Volume 1, Issue 1
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FitSistaz
As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
bismillah was salaatu was salaamu
'ala Rasoolillah
We want to thank everyone for
reading our newsletter. You will
find it very beneficial. This column is about being fit and
healthy. We started a group on
Facebook called FitSistaz.
FitSistaz is a source of motivation for your health and fitness
needs. You?ll find workouts, tips
and challenges as well.
It is important that as Muslim
women we take care of an
amaanah (trust) that Allaah has
given us, our health. We are
wives, mothers, aunts and most
importantly slaves of Allaah. We
must take care of ourselves so
that we can take care of the
responsibilities that Allaah has
given us. Also we have to be
steadfast in our worship to Him.
If we are weak and unhealthy it
will be hard to worship Him in a
way that is pleasing to Him. So
why not start today to make
your health better.
In FitSistaz we have weekly challenges. We motivate and encourage each other through
these challenges. We also remind each other of Allaah. Our
intentions for being healthy/fit
should be for the pleasure of
Allaah first. With Allaah comes
all of the success. Recently we
completed a one week challenge
in which we omitted all liquids
other than water. No soda,
coffee, tea or milk etc. It was
successful and many found it to
be beneficial. Sunday we will
start a new jump rope challenge
(100-200 per day). It does not
matter how many you do at one
time. What's important is that
you try to finish either 100 or
200 daily, in sha Allaah. On
Sundays we have Sugarless Sundays in which we omit added
sugar and food or drinks con-
taining sugar from our diet.
Following that we have Meatless
Monday. We will try to do
something every day of the
week. The purpose of these
daily challenges is to eventually
cut out all of the bad things in
our diet, in sha Allaah. May
Allaah make it easy on all of us,
Allaahumma Ameen.
We will also be interviewing
sisters about their fitness/health
stories. How they started and
how they met their goals etc.
Please contact FitSistaz or
S.O.U.R.C.E.S Book Club. We
welcome you to be a part of
our Facebook health & fitness
community, join FitSistaz today!
Introduce yourselves, post anything that you think may be
beneficial for health and fitness
and most importantly be a
source of motivation for others
in the group. Stay fit & healthy
and keep the amaanah.
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "There are two
blessings which many people lose:
(They are) Health and free time for
doing good." Al-Bukhari
UmmAbdillah Clarke
Ayat of the Week - Al-Bayyinah - 98:5
"And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allah, and worship none but Him Alone
(abstaining from ascribing partners to Him), and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat) and give Zakat, and that is
the right religion.''
Homemaker of the Week
Dear Sisters,
We dedicate this weekly column
to all of you hardworking homemakers out there. Please send
us a short message of why you
should own this week?s title,
“Homemaker of the Week”.
Tell us about your day, the time
you spend cleaning, cooking,
working, teaching or learning.
Each week, we?ll decide who
should own this spot. Let us
know if you enjoy it, hate it or
appreciate it. Your frustrations
may receive a beneficial response from other readers, so
don?t hold back. Your tips may
be a benefit for others as well.
We put in just as much time and
effort if not more, so here?s a
special column dedicated to the
homemaker in YOU!!!
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