December 2009
26 posts
“The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There...”
– Margaret Nadauld (via ummtravis)
“If you forget Allah, He will make you forget yourself. If you forget yourself,...”
– Imam Al-Ghazali (via fingularity)
Food for Thought:
dazzled:
via Lessons of the Day:
Thank you God for this good life and forgive us if we don’t love it enough. What power has love than forgiveness. One forgives to the degree one loves. Forgiveness is the final form of love. To err is human, to forgive is divine, to continue in sin is devilish. Forgiveness is the fragrance that violet sheds on the heel of the one that crushed it.
“Just as God is Compassionate, you must be compassionate.”
– A Jewish Brother via WakeUpProject’s Phase 3 pt.9 (The Difference between Judaism & Zionism) (via dazzled)
Shaytaan flows through the sons of Adam like...
fingularity:
Q : If I intend in my heart to do something good, does the shaytaan know and try to divert me from it?
A : Every person has a devil and an angel with him, as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “There is no one who does not have a companion from among the jinn and a companion from among the angels.” They said: Even you, O Messenger of Allah? He...
“That which is lawful is clear and that which is unlawful is clear. Between the...”
– [ Hadith Sahih Bukhari / Muslim ] (via fingularity)
“I constantly sought knowledge and truth and it became my belief that for gaining...”
– [ Alhazen / Ibn Al-Haytham (Who is he?) ] (via fingularity)
fingularity:
So you all remember when the convenience store of Mohammad Sohail was robbed right?
Well the robber who is still unidentified became Muslim after the incident and recently he sent a thank you letter to the store owner (Mohammad) enclosed with a $50 bill.
Here is the letter:
Thanks CNN for sharing the video (viewable through mainpage and not tumblr feed).
May Allah swt...
“You will not believe as long as you do not love one another.”
– Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
Sometimes, you need a reminder like this to let go of a grudge. Because, suddenly, it seems silly as to why you kept it so long in the first place. I’m letting go.
(via almas88)
(via fingularity)
“Give (in charity) and do not give reluctantly lest Allah should give you in a...”
– [ Hadith Sahih Bukhari 3:47:764 ]
The year is drawing to a close (both in the Islam and Gregorian calendar) soon and many of us working adults are expecting our bonuses and prospects of promotions. Just remember that if we get upset and disappointed with the lack of either, we are actually upset...
“During your sleep, Satan knots three knots at the back of the head of each of...”
– [ Narrated Abu Huraira, Hadith Sahih Bukhari 4:54:491]
Feeling emotionally under the weather these days. I think I shall wake up tomorrow and remember to do step 1, instead of skipping straight to step 2 and 3 haha. InsyaAllah it will be a better day :)
(via fingularity)
“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”
– William A. Ward
“Those admitted to Paradise shall experience true bliss. Never shall they know...”
– The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah
“The real test comes when you lose.”
– Dick Vermeil
“I seek refuge in Allah from knowledge that brings no wisdom, from a heart that...”
– The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah
“The most secure place to hide a treasure of gold is in some desolate, unoticed...”
– Rumi, “Mathnawi” [III, 1133-1134]
“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die...”
– Ben Franklin
“We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and...”
– John H. Groberg
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time...”
– Nelson Mandela
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots...”
– Epictetus
“People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you...”
– Michelle Ventor
“The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who...”
– Prophet Muhammad, from Sayings of Muhammad by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad
If you want to be a better Muslim then you are...
fingularity:
…increase your remembrance of Jannah and Jahannam. A common failing It is easy for us to forget about the Hereafter, as Allah (swt) says:
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ (20) وَتَذَرُونَ الْآَخِرَةَ Indeed you (all) love the fleeting present, while you neglect the Hereafter! [Holy Quran, 75:20,21]
In the above verse Allah (swt) is speaking of the average Muslim. How to be...
“That which God said to the rose and caused it to laugh in full blown beauty, He...”
– Rumi, Mathnawi, 3:4129 (via notes-along-the-journey)