Eight Lessons For A Meaningful Life
It has been narrated that Shaqīq al-Balkhī told al-Hātim: ‘You have accompanied me for a while now. What have you learned?’ Al-Hātim said: "Eight...
The Wisdom of Ibn Mas’ud
One of the sayings of Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was that a man said in his presence, "I do not...
The Pursuit of Knowledge: A Path Of Endurance And Virtue
No one goes to the depths of pursuing knowledge (talab al-ilm) except the lover of knowledge, and the lover must endure distress. Such preoccupation...
Wretched People
The majority of mankind has a wretched nature that cannot be rectified except with self-discipline, for they neither know the reason why they were...
Forbidding from Accompanying Sultans
If more a person's status is elevated in this world, the more his status will diminish in the Hereafter. Ibn 'Umar (radiyAllahu 'anhuma) said, 'By...
Pleasures Of This World Are Connected With Calamities and Darkness
I envisaged myself looking at the pleasures of men in the world and forgetting how they were acquired them, together with the calamities that...
Breaking The Desire of the Stomach and the Private Parts
The desire of the stomach is of the greatest of the destructive vices, and it is what caused Adam (AS) to be expelled from...
10 Wisdoms Behind and Benefits of Affliction
Success and trials are inextricably linked. No nation can prosper until it passes through various stages of trials and tests. Allah tested the believers...
Making the Individual Feel Worthy
It is narrated on the authority of Anas (Allah be pleased with him) that a woman, somewhat mentally defected, said, "O Messenger of Allah!...
The Inward Rules Of The Zakah
Know that he who seeks the road of the Afterlife through the zakah has certain duties to fulfil. These are as follows: THE FIRST DUTY...