Thursday 24 May 2012

the prophet's counsel

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

"Love your beloved with a little restraint for one day they may be hated by you. And hate the person you hate with a little restraint for one day they may be beloved to you."

[Narrated by Tirmidhi & others]

Tuesday 22 May 2012

days of Allah

It's here, it's here! (almost.) Alhamdulillah - we've been trained (? perhaps 'nurtured' sounds better) to greet Rajab with the zeal people normally reserve for Ramadan. 

We were told that if we didn't do anything in Rajab, we wouldn't really get much in Ramadan (relative to what could be achieved). I think Ramadan with its general beauty and barakah is a very pleasant and smooth month, even with the long fasts and lengthy night prayers. But Rajab is supposed to be about putting in the hard graft, which is naturally more difficult because of all the irritating devils still hanging about, making the most of it before they're locked up. But Religion is in the struggle! And that is why we pray: "O Allah: bless us in Rajab and Sha`ban, and deliver us to Ramadan", because once we've had the good fortune of doing all of our hard work in the two preceding months, Ramadan will be easy pickings, in sha Allah - and all we have to do is turn up!

So, felicitations to us!

May Allah grant us fasting days, and Qur'an filled nights.

And may He bless our parents and our teachers.

Monday 14 May 2012

the contract

 
It won't commit to me until I commit to it.

 O Allah, benefit me by that which You have taught me, and teach me that which will be of benefit to me.

Monday 7 May 2012

revival

May we give life to his sunna, so that his sunna may give life to us.