Hiba Fathima
Salam, I’m Hiba 👋 I share polished work on IG, but here it’s just me, a cup of coffee (okay, I don’t actually drink coffee… but you get the vibe ☕) and honest thoughts. Welcome to my behind-the-scenes—ideas I’m piecing together at 2am.
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Should I settle or look for someone else? (opens the original)
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All of us have dreams.But the way most dreams come true isn’t how we imagine. And that applies to marriage too.We have a vision of how we want our marriage to be like, the kind of partnership we would like and the kind of family we want to built.And I would divide this into two categories: non-negotiables and preferences.Non-negotiables are things like your core values, things that must align for you to have a healthy relationship. Preferences are things that you’d love to have but if you have s
I wanna be cloud (opens the original)
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I wanna be a cloud.I wanna float in the sky,without a care in the world,free of woes and worries.I wanna move freely,no resistance,no obstacles,going with the flow,gliding gracefully.I wanna be fluffy and light,without the weight of the world on my shoulders,without my decisions weighing me down.I wanna be soft like the cloud,nobody bumps into me,when they come,I let them pass through me
So you want to get married? (opens the original)
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Everyone’s talking about marriage.And looks like everyone is getting married but you, I know. But while you wait, let’s make the wait count?One of the things that really upsets me, is the lack of good pre-marital counseling.Yes, we have the unsolicited advice from family and friends, but let’s be honest, most of that advice is not good. We need advice from people who are qualified to advice about relationships and are grounded in our deen.And that is very hard to find.We need to be taught what i
Drinking chai after 7 years (opens the original)
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Chai was a very important part of my life like every desi person you’ve met.After school, I’d rest a little then it was my favorite time of the day. I would make myself a cup of chai and sit down to make some cute bullet journal spreads for the month. While I did the art and sipped on my chai, I used to listen to Dr Israr Ahmed.I vividly remember only listening to English speaking shuyukh, well… because Urdu speaking shuyukh weren’t on YouTube back then. But frankly, I don’t listen to Urdu speak
Live with Hiba & Rawia (opens the original)
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Thank you , , , , , and many others for tuning into my live video with ! (Kusura bakma, Substack wrote the above line. I’m not picking and choosing who to thank!)Rawia pitched the idea that we talk about these statements that she saw in a YouTube video and didn’t like how everyone answered.Hope you guys enjoy watching it. Share your thoughts in the comments.Until next time,With love an
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