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If You Don’t Find Me In Paradise
If you don't find me in Paradise ... إن لم تجدوني في الجنة The pious people of the past used to say to their friends: إن لم تجدوني في الجنة بينكم فاسألوا عني فقولوا : " يا ربنا عبدك فلان كان يذكرنا بك "If you don't see me a...
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Al-Qur'an: وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُون "And God will not punish them while they seek forgiveness." [8:33]....
View DetailsAbu Nuwas
Abu Nuwaas - أبو نواس - was an eloquent Abbasid poet, who lived 1200 years ago, at the time of Imam Shafi'ii. Imam Dhahabi described him as the: رئيس الشعراء leader of poets. Unfortunately, he was a drunkard and used to praise drinking wine in his ...
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Al-Qur'an: مَّا يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ إِن شَكَرْتُمْ وَآمَنتُمْ "What does God gain, from punishing you, if you are grateful and believe?" [4:147]....
View DetailsIslamic Perspective On Diseases & Disabilities
20 Quotes: Islamic Perspective on Disabilities & Illnesses - حكمة الباري It is absolutely heart-breaking for people to see their children or relatives with mental or physical disabilities/illnesses. Share this post - so it may solace people who...
View DetailsJudging Others By Your Own Standards
A common mistake when JUDGING OTHERS - أدب الاختلاف Some people judge their opponents with the Fiqhi opinion that they themselves hold. This is a huge mistake ... For example, a guy believes that keeping trousers below ankles (الإسبال) is a sin ev...
View DetailsCalling Allah ‘God’ Is Allowed
Can we call "Allah - الله " "God" or "Khoda" - in other languages? Yes - there is no problem with this. 1- Ibn al-Humaam al-Hanafi said 500 years ago: ولو قال بالفارسية سوكند ميخورم بخداي يكون يمينا "If he says in Persian: “I swear by KHODA (GOD)”,...
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A Bedouin was freezing one night, so he lit a fire. The fire warmed him up, so he said: اللهم لا تحرمنيها لا في الدنيا ولا في الآخرة "May God not deprive us of fire in this world, nor in the next.”...
View DetailsKeeping Secrets
About keeping secrets ... it is said: صدور الأبرار قبور الأسرار "the chests of the pious (abraar), are graveyards of secrets (asraar)." Meaning: when a secret reaches the ear of a good person, it d...
View DetailsPronouncing Intentions
Some scholars believed that it is recommended to pronounce the intention verbally. Ibn Kathir narrates that Al-Hamdani said: كان أبي إذا أراد أن يؤدبني أخذ العصا بيده ثم يقول : نويت أن أضرب ولدي تأديبا كما أمر الله ثم يضربني ، قال : وإلى أن...
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