Do You Love Allah?
There is a famous poem in Arabic where the poet says that you claim to love Allah and you express Allah’s love but at the same time you disobey him. By Allah, this is a very strange thing indeed! If...
View ArticleAttraction of Worldly Life
It is easy to be fooled in to thinking that happiness lies in wealth and successful education, employment and careers. Although none of these things should be overlooked and belittled altogether, we...
View ArticlePearls of Wisdom 1
Below are some pearls of wisdom taken from a few majalis (gatherings for spiritual training) held by Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq in 1998: • Part of the cure to the diseases of the heart is to realise...
View ArticlePie in the Sky?
Perhaps we are very neglectful of spirituality because today even though we may profess to be Muslims we have been so affected by materialism that we devote all our attention to those things that are...
View ArticleConstancy in Silence
Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in the Holy Qu’ran: مَا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ Not a word he utters but there is a watcher ready. [Surah Qaaf 50:18] For every word that we utter,...
View ArticleSincere Repentance
In a hadeeth reported by Imam Bukhari, Rasūl Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم said: والله إنِّي لأَسْتَغْفِرُ الله وأَتُوبُ إِلَيْه في اليَوْمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً By Allah I seek forgiveness from...
View ArticleWorshipping in Ease and Hardship
Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in the Holy Qur’an: وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ “I have not created men and jinn except that they worship Me. ” [Al Dhariyat 51/56] Worshipping...
View ArticleBrief Sojourn on Earth
Some deny the existence of the spirit but Islam tells us that it is really only the spirit that lives in man and makes us who we are. The spirit is more important than our mind or body. We are not our...
View ArticleReal Loss
Real loss is not the loss of wealth of possessions. Real loss is when a person allows themselves to be distracted by their dunya from the remembrance of Allah and their true purpose.
View ArticleYour Brief Stay
Some ulamā have said that we should regard our time in the dunya as the time between Adhān and Salāh.
View ArticleYour Last Day
Many scholars have said that you should live your day as if it is your last day.
View ArticlePrepare for Reality
Before time escapes us, we should prepare for what is real: theʾĀkhirah
View ArticleRelieved of the World
When a person departs from this realm in to the realm of the hereafter, either they are relieved of the world or the world is relieved of them. When a good person passes away, they are relieved of the...
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