Maryam Amir – Piety looks like

Sometimes piety looks like not reciting Marco to Anne, even

though you want to, because your mom is asking for your help and

you gotta go help her. Sometimes piety looks like not staying in

the masjid for an extended amount of time after salt al Fajr, even

though you wish you could stay and make the Karen because you have to

go get ready for work to take care of yourself and your family. Piety

can look like not praying all these extra pairs at night until

we at home or in the masjid, even though you desperately want to,

because you know you have to be up through the night or in the

morning, bright and early with your children, and you're not

going to be able to survive being kind and present with them if you

haven't gotten any sleep. Piety is not fasting, even though you

desperately want to, because your doctor has told you it would be

detrimental for your health due to a condition that you have, and

even though you want to partake in fasting in Normal Dawn, you

realize that the priority that Islam teaches you to prioritize is

your health, and so out of your piety, you choose not to fast

dances. You can continue to say subhanallah, Amber, Allah, well,

pious. But is worship with the intention is an act of piety.