Tag: Trials
Shakwa: Complaining about Allah to the People
It is truly an ignorant person who complains about Allāh to people. Such a person has displayed the deepest depths of ignorance concerning both...
Coping with Trials, Misfortunes & Lifes Pitiless Storms
The believer lives under the awareness that whatever we have or enjoy is ultimately a gift on loan to us from Allah
Coping with Trials, Misfortunes & Lifes Pitiless Storms
"We belong to God, and to Him shall we return"
Coping with Trials & Misfortunes & Lifes Pitiless Storms
Rationalising the reason for tests and calamities and explaining the required attitute of the believer towards them
Dealing with the Temptation of Women
I have not left behind me any fitnah (temptation) more harmful to men than women.
The Wisdom behind Trials and Calamities
Many people are slaves to their whims and desires and are not true slaves of Allah. They say that they are slaves of Allah, but when they are tested they turn on their heels and lose out in this world and in the Hereafter, and that is an evident loss.
Reflecting over and Learning from Past Events
Friday Sermon given at the Holy Mosque in Makkah, Shawwaal, 20, 1422: When one reflects over the crises that Islaam has underwent in its long history, one will find out that, regardless of the civilization, light, justice and fairness that nations and communities had enjoyed under the rule of Islaam, these crises had significantly weakened the Islaamic civilization in a way that has been a cause of joy for its enemies. However, these crises has its positive impacts. It has reawaken the Muslims, afforded them the opportunity to examine themselves and created in them stronger determination and hope....
Fawaa’id : Points of Benefit
Beautiful Quotes by Shaykh Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, in which he highlights six points of benefit, in light of our actions and soul