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Adha - the sacrifice

As Salamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah We all know very well the story of Ibrahim. But what are we to learn out of it ! Lots of lessons. Here's an extract from mission islam - its worth reading Ibrahim chose the Love of God over the Love of self, Prophethood over Fatherhood, Loyalty to God over Loyalty to family, Truth over Reality, Consciousness over Instinct, Responsibility over Pleasure, Duty over Right, Tawheed over Shirk. He preferred Advancing to Remaining. Ibrahim chose God and gave up Ismail. Brothers and Sisters, in Mina, an amazing and frightening conversation between a father and a son took place. Ibrahim said to Ismail : "O my Son, I see in a vision that I offer you in sacrifice. Now see what is your view? " (37:102) What frightening words for a child to hear! Ismail could have kept silent. He could have asked Ibrahim to refrain. But Ismail had also faith. He submitted to Allah's will. Realising his father's distress, Ismail
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Sympathy and Self Sacrifice The Sahaba, as a class of people, attained such high qualities that today's weak society find it difficult to emulate them completely. We would be fortunate if we really attain even a partial resemblance to their character. Some of the qualities are distinctly their mark. Sympathy and self sacrifice is one of them. A Sahabi came to the Prophet   and complained of hunger and distress. The Prophet   didn't have any food. He then asked the sahabas that who will take this sahabi as their guest on behalf of me. One Ansar said, “I Will.” He took him home and told his wife that he is a guest of the Prophet  ; we will entertain him as best as we can. The wife replied that we have enough food for the children. The Ansari said, “Put the children to sleep and when we start eating, turn the lamp off so the guest may not be aware of my not sharing with him.” The scheme worked; the whole family remained hungry to enable the guest to eat to his fill, it was

Hazrat Abu Bakr's advice to Umar on his death bed

When Abû Bakr Al-Siddîq was on his deathbed he called ‘Umar – Allah be pleased with them – and said: Fear Allah o ‘Umar, and know that Allah has deeds to be done for Him in the day which He will not accept if done at night, and He has deeds to be done for Him at night which He will not accept if done during the day. He will not accept extra (nâfilah) deeds unless you fulfill the obligatory deeds. The scales of those whose scales will be weighty on the Day of Resurrection will only be weighty because they followed the truth in this life and it was weighty to them. And scales in which the truth will be placed tomorrow truly deserve to be heavy. And the scales of those whose scales will be light on the Day of Resurrection will only be light because they followed falsehood in this life and it was a light matter to them. And scales in which falsehood will be placed tomorrow truly deserve to be light. Allah the Exalted has mentioned the people of Paradise and mentioned them in the

Rare dua making habits

It's natural to make Dua in desperate times or for things highly important to us. What if we made Dua so second nature, you couldn't image life without it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visionaire Online 2015 Broadcast LIVE Online February 9th, 11th, 16th & 18th www.VisionaireOnline.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's how you do it: 1. Make Dua for the little things  - the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wassalam) encouraged us to make Dua for even a shoelace. Out of salt? Make Dua. Can't decide between red or blue? Exercise that Dua muscle. 2. Be concise -  the Prophet used to love Duas that were brief and full of meaning. They are easy to memorize and repeat at any time of day. 3. Make Dua during the good times too  - Make it part of your daily habit by designating a specific time slot for making Dua. "Whoever wishes that Allah responds to his Dua at a time of hardship, then let him increase his Dua at times of ease." [Tirmidhi] 4. Own your Dua  -

Attitude leads to altitude

The glass is half-full…!!! By Abu Muhammad Yusuf From time to time we all experience challenges. It could be when we encounter some difficult situations in our life or business or we have problems with health or even just day to day issues. What is really important is how we face up and react to those challenges. Our attitude and Trust in our Creator will determine how much we succeed. Attitude leads to altitude! According to scientists, the bumblebee's body is too heavy and its wing span too small. Aerodynamically, the bumblebee cannot fly. But the bumblebee doesn't know that and it keeps flying. When you don't know your limitations, you go out and surprise yourself. In hindsight, you wonder if you had any limitations! The only limitations a person has are those that are self-imposed. Don't let physical conditions dictate how you respond to life’s challenges. There is a story about a group small frogs who took part in a race.The goal was to reach the top