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Joke Boat
Ask our children:
1. How should we speak to those elder than us?
2. Are we allowed to tease and make fun of others?
Now tell them the story:
There was a very old oupa sitting in a boat. Two little rascals decided to join him on his afternoon ride. The boat was in deep sea and everything was absolutely quiet. The two rascals started to get bored and began poking fun at oupa. They asked him if he …
The Prescription of Pleasure
‘Abdullah bin Marzooq (rahimahullah) was a person who lived during the rule of the Abbasid ruler, Al-Mahdi. He initially lived a life filled with entertainment and luxury but subsequently repented and reformed to live a life of piety and simplicity. Hereunder follows the story of his repentance:
One day, while ‘Abdullah bin Marzooq (rahimahullah) was occupied drinking wine and enjoying the entertainment of amusement and songs, he missed performing the Zuhr, ‘Asr and Maghrib Salaahs! Whenever the salaah time …
Disobedience Broadcast
Imagine if we woke up every morning to find that the sins which we had perpetrated during the night were written all over our front door, advertised for the entire world to witness. Wouldn’t we be horrified? In fact, we would feel so disgraced that we wouldn’t know where to hide our faces! If we reflect over this, we will realize that it is only out of His infinite kindness that Allah Ta‘ala conceals our sins.
Let us next imagine that we …
