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The Ultimate Betrayal
She felt as if a bombshell had dropped… Her world was turned completely upside down… Her husband had been caught cheating on her! She thinks to herself, “How could he? After all I’ve done for him, he repays me with this? Is this his concept of loyalty?”
She then begins to ponder over all that she had done for him through the thirty-five years of their marriage. Bearing and raising his three children, through sickness and good health, patiently attending to their …
Am I Normal???
We are all familiar with the terms ‘normal’ and ‘natural’. However, if asked to furnish a definition for normal and natural, how would we respond?
In the modern world, ‘normal’ is often defined as that which conforms to the norms of society and is deemed acceptable by society at large. However, it is obvious that this cannot be the yardstick by which we measure normality. If it were so, we would be forced to regard the behaviour of a cannibal tribe …
Honouring the Name of Allah Ta‘ala
Bishr bin Haarith (rahimahullah), popularly known as Bishr Haafi, was a renowned saint of his era. On one occasion a person asked him, “How did you attain this lofty position of sainthood? We notice that people take your name with extreme reverence and honour!”
In reply, Bishr (rahimahullah) mentioned the following:
What can I say? Whatever I have been blessed with is purely out of the grace and favour of Allah Ta‘ala! I was a man who was leading …
