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A man who had wandered around the whole day in search of employment was returning empty-handed. He thought of his hungry wife and children at home. What will he tell them today? On his way home, he saw Ibraahim Bin Adham sitting peacefully. With a heavy sigh, the man said: "You are sitting so peacefully without a care in the world. I envy you." Ibraahim said: "Give me your sigh in exchange for all the ibaadat I have so far made." A grief stricken ...
Updated 28-03-2013 at 04:01 PM by ummitaalib
Hazrat Ali RA despite being a Sahaabi, used to say, “The journey is long and provision very little.” Should a person with very little provision and in front of whom lies the long journey to the Hereafter remain negligent of standing in the court of Allah subhaanhahu wata’ala? The Day of Judgement and the Meezaan (Scales) are inevitable. Question is, are we prepared for it and will the scales tip in our favour? So lost in the dunya, drowning in the waves ...
The clock ticking away every second in reality is our life passing by and every second which has passed can never return. Say a person was given a large amount of money to invest for a period of time. Now if the person invests wisely in profitable ventures he will be able to show a profit while if he invests unwisely he will have nothing to show but loss. If the person deposits the money in his bank account and leaves it there he will be able to return the money without a profit ...
Updated 04-03-2013 at 07:18 AM by ummitaalib
Originally Posted by Janan the wisdom of Rumi,the hikma of Saadi,the love *of *khayam,the Jazb of Hafiz,the tauheed of Attar,the spiritual genius of Amir Khusro.the mysticism of Jami,the intuitions of Sinai........... The thoughts of Sufism were disseminated mainly by Persian poetry, it breathed in an atmosphere of poetry and songs· Sufism being a positive and healthy reaction to the overtly rational activity of the philosophers and theologians,could never confine itself to the process of purely intellectual ...
Updated 23-02-2013 at 12:18 PM by ummitaalib
Its nothing new! At the end of the day what’s behind it is the same which humans have been dealing with since the beginning of civilisation. Mufti Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf provides guidance on the modern day means of communication like facebook, twitter, messenger and the latest craze, the WhatsApp! It all comes down to the fact that how much time are you willing to waste, how much focus do you want to give to unnecessary things in your life, how much do you wish to ...