Amazing and powerful article written by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf. May Allah elevate his status and the status of all those who love and learn from him. May Allah guide all those who misunderstand him. How sorry I feel for the latter!
http://sandala.org/blog/2011/06/21/where-are-the-no-smoking-signs-in-medina/
The article is about the blindness of our hearts to certain realities in Medina that [...]
A great article and a great reminder:
The Most Harmful Thing
These days I have been listening to a series of lectures based on the topic of how to become an excellent teacher of Quran. Surprisingly I have learned things which I had not even expected. For example, the concept that external problems or hurdles are not [...]
These women were known for their worship:
‘Aatikah al-Makhzumiyyah (R) : Whenever she would tire from how much she cried, she would say: “It is not befitting that the one who fears the Fire has a dry eye, until he is certain that he is safe from it.”
‘Ufayrah al-’Aabidah rahimahaAllah : When it was said to [...]
This heart laughs.
This heart laughs at every ravishing form
it communicates with.
Every illusion, obstacle, companion in a dorm,
it lavishes with.
This heart satiates every one of its fibers
with the pleasure of its scene.
It drinks up the happiness it gains
from the beautiful illusions of others.
As a result this heart has become sick.
The mind cries at night when the reality
approaches it.
Yet [...]
“At the center of the seventh heaven (note there are seven heaves total) is the Populous House (al-bayt al-ma’mur; this is equivalent to the Ka’ba in the higher realms. In the hadiths it is said to be the heavenly sanctuary visited daily by seventy thousand angels, and it corresponds to the Ka’ba in the material [...]
We often lose sight of transcendent beliefs when our prayers go unanswered, little do we know that calamities only serve to strengthen our character and prevent us from greater ones.
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was the most beloved creature on the face of the earth and in the history of mankind to God, yet he was also [...]
A beautiful reminder:
Muhammad (pbuh) said: “If somebody reproaches you and makes you feel ashamed of any of your defects, do not make him feel ashamed of any of his defects.” [Abu Dawood]
Usually, when somebody points out one of our shortcomings, we immediately become defensive and start finding faults with him/her. But the advice of our [...]
I honestly did not expect this speech to be that amazing when I first clicked it, but by the time she was done speaking I literally had shivers up my spine. This was an amazing and touching speech about human suffering and poverty and the role of imagination in escaping it…and by imagination JK Rowling [...]