Imagine all your beautiful deeds, all your glorious doings, all of them going to the hands of each and every person you did them for, fooling yourself into thinking you were doing them for your Lord. Imagine all your beautiful deeds, all your glorious doings, leaving you empty, in ruins.
May Allaah protect us from insincerity and may every thought, every statement, every act, be for His sake only. Allaahumma ameen.
We limit the deen to rules and obligations, the haraam and the halaal, the makrooh and the mustahabb. All you need to ask yourself is, do I want to obey Allaah and His commandments or do I want to disobey Him? If you want to obey Him, be of those who hear and obey [follow the Qur’aan + Sunnah]. If you want to disobey Him, be of those who hear and disobey [not follow the Qur’aan + Sunnah.
Bes.
Beauty has nothing to do with how your face is aligned, how your genes decorated the structure of your eyes, the fullness of your lips, the arch of your eyebrows. Beauty has nothing to do with your talent of contouring your face or lining your eyes. It has nothing to do with how clothe define your shape and how your walk turns heads. Beauty is your morning voice as you struggle to clear it away. Beauty is how red your face turns when you receive a compliment, no matter what shade your pigments are. Beauty is the smile that forms on your face as you recall memories of the past. Above all, beauty is the truth in your words, the honesty in your silence, the sincerity in your being and the realness in yourself. Beauty is you, as you are, as you want to be, as you aspire to be, as you desire to be.
We have to be the people we want to see in society. Because a society is made up of people, of us.
Even if you inhale all the negativity and hardship and struggles and trials and frustration, exhale alhamdulilaah. Exhale Allaahu akbar. Exhale, inna lilaahee wa inna ilayhee raji’uun. Exhale, Laa ilaaha illaa anta subhanak innee kuntu min al thaalimeen. Exhale the praises of Allaah.
What a soul that turns to Allaah in times of distress, intense mess, and times of sweetness.
You have to make the best out of every situation.
Wake up each morning with a renewed outlook on life, on situations, on everything. If today was horrible, make tonight good. If tonight was good, make tomorrow morning the best. Your outlook on life, is what determines your happyness. You make you happy, because you have control over you.
Bismillaah,
Asalaamu `alykum wa Rahmatullaah wa Barakaatu. This post is to the anon who asked me to compile a list of audios/videos of female scholars of Islaam; My apologies for the tardiness in response. To the best of my knowledge, there are plenty of women scholars, plenty of women students of knowledge, and plenty who have works available in books (including pdf’s and online sites). However, when it comes to audios/videos, they are rare. Although in this day and age, it is a common practice for there to be widespread audios and videos of Scholars who distribute their works to reach the masses, the case is not the same for the majority of Muslim women who are comfortable with other means and do not require recorded audios/videos to reach the desired audience. That being said, I must apologize for the tardiness in response. If you would still like for me to compile you a list of websites (mainly Arabic), do let me know. Have a beautiful night/day. Wa asalaamu `alykum wa Rahmatullaah wa Barakaatu.
I don’t understand how you would have to kill a shark for biting a human…
the human … went into the waters…a territory known to be where sharks… exist.
Their home, per se.
That’s like an intruder coming into your home and when you defend yourselves, they get mad at you. & then deem you a danger to civilization.
Sigh.
When your mind is cluttered with endless thoughts and statements to make, organize it first : know what should be said, what should be held back, how it should be said, and when it should be said. Always organize your thoughts so your words come out beautifully.
