Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Alhamdulillaah, nothing can take away from the blessing & joy of being a father, but one of the obvious side effects of having an infant is the drastic change in priorities. So, naturally, most of my projects have fallen on the wayside. Even work has suffered. But, alhamdulillaah, this just means I have [...]
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Getting back on track
It’s a boy!
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Alḥamdulillāh, on Monday, the 19th of Rabīʿ ulʾawwa, 1430 (16th of March, 2009) at 5:38 PM Malaysia local time, Allāh blessed us with a 2.3 kg (~5 lb.) blessing we named ʿAbdurraḥmān (عبد الرحمن), which, in Arabic, means “slave of the Most Merciful”, which is one of the beautiful names of Allāh in [...]
En route to Malaysia
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Alhamdulillaah, my wife & I are en route to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where we’ll be staying one night with her brother & his family before continuing on our way to home in Kuala Terengganu, in shaaʾ Allaah. Right now we’re in the Kuwait International Airport, and, alhamdulillaah, they have free wifi throughout the [...]
Alexandria one month in
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Alhamdulillaah, we’ve had some good times this past month here in Alexandria. The weather has been outstanding – the only other times I’ve been here I remember the weather being far warmer on the border of being uncomfortable. This time we’ve hardly had a day that didn’t feel cool and fresh, alhamdulillaah.
From the South China to the Mediterranean Sea
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Alhamdulillaah, my wife & I arrived safely in Alexandria, Egypt this past Friday to the welcoming arms of my parents, whom I haven’t seen since I left the US back in June. If you’ll recall, I originally departed on this journey because I could not bring my wife to the US yet, as [...]
Back home in Kuala Terengganu
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Alhamdulillaah, I’ve returned “home” to Kuala Terengganu (KT), which is my wife’s hometown, and I’ve taken it to be my home-away-from home. It’s a beautiful place, especially because we actually live in a kampung, or village, not to far away from the main part of KT. Additionally, compared to Kuala Lumpur (KL), the [...]
Back in Malaysia
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Alhamdulillaah, I am back in Malaysia, which means I am also back with my wife. Words cannot express how much joy the two of us are experiencing being together once again. More than six months have passed since we’d been together the last time. In case it is not obvious, the reason we [...]
Family blog
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Last week my wife & I have decided to start our own family blog to track family’s Islamic development. As a result, I will most-likely be posting my personal- and family-related musings over there rather than here, allowing HidayahTech to remain more tech-oriented. That doesn’t mean there will be a complete dearth of [...]
(Belated) Marriage Announcement
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Putting aside for now the minor detail that it actually happened over six months ago, I just wanted to announce as far-and-wide as possible that Allaah has blessed me, Basil Mohamed Gohar, with marriage to Nor Sallsabil binti (daughter of) Abdul Razak. Our marriage took place after `Ishaa’ (evening prayer) on May 3rd, [...]
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