‘Whoever reads Sooratul-Kahf on Fridays will be adorned with light from that Friday to the next.’

When you’re feeling unappreciative or unsatisfied with your life, remember that Allah swt chose YOU to be guided. He could have sealed your heart to Islam, but He didn’t. He chose you to be a Muslim and that’s the biggest blessing you could ever receive. So say Alhamdulilah, always.

Ibn al-Qayyim {rahimahullah} mentioned:”Every time you feel disheartened by your being alone on this path, then look to those who came before you and strive to catch up with them, and turn away from everyone else, as they will not benefit you in the least with Allah. If you happen to see them somewhere along the path that you are upon, then do not turn to look at them, for if you do so, they will distract you and simply delay your progress.” [‘Madarij as-Salikin’;1/21

How do you know who a friend actually is?

So i brought this issue up with a group of friends who are always saying this and that is haraam etc all the time but when i say to them something is haraam and you shouldn't do it especially something like asking someone about your future getting your hand read etc. They say no its not? Why only say something is haraam when it suits you and its not haraam when it doesn't suit you? uhhhh!! annoys me sooo much!!!!!!!! it is haraam to even have a glimpse of your future told by someone for only Allah knows our future and can change it how ever and when ever he likes because everything is in Allah's hands.

Saw this and thought to myself it HAS to be re-blogged!!!

The media says Muslims are extremists.
              We should say: Yes, I am an extremist.
                                         I'm extremely kind.
                                         I'm extremely merciful.
                                         I'm extremely honest.
                                         I'm extremely just.

5 REASONS WHY ALLAH SWT TESTS US

The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you - depending on how you respond to them. Unfortunately, most people fail to see how God wants to use problems for good in their lives. They react foolishly and resent their problems rather than pausing to consider what benefit they might bring.

Here are five ways God wants to use the problems in your life:

1. God uses problems to DIRECT you.
Sometimes God must light a fire under you to get you moving. Problems often point us in a new direction and motivate us to change. Is God trying to get your attention? “Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways.”

2. God uses problems to INSPECT you.
People are like tea bags…if you want to know what’s inside them, just drop them into hot ever water! Has God tested your faith with a problem What do problems reveal about
you? “When you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience.”

3. God uses problems to CORRECT you.
Some lessons we learn only through pain and failure. It’s likely that as a child your parents told you not to touch a hot stove…. But you probably learned by being burned. Sometimes we only learn the value of something… health, money, a relationship. .. by losing it. “It was the best thing that could have happened to me, for it taught me to pay attention to your laws.”

4. God uses problems to PROTECT you.
A problem can be a blessing in disguise if it prevents you from being harmed by something more serious. Last year a friend was fired for refusing to do something unethical that his boss had asked him to do. His unemployment was a problem - but it saved him from being convicted and sent to prison a year later when management’s actions were eventually discovered. “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good…

5. God uses problems to PERFECT you.
Problems, when responded to correctly, are character builders. God is far more interested in your character than your comfort. Your relationship to God and your character are the only two things you’re going to take with you into eternity. “We can rejoice when we run into problems…they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of characer in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady.”

found this whilst browsing..

Was going through a random blogg and came across this.. Watching this made me cry.. Makes me want to be a better person..

Sara Jawhari // I Am the Fourth Estate from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

"I have heard that by his good character a man can reach the degree of someone who stands in prayer at night and who fasts during the heat of the day" -

-Abu Dawud

So your character - can save you from the Hell Fire. SubhanAllah, isn’t that amazing? Imagine, you missed a few prayer, and missed a few fasts, and committed a few sins, and by the mercy of Allah, because your character was good - because you were good to people - to other servants of Allah, He forgives you, and you enter Jannah.
I kind of believed in a ‘Don’t care what other people think’ way of life. And I still say - don’t care about the rumors, and negative talks from those aunties sipping tea (still take critique from those who love you - realize your flaws). But care that you’re good, and people will acknowledge that. Even if they hate your guts - if you’ve never done anything to harm them, if you’ve shown them respect when they have given you none, they will, even if it is inside, acknowledge your manners, acknowledge your kindness. Be good to people, help people - go out of your way. Remember that Allah is the one you’ll have to answer to. But if you’re all about worshipping Allah, and disregard the rest of the world - your family, your friends, the sick, the hungry ..; you’re doing it wrong.

   If a women is free to show her body 

 why should she not be free to cover it?

Consider for a moment shaytan's error. 

He didn't refuse to beleive in Allah(swt) 

he simply refused to make ONE sujood. How many sujood's do WE refuse to make?

Sometimes we forget why we are in this world for. It is a 'test' for the hereafter.
will we pass or fail?
will we receive the rewards that we are seeking?

We can only pass and receive the rewards we are seeking and have been told about by obeying Allah(swt) and only by walking on the path of pureness. We will have our days where we cannot help but sin or sin without knowing because we are only humans and we are not perfect but that is what we strive to be. Perfect muslims/muslimah's. all we can do is ask for forgiveness from Allah(swt) for if we have sinned in this day and the days to come.

A drop of knowledge

If only it was that easy to do so.. Its not something that comes naturally but something we need to practice on because we all know practice makes perfect!!