Everything that happens to you for the sake of Allah is an expiation for you, if Allah, the Exalted, wills. Hear the glad tidings narrated in the hadith:
"If a woman obeys her Lord, offers her five daily prayers and preserves her honour, she will enter the Paradise of her Lord."
These are easy matters for the one whom Allah makes them easy. So, by doing these great deeds you will meet a merciful Lord who will give you happiness in this world and in the Hereafter. Follow His laws no matter where that leads you, and adhere to the Book of Allah (the Qur'an) and the Sunnah of His Messenger Muhammad (Blessings and Peace be upon him), for you are a Muslim woman, and this is a great honour and source of pride.
Other women were born in the lands of kufr (disbelief), Christians, Jews, Communists or something other than the religion of Islam, but Allah chose you to be a Muslim woman, and He made you one of the followers of Muhammad (Blessings and Peace be upon him), followibg the footsteps of A'ishah, Khadijah and Fatimah -- may Allah be pleased with them all.
Congratulations, for you offer the five daily prayers, you fast Ramadan, you go on the pilgrimage to the House, you observe Islamic hijab. Congratulations, for you are pleased with Allah as your Lord, Islam as your religion, and Muhammad (Blessings and Peace be upon him) as your Prophet.
"Your gold is your religion, your adornment is your moral attitude and your wealth is your good manners."
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