Today, I read the true story of a young woman who was feeling upset with her old childhood friends, who hadn’t bothered to call or write to her in the years since they had graduated from high school. Although she believed they didn’t really deserve it, she decided to get in touch with them instead. Imagine her shock when she discovered that they were both long dead – one killed in a car accident, and the other a victim of cancer.
Utterly humbled by the news, the woman wished for...
Have you ever seen someone run out of the masjid immediately after salah. In fact, the imam may barely have said salam, and this person is already standing up, getting ready to take off (you may have seen this after the Jumu’ah prayers). When we see someone in such haste, we know that there is some affair that pre-occupied the brother or sister and that haste is indeed a weighty matter. But now let’s ask ourselves a question: who amongst us would jump like that because we delayed the paying of...
Ashaab As-Sabt - the people of Saturday. They were a townsfolk from Bani Israeel who were tested with the Sabbath, the day when they were to leave their worldly affairs and be devout to Allah. All week long they would go fishing with scant return. But on Saturdays, when they were required to put aside their activities, the fish would come in abundance. A test from Allah! And ask them (O Muhammad) about the town that was by the sea; when they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e....
Picture it: your alarm clock fails and you wake up late on the day of a big meeting at work. Frantically, you get dressed and run out the door, only to see your bus pulling away from the curb. You can’t flag down the driver, and the next bus won’t come for another hour. Without doubt, you will be late for the meeting.
“Every cloud has a silver lining.”
It’s a short phrase with a lot of meaning, encouraging us to look for the bright side to life’s disappointments and disasters....
In one of the battles that the Muslims waged against the Romans, the Muslims, under the commandment of Maslamah Rahimahullah, surrounded a city that had a tall and well-fortified wall. The siege went on for months. Then one night, one of the Muslim soldiers came to General Maslamah and told him of a hole that he had accomplished to make through the wall. “It is only large enough for a slim soldier.” He knelt closer. “Quickly, send with me someone who can squeeze through and fight the army on...
If you’ve ever left a project to the last second or begun studying the night before a big exam in school, then you know the desperate feelings that can accompany procrastination. Even those who claim to work well under pressure usually realize that they could have done a much better job by pacing themselves and taking more time to complete their studies or project. But when it’s already 3 AM, and your term paper is due in another five hours, there is little time to think about what you should...
Introduction:
Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, has laid down obligations which we are not permitted to ignore, and has set limits which we are not permitted to transgress, and has set out prohibitions which we are not allowed to violate.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Whatever Allaah has permitted in His Book is allowed, and whatever He has prohibited is forbidden; whatever He has remained silent about is a concession, so accept the...
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