By consuming food, our hunger is satisfied, similarly by reading ahadith and durud our spiritual hunger is satisfied. Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Adam

“Yesterday you were playing with marbles; today you’re married with children; tomorrow…you’ll be gone.” [Shaykh Ahmad Ali]

New car? Take a selfie. Put it on social media.  Child’s birthday? Take a slefie. Put it on social media.  New job? Take a selfie. Put it on social media.  Nice meal? Take a selfie. Put it on social media.  Got married? Take a selfie. Put it on social media.  Performed Hajj/Umrah? Take a selfie. Put it on social media.  New look? Take a selfie. Put it on social media. All done?  Then we wonder why things go terribly wrong. 

​Happiness and bliss is guaranteed for the greatful individual, while misery and depression is inevitable for the ungrateful one.  Shaykh Sulaiman Moola

​Ibn Qayyim Man has two standings; in Salah & in qiyamah before Allah The 2nd will be according to the 1st Focus on the 1st, the 2nd will ease. 

​Amazing advice by the great theologian and philosopher, Ibn Al-Qayyim: ra “A friend will not (literally) share your struggles, and a loved one cannot physically take away your pain, and a close one will not stay up the night on your behalf. So look after yourself, protect it, nurture it. And don’t give life’s events more than what they are really worth. Be certain that when you break, no one will heal you except you, and when you are defeated,

During Dhikr, a thought came to my mind that Allah is our real friend, and a friend never abandons…. So how will Allah ever abandon us?? Yes! We need to make friends with Allah first. We have made friends with everyone but Allah,  including Iblees mal’oon, (naoozu billah). We need to give up all that and make friendship with Allah, then see how Allah’s kind attention is attracted towards us. والله ولي المتقين الله ولي الذين آمنوا  وهو يتولي الصالحين