November 2011
181 posts
“A man asked the Prophet, Which aspect of Islam is best? He replied, Feeding...”
– (via oneislam)
The strong is not the one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself in anger. (Bukhari)
Why is it that we find it so easy to waste time doing nothing but we find it so hard to dedicate even a few minutes in worship?
“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped...”
– John E. Southard (via rumiandshit)
“Cherish every moment, the good and the bad, the happy and the sad; they will all...”
“But there’s suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid...”
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I...”
– Rumi (via thelittlephilosopher)
“The dependency on anything other than God will keep you always weak.”
– Yasmin Mogahed (via thelittlephilosopher)
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
– Lao Tzu (via likethesun)
“Don’t ever let someone tell you, you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a...”
– The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) by Chris Gardner (via thelittlephilosopher)
“If you desire healing,
let yourself fall ill,
let yourself fall ill.”
– Rumi (via thelittlephilosopher)
“Life is so fleeting, so fragile. Every breath the potential to be our last.”
– Dexter (via inspiredbythisfeeling)
“It is not for you to judge the journey of another’s Soul. It is for you to...”
– Neale Donald Walsch (via thelittlephilosopher)
“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years, how man would...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thelittlephilosopher)
The Sunnah Of Love (Excerpt)
All of us learn through the course of our elementary studies of Islam that if you have no water, or if it is scarce, that you can perform Tayamum – ritual purification for prayer using sand or dust.
What you probably were not taught, and what was glossed over, was the fact that the permissibility and the legislation of that enormously important function were revealed because of the lost bead...
“How is it that the Prophet ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam can mend his clothes and...”
True Love
Aisha (ra) asked the Prophet ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam how he would describe his love for her. The Prophet Muhammad answered, saying: “Like a strong binding knot.” The more you tug, the stronger it gets, in other words.
“Whatever you lost through fate, be certain that it saved you from pain.”
– Rumi (via thelittlephilosopher)
“We always need to go back to the basics. You can’t expect to go far in...”
“Man’s way leads to a hopeless end. Allah’s way leads to an endless hope.”
– (via poeticislam)
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same...”
Narrated ‘Utban bin Malik Al-Ansari (Radi-Allahu ‘anhu): Who was one of the men of the tribe of Bani Salim: Allah’s Apostle (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam) came to me and said, “If anybody comes on the Day of Resurrection who has said: La ilaha illal-lah, sincerely, with the intention to win Allah’s Pleasure, Allah will make the Hell-Fire forbidden for...
“All religions, all this singing, one song. The differences are just illusion and...”
– Rumi (via thelittlephilosopher)
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming...”
– Marcel Proust (via thelittlephilosopher)
I am so quick to find faults in others which I so...
“Have compassion on those who are on earth, and He Who is in Heaven will have...”
Ya Allah, I am so weak, so weak. When a calamity...
“If your personal self in public met your personal self in solitude, would they...”
“Too often, Islam is portrayed as something like a religious country club -...”
– AbdelRahman Murphy (via mtravelsize) 