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How do YOU want to be treated? by Br. Aarij We all want to be acknowledged. And we all covet respect. And we all desire some sort of love from people. So, how can we get all of this? “Whoever wishes to be delivered from the fire (of Hell) and ... Read More »

This is Part 2 (final) of the topic. Part 1 can be found here. Night prayer in the lives of the early Muslims Imām AlHasan AlBasri said: “I did not find any worship more powerful than ṣalāh in the middle of the night”. Abu Uthmaan AlHindi said: “I was the ... Read More »

  Prayer. As-ṣalāh. Five times a day, every day, we purify our bodies and prepare our souls with wudhu, the ritual ablution, that we may stand before Allāh (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) and worship Him as He deserves to be worshipped, as He has commanded us to worship Him.   Yet… ... Read More »

by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah As people are content with the world, so you should be content with Allāh. As they are delighted by the world, so you should be delighted with Allāh. As they are intimate with their loved ones, so you should seek intimacy with Allāh. As they desire ... Read More »

——– a good reminder from my class-mate—– Assalam alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu yaa ikhwaan fi-Llah, There were many Muslims with us last year who are not with us now. May Allāh SWT bless them all & join them among the ranks of the righteous. When we make du‘ā’ for ... Read More »

Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaah, Last Saturday in Manhattan, I was blessed to have the opportunity to attend a talk given by Sh. Hussain Abdul Sattar entitled “Love for Allāh.” While I would love to give a full summary of this talk, I unfortunately did not take notes, which makes summarizing ... Read More »

by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah Come! Let us enter the presence of Allāh and draw closer to the Abode of Peace; without fatigue, exhaustion, or toil: but rather by the simplest and easiest of routes. This, by realising that you are in a moment of time between two moments, and that ... Read More »

Gems from Ibn al-Qayyim [1] (Reposted due to some errors, comments lost, sorry) From the signs of bliss and success is that a person,whenever he grows in knowledge, he grows in humility and compassion. Whenever he grows in action, he grows in fear and caution. Whenever he grows in age, ... Read More »

When we compare our lifespans wherein our endeavors unfold to the age of the earth, or to that of the universe which we are told is fifteen thousand million years old, they seem of less significance than a droplet of water in an endless ocean. For today's materialist life holds ... Read More »

This article was originally written by Navaid Aziz in Medinah. It has been posted here with his permission.  All praise is due to Allāh, who reminds his slaves that their lives have an appointed time and that the successful ones are those who are saved from the fire and entered ... Read More »