Favourite Quotes...

[your sister]

(imam As Shafi’i) said, “I have never debated with someone except that I wished the truth becomes clear; regardless whether it comes from his tongue or mine”.

[@sim]

I would rather live one day as a tiger than a lifetime as a sheep.

- Tipu Sultan

[hope&aspiration]

"I want to die with my forehead on the ground, the sunnah in my heart, Allah on my mind, Quran on my tongue and tears in my eyes"

[Tay_]

From the first of Ta'leef Collective's Thought Leadership Lecture Series with Dr. Umar Faruq Abdullah on the topic

* "Culture gives you a sense of self and the ability to negotiate reality."

* "Globalism seeks to wipe out culture, and the death of culture is one of the most dangerous things we face today. You cannot be a human being without a sound culture."

* "Islam is not culturally predatory. If Islam would have come to the Native Americans the Muslims would have worn feathers."

Photo courtesy of Mustafa Davis

[BintMuhammad]

Courage is like a muscle. It is strengthened by use.

[fatima_43]

* "Islam is not culturally predatory. If Islam would have come to the Native Americans the Muslims would have worn feathers."

this is random but at Sportsgirl they were (maybe still are) selling Native American style necklaces with feathers and the like. They're so cool! but I thought maybe it's associated with some pagan tribal belief so I didn't get it (also not worth the price - mum said I could make a feather necklace at home lol).

[fatima_43]

Symbol meaning of feathers deal with ascension and spiritual evolution to a higher plane. Feathers were worn by Native American Chiefs to symbolize their communication with Spirit, and to express their celestial wisdom. Also in the Native American Indian culture, feathers represented the power of the thunder gods, along with the power of air and wind.

http://www.whats-your-sign.com/symbo...-feathers.html

[Tay_]

this is random but at Sportsgirl they were (maybe still are) selling Native American style necklaces with feathers and the like. They're so cool! but I thought maybe it's associated with some pagan tribal belief so I didn't get it (also not worth the price - mum said I could make a feather necklace at home lol).

lol, good one.

[thRilNs]

Ibn Abbas (r) said "Allah, Almighty and Exalted, put a limit on all the obligations that He ordered human beings except for Dhikr. For it there is no limit."

O Ye who believe! remember Allah with much remembrance. Quran 33:41

[Tay_]

"You have infinite breaths in the Garden, and God knows the number of your infinite breaths...this is part of our theology, and thats DEEP" - Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah

[BintMuhammad]

"Fear the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah."

[Sahîh al-Bukhârî (1395) and Sahîh Muslim (19)]

[fatima_43]

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"You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it."
— Malcolm X

[Ahmad]

In the Hadith Qudsi (Sacred Hadith), the Prophet (PBUH) mentioned that Allah (SWT) said, “Myself, Mankind and Jinn are in a great serious state. I create them, then they worship other gods that they make for themselves; I bless them with my bounties, then they thank someone else for what I sent them; My Mercy descends to them while their evil deeds ascend to Me; I endear them with my gifts even though I have no need to any of them while they alienate themselves from Me with their sins even though they are desperate for my help.

Whoever returns to Me, I accept him no matter how far he is; and whoever turns away from Me, I approach him and call on him. Whoever leaves a sin for my sake, I reward him with many gifts and whoever seeks to please Me, I seek to please him. Whoever acknowledges My Will and Power in whatever he does, I make the iron bend for his sake.

My dear people are those who are with Me (i.e. whoever would like to be with Me, let him supplicate to Me and remember Me). Whoever thanks Me, I grant him more blessings; whoever obeys Me, I raise him and endear him more.

Whoever disobeys Me, I keep the doors of My Mercy open for him; if he returns to Me, I bestow him with My Love since I love those who repent and purify themselves for My Sake. If he does not repent, I still treat him by putting them in hardship to purify him. Whoever favors Me over others, I favor them over others.

I reward every single good deed ten times over or seven hundred times over to countless times over. I count every single bad deed as one unless the person repents and ask for My Forgiveness in which case I forgive even that one. I take into account any little good deed and I forgive even major sins. My Mercy supersedes My Anger; My Tolerance supersedes My Blame; My Forgiveness supersedes My Punishment as I am more merciful with My slaves than a mother with her child.

(16) From “Madarij Al-Salikeen” by Ibn-Qayem Al-Jawziyah

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[isa]

This one particular line struck out more than the others...

If he does not repent, I still treat him by putting them in hardship to purify him.

SubhaanAllaah! How Merciful is He!

Laa ilaaha illaa Allaah!

[Fringe]

In this life of poverty, hardship and trials, Abdullah asked his father [Imam Ahmad] one day, “Abi when will we ever relax?” His father, one of the greatest revivers of the Sunnah, a role model for all Muslims, looked him in the eye and said, “With the first step we take into Jannah.”

[CrownUrEmaan]

"Is it not strange that Allah gave you good health for years, and then when he afflicts you with some pain, you wear a banner on your head to advertise your pain?" Hasan al-basri says that after that day he never ever complained of any hardship he faced.

[Tay_]

Such is the inclination of weak minds: They judge the truth according to who teaches it, instead of judging its teachers by the standard of truth - Imam Al Ghazzali (r)

[Musa]

The use of the word 'just' by an Australian means that whatever it is you have to do, it will not be easy, as in 'Just pull that sword out of the stone' or 'Just split that atom'.
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997)

[your sister]

"Not everything that steps out of line, and thus 'abnormal', must necessarily be 'inferior'."
- Hans Asperger (1938)

[your sister]

The evidence for that is that a man came to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allaah, if I am killed for the sake of Allaah, and bear that with patience, seeking the reward of Allaah, will that expiate for my sins? He said: “Yes, except for debt. Jibreel told me that.” Narrated by Muslim.


The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to seek refuge with Allaah from debt, and he used to say: “O Allaah, I seek refuge with You from sin and debt.” Someone said to him: How often you seek refuge from debt, O Messenger of Allaah. He said: “When a man incurs debt, when he speaks he lies and when he makes a promise he breaks it.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2397) and Muslim (589).

And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) stated that the shaheed (martyr) would be forgiven for everything except debt. Narrated by Muslim. This is indicative of the seriousness of debt.