The Qasidah here.
People and circumstances.
July 3, 2009 at 11:44 pm (wisdoms)
“Never assume that anyone in this world can really understand your circumstances other than from the perspective of his own circumstances, because, in reality, people see things only in accordance with their frames of reference and their personal path. However, when aims, purposes, and aspirations are similar, people tend to work together toward a common goal.”
[Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq]
“and in you i see my goal . . .”
To the exclusion of everything else.
June 27, 2009 at 12:26 am (personal)
Massive amount of deep admiration, overwhelming gratitude, intense affection, full devotion, extreme enthusiasm. Strong words that unfortunately fail to justify the delicious blend of emotions that, as days pass by, are flourishing faster than greased lightning. Happy birthday, dearest one. Thank you for looking beyond what others normally see. May Allah shower you with overflowing mercy, aid, rizq, ‘ilm, ‘amal, may Allah elevate your rank, may Allah grant the yearnings of your soul. ♥
Momma . . .
June 25, 2009 at 3:08 am (personal, ummi)
Happy Birthday.
I miss you.
So much.
It aches.
A lot.
29monthsandpiningforyou.
Rajab, the month of Allah.
June 23, 2009 at 5:56 pm (Allah, islam, prophet muhammad, ramadhan, wisdoms)
By Imam Zaid Shakir
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali mentions in Lata’if al-Ma’arif:
“The month of Rajab is the key to the months of goodness and blessings that follow it. Abu Bakr b. al-Warraq al-Balkhi said:
“Rajab is the month to sow the seeds; Sha’ban is the month to irrigate the crop; and Ramadan is the month to reap the harvest.”
It has similarly been related from him:
“Rajab is like the wind; Sha’ban is like the water-laden clouds; and Ramadan is like the rain.”
Someone else mentioned:
“The year in its entirety is like a tree: during Rajab its buds sprout; during Sha’ban it sends forth its branches; during Ramadan its fruit ripens; and the believers are the farmhands who harvest that fruit.”
It is opportune for anyone who has darkened the scroll of their deeds with sins to cleanse it with repentance during this month. Likewise, anyone who has squandered his lifetime without taking advantage of the opportunities to benefit his soul should take advantage of what remains of his life—starting with this month.
A poet said:
So cleanse your darkened hearts within Rajab;
with deeds that spare the soul Hellfire’s wrath.One of the sacred months has come along;
no one who calls on God will be forlorn.Heaven is for the one’s who cleanse their hearts
with lewd indecent deeds they’ll have no part.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to do righteous deeds during this month is a source of great gain. While filling each moment of the month worshiping God is a bounteous virtue.”
Let us all take advantage of the weeks that come before the blessed month of Ramadan. If we begin to fast voluntarily now, the fatigue and discomfort that sometimes accompanies the beginning of our obligatory fast will be behind us and we will enter the month with great spiritual momentum.
Similarly, if we begin increasing our reading of the Qur’an now we will find it easy to read an even greater amount during the month of Ramadan, a month when we celebrate the revelation of our blessed scripture.
An athlete who enters a race with a running start achieves a far faster time than one who starts the race from a stationary position. Let us take advantage of these days to get a running start into Ramadan.
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Source: New Islamic Directions
Praise Leads to Delusion
June 20, 2009 at 11:25 am (tasawwuf, wisdoms)
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate
Ibn ‘Ata’illah (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
“People praise you for what they imagine you are, so be sure that you blame yourself for what you know you are.”
Ibn ‘Abbad al-Rundi commented:
“For a servant to blame himself and look at himself with disgust for the faults and defects that he knows he possesses is something that is sought from him because it helps him avoid having delusions about himself, which, in turn, allows him to improve his good deeds and his spiritual states. If he doesn’t look at himself in this manner, people’s praise will cause his deeds and states to wither away.”
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One of them said, “Whoever rejoices when others praise him has allowed Shaytan to come into him.”
Another said, “If someone tells you, ‘What a wonderful person you are!’ and you love this more than for them to tell you, ‘What an awful person you are!, then by Allah, what an awful person you are!”
~~~
[Taken from Sunnipath.]
Because I want you to believe.
June 17, 2009 at 3:24 pm (personal)
No matter how confusing. No matter how different. No matter how awkward. No matter how intricate. It will resurface. It will flourish. It will outlast all others. It will be completely over. This heart, this self, only God knows. Happy birthday, my dear brother. May Allah bless, protect, facilitate, heal and increase you in all that is pleasing to Him.
and it heals my soul…
May 27, 2009 at 12:53 am (life, personal)
“…depend no longer on the caprice of others…”
Khutbah: Be Patient, Not Complacent
May 23, 2009 at 11:14 am (Shaykh Khalil Moore, lectures)
Khutbah: Be Patient, Not Complacent
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