http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind... Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:21:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com/2008/07/26/when-our-fathers-irritate-us/ 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 ... http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com/2007/05/31/beautiful-beautiful-beautiful-subhanallah/ The age of information is upon us, facilitating communication to a greater degree. With the internet, emails, faxes, printing presses and all of the rest of the information disseminating tools that are available for us today, many people are able to give away their ideas in order to form their ... http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com/2007/05/06/islam-is-complete-and-perfect/ [...] 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 ... http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com/2007/04/29/glory-be-to-my-lord-the-most-high/ 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, ... http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com/2007/04/14/think-about-it/ I just finished reading Bilal Philips' The Fundamentals of Tawheed, click here for the review. http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com/2007/04/14/book-review-bilal-philips-the-fundamentals-of-tawheed/ It seems to me that we love to reminisce about our old times and think about the stupid things we did or still do because it really makes us feel nostalgic, as if we don't really have such irrational ideas or thoughts anymore. Allahu a'lam who came up with the idea, ... http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com/2007/04/13/tag-youre-it/ 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. ... http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com/2007/04/09/12/ Well you know how it is, you open up those old 'Aqeedah books and you read all these terms.. Mu'tazilah, Qadariyyah, Khawaarij, Murji'ah, Jabariyyah, Raafidhah, Jahmiyyah... It seems like a whole lot of jibberish, but in trying to understand this I found a trick: many of them actually have some ... http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com/2007/03/12/trouble-with-sect-names-eh/ What would a science be without principles? You fill up your arithmetics quiz, answering each question as fast as you can: 4+4=8...4-4=0...4 x 4= 16.... 4÷4=1 Wiping a drop of sweat off of your forehead, you hand in the paper to your teacher, who immediately grades it: you get a big fat zero! How can ... http://yaqeen.muslimpad.com/2007/03/05/why-do-we-have-set-principles-and-methodologies/