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And few of My servants are grateful. [34:13]
You speak to people and you notice a lot of ungratefulness and taking blessings for granted, especially among women, may Allāh forgive us.
Sisters who are struggling to get married are not grateful to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى during the wait, and sisters who are already married are not grateful to be married and that they have good husbands.
The unmarried sister who is of older age complains of the difficulty in the search for a spouse and constantly compares herself to her peers, thinking — if not saying — “Why me?” Dear sisters, there is goodness in your delay, and you will not be able to perceive it or take benefit of it until you stop complaining and start being grateful to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى for what you HAVE been blessed with in the meantime. The search for a spouse can be extremely trying and unbearable, especially if one reaches older age, but what reward is left for the one who spends the duration of her trial moaning and lamenting at her state? Does one who harbors resentment against Allāh’s Qadr and repeats “if only, if only…” have any share of reward for going through it? Gratitude only makes your trials easier!
And on the flip side, the married sisters who got married young or on time and didn’t have to wait at all…SubhānAllāh, some of them reach the age of 40, and anytime you you talk to them, they just complain about getting married young (most of them weren’t even young by Islamic standards, only by Western standards). What’s even more ironic is that they’re happy in their marriages and love their husbands, yet they can’t help but complain about their age at marriage. “I was just a child, what did I know!”, “Poor me, I was a clueless little girl!”, “He expected me to make him tea, I was so small!”, “I had no childhood, I missed out on the joys of of girlhood since my parents married me off so young!”
Meanwhile, she was an 18-year-old woman the whole time… after some time Allāh blessed her with children and then whenever she is overwhelmed by them, she complains “Oh why did I have to get married so young! The other women by age are enjoying themselves in peace with their parents and I’m here running after toddlers and changing diapers!” All while the sister who struggles to conceive looks on with longing at her state. While I know some women use complaints as a way to indirectly boast about a matter, I remind these sisters of the Hadīth:
Asmā', the daughter of Yazīd Al-Ansāri, said, "The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while I was with some young slavegirls belonging to me. He greeted us and said, 'Beware of the ingratitude of those with blessings.' I was the boldest of them in coming forward to question him and I said, 'Messenger of Allāh, what is the ingratitude of those with blessings?' He replied, 'Perhaps one of you remains unmarried for a long time with her parents, and then Allāh provides her with a husband and provides her with children from him and then she gets angry and is ungrateful…” [Al-Adab Al-Mufrad]
And the parents of these respective sisters are a whole worse story at times, and they’re often the ones feeding the ingratitude and stress in the daughters. If they’re daughter is aging, and FROM ALLĀH (not her own bad choices or something similar) she remains unmarried, they start to complain to every being who will listen about her age and marriage prospects being insufficient, الله المستعان. It’s always “Perhaps someone has done black magic on her!” Or “Why my family? So-and-so’s daughters got married one after the other before they even graduated!” Or they begin to blame her or her appearance or something out of her control for the delay. Stress and worry from a parent to see their daughter in good hands is natural and from their love and concern, yet delay in the matter is a trial that Allāh سبحانه وتعالى commanded patience in, just like every other trial. It’s not befitting for a believer to complain to creation about Allāh’s decree and despair over it!
You speak to people and you notice a lot of ungratefulness and taking blessings for granted, especially among women, may Allāh forgive us.
Sisters who are struggling to get married are not grateful to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى during the wait, and sisters who are already married are not grateful to be married and that they have good husbands.
The unmarried sister who is of older age complains of the difficulty in the search for a spouse and constantly compares herself to her peers, thinking — if not saying — “Why me?” Dear sisters, there is goodness in your delay, and you will not be able to perceive it or take benefit of it until you stop complaining and start being grateful to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى for what you HAVE been blessed with in the meantime. The search for a spouse can be extremely trying and unbearable, especially if one reaches older age, but what reward is left for the one who spends the duration of her trial moaning and lamenting at her state? Does one who harbors resentment against Allāh’s Qadr and repeats “if only, if only…” have any share of reward for going through it? Gratitude only makes your trials easier!
And on the flip side, the married sisters who got married young or on time and didn’t have to wait at all…SubhānAllāh, some of them reach the age of 40, and anytime you you talk to them, they just complain about getting married young (most of them weren’t even young by Islamic standards, only by Western standards). What’s even more ironic is that they’re happy in their marriages and love their husbands, yet they can’t help but complain about their age at marriage. “I was just a child, what did I know!”, “Poor me, I was a clueless little girl!”, “He expected me to make him tea, I was so small!”, “I had no childhood, I missed out on the joys of of girlhood since my parents married me off so young!”
Meanwhile, she was an 18-year-old woman the whole time… after some time Allāh blessed her with children and then whenever she is overwhelmed by them, she complains “Oh why did I have to get married so young! The other women by age are enjoying themselves in peace with their parents and I’m here running after toddlers and changing diapers!” All while the sister who struggles to conceive looks on with longing at her state. While I know some women use complaints as a way to indirectly boast about a matter, I remind these sisters of the Hadīth:
Asmā', the daughter of Yazīd Al-Ansāri, said, "The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while I was with some young slavegirls belonging to me. He greeted us and said, 'Beware of the ingratitude of those with blessings.' I was the boldest of them in coming forward to question him and I said, 'Messenger of Allāh, what is the ingratitude of those with blessings?' He replied, 'Perhaps one of you remains unmarried for a long time with her parents, and then Allāh provides her with a husband and provides her with children from him and then she gets angry and is ungrateful…” [Al-Adab Al-Mufrad]
And the parents of these respective sisters are a whole worse story at times, and they’re often the ones feeding the ingratitude and stress in the daughters. If they’re daughter is aging, and FROM ALLĀH (not her own bad choices or something similar) she remains unmarried, they start to complain to every being who will listen about her age and marriage prospects being insufficient, الله المستعان. It’s always “Perhaps someone has done black magic on her!” Or “Why my family? So-and-so’s daughters got married one after the other before they even graduated!” Or they begin to blame her or her appearance or something out of her control for the delay. Stress and worry from a parent to see their daughter in good hands is natural and from their love and concern, yet delay in the matter is a trial that Allāh سبحانه وتعالى commanded patience in, just like every other trial. It’s not befitting for a believer to complain to creation about Allāh’s decree and despair over it!
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And sisters who get married young or "on time", often their parents lament over that too! When they see her chasing the blessings of Allāh and apples of her eyes (her children) they loathe “Oh my poor daughter was still a child and now she has children!” Or when they see her tired or homesick in the beginning of her marriage, “Poor girl, I married her off too young, I should have kept her with me longer.” Sometimes, unprovoked they will tell people the age she got married in shame, hastily defending themselves by saying, “Oh we wanted to wait but the husband insisted on doing it straight away, so our poor, poor little girl had to go and become a woman early!” Meanwhile their “little girl” was way past the age of adulthood Islāmically and even by non-Muslim standards. When a woman constantly hears about herself as a “victim”, she starts to see herself as a victim. Then, all of a sudden, when she’s no longer happy in her marriage and starts complaining about “being married too young” and turns the tables and blames the parents saying they “forced” her or something, then those same ungrateful parents scramble to remind her to “be grateful” and that “you weren’t THAT young really” and “oh your grandma got married at that age too, everyone does.” Thennnn they remember what a great blessing a good husband and a happy marriage is and they start reminding her to accept Allāh’s decree and be grateful. Or if their other daughters have a delay in marriage and get older, then they start thinking “Alhamdulillah that the other one got married on time. We had no stress or worry for her marriage.” Or if one daughter gets married at a “proper age” that wasn’t “too young” but comes back divorced a few years later, then those same parents start to feel grateful that even if the other one left them earlier than they preferred, she found a good man and a stable marriage.
Indeed, mankind is ungrateful — and indeed women will make up the majority of the inhabitants of hell due to their ungratefulness to their husbands. The one who married early envies her who married later. The one whose marriage is delayed envies the one who married young. The one who has children envies the one who has less and the one who struggles to conceive envies the one who has plenty. If all of them only complained to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى and strove to accept His Decree, they would receive a great reward for their struggles in the hereafter, but alas, most of mankind will not understand.
May Allāh make us of the *few* servants who are grateful and recognize our blessings and are patient in our delays. The mind starts to burst when one sits with these types. Complaint after complaint, seldom do you hear “Alhamdulillāh, Allāh’s decree was the best for me and I’m very happy with His decision.”
Indeed, mankind is ungrateful — and indeed women will make up the majority of the inhabitants of hell due to their ungratefulness to their husbands. The one who married early envies her who married later. The one whose marriage is delayed envies the one who married young. The one who has children envies the one who has less and the one who struggles to conceive envies the one who has plenty. If all of them only complained to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى and strove to accept His Decree, they would receive a great reward for their struggles in the hereafter, but alas, most of mankind will not understand.
May Allāh make us of the *few* servants who are grateful and recognize our blessings and are patient in our delays. The mind starts to burst when one sits with these types. Complaint after complaint, seldom do you hear “Alhamdulillāh, Allāh’s decree was the best for me and I’m very happy with His decision.”
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𝐀 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐦, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭!?
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐦.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐦?
Book: The Disease and The Cure | By Imām Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzīyah | Translated by Osman Hamid | Hikmah Publications | Page 59,60
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐦, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭!?
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐦.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐦?
Book: The Disease and The Cure | By Imām Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzīyah | Translated by Osman Hamid | Hikmah Publications | Page 59,60
THE QUR’AAN AS A HEALER:
Allaah تعالى said:
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
{And We send down from the Qur’aan that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe}
[Surah al-Israa (17): 82]
قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ
{Say: “It is for those who believe, a guidance and a healing.”}
[Surah Fussilat (41): 44]
The Qur’aan is the speech of Allaah, and there is nothing like it, and nothing can stand in its way. The Qur’aan is the best Dhikr (remembrance of Allaah), the best healer, and remover of anxiety and distress for those who recite it morning and evening and ponder over its meaning and contemplate over its teachings. There is nothing like it in removing the suffering, anxiety, distress, and mental illness. Through the recitation of the Qur’aan, the hearts are satisfied, calmed, and settled down in a way that cannot be described. So, depending upon the level a slave approaches the Book of Allaah - by reciting it, pondering over its meaning, memorizing it, learning it, teaching it, and acting upon its teachings – he will find happiness, rest, relief, tranquility, healing, cure, satisfaction to that level. The more one does this, the more he will receive. The more one recites, the more he will be given; the less one recites, the less he will be given; if one abandons it, and he will be abandoned.
Allaah تعالى said:
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
{And We send down from the Qur’aan that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe}
[Surah al-Israa (17): 82]
قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ
{Say: “It is for those who believe, a guidance and a healing.”}
[Surah Fussilat (41): 44]
The Qur’aan is the speech of Allaah, and there is nothing like it, and nothing can stand in its way. The Qur’aan is the best Dhikr (remembrance of Allaah), the best healer, and remover of anxiety and distress for those who recite it morning and evening and ponder over its meaning and contemplate over its teachings. There is nothing like it in removing the suffering, anxiety, distress, and mental illness. Through the recitation of the Qur’aan, the hearts are satisfied, calmed, and settled down in a way that cannot be described. So, depending upon the level a slave approaches the Book of Allaah - by reciting it, pondering over its meaning, memorizing it, learning it, teaching it, and acting upon its teachings – he will find happiness, rest, relief, tranquility, healing, cure, satisfaction to that level. The more one does this, the more he will receive. The more one recites, the more he will be given; the less one recites, the less he will be given; if one abandons it, and he will be abandoned.
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There was a time when if a person wanted to acquire a Ḥadīth, he would travel for months, and if the person from whom he wanted to get the Ḥadīth did not properly observe the prayer, he would not take knowledge from him. Today, we have people who don't even pray the five daily prayers, yet they use their own intellect to accept or reject Ḥadīth.
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The Prophet ﷺ said about this temporary Dunya:
مالي وللدنيا؟
ما أنا في الدنيا إلا كراكب استظل تحت شجرة ثم راح وتركها
'𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱?
𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲,
𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀.'
['Riyad as-Salihin', 485].
In this world, we are all on a temporary visitor-visa, our final destination is the hereafter.
مالي وللدنيا؟
ما أنا في الدنيا إلا كراكب استظل تحت شجرة ثم راح وتركها
'𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱?
𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲,
𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀.'
['Riyad as-Salihin', 485].
In this world, we are all on a temporary visitor-visa, our final destination is the hereafter.
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Stick To Your Roots:
When fruit are attached to the branch of the tree, they thrive, they get nourishments and they remain unaffected by storms and hardships.
But as soon as they’re detached from their original roots, they start drying up, decaying and rotting.
The same happens to people. When you stay attached to your family roots, you can face any problems together. You can protect each other. But as soon as you cut yourself off from your roots, you will be weak and you will suffer alone.
When fruit are attached to the branch of the tree, they thrive, they get nourishments and they remain unaffected by storms and hardships.
But as soon as they’re detached from their original roots, they start drying up, decaying and rotting.
The same happens to people. When you stay attached to your family roots, you can face any problems together. You can protect each other. But as soon as you cut yourself off from your roots, you will be weak and you will suffer alone.
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*An Ignorant Judge*
_(Don't assume that judges are there only in courtrooms, we all are judges sometime or other, in family at home and at workplace, on road and in society)_
Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wasallam) said:
_*“Judges are of three types, two of them will go to the Hellfire and one type will go to Paradise.*_
_*The one who knows the truth and judges with it – he is in Paradise.*_
_*One who knows the truth but doesn’t judge by it, will go to Hellfire.*_
_*The one who doesn’t know the truth and judges between people with ignorance, will go to the Hellfire.” [Abu Daud, Tirmidhi]*_
➡ What the truth is, is determined by Allah (subhana wa ta’ala). He has spelt it out for us in the Shariah, that is the Quran and Sunnah.
✒ If a person passes judgment according to his or her own standards of right and wrong, rather than what Allah has declared as right or wrong, then that judge is judging with ignorance.
*Hadith on Ijtihad: Sincere judge is rewarded, even if wrong*
Amr ibn al-‘As reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said,
_*“If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning and he is correct, he will have two rewards.*_
_*If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning and he is mistaken, he will have one reward.”*_
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6919, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1716
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
_(Don't assume that judges are there only in courtrooms, we all are judges sometime or other, in family at home and at workplace, on road and in society)_
Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wasallam) said:
_*“Judges are of three types, two of them will go to the Hellfire and one type will go to Paradise.*_
_*The one who knows the truth and judges with it – he is in Paradise.*_
_*One who knows the truth but doesn’t judge by it, will go to Hellfire.*_
_*The one who doesn’t know the truth and judges between people with ignorance, will go to the Hellfire.” [Abu Daud, Tirmidhi]*_
➡ What the truth is, is determined by Allah (subhana wa ta’ala). He has spelt it out for us in the Shariah, that is the Quran and Sunnah.
✒ If a person passes judgment according to his or her own standards of right and wrong, rather than what Allah has declared as right or wrong, then that judge is judging with ignorance.
*Hadith on Ijtihad: Sincere judge is rewarded, even if wrong*
Amr ibn al-‘As reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said,
_*“If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning and he is correct, he will have two rewards.*_
_*If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning and he is mistaken, he will have one reward.”*_
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6919, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1716
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
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Deficiency in knowledge can be compensated by good akhlaq (manners) but deficiency in manners can never be compensated by merely having knowledge.
علم کی کمی کو اخلاق سے پر کیا جا سکتا ہے لیکن اخلاق کی کمی کو
صرف علم سے پر نہیں کیا جا سکتا..
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said :
❞ مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَثْقَلُ فِي مِيزَانِ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبْغِضُ الْفَاحِشَ الْبَذِيءَ ❝
"There is nothing heavier in the scale of a believer on the Day of Judgment than good character, and indeed Allah hates the one who is foul and obscene in speech."
(Tirmidhi, Hadith 2002)
And he ﷺ said :
❞إِنَّ مِنْ أَحَبِّكُمْ إِلَيَّ وَأَقْرَبِكُمْ مِنِّي مَجْلِسًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَحَاسِنَكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا❝
"Indeed, the most beloved of you to me, and the closest to me in assembly on the Day of Judgment, are those of you who are best in character."
(Sahih al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim)
Islam emphasizes on good manners and character very heavily and this comes by staying in the company of the righteous, pious, polite, educated people and being around righteous scholars. Build your own portfolio of nice companions & friends today.
علم کی کمی کو اخلاق سے پر کیا جا سکتا ہے لیکن اخلاق کی کمی کو
صرف علم سے پر نہیں کیا جا سکتا..
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said :
❞ مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَثْقَلُ فِي مِيزَانِ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبْغِضُ الْفَاحِشَ الْبَذِيءَ ❝
"There is nothing heavier in the scale of a believer on the Day of Judgment than good character, and indeed Allah hates the one who is foul and obscene in speech."
(Tirmidhi, Hadith 2002)
And he ﷺ said :
❞إِنَّ مِنْ أَحَبِّكُمْ إِلَيَّ وَأَقْرَبِكُمْ مِنِّي مَجْلِسًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَحَاسِنَكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا❝
"Indeed, the most beloved of you to me, and the closest to me in assembly on the Day of Judgment, are those of you who are best in character."
(Sahih al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim)
Islam emphasizes on good manners and character very heavily and this comes by staying in the company of the righteous, pious, polite, educated people and being around righteous scholars. Build your own portfolio of nice companions & friends today.
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Maghrib is one Salaah whose duration is very short..
Yet, it's one Salaah that many women delay with the excuse of dinner preparations.
If you observe Maghrib when it's already dark, you may just be wasting your time.
Is the semo you are turning more important than answering the call of the Lord of the magnificent throne ?
What would it cost you to turn off the stove/gas, go and pray, then head back to the kitchen after the Salaah ?
Would the soup go sour simply because you halted the process halfway to pray ?
Can't you schedule your dinner preparations for long before sunset ? 5pm isn't a bad time to start...
Allah azza wa'jal has given you all a great respite by extending the expiry period of Isha salaah till almost midnight. Thus you have the chance to carry out the necessary evening activities before observing Isha, why should you delay Maghrib as well ?
Delaying Salaah without a genuine reason could nullify that prayer, and cooking isn't a genuine reason.
Subhi and Maghrib are the two prayers with the shortest expiry duration, delay them at your own peril.
May we not prefer ewedu over Maghrib Salaah.
May Allah forgive our shortcomings and make our women steadfast. Even.
Yet, it's one Salaah that many women delay with the excuse of dinner preparations.
If you observe Maghrib when it's already dark, you may just be wasting your time.
Is the semo you are turning more important than answering the call of the Lord of the magnificent throne ?
What would it cost you to turn off the stove/gas, go and pray, then head back to the kitchen after the Salaah ?
Would the soup go sour simply because you halted the process halfway to pray ?
Can't you schedule your dinner preparations for long before sunset ? 5pm isn't a bad time to start...
Allah azza wa'jal has given you all a great respite by extending the expiry period of Isha salaah till almost midnight. Thus you have the chance to carry out the necessary evening activities before observing Isha, why should you delay Maghrib as well ?
Delaying Salaah without a genuine reason could nullify that prayer, and cooking isn't a genuine reason.
Subhi and Maghrib are the two prayers with the shortest expiry duration, delay them at your own peril.
May we not prefer ewedu over Maghrib Salaah.
May Allah forgive our shortcomings and make our women steadfast. Even.
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Nothing is permanent in this world.
Everything is perishable.
Even the happiness and sadness is also perishable.
But many times we forget it.
Than we give priority to worldy life.
🍂_Allah said—
بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
You prefer the worldly life..
وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring...
Al Quran__[Al-A'l:16~17
Everything is perishable.
Even the happiness and sadness is also perishable.
But many times we forget it.
Than we give priority to worldy life.
🍂_Allah said—
بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
You prefer the worldly life..
وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring...
Al Quran__[Al-A'l:16~17
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Imām Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalī رحمه الله stated:
Some of the righteous people, would keep a piece of paper in their pocket and would open the paper, to look at it every hour and that which was written on the paper was:
“So be patient with your Lord’s decree, for you are truly under Our ˹watchful˺ Eyes.”
[Tafseer Ibn Rajab | Page 135]
Some of the righteous people, would keep a piece of paper in their pocket and would open the paper, to look at it every hour and that which was written on the paper was:
“So be patient with your Lord’s decree, for you are truly under Our ˹watchful˺ Eyes.”
[Tafseer Ibn Rajab | Page 135]
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The prophet (s.a.w) said that the hour will not come until time.shrinks, literally a year will be felt like a month, a month will be felt like a week, a week will be felt like a day and a day will be felt like an hour..If you closely look at how this year is crusing then u will indeed appreciate this Hadith.
The more time moves the more you should get closer to Allah and not the opposite..Start now wearing hijab, praying ur five daily prayers, respecting your parents, pay that debt your owe, connect with ur family, break off that Haram relationship,take that Qu'ran class, fix your characters etc all in all your acts of ibadah has to step up and always take care of your Iman.
The more time moves the more you should get closer to Allah and not the opposite..Start now wearing hijab, praying ur five daily prayers, respecting your parents, pay that debt your owe, connect with ur family, break off that Haram relationship,take that Qu'ran class, fix your characters etc all in all your acts of ibadah has to step up and always take care of your Iman.
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Whoever sees evil should change it if possible
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri(May ALLAH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever among you sees evil, let him change it with his hand. If he cannot do so, then with his tongue. If he cannot do so, then with his heart, which is the weakest level of faith.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 49
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمْ مُنْكَرًا فَلْيُغَيِّرْهُ بِيَدِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِلِسَانِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِقَلْبِهِ وَذَلِكَ أَضْعَفُ الْإِيمَانِ
49 صحيح مسلم كتاب الإيمان باب بيان أن النهي عن المنكر من الإيمان والأن الإيمان يزيد وينقص
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri(May ALLAH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever among you sees evil, let him change it with his hand. If he cannot do so, then with his tongue. If he cannot do so, then with his heart, which is the weakest level of faith.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 49
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمْ مُنْكَرًا فَلْيُغَيِّرْهُ بِيَدِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِلِسَانِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِقَلْبِهِ وَذَلِكَ أَضْعَفُ الْإِيمَانِ
49 صحيح مسلم كتاب الإيمان باب بيان أن النهي عن المنكر من الإيمان والأن الإيمان يزيد وينقص
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The Day of Recompense
Allah tells us what the disbeliever will say on the Day of Resurrection, how they will blame themselves and admit that they wronged themselves in this world. When they see the horrors of the Day of Resurrection with their own eyes, they will be filled with regret at the time when regret will not avail them anything.
is it nt strange enough?This verse speaks about the disbelievers ..
Allah tells us what the disbeliever will say on the Day of Resurrection, how they will blame themselves and admit that they wronged themselves in this world. When they see the horrors of the Day of Resurrection with their own eyes, they will be filled with regret at the time when regret will not avail them anything.
is it nt strange enough?This verse speaks about the disbelievers ..
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Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) said:
Iblis is like a bandit; every time a
person wants to travel towards Allah, he tries to intercept him!
[Majmū' al-Fatāwā, Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah), 22/608]
Iblis is like a bandit; every time a
person wants to travel towards Allah, he tries to intercept him!
[Majmū' al-Fatāwā, Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah), 22/608]
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Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said:
“The Arabic word ‘Sabr’ means restriction and detention.
In Islām; it means to prevent one’s soul from reaching the point of despair and panic…"
[Uddat as-Sabireen, Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), pg. 1]
“The Arabic word ‘Sabr’ means restriction and detention.
In Islām; it means to prevent one’s soul from reaching the point of despair and panic…"
[Uddat as-Sabireen, Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), pg. 1]
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If you find yourself wanting evil for another Muslim, then there's something wrong with your Imān
- Jameel Finch 9/2/18
[Monthly Sisters’ Class, “Forty Hadeeth Workbook”]
- Jameel Finch 9/2/18
[Monthly Sisters’ Class, “Forty Hadeeth Workbook”]
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