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Keep Your Secret to Yourself

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:05:33 GMT

Keep Your Secret to Yourself It was once said that “If you can not keep your secret to yourself, do not expect others to keep it for you”. Wise words for those seeking wisdom, for Man’s secrets are those things he/she does not like others to know, for whatever reason. However, being a social animal, who likes to be with people and communicating with them, he might feel... [read more]

Be One of Allah’s Arrows

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:00:22 GMT

Be One of Allah’s Arrows Allah fulfills his will no doubt. His will is our Fate and Fate is Allah’s will which we have to accept. Allah the Highest made every thing to happen due to a cause, and Allah the Highest is the one who causes to causes to be or not to be. Causes are things or people used to make Allah’s will happen, even though Allah... [read more]

Omar and the Milk woman

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:59:39 GMT

Omar and the Milk woman While Omar Ibn El Khatab was on one of his night walks in Madina, he heard a woman telling her daughter to mix the milk with water before they sell it. He daughter told her that Omar the Khalifah has forbidden mixing... [read more]

Our provisions are connected like a circle

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:58:53 GMT

Our provisions are connected like a circle Allah the Highest divided and provided our provisions for us as He decided our life span. He made our provisions come to us through worldly means. Provisions usually but not always come to us through some one else by way of work or trade or charity or any other means, then to another and another etc. This way... [read more]

My Kingdom Is Not Worth a Drink of Water

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:20:07 GMT

My Kingdom Is Not Worth a Drink of Water It has been reported that a Religious Scholar was attending the counsel of the Abasi Khalifa, Haroon El-Rasheed. Haroon El-Rasheed said to him: “Give me good advise”. The Scholar said: “Leader of the Believers, if you are travelling in a barren desert, and you ran out of water, what will you pay for a drink of water?”. Haroon... [read more]

SLAVERY TO ALLAH

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:57:26 GMT

SLAVERY TO ALLAH All mankind and all creation are slaves to Allah the Highest, weather they will or not and weather they believe or not. This slavery is compulsory, we have no hand in, because Allah the Highest created us and He does what He wills with us, concerning our life, health, provision, death and every thing else. Man can not accept or refuse this, for Allah the Highest... [read more]

Let only goodness come from you to others

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:30:17 GMT

Let only goodness come from you to others One of the evidence that a person has good faith is that people see his goodness in all his actions and dealings. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “The Muslim is he whom people are safe from the tongue and hand and the Moemen is whom his neighbour is safe from his bad deeds”. No one should see evil or fear... [read more]

Know about others rights

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:36:07 GMT

Know about others rights To deliver them Injustice between people takes place due to the fact that some people do not fulfill their obligations to others. They would have done them an injustice as others do not have their rights. Today we find injustice to have become widespread and the courts are full of cases where some are trying to recover their due rights from other... [read more]

Do Not Claim What You Gave Back

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:25:32 GMT

Do Not Claim What You Gave Back Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “He who claims his gift or charity back is like a dog which eats his own vomit”. (Bukhari, Muslim) To claim a gift or charity back after it was happily given is very distasteful. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him simulate it with a dog eating his vomit to show how nasty and revolting... [read more]

The Good We Keep

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:03:59 GMT

The Good We Keep Allah the Highest said: “MONEY AND CHILDREN ARE THE PLEASURES OF THE LOWER LIFE, BUT THE GOOD DEEDS WE KEEP ARE BETTER IN REWARDING AND BETTER HOPE”. (S: 18 A: 46) And Allah the Highest said: “ALLAH INCREASES THE GUIDANCE OF THOSE RIGHTLY GUIDED, AND THE GOOD DEEDS THAT REMAINS ARE BETTER WITH YOUR LORD IN REWARDING AND BETTER RECOMPENSE”. (S: 19 A: 76) The good... [read more]