Cleaning and I aren't great friends. I have always disliked washing up. And since I had my little one, and in some periods of my pregnancy, I, more often than not, have unfortunately had a messy sink...no more alhamdullilah. As I don't really like washing lots of dishes, I've now begun washing up after cooking and also after meals. As it's just my husband and I on most evenings, that works out to just a few plates, glasses, and cutlery. So it is no longer a chore alhamdullilah and my kitchen sink is forever vacant and clean, alhamdullilah (so far!)
Please share any effective cleaning tips you may have in the comments section, or things that work for you. It'd also be great if you could share how one can incorporate any form of dhikr into these tasks too. I find that as we do cleaning tasks and general chores so repetitively and frequently, it is wise to maximise such time to insha'Allah, pile up some good deeds and remember Allah SWT - thus, insha'Allah, investing in our aakhirah. Such dhikr gives mundane tasks purpose and meaning, I think.
Before I got married, when I lived with my Mum, I used to put on Islamic lectures when cleaning the house, or memorise du'aas on my ipod whilst washing up (the latter is something I need to get back into actually, insha'Allah). Post marriage, I would try to memorise some ayaat of the Qur'an from my ipod - I'd voice record a selection of ayaat from the internet or from Qur'an audios, put them on my ipod and play that selection on repeat, whilst washing up. However, I found that the only chore I felt comfortable memorising to was washing up as I was stationary and it is, for me, a fairly mindless chore: so I could focus on what was being recited...with other chores, such as sweeping, ironing etc, I personally found I couldn't focus on the audio playing in my ears.
Another easy form of dhikr is to recite (whilst pondering over, of course) some stipulated-in-the-sunnah adhkaar, such as 'subhan'Allahil wa bihamdi' and 'subhan'Allahil adheem', and 'laa ilaaha illallah' etc. Such adhkaar is what I mostly (try to remember to!) utter since becoming a Mum...
I may write a post containing a link listing the ahadith and ayaat pertaining to dhikr as a reminder to myself and others inshaAllah.
Jazakum'Allahu Khairan,
Muslim Mums.
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