One day Ibrahim Ad’ham tried to enter a public bath. The bath attendant stopped him and asked for the entrance fee. He hung his head and admitted he had no money.
The attendant replied, “If you have no money, you can’t enter the bath.”
Ibrahim Ad’ham cried out and sank to the ground, weeping bitterly. Passersby stopped to comfort him. Someone offered him money so he could get into the public bath.
Ibrahim Ad’ham said: “I’m not weeping because I was refused entrance to the bath. When the bath attendant demanded an admission fee I was reminded of something which led me to weep. If I am not allowed to enter the bath in this world unless I pay the fee, what hope do I have of being allowed to enter Paradise? What will happen to me when they demand,** ‘What good deeds have you brought? What have you done worthy of being let into Paradise?’** Just as I was kept out of the bath because I could not pay, I will surely be kept out of Paradise if I have no good deeds to my credit. That is why I weep and moan.”
As they reflected on their own lives and deeds, all his listeners began to cry with Ibrahim Ad’ham..
Source: Excerpted from Love is the Wine by Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak..
Hope of Allah’s mercy is good, but efforts to one’s level BEST is MUST
One day Ibrahim Ad’ham tried to enter a public bath. The bath attendant stopped him and asked for the entrance fee. He hung his head and admitted he had no money.
The attendant replied, “If you have no money, you can’t enter the bath.”
Ibrahim Ad’ham cried out and sank to the ground, weeping bitterly. Passersby stopped to comfort him. Someone offered him money so he could get into the public bath.
Ibrahim Ad’ham said: “I’m not weeping because I was refused entrance to the bath. When the bath attendant demanded an admission fee I was reminded of something which led me to weep. If I am not allowed to enter the bath in this world unless I pay the fee, what hope do I have of being allowed to enter Paradise? What will happen to me when they demand,** ‘What good deeds have you brought? What have you done worthy of being let into Paradise?’** Just as I was kept out of the bath because I could not pay, I will surely be kept out of Paradise if I have no good deeds to my credit. That is why I weep and moan.”
As they reflected on their own lives and deeds, all his listeners began to cry with Ibrahim Ad’ham..
Source: Excerpted from Love is the Wine by Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak..
Hope of Allah's mercy is good, but efforts to one's level BEST is MUST
again proves that religion is nothing but barter trade.
women get what they desire the most in "paradise" but
why is it assumed that the only thing that men want is sex, sex and more sex with whores in this "paradise"? Is it somehow belittling men by saying that they have a one track mind?
women get what they desire the most in "paradise" but
why is it assumed that the only thing that men want is sex, sex and more sex with whores in this "paradise"? Is it somehow belittling men by saying that they have a one track mind?
Is it not true that acc Islam paradise is a celestial whorehouse?
By chance if it is will you do anything to change it. Yes i claim it is a whorehouse now what will you do about that. Let me know, i swear you come out with loads of problems please provide solutions to it.
For heavens sake dont start your sh**y crap by commenting dont believe in God (as I come from the clear thinking believing in God is a personal issue) try to be more practical and logical, rather than dementing other faiths, from what I have seen from your earliers post you dont seem be an atheist but a practicing ----- under the veil of an atheist as I have seen loads of my own friends wearing this same viel of atheism but rather its there own folly.
I wanna know if its a whorehouse and if we have to believe in it will you do something about it, I just have one comment to you bro if your married can you go change the belief of your own wife by passing such whimsical, illogical comments, wherein you have your chamchas praising you and guess what these chamchas around are praising you not because they are all atheists or follow any single ideology but praise you, because their modus ope***** is to insult islam.
I wonder how many people demean Islam inclusive of that guy Ali Sinai who is caught red handed on many accounts, living in his own barbie world with some fallacious esoteric group of illogical goons and also has all the time in the world to write his own questions and answers, ask that liar does he remember anything after lying as he contradicts his own statements, none of his illogical goons find that out and I wonder how they claim to be a HERO.
I say yes Islam has all the things marrying 4 women, taking jizya from non muslims, some verses in the quran which people link it to extremism but does that mean if i dont marry 4 women and dont take jizya will that decrease in submitting my will to God, answer a BIG NO.
After this you come out with any whimsical/illogical comments i have just one comment below your quote
The fact is that many here belittle other religions every chance they get without really knowing the facts or any real info about the religion. They base all of their insults on myths or misconceptions......just so they can raise Islam over all other religions. Respect for all faiths is something everybody should practice.
So it does say in the quran that men get whores after passing the gates of heaven or does it just say that they get what they desire like the women do, does it actually mention women or just men?
I don't see anything wrong with UMM's statements. Yes they obviously sound controversial to people who strongly believe in the faith system but that's just how it is. All organized religions act in the same way at one level or another (specially the Abrahamic ones)... Why should god be Merciful? Why can't he be more appreciative and positive? Why is this drama about being afraid of this and afraid of that and don't do this and don't do that? Another thing that annoys me is the usage of the word 'Submit to god' WHAAT?
Only insecure and intellectually challenged people can believe in religion after giving it a good thought (outside the box). Other followers who are mentally sane or intelligent are just going with the flow, inheriting the disease given to them via birth, not questioning it, not thinking logically about it.
**I don't see anything wrong with UMM's statements. Yes they obviously sound controversial to people who strongly believe in the faith system but that's just how it is. **All organized religions act in the same way at one level or another (specially the Abrahamic ones)... Why should god be Merciful? Why can't he be more appreciative and positive? Why is this drama about being afraid of this and afraid of that and don't do this and don't do that? Another thing that annoys me is the usage of the word 'Submit to god' WHAAT?
Only insecure and intellectually challenged people can believe in religion after giving it a good thought (outside the box). Other followers who are mentally sane or intelligent are just going with the flow, inheriting the disease given to them via birth, not questioning it, not thinking logically about it.
are you talking about my post? I wasn't talking about Ummm's comments, I was talking about a lot of the Muslim posters here on GS.
If we're talking about respecting Islam, the same rule should go for all belief systems including the atheist belief. There is nothing wrong with inquiring about other faiths but it's the arrogance that I can't stand.
" my religion is better than yours na na ni na na" kind of thing.......
women get what they desire the most in "paradise" but
why is it assumed that the only thing that men want is sex, sex and more sex with whores in this "paradise"? Is it somehow belittling men by saying that they have a one track mind?
frankly accusing men of a one track mind on sex is not insulting at all!
