Patience and Contentment
Don't Be Sad - Allah Knows ᴴᴰ
"And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits, but give glad tidings to As-Sabirun (the patient). Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "Truly, to Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall retur...
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Unfolding a rose
A young, new Ustaadh (teacher) was walking with an older, more seasoned Ustaadh in the garden one day. Feeling a bit insecure about what Allaah had for him to do, he was asking the older Ustaadh for some advice. The older Ustaadh walked up to a ...
BY: Unknown
The Miracle of Positive Thinking
Thinking positive can work miracles. You may have been told to "guard your thoughts", but felt the advice to be pointless. After all, your thoughts are private. How can they possibly affect someone else? The fact is, thoughts do seem to boomerang in some myste...
BY: Sister Shahnaaz Bemath
I hope you can SEE what I'm saying
Too often we have a negative perception towards people who have some sort of mental or physical disability. We feel sorry for them. It goes to the extent that you may even think that they are not worth giving dawah to, not worth that invitation to Islam. May A...
BY: Abu Hafsah Abdul Malik Clare
For Those Who Despair
Harithah bin Wahb (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) saying, "Shall I not inform you about the people of Jannah? It is every person who is, modest and humble (before Allah), a person who is acco...
BY: Muhammad Al-Mukhtaar Ash-Shanqeetee
The Smoke Signal
The journey of life can be like a roller coaster. We often experience extreme conditions which create despondency and hopelessness. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) is reported to have said: “Verily, if Allah loves a people, He makes them go through ...
BY: Abu Muhammad Yusuf
Sabr (Patience)
The Definition of Patience 'Sabr' is an Arabic word which comes from a root meaning to detain, refrain and stop. There is an expression in Arabic, "so-and-so was killed sabran," which means that he was captured and detained until he died. In the spiritual se...
Tests, Afflictions & Calamities
"And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits, but give glad tidings to As-Sabirun (the patient). Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "Truly, to Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return." They a...
BY: Sheikh Dr. Salih As-Salih
The Final Mile
O one bound in fetters of steel, Trust me, I know how you feel. When that door slams shut at night, The reality begins to bite. You alone with your thoughts. Hopes and fears of all sorts. What will arrive tomorrow? Some good ne...
BY: Babar Ahmad
How Najma Taught Us How To Live
Science lecturer Najma Yasmin Gani from South London passed away at the age of 34 on 10 March 2012 after a six-year battle with leukaemia (blood cancer). Babar Ahmad writes about the correspondence he exchanged with her from prison during the final months of h...
BY: Babar Ahmad
No Matter What, We’re Still Believers
Yahya ibn Mu’adh was once asked, ‘When does a slave reach the ranks of Ridha (being pleased with Allah)?’ He said: “When he acts upon 4 principles with which he deals with his Lord: That he says: ‘(O Allah), if You give me, I shall accept and i...
BY: Sister Fajr
The Straight Path
Allah (Almighty) says in Surah al-Faatihah (1:6-7): “Guide us to the Straight Path. The Path of those whom You have blessed…” Every day, at least 17 times, every Muslim invokes Allah to guide him or her to the Straight Path. What is the Straight Path? Al...
BY: Babar Ahmad
The Dark Cloud
Allah Almighty said in the Quran (2:260): “And when Ibrahim (alayhis salaam) said: ‘My Lord! Show me how you give life to the dead.’ He said: ‘Do you not believe (that I can do that)?' He replied: ‘Certainly, but just to bring satisfaction to my he...
BY: Babar Ahmad
The Happiest of All People
The happiest people to have ever lived on the face of the Earth were the Prophets. This is in spite of the fact that they suffered more than anyone else. For, they had to endure severe persecution in delivering the message that Allaah had entrusted them with. ...
BY: Shaykh Salman al-Oudah
Hold on to Your Hijab...
Ever get the timing all wrong and express your feelings, only to receive a really negative reception? How about when it seems to get worse and worse, whether you stay quiet or try to speak? Basically, shaytaan has set up a big fairground, with his army of sha...
BY: Sister Mai
Trust after Betrayal
A reader asked for my take on how to you rebuild trust after repeated betrayals, so here it is - my own personal view. When you have someone in your life that hurts you, commits indiscretions, or outright sins, and you come to a stage where you cannot trust t...
BY: Sister Mai
Yaa Allah!
Yaa ALLAH! When Adam ate the forbidden fruit, he cried, “Yaa Allah!” So Allah forgave him and erased his sin. When Abraham was thrown into the fire, he cried, “Yaa Allah!” So Allah saved him and made the fire cool. When ordered to sacrifice his son, he ...
BY: Babar Ahmad
The Way Out
My friends when things become unbearable, turn to Allah. Ibn al-Jawzi said: “Something was causing me a great deal of grief and distress, and I started to think long and hard about how to get out of this situation by any means, but I could not find any way ...
BY: Zakia Usmani
Strive, EVEN When Tested
I was reading some quotes by Helen Keller and this one particular quote caught my attention: "A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships." (The Simplest Way to be Happy 1933) Awoman born in 1880 and died in 1968, wh...
BY: Sister Humera
Maybe There Is Good In It For You!
Allah the Almighty says, which means: "And it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know." (AI-Baqarah, 2:216) In this Qur'anic Verse, there are several judgments,...
BY: Imaam Ibn Al-Qayyim
When Times Get Hard... Pray
Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “Whenever the matter became serious the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray.” (Collected by Abu Dawud (1319) and others.) Benefits that derived from this narration Muhammad Abdur Rauf Al-M...
BY: Sister Nasreen
Depression
If one takes a just and unbiased look at the current condition of mankind in general and the Muslims in particular, in an era where technology is at its most advanced and civilization is at its most developed in economic, medical, military and informational te...
BY: Shaykh Ash-Shuraym
10 Tips On How To Fight Depression & Sadness
.. Feeling down in the dumps, depressed, having the blues? These are just some of the terms used to describe a feeling of hopelessness and despair that can hit even the most optimistic of us at some point in our lives. While clinical depression requires proper...
BY: Unknown
Be Like The Bee
As people are content with the world, so should you be content with Allaah. As they are delighted by the world, so should you be delighted with Allaah. As they are intimate with their loved ones, so should you seek intimacy with Allaah. As they desire to know ...
BY: Imaam Ibn Al-Qayyim
How Islaam Deals With Sadness and Worry
The average human being in the developed world battles sadness and worry on a daily basis. While the majority of the world's population confront extreme poverty, famine, conflict and despair those of us privileged to lead relatively easy lives must tackle fear...
BY: Unknown
4 Years in Prison
I have now spent nearly an eighth of my life in prison. Life in prison is a journey into the unknown. Unlike other journeys it is one of those things that you can never plan ahead for. You don’t plan to have a car accident. You don’t plan to get cancer. You do...
BY: Babar Ahmad
The Center of the Human Being
The actual physical heart in our breast beats at about 100,000 times a day, pumping two gallons of blood per minute, 100 gallons per hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year for an entire life time! The vascular system that sends this life-givi...
BY: Unknown
As Long As You Are Not Angry With Me Then I Do Not Care
As long as You are not angry with me then I do not care, For me is the model of Musab bin Umayr, The best dressed man in the city, But that was for him a state of pity. Until there came to him the Message, All did he leave of his privilege, For the sak...
BY: Babar Ahmad
Overcoming Tests From Allah
By virtue of being created as human beings, we will be tested. We will be thrown into countless trials, into situations that may arise unpleasant and awkward, and into times of difficulty when it seems as though there is little reason to hope. Tests will come...
BY: Unknown
An Example of Patience Even While Imprisoned
...First of all, it is clear that the prison system here is inept. They call this place a 'correctional facility', but I see very little correction of anyone going on around me. Most of the prisoners I've had the chance to speak to are repeat offenders, meanin...
BY: Tariq Mehanna (Abu Sabaya)
Patience is Half of Faith
Patience is half of faith; for this is a quality composed of patience and gratitude (Shukr). As one of the Pious Predecessors (Salaf) has said, Faith is in two halves: One half patience, the other half is gratitude. Allah, the Most High, said, "Indeed ...
BY: Imaam Ibn Al-Qayyim
Why Suicide? IS it the Solution?
Every breath of a human, every moment of his or hers life in all religious traditions, their teachings, their guidance, their viewpoints, their perspectives is worth more than a priceless gem. These breaths the human being takes in order to survive in life and...
BY: Unknown
A Soul’s Burden
Trials and tribulations are a part of life. We do not like them; we do not like to go through them; but eventually we accept them. Even if we pray, fast, pay our Zakat (Obligatory Annual Charity) and undertake all of the different forms of worship, we still ge...
BY: Unknown
Facing Hardships: Learn From The Life of a Butterfly
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as...
BY: Unknown
The Worry Is One
Al-Hakeem reports in al-Mustadrak that the Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, "Allah will suffice he, who makes his worry in life one; and he, who is branched by worries, Allah will not care in whichever valley of life he perishes." The meaning of t...
BY: Shaykh 'Aa'id al-Qarnee
Why Women Cry
A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I need to" she said. "I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will." Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no rea...
BY: Unknown
Truly Amazing Patience
Who was he? He was a famous Taabi'ee (Successors of the Sahabah), a scholar of Hadeeth (Prophetic Narration) who was born in the penultimate year (22AH) of the caliphate of Umar (radhiallahu `anhu) and died 94AH. His father was az-Zubair ibn A’wwam, one of th...
BY: 'Abdur-Rahmaan Ra'faat
Trials & Tests
Allaah has foreordained the fate of all creatures, written down their impacts and deeds, portioned out between them their livelihood and wealth and created death and life that He may test them which of them is best in deed. Indeed, belief in Allaah's decree an...
BY: 'Abdul-Maalik al-Qaasim
Beautiful Verses & Narrations Pertaining to Patience
In the spiritual sense, sabr (patience) means to stop ourselves from despairing and panicking, to stop our tongues from complaining and to stop our hands from striking our faces & tearing our clothes at times of grief and stress. What follows are some amaz...
BY: Unknown
Away from Home
Have you ever longed for that one special dish or dessert, but could not find the exact ingredient to make it quite right? Have you ever wished that you could call up your dearest friend and invite her over for tea and conversation, but knew that was impossibl...
BY: Dr. Aisha Hamadan
An Example of a Mother's Patience
In Surat al-'Asr, Allah says, {Verily, man is in loss, except those who believe and do good deeds and encourage one another towards truth and encourage one another towards patience}.(104:2-3) Patience is a sign of the Muslim character. I know a lady who taug...
BY: Shariffa Carlo
