20/07/2025
To the Muslim woman quietly carrying pain in her chest⌠this is for you.
You are not weak for loving deeply. You are strong for loving sincerely, for the sake of Allah â even when it hurts. Your tears are not wasted. Allah sees every sacrifice you make in silence.
Hold on. There is reward in your restraint, and strength in your sabr.
What they broke, Allah will restore. In ways you never imagined.
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I could count the nights I cried.
Not one. Not two. Maybe more than twelve.
But not once did I attend a funeral.
Because in Islam, when love hurts â we donât bury people.
We bury pride. We bury ego. We bury expectations not met.
We bury the desires of the nafs when they contradict the path to Jannah.
He forgot our anniversary.
He didnât notice I stopped smiling.
He barely asked if I was okay.
Yes, my heart cracked â slowly, painfully. But it didnât shatter.
Because I wasn't holding it for him.
I was holding it for Allah.
In Islam, marriage is not a fairytale.
Itâs a field of patience. A garden of striving. A daily act of worship.
So I loved, even when it hurt.
I served, even when I felt unseen.
I prayed for him, even when he forgot to pray beside me.
This isnât weakness.
This is strength â the kind that doesnât make noise, but makes sujood.
The kind that whispers to Allah at 3 a.m.,
âYa Rabb, You see what he cannot. Reward me for every silent tear.â
I didnât leave.
Not because I couldnât.
But because I chose to stay â not out of desperation, but out of devotion.
Because I remember:
I married him for You, O Allah.
So I endure for You.
I forgive for You.
I wait for You.
And I hope that on the Day when all hearts are laid bare,
You will say to me:
âYou were patient for My sake. Today, I reward you beyond measure.â
Let them write of heartbreaks and funerals.
Let them count every version of love that died.
But as for me?
I loved once. I loved fully.
And I never buried him.
I buried the parts of me that wanted to give up.
And in return, Allah gave me strength no man could ever give.
Because when you love for the sake of Allah, no pain is wasted.
And no heartbreak ends in loss â only in reward.