Living the Dream
This life is like a dream.
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Three things you should not delay
It is reported that Al-Aḥnaf b. Qays – Allāh have mercy on him – said: “Restraint is praiseworthy except in three things.” People asked, “And what are they o Abū Baḥr?” He replied, “Make haste to do the righteous deed, hurry to conduct the funeral of your deceased, and marry the girl in your charge […]
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Two Days and Two Nights like no others
It is reported that Anas b. Mālik – Allāh be pleased with him – said: There are two days and two nights the likes of which no one has ever heard of before: the Day on which you will receive the news about Allāh the Exalted: whether you will receive His punishment or His mercy, […]
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The Braying Drunkard
Al-‘Awām b. Ḥawshab (148H) – Allāh have mercy on him – said: I once came to an area in one part of which was a graveyard. After ‘aṣr, one of the graves split open and a man with the head of a donkey and the body of a human came up from it and brayed […]
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10 Days to Marry
It is reported that ‘Abdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said: If I had ten days left to live, and I knew I would die by the end of them, and I had enough time to get married, I would get married for fear of temptation (fitnah). Sa’īd b. Mansūr, Al-Sunan […]
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Dead Hearts and Empty Supplications
It is reported that Ibrāhīm b. Adham (d162H) – Allāh have mercy on him – once passed through the market of Baṣrah. People gathered around him and asked: O Abū Isḥāq, Allāh the Exalted says in his Book. ‘Call on me, I will answer your prayers’, but we have been calling on Him for a […]
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Prepare for death yourself [khutbah of Uthman]
It is narrated that ‘Uthmān b. ʿAffān – Allāh be pleased with him – said in a sermon: Son of Adam! Know that the angel of death who has been assigned to you has not ceased to pass you and move on to others, ever since you have been in this world. But it is […]
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An advice at death about direction in Life
It is reported that when Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī was on his deathbed, some of his companions came to him and said: O Abū Sa’īd, offer us some words you can benefit us with. He replied, “I will equip you with three words, then you must leave me to face what I am facing. Be the farthest […]
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A False testimony of Faith [hypocrisy and the shahadah]
The likeness [of the munāfiq] is as the likeness of one who kindled a fire; then, when it lighted all around him, Allāh took away their light and left them in darkness. So they could not see. They are deaf, dumb and blind, so they return not [to the Right Path]. (Quran 2:17) Qatādah – […]
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At the deathbed of Umm Habibah
It is reported that ‘Ā`ishah – said, “Umm Ḥabībah called for me on her deathbed and said, ‘There used to occur between us the kinds of things that happen between co-wives (al-ḍarā`ir), so may Allāh forgive me and you those things.’ I said, ‘May Allāh forgive you all those things and release you from [all […]