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Thursday, 19 March 2015

A Five Year Old Girl Taught Her Father A Surprising Lesson: A must Read Story....

What You Need To Put Your Life In Order

On one faithful Thursday, an Imam was struggling to prepare his Friday sermon and didn't want to be

The Prophet (SAW) Mosque

disturbed by his five year old daughter, so he removed a map of the world from his study, tore it into pieces and gave it to her to assemble with the promise that he would answer all her questions and play with her when she was done. He knew she would never be able to fix it.

To his amazement, in less than five minutes, she returned to him in his study with the map in perfect shape, every continent and every country in its place. The surprised father asked, ''Honey, you don't know anything about geography, so how did you fix the world so easily and quickly? The five year old girl smiled sweetly and replied, ''The picture of of THE HOLY QU'R' AN and the inscription LA ILLAHA ILLALLAHA MUHAMMADU ROSULULLAH was at back of the map and I knew that if ALLAH, His MESSENGER and QUR'AN are put in the right place, the whole world would be in perfect shape'.

That was just the right inspiration he needed for his sermon. He thanked his daughter and prepared a powerful sermon on the subject: "Fix Your World By Placing ALLAH, His MESSENGER and the QUR'AN in the Right Place in your heart ".

To whoever is reading this message, just place ALLAH, His MESSENGER and QUR'AN in the rightful place and your life will be in order.

I hope you understand this just like I do. Share and spread it to the world, let them know that THEIR WORLD CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY FIXED WITHOUT ALLAH and His MESSENGER

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Thursday, 29 January 2015

Controlling Our Emotions As Muslimahs

Embrace Your Emotions, Control Your Actions

Fact: Allah (Subhanahu wa Taala) made women sensitive and emotional by nature. Whether we like it or not or choose to admit it, a woman can go through so many intense emotional highs and lows in one day that by the day’s end she is left feeling weary and mentally drained because every emotion we experience has a physical and psychological reaction.

How do we deal with this?

Well, I’ve come up with a little acronym that just might help us in shaa Allaah; R.A.C.E

Recognize Your Emotions

Whenever we get emotional, pause and recognize that this is who we are by nature. Beware! The simplest event may trigger an emotional biological response that will cause our mood to involuntarily and spontaneously transform! It may be a whisper from the shayateen, hearing an idle or disrespectful comment, receiving a confusing email or dealing with someone who has a bad attitude and loves confrontation on a daily basis. Practicing awareness of the source of these changes in emotion will allow us to respond a way that Allah (Subhanahu wa Taala) loves.

Accept Your Emotions

Simply accept and acknowledge the fact that this is the way our Creator and Master Allah (Subhanahu wa Taala) designed us. Our emotions make us beautiful, nurturing, caring and sensitive human beings.

They make us intuitive, loving wives, mothers and friends. However, we must also accept that emotions are our test. For instance, it’s very important to learn how to recognize, accept and deal with jealousy, especially in a polygamous marriage. How deeply and intensely we love our husbands should pale in comparison to our love and devotion to Al Noor (The Light).

It may help us as women to remember this hadith. While it may be hard to accept because we love to love with deepest devotion, our beloved Prophet (PBUH ) cautions us with good reason to love in moderation: Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:“Love the one whom you love to a certain degree (moderately), perhaps one day he will be someone for whom you have hatred, and hate the one for whom you have hatred to a certain degree (moderately), perhaps one day he will be one whom you love.” – Hadith – at-Tirmidhee (no. 1997) .

Conversely, all of our reckless and undying love should only be toward Allah (Subhanahu wa Taala), Al-Wadud (The Loving One):

“Say (O Muhammad SAW): “Verily, my Salât (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Alamîn (mankind, jinns and all that exists).”” – Al-An’am (6):162

Control Your Emotions!

We may not be able to control how we feel, but we can certainly control our actions and what rolls off our tongue; our speech. Al-hamdu lillaah, we will not be held accountable for our thoughts. Does anyone doubt the wisdom of Al Hakim (The Perfectly Wise)? He knew what thoughts would go through our minds and what we would love to do and say to that sister with the attitude that annoys us. However, we will be held accountable for our deeds. This is a serious matter, especially for women, and applies not only to anger and jealousy, but gossip and back-biting as well.

Embrace Your Emotions

This is my personal jihad. Which of us loves being overly emotional? Welling up with tears for no apparent reason sometimes. Feeling hurt and neglected by those we love, even though you may have spoken to them just a day ago. Getting so angry that the veins on our neck pop up? It’s no picnic!

Personally, I’m annoyed at myself for not being able to stay angry for a long time, even though I may have every right to be. It took me a long time to realize that when I get upset, I express my opinion and then I go quiet. But when I get really angry I can’t even form a sentence, can’t even utter a word. Mouth traps shut. Ma shaa Allaah.

Rather, I distance myself from the situation and wait until the anger subsides and I can think clearly again, before anything comes out of my mouth.

This is surely a mercy from Allah (SWT), because He knows that the kind of haraam speech that would come spewing forth from my lips would make me go into a 21 day fast to make tauba for deliverance from sure hell fire! Allahu alam!

Now, I recognize that this is part of my nature, and I have learned to embrace it and deal with it accordingly. May Allah (Subhanahu wa Taala) help us all to find ways to deal with our emotions.

Remember as Muslimahs we need to be like an Oreo cookie. The entire cookie is good, but the inside is soft and sweet, while the outside is a little tougher and not that easy to break. In other words we need to develop a thicker skin so that we don’t let anything get to us inwardly to the point where it would cause us to outwardly sin.

‘O Allaah, You are my Lord, none has the right to be worshipped except You, You created me and I am Your servant and I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can, I take refuge in You from the evil of which I committed. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for verily none can forgive sin except You.’ – Sayyid ul Istigfar.

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Monday, 26 January 2015

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I Recommend you to read the Following articles:
1.THE PROPHET’S WAY OF CORRECTING PEOPLE’S MISTAKES
2.THE STORY OF UMMU FAIZ
3.EEMAN BOOSTERS TO NOURISH THE SOUL

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Friday, 23 January 2015

The Prophet’s Way of Correcting People’s Mistakes

Emulating the prophet's life is the best way to defend his honour

We live in an age where judging others has become the norm and mocking people for their mistakes has become a huge pastime. While some of us might do it unintentionally, others might fall into this out of ignorance or even arrogance. Callingourselves the Ummah of Prophet Muhammad SAW comes with certain responsibilities. One such responsibility is correcting people’s mistakes.

Quite often in this quest of learning the deen and implementing it in our lives, we become over judgemental of our ownbrothers and sisters. Instead of correcting their mistakes, we pass fatwas, turning them further away from the beauty of this deen. It is important to understand and realize that this deen is easy and beautiful, and correcting people’s mistakes should also be done in a beautiful manner.

“There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern (example) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.”(Surah Al Ahzab 33:21)

We have been blessed with numerous bounties and gifts, which Allah Subhanahu-wa-Taala chose to specifically shower us with. He, Allah Subhanahu-wa-Taala, gave us a blueprint in life to follow, the Glorious Quran. Additionally, Allah Subhanahu-wa-Taala also gave us a guide in Prophet Muhammad SAW, who inculcated this blueprint in his daily activities. Therefore, let us look at how our Prophet SAW used to correct people’s mistakes. Jot down certain specific characters of the Prophet, which you notice, while reading the ahadeeth mentioned below. Do remember to share your thoughts in the comments section in sha Allah.

Compassion and Love:

Anas ibn Maalik radi-allahu-anhu said, “Whilst we were in the mosque with the Messenger of Allah SAW, a Bedouin came and started urinating in the mosque. The Companions said, “Stop it! Stop it!’ But, the Messenger of Allah SAW said, “Do not interrupt him; leave him alone.” So they left him until he had finished urinating, then the Messenger of Allah SAW called him and said to him, “In these mosques, it is not right to do anything like urinating or defecating; they are only for remembering Allah, praying and reading Qur`an, or words to that effect.” Then he commanded a man who was there to bring a bucket of water and throw it over the (urine), and he did so.”(see footnote 2) While correcting the Bedouin and pointing out his mistakes, Prophet Muhammad SAW did not speak rudely to him, tell him off or humiliate him in front of others. Rather, he allowed the man to finish what he was doing, was patient the whole while and made him understand why he was wrong, softening the Bedouin’s heart and cooling the rising tempers of his companions at the same time. How often have we softened others’ hearts with kind words while correcting their mistakes

Understand People:

Narrated Anas radi-allahu-anhu, “While the Prophet SAW was in the house of one of his wives, one of the mothers of the believers sent a meal in a dish. The wife, at whose house the Prophet was, struck the hand of the servant, causing the dish to fall and break. The Prophet SAW gathered the broken pieces of the dish and then started collecting on them the food which had been in the dish and said, “Your mother (my wife) felt jealous.” Then he detained the servant till a (sound) dish was brought from the wife at whose house he was. He gave the sound dish to the wife whose dish had been broken and kept the broken one at the house where it had been broken.”(reference in footnote 3)
This is a very important quality to develop while trying to correct people’s mistakes. More often than not, we tend to push our values and preach excessively without understanding why or what led that person to behave in such a manner. In the aforementioned hadeeth, we learn a mighty lesson. Prophet SAW understood that jealousy run’s in a woman’s mind when she is given a dish prepared by her co-wife. He didn’t chide her for it nor did he yell at her in front of the other companions. He made her replace the broken dish with a new one. The matter was done and over with!
So, the next time you see your siblings do something which is inappropriate, rather than scolding them or scaring them away with harsh words, understand their psychology and get your point across in a polite manner. Winning people’s hearts is the first step towards correcting their mistakes. This is a great way to prevent misunderstandings and clear many misconceptions too!

Grab your ‘dawah moment’:

Anas radi-allahu-anhu reported that a group of the Companions of the Prophet SAW asked the wives of the Prophet SAW about what he did. One of them (those Sahaabah, in an effort to become more religious by neglecting the dunya and increasing acts of i’badah) said, “I will never marry women.” Another said, “I will never eat meat.” Another said, “I will never sleep on a bed.” (When the companions left, the wives reported the incident to the Prophet). The Prophet SAW praised and thanked Allah, then he said, “What is the matter with some people who say such and such? But, as for me, I pray and I sleep, I fast and I break my fast, and I marry women. Whoever turns away from my Sunnah has nothing to do with me.”(see reference 4)
Did you notice how Prophet SAW used a vague description “some” rather than calling names while correcting their mistaken believes? He also made it a moment to teach them that Islam is all about moderation and balance between dunya and akhira. Giving dawah is an obligation upon us Muslims. So, the next time you see someone making a mistake, a sister not fulfilling her duties in wearing the hijab modestly or someone gossiping, instead of shouting “astaghfirullah”, grab your ‘dawah moment’ and let them know what Islam says about certain things. Never directly come to the point of saying, “You’re wrong!”. You’ll close the doors of Islam right there. Stay calm, bring up the topic indirectly, or even speak in an indirect manner to get your point across without taking names or pointing fingers.

Emulate the Prophet’s akhlaq:

Allah Subhanahu-wa-Taala has preserved the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad SAW for centuries, so that it could reach us. There is a reason for this. We are supposed to make Prophet Muhammad SAW our role model and emulate him in whatever we do. He used to smile often, so let’s remain chirpy and exude positive energy towards others. He was soft and kind when dealing with laymen and his companions. Let us be soft and kind to our own families and friends. He won people’s hearts with his
character, leading to the rapid spread of Islam, so much so that even his staunchest enemies accepted Islam and died for the cause of Islam!

Let’s see how many hearts we can win over by emulating our Prophet Muhammad SAW, in sha Allah? Maintain a diary. Jot down important points about how: You corrected someone,
If you made use of the Prophet’s principles in doing so,
The kind of outcome you expected, and
The kind of outcome you received.
Add a star to each heart you managed to win, in sha Allah! Let’s see how many hearts we mange to collect. Our Prophet’s personality was like a magnet, attracting people naturally. Let’s see how many people we can attract by correcting their mistakes, the sunnah way, in sha Allah.

References:
Surah Al Ahzab 33:21
Saheeh Muslim, Number 285
Sahih Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 62, Number 152
Saheeh Muslim, Number 1041

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Monday, 12 January 2015

The Story of Ummu Faiz

The Story of Ummu Faiz begins....

Always pray that you die as a believer

A PAINFUL END INDEED...Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun ,Who would ever imagine that (umm faiz) will end up like this, I don't even know how to start, This is a sister that whenevr you see her, all what your lips can mumble is (ma sha Allah)

She was a hafeezah ,She memorized the whole of sahih bukhari, al bidayah wan nihayah and riyad al saliheen!.

The first day I saw her, I can't forget it so easily, it was at an islamic conference program about 8yrs ago! I also remember the day I met her again in a masjid while she was teaching not less than 200 brothers and sisters a chapter in bulughul maram!

She teaches people with her whip/ blaller in her hands, a tall nikobite! She had d structure of a man, tough and strict with a thick voice but when she recites, its ma sha Allah..

Even during her uni days, she didn't procrastinate, she went to BUK, I remember the day I was told that she singlehandedly beat 2 christians in her class for calling her a terrorist, the 2 guys woke up in the school clinic, alhamdulilah the case was judged in herfavour bcos of the timely intervention ofsome muslim lecturers!

She is the type who buys gifts for people, both the young, old, fat, slim, sisters or even brothers! She doesn't need to know you before she buys you a gift, she may just see u along the road,make tasleem for you, give u a book and zoom off! I remember she was the one who bought and taught me the first chapter of umdatul ahqam years back!She was from an average family, her family where all christians but She became the sabab for her family to accept islam all at once!

She feeds beggars in the street, she picks every sharp objects she comes across and disposes them off, she wouldalight from a taxi not bcos that's where she wants to alight but bcos she wants to go and correct a wrong someone is doing by the road side! She busied herself with street da'wah!Once, a friend of her's asked her about social networking, she said (I am not condemning It and I am in no position todo so, but I can't do it bcos of the more serious things and I wonder where people find time to chat all day when death could be so close, moreover whathave I done for islam? )Her real name was aaliyah but people knew her as umm faiz or umm katamba!She would weep when teaching people, she would weep when admonishing sisters! She had a unique way of talking,she would be like:"Look at this leaf, don't u know it glorifies Allah? Look at this stone, it recognizes its lord, why have u forgottenur lord? Look at the sky, don't u see howbeautiful it is? That's d greatness of Allah, look at d sand, how dry it looks, yet ur body whom u adorn daily was made from it "

This words and the likes are d choice of words that umm faiz normaly use, as soon as she meets u on d road, she starts telling u about nature and the majesty of Allah, she doesn't need to see you commiting sin before she starts admonishing you, her arabic was smooth and fluent, she memorized many songs by scholars in arabic, songs about adab!

If u are with her, she alwys reminds u about Allah, she never observes salat inthe masjid, except that she weeps!She did ruqyah for many sisters, she bought jilbab and nikab for many, she once threathened a lecturer who deliberately failed her! She was fearless!

She once washed the dead body of her younger cousin sista, I heard she had a kaffan(white cloth for shrouding the dead) in her room in her hostel to keep reminding her about death!

Ya salam, I wish you all knew the sista am talking about, merely seeing her is anaseeha! Her character speaks louder than her words, she wrote some articlesabout islam, she was one of the best students in her class!Despite all this, if you were to ask her a question concerning the deen, she will always tell you (la adri--i don't know)

BUT.BUT The sad story is, after all this, our dear sister APOSTATED!!!!!!!!

What a fitnah befalling the ummah!!!What a moment of reflection !!!!!!

After she graduated, people used to saywhile she was serving, she had a christian friend who was so close to her,people were worried as to how she became so close to this unbeliever while she is strict to some muslims especially men! She served in the same place at a secondary school wit this christian guy!Gradualy her hijab began to reduce andshe started using make-up, she removed her niqab, so she then embraced christianity bcos of this guy!She ran away from home, her mobile lines were not going through anymore but she was spotted at lagos at a night club! As at 3 months ago, her dad died of stroke as a result of this, her mum developed high blood pressure, she wastheir only daughter!

The sad story is, I was told yesterday evening that she died 3 days ago in the evening in a hotel during maghrib time in port harcourt while she was in bed with a man! The man ran out of the room in a suspicious way so d hotel attendants caught him, though autopsy test made on her shows that she wasn't poisoned or strangled in any way, but the man said, she suddenly died while they were both intimate!Naoudhubillahi min zaalik.

SubhanAllah this was a sister who was always the first to enter the masjid for salat even before the muadhin, now shewas commiting zina while maghrib salatwas going on? Indeed no one is safe from the lures of shaitan!The prophet said, a man is likely to follow the religion of his friend, so mind whom you choose as friends!The prophet also said, the way you live is the way you will also die!

A cousin of umm faiz said that umm faizwas charmed by the outstanding handsome nature of the christian guy who led her astray! For those of us who still keep kufar as intimate friends, learnfrom this story, strengthen your al walah wal barah!Imam ibn jawzi r.a said, learn from the stories of those who existed before you,before you become a story for those who will exist after you.

Umm faiz was a sister who rejected d proposals of many brodaz bcos none of them was a haafiz, I wonder what was in the appearance of the christian guy that she couldn't see what was better in muslim brothers...

This reminds me of the statement of a companion!Abdulahi ibn masud said,Indeed you see a disbeliever with the healthiest body and the sickest heart, you will also see a believer with an unhealth body and the purest heart, I swear by Allah, if your heart is sick and your body is healthy, you will be more USELESS to Allah than dung beetles. (Al fawaid, page 213)

How good was the timing of her death but how evil the way she died! The angel of death was destined to meet her at maghrib time, IF she was still a muslim perhaps she would have died while performing maghrib salah, but alas, d angel of death met her at maghib time while salat was going on btshe was fornicating in a hotel!

NAoudhubillahi min suu'I'll haatima(we seek refuge in Allah from such an evil end)A'amiiin. Our pious sister's take head and stay safe... 👌

This is the story of ummu Faiz...... your own story also begin be careful and pray to Allah that you end as a muslim. Yaa Allah we pray that you take our souls while we are muslims submitting our will to you. Aamen

Eeman Boosters to Nourish the soul

Distress, anxiety, joys, fear, worries and happiness: different facets that make up this mesmerizing sojourn called “life”. It might fascinate you with its unknown twists and turns. There are moments where you relish the joys and happiness with every breath you take. And then, there are moments when the human soul, weak in its creation but as mighty as it thinks of itself, tries to shred realities and instead, buries itself into worldly deceptions.

With the pressures of dunya that strangle us both physically and emotionally, our minds tend to lose focus and our hearts cringe with disappointments and pain. Beyond all of this, our souls end up forgetting their very purpose of existence: To worship our Creator  .

In this article, let us undertake a journey that would help us free our hearts from worries, let us perform tiny little acts of acts that could weigh heavy on our scale of good deeds, helping us have an eeman high, in sha Allah.

Cleanse Your Heart

The sins we commit, no matter how big or small they might seem, darken our hearts gradually, making it rotten on the inside. In order to place ourselves completely under Allah servitude and refresh our eeman, we need to cleanse our hearts, making it pure from the stenches of sins that have been committed. Here are small little steps, which you could implement to commence the process of cleansing, in sha Allah:

1. Begin with Repentance

A heartfelt, sincere repentance begging for forgiveness and mercy never goes unnoticed. Allah   is the most Merciful of all, therefore, acknowledge the fact that you have committed sins and ask Him to bless you with His mercy and forgiveness. Do it now!

A heartfelt, sincere repentance begging for forgiveness and mercy never goes unnoticed.1

2. Salah

Nothing in life can be achieved without having a one-on-one conversation with our Lord. You might want to get rid of worldly pressures; maybe you want a righteous spouse; perhaps you want to be blessed with a child or acquire the dream job; or your mind just yearns for contentment and peace. Allah  is the Maker, the Sustainer, the One who loves to Forgive and the One who loves to provide for His slaves. All you have to do ask Him  ! Whatever be your demand, focus whilst praying, focus when you make dua instead of putting your dua list on auto pilot mode; talk to Him when you’re given five official chances to do so everyday. What better time than salah!

3. Build a Relationship with the Quran

While repentance purifies your heart, reading the glorious Quran strengthens your soul, filling it with an eeman high. Make a little more effort when you recite the glorious book. Push yourself to understand the tafseer or the Arabic language in order to grasp the eloquence, beauty and miracle of the Quran. It’s Allah   ‘s way of talking to you. Open it everyday to listen to what He

While repentance purifies your heart, reading the glorious Quran strengthens your soul, filling it with an eeman high.

Perform Deeds that Pull you to Jannah

The acts you perform with intentions to seek your Lord’s pleasure can add a lot of weight to your scale of good deeds on the Day of Judgment, giving you a mighty ticket to enter the eternal paradise, with your Lord’s permission and mercy.

So why not start with charity. In a well known hadeeth, we learn that charity extinguishes sins like water extinguishes fire.[1] You don’t have to be a millionaire to do something massive. The next time you go to the masjid, remember to donate an unknown amount of money for charitable causes that would help your local masjid function better.

Help the needy with whatever means possible.

Buy a single meal for them every week;Donate your clothes to an orphanage;Donate some money to a nearby school;Give money to build a well

There are umpteen types of small investments that provide exponential benefits on the Day of Judgement.

So get into the “art of giving” now! Perhaps, these tiny acts of yours could give you a ticket to paradise or save you from the ferociousness of Hellfire.

Let Go of Your Past

Often times, we drown in foams of disasters by making the wrong decisions or speaking the wrong kind of words. One of the most important ways to move forward and renew our eeman is to let go of our past. It’s done and over with. Learn from your mistakes and move on. You benefit nothing by brooding over it. If Umar   were to brood over his past, he would have never become one of the outstanding caliphs that he went on to become.

If you are still breathing, Allah   has given you another chance to prove your worth, so let go of your past, your sins and mistakes, no matter how disastrous they may seem. Sit down, repent now, cry in sujood, raise your hands up to the heavens and beg for forgiveness, then move on.

With every breath you take, you are one step closer to meeting your Lord. Make sure it is filled with meaningful, productive, humble acts rather than grieving over what “could have been” or what “should have been”.

The Blessed Tahajjud

Wake up for ten minutes everyday when everyone else is asleep to offer the blessed tahajjud prayer, the sweetness and beauty of which can only be experienced, not explained. It is a de-stressor, a magical eraser that would remove traces of worries, guilt, fear and anxiety from your mind; and instead, perfume your existence with hope and peace. Pull the blanket off at the last third of the night and have a blessed conversation with your Lord when half of the world sleeps and the other half is busy indulging itself in worldly affairs. It just needs a little extra effort, helping your ordinary day become extraordinary!

Be a Leader

After you’ve fixed yourself up with these little acts that will help boost your emaan bi’ithnillah, try to please your Lord by stepping up the initiative and helping His creation. Do not be pleased with being ordinary. Go out of your way and do the extraordinary. Rise up because you have been blessed with the gift called “Islam”. Carry forward the beautiful legacy, so people belonging to other religions can look up to Islam.

Next time you are in gathering or meeting, initiate a genuine smile that would become hallmarks of a happy and content Muslim/Muslimah.Take the initiative. Volunteer for useful organizations and put your skills into use in whichever field you excel at. It could be something creative like painting and writing or something technical like graphic or website designing. Maybe you have excellent oratory skills. Your talent is a gift from Allah  . Don’t waste it by not using it.Take a pen and paper to list down three (or more) things you are really good at. Once you’ve narrowed in on these, start nurturing your talents and put them into use to benefit the Ummah and invest in your akhira.

Maintain the Euphoria

Remember, emaan increases and decreases according to situations life throws at us because our hearts and souls are fragile. Always have a bunch of eeman buddies who would help you in times of need. You don’t have to battle in the dungeons of dunya all alone. Your friends have a direct impact on the type of person you are, so choose your surroundings wisely. Race forward to do good deeds.

You don’t have to battle in the dungeons of dunya all alone.

A hundred years from now, it won’t matter whether you wore an expensive dress or if you bought the latest gadget/car/mobile phone. What WILL matter is the number of good deeds you managed to pack into your luggage for your final and eternal abode in the Hereafter. Wake up from your deep slumber and spend your time wisely!

With each moment of life flying away, you are in a trance. A magic wand will not clear up the emotional and physical debris of disasters and disappointments that have piled up in your life. However, eeman boosters that would remind you of your purpose in life, will!

Repent, rise up and initiate changes in your life to please your Lord. Be the Ummah that can bring about changes in the society rather than being an Ummah that constantly whines about every tiny problem. Push yourself a little more than what you normally do, to become a little more special than what you already are. Do not be another of speck of sand on planet earth. Instead, be a star that winks from the sky!

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