Responding to praise

Ibn Ata’illah al-Iskandari (may Allah be pleased with him) said:

People praise you for what they imagine you are, so be sure that you blame yourself for what you know you are.

Gained from Shaykh Hamza Karamali’s beneficial SunniPath Blog Article: Praise Leads to Delusion

 

Zamilooni Zamilooni, Dathirooni, Dathirooni

May Allah grant us the best of characters. Allahumma Ameen.

Useful Reading:

• Story of Revelation – In the cave of Hira’
• The Prophetic Household, may Allah send peace and blessings upon them all.
• Social Behaviour

 

No Place in Islam for Oppression

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful & Compassionate “Two more girls’ schools blown up in Swat.” I read the headlines, half the story, and then my mind wandered, imagining the thoughts that would race through readers’ minds as they read the news. What shakes the world is not merely the oppression of women, but the clothing of this oppression in garbs of piety and righteousness. Islam—apparently—alters our moral sense, and normalizes, even glorifies, oppression. This mere thought shakes the world, and it shakes me, too. But what shakes me more is how localized oppression in illiterate, tribal villages is somehow “logically” projected onto all of one billion Muslims of the present and the billions more of the past. Read more…

Thank you Shaykh Hamza Karamali for this insightful read. May Allah reward you and your family with His Tawfeeq. Allahumma Ameen.

 

Reminder: Reciting The Qur’an

Obtained this useful reminder from The Book of Assistance by Imam alHaddad (may Allah be pleased with him and our teachers who have translated his work and the students who have benefited therein. Allahumma Ameen):

And Ali, may God ennoble his face, has said:

The one who recites the Qur’an while standing in prayer receives one hundred rewards for each letter; the one who recites it outside the prayer but in a state of ritual purity receives twenty-five rewards for each letter; and those who recite it without ritual purity receive ten rewards for each letter.

Alhumdulillah there’s benefit in every state.

 

Knock Knock Knocking at Allah’s Door

Asalaam alaykum wa rahmatullah,

“If you want to fast a month after Ramadan, then fast Muharram, for it has a day in which Allah forgave an entire people, and He turns to others in repentance in.”
[Tirmidhi (841)]

As the new Islamic year of 1430AH comes our way, lets start the year by reminding ourselves that it’s Allah’s Door that we should be knocking on. One way to do this is by remembrance of Allah and by reciting the supplication of Habib ‘Ali bin Muhammad al-Habashi, may Allah have mercy on him.

We pray that Allah, by His Ultimate Enabling Grace, grants us knowledge that benefits, companions of good character, ease in our difficulties, and a strengthened bond of unity in the following year. Allahumma Ameen.

Useful Articles:

• Dua of Habib Ali al-Habshi (see pages 10 and 11 though this whole resource from GuidanceMedia is useful for reflection)
• Duties of the Month of Muharram
• Brotherhood by Habib ‘Ali al-Jifri