Islam and Everyday Life
As-Salaamu-Alaykum, Peace be upon you all. Welcome to the blog Islam and Everyday Life. Inshallah, this blog will contain posts about a wide range of topics that are related to its title. The one key consistent feature of this blog will be the quote of the day. These will be short but meaningful Islamic adages. Please feel free to leave any comments or feedback in response to any of the posts!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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"No one has three daughters or three sisters and is good to them but that he will enter Paradise". (ibn Abi Shaibah)
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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“Wise is the one
who continually assesses himself and performs good deeds for the life after
death. Foolish is the one who follows his desires and entertains very high
hopes from Allah.” [Tirmidhi].
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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“Everyone starts his day and is a vendor of
his soul, either freeing it or bringing about its ruin.”[Muslim]
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
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Al-Ghazali states, “The best way of manifesting
thankfulness for the blessings of God Most High is to make use of these
blessings in obeying, and not disobeying, Him.”
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Saturday, May 18, 2013
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“By (the Token of) time (through the Ages). Verily Man is in loss. Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth and of Patience and Constancy.” [Qur’an: Chapter 103, Verses 1-3]
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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“…And
whoever commits a good deed — We will increase for him good therein. Indeed,
Allah is Forgiving and Appreciative.” (Qur’an, 42:23)
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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“Whosoever relieves from a believer some grief
pertaining to this world, Allah will relieve from him some grief pertaining to
the Hereafter. Whosoever alleviates the difficulties of a needy person who
cannot pay his debt, Allah will alleviate his difficulties in both this world
and the Hereafter. Whosoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah will
conceal his faults in this world and the Hereafter. Allah will aid a servant
(of His) so long as the servant aids his brother.” [Muslim]
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Quote of the Day
“And Allah has set forth an example for those who believe, the wife of
Pharaoh, when she said: “My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Paradise, and
save me from Pharaoh and his work, and save me from the people who are Zalimun
(polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in Allah).” [Qur'an: Chapter 66,
Verse 11]
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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“And
[the example of] Mary, the daughter of ‘Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We
blew into [her garment] through Our angel, and she believed in the words of her
Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.” [Qur'an: Chapter 66,
Verse 12]
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Monday, May 13, 2013
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“I did not feel jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) as much
as I did of Khadijah (although) she died before he married me, for I
often heard him mentioning her, and Allah had told him to give her the good
tidings that she would have a palace of Qasab (i.e. pipes of precious stones
and pearls in Paradise), and whenever he slaughtered a sheep, he would send
her women-friends a good share of it.” [Bukhari]
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
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“The best of the world’s women is Mary (in her lifetime), and the best
of the world’s women is Khadijah (in her lifetime).” [Bukhari]
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
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"Kind words and the covering of faults are better than charity followed by injury. Allah is free of all wants, and He is Most-Forbearing." (Suraat Al Baqraa - The Cow- 2: 263)
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
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“O Allah, I take refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and
laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debts and from being over
powered by men.” [Bukhari]
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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“Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate now after Thou hast guided us, but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; for Thou art the Grantor of bounties without measure!” [Qur’an: Chapter 3, Verse 8]
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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“ .. And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart.” [Qur’an: Chapter 8,
Verse 24]
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Monday, May 6, 2013
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
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“Allah does not guide the wrongdoers…” [Qur’an: Chapter
3, Verse 86]
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
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"When news is brought to one of them, of (the Birth of) a female (child), his face darkens and he is filled with inward grief! With shame does he hide himself from his people because of the bad news he has had! Shall he retain her on (sufferance) and contempt, or bury her in the dust? Ah! What an evil (choice) they decide on?" [Noble Quran 16:58-59]
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Friday, May 3, 2013
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“I and the one
who looks after an orphan will be like this in Paradise,” showing his middle
and index fingers and separating them. [Bukhari]
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
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“Allah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds [that]
for them there is forgiveness and great reward.” [Qur'an:
Chapter 5, Verse 9]
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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“As for those who believed and
did righteous deeds, for them will be the Gardens of Refuge as accommodation
for what they used to do.” [Qur'an: Chapter 32, Verse
19]
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Quote of the Day
“As for those who believed and
did righteous deeds, for them will be the Gardens of Refuge as accommodation
for what they used to do.” [Qur'an: Chapter 32, Verse
19]
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Quote of the Day
“Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have
a reward uninterrupted.” [Qur'an: Chapter 95, Verse 6]
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Quote of the Day
“O Allah! Make for me Light in my heart, Light
in my vision, Light in my hearing, Light on my right, Light on my left, Light
above me, Light under me, Light in front of me, Light behind me, Light in my
hair, Light in my skin, Light in my flesh, Light in my blood, and Light in my
bones. O Allah Grant me Light!” [Tirmidhi]
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
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“They will say: ‘Our Lord, perfect for us our
light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent.’” [Qur’an, 66:8]
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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“Oh you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do? Most hateful it is in the sight of Allah that you say that which you do not do”
(Qur’an 61:2-3).
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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Al-Ghazali said about
Allah’s Name: “Al-Nur is the visible One by whom everything is made visible,
for what is visible in itself and makes others visible is called ‘light’.”
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Monday, April 22, 2013
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“Allah
is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a
niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were
a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of
the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by
fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah
presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things.” [Qur’an,
24:35]
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
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“Say, “Indeed, my prayer,
my rites of sacrifice, my living and dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds.” [Quran:
Chapter 6, Verse 162]
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Saturday, April 20, 2013
Quote of the Day
“No people sit
remembering Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, without the angels surrounding them
and mercy covering them and tranquillity descending on them and Allah
mentioning them to those who are with Him.” [Ibn Majah]
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Friday, April 19, 2013
Quote of the Day
“The best of you are those who are the best to their families, and I am the best to my family” [Ibn Majah].
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Quote of the Day
‘Anyone who
desires the expansion of his provision or to have the best of his life
prolonged, should maintain ties of kinship.” [Al Adab Al Mufrad]
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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“They said, “Exalted are You; we have no
knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing,
the Wise.” (Qur’an, 2:32)
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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“But
perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing
and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not.” (Qur’an, 2:216)
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Monday, April 15, 2013
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“And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none
knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a
leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of
the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear
record,” (Qur’an, 6:59)
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Quote of the Day
“If there had been in them any gods except Allah, they would both have certainly been in a state of disorder; therefore glory be to Allah, the Lord of the dominion, above what they attribute (to Him).” (Al-Anbiyaa’ 21:22)
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
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`Umar (ra) said, “Do not learn knowledge for three things and do not leave it for three things. Do not learn it to dispute over it, to show off with it, or to boast about it. Do not leave seeking it out of shyness, dislike for it, or contending with ignorance in its stead.”
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