My Life..
As a new shahadah there were a lot of things that I didnt want to bother with anymore. I wanted to embrace every aspect of Islam in every way but there was one thing that I never was able to handle. My love for the music of Mary J Blige. It just seemed that her lyrics were the backbeat for my life. So when it was time to to to Saudi…all I could think about was how was I going to bring my Mary J Blige tapes with me(Back then it was tapes..1994)…I never forget sitting in Madinah listening to Mary J Blige…. Real Love I sang while I sat in the heat. My then husband used to always tell me to stop with the music. I never listented to him much because back then I knew I could generally get what I wanted from him (Oh what a blessed few months that was)
That was the only pregnancy that he was really happy about if Im honest. The only one where he really was connected and Id wake up with him rubbing my stomach. He wanted Alhaarith as much as I did. Maybe even more, A new child with a new wife? It was exciting. All through the years Ive remained a fan of Mary. This song in particular always held something for me.
Its been something Ive wanted since I was 19. Maybe Ill get it one day.
Thats all I have to say today as Im still under the weather. Flu like symptoms! Hmmm at visiting the drs office on Monday!
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Yeah, Mary was my favorite too. Her raspy voice used to give me chills. And of course all kinds of emotions. One of the reasons why I knew I had to stop listening to music alhamdu lillaah.
I hope you’re feeling better real soon, shafak Allaah. Don’t forget to recite al-fatihah over yourself as well as surat al-falaq and surat al-nas.
As Salaamu Aliakum I am/was the same way too about music masha Allah since becoming muslim it was easy for me to rid my self of thing alhumdulilah it came easy for me I use to smoke cig. and one time I was talking my daughters grandfather who is an imam and my wali and he said to me what is more important to me my marriage (at the time) or cig. and that I had to choose between the cig. or my marriage. Of course, I chose my marriage and it was not hard for me to quit alhumdulilah. Now music was a whole nother thing my current husband has tried to beat it out of me literaly. I remember growing up and my grandmother would put blues on and she would clean up to them and all us kids would sit on the couch bummping(a nervous thing we all did in our family)I’m sure someone knows what bumping is andyways……. my mother and aunts all did this too it was a norm for us with music. It is still a struggle I have, I try to keep lectures and quran in my car and now I will clean the heck outta my house to a lecture alhumdulilah. Mary, Eryka, Jill were some of my favorites.
Asalamu Walaikum Sis,
I blurk regularly and just want to give you some love ~squishes.
Love and Peace