I’m not sure if this will become a regular feature on the blog or not — it just seems that the past few weekends we keep doing so much fun STUFF.
Since we were out and about looking for a place to have some winter fun (which failed miserably since the local ice rink is “closed for maintenance”) we had the lucky fortune of praying maghrib at a mosque on Saturday. Actually, we’re pretty privileged in that we have a choice of mosques in which to pray.
I opted to not pray at the mosque where a very kind, but masha’Allah, busy sister talks through half the prayer telling other sisters that they’re a) praying incorrectly or b) wearing incorrect clothing. Instead we went to ISNA:
ISNA has a lovely prayer area (though, their “mother’s section” is less desirable) — but all Eryn wanted to do was join Baba and check out the minbar.
After prayer we headed to the ISNA bookstore — which is a massive bazaar area filled with DVDs, hijabs, Muslim kitch, abayas, car decals, tasbeeh, kufis… oh, and books. I much prefer the SoundVision bookstore where I can find obscure titles and a wider variety of children’s stories.
But really, you can’t go wrong at a place that sells fezzes.
December 6, 2011 at 10:28 am
Asalaamu Alaikum
I just went there last week and I was thinking about you and wondering if you ever pray there…question answered, lol.
December 6, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Oooh! We’re so close! Next time insha’Allah give me a buzz and we can meet up.
December 6, 2011 at 3:23 pm
lol, not close at all but we had to pick up my son at the airport. Sure do wish I lived up there! Will you be at RIS? That’ll be the next time I’ll be closest to you.
December 6, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Yes insha’Allah! Friday and/or Sunday. There are a bunch of bloggers planning to meet up! I’ll keep you updated 🙂
December 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Alhumdullilah for the huge selection of mosques in the GTA. I am forever grateful for it!
December 19, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Fezes! Awesome!
I for one think Eryn needs an 11th Doctor costume!
December 20, 2011 at 6:22 am
And a 4th doctor scarf.
I came so close so buying her a bow tie this weekend… But it was too big for her 😦
December 20, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Oh, that would be so cute!