Practical Islam - Samer Hakim

Today in southern Lebanon, a story unfolded that feels almost unbearable in its sorrow. A young woman, Bayan Atwi, still reeling from the recent martyrdom of her husband, was left alone with grief that had not yet had time to settle. In her anguish, she turned to Facebook and shared a symbolic image, writing a quiet prayer to Allah sw asking, in the language of despair, to be reunited with the husband she had just lost. An hour later, she was gone. She was killed in a terrorist Israeli airstrike that struck the coastal town of Qennarit in the Sidon district, sourh Lebanon Her name was Bayan. And in a cruel twist of meaning, it felt as if her name itself carried two destinies at once; one of separation, and one of final revelation. إنّا لله وإنّا اليه راجعون.