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Equality between One’s Children
Allah Ta‘ala has instilled a deep love within every parent’s heart for their children. This love manifests itself in many ways. At times, the parents may hug and kiss their children, at other times they may show them kindness and affection, while sometimes they give them gifts.
Love is an emotion over which a person does not have complete control. Hence, it is possible for a parent to naturally have more love for one child than he has for the …
Realizing One’s Priorities
Correspondence of Hazrat Moulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Saheb (rahimahullah)
Condition:
Due to teaching in a madrasah, I am busy from 7:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. I then have to offer my salaah, prepare food, attend to my domestic chores and see to the children. In the afternoon, I am responsible for supervising certain students from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Because I am the only one at home, I am responsible for the evening chores. I …
Hijrah with Hayaa
Ummu Kulthoom bintu ‘Uqbah bin Abi Mu‘ait (radhiyallahu ‘anha) was a Sahaabiyyah who brought imaan during the initial days of Islam in Makkah Mukarramah. The following is her personal account of how she performed hijrah to Madeenah Munawwarah. She recounts:
I would leave Makkah Mukarramah and go to an area on its outskirts, known as Tan‘eem, where I had some family. I would remain there with my relatives for three or four days, after which I would return to my family in Makkah …
