Food for Thought
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Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Counsel in Twos
Al-A’mash said,
“The one whose capital is God-consciousness [taqwa], tongues will be incapable of describing the fortune that is his piety; and the one whose capital is the dunya, tongues will be incapable of describing the magnitude of his loss of piety.”
Sufyan al-Thawri said,
“Every act of disobedience committed due to passion, its forgiveness is hoped for. Every act of disobedience committed out of arrogance, its forgiveness is not hoped for because the root of Satan’s disobedience was arrogance, whereas the root of Adam’s lapse was passion.”
A sage said,
Whoever is under the delusion that he has a closer friend than Allah, little is his knowledge of Allah; and the one who is under the delusion that he has a greater enemy than his nafs [lower self], little is his knowledge of his nafs.”
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq [ra] said regarding the Qur’anic verse, ‘Corruption has appeared on land and sea’ [Surah Ar-Rum 30:41],
“The land refers to the tongue and the sea refers to the heart. If the tongue is corrupted people cry over it, and if the heart is corrupted the angels cry over it.”
It is said,
“Verily passion turns kings into slaves, and patience turns slaves into kings…Do you not see the story of Yusuf and Zulaykha?”
It is said,
“Glad tidings to the one whose intellect is his master and whose desire is his slave. And woe to the one whose desire is his master and his intellect his slave.”
It is said,
“There is no exile for the learned, and there is no homeland for the ignorant.”
It is said,
“The one who is close to Allah due to his obedience will be a stranger amongst people.”
It is said,
“The one who admits his shortcomings is always praised, and admitting shortcomings is a sign of acceptance [by Allah].
Extract: Preparing for the Day of Judgement, Imam Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani [rahimahullah], pages 2-4.
Indeed Allah is a witness over us, and Allah [swt] knows best.
In the care of Allah [swt],
Wassalaamu’alaikum wa rahmatullah
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Told you she hadn’t died yet.
How bout sheee give yooo a cupla schlaps?!
gosh! so sory!! the quote about yusuf alayhisalaam shud read as such:
I knew she couldn’t stay Away for too long. Jazakillaahu khayran for the post. Please do continue insha’Allaah.