I wanted to share a moving story that I once heard and will always remember and cherish for its meanings. It’s the story of one of the great Imams of this Ummah, Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal.
His son, Abdullah, asked his father one day: “Abi when will we ever relax?” His father, one of the greatest revivers of the Sunnah and a role model for all Muslims, looked him in the eye and said: “With the first step we take into Jannah.”
Read articleAs Muslims who submit to Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala), and realize that no matter how ‘good’ we are, we will never be able to be truly thankful to our Lord, we need to constantly seek forgiveness. In my previous posts (Part 1 and 2), I mentioned the effect of sins in our lives and how it can
Read articleWe started in part 1 explaining the psychological and spiritual effect of sins on productivity, and today we’ll dig deeper and answer the question: “I see so many productive people and they commit sins all the time, this link of sins and productivity seems a bit too “theological” to me?” There are 2 part to this answer: Firstly, life of a
Read articleOne might ask what is the relationship, if any, between our sins and our productivity level? As Muslims, we believe that our success in life comes from Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala) and that barakah or “Divine Goodness” in our time/money/projects is one of the key ingredients to productivity and success. Anything that turns us away from Allah’s
Read articleToday I want us to ponder on the following verse, Allah says in the Quran:
“Muhammad is the apostle of Allah. and those who are with him are strong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other. Thou wilt see them bow and prostrate themselves (in prayer), seeking Grace from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. On their faces are their marks, (being) the traces of their prostration. This is their similitude in the Taurat; and their similitude in the Gospel is: like a seed which sends forth its blade, then makes it strong; it then becomes thick, and it stands on its own stem, (filling) the sowers with wonder and delight. As a result, it fills the Unbelievers with rage at them. Allah has promised those among them who believe and do righteous deeds forgiveness, and a great Reward”
( سورة الفتح , Al-Fath, Chapter #48, Verse #29)
