Archive for March, 2007
Remember Me - I will remember you
ÙَاذْكÙرÙونÙÙŠ أَذْكÙرْكÙمْ وَاشْكÙرÙواْ Ù„ÙÙŠ وَلاَ تَكْÙÙرÙونÙ
Remember Me - I will remember you.
Give thanks to Me and do not be ungrateful. [Surah al-Baqarah 2:152]
Remember Me – I will remember you
AllÄh’s remembering of us signifies reward. The root meaning of the word for remembering (dhikr) is to be aware with the heart of what is remembered and [...]walal-aakhiratu khayrul-laka minal-’oolaa
وَلَلْآخÙرَة٠خَيْرٌ لَّكَ Ù…ÙÙ†ÙŽ الْأÙولَى
And indeed the Hereafter is better for you than the present. (Ad-Duha 93:4)Â
O you who are enjoying the bounty of this world, you will soon depart with your bounty! How fine is this piece of poetry of one of the poets: “Listen, for you are able to hear; if you do [...]
In His remembrance your heart will find its peace
Songs of Innocence
Listen
chorus
Allahu Allahu La ilaha illa Hu
And I sing my songs of innocence
To you my precious child as you lay on your bed
With your sleepy eyes and your heavy head
Rest and dream in peace till morning comes again
I will sing my songs of innocence
I will sing my songs of innocence
And I sing my songs [...]Disruption caused by daycare
SPENDING a year or more in a long-daycare centre increases the likelihood that a child will be disruptive at school.
A year of childcare ‘disrupts’
Child care was defined as regularly scheduled care by anyone other than the child’s mother, lasting at least 10 hours per week. Quality child care is complex to define but includes having [...]Another Death
Bismillaah
My grandmother passed away today. She wasn’t Muslim and I never got to call her to Islaam because she was in Mexico and I am not. The last time we saw each other was when I was about 6 or 7 years old. We spoke on the phone and stuff but due to so many [...]Death Death Death
Bismillaah
I was two years old when my brother was born. My brother (may Allaah allow him to take shahadah before his death) was born with a heart condition and the day after my mom had him he had to go into the surgery room for open heart surgery. He had a total of five surgeries [...]A New Sorrow for Afghanistan
A painful article to read. May Allaah facilitate the affairs of the Muslims and grant this father and his family the highest level of Firdaws, aameen
March 13 — Sitting and eating quietly on his father’s lap, the 18-month-old was oblivious to the infection in his veins.
A farmer, holding his 18-month-old son, as he was tested [...]A Time for This and A Time for That
Handhalah al-Usaidi said:
Abu Bakr (radhiyAllaahu `anhum)Â met me and asked, ‘How are you, Handhalah?’ I replied, ‘Handhalah has become a hypocrite.’ He said, ‘Subhanallaah! What are you saying?’ I replied, ‘When we are with Allaah’s Messenger (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam), he mentions the Fire and the Garden until it is as if we can see them. [...]
Filling the Void
Bismillaah
Today was one of those days where we just felt down. I suppose it started when one of our plans didn’t work out the way we had intended - Qadr Allaahu wa maa shaa’a fa`al. I had my hopes pretty high that we would finally be able to do a certain thing but for the 2nd time [...]How to Attain Love for Allaah
Bismillaah
In order to attain true love ['ishq haqiqi] for Allaah, the following principles must be established:
Sincere Yearning [Talab]
The foremost condition of attaining love for Allaah is to sincerely crave such love. A person may acquire the material world [dunyaa] passively, but true love ['ishq] is a treasure; therefore it cannot be acquired unless one actively [...]