![]() ![]() ![]() I had been looking for her book to give to a recently widowed acquaintance, but when I read it myself, I realized that it goes beyond inspiring patience and empathizing with the loss of a spouse – it compels us to express verbally and through our actions the love and appreciation that we feel for not only our spouse but all near relations, now. I was first introduced to Asmaa Hussein and the tragic death of her husband through a series of blogs that appeared on my Facebook feed. Her book “A Temporary Gift” is a bittersweet read that evokes tears and gratitude for the family we have around us today. The people around us are ‘temporary gifts’ that we are blessed with in our journey through life on this Earth, a means of achieving Allah’s (swt) pleasure for the everlasting blessing of Heaven. ![]() ![]() In the words of Asmaa Hussein, we must “make amends… for the angel of death is a dutiful servant to his Lord”. Title: A Temporary Gift: Reflections on Love, Loss and HealingĪl-Wahhab, the Giver of Gifts, has bound us in relations that we often take for granted and under-appreciate. ![]()
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