Bismillah 🌙 Before Ramadan approaches, we need to pause and reset our attention. Right now, many of our social media feeds are filled with disturbing headlines, noise, and confusion. It’s heavy on the heart. It pulls focus away from what actually protects us. Not analysis. Not commentary. Not reacting to the world. But remembering how a Muslim woman protects her heart when darkness and distraction increase. We’ll ground in: • turning back to du‘ā instead of doom scrolling • protecting our attention and emotional energy • anchoring in dhikr, salah, and purpose • preparing our hearts... not just our homes.. for Ramadan This is a space to breathe, realign, and return to steadiness. May Allah protect our hearts, guide our attention, and keep us anchored in truth. Ameen 🤍

Bismillah 🤍 A return to one of the most powerful invocations ever taught: Yā Hayyu Yā Qayyūm. Many women are holding everything together alone: emotionally financially mentally spiritually This Name reminds us: Allah is the One who sustains. We’ll sit with: • how to use this Name in moments of overwhelm • how it stabilizes the heart • how it protects barakah and decisions • how to return to Allah when you feel scattered This is not information. It’s anchoring.

"Every Tuesday at 3 PM, my mother calls the same wrong number. Has for six years. "Hello, this is Susan. Is Robert there?" Same response every time, "No Robert here. Wrong number." "Oh, I'm so sorry to bother you." Then she hangs up. Sets a reminder for next Tuesday. I thought it was dementia. Mom's 71. Maybe forgetting she'd already tried this number. "Mom, that's not Robert's number. You've called it 300 times. Why do you keep calling?" She looked at me strangely. "I know it's not Robert's number." "Then why" "Because someone answers." Turned out, the woman who answers is 83. Lives alone. Has severe social anxiety. Never leaves her apartment. No family. No friends. "Six years ago, I called your brother's old number by mistake," Mom explained. "Woman answered. We talked for two minutes. When I apologized for the wrong number, she said, 'Please call again anyway. Nobody calls me.'" "So you just... kept calling?" "Every Tuesday. We talk for exactly twelve minutes. About nothing. Weather. TV shows. Her cat. Then I say I have to go, and she says okay." "For six years?" "For six years." "Does she know you're calling on purpose?" "Of course. I'm not subtle. But we maintain the fiction. I 'accidentally' call. She 'happens' to answer. We pretend it's chance, not choice." "Why the pretend?" "Because accepting help is hard. Accepting a wrong number is easy." Mom's phone buzzed. Tuesday, 3 PM reminder. She dialed. "Hello, this is Susan. Is Robert there?" A pause. Then laughter. "No Robert here, Susan. But I'm here. How was your week?" I listened to them talk. About the weather. A TV show. The cat's vet appointment. Twelve minutes exactly. Then, "I should let you go." "Okay, Susan. Same time next week?" "Oh, I'm sure I'll accidentally dial this number again." More laughter. Goodbye. Mom hung up. Looked at me. "Her name is Dorothy. I've never met her. Don't know her last name. Don't know her address. Just her voice every Tuesday for twelve minutes." "What if you stop calling?"

As salaamu Alaikum Dear Fatima To all the dear sisters who attended yesterday’s Coffee Hour, it was an amazing gathering. The heartfelt shares were touching and some so relatable. The energy and Barakah in the gathering was off the charts. I must confess it’s the highlight at the end of my crazy hectic work week . May Allah bestow His Mercy, Guidance and Abundance of Blessings in all our Sacred Coffee Hour gatherings, on all of you and our Dear Superwoman Fatima 🥰🌸❤️

Today’s Coffee Chat was a gentle but powerful re-orientation as we look ahead to the month of Ramadan... not as a season of exhaustion, but as a season of presence, expansion, and beauty. We reflected on how Ramadan is not meant to be lived from the kitchen…but from the heart. Some of the practical and spiritual anchors we covered: • Designing Ramadan so women are not overextended in food preparation • Setting alarms 10 minutes before each salat to shut off the stove, reset, and prepare to stand fully present before Allah ﷻ • Feeding others with intention .. sponsoring iftars, feeding the hungry, giving quietly and generously • Ensuring that 15 minutes before Maghrib, everyone is seated, calm, and focused on dua - the dua of a fasting person- at one of the most auspicious moments of the day We also spoke about using Ramadan as a release point: • Letting go of beliefs that no longer serve you • Releasing outdated inner narratives • Choosing one new belief to carry you from this Ramadan to the next Not 100 changes One aligned belief - lived for 11 months. Then we reflected on the Name of Allah ﷻ: Al-Basit - The Expander. The One who: • widens hearts • expands provision • stretches mercy • amplifies generosity • opens space where there once felt tight Connected to: • Al-Karim - expanding generosity • Al-Wadud - expanding love • Ar-Raḥman - expanding mercy We spoke about integrating Al-Basit into daily dhikr- not to rush expansion, but to receive it with steadiness. Ramadan is not about constriction. It is about holy expansion. May Allah ﷻ expand your heart, your time, your generosity, and your nearness to Him - and may this Ramadan be majestic, spacious, and deeply present. Share your favourite RAMADAN ritual below HasbiyAllahu la ilaha illa Huwa 🤍 Fatima