'Heart Softeners' Category
When our Fathers Irritate Us
An old man was sitting in the courtyard of his house along with his son who had received a high education. Suddenly a crow perched on a wall of the house. The father asked the son: What is this? The son replied: It is a crow. After a little while the father again asked the [...]
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful… subhanallah
Going through Madarijus-Saalikeen, I came across this beautiful hadeeth qudsi that I just had to share, please make du’a for me. Its a bit lengthy, but its a very amazing read.
The Prophet (PBUH) mentioned that Allah (SWT) said, “Myself, Mankind and Jinn are in a great serious state. I create them, then they worship [...]Glory be to My Lord, the Most High
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So praise Allah, remember Him, and remember that ultimately, He does not ask you to turn Chaos into Order, whether in your life or in the lives of others, since that is not the purpose of Life.
If you’re having problems, if others are in peril, if life seems like everything is collapsing around you, [...]Think about it.
I was having a conversation with a brother, and subhanallah he reminded me a few things which sort of inspired this blog.
Have you ever been to a masjid for Maghrib or Isha or whatever, and right after the prayer, a few cliques starting forming. A bunch of brothers gather here, and they start talking and [...]Feeling tired yet?
Okay so, yeah, I’ve been slacking. But I just wanted to post this very short anecdote which happened to me last Thursday.
I was scheduled to speak at the local university in the evening and wanted to get there early in order to get myself prepared, yet I was running late. As I hopped off my [...]Teaching is Retaining
I decided to take the AlMaghrib course Rules of Engagement last summer, and alhamdulilah I benefitted quite a bit. I left the course understanding the importance and the sacred place of ethics in Islam. It completely changed my relationship with my parents, and it made me realize that I had many shortcomings in this department.
 One [...]Please Supplicate Earnestly
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘aleyhi wa sallam) said:
“Whoever relieves a believer’s distress of the distressful aspects of this world, Allah will rescue him from a difficulty of the difficulties of the Hereafter. Whoever alleviates [the situation of] one in dire straits who cannot repay his debt, Allah will alleviate his lot in both in [...]The Mute Daa’iyah
I recently joined an excellent forum, An-Najwa, which encourages people to use their time on the internet efficiently, for every single second we spend on the internet is not only recorded by our Internet History or some Governmental Agency, but the Lord who Created us to Whom we shall all return, and a sister translated [...]