Cross-posted from: ย http://thehumblei.com/2013/02/04/ibn-al-qayyim-what-matters-at-heart/ โA servant is not afflicted with any chastisement greater than a hard heart and of being remote from God. Hardness of the heart...
Cross-posted fromย http://thehumblei.com/2013/02/23/the-big-freeze-are-you-enclosed-in-a-cage-of-ice/ A well-known hadith states:ย al-dunya sijn al-muโmin wa jannat al-kafirย โ โThe world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.โ[1] Another...
Many passages in the Qurสพฤn extol the significance of the soul orย nafs.ย In one celebrated passage, it says: By the soul and Him that formed it, then...
It is said: โWhoever acts by what he knows, God will bequeath to him knowledge that he does not know.โ1ย Thus, as a person practices what they...
Cross-posted from: ย http://thehumblei.com/2012/08/20/ibn-juzayy-on-remembrance-of-god/ Masters of the inward life tell us that remembrance of God, orย dhikr,ย is the cornerstone of the spiritual path, the key to sanctification (wilayah)...
Cross-posted from:ย http://thehumblei.com/2012/11/30/breaking-bread-as-brothers/ God insists in the Qurโan:ย And hold fast, all together, to the rope of God, andย do not become divided.ย [3:103] The Qurโan further insists:ย The believers are...
Crossposted from:ย http://thehumblei.com/2012/09/29/have-we-weaned-ourselves-from-the-dunya/ The idea of weaning the soul away from the world, even as a child is weaned off the breast, is a cornerstone of Islamโs...
โA still tongue makes a wise headโ, says one proverb. It has also been said: โThe wounds of a sword may heal one day; the wounds...
“We were making the future, and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is!” MM Treasures are posts...
The original piece can be found here. The duties instated by faith are a necessary measure in order to regulate human affairs, guideย man, prevent him from...
