Month: November 2021

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...

‘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...

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."...

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...

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: ...

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...

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...

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!...

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...

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?"...