MESSAGE OF DAY

We are as wealthy as our hearts are generous and merciful and are as poor as our hearts are miserly and merciless.

Abu Musa, may Allah be well pleased with him, had asked: “Messenger of Allah, whose Islam is best?” He said, “The one from whose tongue and hands the Muslims are safe.” (Bukhari, Iman, 4, 5, Riqaq 26; Muslim, Iman 64, 65)

Prophet (s.a.s) says: “I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day.” (See Abu Dawud, Witr, 26; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, II, 450)

Junayd al-Baghdadi states: “Thankfulness is that you should not be disobedient through whatever bounties Allah Almighty has blessed you with, and that you should not render these bounties a source of disobedience.”

Allah will make happy one who makes others happy for His sake.

Piety and righteousness is the door of nearness to Allah. One must never leave this door, so as to lead a life with peace of mind and heart, without being swept up in the tides of life.

Shaykh Sa’di says: “All that possesses eye, ear and mouth is not Adam. Many satans there are who appear in the form of the children of Adam. The true Adam is the person with good character. Beauty in countenance and other adornments resemble the fleeting embroideries in the world.”

Serving one’s relatives is by observing the ties of kinship and treating them with kindness.

May Allah Bless our Aid al-Adha Mubarak for all muslims around the World.

‘Allah has created the sheep, has sent the water for it from the sky, and has grown from the earth for it to eat; and yet you slaughter it in the name of another than Allah.’”. (Bukhârî, Manâqıbu’l-Ansâr, 24; Dhabâih, 16)

A life not illuminated with contemplation of death is no different to a dark night of tribulation.

‘Abd Allah ibn Munazil, may his secret be sanctified, says: “Propriety in service is mightier than the service itself.”

Imam Shafi’i states: “You cannot please all the people. See to improving your relations with Allah. Once you have done so, pay no mind to the heedless.”

Junayd al-Baghdadi states: “Thankfulness is that you should not be disobedient through whatever bounties Allah Almighty has blessed you with, and that you should not render these bounties a source of disobedience.”

We must never forget our Lord, for a heart that is with Allah is not deceived by fleeting mirages. No one can pierce a heart invoking the name of Allah.

People of service base their service to creation upon benevolence and mercy, by contemplating duly on the Divine names All-Merciful and All-Compassionate, for service is a product of the mercy sprouting in hearts.

We can draw near to Allah Almighty to the extent that our hearts prostrate along with our foreheads.

“Pay the alms-tax (zakat) of your wealth. If the grape grower prunes the excess stems from grape vines, they will yield more grapes.”

How pleased are we with worldly blessings? How indebted, delighted and grateful are we for the blessing of belief that is to lead us to eternal happiness?

The true jewel, which makes a person human, is good character. How beautifully Shaykh Sa’di puts it: “All that possesses eye, ear and mouth is not Adam. Many satans there are who appear in the form of the children of Adam. The true Adam is the person with good character. Beauty in countenance and other adornments resemble the fleeting embroideries in the world.”

Muhammad Bahâ’uddin Naqshband (q.s) said: “On this path the disciple should be modest. People say that why there is no long fasting and difficult worship (riyâdhah) on this path? Is there anything more difficult than attaining modesty?”

The most important thing in this world is to lead our lives as Muslims and to die as Muslims and to attain the honour of the Divine extolment, “How excellent a servant!”

“Whoever shows mercy even when slaughtering a bird (for food), Allah will have mercy on him on the Day of Judgement.” (Tabarani, Kabir, VIII:234:7915; Bayhaqi, Shu’ab, VII:482.)

Junayd al-Baghdadi states: “Thankfulness is that you should not be disobedient through whatever bounties Allah Almighty has blessed you with, and that you should not render these bounties a source of disobedience.”

Shaykh Sa’di states: “Do not suppose an affair to be incapable of  being  disentangled, solved,  or unravelled after having seen it to be obscure or inextricable.  Do not be grieved, for the Water of Life is to be found in darkness.”

Every believer must strive to put a smile on all those faces that have forgotten to smile, with their charity and alms.

Shaykh Sa’di states: “Grapes yet unripe are sour, but be patient for two or three days and they will become sweet.”

The heedless person lives with the day’s anxiety and apprehension. That which one really needs to be concerned about is the Day of Judgement.

While in prayer, safeguard your heart from all other than Allah. Offer your prayer in full consciousness of being in the presence of Allah. Only then can the prayer discipline the servant and protect them from sin and wrongdoing.

Indicated in a Prophetic Tradition: “When a believer dies, their prayer will stand by their head, their alms to their right and their fasts by their left.” (See (Haythami, III:51)

Distancing yourself from the people in consideration of your own comfort cannot be the conduct of an altruistic and compassionate Muslim.

In order for fasting to be acceptable in the eyes of Allah, other organs such as the tongue, eyes and ears, in addition to the stomach, must also be made to fast.

‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be well pleased with him, says: “Even if you were to grow weak from performing the prayer and observing the fast, Allah will not accept these acts of worship so long as you do not shun the prohibited and the doubtful.”

“When you stand for prayer, pray as though it were your last prayer. Do not say anything you will regret and abandon the desire to acquire what other people have.” (Ibn Maja, Zuhd, 15)

The Prophet (pbuh) said: “The hearts of those who are accustomed to eating excessively, become hardened (hence they cannot remember Allah)”

Distancing yourself from the people in consideration of your own comfort cannot be the conduct of an altruistic and compassionate Muslim.

Prayer that does not deter one from evil is prayer that is not duly offered. Fasts that fail to crush passion and increase compassion also indicate that they are not offered properly.

If you see something you do not like in your brother try to find excuses for him, from one to seventy. If you cannot find an excuse, say, ‘There might be an excuse, but I don’t know it.’ Jafar As-Sadiq

Rely not on your deeds, for all our worship, actions and service is contingent upon acceptance, just like our supplication.

The propitious of wealth is that which is spent for the sake of Allah in good health and is thus sent to the Hereafter before its owner. The propitious of life is that which is spent in the way of Allah.

What a sad waste, in terms of one’s eternal life in the Hereafter, is time that is not turned into a means of earning the good pleasure and approval of Allah.

Spending one’s wealth, which is a Divine trust, purely for the carnal self is waste, while hoarding it for the sake of the carnal self is miserliness. Both turn eternal happiness into affliction.

The Messenger of Allah, upon him be peace and blessings, says: “When you stand for prayer, pray as though it were your last prayer. Do not say anything you will regret and abandon the desire to acquire what other people have.” (Ibn Maja, Zuhd, 15)

Submission to Allah turns the fire into a rose garden.

Acting in violation of the Divine commandments, whatever the situation, is tantamount to forgetting Allah.

Thankfulness is of two kinds: Acknowledgement of the Divine origin of all bounties and engaging in thankfulness with one’s words. Expressing thankfulness with one’s actions by offering those bounties to those who are deprived of them.

“The deeds most loved by Allah are those done regularly, even if they are small.” (Muslim, Musafirin, 218.)

Rely not on your deeds, for all our worship, actions and service are in need of acceptance, just like our supplication.

Putting such blessed days and nights as those of the month Ramadan to good use, while being careless at other times, is a great loss.

The proof of the acceptance of our worship in Ramadan is our subsequent state and steadfastness.

Abu Bakr, may Allah be well pleased with him, says: “There is no harm in patience and fortitude, and no profit in lamentation and trepidation.”

Abu Bakr, may Allah be well pleased with him, states: “Things would go amiss if belief was only in mosques, wealth only with the miserly, weapons with the coward and authority with the weak.”

The oppressed and downtrodden have been entrusted to us. Orphans, widows, the impoverished have been entrusted to us. Religion and the nation have been entrusted to us. In short, we are all trusts to each other.

‘Ali, may Allah be well pleased with him, states: “Today is the day of deeds and not reckoning, while tomorrow, in the Hereafter, will be reckoning and no deeds.”

‘Umar, may Allah be well pleased with him, states: “One who abandons concern for the faults of others is bestowed with the ability to reform the faults of their own carnal self.”

The late hours of the night are like spring rains falling upon a fertile soil. One needs to be awake in order to benefit from them.

“Whoever shames their brother for a sin will not die until they themselves commit the selfsame sin.” (Tirmidhi, Qiyama, 53/2505)

Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi says: “Generosity and kindness are in just as much need of the needy as the needy are in need of generosity and kindness.”

Raising our children in the climate of the Qur’an and the Sunna is the greatest demonstration of our love and compassion for them.

Yahya ibn Mu’adh, may his secret be sanctified, states: “One need wonder at a person who goes on a diet in fear of illness, but who does not abstain from sin in fear of Hellfire.”