Beyond Words
Allah is greater than what we can say about him, and His Paradise and His Fire are more than we can describe.
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A Dangerous Game
It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said: How strange it is that a people whose departure (from this world to the next) has been announced, and whose predecessors have already departed, still play around! Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-‘Ilm article 843.
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Between You and the One in the Grave
The difference between you and the one in the grave.
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Living the Dream
This life is like a dream.
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Checking from where the Sun Rises
It is reported that Al-Dahhāk said: How surprising it is that the companions of ʿAbdulāh (ibn Mas’ūd) are looking now to see where the sun rises from. Do they not know that when Fajr comes from a direction, the sun rises from the same? It is reported that Jundub b. ʿAbdillāh Al-Bajalī said: I once […]
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Homeless & Senseless
It is reported that ‘Abdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said: This world (the dunyā) is [only taken as] a home by those who will have no real home [in Jannah], and it is the wealth of those who will have no real wealth, and it is gathered and collected for […]
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The Four Eyes
It is reported that Khālid b. Ma’dān – Allāh have mercy on him – said: There is not a person except he has four eyes: two in his head with which he sees the matters of this worldly life, and two in his heart with which he looks to the matters of the hereafter. So […]
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A Trivial Pursuit
It is reported that ‘Awn b. ‘Abdillāh – Allāh have mercy on him – said: Those before you used to give to their worldly affairs what was left over from their pursuit of the hereafter. But today, you give to the matters of the hereafter the left-overs from your pursuit of worldly affairs. Abū Nu’aym, […]
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A Morning with the Salaf
It is reported that Imām Al-Awzā’ī – Allāh have mercy on him – said: At the time of Fajr, or a while before it, the Salaf would be as if birds were sitting on their heads: (still ) concentrating on themselves [and their worship], so much so that even if one of their closest friends […]
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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, […]