When one flees to Allah, one would actually be f leeing from something that occured by Allahs will and decree.
Thus, one would actually be fleeing from Allah to Him!
November 18, 2009
Ask… Because Your Lord Wishes to Give to You.
قل ما يعبأ بكم ربي لولا دعاؤكم فقد كذبتم فسوف يكون لزاما
Say : “My Lord pays attention to you only because of your invocation to Him. But now you have indeed denied (Him). So the torment will be yours for ever (inseparable permanent punishment).”
One of the salaf said: It has been said that this verse means :
“I have not created you because I have a need for you, I have only created you so that you may ask Me, thus I will forgive you and give you what you ask.”
Tafsir al-Qurtubi 13/83
November 15, 2009
If Only We Knew the Power of Our Parents Du`aa
There was once a young man who would spend all his time playing in amusement centres. He had a righteous father whom would often advise him and warn him from taking the wrong path and following bad company. However, the more the father would advise his son, the more disobedient and cruel his son became. One day, he insisted on his advise to his son, but was shocked when his son hit him on the face. The father swore that he would go to the Ka`bah and ask Allah to avenge him. Thus, the father went to the Ka`bah and supplicated saying ‘ O Allah! People come from all over the world to visit your house, I have come to you to answer my prayers; my son is disobedient to me and I ask You to take my revenge on him. I ask you Lord to paralyze his body, You are the majesty, You beget not, nor are you begotten.’
No sooner had he finished his appeal to Allah than the right side of his son’s body became paralyzed.
Shaykh `Abdul Aziz as-Salmaan ‘Mawaarid adh-Dham`aan’
November 6, 2009
The Removal of Sorrow…
The salaf would say anyone encountering any sorrow should read Surah Yusuf.
September 24, 2009
It Is Always A Bounty For You.
The divine decree related to the believer is always a bounty, even if it is in the form of withholding (something that is desired), and it is a blessing, even if it appears to be a trial, and an affliction that has befallen him is in reality a cure, even though it appears to be a disease!
Unfortunately, due to the ignorance of the worshipper, and his transgressions, he does not consider anything to be a gift or a blessing or a cure unless he can enjoy it immediately, and it is in accordance with his nature. If he were only given a little bit of understanding, then he would have counted being withheld from as a blessing, and the sickness as a mercy, and he would relish the trouble that befalls him more than he relishes his ease, and he would enjoy poverty more than he enjoys richness, and he would be more thankful when he is blessed with little than when he is blessed with a lot.
Imam ibn al Qayyim rahimahullah :
Madarij al-Salikin 2/215-216
August 19, 2009
He Does with us as He Pleases…
One of the scholars wrote:
There is none of us who can escape from the Will of Allah and His Decree. And no one can avert His judgement or His trials upon us. Verily, we all belong to Allah, we are His slaves and part of His possessions. He does with us as He pleases and what He wills.
August 7, 2009
Go on… Throw Yourself Between the Hands of Allah
If the servant of Allah knows that he cannot escape nor change the plan of Allah, he will commit all his affairs to Allah and throw himself between His hands as a humble servant throws himself between the hands of a mighty king who has authority over him- and indeed the servant has no power of his own. When the servant knows all that, he will be relieved from all distress and sadness and will pass the burden to Allah who does not care or get tired. Allah will carry them, and show him kindness and mercy without any tiredness. The servant has paid attention to Allah alone and Allah paid attention to the needs and benefits of his life and emptied his heart from them, and, as a result, his life will be good and his heart will be happy.
‘al – Fawaa’id’ by Imam Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullah
August 6, 2009
When Children Leave Us Speechless…
“I prefer to die than to let Israel take al-Aqsa.”
7 year old Palestinian boy
“Because of my Islamic conscience, I could not just sit back and watch the jews while they were shooting the Muslims like someone shooting birds.”
A 12 year old Jordianian boy who gets lost after running away from home to help Palestinians.
