—Muadh Ibn Jabal (radiAllahu anhu)
(Source: islamicthinking)
Once Umar (Radhiyallaho Anho), during his caliphate, was going on his usual rounds towards Harrah (a suburb of Madinah) with his slave Aslam, when he saw a distant fire in the desert. He said, “There seems to be a camp. Perhaps, it is a caravan that could not enter the town due to night…
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There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.
The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the…
Someday when my children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates a parent,
I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:
‘I loved you enough to ask where you were going,
with whom, and what time you would be home.
I loved you enough to be silent and let you
discover that…
As soon as Idrees got home from school, he ran to his grandfather to ask him about something that was on his mind.
“Grandpa,” he said, “I want to ask you something.”
“What is it, Idrees?” asked Grandpa Uthman.
“Grandpa, on the bus, a lady was telling her friend how important…
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“Do the people think that they will be left to say, “We believe” and they will not be tried?” [29:2]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltgwx5QMYe1qiilewo1_500.jpg)
“Do the people think that they will be left to say, “We believe” and they will not be tried?” [29:2]
Someday when my children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates a parent,
I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:
‘I loved you enough to ask where you were going,
with whom, and what time you would be home.
I loved you enough to be silent and let you
discover that…
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I’m sorry. I’m sorry I don’t have the most perfect skin.I’m sorry I don’t look like a Victoria Secrets modelI’m sorry I don’t have the best style.I’m sorry I’m not tall.I’m sorry I’m not perfectly skinny- 5’7 nor 100 pounds.I’m sorry I have stretch marks here and there. I’m sorry I have bad hijab days. I’m sorry that I’m plain.I’m sorry my eyebrows aren’t thin and perfectly trimmed.I’m sorry my face isn’t caked in make-up.I’m sorry that I can never meet society’s standards.But you know what? I don’t need to care about society’s criteria. I don’t need people to tell me I’m beautiful.I don’t need compliments to make me feel better. I don’t need a superficial love that can’t withstand a stretch mark here or chub there.I don’t need to keep sinking into a never ending pit of low self-esteem.Because I looked to Allah, and He told me the perfect recipe to be Beautiful.Not just temporarily, but forever. “And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,…” [25:63]“And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate {25:67]“And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allah with [accepted] repentance. And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity. And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind. And those who say, “Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous.” Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace.” [25:71-75]Ya Allah, when the world criticizes me a million times overYa Allah, when the world keeps telling me hurtful thingsYa Allah, when the world keeps pushing “ugly” at me.Give me the courage to hold firm to your Deen. Ya Allah, as long as I am beautiful to you, nothing else matters. Ya Allah, even when everyone leaves my side, let me take comfort in the fact thatYou are closer to me than my jugular vein [50:16]
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I’m sorry.
I’m sorry I don’t have the most perfect skin.
I’m sorry I don’t look like a Victoria Secrets model
I’m sorry I don’t have the best style.
I’m sorry I’m not tall.
I’m sorry I’m not perfectly skinny- 5’7 nor 100 pounds.
I’m sorry I have stretch marks here and there.
I’m sorry I have bad hijab days.
I’m sorry that I’m plain.
I’m sorry my eyebrows aren’t thin and perfectly trimmed.
I’m sorry my face isn’t caked in make-up.
I’m sorry that I can never meet society’s standards.
But you know what?
I don’t need to care about society’s criteria.
I don’t need people to tell me I’m beautiful.
I don’t need compliments to make me feel better.
I don’t need a superficial love that can’t withstand a stretch mark here or chub there.
I don’t need to keep sinking into a never ending pit of low self-esteem.
Because I looked to Allah, and He told me the perfect recipe to be Beautiful.
Not just temporarily, but forever.
“And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,…” [25:63]
“And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate {25:67]
“And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allah with [accepted] repentance. And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity. And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind. And those who say, “Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous.” Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace.” [25:71-75]
Ya Allah, when the world criticizes me a million times over
Ya Allah, when the world keeps telling me hurtful things
Ya Allah, when the world keeps pushing “ugly” at me.
Give me the courage to hold firm to your Deen.
Ya Allah, as long as I am beautiful to you, nothing else matters.
Ya Allah, even when everyone leaves my side, let me take comfort in the fact that
You are closer to me than my jugular vein [50:16]check out more Letters to my Ummah: destination-jannah.com
We need to teach our daughters to distinguish between,
A man who flatters her and a man who compliments her,
A man who spends money on her and a man who invests in her,
A man who views her as property and a man who views her properly,
A man who lusts after her and man who loves her,
A man who believes he’s a gift to women and a man who believes she’s a gift to him.
And then we need to teach our sons to be that kind of man.
A doctor entered the hospital in a hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call as soon as he could, changed his clothes & went directly to the surgery block.
He found the boy’s father pacing in the hall waiting for the doctor. On seeing him, the dad yelled, “Why…
