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Ungrateful Humans
A servant served his king for 10 years. The servant once made a mistake, and the king ordered that he should be executed, saying: "throw him to the dogs!!" But the dogs refused to eat him, because he had fed them for a few days. The servant said t...
View DetailsPalaces In Paradise
There is no authentic evidence for this, but it is narrated that a woman had heard in a lecture that a palace is built in Paradise each time the husband and wife are intimate. She was eager to build many palaces for herself, but she tired her husban...
View DetailsToo Many Enemies
It is said: وليسَ كثيراً ألفُ خِلٍّ وصاحبٍ وإن عدوًا واحداً لكثيرُ "Thousand friends are too few, and a single enemy is too many."...
View DetailsBook & Sword
The scholars of the past used to say: إن الله ليزع بالسلطان ما لا يزع بالقرآن "God prevents by means of the SULTAAN (State/authority), what He does not prevent by means of the QUR'AAN." Some people think: if a scho...
View DetailsReliance On God
Reliance on God (توكل على الله) does not mean abandoning 'the means' (أسباب): ومرَّ الشعبِي بإبِل قد فشا فيها الجَرَبُ ، فقال لصاحبها : أما تداوي إبلك ؟ فقال : إن لنا عجوزًا نتَّكِلُ على دعائِها . فقال : " اجعل مع دعَائِهَا شيئا مِنَ القَطِرَانِ " ....
View DetailsNo Pain, No Gain
Persians say: 'تا رنج تحمل نکنی گنج نبینی' 'You will not find GANJ (treasure), until you endure RANJ (suffering)." Arabs say: كل شيء بالأمل إلا الرزق بالعمل "Everything is acquired with AMAL (hope),...
View DetailsParadise & 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...
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