He will open a way. [A mini memoir]

Assalaamu Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu,

Hope you all had/are having a fantastic Eid InshaAllah! May Allah accept from us and you.

My Eid has Alhamdulilah been a great one. It's been nice spending quality time with family, friends and relatives, eating, chit-chatting, and of course watching the hujjaj in Makkah and then moaning about how much we want to be there lol.

We also took a trip to Wilmslow Rd in Manchester for a meal with the family. Was quite a unique trip and I'll tell you why...

We arrived at Manchester and began to search for this famous 'Wilmslow Rd', apprantly, my dad can never find it,  whenever he goes he always gets lost,  and this time the Tom Tom was doing our heading which wasn't helping. So we were spending ages, searching for this road and it was fastly approaching Maghrib. We had no idea what we were doing and where we were going.

When we finally arrived after getting lost in side streets and what not - it was around quarter to seven or just before, and the clock was ticking. We were in panic mode!

It was near to impossible for us to find an empty spot on that busy road to get a prayer mat out and start praying and so we decided to find a restaurant that had a room in which we could pray. But which restaurant do we choose?! There's like a million! Anyway, at this point we were like in rush mode and couldn't find a spot to pray. (There was police everywhere and we knew we'd be moved for sure). We could also have combined if we classed ourself as travellers but we decided we wanted to pray right then. And then mum randomly pointed out a restaurant amongst them all and said 'Let's try that.' We got there, and surprisingly a man was standing outside, (who I believe was the manager) and he welcomed us in, in such a nice, pleasant and welcoming manner. We asked about prayer facilities and he said he'd provide us with a room so we could pray.

Alhamdulilah!

So we were provided with a room to pray, a place to make Wudhu and Alhamdulilah we got to pray our Maghrib. After Salaah, my mum turned to me with tears in her eyes, "SubhanAllah, it's amazing that when you have the intention, Allah will open ways."

You're right mum, I honestly feel the same way...

And that's it! When you make the intention for something, Allah will for sure, no doubt, open a way. Time was ticking, yet we never gave up in looking for a prayer spot. Such a small example but the lesson here could be applied to all the other struggles and wants we have in life.

Don't ever give up. Just know that you've made the niyyah, you've knocked at His door, He surely will open - just be patient. :)

And that kinda gave me hope in every other thing I want to do in life, that I have made the intention for. I told myself, Look Madiyah, you've made the intention, you've asked Allah, now await His answer. He will open doors.

I love how Allah reminds me though daily life experiences.

That's just a small memoir from me to you!

May Allah grant us tawfeeq and keep us steadfast, Ameen.