Clean Heart = Clean Speech

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Patience

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Beware of...

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Hazrat Abdullah ibn Mubaarak (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh) said: “Sufyaan Thawri (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh) said to me:

‘Beware of fame. Everyone I met warned me about fame.’”

Our Treasure is in Islam

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Patience

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“And be patient, for Allah does not let the reward of the righteous 

go to waste.”

[Surah Hud 11: 115]

My sin & His Forgiveness

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“My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Allah, Your Forgiveness came out greater.”

[Imam Shaafi (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)]

Manners

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"A little of manners is better than a lot of knowledge (without manners)."

"Good manners is the adornment of a Scholar."

Noble Companionship

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 Hazrat Abdullah ibn Mubarak (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh) would often stay at home. He was asked: “Don’t you get lonely?”

He replied: “How could I get lonely when I am with the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) and his Companions - i.e. reading Hadith?”

Safety

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Hazrat Sufyaan Thawri (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh) said :

“Safety is that you don’t desire to be known.”

Traveling...

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Knowledge of Deen

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“The first step in knowledge is to listen, then to be quiet and attentive, then to preserve it, then to put it into practice and then to spread it.”

Hazrat Sufyan bin ‘Uyainah (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Reliance

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Noble Advice

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“Whoever remembers death often will be content with little provisions, 
and whoever realizes that his words are counted among his actions, will speak little.”

Al-Awza’i (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Imaan

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Learning in early age

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“The effect of learning in early age is like engraving on a stone.”

— Hazrat Hasan Basri (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Don't be a loser

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And I hurried towards You, O my Lord, so that You be pleased.

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A Qur'aan teacher always advised her students to live by this Ayah:

وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰ

"And I hurried towards You, O my Lord, so that You be pleased."

[Ta Ha 20: 84]

She told them, "This Ayah is what moves me. When I hear the Adhaan and I'm in occupied and in the middle of something, I remind myself of this Ayah and so I get up to pray."

"When my alarm goes off at 2 a.m. and I want to go back to sleep, I remember: "And I hurried towards You, O my Lord, so that You be pleased."

Her husband had the following arrangement with her: On his way home from work he would call her so that she gets the food hot and ready, that he can come home and eat & rest.

One day he asked her to make Mahshi (stuffed grape leaves) – which is very time consuming. You wrap many of them and put the pot of them on the stove to cook. She had just three more to wrap before she could put them on the stove to cook.

But the Adhaan commenced...

So she left the three remaining grape-leaves (which would have taken her 5 minutes) and she went to pray. Her husband kept calling & calling her phone but there was no answer.

He came home and found her in Sujood and that the food was not ready. He saw that there were only three grape-leaves left. He was upset and said, "You could have just finished them and put the pot to cook, then pray!"

No response.

He went to her to discover she had died in her Sujood!

SubhaanAllaah, had she waited like any of us to "finish whats in her hand" she would have died in the kitchen! But a person dies upon what they lived on and they are resurrected on what they died on.

Zuhd (ascetism)

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Beautiful Secrets

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"Good intentions are the most beautiful secrets."

Hazrat 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

Answering the questions in the grave

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For more explanation, read the article “Passing the Examination of Life” HERE

Comfort is in contentment

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“Do not seek anything other than contentment, because therein is the bliss and the comfort of your body, heart and soul. 

...Consider the case of a person who possesses the whole world:

From all of his material possessions, can he take with him, in his grave, anything more than a shroud?”

Spiritual Nourishment

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Avoiding Regret

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“A moment of patience in a moment of anger

can help avoid thousands of moments of regret.”

Hadhrat Ali (RA)

The Blessed Ones

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Keep busy...

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“Keep yourself busy in remembering your own faults,

So that you have no time left to remember the faults of others.”

-         Sufyaan Thauri (Rahmatullahi Alayh)

Good Character ... Bad Character

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Don't delay...

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“The graves have millions of people who thought that they would practise Islam when they become old…

…Old age is not promised to anyone.”

Formula for an increase in bounties

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“…If you express gratitude, 

I shall certainly give you more...”

[SURAH IBRAHEEM: 14 : 7]

Read about the requirements in fulfilling Shukr (Gratitude) HERE

For our parents

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May Allah Ta'ala bless our parents with the best of both worlds

Just a number of days...

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"O Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days. 

Whenever a day passes, a part of you has gone." 

- Hazrat Hasan Basri (Rahmatullahi 'alayh) 

An Eloquent Reply

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A Mother's Love

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A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening, while she was preparing supper, and he handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. 

After his mother dried her hands on her apron, she sat down to read it, and this is what it said:


For cutting the grass: $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
For going to the store for you: $.50
Baby-sitting my little brother while you went shopping: $.25
Taking out the garbage: $1.00
For getting a good report card: $5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00

Total owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he had written on, and this is what she wrote:

For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me:
No Charge

For all the nights that I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you:
No Charge

For all the tiring times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years:
No Charge

For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead:
No Charge

For the toys, food, clothes, and even for wiping your nose:
No Charge

Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is:
No Charge.

When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mum, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great, big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".

Moral :You will never how much your parents worth till you become a parent.

Be a giver not an asker, especially with your parents. there is a lot to give, besides money.

You are an author ...

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You cannot please everyone

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A man said to Hadhrat Hasan Basri (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh): ‘There are people who sit around you so that they may find fault with you!’

Hadhrat  Hasan Basri (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh) replied: ‘People are not pleased with their Creator even though He provides for them. How can they be pleased with another creation like themselves?’

Handle them with care

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