It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness- to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah-fearing.
(The Qur'an: سورة البقرة , Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #177)

By no means shall ye attain righteousness unless ye give (freely) of that which ye love; and whatever ye give, of a truth Allah knoweth it well.
(The Qur'an: سورة آل عمران , Aal-e-Imran, Chapter #3, Verse #92)

The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, "Your Lord said: "O son of Adam so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with an earthful of sins and were you then to face Me (in sincere repentance) ascribing no partners to Me, I would bring you an earthful of forgiveness."

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Islam began as something strange and will return as something strange as it began, so give glad tidings to the strangers.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

The unbearable lightness of being without purpose

My biggest fear ....is to live a life of the dead...my biggest fear is to die without having done anything worthwhile...my biggest fear is to lose myself in the mundane
....a life with no inspiration is no life at all
I do not want to lose myself in the petty issues of women ..... I am terrified of losing all my hope and dreams and spirit in the never ending pettiness of women....there are so many worthwhile things that we can apply ourselves to.... For a Muslim today the cause of Islam is in urgent need of its faithful....while the world is busy demonising the most logical, rational faith ever...every Muslim must apply himself to understanding and practicing it in its pure beauty.. But no, our women are caught up in petty fights and weird ego battles that do not matter...do not matter at all...our men are busy in amassing wealth they possibly cannot outlive... In turning their wives into trophies....this ummah is in need...it needs our minds and our hearts...it needs our work and our dreams... It needs all that we can be.....
My biggest fear is facing Allah without any excuse for a hardened heart....of facing the Prophet Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam wih no excuse but my own petty cynicism....
This ummah needs real Muslims...a real leader.....this ummah needs to wake up....
We do not read our own history...we do not read the translation of the Quran...we do not read the Seerah of the Prophet Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam... We do not read of the Sahaba....we do not know ..,we do not know....
My biggest fear is that my heart might someday stop fearing my own inaction and grow weary....that I might resign myself to a state of inertia out of cynicism and weariness....that I might stop ....stop for fear of being ridiculed....that I might stop feeling.... But I won't I won't.... And I will teach my children to feel for this noble deen...to live and love for it...and then maybe I might have made a difference...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

A thousand years later



That  is what it feels like...centuries have passed and lifetimes come and gone..and I have lived and died a thousand times already....
I look at my two beautiful daughters and am simply overwhelmed by how much Allah loves me....
I see most people never appreciating what they have..I hear more complaints and sobs everyday than glad hearts around me...I am by no means a very virtuous person but I sure never want to be thankless ...I sure never want to miss out on the best things in life...
I see people wanting ....in a permanent state of insecurity, discontent...restless...chasing ghosts that they can never own...weeping over the same tragedies evey day...and I am saddened and enraged and distressed ... I see them destroying all that is good and beautiful in their lives by their constant negativity...by their focus on other people's negativities...its such a simple logic...negativity begets more negativity...being happy is so easy alhamdulillaah...why can't we all just let go .

Fear and insecurity...i see these two as the common denominator...
We must learn to get rid of these two simply by loving who we are..by thanking Allah that we are His ...His creation..His beautiful and imperfectly perfect creation...thanking Him for this life ....for this huge undeserved chance to find happiness....to be who He meant us to be...to live and love for His sake...love and forgive ourselves and then others....may Allah help us all find true life...life as a gift and not some sorry struggle.. Ameen
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