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Silence is The Best Answer to a Fool
لَتُبْلَوُنَّ فِي أَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا أَذًى كَثِيرًا ۚ وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَإِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ ﴿١٨٦﴾
“You shall definitely be tested in your wealth and yourselves, and you will certainly hear much abuse from those who were given the scripture before you and from those who ascribe partners (to Allah Ta‘ala). And if you observe patience and fear Allah, then this (observance) is among the …
The “Deaf Man” Who Could Hear
(Haatim Asamm [rahimahullah] – Part One)
Haatim Asamm (rahimahullah) was a famous saint who hailed from the city of Balkh. He was well-known for his piety, ascetism and disinterest in this world, and was a student of Shaqeeq Balkhi (rahimahullah). Such were his words of wisdom that some scholars have even called him “The Luqmaan of this Ummah”. (Wafayaatul Aa’yaan vol. 2, pg. 26 and Hilyatul Awliyaa vol. 6, pg. 311)
His title, “Asamm”, literally means a person who is hard of hearing. In reality, …
Sajdah before Nabi Aadam (‘alaihis salaam)
(Ambiyaa [‘alaihimus salaam] Series – Nabi Aadam [‘alaihis salaam] #3)
Allah Ta‘ala commanded the angels to make sajdah to Nabi Aadam (‘alaihis salaam). All of them made sajdah to him except one jinn, named Iblees.
Iblees used to worship Allah Ta‘ala all the time and was very pious, but he made a very big mistake. He thought that he was too great and does not have to obey this command of Allah Ta‘ala. Today we call that jinn ‘Shaitaan’.
He …
