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Holiday Heart
Every day thousands of people across the world board an aircraft. Thereafter, the aircraft takes off, and after flying in the air for some time, it lands at the intended destination.
While the plane is in the air, even though there may be several hundred people on board, they all nevertheless move according to the direction of just one person – the pilot. If the pilot directs the plane west, all the passengers will accordingly be flying to the west, and if …
The Prerequisites of Taubah
إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا ﴿١٧﴾ وَلَيْسَتِ التَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئَاتِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّي تُبْتُ الْآنَ وَلَا الَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ﴿١٨﴾
The repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance (or carelessness) and then repent shortly thereafter. It is those who Allah will forgive, and Allah is …
Keeping Her Heart
Abu ‘Uthmaan Sa‘eed bin Ismaa‘eel Al-Heeree (rahimahullah) was a great imaam, muhaddith, and ascetic and a mustajaabud du‘aa (i.e. a person who’s du‘aas are readily accepted by Allah Ta‘ala). He passed away in the year 289 A.H. (Siyaru Aa’laamin Nubalaa vol. 14, pg. 63)
His wife, Maryam, mentions that on one occasion she found herself alone with her husband. She took advantage of this opportunity to pose a question to him and asked, “O Abu ‘Uthmaan. (In) which action (of …
