Wake up and Live!

“A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset. When you wake up, take a second to think about what a privilege it is to simply be alive and healthy. The moment we start acting like life is a blessing, I assure you it will start to feel like one.”

“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy,

because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless

and they don’t want anybody else to feel that.”

-Anonymous

“Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as accomplished as you think you are. To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.”

-Marc Hack

Gaining the Love of the Maker

There are people who might not appear to be the best of Muslims but their struggle to gain the love of their Maker is far greater than those who may appear to be the best of Muslims.

-Mufti Menk

Hadith

“A father gives his child nothing better than a good education.”

-Muhammad SAW

(Tirmidhi)

Hardships are curing us

We ask God to cure our hardships without stopping to consider that our hardships are “curing us”.

-Yasmin Mogahed

....that you may find Tranquility!

وَمِنْ ءَايَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ مَوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

“And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.”

(Ar Rum:21 )

الْخَبِيثَاتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَالْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَالطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَاتِ أُولَئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ

“Women impure are for men impure, and men impure for women impure and women of purity are for men of purity, and men of purity are for women of purity: these are not affected by what people say: for them there is forgiveness, and a provision honourable.”

(An Nur:26)

Having Good Thoughts

If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

-Roald Dahl

Beauty of the Butterfly

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

-Maya Angelou

Adjusting the Correct Weight

In the same way that when travelling we ensure that our baggage does not exceed the airline weight, we should also ensure that we do not carry excess baggage into the Hereafter.

The correct weight is achieved through prayer, forgiving others, letting go of sin & other negative issues that we have held onto for too long, cleansing our hearts from jealousy, envy, hatred & evil thoughts, assisting others, improving our character & abstaining from foul language and oppression.

It is important to do weight check before arriving at the ultimate “scale of Justice”.

-Mufti Ismail Menk