Muslims are being denied citizenship in India. Concentration camps are getting built for them as you are reading this. In China, they’re already in concentration camps with their organs getting illegally harvested. While they endure that torture, muslims in the UK are getting harassed by islamaphobes and told they look like letter boxes. In France, Muslim women cannot wear headscarves in school or on the beach. In the United States, they’re getting called terrorists and murderers with bans being placed on them. They cannot even “escape” to their homelands with almost all Muslims fleeing a state of chaos and war. All this and yet Muslims are seeing silence from politicians and governments. Silence from the people. Silence from the world. Silence.

We often accept lies because we hope there is truth in them.

if we no longer talk, I'm still wishin u the best

— Markus Zusak, The Book Thief (via perrfectly)

I’m sorry if I’ve ever been that toxic person in someone’s life &/or hindered anyone’s growth. Even in the smallest of ways

be careful with how much you tolerate. you are teaching them how to treat you

Who is Allaah?

Ibnul Qayyim, رحمه الله, described the Greatness of Allaah in the most beautiful way:

"He is controlling the affairs of all the kingdoms. He commands and prohibits, creates and gives provision, and gives death and gives life. He raises and lowers peoples status, alternates night and day, gives days (good and not so good) to men by turns, and causes nations to rise and fall, so that one nation vanishes and another emerges.

His command and decree are carried out throughout the heavens and on earth, above it and below it, in the oceans and in the air. He has knowledge of all things and knows the number of all things. He hears all voices, and does not mistake one for another; He hears them all, in all the different languages and with all their varied requests and pleas. No voice distracts Him from hearing another, He does not confuse their requests, and He never tires of hearing the pleas of those in need. He sees all that is visible, even the walk of a black ant across a solid rock in the darkest night.

The unseen is visible to Him, and secrets are known to Him. Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth begs of Him (its needs from Him). Every day He has a matter to bring forth (such as giving honour to some, disgrace to some, life to some, death to some, etc.)! [The Qur'aan 55:29 interpretation of the meaning].

He forgives sins, eases worries, relieves distress, helps the defeated person back on his feet, makes the poor rich, guides the one who is astray and confused, fulfils the needs of the desperate, feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, conceals faults, and calms fears.

He raises the status of some and lowers the status of others. Even if all the inhabitants of heaven and earth, the first and the last of them, mankind and jinn alike, were to be as pious as the most pious among them, this would not increase His Sovereignty in the slightest; if they all, the first and the last of them, mankind and jinn alike, were to be as rebellious as the most rebellious among them, this would not decrease His Sovereignty in the slightest.

If everything in heaven and on earth, the first and the last of them, mankind and jinn, living and dead, animate and inanimate, were to stand in one place and ask of Him, and He were to give them everything that they asked for, this would not decrease what He has by even an atoms weight.

He is the First, before Whom there is nothing, and the Last, after Whom there is nothing. He is the Most deserving of being remembered, the Most deserving of being worshipped, the Most deserving of being thanked.

He is the Most Compassionate of kings, the Most Generous of those who are asked. He is the King Who has no partner or associate, the One who has no rival, the Self-Sufficient Master, Who has no son, the Most High, and there is none like unto Him. Everything will perish save His face [Quran 28:88 interpretation of the meaning], and everything will vanish except His Sovereignty.

He will not be obeyed except by His permission, and He will not be disobeyed except with His knowledge. He is obeyed, so He shows His appreciation, and He is disobeyed, so He forgives. Every punishment on His part is justice, and every blessing from Him is a favour. He is the closest of witnesses and the nearest of protectors.

He seizes people by their forelocks, records their deeds and decrees the appointed time for all things. Hearts conceal nothing from Him, for secrets are known to Him. His gift is a word and His Punishment is a word: Verily, His Command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, Be! and it is. [Quran, 36:82 interpretation of the meaning].

This is Allaah, Who revealed the Glorious Qur'aan for the guidance of mankind.

[Al-Waabil as-Sayib. Pg. 125]

Mu'adh (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took hold of my hand and said, "O Mu'adh! By Allah I love you, so I advise you to never forget to recite after every prayer: "Allahumma a'inni ala dhikrika, wa shukrika, wa husni 'ibadatika (O Allah, help me remember You, to be grateful to You, and to worship You in an excellent manner)."

(Abu Dawud).

do you ever think like. yeah. I’m doing good. and then you’re like. oh. oh I’m crying

everyday?

Do not let your tongue mention someone’s faults,

You are also full of faults; and people have tongues too.

It’s really weird. When you get your degree, people ask you when you’re getting a job. When you get a job, people ask when you’ll get that promotion. When you gain weight, they’ll tell to shed some pounds. When you lose it, they’ll say you’re too skinny. When you haven’t passed, they’ll complain you’ve got no car. When you buy a Toyota, people will ask when you’ll get that Merc. When you don’t wear the hijab, people will tell you it’s time. When you put it on, people will say - ‘What’s the point if you sin?’ When you are single, people ask you when you’re getting married. When you’re married, they’ll ask why you have no kids. When you are blessed with a couple - they’ll ask why you have so many. If you get divorced - they’ll ask why? If you move on, people will say, ‘Why so quick?’

Moral: People will never be happy and they’ll never stop talking. Forget them. Focus on pleasing the Creator not creation.

Shaykh Mohammad Aslam

A good relationship involves healthy discussions, not toxic arguments. There's a difference.

when your intentions are pure, you don’t lose anyone. they lose you.

I bought flowers today.

Yes.

I went to the shop and bought MYSELF flowers.

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Romantic movies, novels and the attention given to grand gestures is very unrealistic. In fact, all these ideas suffocate me. We think fancy vacations, candlelight dinners and expensive gifts define someone’s love for us. And these things then become ways in which we measure our self-worth, overall contentment and satisfaction. We then associate our happiness with things that others do for us.

This not only puts undue pressure on the person we expect things from, but it also makes us wait and wait for us to feel good about ourselves. And even when someone does something good for you, you may not feel ‘so great!’ Because what you expect is not always what you get. And it certainly may not be according to your expectations.

You really want someone to give you flowers; only then will you feel loved and appreciated?

You want someone to complement you, only then will you feel accomplished and worth something?

Why don’t you reward yourself with a nice meal once in a while? Why don’t you buy yourself some flowers when you want to appreciate yourself? Why don’t you stand in front of the mirror and tell yourself how beautiful you are, how strong you are?

You need to love yourself, appreciate yourself, and be nice to yourself without waiting for someone to tell you that you’re worth it.

Because, at the end of the day, only you can love yourself the way you are.

And you should because only you can be you.

No one else.

Hira Zubair

Shout out to everyone that’s actually really intelligent but have difficulty articulating what they know especially when they’re being questioned.

words i wish people used more