Month: November 2021
Paradise & Hell Are Close To Us
The Prophet said: الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ، وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ "Paradise is nearer to you than the strap of your shoe, and so is the Hell Fire." ["Sahih Bukhari", 6488]. https://sunnah.com/bu...
View DetailsSustenance is Written
‘On every grain is written the name of who will eat it.' ما كان مقدرًا لك سيأتيك ولو كان بين جبلين What is destined for you, will reach you, even if it is between two mountains. و ما لم يكن مقدرًا لك لن يأتيك ولو ك...
View DetailsClean Heart
It was said: قَلْبٌ نَقِيٌّ فِي ثِيَابٍ دَنِسَةٍ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ قَلْبٍ دَنِسٍ فِي ثِيَابٍ نَقِيَّةٍ. "A clean heart within dirty clothes is better, then a dirty heart within clean clothes."...
View DetailsGood People Among Innovators
Ibn Taymiyah says there are Awliyaa of Allah, even among some 'ahl al-bid'ah': ومن أهل البدع من يكون فيه إيمانا باطنا وظاهرا لكن فيه جهل وظلم حتى أخطا ما أخطأ من السنة، فهذا ليس بكافر ولا منافق، ثم قد يكون منه عدوان وظلم يكون فيه فاسقا أو عاصيا، وقد...
View DetailsMarriage
Another man also had a bad experience with marriage: قيل لرجل: مات عدوُّك! قال: وددتُ لو أنّكم قلتم: تزوّج! It was said to him: "Your enemy died!" The man said: "I wish you had said: your enemy got married." And the wise elders say about marriage: ...
View DetailsEverybody Knows Food
A group of people were eating. A Bedouin greeted them and started eating with them. They had no idea who he was. They asked: "Do you know us?" He pointed at a plate of food and said: "I know this." مر أعرابي على قوم لم يعرفهم وهم يأكلون فسلّم وجلس ي...
View DetailsForbidden Fruit
It it said: إن الثمرة المحرمة هي الأحلى "Forbidden fruit are the sweetest." And: الممنوع مرغوب "Forbidden things are desired." We have 2 enemies: the nafs & the shaytaan: The human soul is inclined to forbidde...
View DetailsFriends Turning Against You
The poet says: أُعَلِّمُه الرمايَة كُلَّ يَومٍ فَلَمّا اشتدَّ ساعِدهُ رَماني وَكَم علمتُـه نظـمَ القوافِـي فَلمـا قـالَ قافيـةً هجـانـي "I taught him the art of archery, when he mastered it, he pointed his arrow at me!...
View DetailsAvoiding Dirty Words
Avoiding dirty words and using metaphors - استخدام الكناية There are many filthy/obscene/vulgar words which immoral people often use (الكلمات التي لا يحسن ذكرها). If honourable people were to use dirty words, they would lose respect and they would b...
View DetailsPrayer
It is said: الأقدام التي لا تقودك إلى الصلاة لن تقودك إلى الجنة "How will the feet which cannot carry you to prayer, carry you to Paradise?"...
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