"Surely, the true religion in Allah's sight is Islam" (3:19)
Early to bed and early to rise are habits taught by the Messenger pbuh. Those who unnecessarily or habitually delay going to bed may not realise the harm to their mental, physical, spiritual & social well being. Similarly those who get up very late each day, allowing laziness to overpower them would have their share of obstacles & negativities as a result. Once this becomes a habit, it can lead to the break up of marriages, feuds within the families,
Read moreThe Messenger PBUH has told us that closer to the Last Day, time will pass by faster and faster. A year will feel like a month, a month like a week, a week like a day and a day like an hour. Amazingly we feel this prophecy today where the day goes by like a few minutes and before we realize, the week is over and then the month and the year too. This is why we must ensure that
Read moreWe should neither eat excessively nor starve ourselves when pure food is available. Water & fluid should make up an average of a third of our stomach’s capacity, with solids making up another third. The rest should remain empty. Also, chewing solids properly, eating at a medium pace and eating healthy are all taught by the Messenger pbuh. All this requires great discipline, holds a great reward and ensures good health too. Wasting food in any way is also strongly
Read moreLavish weddings where much money is splashed, extravagance is clear, religious rules are blatantly disregarded, the poor are not invited and people forget that it is meant to be a sacred union and a gift of the Almighty, cannot bear much blessings and can even return to haunt the families later on. The most blessed of all weddings are those full of simplicity where religious rules are given prime… importance and the whole function considered a spiritually filled celebration of
Read moreRoad rage is unnecessary and not befitting a believer. Those who share the road with us have rights over us. One of these rights is that we are courteous to them. Today on many roads across the globe, this is lacking. We are even taught to render assistance to those sharing the path or road with us and be patient with them. The loss of temper on the road has become more common than before. Mufti Ismail Menk
Read moreWhen a bird is alive it eats ants, yet when it dies, the ants eat it. Circumstances can change at any time and the tables usually turn over a period of time. Do not oppress, despise or hurt anyone during your lifetime. You may be powerful today but remember, time is more powerful that you! Just like one tree makes a million match sticks, yet when the time comes then only a single match is needed to burn a million
Read morePeople believe the radiation from mobile phones, blue tooth headsets and phone masts can cause cancer, know that the radiation of wealth can kill off the spirituality of the heart! Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq
Read moreTrue friends are not those who tell us what we ‘want’ to hear but rather what we ‘need’ to hear. Friends are responsible to ensure that the friendship results in the improvement of both sides spiritually as well as in other ways. Those who fear hurting us if the truth is told to us are like those who would rather see us making the wrong decisions in life & then sympathise when we suffer, yet they knew all along how
Read moreA sin from which we have not repented or that which we continue engaging in without any intention of giving up has many negative effects. It makes us disinterested in benefitting from any religious or spiritual programs. It causes physical, emotional & mental ailments & stress. It disallows us from distinguishing right from wrong, good from bad, permissible from prohibited. It results in loss of enjoyment & concentration in prayer. It makes us befriend our enemies & consider our true
Read moreEven if you observe another individual committing the worst of vices you should not despise him/her, nor should you consider yourself nobler. It is very much possible that the perpetrator of the vice may resort to sincere repentance while the one who despised the sinner become ensnared in the traps of nafs and Shaitan. One has no certainty regarding one’s end. One, therefore has no basis for regarding another with contempt. Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi Source: Albalagh
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