‘I love beautiful people. I don’t mean the ones with perfect physiques and a thousand poses “on fleek.” I mean the ones who make you smile so wide that tears fill your eyes just from the joy your soul feels at being in their presence. They remind you of Allah and the Hereafter; they remind you of your imminent death and accountability for your deeds. Yet still, they find a way to make you laugh from that deep place inside, and you find yourself constantly looking forward to when you’ll see them again.
O Allah, place us in righteous company, and make us righteous company! And take our souls in a state most pleasing to You!’
—from the journal of Umm Zakiyyah
You may not realize it, but these days may be your happiest days in life and you're too busy dwelling on the imperfections of them to be grateful to Allah for them or to even enjoy them for yourself. Allah reminds us really fast sometimes, when we think things are bad, what "bad" can really look like. Don't wait for your blessings to be taken away from you to thank Allah for them. Life will never be perfect, but this may be as good as it will ever get for you. May Allah make us grateful in times of ease, patient in times of hardship, and grant us the best of this life and the hereafter. Ameen
Allah has given us tools to serve Him. Seek your talent and then use it to positively impact yourself and those around you. What might be an ordinary talent, may also be the talent He uses as a means of transforming the world.
Sajid Ahmed Umer
Be direct & straight talking. Don't play games with people's minds & hearts. Learn to speak the truth if you want others to trust you.
Mufti ismail menk
The grass may look greener on the other side, but when you get there you will find that grass is grass. Everyone has certain challenges, good sides and bad sides; nobody is perfect. Don't make the mistake of bouncing from one person to another in search of perfection, or one thing to another always looking for something better. Learn to be content with your blessings, not always looking at what someone else has that you may perceive from the outside as being better. Look at what you have, not at what you don't have.
Whatever you do, there'll be those who'll try to steer you away from your course. As long as you know your aim, press on. HE will guide you.
Mufti menk
Not all fingers are of same length, but when they are bent, all stand in equal length. Similarly,life becomes easier & stronger
when we bend and adjust to certain situations.
Whatever you love most will be the Master of your heart. Whether you like it or not. You will fear losing it most and you will hope in it most, and ultimately it will make you or break you.
Ask yourself today: Who or what is my Master? Is Allah the Master of my heart? How can I make Allah the Master of my heart?
Sajid Ahmed Umer
Interesting and thought provoking. The Arabs would say describing signs of what you love:
" Whoever loves something will mention it all the time "
What are you talking about the all the time?
Is it Food? Sports? Stats? Games? and? and? OR Allah? His Quran?
Think about it.
M. Khan
"All humans are dead, except those who have knowledge;
And all those who who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds;
And all those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere;
And those who are sincere are always in a state of worry."
- Imam ash-Shafi'ī
Fall in love with righteous deeds such as prayer, fasting, charity, tasbeeh, tahmeed, tahleel and takbeer. Happiness will begin to fill your heart and you'll become content.
My believing that Islam is the true path to salvation doesn't make me intolerant. So long as I believe that you have the same right to pursue and live in accordance with what you deem to be truth, there is nothing to apologize for. Our desire to coexist with others while still being Muslim should not lead us down the dangerous path of compromising the very fundamentals of what makes us Muslim in the first place. We have to stay true to our text while being aware of our context.