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UPDATE (2/2/2013)

Sorry for the long delay in updating you all. AlhamduliAllah Sr. Nour had her surgery. She continues to heal from her surgery. AlhamduliAllah, some aspects of her condition have improved and the pain has lessened. It is still early to tell whether the surgery was 100% successful or not, as Nour is still healing and receiving follow up dental procedures. As always, please continue to keep her in your duaas. Barakallahu feekum.

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UPDATE (8/1/2012)

Alhamduliallah after several delays, our beloved sister will be having her surgery today. Please keep her in your duaas. May Allah grant our dear sister full healing through this surgery (aameen). 

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UPDATE (2/12/2012)

Sr. Nour’s surgery has been pushed back to May 16, 2012. Please pray that Allah blesses Nour with complete healing following this surgery, and rewards her for the patience she has demonstrated in the face of this disorder (aameen). Don’t forget to like us on facebook (80,000 duas for Nour) and add us on twitter (@duas4nour) for regular updates. If you’re not the social media type, you can send us an email at duas4nour@gmail.com and we’ll place you on our mailing list. jazakallahu khayr. 

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UPDATE (1/2012):

AlhamduliAllah, with the generous donations we have received from you all we have been able to raise the money needed for Nour’s surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Jazakallahu khayr to all of you for your donations and duas. We kindly request that you continue to keep Sr. Nour in your duaas. May Allah heal our dear sister and make the surgery a success (aameen). Thank you again!!!!

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To many of you she is an unknown Muslimah in need.

To us she is a dear sister, loving wife and friend, community support and much more mashaAllah. Allah enabled us to cross paths while I was still an undergraduate in 2005. At that time, she had just become Muslim (alhamduliAllah), and was about to get married mashaAllah. The sister was ill and struggling with the consequences of a 2002 surgery that had gone wrong.

In the surgery a bone had been removed from one side of her face and her upper jaw became twisted to one side. As a result, her spine had twisted and became imbalanced with her head. Due to this imbalance in her structure, she is ridden with dizzying headaches every time she moves and is left feeling like she has been whip-lashed. She was subsequently diagnosed with Temporo-mandibular Joint Disorder, (TMJ).

All the muscles in her body are in severe pain.

The core muscles throughout her body have to overcompensate in an attempt at stabilizing her body. As a result, they are constantly stressed out and never get to relax, so they are always severely inflamed, sore and burning. Because of this any, sort of activity is painful for her. She can go out for short periods of time, but at a great cost: she is in tremendous pain and the pain prevents her from getting proper sleep for days at a time, which exacerbates her pain even more and also prevents her from being able to think clearly.

9 trying years for our dear sister….

For the past 9 years, she has undergone multiple surgeries and none of them have resolved the underlying issues.The most recent surgery was in March 2011. Although it brought slight relief to her pain, it did not relieve her of pain completely. This surgery also created a couple of new issues: it’s caused the airway to become restricted so it’s half the size of a normal airway causing her to be out of breath with very little activity. The jaw position is also misaligned so that the jaw only meets in one place and the teeth do not come together, so it’s impossible to bite down on or chew food properly.

Patience and gratitude…

~*~ Our patient sister in Islam~*~ ‘Bent, But Not Broken’

Even with all of the trials of the past 9 years, our sister has more faith than most people I’ve met in my life.  In times of immense pain, she will be reminding those around her of the benefit of such trials and their impact on the cleansing of the soul. She is always saying alhamduliAllah, and has maintained a cheerful, upbeat disposition in light of her situation.  Knowing her for all these years has had a profound impact on my faith, and I imagine the same to be true for the rest of her friends. The plan……After all this time, Allah has blessed our sister with a specialist in California, who understands her problem and can resolve the issues. However, the surgery is expected to cost $80,000 + traveling, lodging, and other expenses.

How YOU can help…..We are requesting that you open your hearts and assist us in raising the money for Nour’s  surgery.  Remember, helping someone else may be of greater help to you then them.</