The Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم

  • واعلم أن الأُمة لو اجتمعت على أَن ينفعـوك بشيء، لم ينفعوك إلا بشيء قد كتبه الله لك، وإن اجتمعوا على أن يضروك بشيء، لم يضروك إلا بشيء قد كتبه الله عليك، رفعت الأقلام وجفت الصحف رواه الترمذي “Know that if the entire creation were to gather together to do something to benefit you– you would never

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  • Be the Bedouin

    حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ الْحَنَفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، – وَهُوَ عَمُّ إِسْحَاقَ – قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذْ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَامَ يَبُولُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَهْ

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  • Notes on Narcissism (1)

    عن أنس بن مالك رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ثلاث مهلكات شح مطاع، وهوى متبع، وإعجاب المرء بنفسه (رواه البزار والطبراني) In the lines of Rasoolullah’s (sall Allahu alaihi wa sallam) sayings and how he perceived others, are a million lessons on personality and nature. Reading ahadeeth with faith and

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  •   بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم   وَ أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَ زُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذلِكَ ذِكْرَى ♦لِلذَّاكِرِين And perform As-Salat, at the two ends of the day and in some hours of the night [i.e. the five compulsory Salat (prayers)]. Verily, the good deeds remove the evil deeds. That is

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  • The Noble Teacher

    Mu’awiyah ibn Al-Hakam رضي الله عنه narrates: While I was praying with the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلمsomeone sneezed so I said: ‘Yarhamu kallah (May Allah have mercy on you)’. The people shot me looks so I said: ‘O my mother’s loss of me! Why are you looking at me?’ Then they

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  • Narrated by Ibn Abbas  رضي الله عنهما: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم said: Whoever has a female (daughter/sister) and doesn’t bury her alive* nor dishonours her nor prefers his male children over her; Allah will enter him into Paradise. -Abu Dawud *like the practice of the Makkans before Islam ruled it

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  • The Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم rushed down the mountain trembling in fear. When he reached home he cried: ‘Cover me up! Cover me up!’ When he settled down a little he told his wife, Khadijah رضي الله عنه, about the strange incident that had taken place in the cave. He was still scared. ‘I

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  • It was Muhammad’s صلى الله عليه و سلم habit to spend ensuing nights in cave Hira contemplating in the creation and striving in the worship of One God, the God of Ibrahim. His heart had believed in just Him and denounced all the rest that was being worshipped around him in Makkah at the time.

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  • Narrated by ‘Aaishah رضي الله عنها: When the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم got up at night to pray, he would say: اللهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرِيْلَ وَ مِيْكَائِيْلَ وَ إِسْرَافِيْلَ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ، أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيْمَا كَانُوْا فِيْهِ يَخْتَلِفُوْنَ، اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيْهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ

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  • Yusuf in the well

    وَ أوْحينا إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّأَنَّهُمْ بِأَمْرِهِمْ هذا وَ هُمْ لا يَشْعُرُوْنَ When the brothers of Yusuf took him away from his father with an undercover plan and a false assurance of his safety, they set out to execute their plot of getting rid of their brother. They tied a rope around him and forced him into

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