Archive for December, 2006
A brutal chapter closed or not?
Bismillaah
As the news flashed before our eyes, images & comments on the death of Saddam Hussein flashed and have been continuing to flash. I’ve been reading message after message posted on the net about his death. Messages ranging from sadness to joy. Joy coming from the ignorant shi’a who are mass-murdering our muslim brothers in [...]عيد مبارك
Taqabbal Allaah minna wa minkum
May this`Eid be joyous for all and may we remember and thank Allaah much for the blessings we have been granted, aameen
Make it special for those children! This `eid we got Layth (may Allaah protect him, aameen) more additions to his Thomas train. It is really really cool and we can’t get enough of [...]Fa’inna ma`a al-yusri yusraa
ÙÙŽØ¥Ùنَّ مَعَ الْعÙسْر٠يÙسْرًا
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So verily, with the hardship, there is ease,
Verily, with the hardship, there is ease. (Ash-Sharh 94:6)
Long time ago, I was speaking to a sister. She is a convert in my area who has gone through an abusive marriage (with kids), the death of her father and now watching her [...]The Lion & The Fly
Shaykh Ibn AtÄ’allÄh al-Iskandarī—may AllÄh bless his soul—said:
The person who pays too much attention to the life of this world while neglecting to prepare for the life to come is like a man being attacked by a lion. Imagine that the lion is poised to pounce upon him when a fly suddenly lands on his [...]Sufism
The Rules of the Sufi Way
The basic rules of the way of Sufism are five:
(1) having Godfearingness privately and publicly, (2) living according to the Sunnah in word and deed, (3) indifference to whether others accept or reject one, (4) satisfaction with Allaah Most High in scarcity and plenty, and (5) turning to Allaah in happiness or [...]