“When there is money in your hand and not in your heart, it will not harm you even if it is a lot; and when it is in your heart, it will harm you even if there is none in your hands.”
Ibn al Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah (Rahimahullah)
Via Shaykh Zahir Mahmood
You have built a home in this world, wherein you will not live long,why not build a home in the hereafter,wherein you will dwell eternally.
Shaykh Sulaiman Moola
"The Sahābah Kirām also had a nightlife; their nightclub was the musalla (prayer mat)"
Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed
"Not every woman can be a model in this world, but every woman can be a model in the eyes of Allah swt."
Sh Kamaluddin Ahmed
VANITY OF LIFE.....
🌿One Sunday morning, a wealthy man sat in his balcony enjoying the sunshine and his coffee when a little ant caught his eye; going from one side to the other side of the balcony, carrying a big leaf several times more than its size.
🌿The man watched it for more than an hour. He saw that the ant faced many impediments during its journey, paused, took a diversion and then continued towards its destination.
🌿At one point the tiny creature came across a crack in the floor. It paused for a little while, analyzed and then laid the huge leaf over the crack, walked over the leaf, picked the leaf on the other side then continued its journey.
🌿The man was captivated by the cleverness of the ant, one of God’s tiniest creatures.
🌿The incident left the man in awe and forced him to contemplate over the miracle of Creation. It showed the greatness of the Creator.
🌿Before his very eyes was this tiny creature of ALLAH, lacking in size yet equipped with a brain to analyze, contemplate, reason, explore, discover and overcome.
🌿Along with all these capabilities, the man also noticed that this tiny creature shared some human shortcomings.
🌿The man saw about an hour later that the creature had reached its destination – a tiny hole in the floor which was entrance to its underground dwelling.
🌿At this point the ant’s shortcoming that it shared with man was revealed.
🌿How could the ant carry the large leaf it carefully managed to its destination into the tiny hole? It simply couldn’t!
🌿So the tiny creature, after all the painstaking and hard work and exercising great skills, overcoming all the difficulties along the way, just left behind the large leaf and went home empty-handed.
🌿The ant had not thought about the end before it began its challenging journey and in the end the large leaf was nothing more than a burden to it.
🌿The creature had no option, but to leave it behind, to reach its destination.
🌿The man learned a great lesson that day. Isn’t that the truth about our lives?
🌿We worry about our family,
🌿We worry about our job,
🌿We worry about how to earn more money,
🌿We worry about where we should live – 5 bedroom or 6 bedroom house.
🌿What kind of vehicle to buy – a Mercedes or Honda or BMW or a Porsche?
🌿What kind of dress to wear?
🌿All sorts of things, only to abandon all these things when we reach the entrance to our destination – {THE GRAVE} when we realize we cannot enter our destination with all these things.
🌿We don’t realize in our life’s journey that these are just burdens that we are carrying with utmost care and fear of losing them, only to find that at the end, they are useless and we can’t take them with us.
🌿The ONLY TREASURE that lasts FOREVER is; OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CREATOR - ALLAH.
🌿So ask yourself, "AM I USING MY WHOLE LIFE TO SERVE HIM?
🌿May Allah guide us all and remove from our hearts the excessive love we have for this world.
آمين يا رب العالمين
True productivity in any sphere of life is not how many hours you put in,it's what you put in them hours.
Shaykh Ahmad Ali
Learn to acknowledge and accept your own mistakes. It will make you a more humble and forgiving person.
One of the greatest favours of Allah upon us is, that He has concealed our faults and overlooked the whispers of our hearts.
Shaykh Sulaiman Moola
Shaykh Muhammad Ghazali was once asked "What is the verdict regarding one who abandons salah?"
He replied, "Invite him to the masjid when you attend."
Be the one who invites not the one who judges.
The spirit of a believer is that he attributes his achievements to Allah and his failures to himself.
Shaykh Sulaiman Moola
Fasting in Ramadan with constant awareness and mindfulness is the easiest and most effective course for anger management and self discipline
Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
When you feel that you have lost everything, Remember you still have Allah with you.
If, even in the blessed and sanitised atmosphere of Ramadan, we do not reform our character and conduct then we must ask ourselves: ‘When?’
Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Exterior beauty, without the depth of a kind soul and a beautiful heart, is merely decoration.
Maulana Imtiyaz Sidat
It is Sunna & rewarding to have dates in the suhur meal also. "Blessed is the suhur meal of a believer which consists of dates."
[Abu Dawud]
"Ramadan is a season for righteousness for all those who wish to draw nearer to Allah & have their sins forgiven"
Shaykh Zulfiqar
Fasting is the Duty of Ramadhan while Tilawat of the Quran is the Beauty of Ramadhan
(Mufti A.K.Hoosain - South Africa)
In Ramadan we should deny our overindulged bodies their earthly gratification and instead provide heavenly food for our malnourished souls.
The body is earthly and its nourishment comes from the earth. The spirit, however, is celestial and its nourishment comes only from Heaven.
Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections and be grateful to Allah for the blessings you DO have.
According tho the reliable scholars of the Ahlus Sunnah, the fifteenth of Sha’ban, which is commonly referred to as “Laylatul Bara-ah” (refer: Tafsir Razi and Ruhul ma’ani, surah 44. Ayah:3) is indeed one of the significant nights in the Islamic calendar.
Ibnul Haj (rahimahullah) states:
“The salaf (pious predecessors) would sanctify this night and prepare themselves for it in advance”
(Al-Madkhal, vol.1 pg.299)
Imam ‘Ata ibn Yasar (rahimahullah) –the great Tabi’i of Madinah- said:
“After Laylatul-Qadr, there is no other night in the year that is more virtuous than the middle (15th) night of Sha’ban”
(Lataif al-Ma’arif, pg.264 & Sunan Sa’eed ibn Mansur; refer: Husnul Bayan, pg.11)
Some people, due to being ill-informed refute the auspiciousness of this occasion.
I have prepared a detailed article on this which I have posted on my blog (Al-Miftah.com) In this article you will find sufficient information on this issue insha Allah. See it here.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best,
Answered by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomer
http://www.al-miftah.com/2012/12/15/significance-of-the-15th-of-shaban/
Watch out for the thief of Ramadan, the kitchen, it steals hours of our sisters time, that could have been used for ibadah (worship).
Shaykh Zahir Mahmood
Alert! The devil exploits a depressed heart by whispering negative thoughts about your Creator. A believer only thinks positive of Allah.
Shaykh Suleiman Moola
Earn the duas of your parents, seniors and pious personages (by serving them) and do not merely request their duas.
Shaykh Sulaiman Moola
"Nobody is really free: either you are a slave of Allah ta‘ala or of your nafs (carnal desires)."
Shaykh Salim Dhorat
Hadrat Maulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi (RA) used to make the following Dua,
اللهم كن لنا واجعلنا لك
"O Allah! Become ours and make us Yours"
Man has subjugated much yet one thing he has not conquered is his own soul.
Shaykh Riyadh ul haq
Each moment, not just the turn of the new year, is an opportunity to turn over a new leaf, repent and become a better Muslim & person.
Turn to Allah without delay and ask Him for strength and resolve to change our ways.
