hadith
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My Appetite for This World? GONE!
﷽ ☺︎ Life could be going well for me, when all of a sudden… BAM! Something unsavoury happens that reminds me to never get too comfortable in this world. The Prophet S.A.W was onto something when he advised us to be in this world as wayfarers. The closest thing that reminds me of wayfarers are…
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What Islam Teaches Us about Delayed Gratification
﷽ ☺︎ Change is never an easy process. The islamic way of bringing about the change of some one or some thing emphasizes slow, yet constant reform. I was reading surah Al-Isra this morning, and I came across the ayah that reads: مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا…
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Fridays Are Great for the Grateful Type
﷽ ☺︎ Allah swt blessed me. The stores of His unbounded rizq affects my life in many ways more than I could ever could imagine. I thank Him for all that He bestowed upon me and upon His believers. I thank Him for the blessings that I know of, and also for the ones I…
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This Message Is for Muslims: Please, Do Better
﷽ ☺︎ Can humans fairly compensate other humans for the work they do? No. Absolutely not. God knows that the answer to that question is a hard no. So… why do we pretend like the world has to offer only a certain amount to certain people, and to others, apparently the world’s weight in gold…
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On the Usefulness of Consistent Output, the Perceptible Metrics of Success, and Living with Ihsan & Sincerity for Allah
﷽ ☺︎ Here we go again. I’m getting the stare-at-your-blank-document scaries again. I don’t know if I have anything useful to share today. Which makes me wonder: how do people consistently put out new work online? I don’t just mean essays, but videos, and podcasts, and other stuff as well. I know some creators who…
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Eid Mubarak! On Idle Talk, Being a Consumer, & the Qur’an as an Instructions Manual for the Believer
﷽ ☺︎ Recently, I’ve been thinking about the first few ayahs of surah Al-Mu’minun in relation to this blog. Particularly: وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ ٱللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ One of my biggest fears is that this blog turns into one of idle talk. I’m deathly afraid of turning into one of those people who say and write a lot…