My Mother...

After Allah and His messenger, Muhammad ﷺ, may my life be sacrificed for you Oh my mother..

“O our Lord, be merciful to them, just as they brought me up with kindness and affection in my childhood.” 

(Aameen)

The following are dedicated to my mother..

Teacher-Student

 2 teacher-student analogies of Imam Ghazali in his Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din: 

1. A teacher is like a stamp to clay and a student is like clay. If the stamp has no character, there is no impression on clay. 

2. A teacher is like a cane and the student is like the shadow of the cane. How can the shadow of the cane be straight when the cane itself is crooked?

Tongue

جِرْمُهُ صَغِيْرٌ وَ جُرْمُهُ كَبِيْرٌ

small in magnitude but great in sin

Emptiness...

وه گل گل نہیں جس میں خوشبوں نہیں 

وه دل دل نہیں جس میں تو نہیں 

That flower is no flower devoid of fragrance

That heart is no heart devoid of you

Kings, Kitaabs and Kingdoms...

Imam Yusuf (ra) says:
"If Kings knew the pleasure we(referring to Ulama) get of reading Kitaabs(books), they would give away their Kingdoms"( Hashiya of tafseer Uthmani)
Explanantion:
Knowledge is very dear and valuable in the eyes of the ulama.The pleasure they feel from reading, learning and studying is unexplainable and it is such that if the kings were to ever feel this pleasure and love of reading, learning knowledge etc , then they would forfeit their kingdoms for it.

Sweet Madinah....

With the Hajj season drawing ever closer, my close and dear friend who was blessed with performing her first pilgrimage last year, was reminiscing over her trip.Oh how nostalgic it made me...
We looked through a few pictures she took and the above caught my attention. It was taken from her hotel window around dusk...The umbrellas are slowly opening to provide shade to the musallees of the Masjidun nabawi (saw)...
Ahhh  Madinah....

My wish is Madinah.

My heart is Madinah.

My shelter is Madinah.

My moon is Madinah.

My axis is Madinah.

My heaven is Madinah.

Sweet Madinah....

Tasbeeh or Istighfaar??

Ibn Al-Jawzee was once asked:"Is it better for me to make Tasbeeh (glorify Allah) or to make Istighfaar (seek forgiveness)?"
He replied, "The dirty robe is more in need of soap than perfume".

When my Lord says to me....

روى ابن الجوزي عن أبي حامد الخلفاني أنه قال لأحمد بن حنبل رحمه الله :

يا أبا عبد الله هذه القصائد الرقاق التي في ذكر الجنة والنار أي شيء تقول فيها ؟

فقال : مثل أي شيء ؟ قلت : يقولون : إذا ما قال لي ربي أما استحييت تعصيني وتخفي الذنب من خلقي وبالعصيان تأتيني ؟

فقال : أعد علىَّ فأعدت عليه 

فقام ودخل بيته وردَّ الباب فسمعت نحيبه من داخل البيت 

وهو يقول : إِذَا مَا قَــال لِـــي رَبِّي أَمَّا اسْتَحْيَيْت تَعْصِيْنِي

فبكى حتى أصبح له صوتاً كبكاء الأطفال ويقول تلامذة الإمام كاد يهلك من كثرة البكاء

It is reported that one of the companions of Imam Ahmad recited the following poem to him. This caused the Imam to suddenly leave the gathering and enter his house where he could be heard reciting the first verse and weeping loudly. The students remarked that the imam cried so much that it was as though he would die.

اللهم ارزقنى شهادة فى سبيلك واجعل موتى فى بلد رسولك صلى الله عليه وسلم

May Allah grant me martyrdom in his path.

May he grant me death in the city of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)