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.
Oppression is of various kinds: Just as ruling against Allah’s will is oppression, calling for or consenting to oppression is also oppression.
“And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (death).” Al-Hijr 99
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.
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.
Wealth that cannot be spent in the way of Allah becomes an instrument for evil and constitutes capital for the carnal desires leading a servant to depravity.
Everything in this world is known through its opposite. As the opposite of love is hate, hating those things hated by Allah is a requirement of loving Him.
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 greatest sign of a heart filled with love of Allah is treating the servants of Allah with forgiveness and compassion.
Shaykh Naqshband says, “There is no good or blessing in an affair that is undertaken in anger, heedlessness, reluctance, or by force.”
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Abu Bakr, may Allah be well pleased with him, says: “Goodness to the people protects a person from disaster and misfortune.”
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.
“En verdad que Allah nunca cambiará la condición de la gente hasta que no cambien lo que hay en ellos.” (Ra’d, 13:11)
Abandoning jealousy is protecting the body.
If you know that certain news will cause hurt, then remain silent so that others can convey them.
It is easy to reach the needy person who voices their need. We are, however, also obliged to find the indigent who cannot voice their plight and predicament.
Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s) said: “He who puts to practice what he knows will be taught by Allah what he does not know.” (Abu Nuaym, Hilyatu’l-Awliya, X, 15)
As indicated in a Prophetic Tradition: “Every lawful and good act is an act of charity.” (Bukhari, Adab, 33)
Every blessing has a price. Claims to ownership of something the price of which has not be paid is a fool’s errand.
One who looks with the light of the Real beholds eternity in a speck, the entire ocean in a drop. Mawlana Jalaladdin Rumi
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The entire world is full of resources, and among them the best resource is a righteous wife.” (Muslim)
Worldly concern is a darkness in the heart while consideration of the Hereafter is light.” ‘Uthman, may Allah be well pleased with him.
“Know that propriety is enduring with patience the impropriety of every ill-mannered person.” Rumi, may Allah sanctify his secret.
As the body gets tired, similarly the soul gets tired. Hadrat ‘Ali (may Allah be well pleased with him) has stated “Repose and rest your soul with wise words.”
It is essential for the person to show extra care to his prayers if he wants to develop his spirituality.
Becoming the king of this world is but a useless struggle, Being the slave of a saint is superior to all else. Yavuz Sultan Selim Khan
Rumi said: “Love moves the muddy waters to clarity. True love gives life to dead hearts; it even makes the sultans slaves.”
“And fight in the cause of Allah and know that Allah is Hearing and Knowing.” Al-Baqarah 244
Profeta (s.a.w) dijo: “El ayuno es una protección a condición de que la persona que ayuna no haga daño al ayuno.” Los compañeros le preguntaron como se estropea el ayuno. El Profeta (s.a.w) contestó: “Mintiendo y calumniando.” (Nasai, Mu’jam al-awsat)
When the heart is distant from Allah the Almighty, the human becomes unmindful and spoilt by assuming blessings to be from his own making.
Blessed Prophet -upon him blessings and peace-: “Verily the Almighty does not look at your bodies and your appearances, but He look at your hearts” (Muslim, Birr, 33).
Mankind is in complete oblivion of his destiny. Therefore, one should live in a constant state of praise, remembrance and gratitude.
Do not be in the company of those with malevolent hearts. In times of ease, they will seem like close friends, however in times of need they will not be there for you.
Do not be in the company of those with malevolent hearts. In times of ease, they will seem like close friends, however in times of need they will not be there for you.
We must first improve ourselves in order to correct other people.
Piety pertains enlivening the aspiration and love in worship, praying in a state of gratitude and fasting with pleasure. All in all, it is having power over ones pain and medicine for ones sufferings.
‘Ali, may Allah be well pleased with him, says: “Attaining the entirety of blessing is to die as a Muslim.”
Blessed Prophet Muhammad -upon him blessings and peace-: “Verily the Almighty does not look at your bodies and your appearances, but He look at your hearts” (Muslim, Birr, 33).
Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s) says: “There is no worship like contemplation.” (Hadith, Bayhaki, Shuab, IV, 157)
“Be aware that it is in the remembrance and of and whole-hearted devotion to Allah that hearts find rest and contentment.” (13:28)
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.
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.
“And those who believe and do righteous deeds and believe in what has been sent down upon Muhammad – and it is the truth from their Lord – He will remove from them their misdeeds and amend their condition.” Surah Muhammad-47
“Those who set their hearts on the world are like hunters hunting shadows. How can a shadow become their property? Mawlana Rumi
Sometimes a sin requires a thousand tears for its forgiveness, while sometimes a single tear coming from the heart cleanses a thousand sins.
“Permanecer en compañía de los amigos de Allah, o la gente de la espiritualidad, que puede obtener de ellos a favor y bondad, así como la fuerza espiritual, y que puede permanecer joven, viva y vigorosa con el Amor Divino. ” Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi
“One who has a good friend is in no need of a mirror.” Rumi.
“Had the Prophet of Allah (s.a.s) not provided any miracles, the Companions he raised would have been more than sufficient to prove his prophethood.” Qarafi
Those desiring to overflow with celestial exuberance are those who effuse scents of forgiveness from the gardens of their hearts. For it is through forgiving that we can prepare the grounds for our own forgiveness. A person who cannot forgive has, in reality, destroyed himself.
Two things demonstrate weakness of intellect: silence where to speech is necessary and speech where to silence is necessary. (Sa’di Shirazi)
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Ash-Sharh 5-6
Whatever you do, do not joke with an ignorant person. As their tongue is poisonous, they will injure your heart. (‘Ali, may Allah be well pleased with him.)
“A child who rebels against a compassionate father is called mad or crazed. Whatever is said of a person who objects to the commands of Allah Almighty, the Most Merciful of the merciful, is not enough!” Mahmud Sami Efendi
Do the people think that they will be left to say, “We believe” and they will not be tried? Al-‘Ankabut 2
How beautifully Isma’il ‘Ata’ encapsulates the spiritual sensitivity of a perfected believer: “Be shade in the sun, a robe in the cold, and bread in hunger.”
“…and take counsel with them in the affairs (of public concern); and when you are resolved (on a course of action), put your trust in Allah. Surely Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him).” (3:159)
‘Ali, may Allah be well pleased with him, says: “I prefer relieving the difficulty of a Muslim, to a world made of gold or silver.”
For a person to establish the truth and the true path they must keep their nafs under control at all times.
Shaykh Sa’di Shirazi says: “No matter how much you read, you are ignorant if you fail to act in a manner befitting your knowledge.”
