10 ways to make homemaking a stress-free Ibadah!
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُم (As-salāmu ʿalaykum, “May Allah's peace be upon you”).
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
(In the name of Allah, Most Gracious,Most Merciful)
Al-ḥamdu lillāh ( الحَمْد لله) "All praise be to God"
10 ways to make homemaking a stress-free ibadah!
by Nourin Ibrahim,Abu Dhabi, UAE
The writer shares her feeling by saying:
The phone is ringing … as I run to attend it, I realise the living room is a mess with toys lying all over.
As I start speaking,
the call from the potty comes “Mama! I’m done!”
The pressure cooker then whistles and
wakes up the sleeping baby.
Bringing up bright and
pious children into the world, providing and fostering all needs of your man
and still maintaining a peaceful and happy home … all this is indeed a big deal.While
this is my average day, I am not complaining. Seriously. Alhamdulillah for all
these blessings — kids, provision, shelter and so much more.
But I know that I and
all stay-at-home mummies like me, feel stressed out at times. So, let’s tackle
it together.People often tend to view “Homemaking” as a list of chores like
cleaning, washing and cooking of course.This concept needs to be rebuilt.
Homemaking is all about
making a HOME.All these chores are physical in nature, but we need to first
touch the emotional side of it.
So, I am presenting a
few ideas which might help you and me run a household smoothly.
1.Realize everything
is from Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) and everything happens according to
Allah’s plan. Accepting this should definitely take a lot of pressure away at
once.
2.Make lots of dua’ and
ask Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) to make your affairs easy for you.
3.You are constantly
setting goals in your mind — what is the work that needs to be completed today?
What should I cook? But if it doesn’t go as per your plan, take it easy!
Nothing will happen if you mop the floor the next day or order from a
restaurant for a change. Everyone knows kids are unpredictable.
4.Re-energise your
imaan listening to a good lecture while mopping the floor or cutting veggies.
If you are a nursing mother, utilize the time to read some beneficial
material.
5.Find out easy recipes
of your family’s favourite dishes, it save loads of time.
6.Treating children as
creations of Allah will help us be more patient (a reminder to myself first).
7.Cut down anything and
everything that causes Allah’s displeasure and is a complete waste of time.
Time is extremely precious.
8.Stress comes when you
are overdoing it. Take things easy. Cleanliness is half of faith but that
doesn’t mean you do cleaning all day long. Imagine a clean house with
frustrated kids and a tired wife when the master of the house arrives!
9.Don’t feel distressed
thinking you are moving away from the path of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى)
due to lack of time. Try and make every act of yours an ibadah. This is what
you need to do: Have the right intentions with proper action and lots of dua.
There, you are done !
10.Take care of
yourself first so that you are able to take care of others.
Happiness comes from
within. If we cannot be happy within our own homes and with our own families,
chances are very few of us to be happy elsewhere.
May Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ
وَ تَعَالَى) make it easy for every Muslimah. Ameen
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