Have you ever dreamt about Jannah? We too often wonder about Jahannum; what it would be like to live in hell. We get scared of the fire, of the anguish and the pain that will consume its inhabitants. Auzubillahi min zalik (May Allah swt protect us from it). But why don’t we as often enough … Continue Reading
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Love for Prophet
The Prophet ﷺ and I
The Beloved Prophet ﷺ was not a reactive person. If we look at ourselves we have a reactionary nature, but he ﷺ would ponder and act. Once a beduoin who was uncultured and uneducated started urinating in the masjid, and the Sahaba immediately ran to stop him, he ﷺ said leave him until he finishes and then he told … Continue Reading
Fantasies
After hours of sitting on the floor, taking sabaq, I heard my mother’s voice in my head, “You should move around a bit before you turn into an elephant.” Not that I hate elephants, but a sharp pain in my feet convinced me to take a walk within my house. The target was simple: get … Continue Reading
Search for Beauty
If envy is a sin then I am the incurable sinner for I envy every eye that ever caught a glimpse of you. I envy the waves that carried your voice, and the air that touched your cheeks. I envy even the ground that once served you, and I confess to you that despite my … Continue Reading
The Sunnah is not Sunnah!
I think many of us don’t properly understand what Sunnah is. And we think that Sunnah is a legal category that comes after fard and wajib or we may think that Sunnah is something that is mentioned in Hadith. Nothing of that is incorrect. But today I want to put forth another possible understanding of … Continue Reading