Yussif Ahmed Ibn Yussif

I wasn’t always happy Hell, was I ever happy But I have come very far in life God has been good to me If I wanted to be happy, I read If I ever wanted to be sad, I read If I wanted to cry, I read Books were my sole companions Until Rachael, Ruth and Khadija invaded my life Even at that, I connected with books more than I connected with some of them But you, You are the kind of person I have always fantasized about Your laugh Your smile Your style of speaking The fun you bring Your fictional way of approaching conversations Your intuition And above all, your love for reading You’re intelligent, smart, witty, 'freakish', beautiful and friendly There is something about you that makes me love you more than anything I know I haven’t known you very long But respect and love for someone is irrespective of time and space Even if you didn’t think so much of yourself Know that I think so much of you And I want you to be happy ...

With her last droplet of kerosene She lit the lantern Looking for a glimmer of hope But the wind, unaware of her intense inner prayer Blew the lantern off The light is off The kerosene is finished All there is, is pitch darkness And a deafening silence In the darkness, she raised her eyes and hand to the skies And said a silent but fervent prayer For the scripture says; “And seek for help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive (to Allah). Quran 2:45 She sought the face of her Lord Hope and faith are the elixir of life These are trying times And we need to do all that is within our capacity And also seek the face of the Lord For He alone is the ultimate modifier of destinies Don’t despair Have faith that there is a God who controls the affairs of man Have faith that there is a higher authority Who is ever forgiving and merciful Action, hope and faith This too  shall pass Co...

You know how they tell you to avoid the things that trigger you to sin or go wayward? What if you are your own trigger? How do you avoid yourself? My name is Yussif Ahmed Ibn Yussif I am a Muslim But I am also an addict Anyone who really knows me knows that I would never criticize anyone based on morality Because I am no different I am somewhat morally corrupt Because of my addiction Well, my addiction hurts no one It only hurts me I’ve tried to stop it for so many years now But my efforts have been futile Because I always eventually go back to it I have always wanted to talk about it Well, I have talked about. Three individuals know about my addiction I told these people because I felt so lonely and very scared And I also did because I wanted their help to break my addiction Unfortunately, telling them about it made no difference I am still an addict And I want it to stop I’ve been an addict for more than a decade And I want it to ...