecting, observing, learning, and simply listening. Listening not only to my own heart, but also to the subtle signs that Allah places before us when we slow down enough to notice them. I've come to realise that life is constantly speaking to us. The question is... are we quiet enough to hear it? So often, we search outside ourselves for answers. We rush from one thing to the next, believing that if we just do a little more, achieve a little more, or fix one more thing, then we'll finally find clari...

  Letters for Living #53 Helping you move from surviving to living with purpose. Assalamualaykum . Dear Beautiful Soul Bismillah. This week, I came across a hadith that made me pause and reflect. It's a hadith narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, where it is said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was never asked for something and replied with "no." When I first read it, my mind immediately went to something I hear so often, especially from women. "But aren't we supposed to always be available for people?" "If I'm setting boundaries, am I not going against the Sunnah?" It's such an important question because, on the surface, it can seem like generosity and boundaries contradict one another. But the more I reflected on the life of the Prophet ﷺ, the more I realised they don't contradict each other at all. In fact, they complement each other beautifully. The Prophet ﷺ was incredibly generous, but he wasn't boundaryless. He gave ...