Category Archives: Character
الرحمة قبل العلم-Shaykh Salman Al ‘Owdah
القصة الثانية: وهي قصة موسى والخضر: الرجل الصالح الذي أثنى الله تعالى عليه قائلًا: (فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا آتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِنْ لَدُنَّا عِلْمًا) (الكهف:65)، فبدأ الله بصفة الرحمة للخضر قبل العلم، مع أن موسى جاءه ليتعلم منه … Continue reading
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The Emotional Bank Balance – Dr Muhammad Abd Al-Rahman Al Arifi
” We dictate how others think of us. If a person were to see you in the market and frown at you, then see you at the grocer’s and frown at you, and then you bump into him at a … Continue reading
The Ideal Divorce – Sheikh Muhammad al-Hamad
Most people do not take divorce seriously enough. Some spouses threaten divorce at the least trouble, and consequently break apart happy homes for the most trivial of reasons. Others refuse to give the option of divorce any serious consideration at … Continue reading
Yaqin – Certainty
Allah Does Not Disappoint In one of Shaykh Muhammad Mukhtar al-Shanqiti’s tapes on ‘Yaqin’ (certainty), he mentions the story of a scholar who was once afflicted with poverty… The scholar had just completed writing the tafseer of the Qur’an but due … Continue reading
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Want Allah to Forgive You? Forgive Others
If we want Allah to forgive us, we should be forgiving of others and willing to overlook their wrongs. This is part of what it means to be good to others. Allah describes his believing servants as “those who restrain … Continue reading
Polishing
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?” — Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi
Do Not Despise The Sinners
By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Translated by Shaykh Yusuf Laher The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: “That person who taunts and ridicules his Muslim brother over a sin from which he has repented, will … Continue reading
On Hoplessness
“Temperaments of people move faster towards hopelessness, because when hopeless a person does not regard himself responsible to take action and excuses himself from taking any action. Understand it well that this is a big trick of Satan and the … Continue reading
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Drunk with the love of resources
“Becoming hopeless on seeing shortage of resources is a sign that you are drunk with the love of resources, and your faith in Allah’s promises and His Invisible Power is very little. If you work with placing your trust in … Continue reading
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