Self Reminders.

The planning of the almighty is better for you than you own planning and he could deprive you from what you ask to test your patience.So let him see from you a determined patience and you will soon see from him what will give yo joy.And when you have cleaned the paths of answering (of supplication), from the stains of sin ( have repented) and were patient about what he has chosen for you, then everything that happens to you is better for you whether you were given or deprived of what you have requested -Ibn Jawzee.


If what you desire from this world is what should suffice you, a little should suffice you; but if you desire more than your sufficiency, the entire world will not suffice you. Control your egos by abandoning what the world contains, for you have entered it naked and naked you will leave it.– Imam Ghazali.

We are fortunate we have eyes, yet there are blind people who see the path clearer. We are fortunate we have ears, yet there are deaf people who hear Allah’s call louder. We are lucky we have abled-limbs, yet there are disabled people who are quicker to stand in front Allah for salah (prayer) We are fortunate we have a tongue, yet there are the mute who make more dhikr than us. Are we using or abusing our gifts?-Ibn Khalid.

Am I Alone?

Being alone is not always synonymous to being lonely.
There are people who find happiness and contentment in solitude and there are those who swim in a sea of people and still find themselves empty.


Being alone is never strictly equal to loneliness.


It all matters on how you decide to deal with the situation at hand, and the path you choose to take.


A wise advice: If you want to befriend someone in life, then let him/her be the one who will keep your secrets, cover your errors, help you in times of hardship, prefer and favor you in times of comfort, spread your qualities and forgo your mistakes. If you find none having these qualities then befriend your own self.

Run After Hereafter.

First,Iwas dying to finish my high school and start college
And then I was dying to finish college and start working
Then I was dying to marry and have children
And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough
So I could go back to work
But then I was dying to retire
And now Im dying And suddenly i realized that
I forgot to live....
Please don't let this happen to you
Appreciate your current situation and enjoy each day lawfully


To make money we lose our health, and then to restore our health we lose our money...
We live as if we are never going to die, and we die as if we never lived....Your Elderly Friend.

The Parable Of The Pencil.

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.

"There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be."

"One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone's hand."

"Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better pencil."

"Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make."

"Four: The most important part of you will always be what's inside."

"And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write."

The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart.


Now replacing the place of the pencil with you. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.



One:You will be able to do many great things,but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand.And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.[You will not(be able to do a thing) unless Allah wills.-Quran]

Two: You will experienced a painful sharpening from time to time,by going through various problems in life,but you'll neeed it to become a stonger person.(Surely,we will test you by way of fear,by hunger,by loss of wealth and life,but give glad tidings to the steadfast.-Qur'an)

Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.(Those who repent and do righteous deeds,they can be hopeful of the mercy of Allah.-Qu'ran)

Four:The most imporant part of you will always be what's on the inside.(Verily, Allah doest not look at your bodies and faces but at what is inside you.-Qur'an)


Five:On every surface you walk through,you must leave your mark.No matter what the situation, you must continue to do your duties.(Meeting a fellow with a smile is a charity;removing a harmful object from the road is a charity.-Hadith)

Allow this parable on the pencil to encourage you to to know that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish.

Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make a change.

Isn't that sheer stupidity?

Yes Indeed!...Falling in love with a fading shadow(beauty) and taking unlawful pleasures in the fleeting world is sheer stupidity.

Because...Age is a departing guest and beauty a declining shadow.

Neither all flowers have same colour nor all fruits have equal taste.

Neither all birds can fly nor all animals can run.

Neither all eggs are hatched in to chicks nor all human babies are born healthy.

Yet every flower,fruit,bird,animal,chick and baby is unique in thier own way and

is created for a purpose to be fulfilled.

So it's not your greatness if you are born fair and it's not you'r mistake if you are born black.Remember your way passes over your grave.You will be dealt with as you deal with others,you will reap what you sow and what you send today will meet you tomorrow and that death will be the ultimate measure of everyone.

Notable Quotes.

This is a compilation of sayings from great personalities so enjoy:


Ibn Abbaas (radiyallaahu ‘anhu) said, ‘Indeed righteousness illuminates the heart, radiates the face, strengthens the body, increases provision, and produces a love in the hearts of the creation for that person. Whereas sinfulness darkens the heart, greys the face, weakens the body, and produces hatred in the hearts of the creation for that person.


1.'’ After faith, no blessing is equal to a good wife.”
Umar Ibnul Khattab
2.You hope for salvation & you have not trodden its path,But the ship does not progress on dry land.
Abu Atahiyyah
3.”The knowledgeable person is simply he who does not make people despair of the mercy of Allah and does not make them feel secure from the stratagems of Allah.”
Ali Ibn Ali Talib
4.”Don’t force your brother to humiliate himself by asking you to fulfill a need he has, but rather familiarize yourself with his condition asd hasten to fulfill his need sparing him the indignity of asking.”
M’mar Ibn Abdullah
5.”What people are doing today is not favor, but rather business. For you see a person do his brother a favor expecting him to reciprocate.”
Assari Assaqti
6.”If you wish to know whether you belong to the partisans of this life or the partisans of the hereafter, check which is most beloved to you; giving or receiving.”
Imam Shafi’ee
7.”He who is content can never be ruined”.
Chinese proverb
8.”See to it that you ever are in one of the following situations; preparing for the hereafter; handling your worldly affairs; or having halal fun to freshen up for the two former undertakings.”
Anonymous
9.”The world is three days: As for yesterday it has vanished, along with all that within it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work in it.”
Al-Hasan Al Basri
10.”The worst sinners are the ones who spend their time talking about the sins of others.”
Ibn Sireen

What will be my fate?

When I look at my sins I find them plenty,

But when I recount Allah's favor upon me I find it infinite.

I have no hope in my good deeds,I only hope in Allah's mercy.

He is my Guardian, He is my Creator,

And I have entrusted myself unto Him as one who is weak and frail.

If I am forgiven it is because of His Mercy,

And if I am not forgiven, what can I do, what will be my fate?

Abu Nuwas, Al-Munabbihat

Take note.

Truly Allah the exalted, has imposed certain obligations, Do not abolish them;
He has forbidden certain things, Do not violate them;
He has laid down certain limits, Do not trangress them;
He was silent about certain matters, out of 'MERCY' for you, not-forgetfulness,Do not seek after them.

Life is a departing guest.

Life is always fair, and the reason for that is the hereafter. For anyone who believes in the hereafter will realize that every hardship will hit a dead end. And that dead end will have a door, beyond the door is the reward. When one accepts fate, situations, hardships, pain, they have already passed 50% of the trial by accepting it. Then it’s about getting through it. Knowing that Allah is the only one who can give it and also clear us of it will make us turn to Him and then we will find is so much easier. What makes it hard is the fact that we think “life isn’t fair”, “why me?” “why do i deserve this?” etc. We are tiny tiny creations and we can NEVER question our Lord. - Br. Yasin

Naseehat.

No matter how high bird's fly...they always keep thier eyes on earth but what makes a man(made of mudd) walk upon it with pride.Dosen't he know that he will be swallowed by it one day?

Before taking revenge from anyone,just think how much sinful you are in the sight of Al-Mighty.

Whosoever design an evil and treacherous plot,it will encompass none but the one who makes it at the end.

Repel bad deed with good deed just like a tree does which takes your carbon dioxide and gives out oxygen for you to breath.

He was ruined because of her, so never follow her.

...Live as long as you will, for verily you must die. Love whoever you wish, for one day you shall taste its seperation, and do what you will, You will be rewarded accordingly.Imam Ghazzali... ....



{O people! The promise of Allah is surely true so do not let the life of this world deceive you nor be deceived by the Deceiver.} Faatir:5

Sufficient indeed is this reminder...

One day, after Ali(r) followed a funeral procession, and after the corpse was placed in its grave, the family of the deceased began to weep in loud voices. Ali(r) said to them, "What are you crying over?" He then said words to the effect of, "like the deceased you are crying over, death will come upon you all, one by one, until none among you remains". He then stood up and said, "O slaves of Allah, I advise you to fear Allah, Who has set forth parables for you and has decreed precise times for your deaths. He has given you ears so that you can absorb their meanings (the meanings of the parables he set forth), sight to remove anything that prevents vision, and hearts so that you can understand. Indeed, Allah has not created you without purpose Allah has bestowed upon you abundant blessings and has prepared for you rewards (for your actions), so fear Allah O slaves of Allah, and strive hard to achieve (lawful sustenance in this life and Paradise in the Hereafter). Moreover, do good deeds before the destroyer of pleasure (death) comes to you. Indeed, the blessings of this world will not last, and no one is safe from its vicissitudes (The pleasure of this world) are deceptions that impede one [from remembering Allah].

 Take heed from these clear lessons, O slaves of Allah. Let the warnings (about punishment) prevent you from sinning, and benefit from sincere advice and sermons. It is as if the claws of death already have a firm hold upon you. You are guaranteed a house of dirt (the grave). Then you will face terrifying events when the trumpet is blown, when the graves are turned over, when you will be steered towards the gathering place for judgment, and when you will be standing for accountability – all of this is under the full control of the Almighty. Each soul will have someone steering it toward the gathering place for judgment, and each soul has a witness that will give testimony for (or against) it.

"And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord and the Book will be placed and the Prophets and the witnesses will be brought forward, and it will be judged between them with truth, and they will not wronged" – Chapter 39, verse 69.

The lands will shake; the caller will call out; the beasts will be resurrected; secrets will be revealed; hearts will quake; the Hell-fire, whose fire will be blazing, will come into sight. O slaves of Allah, fear Allah, with the fear of a person who is truly afraid, who is truly cautious, who truly sees (impending doom), and who is truly deterred (from sinning), for such a person strives hard, is saved by fleeing (from sins), prepares for the return (for the Resurrection), and seeks help through the acquirement of provision (the performance of good deeds). Sufficient indeed is Allah in His punishment and in His help. Sufficient indeed is the Book (the Quran) as an adversary and as an advocate. Sufficient indeed is Paradise as a reward. In addition, sufficient indeed is the Hell-fire in terms of its destruction (of those who enter it) and its punishment. And I ask Allah to forgive me and you" – Hilyatul-Awliya 1/77-78 and Sifatus-Safwah 1/171-172

Taqwa is to soul what heart is to body.

Sulaiman bin dawud said:Nothing is better than fear of Allah in secret and in open, justice during times of happiness and sadness,and moderatino in times of poverty and richness.

Zaid bin aslam said: whoever fears Allah people will love him,even if they has previously hated him.

When Ibn'aun was bidding farewell to another man,he said"upon you is to fear Allah,for the one who has taqwa never feels loneliness.


A man asked Hasan bin ali(r):"I have a daughter and people have proposed her,so to whom should i marry her"?

He said: "Marry her to one who fear Allah,for if he loves her ,he will honor her,and if he hates her,he will not wrong her".

Take care of -Before you loose them.

Take care what I am going to elaborate in the following lines. Take care of your self. Take care of your abilities and faculties.Take care of everything which you have been bestowed with..

 

Please take care of Your Head- Take care of what you are thinking, what is coming as a thought in your mind, is it good, healthy, or something harmful or  corrupt .Have you ever taken care how much do you waste your brain in foolish thoughts, how much do you waste yourself in day dreaming. How much brain you use in Haraaam pursuits.... .Take care it is not free to use. You have to take care.with this brain you can contemplate and devise many beneficial things for you and all.You can ponder over the real cause of our anxiety and you can think how to raise the word of Allah in this world. Take care........ ..

 

Take care of Your ear - Take care that you do not listen to Gheebah, Lies, dirty talk, Backbiting, Slandering , Blasphemous language, Take care words travel through ears to your heart where they make an imprint. So always take care that you listen to right, true, and virtuous things. What you have to do is to take care ........

 

Take care of your eyes -Take care that your eyes do not see what is forbidden, Do not gaze at any Non Mahram female , Do not look at deprave and dirty films and sights.Your eyes are an amanat .Use it in purposeful pursuits.Do you know that in the present world most of the Fitnah is spread and absorbed only by way of using eyes......Eyes see and watch what we ask her to see.....Take care that eyes see and send it to your brain and heart and then it spreads as a message and after words the it takes the shape of desire.....and then lust and then on and on an on.......... ......... So all we have to do is to abstain from what is evil or Satanic, Forbidden, shameless, dirty , obscene..... ........If you do this my friend you will see the change in yourself , you will taste the sweetness of your Iman in your heart....... Oh brother Just take care......Eyes are an Nemah ,,,,,,use it as Allah swt wants....... .Take care ....

 

Take care of Tongue - Stop and think before you speak  - A Muslim is not a free talking machine. One must think what is going to utter. It should not be gheebah , slander, back biting, Lie, abusive language.Don' t taste Haram things.

 

Take care of Stomach- Take Care what you are eating. It should not be forbidden , Haram or unlawful.We should not let any Haram (forbidden) food or drink to enter our stomach; It should not be made out of Riba (usury, interest)The meat we eat should be properly slaughtered. It should not be carrion or pork.We should not intake Intoxicants and Wine at all. Remember whatever is in-come is always the out-come. If You eat haram things you cannot Expect Halal actions out of it.

 

Take care of our Hands- Take care that you dot harm anybody with your hands, Your hands are for the help to the poor and needy , God gave them to you to help His servants on the earth,He did not give you to misuse it and to insult and harm any one . Dont write haram things, Don't pick up Haram things. Don't play Haram things or Games. Your hands are those which will can earn you Jannah or Jahannam. Take care

 

Take care of your Legs: Take care your legs should not walk on the way which leads to Shaitan, Which goes against your Lord. Don't walk on the way which takes and makes you far and far from your lord.Don't go for futile , foolish, and Haram activities .Legs can take you to a good place like mosque and places of learning and at the same they can take you to the places of corruption and evil.it is upto you to use it .Take care my brother that it is boon from the good that when you take a single step , the other step is automatic. If you walk towards Allah, you are closer then the first step automatically. Run towards Allah .Take care.

 

Take care of your words - Take care that your words are very important. You will be asked on the day of Qayamat about the promises you made, The trusts you were entrusted with.Don't promise if you cant honour it. Your words are decisive. They are not free. Everything is counted and registered. Your words are registered . So take care what you say and what you promise. If you promise then fulfill it at any cost.Also don't go against your agreements,Don' t go back on our word, Dont give false testimony or betray your trust.

 

Take care of your Wealth-Wake care that wealth is wealth, Don't waste it foolishly... ..Look at your surroundings. A lot of people are unable to make both ends meet. In Africa People are dying out of hunger and thirst...... Lacs of people are starving.... ....The whole world is doing strenuous labour to earn a livelihood .......and we .....are wasting our hard earned money just like that......Remember me friend you will be asked.....about your wealth from where you accumulated it and to where you utilized it.......Never never be extravagant Don't waste our wealth.Always think how to make the best of your wealth. Invest it in lawful , proper and healthy places and its better invest it for your eternal life........ ...Remember some of your pocket money is someone's whole month Salary ........Someone runs his family with the money you spend in a day......... ....It is money it is wealth , An Amanat.....given to you by your Lord Rabb......Take care......where are you spending it......isn' t it in something haram,,,,,,, ,isn't it something which Allah swt does not like....... Take care........

 

Family and children-Take care that Allah Swt has bestowed so many blessings. He gave you a wife who takes care of you day and night. Who left her paternal home for your sake. For Allah's sake take care of her all physical, mental and moral needs, and then Allah swt awarded you with cute children. Look around yourself , there are a lof of people who don't have wife and children either therefore For the sake of Allah take care of your wife and children and make sure that their faith and beliefs are sound. Take care of them when they feel hurt against all those who try to damage their hearts and minds, and protect them from anything that spoils them or lead to their ways of Jahannam.

 

Take care of your Parents - Take care of your parents. They are the blessings of Allah.Keep them happy with your words and action. Don't say a single word of disobedience and insult to them. If you wish to make your Rabb Happy ,then make your parents happier. Take care of them especially when they are old. They took all the pains when you were just nothing. You were toy in their hands and they made and shaped you what you say.Good or Bad whatever you are ,you should be grateful to those who are you called you mother and father. Look at the face of your mother. You resemble so much with your mother.Have a look at your father. You take after your father. They smile when they see you . They feel cool at their heart when they see you smiling. So great and selfless these two are. For the Sake of Allah take care of these two. Your Jannat and Jahannam is not far . It is very close to you. My friend just take care of these two......... ...

 

Take care what you are going to read. Take care what you understand and take care how do you put them in actions.

At last my brother and O my sister...... Take care of your self.......You are not a beast, You are not a insect....You are not a virus....... ...You are one of the Ummati of Muhammad      .......You are Muslim...... .You are the slave of Allah swt......... .You are not a just like that type of guy or gal........You are something which the world is waiting for.......Where are you lost my brother or sister...... .The world is waiting for you......... ...Just think , ponder and resolve today that you will  act upon the advices of Quran And Sunnah...... .you will stick to the ways of Muhammad ..........My Brother .........The world is waiting for you......... ...Don't waste yourself.... ...Just take care........ of yourself and everything you have.......

 

Just take care

 

Take care........ !!!! Yours

Published - 26/08/2004.

                                              Brother   in   Islam

                       K h al i d   B i n   U m a r

Live Today As If There Is No Tommorow.

 

 

When you wake up in the morning, do not expect to see the evening – live as though today is all that you have. Yesterday has passed with its good and evil, while tomorrow has not yet arrived. Your life span is but one day, as if you were born in it and will die at the end of it. With this attitude, you will not be caught between an obsession over the past, with all its anxieties, and the hopes of the future, with all its uncertainty. Live for today: During this day you should pray with a wakeful heart, recite the Qur'an with understanding, and remember Allah with sincerity. In this day you should be balanced in your affairs, satisfied with your allotted portion, concerned with your appearance and health.

 

Organize the hours of this day, so that you make years out of minutes and months out of seconds. Seek forgiveness from your Lord, remember Him, prepare for the final parting from this world, and live today happily and at peace. Be content with your sustenance, your wife, your children, your work, your house and your station in life.

So hold that which I have given you and be of the grateful (Qur'an 7:144)

Live today free from sorrow, bother, anger, jealousy, and malice. You must engrave onto your heart one phrase: Today is my only day. If you have eaten warm, fresh bread today, then what do yesterday's dry, rotten bread and tomorrow's anticipated bread matter?

If you are truthful with yourself and have a firm, solid resolve, you will undoubtedly convince yourself of the following: Today is my last day to live. When you achieve this attitude, you will profit from every moment of your day, by developing your personality, expanding your abilities, and purifying your deeds.

 

Then you say to yourself:

Today I shall be refined in my speech and will utter neither evil speech nor obscenity. Also, I shall not backbite.

Today I shall organize my house and office….

Today I will strive to be obedient to my Lord, pray in the best manner possible, do more voluntary acts of righteousness, recite the Qur'an, and read beneficial books. I will plant goodness into my heart and extract from it the roots of evil – such as pride, jealousy, and hypocrisy.

Today I will help others – to visit the sick, to attend a funeral, to guide the one who is lost, and to feed the hungry. I will stand side by side with the oppressed and the weak. I will pay respect to the scholar, be merciful to the young, and reverent to the old.

 

O' past that has departed and is gone, I will not cry over you. You will not see me remembering you, not even for a moment, because you have traveled away from me never to return.

 

O' future, you are in the realm of the unseen, so I will not be obsessed by your dreams. I will not be preoccupied about what is to come because tomorrow is nothing and has not yet been created.

'Today is my only day' is one of the most important statements in the dictionary of happiness, for those who desire to live life in its fullest splendor and brilliance.

 

Taken from the book, 'Don't be Sad' by Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni, International Islamic Publishing House pg 31-33.

Avoid the state of being proud.

Do not decieve yourself in to becoming too proud because you are in a good or righteous environment for there is no place that is better than paradise,and our father Adam(a.s) experienced then what is knwn to all.


Do not become proud merely because you worship often,for consider what happened to iblis(satan) after he spent a great deal of time worshipping.


Do not think yourself great because you have met with righteous people,for there is no man more righteous than the prophet (saw) yet the disbelievers and hypocrites did not benefit by simply knowing him.

A Good Advice is a Reminder to the Heedless & a Helper to the Wise.

If advice were to be left off to those of virtue,I would have abstained from advising you,but good advice is a reminder to the heedless and a helper to the wise...

"I advice you to fear Allah ta'la.I advise you to adhere to the Qur'an for it is light in the darkest of nights and it is guidance during the day.

Apply it... and if a trial,such as poverty,comes to you,give precedence to your religion over wealth.

If that trial worsens,continue to put your relgion before your wealth and your soul,for indeed the only one who is destroyed is the one whose religion is destroyed,the one who is poor is he one who has lost his religion.

Know that there is no poverty after paradise and there is no richness after hell fire"--JUNDUB

Here to Hereafter-A Heavy Reminder.

"O people indeed you have not been created with out a purpose and you will not be left alone with out being held accountable.And you have a final destination where Allah will judge among you.He will indeed be the loser who is outside of Allah's mercy, which comprehends all things.He is the loser who will be forbidden from the paradise whose width is as the heavens and the earth.Know that safety tommorow is for he who fears his lord and sells a small amount to achieve abundance.I say this to you, though I do not know of anyone more sinful than me among you and I ask Allah to forgive both me and you".[Umar bin Abdul-Aziz]

 

                           It was said to Umar bin Abdul-Aziz "O leader of the believers,you have much wealth in your hands,but we do not see you owing even those things that your house is in need of ".He said, "A house should not be furnished in the fleeting world,there is an abode to which we have transported our best possesions, and after a short while we are moving there - the hereafter"

 

Source:Taken from the book-Gems & Jewels of Islam by Malik Mujahid.

Important words

The most destructive habit......................Worry
The greatest Joy...............................Giving
The greatest loss................Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work...............Helping others
The ugliest personality trait.............Selfishness
The most endangered species.........Dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource...............Our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm"..........Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome.................Fear
The most effective sleeping pill........Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease............Excuses
The most powerful force in life..................Love
The most dangerous pariah..................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer........The brain
The worst thing to be without................... Hope
The deadliest weapon.......................The tongue
The two most power-filled words..............."I Can"
The greatest asset..............................Faith
The most worthless emotion..................Self-pity
The most beautiful attire......................SMILE!
The most prized possession................Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication.....Prayer
The most contagious spirit.................Enthusiasm
The most important thing in life..................GOD

Be Carefull What u Plant.

Be Carefull What u Plant???

If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.
If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.
If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.
If you plant perseverance, you will reap victory.
If you plant consideration, you will reap harmony.
If you plant hard work, you will reap success.
If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.
If you plant openness, you will reap intimacy.
If you plant patience, you will reap improvements.
If you plant faith, you will reap miracles.
But...
If you plant dishonesty, you will reap distrust.
If you plant selfishness, you will reap loneliness.
If you plant pride, you will reap destruction.
If you plant envy, you will reap trouble.
If you plant laziness, you will reap stagnation.
If you plant bitterness, you will reap isolation.
If you plant greed, you will reap loss.
If you plant gossip, you will reap enemies.
If you plant worries, you will reap wrinkles.
If you plant sin, you will reap guilt.

"Sow an act...reap a habit; Sow a habit...reap a character; Sow a character...reap a destiny."

They know only the outside appearance of the life of the world (i.e. the matters of their livelihood, like irrigating or sowing or reaping, etc.), and they are heedless of the Hereafter.(Ar-Room, Chapter #30, Verse #7)

Say: The bad and the good are not equal, though the abundance of the bad may please you; so be careful of (your duty to) Allah, O men of understanding, that you may be successful. (Al-Maeda, Chapter #5, Verse #100)