Posted in Hadith, Must-Read Articles, Reminders, tagged ghurabaa, Hadith, Islam, strangers on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always had a fascination with ghurabaa. May we strive to be them truly.
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : بدأ الاسلام غريبا وسيعود غريبا كما بدأ فطوبى للغرباء
“Bada al islamu ghareeban, wa sa ya ‘oodu ghareeban kama bada, fa tooba ‘alal ghurabaa”
The Prophet (saw) said “Islam began as [...]
Posted in Awesome!, tagged earth, microscopic, science, SubhanAllah, universe on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Florida State University has put up an interesting Java applet on their site. It begins as a view of the Milky Way Galaxy viewed from a distance of 10 million light years and then zooms in towards the Earth in powers of ten of distance. 10 million, to one million, to 100,000 light years and [...]
Posted in Must-Read Articles, Reminders, quotes, tagged company, dark, friends, inspiration, light, optimism, pessimism on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have no idea who wrote this, but it’s beautiful and so true and something I really need to work on….
When someone lightens up your life just by their presence, you can be sure they are emitting a very positive energy. When someone puts a damper on the meeting or a conversation, you can be [...]
Posted in Hadith, Must-Read Articles, Reminders, tagged Ahadith, deeds, Hadith, Ibadah, Islam, reward on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SubhanAllah we are so lucky!
1. Repentance done sincerely for Allah: The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Allah will forgive the sins of anybody who repents before the sun rises from the west (major sign of yawmul qiyama).” (Muslim) He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) also said ”Allah accepts the repentance of His slaves until the [...]
Posted in Awesome!, Must-Read Articles, tagged memorization, qur'an on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think this is absolutely amazing…may Allah give is the energy and ability to do this with our kids when the time comes, InshaAllah! This is the true success.
Feel free to pass it on, may it be a sadaqah jariyah for this wonderful mum.
How to memorize Qur’an at age 7!
One Mother’s recipe on how she [...]
Posted in Random, Reflection on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was just wondering what it takes for a person to love someone for the sake of Allah. What’s the criteria? Where is the line between loving for Allah’s sake and loving for dunya’s sake? It does confuse me sometimes. I sometimes don’t know whether I love someone for Allah or for my own personal [...]
