MESSAGE OF DAY

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Take care and know that my friends are not from my father’s family. My true friends are Allah, Most High, and the righteous believers.” (Muslim, Iman, 366; Bukhari, Adab, 14).

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

Abu Bakr (r.a) dijo: “Ponder on the state of those servants of Allah who came and went before you. Where were they yesterday and where are they now?” Abu Nuaym, Hilya, I, 35-36.

The prescribed prayer, fasting, the prescribed annual alms, pilgrimage… These are mandatory deeds. But that which indicates the level of the acceptance of our worship is our character and morality.

“The reason why people find themselves distant from Allah, Most High, is that they distance themselves and they willingly burden themselves with the burdens of the world.” Shah Naqshiband (k.s)

Shah Naqshiband (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “One can never reach their goal (in the path of spirituality) as long as one does not eat from what is lawful” (Yaqub Charkhi, ibid, p. 115.)

The Prophet (s.a.s) again said: “Learn your family tree so that you can keep your relationship with its members.” (Ali al-Muttaqi, al-Kanz, X:220, no. 29162).

Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)  said “This community will be destroyed on account of their breaking their promise” Ibn Abi Shayba, Musannaf, VII,

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “This world in relation to the hereafter is as when one of you dips his finger into the ocean. Let him look and see how much water remains on his finger.” (Muslim, Jannah, 55)

Abu Hanifa defines fiqh as follows: “Fiqh is to know what from a religious perspective is to one’s advantage and what is to one’s disadvantage”.

Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that “Know well that there is a deed that Allah desires to be done by day and does not accept at night; and there is a deed that He desires be done at night which He does not accept during the day. ” Abu  Nuaym, Hilya, I, 36.

Children are Divine trusts bestowed upon parents and teachers for the purpose of being equipped with knowledge, perception and good character.

Prophet (s.a.s) said: “There is nothing heavier on a Muslim’s scale of goodness in the Hereafter than good morality. Allah, glory unto Him, despises those with ugly behavior and nasty words,” was something he would remind. (Tirmidhi, Birr, 62/2002)

Tasawwuf is training in gratitude, giving thanks, praise, contentment, abstention, self-restraint and fulfilment.

Tasawwuf is to know what is to a person’s advantage and to their disadvantage from both the inward and the outward aspects and to inculcate one to live one’s life accordingly.

Protection of the heart is attained by leading a spiritual life.

The Qur’an is a letter of Divine guidance and happiness sent to all humanity.

Seeing Sufism as redundant amounts to seeing as unnecessary, sincerity, piety, intimate knowledge, purification of the self, and in short, demonstrating a perfect servanthood to Allah.

Allah the Almighty says, “For few of My servants are grateful.” Gratitude is difficult. Merely saying, “Thank you my Lord!” is not sufficient. Being grateful implies using every blessing given in its rightful place.

The prescribed prayer, fasting, the prescribed annual alms, pilgrimage… These are mandatory deeds. But that which indicates the level of the acceptance of our worship is our character and morality.

‘A Messenger has come to you from among yourselves. Your suffering is distressing to him; he is deeply concerned for you; he is gentle and merciful to the believers (Tawba, 9:128)

The Sufis have said, “When you move out of the way, the Creator remains.” Sufism is the ability to break the seal of egotism.

“A pious woman makes her husband happy when he looks at her face; she fulfills her husband’s licit requests; and when he is away from her, she protects his property and honor.” (Ibn Maja, Nikah, 5/1857)

Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi says: “Entreat God and turn to Him in repentance with a heart filled with the fire of remorse and with eyes filled with tears.  For flowers bloom in places sunlit and moist.”

The essence of the Sufi discipline: harmony with every outward and inward state and manner of the Messenger of Allah and the endeavour to take on his noble character.

The lawful morsel grants the servant vigour, while the unlawful morsel grants heedlessness. From a righteous friend diffuses luminance and spirituality, while from the wrongdoer spreads gloom.

The Sufis have said, “When you move out of the way, the Creator remains.” Sufism is the ability to break the seal of egotism.

If a person shown goodness and kindness is an enemy, their enmity decreases. If they are neither friend nor foe, they near friendship. If they are friend, their friendship strengthens.

The good works and spending in the way of Allah performed in this world amount to the seeds sown for harvest in the Hereafter.

Allah Almighty wants for us to wake from the slumber of heedlessness before our death. Everyone will wake up when they die, but Allah Almighty wants us to wake before death comes…

One who does not know where to direct their love, deprived of the guidance of belief, is like a ship whose helm is broken in the middle of the ocean.

The Sufis have said, “When you move out of the way, the Creator remains.” Sufism is the ability to break the seal of egotism.

If a person shown goodness and kindness is an enemy, their enmity decreases. If they are neither friend nor foe, they near friendship. If they are friend, their friendship strengthens.

Acts of worship are observed and performed at set times and places. But servanthood is constant. Belief is the heart’s constant attachment to Allah Almighty.

The essence of the Sufi discipline: harmony with every outward and inward state and manner of the Messenger of Allah and the endeavour to take on his noble character.

Goodness and virtue is the finest form of communicating the message of Islam. For a person is overcome by acts of goodness. Lands are conquered with the sword, while hearts are conquered with goodness and virtue.

The prescribed prayer, fasting, the prescribed annual alms, pilgrimage… These are mandatory deeds. But that which indicates the level of the acceptance of our worship is our character and morality.

Allah Almighty wants for us to wake from the slumber of heedlessness before our death. Everyone will wake up when they die, but Allah Almighty wants us to wake before death comes…

The most disastrous death is the heart’s heedlessness of Allah and its forfeiting His good pleasure and approval.

We need to protect ourselves against such evil habits as pride, arrogance and destructive jealousy, whose roots are found in Hellfire. For one cannot enter Paradise with a character trait whose root is in Hellfire.

Just as radiation is emitted from the atom, every person emits a spiritual radiation. This is why a believer must forever keep company with the righteous.

Children are Divine trusts bestowed upon parents and teachers for the purpose of being equipped with knowledge, perception and good character.

Spending in the way of Allah is an elevated distinction that is the lot of not just anyone. Miserly or two-faced people cannot be worthy of such distinction.

The lawful morsel grants the servant vigour, while the unlawful morsel grants heedlessness. From a righteous friend diffuses luminance and spirituality, while from the wrongdoer spreads gloom.

Religion is a life order regulating every moment of one’s lifetime. It cannot be practised from time to time and shelved at other times.

Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi says: “Entreat God and turn to Him in repentance with a heart filled with the fire of remorse and with eyes filled with tears.  For flowers bloom in places sunlit and moist.”

Junayd al-Baghdadi says: “Were you were to see a person flying in the air, it is still falsehood (and not saintly wonder) if it does not conform to the Divine Book and the Prophetic Practice.”

There is no healing in the prohibited.

Goodness and virtue is the finest form of communicating the message of Islam. For a person is overcome by acts of goodness. Lands are conquered with the sword, while hearts are conquered with goodness and virtue.

The trial of every servant is commensurate with the opportunities and capabilities given to them. The servant’s responsibilities increase as their opportunities and capabilities increase.

Goodness and virtue is the finest form of communicating the message of Islam. For a person is overcome by acts of goodness. Lands are conquered with the sword, while hearts are conquered with goodness and virtue.

Children are Divine trusts bestowed upon parents and teachers for the purpose of being equipped with knowledge, perception and good character.

The sign of a deed’s rejection is its being followed by misdeeds; worse still is the evil which follows an act of goodness, wiping out that act of goodness.

If a person shown goodness and kindness is an enemy, their enmity decreases. If they are neither friend nor foe, they near friendship. If they are friend, their friendship strengthens.

Losing eternal opportunities in the effort to hold on to fleeting gains goes against a consciousness of belief.

In the world, the weak are in need of the powerful, the poor in need of the rich and the infirm in need of the healthy. In the Hereafter, however, the powerful are in need of the weak, the healthy in need of the infirm and the rich in need of the poor.

We, all of us, are the students of the school of this world that is an arena of Divine trial. Our education will come to an end with our death and we will be buried with our deeds.

Fasting is an exceptional form of worship which enables the fasting person to attain such virtues as tenacity, steadfastness, resignation to one’s state, stoicism and especially patience.

We need to protect ourselves against such evil habits as pride, arrogance and destructive jealousy, whose roots are found in Hellfire. For one cannot enter Paradise with a character trait whose root is in Hellfire.

Divine Mercy is manifested at every moment. What matters is to seek the means to that mercy and to make the most of the opportunities we find.