Granny Rifat Nafisa

Heritages: Mixed

Languages: English

Job: Educational

About Me:
Muslim since 1978 alhamdulillahi wa shukrulillah. After traveling and living among Muslims in many different parts of the world, I now live back where I was born and raised out on the edge of america. I am very blessed to be mother to four grown children and grandmother to ten. I mainly moved back here to be near to them but sometimes that is very illusory, the way americans live their separate lives. I have been a traditional midwife for more than thirty years, actively practicing home birth for twenty years and now in that field I advocate for natural birthing, teach and mentor other midwives. I advocate for wholistic health care, and am a long-time student of homeopathy. I work for the state as a case manager in child support which is a very stressful job but I do it because I am still a paycheck slave, like the vast majority of usamericans.

Hobbies:
When I first signed on to MuslimSpace, the years table for birthdates only went back to 1950. So I wrote this: "I am older than 55 but it seems the young folks who created this website could not conceive of the fact that many of us in my age group have been using personal computers since the 'eighties and on the Internet for ten years or so. LOL that's okay. I guess on here I can be 55 forever ;-)" More years have since been added to the table, so I've updated to my true year of birth . I don't mind showing my real age since every single day is a gift from Allah subhanu wa ta'ala.

Movies:
Again so many that a list could be endless so any list will necessarily be partial. Film is such a powerful medium that is both used well at times and more often wasted on drivel. X, Lion of the Desert. "Foreign" (meaning not Hollywood lol) films from India, China, Iran, Japan, Spain, UK. Documentaries. I highly recommend a recent documentary called Murderball, not so much for its competitive outlook and some of the sensitive topics covered, but for its example of what physically disabled people can be capable of doing.

Books:
These are my constant companions: The Glorious Qur'an, The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah, Beams of Illumination from the Divine Revelation (tafsir on the last juz by Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri), Living and Dying with Grace: Counsels of Hadrat Ali (as) translated by Thomas Cleary, Alcoholics Anonymous ("the Big Book") and its companion, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditons. I do read fiction and recently finished The Life of Pi which I liked quite a lot. It's very rich in meaning, instigates good discussion about life and God, and is wonderfully well-written.

Music:
Right now I'm listening to Ali Farka Toure, who recently died. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun. He was a guitarist and songwriter from Mali, one of the sources of "Roots Blues." After being "discovered" by Ry Cooder with whom he made an album, he was taken on a tour of the usa and offered the glitz and glam of the usa music biz. He found he didn't like how it took him away from his Islam, and turned his back on it to live, farm, and make music at his home in Mali until he died. Masha'llah, I love his music in which I can sing along with "La illaha illallah, Muhammad, Muhammad, Rasoolullah" even though I don't know the rest of his language.

TV:
None

Interests:
None

Quotes:
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Other:
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assalamu alaikum,you've got a very nice page.may Allah bles you and your family.walaikum salaam

zahara745 2 years ago

Dear One: Hope that you remain in complete control of your habit and that you continue to tightly manage your Body Mass Index. We are besieged with opportunities to love Sara the Magnificent, who seems to have been placed into our lives with the purpose to unconditionally love the two humans whom Sara has chosen to own and to love. Your Beloved Infidel, Dr. Bill

userdrbill 2 years ago

Lailah 2 years ago

as salaam wa alaikum and welcome to south african muslims

shabeer 2 years ago

As Salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmaatullaahi wa barakaatuhu!

Abudude 2 years ago

I found your audio note about Ali Farka Toure very interesting. Sounds like a respectable artist. I too am a guitarist who has experience much of the undesirable and uncomfortable aspects of performance in america. I will have to search for some of the work of this artist, sounds interesting, though I too am unfamiliar with much of the native language. I totally empathize with your statement of being a "...paycheck slave like the majority of us americans..." I totally feel that way most of the time. It would be a good blog topic... hint, hint, hint!

curious_about_islam 2 years ago

Asalaamu Alaikum Ukhti, I hope all is well, sorry about the lapse in contact, I've been a slave to my part time job recently and barely get on the computer unfortunately. I have applied for the Hawza in London and Insha Allah should be starting my religious studies there if I get accepted (God Willing) in September. I am also planning to go see Shaykh Fadhlalla around the 3rd of August if possible Insha Allah. How is everything with you?

Yahya2006 2 years ago

Assalam alaikum Granny, Help me to understand this. Why there are some "female" users here who don't reply to general questions, say like, "How are the Muslims in your country?" or "How come such and such American TV show is in your country?" Are these questions considered harassement? I know these questions could show my ignorance about their countries, and that's why I'm asking. Anyway... I can understand if a user doesn't want to talk to the opposite gender or strangers, but that can be communicated on her/his profile. One funny user, she had some computer coded text on her page, so I asked what kind of code is she using, she replied something like, ... oh and I don't like guys who drags girls into conversation or something. Huh... if that's not paranoia, then I would call it rudeness, or you can enlight me here. First of all, the companions used to ask the Mothers of the Believers questions and it wasn't haram. Secondly, come on... why these people think every questions have some evil agenda behind them, or every msgs from the opposite gender are for marriage proposals! Subhana Allah... [quote] "Unless my Lord guides me, I shall surely be among the erring people." (Al-An'am 6:77) [/quote] Anyway, just want to rant about my pet peeve. :dizzy:

tuhfa 2 years ago