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se7en
04/09/02 at 01:47:42
[color=gray] My God and my Lord; Eyes are at rest, the stars are setting.  Hushed are the movements of the birds in their nests, of mosters in the sea; and You are the Just Who knows no change; the Equity that does not swerve, the Everlasting that never passes away.  The doors of kings are locked now and guarded by their henchmen, but Your door is open to all who call upon You.  My Lord, each loved is now alone with his beloved.  And I am alone with Thee. -- Rabi'a al-Adawiyya [/color]
04/09/02 at 02:08:20
se7en

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se7en
04/09/02 at 01:51:21
A narration tells us that after the Isha prayer, Habiba al-Adawiyya used to climb onto her roof, cover herself, and pray until dawn.  She would say: Ya Allah, the stars have receded deep into the night, the eyes have closed their lids, the kings have locked their gates, and Your gate is open.   And now Allah, as darkness tonight is turning it's back, and the day is showing it's light, I wonder if You accepted my nights efforts - so that if You accepted them, I will be congratulated, and if You rejected them, I may mourn.
04/09/02 at 02:33:45
se7en

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se7en
04/09/02 at 01:53:02
"Does money upset the hearts of learned men?" He answered, "Men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned." -- attributed to al-Ghazali

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se7en
04/09/02 at 01:55:21
People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.  Umar - may Allah be pleased with him - said, "Weigh well your words and deeds before they are weighed on the day of Judgement". -- al- Ghazali
04/09/02 at 02:16:21
se7en

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se7en
04/09/02 at 01:56:42
The lower self [nafs] is like a flame both in its display of beauty and in its hidden potential for destruction; though its color is attractive, it burns.

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se7en
04/09/02 at 01:57:29
Oh my soul It is not, except a few days of patience As if the extent were but a few dreams Oh my soul Pass quickly on through this world And leave it, for indeed life lies ahead of it. -- attributed to Imam ash-Shaafi'ee

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se7en
04/09/02 at 02:03:05
Four things are exceedingly difficult - to forgive while angry; to give alms during want; to abstain from sins in solitude; and to speak the truth before the person from whom may come fear or favor. -- Ali, may Allah be pleased with him

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se7en
04/09/02 at 02:04:07
A shadow can't ignore the sun that all day creates and moves it.

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se7en
04/09/02 at 02:06:27
Oh Allah I ask You by every name that You have, that You have called Yourself by, that You have taught any of Your Creation, that You have revealed in Your Book, or that You may have kept secret with Yourself. Make the Quran the spring of my heart, the light of my breast, the dispeller of my sorrows, the eraser of my anxieties and worries. Ameen.

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se7en
04/09/02 at 02:10:56
I seek forgiveness in Allah from the lack of truthfulness in my saying, "I seek forgiveness."

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se7en
04/09/02 at 02:14:04
Night is gone and day is here.  And between your hands is a long road, and few provisions.  The caravans of the righteous are far ahead of us, and we're still here.  Wake up, wake up, wake up. -- how 'Amra, a saliha, used to wake her husband for night prayer

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se7en
04/09/02 at 02:27:10
Khalid al-Warraq's servant - whose name we don't know - was constantly in worship of Allah. Once Khalid advised her about Allah's mercy and compassion, and she wept.  She said, Ya Khalid, I know.  I hold hopes in Allah so big that if the mountains carried them, they would be burdened by their weight.  And I know that in the generosity of Allah there is safety for every sinner.  But where will I be when it comes to the grief of the race? Khalid asked her, what is the grief of the race? She said, when there is resurrection on the day of Hashr - when all that is inside the graves will be spread, and the abraar [the righteous servants] will mount the most beautiful of their works and race to the siraat.  By the dignity I hold in my heart for you, I swear that [...] the negligent will never be able to move ahead in this race. What will happen to me, then?  What pain and sorrow and grief will I feel, when the banner is lifted for those who have mounted their beautiful deeds, and the banner is lifted for the muhsinoon [those who do good]; and the banner is lifted for those who yearn for Allah, and the banner is lifted for those who love Allah - but I have to stay back with the sinners? And she wept. Ya Khalid, beware of anything that will interrupt a fast race to righteous action - for between the two homes [of dunyaa and akhira] there is no home to make up for what one has missed.   Woe on the person who is negligent in the servitude of his master, while carrying hope in him.  Shouldn't his hopes wake him up while the lazy ones are asleep?
04/09/02 at 02:28:09
se7en

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jaihoon
04/09/02 at 06:16:22
[quote] Night is gone and day is here.  And between your hands is a long road, and few provisions.  The caravans of the righteous are far ahead of us, and we're still here.  Wake up, wake up, wake up. [/quote] Waqt-e-fursat hai kahan! Kaam abhi bhi baaqi hai! On ur mark get set... ::)

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Mohja
04/09/02 at 16:37:06
[quote author=se7en link=board=bookstore;num=1018331262;start=0#9 date=04/09/02 at 02:10:56] I seek forgiveness in Allah from the lack of truthfulness in my saying, "I seek forgiveness."[/quote] If i'm not mistaken the above quote is also attributed to Raabe'a Al Adawiyya another quote of hers : [i] O God! If I adore You out of fear of Hell, burn me in Hell! If I adore You out of desire for Paradise, Lock me out of Paradise. But if I adore You for Yourself alone, Do not deny to me Your eternal beauty. [/i] It takes exceptional sincerity in devotion to be able to utter these words, subhan'Alla!

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se7en
04/16/02 at 03:18:19
Al A'amash narrated that Abdullah ibn Hanzala said: We once joined a campaign led by Salman al-Farisi, may Allah be pleased with him.  One evening we were sitting listening to a recital from Sura Maryam, and someone in the audience became extremely upset, to the point that he insulted her and her son.  We immediately jumped at him and hit him without mercy in defense of God's messenger Jesus and his mother, upon both of whom be peace.  The injured man went to Salman, the commander of the army then, and he reported us to him.   Salman came to see us, and he said firmly, 'Why did you people beat this man?' We replied, 'We were reading Sura Maryam, and he unjustly insulted her and her son!' Salman said, 'Have you not heard Allah, the Lord of Majesty and Glory say, 'Do not insult those who call upon lords besides Allah, thus causing them to insult Allah in ignorance, and without knowledge?'' Salman then turned to the people and said, 'Oh Arabs!  Did you not at one time uphold the most evil religious practices humanity has ever known?  And did you not at one time live below most standards humanity has ever known?  And is it not true, that later on, Allah has blessed you with the religion of Islam, and He honored you with His generous gifts?  How dare you now raise the might of Allah against other people, an authority He alone disposes of?  I swear by Almighty Allah, that either you stop such unwarranted provocations, or expect Allah, the Lord of Majesty and Glory, to strip you of His gifts and bounties and hand them over to other nations.'
04/16/02 at 03:21:19
se7en

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jannah
04/30/02 at 17:38:32
cute quote: A man came to al-Hasan [al-Basri] (d.110H) and said, "I wish to debate with you about the Religion." Al-Hasan replied, "I know my Religion. If you have lost your Religion go out and look for it!"

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se7en
05/15/02 at 15:46:02
[color=darkblue] Remember your contemporaries who have passed away and were your age.  Remember the honors and fame they earned, the high posts they held, and the beautiful bodies they possessed.  Today all of them are turned to dust.  They have left orphans and widows behind them, their wealth is being wasted, and their houses turned into ruins. No sign of them is left today, and they lie in dark holes underneath the earth. Picture their faces before your mind's eye and ponder. Do not fix hopes on your health, and do not laugh away life.  Remember how they walked and now all their joints lie seperately, and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by the worms. -- al Ghazali [/color]
05/15/02 at 16:06:05
se7en

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se7en
05/15/02 at 16:00:32
A sufi is neither an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of tawheed, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind.  The true sufi goes in and out among the people, eats and sleeps with them, buys and sells in the market, marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God a single moment. -- Abu Sa'id
05/15/02 at 16:01:09
se7en

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se7en
05/15/02 at 16:03:18
[color=gray] Each faculty of ours delights in that for which it was created: lust delights in accomplishing desire, anger in taking vengeance, the eye in seeing beautiful objects, and the ear in hearing harmonious sounds.  The highest function of the soul is the perception of truth. -- al Ghazali [/color]
05/15/02 at 16:04:36
se7en

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se7en
05/15/02 at 16:24:54
[color=brown] I am a traveler seeking the Truth, a human searching for the meaning of humanity, and a citizen seeking dignity, freedom, stability and welfare under the shade of Islam. I am a free man who is aware of the purpose of his existence and calls, truly, my prayer and my sacrifice, my life and my death, are all for Allah, the Cherisher of the worlds; He has no partner. This I am commanded and I am among those who submit to His Will.  This is who I am. Who are you? -- Hassan al Banna, when once asked by a journalist to introduce himself [/color]

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se7en
05/15/02 at 16:26:35
[color=navy] You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck. -- attributed to Ghazali [/color]

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se7en
05/15/02 at 16:27:33
Zuhud [ascetecism] is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you. -- Ali ibn Abu Talib

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se7en
05/15/02 at 16:28:13
We patch the life of this world by tearing from our religion, so neither our religion remains nor what we patch. Blessed is he who prefers Allah, his Rabb, and renounces the life of this world for what he expects as reward in the hereafter. -- Ibraheem ibn Adham, when asked "how are you?"
05/15/02 at 16:28:59
se7en

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se7en
05/15/02 at 16:30:47
[color=black] The knowledge of the hypocrite is in his speech, and the knowledge of the believer is in his actions.[/color]

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WhatDFish
05/15/02 at 17:06:17
subhanAllah how beautiful and true the above quote is, who said this sister if i may ask?
05/15/02 at 17:07:50
WhatDFish

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jaihoon
05/15/02 at 22:57:38
"Your mother raised you up in eagerness to see you grow up every moment. She would not allow even an ant to come near you. You are taking care of your (old) mother expecting when she is going to pass away!"

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se7en
05/18/02 at 01:29:38
as salaamu alaykum :) [quote]subhanAllah how beautiful and true the above quote is, who said this sister if i may ask? [/quote] that quote is from [url=http://www.islaam.org.uk/ie/ilm/poetry/salaf/0004.htm]here[/url], a page entitled "words to hang on the wall and imbue in the heart".  some amazing stuff there mashaAllah. wasalaamu alaykum :-)
05/18/02 at 01:31:19
se7en

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sofia
05/18/02 at 13:15:44
AS-Sabru Diyaa' (Patience illuminates) - Muhammad ibn Abdullah, Messenger of God, peace be upon him (reported in Al-Jaza'iry's "Minhaj Al-Muslim" as saheeh Muslim). Masha'Allah, se7en, I think you've made this folder go up in rank for me.   :) Keep going, insha'Allah!
05/18/02 at 13:16:46
sofia

my favorite
se7en
05/27/02 at 02:22:43
Truly in the heart there is a void that can not be removed except with the company of Allah.  And in it there is a sadness that can not be removed except with the happiness of knowing Allah and being true to Him.  And in it there is an emptiness that can not be filled except with love for Him and by turning to Him and always remembering Him.  And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill this emptiness. --- Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyya
05/27/02 at 02:23:42
se7en

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se7en
05/27/02 at 02:25:25
For those who realize that everything is from God, everything is the same. --- Rumi

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se7en
05/27/02 at 02:28:29
Prayer does not mean that you should be standing, bowing, and prostrating yourself all day long; the object is that the state that manifests itself during prayer should remain with you constantly, whether asleep or awake, whether writing or reading. In no state should you be void of the remembrance of God. Petition Him every moment for your needs and be not wiphout remembrance of Him, for the remembrance of Him is strength; it is a wing to the bird of the spirit.  If you are mindful of God, little by little your interior will be illuminated and you will attain release from the world. --- Rumi

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bhaloo
05/27/02 at 02:31:47
[slm] Shaikh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (Majmoo' ul-Fataawaa): "The Believer with the Believer is like each of a pair of hands, each washes the other. It may be that dirt cannot be removed except with a certain amount of roughness, but that brings about cleanliness and softness for which we praise that roughness."

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se7en
05/30/02 at 03:51:49
"...The greatness of this ummah is in the message that this ummah has to impart - first to itself, and then to those around it.  And the message, unlike other ummam, is not connected to a personality.  It is not the message of a man, or about a man.  It's the message of a unique concept, and that concept is nothing less than the absolute unity of Allah subhana wa ta'ala.   The Muslim is one who is named not after his prophet, unlike other religions.  Judaism is named after Judah, who was the father of the Jews.  Buddhism in named after Buddha, who was the father of that religion, Christianity named after Christ who they claim is the son of God.. but Islam is unique in that it does not call to a personality.  It calls to a concept, and that concept is "la ilaha illa Allah".  And once that concept is imbibed, is inculcated in the human heart, it becomes more than a concept - it becomes a reality in which the human being is able to walk in the earth, as khalifah of Allah subhana wa ta'ala and nothing less. And yet, that "la ilaha illa Allah" can never be seperated from the fact that it was brought by a human being.  And because of that, Allah subhana wa ta'ala has made a second part to this message, and that is "Muhammad ur Rasulullah".  It is not a call to the personality of the Prophet [saw], but it is a recognition that human beings are guided to their Lord through human beings that are chosen by their Lord to guide them.  Because they are chosen - mustafa - we are commanded.. to show them great honor and great respect, to honor them by following them, to honor them by praising them, and to honor them by carrying their message to others.   And so we do not call to the personality of our beloved Prophet [saw], but we call to his reality as the greatest slave of Allah subhanawa ta'ala, Abduhu wa Rasuluhu.  This is what we call to, because he is the exemplar: "You have in the messenger of Allah the greatest example, for those who hope for their Lord, and the meeting with their Lord on the Last day, and do much remembrance of Allah." So, in following the Prophet of Allah, this ummah achieves the highest in human possibility, and in deviating from the Messenger of Allah, this ummah is humiliated in this world.  This is the nature of the contract with Allah subhana wa ta'ala." -- Hamza Yusuf, from 'Take Care of Your Soul'
05/30/02 at 04:03:16
se7en

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bhaloo
05/30/02 at 09:11:29
[slm] Ali (radiyaAllahu anhu) said to his son (Hasan): "'My son memorise from me four and four' He said, 'What are they, father?' He said 'Intelligence is the wealthiest of riches, the greatest poverty is folly, the loneliest solitude is conceit, and the noblest of noble qualities is good character.' He (Hasan) said, 'And the other four?' He said, 'Beware of keeping the company of a fool, for he wants to benefit you and he harms you; beware of befriending a liar, for he will make the remote seem near to you and the near seem remote; beware of befriending a mean person for he will sit inactively however much you are in need of him; and beware of befriending an immoral person, for he will sell you for a trifling sum.'"

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sis
06/03/02 at 12:13:51
alsalamu alaykum wa rhmat Allah ta'ala wa barakatuhu "I love the pious although I am not among the pious" - Abu Hanifah

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se7en
06/07/02 at 01:09:54
When Ali ibn Husain used to perform wudu, his color would change.  His family asked him why this happened to him every time he performed ablution, and he said, "Do you know before Whom I am about to stand (in prayer)?"

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se7en
07/02/02 at 10:59:24
Plant resolution in your spirit, and place defeat in your lower self and death in your physical body.  For your true destination is the grave and the people of the grave are waiting for you at every moment.  Take care, beware lest you arrive without provision for the journey. Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, said:  "These bodies are but cages like those of birds, or stables such as those of animals; so consider for yourself of which you are.   If you are of the heavenly birds, when you heard the call 'Return to your Lord', you will fly upwards until you reach the highest towers of Paradise. May Allah save you if you were one of the animals, as Allah the Exalted says, 'They are like cattle, nay more misguided.'  So do not consider yourself safe from the removal of the security of your home to the fire of Hell." It was narrated that Hasan al Basri, may Allah be pleased with him, was given a drink of cool water.  He took the glass whereupon it fell from his hands and he fell unconscious.  When he regained consciousness, he was asked "What is the matter O Abu Saeed?"   He said, "I remembered the desires of the inmates of Hell when they say to the people of Paradise; 'give us some of the water or some of the provisions that Allah has granted you.' " --- al-Ghazali, from 'Dear Beloved Son'
07/02/02 at 11:23:18
se7en

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se7en
07/02/02 at 11:09:44
The early imams were cautious about speaking about [the lawful and unlawful] because one who speaks about such matters is relating information from Allah, enunciating His commandments and prohibitions, and passing on His sacred law.  It was said about Ibn Sirin, "If he was asked about something regarding the lawful or the unlawful, his color would change.  He would be transformed until he no longer seemed the same person."   Ata' ibn al-Saib said, "I met people who, when asked for a religious verdict, would tremble as they spoke."   It is related that when Imam Malik was asked about a legal matter, it was as if he were suspended between Heaven and Hell. Imam Ahmad was extremely hesitant to speak on the lawful and unlawful, to claim that something was abrogated, or related matters which others would too readily expound.  He frequently prefaced his answers with phrases such as, "I hope that..," "I fear..," or "It is more beloved to me..." Imam Malik and others would frequently say, "I do not know."  Imam Ahmad would often say on an issue with which righteous forbears had various opinions, "The most likely answer is, 'I do not know.' " --- Ibn Rajab al Hanbali, from 'the Heirs of the Prophets'
07/02/02 at 11:24:22
se7en

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se7en
07/02/02 at 11:20:25
The realization of [i]La ilaha illa Allah[/i] is one of the states of the heart that can be neither expressed by the tongue nor thought out by the mind. --- Ibn Ata'ala

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deenb4dunya
07/02/02 at 17:15:14
Jazaks Seven:) I know its just 4 me ;)

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bhaloo
07/02/02 at 21:03:43
[slm] Yazid bin Abdullah was asked, "Should we make a roof for our mosque?" He said, "Purify your hearts and your mosque will be sufficient for you." [Hilyat al Awliya 2/312]

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Naila
07/03/02 at 04:03:16
Excellence of Knowledge Sufyaan Ath-Thawree, raHimahullaah, said: The excellence of knowledge is due only to the fact that it causes a person to fear and obey Allaah, otherwise it is just like anything else. --related by ibn Rajab

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Fatimah
07/03/02 at 04:24:03
"Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting; look to his sincerity and Wisdom" Ameer Ul Mumineen Umar Ibn Al Khattab

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sista
07/18/02 at 19:34:41
[slm] Allahu ta'ala asks you every day: "Why do you work so hard for others? Do you not see that you are covered from head to foot with My goodness and blessings?" But you do not hear this. Like a child who is too preoccupied in its playing to notice what is going on around it, you have been made deaf and blind by worldly pleasures and sensuous desires! --Al Ghazali [wlm]

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sista
07/18/02 at 19:48:01
[slm] Sayings of Ali (RA): "Guard against cold in its beginning (of the season) and welcome it towards its end because it affects bodies in the same way as it affects the plants. In the beginning it destroys them but in the end it gives them fresh leaves."   "The tongue of the wise man is behind his heart and the heart of a fool is behind his tongue."   "Victory is by determination; determination is by revolving of thoughts and thoughts are formed by guarding secrets."   "Whoever gives up saying 'I do not know' meets destruction."   Amirul Momineen (A.S) heard about a Kharijite that he says mid-night prayer and recites Qu'ran, then he said: "Sleeping in the state of firm belief is better than praying in the state of doubtfulness. " [wlm]   :-)

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se7en
07/23/02 at 04:54:55
The inner truth of desire is that it is a restive motion in the heart in search of God. -- al-Qushayri

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sis
07/29/02 at 12:32:14
alsalamu alaykum wa rhmat Allah wa barakatuhu Imam Shafi'i said: "All humans are dead except those who have knowledge ... and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds ... and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere ... and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry."

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Jasmin
07/30/02 at 19:29:09
[slm] "Knowledge is a comforting friend in time of loneliness, the best companion during travels, and the inner friend who speaks to you in your privacy." - Mu'ath ibn Jabal

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sista
08/01/02 at 20:27:43
[slm] "Your person is the key to your Movement and your 'heart' is the key to your person. Make your heart belong to Allah alone; let Him alone be the prize you seek. And let His love be uppermost in your heart. Once it is so, every duty will turn into pleasure, to pray will be a delight, to indulge in politics for the sake of Allah will be a blessing. To nourish the seed of Iman and the love of Allah in your heart, you have three means at your disposal! First is the Quran; second is Brotherhood; third is Dawa. We need persons who will make every endeavour and offer every sacrifice to change the entire world around them through a social Movement, in the light shown by the Quran and the Prophet who brought the Quran to us." --Khurram Murad

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sista
08/01/02 at 20:53:00
[slm] "...gentleness is a power like the power of water.  Water is powerful, and yet if there is a rock in the way the stream of water is going, it will surround the rock, it will not break it.  It will make its way by the side, for the water is pliable, and so is gentleness." --Inayat Khan

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sista
08/01/02 at 21:00:04
[slm] "Move away from the world; seek not to wed her. For she is the one who slays her husband. Her favours never match her parts of fear; observe her; more often you will see offense." --author unknown

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sista
08/01/02 at 21:06:45
[slm] Those who give their worldly life and their Hereafter equal attention...are similar to the man who treats equally diamonds and dung, or pure gold and clay...As one of our virtuous predecessors once said, 'Had the world been made of perishable gold and the Hereafter of permanent clay, we should have preferred permanent clay to perishable gold.  What then when the reality is the reverse?' "   --Imam Abdallah ibn Alawi al Haddad

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sista
08/01/02 at 21:09:25
[slm] A man said to Mansur al Hallaj, "Give me sound advice."  He replied, "My advice concerns your own soul.  If you do not keep it occupied, it will keep you occupied."

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sista
08/03/02 at 21:32:02
[slm] Muhammad ibn Abi Imran narrates: I heard someone ask our shaykh Hatim al-Asum how he reached the level he was at in reliance upon Allah. He replied, "I became convinced in four things (i.e. that these four things penetrated my heart). One, I am convinced that no one else will eat the provision Allah has decreed for me, so I am content. And two, I am convinced that no one else is going to do good works except me, so I am busy doing it myself. Three, I am certain death shall come unexpectedly, so I am busying myself in expectation of it. And four, I am certain I shall never escape the Sight of Allah, so I am shy to disobey Him while He is watching."

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sista
08/03/02 at 21:37:19
[slm] There once lived a pious man who was enslaved to a wicked master. The rightous slave wanted to teach his master a lesson that he would not forget, a lesson that would make him change his ways. The Master told him one day to plant wheat. The slave took the opportunity. He went and collected seeds of barley and planted them. As the season drew near, the master was enraged to see that after all this work and time the slave had planted the wrong seed. In his thrashing rage, he scolded the slave saying, “Why did you do this?” The righteous slave said, “I had hope that the barley seeds would come out as wheat.” The Master said, “How can you plant barley seeds and expect it to come out as wheat?” The slave stopped and said quietly, “How can you disobey Allah and expect for His bounteous mercy? How can you openly challenge his Deen and hope for Jannah.” The Master was stunned and silent. He understood. “You have taught me something today that I had never realized. You are free for the sake of Allah.” ------------------------------ A poet said: áÇ ÏÇÑ ááãÑÁ ÈÚÏ ÇáãæÊ íÓßäåãÇ ÅáÇ ÇáÊí ßÇä ÞÈá ÇáãæÊ íÈäíåÇ ÝÅä ÈäÇåÇ ÈÎíÑ ØÇÈ ãÓßäå æÅä ÈäÇåÇ ÈÔÑ ÎÇÈ ÈÇäíåÇ There is no home for a man after death Except that which he used to build before he died If he built it with bricks of good deeds Then the architecture shall come out beautiful And if he built it with evil It’s architect will fall into ruin.

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eiman
08/05/02 at 13:13:06
assalamu'alaikum... i have a webpage thats in the process of being complete and its basically up to display my poems, short stories etc.... i have a section where i categorize different inspiring quotes that i come across - be them from my own reflections, or others......  and i've come across countless one's here that just..... subhanna'Allah are absolutely beautiful, that i would love to put up on my site.... would you guys mind? please let me know... and may Allah (swt) reward you abundantly for your work here ;) jazakum allahu kheir... fi aman illah serenity

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sista
08/11/02 at 18:52:19
[slm] Imam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: "Wealth should be viewed just like the toilet, in that you have need for it and resort to it when necessary, but it has no place in your heart." --Majmu Fatawa (10/663) [wlm]

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sista
08/14/02 at 00:54:22
[slm] Ibn Al Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: "The heart, in its journey to Allah, Majestic is He, is like that of a bird: love is its head, and fear and hope are its two wings.  When the head and two wings are sound, the bird flies gracefully; if the head is severed, the bird dies; if the bird loses one of its wings, it then becomes a target for every hunter or predator."

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sista
08/14/02 at 00:57:46
[slm] Sheikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani said: "Be with the Truth, without creation; and be with creation, without ego (nafs)." [wlm]

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sista
08/14/02 at 01:06:40
[slm] Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Tamiyyah, may Allah sanctify his soul, said: "Dhikr is to the heart as water is to a fish; see what happens to a fish when it is taken out of water!" [wlm]

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sista
09/15/02 at 14:16:02
[slm] Al-Hasan Al-Basri was once asked: "Why is it that we cannot uphold Prayers at night?" He answered: "You are shackled in your own sins." [wlm]

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sista
09/15/02 at 14:18:23
[slm] "Whatever one does not enjoy themselves, they should not wish or suggest for others." -- 'Irshadat-E-Mehboob-E-Ilahi' [wlm]

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sista
09/15/02 at 14:19:25
[slm] There are four types of purification:- Firstly to cleanse the outward of dirt and grime. Secondly to cleanse the various parts of the body of sin. Thirdly to cleanse the heart of discourtesy. Fourthly to keep the innerself cleansed of anything other than Allah (SWT). --  'Irshadat-E-Mehboob-E-Ilahi' [wlm]

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sista
09/15/02 at 14:20:07
[slm] We have to change the way we are living, the way we are behaving, what we are doing, what we are eating, how we are speaking, how we interact with each other, how we dialogue, how we think, how we walk... They said about the Prophet that, ‘He walked like he was going down a hill.’ That’s a man with an intention. That’s a man moving. That’s a man who has an objective in his life. That’s a man who has a plan and he’s setting about doing it. We know all these things but we don’t implement them. This is our sickness and this is the sickness of the Bani Israel! They know all these things but they don’t act on them. And we are just like them!!" -- Hamza Yusuf [wlm]

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sista
09/15/02 at 14:37:06
[slm] Blessed are those whose own faults have preoccupied them from the faults of others" - Jalaluddin Abdur-Rahman As-Suyuti [wlm]

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sista
09/17/02 at 20:05:53
[slm] "Fight not for the interpretations of the truth when the truth itself is in danger!" -- Allama Iqbal [wlm]

satori
se7en
09/28/02 at 02:23:37
as salaamu alaykum, Just want to give a quick plug for [url=http://maliha.blogspot.com/]Sr. Maliha's Blog Spot[/url] which has *amazing* quotes on the daily, that'll make you go.. hmmmmm... :-[ ahhhhhhhh mashaAllah. :) wasalaamu alaykum  :-*

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se7en
10/01/02 at 03:31:55
To love Allah, to know Him intimately, to remember Him constantly, to find peace and rest in Him, to make Him alone the [ultimate] object of love, fear, hope and trust; to base one's act on His control of His servant's cares, aspirations and will - such is the world's Heaven, and such is a blessing with which no other blessing can compare. It is by this that the hearts of those who love Allah are gladdened and that the gnostics find life. As their hearts are gladdened by Allah, so others are gladdened by them. For whoever finds his source of gladness in Allah, gladdens all hearts; whoever does not, finds nothing in this world but restlessness. -- Ibn al-Qayyim, in the Invocation of God
10/01/02 at 03:48:27
se7en

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se7en
10/01/02 at 03:42:26
He has afflicted you from every direction in order to pull you back to the Directionless.
10/01/02 at 03:45:13
se7en

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jannah
10/28/02 at 05:13:56
[color=purple][size=3][center]There are people who control spacious territories teeming with manifest and hidden resources. They dominate the intersections of world routes. Their lands were the cradles of human civilizations and religions. These people have one faith, one language, one history and the same aspirations. No natural barriers can isolate these people from one another ... if, per chance, this nation were to be unified into one state, it would then take the fate of the world into its hands and would separate Europe from the rest of the world. Taking these considerations seriously, a foreign body should be planted in the heart of this nation to prevent the convergence of its wings in such a way that it could exhaust its powers in never-ending wars. It could also serve as a springboard for the West to gain its coveted objects. - 1902 - Campbell Bannerman, Prime Minister of Britain [1905-08] [/size][/color][/center]
10/28/02 at 05:14:42
jannah

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se7en
11/07/02 at 11:36:49
A king among people is one whom no one rules but God the most high, and who does not need anything except God - great and glorious.  And with that he rules his kingdom insofar as his soldiers and his subjects obey him.  Yet the kingdom proper to him is his own heart and soul, where his soldiers are his appetities, his anger, and his affections; while his subjects are his tongue, his eyes, his hands, and the rest of his organs.  If he rules them and they do not rule him, and if they obey him and he does not obey them, he will attain the level of a king in this world.   One of those who know was right to respond to a prince who said to him:  'Ask me for what you need' by saying: 'Is that the way you speak to me when I have two servants who are your masters?' Whe he said 'what are these two?' the knower answered: 'Greed and desire: for I have conquered them yet they have conquered you; I rule over them while they rule over you.' -- al Ghazali

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Mohja
12/22/02 at 00:56:23
Perhaps the most difficult of all the requirements of religion is simplicity, for the simple man is all of one piece; he does not leave bits of himself scattered all over the landscape of his life. He is, so to speak, the same all through, whichever way you slice him, and it has been said that only the saint has a right to say ‘I’; the rest of us would do better to confess ‘My name is legion’. This inward multiplicity – the multiplicity of the ‘factions’- is like an echo within the human personality of outward polytheism; on the one hand many persons within a single envelope of flesh, on the other many gods in a fragmented universe. Monotheism is not only a theology; it is also a psychology. As is the Shahaada – La ilaha illa ‘Llah (There’s no God worthy of worship except Allah) [i]-Charles Le Gai Eaton[/i]

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Duha
12/23/02 at 20:57:49
[slm] Sufyan Al-Thawri (d.161H) said, "We met a people who loved it when it was said to them - Fear Allah ta ala. Today you find that people only become annoyed at this."

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se7en
01/12/03 at 04:43:56
"Our problem is one of spirituality.  If a man comes to speak to me about the reforms to be undertaken in the Muslim world, about political strategies and of great geo-strategic plans, my first question to him would be whether he performed the dawn prayer [fajr] in its time." "Our ethical behavior and conscience of good and evil is an arm that is used against us by despots, the lovers of titles, power, and money.  They do that which we cannot do; they lie as we cannot lie, they betray as we cannot betray, and kill as we cannot kill.  Our exactness before God is, in their eyes, our weakness.  This apparent weakness is our real strength." --- Said Ramadan, son of Hassan al Banna, father of Tariq Ramadan
01/12/03 at 04:49:19
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se7en
01/12/03 at 04:55:56
Five things act to cure the heart:  recitation of Quran with contemplation and reflection; an empty stomache; to stay up nights in prayer; to be in humble supplication of Allah in the time before dawn breaks; and to be in the company of righteous people. -- Yahya ibn Mu'adh, a tabi'i, rahimullah

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Abu_Hamza
01/12/03 at 21:30:50
Allah (awj) says: O son of Adam!  What has caused you behave this way?  You ask me, and I hold off on your request for your own benefit for some time.  Then you begin to beg and weep to me, and I bestow over you my blessings and generosity, and give you that which you seek from me.  Then you use that very blessing from me to disobey me.  And I then conceal your disobedience and shameful deeds from others.   Alas!  How many bounties do I bless you with, and how many shameful deeds do you perform in front of me.   Beware and desist!  For if you dont, I will become so angry at you that you will never be able to regain my pleasure thereafter! - Reported by Ibn al-Jawzee in [i]BaHr al-Dumoo3 (Ocean of Tears)[/i]
01/12/03 at 21:33:34
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deenb4dunya
01/12/03 at 23:29:10
Not sure how authentic this is...the meaning sounds correct Deen :-) The Advice of 'Alee radiallaahu 'anhu Kumail ibn Ziyaad said: 'Alee ibn Abee Taalib took hold of my hand and took me off towards the desert. When we reached it, he sat down, took a deep breath and then said: "O Kumail ibn Ziyaad! The hearts are receptacles, so the best of them is the one which preserves the best. So memorise what I say to you. The people are of three (types): the Scholar who is rabbaanee, 1 the one learning being upon the path of salvation, and the confused rabble who follow everyone who calls out - bending along with every wind - they are not enlightened by the light of knowledge, nor do they lean upon a firm support. Knowledge is better than wealth. Knowledge is a protection for you, whereas it is you that has to protect wealth. The zakaat of knowledge is action, whereas spending decreases wealth. And love of the Scholar is part of the Religion. Knowledge brings about obedience for the Scholar in his own lifetime and causes him to have good repute after his death, whereas the benefit of wealth ceases when it passes away. The hoarders of wealth have died even though they are still alive, whereas the Scholars remain for as long as time remains - their persons are lost, but their examples remain in the hearts. Here, indeed here - (and he pointed to his chest) - there is knowledge, if only I could find carriers for it. But instead I have found them quick to comprehend, but not trustworthy. They use what pertains to the Religion for worldly ends. They seek to use Allaah's proofs against His Book, blindly following the people of truth, but having no insight regarding receiving it. Doubt pierces their hearts when anything problematic arises. They are neither this nor that. They do not know where the truth lies, and if they are mistaken then they do not know why. They are ardently in love with something the true state of which they do not know - so they become a trial for others. And indeed, the utmost good is for the one to whom Allaah grants understanding of the Religion And it is enough ignorance for a person that he does not know about his Religion. Such a person is passionately addicted to pleasures, accustomed to following desires, or is one given to amassing wealth and piling it up. Such people are not from the callers to the Religion rather they are more like the grazing cattle. And thus knowledge passes away with the passing away of those who carry it. Oh Allaah, yes! The earth will not be without one who stands upright for Allaah, with proof - so that Allaah's proofs and clear signs are not abolished. They are the ones who are few in number, but having the most value to Allaah. With them, Allaah asserts His proofs amongst their contemporaries and cultivates them in the hearts of those similar to them. With them, knowledge assaults and comes upon the true sta! te of affairs, so that which those accustomed to easy living find difficult therein, they find easy; and they are at home with that which causes consternation to the ignorant ones. They live in this world with their bodies, whereas their souls are attached to higher things. They are Allaah's ambassadors in His land and the callers to His Religion. Oh how I would like to see them, and I seek Allaah's forgiveness for myself and for you. If you wish then you may leave."2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Rabbaanee: The Scholar who acts in accordance with his knowledge and has insight into the condition of the people - so that he raises them upon the primary matters of knowledge before the more detailed and difficult matters. 2. Reported by Abu Nu'aym in Hilyatul-Awliyaa (1/79-80), al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee in al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqih (1/49-50) and Ibn Katheer in al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah (9/47).

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deenb4dunya
01/12/03 at 23:33:19
The further from loquacity and preferring his own speech over the speech of others a man can keep, the closer and more loveable to the Creator and created he becomes. Otherwise, he will be unable to fulfil his duties to both God and people. *** It is natural that a man should speak only when necessary and keep silent when words are out of place. However, it is always better that those whose words are of benefit to others should take precedence. Nevertheless, this depends on acquiring good manners and perceiving the virtue of keeping silent. What a beautiful proverb this is: He who speaks a lot commits a lot of blunders *** The happiest and most fortunate of human beings are those who are always intoxicated with ardent desire for the worlds beyond. Those who have confined themselves within the narrow and suffocating limits of their bodily existence, are really in prison, even though they may be living in palaces. *** Judge your worth in the sight of your Creator by the space you have allocated to Him in your heart; and your worth in the eyes of people by the worth of your treatment of them. Do not be neglectful of the Truth even for a moment. And yet, "among human beings be one of them." *** Those who are humble and modest are highly regarded in the sight of both the Creator and the created. The haughty and self-conceited, who belittle others and put on arrogant airs, are always disliked by the created and punished by the Creator. *** Self-conceit shows lack of sensibility and maturity. Those who are more reflective and spiritually mature have the sense to attribute whatever gifts they may have to the Creator, the Most High, and devote themselves to Him with humble gratitude. *** Humility is like a key to all other virtues. One who is humble may also have all other virtues, whereas one who lacks humility will mostly be deprived of other virtues as well. After his fault, the Prophet Adam, upon him be peace, nevertheless recovered, through humility, everything he had had before pertaining to the worlds beyond. By contrast, Satan, put on the same test as that of Adam, became the victim irrecoverably of his self-conceit and haughtiness. *** The lover can never imagine opposition to his beloved in any matter, however small it may be. He cannot endure to see his beloved veiled by something which causes him to be forgotten. Moreover, he regards every speech which is not about his beloved to be futile, and every act which has no relation to him as ingratitude and disloyalty to him. ** He who kneels before Allah can stand before anyone **

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a_lina
01/13/03 at 14:40:30
[slm] Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,      but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for sorrow to end,      but for the heart to conquer it. Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield,      but for my own strength. Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved,      but hope for patience to win my freedom. Grant me that I may not be a coward      feeling Your mercy in my success alone. But let me find the grasp of Your hand in my failure. ----Rabrindranath Tagore

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deenb4dunya
01/13/03 at 17:01:05
[quote author=se7en link=board=bookstore;num=1018331262;start=15#18 date=05/15/02 at 16:03:18][color=gray] Each faculty of ours delights in that for which it was created: lust delights in accomplishing desire, anger in taking vengeance, the eye in seeing beautiful objects, and the ear in hearing harmonious sounds.  The highest function of the soul is the perception of truth. -- al Ghazali [/color][/quote] which of Imaam Ghazali's books is this from? Deen :-)

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Abu_Hamza
01/13/03 at 19:55:38
[slm] That quote by Imam Ghazali sounds *so* familiar, subhan Allah!   Doesn't it Deen?  :) Wassalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah

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deenb4dunya
01/14/03 at 00:11:36
Indeed it does Abu_Hamza... Exactly why I wanted to know which book its from... go back to the orginal source. Come on Se7en.. cough it up. Deen :-)

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se7en
01/15/03 at 04:20:28
as salaamu alaykum, I got it *cough*[url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/006251475X/qid=1042622756/sr=1-18/ref=sr_1_18/102-9703109-3133721?v=glance&s=books]here[/url]*cough* but the concept is one understood by all great minds  :-[ wasalaamu alaykum :-)

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deenb4dunya
01/15/03 at 19:14:49
lol.. Se7en you're soo cute  ;D Not sure if I understand... SO what you're saying is that its in the book entitled [i]Essential Sufism[/i]? Deen :-)

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bhaloo
01/15/03 at 23:46:23
[slm] Se7en, what books are you read? :(

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se7en
01/16/03 at 03:26:30
as salaamu alaykum wa rahmatAllah, [quote]SO what you're saying is that its in the book entitled Essential Sufism?[/quote] Yep.  I don't know if I'd recommend it for you though, deen. arshad dude, my bro has "madina sufi" written under his screen name and you think I've never read a book on sufism?! :) tassawuf is an ocean of different voices and ideas, some in line with the shariah and some not.  In this book, I liked the quotes by Ghazali and also some by Abu Yazeed al-Bistaami, and kinda squinted and skipped over the other ones  ;) wasalaamu alaykum, not whirling but feelin the tazkiya 7
01/16/03 at 03:33:00
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se7en
01/16/03 at 03:44:24
I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty.   You don't grasp that what is most alive of all is inside your own house; and so you walk from one holy city to another with a confused look. --- Kabir [color=brown] "... Only he (will prosper) that brings to Allah a sound heart." [url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/026.qmt.html#026.089]26:89[/url] [/color]

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se7en
01/16/03 at 03:58:31
[color=black] Oh you who persists on mistakes and wrong doings; oh you who has turned away from what the most Loving and Compassionate commands; oh you who obeys the falsifier of the path and the creator of calamities ...  How long are you going to insist on your misbehavior?   How long are you going to keep yourself distant from your Lord?  How long will you seek from this world what you cannot have, and keep away from the other world by that which you cannot possess?  Neither are you sure of what Allah prepared of sustenance for you, nor are you satisfied with that which He has commanded for you.  Admonition does not seem to benefit you.  Afflictions do not seem to threaten you.  Time does not leave you and the call of death does not reach your ears.  As if, you poor man, would live forever and you weren't meant to expire and be forgotten? --- Ibn al-Jawzee, in bahr ad-dumoo' [/color]

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deenb4dunya
01/21/03 at 15:19:05
Assalamu Alaikum; Ok... here is an *awesome* quote... (About the bold part): The first time I read it I loved it, but wasn't sure exactly what was meant, or how it applied to me. Then when I read the quote to one of the sisters, she told me that this struggle was very pertinent to my life. Do I get up for qiyaam or fajr, or do I prefer to sleep? Do I stay up after fajr readn Qur'aan or do I go back to bed? Do I look when I shouldn't or do I lower my gaze? WHat words do I utter? How do I speak to my parents.... and on .. and on... enjoy... Salamah Ibn Dinar  (rahimahullaah) (also known as Abu Hazim Al A‘raf) was once asked by the son of ‘Abdur-Rahman Ibn Jarir: “There are many shaykhs these days. Whom should we follow?” He (rahimahullaah) responded: “Son, follow one who fears Allah even when there is none to see him, and who is too pure to come near anything blameworthy. He should be one who concerns himself with being righteous from his youth, and not one who postpones it until old age. You must know, my son, that every time the sun rises on another morning, a student of Islamic knowledge is involved in a struggle. His desires srtuggles with his knowledge as if they were mortal enemies. If his knowledge overpowers his desires, his day will be one of gain to him. And if his desires overpower his knowledge, it will be a day of loss to him.”

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deenb4dunya
01/21/03 at 15:19:57
IBNUL-QAYYIM ON FASTING: [i]“The purpose of fasting is to restrain the soul from passions, wean it from what it has gotten used to, and sublimate its desire-oriented energy, in order to prepare it to seek that which contains its ultimate happiness and delight and to accept that which will purify it and make it grow in order to achieve eternal life. Hunger and thirst take the edge off and relieve the pressure of one’s desires and remind one what the hollow belly of the poor person feels like. The reduction of nutrients in the bloodstream acts to narrow the passages by which Satan can gain access to the worshipper, and it restrains the limbs from abandoning themselves to their natural craving in a way that will harm them in this life and the hereafter. Every limb and drive is curbed and bridled. Fasting is thus the bridle of the muttaqun, the shield of those who fight (evil), and the spiritual exercise of the virtuous and those brought close to Allah. Fasting is for the Lord of the Universe among all other deeds. The fasting person in reality does not do anything; he only leaves his desires, food and drink for the sake of the One he worships. He abandons the things dear to his own self and its pleasures out of a preference for Allah’s love and pleasure. This is a secret between the slave and his Lord that no one is privy to.”[/i] -- Ibnul Qayyim, Zad al-Ma‘ad, 2:28-29

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deenb4dunya
01/23/03 at 19:47:53
"May Allah steal from you All that steals you from Him. " --Rabia al-Adawiyya Do not feel satisfied with action while being desolate of knowledge, and do not feel satisfied with knowledge whilst being heedless of actions. Rather, combine the two, even if your share of either may be meager. A little of this, with a little of that is safer in the outcome, if Allah bestows His Mercy, and completes His favor upon His stave... al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee rahimahullaah There are two tyrannies in the world: the tyranny of knowledge and the tyranny of wealth. What saves you from the tyranny of knowledge is worship, and what saves you from the tyranny of wealth is renouncing it

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deenb4dunya
01/23/03 at 19:49:38
When Hatim al Asamm was asked about his prayer, he said, "When it is near the time of prayer, I perform a perfect Wudu and go to where I am going to pray and sit down there until I become fully attentive to what I am about to do.I then stand up and pray, imagining that the Ka`bah is in front of my eyes, Paradise to my right, Hellfire to my left and the Angel of Death behind me. I imagine that it is the last prayer I am about to perform, stand up in hope (in Allah, His Paradise and rewards) and fear (from Allah's torment in Hellfire) and recite the Takbir while having full attention. I recite the Qur'an calmly, make Ruku` humbly, go into Sujud with Khushu' and then sit on my left leg, with the left food laid on the floor and the right food raised up, all the while praying with sincerity. Afterwards, I do not know (nor feel certain) if that prayer was accepted from me!"   [Al Ihya 1/179]

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deenb4dunya
01/23/03 at 19:51:22
The famous jurist, Ash-Shaafi', was asked: "What is the proof for the existence of God?" He replied: "The leaf of the mulberry tree. Its colour, smell, taste and everything about it seem one and the same to you. But a caterpillar eats it and it comes out as fine silken thread. A bee feeds on it and it comes out as honey. A sheep eats it and it comes out as dung. Gazelles chew on it and it congeals producing the fragrance of musk. "Who has made all these different things come from the same type of leaf?"

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sofia
02/02/03 at 09:57:59
How is it that I behold you full of food, yet starved of knowledge? --Abu Darda
02/02/03 at 09:58:33
sofia
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