Posted by Umm Sahl in Introduction | 13 Comments
It’s my first Birthday
Are we prepared to live a life acceptable by Allah? Are we prepared for the last breath? Are we prepared for the life in Al Barzakh? In short, Are we prepared to meet Allah?
These were my thoughts when I started this website www.areweprepared.ca on Feb 13th, 2009. I knew that in order to be prepared to meet Allah, we need to make sure we live our lives to satisfy Allah alone. But how do we satisfy Allah?
Through this blog I wanted to gather information on the various aspects of Islam so that we can increase our knowledge which will help us to live our life as per the teachings of the Qu`ran and the Sunnah of Prophet Mohammed (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon Him). This, I felt, was the best way to satisfy Allah.
After all it is said in the Qur’an:
“Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge.” (58:11)
In the initial stages, I was confused what to put on the website and what not. But as I started collecting more and more material, the vagueness in my mind began to disappear and I started getting a definite picture about how I wanted the website to be organized.
Today, the content of the website is very rich, Alhamdulillah. We post one Hadith everyday known as Daily Pearls of Prophet Mohammed (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon Him). We see to it that none of these hadith are weak or fabricated ones. We also regularly add religious articles. These articles help increase our iman and taqwa and help us get prepared for the hereafter. However, we do not deal with any fiqhi related issues on the website as this can lead to unnecessary debates and differences of opinions.
On an average there are 50-80 posts every month on the website, Alhamdulillah. Some months it goes above 100. Viewers have the option of commenting on each post by adding their views, sharing more knowledge related to the topic or clarifying any doubts. The doubts are clarified by referring to authentic websites and well known scholars. The users also have the option to subscribe to the website in which they are notified whenever a new post is published on the website.
As of today, Alhamdulillah there are 1023 posts on the website, 1923 viewer comments and 4781 raters. Alhamdulilah, the website has received 26,916 visitors from 101 countries. Majority of the visitors are from UAE, Canada, India, US, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Qatar, Bangladesh, UK, Bahrain, Romania, Kuwait, Australia, Malaysia, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, etc. The website has 16,489 returning visitors and 10,427 new visitors.
Last month we also started a group as well as a page on 
so that we can keep update our viewers with all the new things happening on the website.
From the day I began the website, it has grown in leaps and bounds, Alhamdulillah. Over the course of one year we have toyed with many ideas and thought of many concepts. Some made their way to the website while others were discarded. A lot of thinking, planning and hard work has gone into bringing the website to where it is today. The ride was bumpy and hard but the end result made it all worth the effort. The number of visitors, posts, response and even the number of people working on the website has gone up tremendously. On the occasion of the first anniversary, I would like to thank a few people:
Sister Saira Abdul Rehman (UAE) who encouraged me to start this website. Brother Shajahan (India) who helped us host it.
As an anniversary special, the website is all set to get a new look. Sister Haadia (Canada) who created the look of the website.
Pankaj Amlan (India), Suhail (UAE), Akhlima (Kuwait), Mehnaz (UAE), Ramitha (UAE), Fathima (US), Tabassum (UK), Dan Michi (Romania), Larissa Cozma (UAE), Lacra (Romania) for helping us expand our viewers and for giving me various ideas in making this website more beneficial for all of us.
Since it is the first year, we are planning to launch a quiz competition starting from today till March 15th, insha Allah. We hope it will aid in increasing our knowledge further, Insha Allah.
Before concluding, I would like to express my gratitude to the thousands of people who keep encouraging us to give our best to the website. Their love, prayers and support has meant a lot to us. We sincerely hope that we are able to continue giving you as much knowledge as we can and that we all live a righteous life that pleases Allah.
Umm Sahl, your sister in Islam, a wife and mother of 3 beautiful blessed babies
The new look is just amazing !!!
Congrats for your 1 yr completion and May Allah Bless you immensly for your efforts in spreading the word of Islam :))
ASSLAM-O-ALLAKUM WRWB.
CONGRATULATION FOR 1ST*BIRTH DAY *OF THIS VERY GOOD ,HELPFULL WEBSITE.ITS EVERY DAY REMIND ME THAT I HAVE TO PREPARE MY SELF FOR *YAUM-E-QIYAMA*.
ALLAH GAVE YOU ALL REWARD FOR THIS, HERE IN WORLD AND AKHRAH.INSHALLAH.
ALLAH BLESS YOUR ALL FAMILY.
WASSALM-O-ALLAKUM WRWB.
MOHAMMAD IQBAL
Mashaa’Allah the new look is really attractive one…and sister Shaiystha i am really impressed by your great effort to get us prepared to mee Allah…i learned alot from your site..reading different interesting and encouraging articles, daily pearls and dail gem Alhamdulilah.
jazakumAllah khair for all who are working hard to make this site an attractive one with great knowledge to share with all.
sister a mere suggestion is that, we born muslims lack the basic knowledge of what we believe in? belief in Allah, His Books, His Prophet (r.a.), His angels, His decree and so on… please make a comprehensive series of articles related to these topics. Although there are some articles related to these articles…and this quiz mania is a really an attractive way to check how much knowledge we have regarding Islam.
JazakaAllah Sister Shayistha. May Allah accept this from you and from all of us Ameen! I remember the time when we had seen up’s and down’s in vistors. But Allhamdulilla.. now we really feel the difference more contributions, more categories, the new look.. etc allhamdulilla.. we have come a long way!! We thank Allah for his help and for reaching out with the authentic message thru this website.
JazakAllah Khair.
Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rehamatulla..
Masha’allah site is beautiful, today I happened to see it for the first time. keep it up the good work you are doing, my prayers are with you.
Assalaamu alaikum,
Sister, great to see this site going from strength to strength every day, very innovative and informative. however busy the day maybe, I always make it a point to check this site.
Hope we could have a session on Learning Quran
Walaiakum Assalam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu
JazakAllahu Khairan to the brothers and sisters for their valuable comments and suggestions.
We shall surely look into the suggestions and get them on the website at the earliest, insha Allah.
If you have new ideas, suggestions, kindly send it to us so that we can improve the website, insha Allah.
May Allah accept all our good deeds purely done for His sake alone. Ameen.
Mubarak baad on the first anniversary of this beautiful effort. May Allah reward you both for your sincerity and dedication.
Assalamualikum Sister,
Thanks for your hard work and effort for this beautiful website. May Allah accept your good deeds and intentions.
MasAllah, I have learnt a lot by reading articles, Hadiths posted on AWP. I like the Quiz mania too! InshaAllah, I will try to participate everyday.
May Allah help us to be steadfast on our deen – Islam. Ameen.
Assalaamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu
Dear Sister,
Words fail to express out this tremendous moment of your hard work (along with your team)to gain the success of this marvelous site!! Masha’Allaah !!
I don’t come to this site regularly but make a point to visit this site whenever on net & Alhamduli’llaah have come across many things interesting & really felt to be one of the team member to spread the light of Islam to the world.Insha’Allaah!!
with Difficulties comes easiness & you have proved that nothing is impossible when our intention is that strong.
May Almighty Allah Bless you immensly & help us all Ummaths of our beloved Prophet PBUH to be steadfast & strong in our Dheen – Ameen! May Almighty Allah Accept all our Ibadaath & may He keep our intentions consistent towards Him & may He grant us & our family happiness & prosperity in duniya & Akhira & join us with our Beloved Prophet & Sahabar in Jannathul Firdous – Ameen Ameen Ameen!!
My suggestion is same of Mr. Arsheed to have a session on Learning Quran with complete rules of Tajweed.
JazakAllahu Khairan
Asslamalekum,
May Allah reward all those who have been involved in making this site possible and spreading the Deen.
one comment – I used to get the daily pearls , but for the past two months I have not been getting it.
I used to read them all.
Aswk
Dear Sir
can you please educate me as per Hadith that
my daughter is completing 1 year soon
so i should celebrate her birth day or not
Please update on provided mail id as urgent to knoe
and spread the right word in my family
if this is sin so i can stop other muslim as well
Regards
shahjahan
0091 7208482229
Walaiakum Assalam..
JazakAllahu Khairan brother for your email. Please find below fatwas by Shiekh Ahmad Kutty regarding birthdays:
http://askthescholar.com/question-details.aspx?qstID=1903
http://askthescholar.com/question-details.aspx?qstID=5509
http://askthescholar.com/question-details.aspx?qstID=5134
I hope this helps
Sister Shayistha