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.

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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