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The Prophet said: ‎إِنْ قَامَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَفِي يَدِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَسِيلَةٌ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ لاَ تَقُومَ حَتَّى يَغْرِسَهَا فَلْيَغْرِسْهَا‏ "If the Final Hour comes while you have a shoot of a plant in your hands and it is possible to...

A clever answer by a believer, in the presence of the Pharaoh - ربي ربهما Ibn al-Jawzi mentioned: روى أن رجلين من آل فرعون سعيا برجل مؤمن إلى فرعون فأحضره فرعون وأحضرهما وقال للساعيين من ربكما قالا أنت فقال للمؤمن من ربك قال ربي ربهما فقال فرعون سع...

You will find weak & fragile old people praying ... and you will find strong young people who don't pray. That's because: the ability to 'pray' has nothing to do with physical strength... It has everything to do with: Tawfeeq from Allah - التوف...

Self-inflicted suffering/hardship - المشقة - is not rewarded: Imam Bukhari narrated in his Sahih: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَزَارِيُّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ...

The Qur'an praises: مَّنْ خَشِيَ الرَّحْمَٰنَ "Those who FEAR the RAHMAAN (Merciful i.e. God)." [50:33]. Some people think that its a contradiction to "fear" a "merciful" God, but it is not. Al-Ghazali said in "Al-...

Bilal - بلال بن رباح It has been narrated: وعن قيس قال: اشترى أبو بكر بلالا وهو مدفون في الحجارة بخمس أواق ذهبا، فقالوا: لو أبيت إلا أوقية لبعناكه، قال: لو أبيتم إلا مئة أوقية لأخذته Abu Bakr purchased (freed) Bilal for 5 golden coins ― while he w...

Steadfast on Truth - الإستقامة Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal was getting tortured by the king of his time, for saying that the Qur'an is uncreated. Ibn Abi Du’ad came to him and said: يا أحمد قل في أذني القرآن مخلوق حتى أخلصك من ي...