‘Bala’ movie was released in 2019. It revolves around a balding man named Bala who falls in love with a Social Media influencer named Ishu, and they eventually get married. However, a significant twist in their relationship arises when Ishu discovers that during their courtship, Bala wore a wig to conceal his baldness, of which Ishu was unaware. When confronted, Ishu prioritizes vanity over love and decides to call off their marriage.
Sheikh Abdul Qadir said, “I wanted to get closer to God, so I knocked at the ‘door of praying,’ but I found it crowded. Then I went and knocked at the ‘door of charity,’ but it was also crowded.
Next, I knocked at the ‘door of fasting,’ but it was also crowded.
Finally, I went to the ‘door of humility,’ and I found it empty.”
If you can be anything, be kind.
Ramadan Kareem! 🙂
Hum darakhton ko kahan aata hai hijrat karna?
Tum parinday ho, watan chorr k Jaa sakte ho!
-Amaar Iqbal
Trees don’t get up and leave, they stay, they endure whatever nature throws at them. Submitting to HIS will is like being a tree, unwavering, deep-rooted, still standing after weathering the storms of life but most importantly, having Sabr. Continue reading “Trees”
Mehr is supposed to ensure the financial independence of the woman, it has to be paid in financial terms! In the entire history of Islam, if anyone could’ve substituted financial Mehr with intangible Mehr, that could’ve been Hazrat Ali when he married Hazrat Fatima.
In Quran, Allah mentions some nations that HE destroyed. We’d never have known about those nations if Allah didn’t mention them in the Quran. Allah reduced those mighty nations to dust, they were pulverized to such an extent that they didn’t even leave any ruins behind. Their only remnants are what Allah tells us about them in Quran.
One of the names of Allah is Al-Fattah which means The Opener, the one who opens closed doors and ways. Ghazali said that the door needs to be shut in the first place for anyone to open it, which signifies the essence of this name.
Hazrat Ali married Hazrat Fatima on the last day of Zil Qad. When Ali sent the proposal of his marriage to our Prophet, he didn’t have anything to his name. Not a single Dirham, no house, no plush job, nothing & despite that he went on to ask the hand of the Queen of Jannah!
You can have lunch at Mecca tower with the amount of money it takes someone from a Third World country to complete the entire hajj, then how can the two hujaaj be equal in front of Allah?
There are so many nuances to Hazrat Ismaeel’s life that we often don’t notice.
Iqbal famously said,
Yeh Faizaan e Nazar Tha Ya k Maktab Ki Karamat Thi ~
Sikhae Kis Ne Ismail Ko Adaab e Farzandi?”
There always used to be a healthy competition between Umar r.a. and Abu Bakr r.a.
Umar r.a. always tried to do better than Abu Bakr r.a. in terms of deeds, but despite his best efforts, he always felt short.
Yaqoob told Yusuf that he’d become a Prophet, Waraqa told our Prophet ﷺ that he is the promised messenger. Yusuf first found himself sold as a slave and then imprisoned for years, Prophet ﷺ found his own tribe inflicting punishments on him and his followers.
Khazir informed Musa that one cannot have Sabr over something that one doesn’t know (unseen future)
When the scandal came to be known among the Egyptians, Aziz, the husband of Zulaikha didn’t do anything. He didn’t reprimand his wife, he didn’t divorce her, he didn’t expel Yusuf, he didn’t even separate them!
“Agar……. hojaye tou phir life set hai!” Kis ki life set hai?
When you’re in school, you think getting good grades will set you for life. In college, you think getting a good job will set you for life. At job, you think getting an appraisal/marrying a certain someone will set you for life. At retirement, you think having achiever kids will set you for life.
Hazrat Yusuf was not simply thrown into the well. It was not a one-step process. He was beaten and bruised, all of his brothers took turns in beating him up. He was tied with ropes and then beaten.
When we think of patience, the name that comes to our mind is that of Prophet Ayub a.s. The way he handled personal grief is commendable indeed, but there is another Prophet whose patience is paramount.
Hyaavtam matt’e Imtihaan
Yemmi shaqli matt’e mandchaavtam
Don’t put me into tribulations
Don’t let this face be disgraced
-Mahjoor
Humans are the epitome of the creation. No other creation can surpass us, but during our dealings, we often trample over lesser beings without even being aware. Scholars warn us about hurting animals such as dogs by throwing stones at them, let alone human beings.
One day, Prophet ﷺ was walking along with Hazrat Anas, the Prophet ﷺ was wearing a mantle with rough edges. A Bedouin came up to him from behind. When he got close to the Prophet ﷺ, he pulled him aggressively by his mantle, in such a manner that the mantle scratched his neck.
The best and the worst thing about any culture is that it is not inherited, it is always transferred from one generation to the next through the process of learning. Cultures teach us how we are supposed to grieve and how we are supposed to celebrate.
After the battle of Hunain, when Muslims were taking captives, a woman prisoner who looked older than our Prophet ﷺ was claiming to be his ﷺ sister and wanted to be taken to him ﷺ immediately.
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