No Headway Saturday, January 31, 2009
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by Mawlana Anas Patel
“Mufti Muhammad Taqi Uthmani hafizahullah states that a person who indulges in casting lustful glances will never make any progress and headway towards attaining the recognition and love of Allah ta’ala.”
Bring Two Actions Back Into Existence Friday, January 30, 2009
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by Riaz Patel
“Two voluntary yet significant acts of worship have vanished from the ummah:
1) Optional fasting
2) Tahajjud salaah”
Connected for the Wrong Reasons Thursday, January 29, 2009
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by Mawlana Anas Patel
“It is an unfortunate state of affairs that in today’s day and age we establish connections with the mashaaikh and pious elders solely for worldly benefit.
We acquire worldly benefit through their wisdom and experience, yet remain unconcerned about attaining anything of their spirituality.
A mureed can and should ask his shaykh for guidance on worldly matters, as many worldly matters somehow relate to Deen, but the predominant factor in his connection with his shaykh should be Deen.
Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanwi rahmatullahi alayh states that the mureed who takes guidance from his shaykh on worldly matters only is like a person who visits a goldsmith to get his shoes mended.”
When to Visit the Doctor Monday, January 26, 2009
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by Mawlana Anas Patel
“A patient does not visit his doctor to inform him of his good health, he visits the doctor to inform him of an ailment that is bothering him. Similarly, a ‘spiritual’ patient should not only inform his shaykh of his good actions, he should give more importance to informing him of his spiritual deficiencies, so that his spiritual illnesses can be diagnosed and a cure found for them.”
Intentions for Prescribed Dhikr Monday, January 26, 2009
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by Dhaakir
“Prescribed dhikr should not be done carelessly, just for the sake of it (even though dhikr does have an effect, no matter how inattentively it is done).
The intention some people have for doing dhikr is a desire to attain higher prescriptions of dhikr from their shaykh, while some do dhikr just because others do.
Your intention should be: “I am doing this special form of dhikr so that it will help me in my goal to purify my inner self and reach Allah ta’ala.”
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Living up to Expectations Sunday, January 25, 2009
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by Ismail Makda
Once, while addressing his students, Shaykh said:
“When people arrange to provide a meal for students of Deen like yourselves, they do so thinking that you are pious and good people and feeding you will be a source of great reward for them.
Once, Imam Abu Hanifah rahmatullahi alayh was walking along when he heard two old women talking. One said to the other: ‘Do you know who he is? He is a person who performs his Fajr Salah with the wudhoo of ‘Ishaa.’
Hearing this, Imam Abu Hanifah thought to himself that what the woman had said about him was not true, yet how could he let her continue being deceived like that. He immediately resolved that for the rest of his life he would indeed perform his Fajr Salah with the wudhoo of ‘Ishaa!
Likewise, we too should recognise that we are not as pious and good as we are perceived to be, and make a firm resolution that from now on we will try to live up to the positive perceptions people have about us.”
Don’t Forget Yourself Friday, January 23, 2009
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by Dhaakir
“When some people see their services for Deen rewarded, in the form of seeing those they made efforts on coming closer to Deen, they feel happy and content, yet remain negligent regarding their own spiritual condition.
Remember, we will only benefit from being a cause of others entering Jannah if we ourselves enter Jannah. If, Allah forbid, we ourselves are deprived of Jannah due to our negligence and sin, there is no question of benefiting in the hereafter from our services for Deen.
Take the example of a pension scheme: the contributions a worker makes all his life will only be realised when he reaches pensionable age. If he dies before then, he will not see a penny and his hopes of benefiting in his old age will come to nothing.”
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