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Friend or Foe?
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا وَدُّوا مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ الْبَغْضَاءُ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِي صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿١١٨﴾ هَا أَنتُمْ أُولَاءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ كُلِّهِ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا عَضُّوا عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ ۚ قُلْ مُوتُوا بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
O you who believe! Do not take as an intimate friend and confidant anyone …
Righteousness is Always Rewarded
Salamah bin Kuhail (rahimahullah) was an eminent Taabi‘ee and Muhaddith who had met the likes of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhuma) and Sayyiduna Zaid bin Arqam (radhiyallahu ‘anhu). The following incident is regarding his granddaughter, Bakh-khah.
Her brother recounts:
I had an elder sister who suffered a mental breakdown due to which she became withdrawn and reclusive. She stayed in a room at the far end of the attic, and remained there for more than ten years.
Shut the Door!
It is almost every person’s nightmare to wake up, in the middle of the night, and see a complete stranger standing at the foot of the bed, gun in hand. In fact, this fear of an intrusion is so firmly entrenched in the minds of people, that before retiring to bed they ensure that they lock all doors, close all windows, switch on the floodlights and activate the alarm.
But what many people forget is the intruder you DON’T see …
