June 2013
61 posts
“Happiness is a gift from Allah. Why do you not raise your hands towards the Heaven to receive this gift?”
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“People don’t need to be condemned. People need hope. People need to believe that they matter to God. That no matter how far they’ve fallen or strayed, He always awaits their return.”
—Yasmin Mogahed
“I should have been more kind. That is something a person will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old, ‘Ah, I wish I was not good to that person.’ You will never think that.”
—Khaled Hosseini, And The Mountains Echoed
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“You can wait around for people to change, or you can change yourself and move on.”
—Yasmin Mogahed
“He knew that most of His slaves are not self-motivated in seeking Him; so, He obligated for them obedience to Him. He pushed them towards Him with the chains of obligation. Your Lord is amused by a people who are pushed to Paradise in chains.”
—Ibn Ata’allah al-Iskandari
“The more you judge yourself, the more tolerant you’ll be of others.”
—Dr. Warner
“When a man begs for your help, his pride is hurt. Don’t deal another blow to his pride by letting him down.”
—Imam Hussain (a.s)
Being Consistent with Dua
Abu Abd Allah: Whoever prays and plead before Allah for help before the fall of misfortune, his prayer is accepted when the misfortune arrives. The angels will say “It is a known voice and it is not barred from heaven”. If one does not pray and plead before Allah for help before the fall of misfortune, his prayer will not be accepted when it falls upon him. The angels will say “We do not know this voice”.
“There is a voice that doesn’t use words.
Listen.” —Rumi
Listen.” —Rumi
“As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good; I was actually being redirected to something better. You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial to you.”
—Imam Al Ghazali
“We don’t treat our parents well because they treated us well. We treat them well because Allah tells us to treat them well. In fact, if you have the most wicked parents on earth, it is the opportunity of a life time for you to prove that the only reason you treat them well is because Allah told you to treat them well. It’s very easy to treat your parents well when they cook for you, clean for you, serve you, treat you like a king. Of course you’re going to treat your parents well. There is no test there. The real test lies when your parents actually oppress you in a way that you feel is “oppressive.” Your own feeling it could be. But let’s say you feel that you are being oppressed. It’s in that circumstance that you have to stand up and do it for the sake of Allah (swt). Treat them with respect, honor, and dignity because Allah commanded you to do so.”
—Sheikh Husain Abdul Sattar
“He’s offering you the whole Kingdom,
but you keep begging for crumbs from His servants.” —Yasmin Mogahed (via thelittlephilosopher)
but you keep begging for crumbs from His servants.” —Yasmin Mogahed (via thelittlephilosopher)
