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The Somersaults of the Heart
On one occasion, Sayyidah Ummu Salamah (radhiyallahu ‘anha), the respected wife of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), was asked, “Which du‘aa would Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) make the most when he was with you (in your home)?” She replied, “The du‘aa that he would make the most was:
يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوْبِ ، ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِيْ عَلَى دِيْنِكَ
Transliteration: Ya Muqallibal Quloob! Sabbit qalbee ‘alaa deenik
Translation: O the Turner of hearts! Keep my heart …
Forgiving Faheemah
Ask our children:
1. If someone is bad to us, what should we do?
2. What is the meaning of revenge? Is it better to take revenge or to forgive?
Now tell them the story:
Once, there was a little girl whose name was Faheemah. Faheemah never troubled anyone, but lots of other children troubled her, especially when she went to madrasah.
Sometimes Raheemah would hide her kitaabs, then she would get into trouble because Aapa …
Wholehearted or Unwilling?
Throughout the world, regardless of continent or culture, the symbol of the heart has come to represent love. Perhaps the reason for this is that true love entails complete surrender of the heart to the beloved. One voluntarily sets aside one’s own inclinations, preferences, ideas and aspirations, and wholeHEARTedly embraces the preferences of the beloved, hoping to secure his pleasure and happiness. In other words, one sheds his own identity and ego and moulds himself in the mould of …
