Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) related that she heard the Prophet (Blessings and Peace of Allah be upon him) say: “When a Muslim is afflicted with a calamity, and then says what Allah orders him to say:’Truly! To Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return,’ And, ‘O’ Allah, reward […]
Reflect.
Reflect…
Asmaa’ bint ‘Umays related that Allah’s Messenger (Blessings and Peace of Allah be upon him) said to her: “Shall I not teach you words that you should say when in distress: “Allah, Allah, My Lord; I do not associate any partners with Him.” In another Hadith, the Prophet (Blessings and Peace of Allah be upon […]
Smile – Pause to Reflect.
When you experienced sadness yesterday, your situation didn’t get any better by you being sad. Your son failed in school, and you became depressed, yet did your depression change the fact that he failed? Your father passed away, and you became downhearted, yet did that bring him back to life? You lost your business, and […]
Pause to reflect.
Allah’s Messenger (Blessings and Peace be upon him) said: “Acquaint yourself with Allah in good times and He will know you in bad times.” If a person fears Allah and observes His commands in times of ease, he has acquainted himself with Allah. In addition, a special link or relation will develop between him and […]
Pause to Reflect.
When the believer is overcome by misfortune, only by repenting can he truly find a way out of his difficulties. Rather than looking outward, at extrinsic influences, the believer should search inward see that he is blameworthy and deserves what has befallen him. Only when he reaches this level of consciousness can he begin the […]
The Art of Happiness – Pause to Reflect.
Do not be sad. If you are poor, then someone else is immersed in debt. If you do not own your own means of transportation, then someone else has been deprived of his legs. If you have reason to complain concerning the pains of sickness, then someone else has been bedridden for years. And if […]
Pause to Reflect.
Az-Zarkalee’s Al-‘Aylaam contains the biographies of eastern and western politicians, scholars, writers, and doctors. The common factor between them all – and why they were written about in the first place – is of course that each one of them had a profound effect upon others. After reading their biographies I began to appreciate the […]
Pause to Reflect.
Zayd ibn Thaabit (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard Allah’s Messenger (Blessings and Peace of Allah be upon him) say: “Whoever’s main concern is this world, Allah will scatter his affairs and afflict him with poverty between his eyes; moreover, nothing will come to him from this world except that which […]
Stop to Reflect.
Do not be sad, for Allah defends you and the angels ask forgiveness for you; the believers share with you their supplication sin every prayer; the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) will intercede for the believers; the Qur’an is replete with good promises;and above all is the mercy of He Who is the […]
Cast Off Anxiety – Pause to Reflect.
Do not be sad, for that which has been preordained has already been decided upon and will take place though you may not like it. The pens have dried, the scrolls have been rolled up, and every affair is firmly established. Therefore your sadness will not change your reality in the least. Do not be […]
