The Sweetness of Faith
Selections from al-Sa’di, The Tree of Faith
The Branches of Faith
Selections from al-Sa’di, The Tree of Faith
COMPONENTS OF FAITH
Selections from al-Sa’di, The Tree of Faith
WHO IS A BELIEVER
Selections from al-Sa’di, The Tree of Faith
The Abridged Life of the Prophet (SAW) – ʿAbdu’l-Ghani al-Maqdisi
Mukhtaṣar Sīrah al-Nabī Hāfiẓ ʿAbdu’l-Ghanī al-Maqdisī All praise and thanks are due to Allāh, Creator of the heavens and the earth, and light and darkness, gatherer of mankind for the final judgment so that the righteous may attain success and the wretched may attain misery. I testify that none has the right to […]
The Worth of Man
The worth of every man is judged by what he seeks. The value of a person who seeks Allāh is beyond measure; a person who covets this world is too lowly to be valued.al-Shiblī said, ‘Whoever clings to this world will be burned in its blaze, becoming ashes blown about by the wind. Whoever clings […]
A Sound Heart
The only person who will be successful tomorrow is one who meets Allāh with a sound heart, containing none save Him, “…the Day when neither wealth nor sons will be of any use – except for he who comes to Allāh with a sound and flawless heart.” (Q26:88-89)The sound heart is that heart which is […]
Shyness
Aḥmad and ibn Ḥibbān record on the authority of ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mughaffal (RA) that a man met a woman who used to be a prostitute in the Days of Ignorance. While flirting with her, he extended his hand towards her upon which she said, ‘Stop, Allāh has removed shirk and brought Islām,’ so he removed […]