Day: August 8, 2021
Planting Seeds
The ideas we share with people are like seeds. Sometimes, it feels like we’re planting seeds: بواد غير ذي زرع "... in a barren valley..." [Qur'an 14:37]. Some people don’t want to listen, but keep going… the seeds ...
View DetailsOpportunities Don’t Wait
It is said: الْفُرْصَةُ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِ، فَانْتَهِزُوا فُرَصَ الْخَيْرِ "Opportunities pass by like clouds ... seize a good opportunity without delay!"...
View DetailsServing Animals
If an animal comes to you looking for food, don't ignore it. It came to you only to remove some of your sins... The Prophet said: فِي كُلِّ ذَاتِ كَبِدٍ رَطْبَةٍ أَجْرٌ "There is a reward for serving any animate (living being)..."...
View DetailsBe Flexible
Don't face every calamity head-on, some adversities are too big to tackle head-on ... they will break us… be flexible and let things pass: وشبهوه في ذلك بالريح العاصفة التي لا تضر بما لان له من الشجر ومال معها من الحشيش، وما استهدف لها من الدواح الع...
View DetailsPunishment Of The Grave
It is said that an oppressive man died on Friday, and people were saying that because he died on Friday, he will be saved from the punishment of the grave. They asked a scholar if this is true, he said: "His punishment is starting on Saturday, God w...
View DetailsAsk With Moderation
There was a drought in a region, and a linguist was making a rain-prayer, using posh words, asking God to grant us rain that is: pouring, gushing, torrential, heavy, abundant, showering, flooding etc. A Bedouin heard him and said: "O successor of No...
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