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This is the very first public blog post here on sunniforum.com. This is a new feature of sunniforum.com that will allow certain users to 'blog'. Merriam-Webster defines a blog as:

Main Entry: blog
Pronunciation: \ˈblȯg, ˈbläg\
Function: noun
Etymology: short for Weblog
Date: 1999
: a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer; also : the

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One saint went to the graveside of Sh. Hafiz Dhamin r.a and started to read fātiha. After he finished, he asked as to who this saint (Hafiz Dhamin r.a) is? He is being very jolly! When I was about to read fātiha he says, “Go and read fātiha on some dead person, why have you come to read fātiha here?”

Only then, people told him that Hafiz Dhamin r.a was Shahīd.

Malfūzāt Hakīmul Ummat, Vol. 11 Pg. 71

The other day another epiphany struck me, when one of my friend mentioned that if a fish cannot live without water, how can a Muslim live without the love of Allah? It was a nice metaphor and it made sense at first, but it got me thinking, are we really like fish?

To me, there are a few gems that are perhaps like fish in water, ie Allah has blessed them with His love indefinitely from the start. But most of us, we’re more like baby sea turtles. If someone is ...

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Against the Odds


The waves rage against the sea shore before moving back once more
In their leave is left a lonely snail pushed onto the sand
Forced unto a place where it wishes not to be
What can it do but languor and stay on the sandy shore to die?
No! It burrows itself into the sand away from the raging waves
And once more slides on its way home

Do you see the salmon swim, the water shining on their glistening backs?

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Zoon Noon Misri relates the observance of one of his devotees.

A state of ecstasy had overtaken a person and he was roaming around in this state. He passed by a house where a mother was severely scolding her child. She was so angry that she slapped him and then told him to go where he pleased and shut the door. The person observed the child who was very upset and crying wretchedly. He started walking away as if to state that he didn’t need his mother. He roamed around from one place ...