MESSAGE OF DAY

The greatest fruit of belief is compassion, while its result is service.

The world is a marketplace of the believers, the night and day their capital, good deeds their products of trade, Paradise their profit and Hellfire their loss. Abu Bakr (r.a).

“I asked Allah’s Messenger sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam which deed is the best.” He (pbuh) replied: “The prayer at its appointed hour.” [Sahih Muslim]

Where so ever you wish to go on the Day of Judgement, make your preparations accordingly.

“Hold a good opinion of the servants of Allah and be saved from much weariness.” (‘Ali, may Allah be well pleased with him.)

Remove from your lips all other than Allah, such that the truth can be manifest.

An appropriate education cannot be fulfilled by rude, heartbreaking and harsh methods.

Service is seeking the good pleasure and approval of Allah Almighty through freedom from the arrogance of the carnal self and turning to creation with a heart full of compassion and altruism.

There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. [2:256]

Every person should practice what he or she has learned in proportion to his or her capacity.

Do not cut your relationship with those who cut their relationship with you. Give charity to those who do not give to you. Forgive those who do wrong to you.

‘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.”

Let us abandon today the carnal ambitions we will have to abandon at the last breath, of our own free will, that we may unlock the secret of dying before we die.

The hardship suffered in this world are each a means to the flourishing of the spirit. For this reason, the severest of trials were faced by the Prophets.

“Whatever comes to your mind about the being of Allah, He is not that. You think about the things that Allah created. Do not think about Him. That is because it is beyond our comprehension.” (Haythami, Mecmau’z-Zevaid, I, 81)

Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi says: “To the wise person, that which is to appear at the end appears to them in advance, while to the fool, it appears at the end. But, by then, it is too late.”

Ja’far as-Sadiq had said: “If you commit a sin, seek forgiveness for it immediately! Do not persist in the sin”. Hani al-Hadaiq, p. 130.

Abu-Hashim al-Sufi says: “It is more difficult to erase a deep-rooted pride within the heart than to hollow out the mountains with a needle.”

The believer is the person who exudes peace and repose wherever they go.

An educator should first adorn his own life with the goodness that he advises to others and should try to become a living example.

Bayazid al-Bistami says: “Much remembrance is not that which is great in number, but that which is undertaken in peace and in avoidance of heedlessness.”

Let us abandon today the carnal ambitions we will have to abandon at the last breath, of our own free will, that we may unlock the secret of dying before we die.

Abu-Hashim al-Sufi says: “It is more difficult to erase a deep-rooted pride within the heart than to hollow out the mountains with a needle.”

Profeta Muhammad (s.a.s) dijo: “Marry and do not divorce, for verily divorce causes the throne of Allah to shake…” (`Ali al-Muttaqi, IX, 1161/27874)

The duty of a believer is to be able to purchase the Hereafter without being deceived by the world. Not to sell their Hereafter even if they are given the world.

“Verily among those who followed his Way was Abraham, Behold! he came unto his Lord with a sound heart” (Saffat, 37:84)

“And spend in the way of Allah and cast not yourselves to perdition with your own hands, and do good (to others); surely Allah loves the doers of good.” (al-Baqara, 195)

Servitude to Allah is necessary until the last breath. This is why an emigration from the heedlessness of ignorance to the character of Allah’s Messenger is necessary at every moment.

Freeing oneself of rawness is the art of breasting anguish and suffering. There can be no food cooked without exertion. Mercy cannot become manifest without enduring struggle.

If we seek the forgiveness of our Lord, let us forgive also. Through constantly forgiving others, let us be of those who are themselves forgiven.

The biggest threat facing humanity is divergence from faith, mindlessness of the Creator, a degeneration of manners and spiritual deprivation.

Humility leads to love, and contentment leads to comfort and peace of mind.

If you do not want your heart to be afflicted, rescue afflicted hearts from their afflictions.

One can become nearer to Allah through surrender to His command, not through mere thought  and imagination.

The most important diploma to be earned by a believer in this fleeting realm of trial is the testimonial of belief acquired at one’s last breath.

The happiest people in the world are not those who find their every wish fulfilled whenever they want it, but those righteous believers who are able to find their Lord in their heart at every moment.

The duty of a believer is to be able to purchase the Hereafter without being deceived by the world. Not to sell their Hereafter even if they are given the world.

Every believer ought to feel responsible for the current state of affairs, for the way the world is going, and for the helpless and unguided in the community.

The greatest sign of the acceptance of our deeds is the betterment of our character.

If we desire the mercy of our Lord, we need to exude mercy from our hearts also.

One of the finest ways of comprehending and reviving ’emigration’ today is to be able to exhibit the fellowship of Islam, as Helpers, to the Syrian Emigrants.

Bayazid al-Bistami says: “Much remembrance is not that which is great in number, but that which is undertaken in peace and in avoidance of heedlessness.”

One cannot attain felicity in the Hereafter without enduring suffering in the world. The world is not a resting place. A perfected believer’s rest begins in the grave.

The most important emigration is emigration to the friendship of Allah and His Messenger. The true emigration is emigration from wrongdoing to deeds of righteousness.

Land, cities and buildings do not raise quality human beings. But a quality human being revivifies the earth and builds civilisations.

Khwaja Yusuf Hamadani says: “One who does not tread the path of religion and shari’a has followed Satan, even if they were to exhibit a thousand saintly wonders every day!”

A person who does not know mercy has lost the greatest treasure, or the key that unlocks the door of eternal happiness.

The Qur’an is the foundation of true faith and religious culture. Without a solid foundation, everything built upon it is doomed to come tumbling down and fall to pieces.

Nations, today, upon whose earth the seed of mercy is not sprinkled, will be the lamenting nations of the future.

If we entreat our Lord that He not turn us away from his Supreme Court, then we must not turn anyone away empty-handed, humiliated and degraded

Freeing oneself of rawness is the art of breasting anguish and suffering. There can be no food cooked without exertion. Mercy cannot become manifest without enduring struggle.

The worldly homes of heedless people defeated by their carnality and lacking mercy are all but family graveyards of living corpses.

‘Call on your Lord humbly and secretly. He does not love those who overstep the limits’ (A’raf, 7:55).

“Do not keep the company of or befriend those who do not have the desire for knowledge of Allah with their heart. Flee from scholars who use their knowledge for rank, position or to be praised as you would flee from a lion” Khwaja Baqi Billah (may Allah have mercy on him).