Myself.

had i been left to myself,

pits i would have fallen into, nay, crashed in

had i been left to myself,

darkness would have devoured my heart, heedlessness set in

had i been left to myself.

ruined, damaged, stung within,

had i been left to myself,

i wouldn't have been,

but a rubble of sin.

Support Your Child’s Religious Development

Support Your Child’s Religious Development

May 30th, 2012 

by Ahmed.

One of the saddest situations is when parents are not supportive of their children’s choice to become more serious about their religion citing that they are too young or any other excuse. Some go to the extent of threatening their children if they will try to increase in spirituality.

This happens to spouses as well.

Rather than discourage them, we should be very happy when they incline towards the Almighty in a bigger way than ourselves.  Perhaps our children and family members could be a means of our entry into Paradise by our mere support of their achievements.  If we block them from getting closer to the Almighty, we may suffer severe consequences at some stage unless we repent.

May the Almighty strengthen us to be an asset to our family members by assisting them get closer to the Almighty.

Mufti Ismail Menk

Dunya ka mela

the coolness of my eyes

back in school, we studied a series of Islamic Studies books, by Abdul Aziz. The most fascinating title of topics in our syllabus was "The coolness of my eyes lies in Salah"....turned out this was a hadith and stuck in my head because of the strange beauty in the sentence structure that Prophet s.a.w used..coolness of my eyes


turns out Allah Has Desired eyes to remain forever cool because of the nemat in the form of :

Salah as mentioned earlier;
Parents
Spouse
Children
dhikr
for each and every one of us.

and also in:
Masjid
Green colour
His remembrance
His ways
His beautiful Names
His in'amaat
beautiful signs of His
arabic language....simply written any where!
the name of His beloved s.a.w
sleep
the oasis of iman in the middle of our mundane-dry lives
the Bait of His where only those He Invites enter in salaam...
that green dome in the heart of the heart of the world.

...........

A TALK BY SHAYKH KAMALUDDIN AHMED

on Sunday, May 13th

Time: 7.45 PM

Venue: 6A-H, Gulberg III, Lahore

(Open to both Men and Women)

Online Broadcast: www.islamicspirituality.org