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Save The Children (Video)
A young girl’s life gets turned upside-down in this tragic second a day video. Could this ever happen in the UK? This is what war does to children. Find out more at http://bit.ly/3yearson
Piece of advice: A heart can not be broken
Source: Road Side 2 Islam
Asalamu Alaykum,
Remember if he/she ‘broke’ your ‘heart’ and promises were made but broken. A heart can not be broken because after being hurt your still breathing. So if you gave your heart to this person but never got theirs in exchange know that they was not worth it and know this was what the outcome would be. So this hurt your feeling inside yourself is something which was always going to happen. Because when we commit an act of haram there is always consequences (i.e being lied to). However Allah being the Most Merciful this can be a blessing in disguise.
Nouman Ali Khan: Punishments Versus Tests (Quran Weekly)
When hardship befalls you, how do you figure out if it’s a test or punishment from Allah?
More Quran Weekly video’s…
The biggest enemy of Muslims is….Muslims
By: A Muslim
Source: muslimvillage.com
As a father, nothing is more painful than seeing our Muslim children around the world suffering. We see the Syrians, Palestinians, Iraqi, Afghani – slaughtered and their blood streaming into rivers.
However, as I sat watching, listening and reading the many many condemnations of the Israeli atrocities against our brethren in Palestine, on websites, in the masjid, on YouTube, news agencies around the world – after seeing all the appeals, petitions, marches, protests and pleas for help from many organizations and people, this is the thought that came to mind: Why would Allah (swt) – hurt his own people who worship him?
Then, I thought – Allah loves his people 70 times more than a mother loves her children. Then why is Allah allowing this to happen?? After opening the Quran and reading numerous Ahadith – the answer was clear. When Allahs anger is in full force – when his obedience is lost, when his beloved messenger example is mocked, when his people forget his message and his prophetic way — He (swt) will send reminders.
War, blood, pain, killing and the loss of our innocent children — the only reminder we understand.
With over 50 years of Palestinian conflict – years of debate – our eyes, hearts are sealed with the real problem. Syrian massacre in front of us – a country shredded with no end of war in sight. Iraq millions butchered. Afghanistan shelled for decades…and all the other Muslim nations similar and screaming for help.
The cause? The cause is not the Jews, Zionists, Munafiqs, Freemasons, Bilderbergs – they are not the reason – but only a means; a tool Allah has used to wake up this ummah. But 99% are still asleep.
Whatever is Written for You Will Come to You
Source: OnIslam.net
For those of us living in the West, and especially for those of us who were not raised as Muslims, qadar(divine will or destiny) is a difficult topic to grapple with.
The Western world is based on the idea that we make our own destiny and that we should push to reach our goals no matter what it takes. And this attitude has led to some amazing advances and discoveries that benefit mankind greatly.
But, as Muslims, should we consider this attitude impetuous?
How should we understand the destiny Allah has ordained for us?
And how do we explain the fact that we have free will?
As Muslims, we know that whatever is written for us will unerringly come to us, whether it is fortune or calamity. But we also know that we must put forth the effort to try to reach our goals. Islam does not prohibit the Western “go get ‘em” attitude, it only tempers it with wisdom.
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Destiny and Free Will
Some of the wisdom Islam affords us is in knowing that what comes to us would never have missed us and what misses us would never have reached us. And understanding that means we should not grieve for or exceed the limits set by Allah for something that is not meant for us.
So how do we understand free will if Allah has already ordained everything?
First, we have to understand that Allah is all aware. It is a grave mistake to try to apply our limitations to Allah, the Limitless. We have a linear understanding of time. We move along in time not seeing what will come next. But time, a part of the creation, does not apply to the creator – Allah.
Allah has created the future and understands intimately what it holds, just as He has created our past and present. Even though Allah knows and has ordained what will happen in the future, we still have free will in the present. We have the will to choose our good or bad intentions and actions whether or not they attain the intended result.
For us, not knowing what the future holds motivates us to act, to take advantage of our free will. For many of us, if we already knew what the future held, we would never use our free will to strive for anything. And our striving to do good is what we are rewarded for.
Allah tells us in the Quran:
{Whoever works righteousness — whether male or female — while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islamic Monotheism) verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter).} (16:97)
At the same time that we have free will to strive for the good in the future, we should not over step the limits set by Allah. If we are to strive to build an orphanage, we will be rewarded for our intention and efforts to do that righteous deed, even though the end result is from Allah.
But what if we steal money to build that orphanage?
It was the will of Allah that the orphanage would be built, with or without the stealing. What was the use in mixing bad intentions and deeds with good?
There is benefit in Western mentality of “get it done” but there is wisdom in leaving off the “at all costs”. This is where the Islamic attitude lies. It is a balance of knowing you can try your best to do your best while not exceeding the limits set by Allah because the result is already written.
In hindsight, we can see the truth of “what is written will come to you” in parts of our lives where the opposite has happened. That is to say we all have times in our lives where we worked toward something but did not attain the end result no matter what we did.
The Story of the Shrimp
As I look back through my life, I can find many examples. Like the time my husband and I invited a sister and her family over for dinner. The dish I was planning to make was my favorite from my Creole culture and it called for shrimp. I was hoping to share the delicacy with the sister and her family.
As I prepared for the meal I intended to serve, I made a list and went to the store. When I got to the cashier to pay for my selections, something very strange happened. As the cashier rang up all my items, she could not ring up the shrimp.
The cashier tried and tried and tried again to ring up the shrimp so that I could pay for it, but the register would not recognize the purchase. In fact, the computer recognized all other items but when the cashier tried to ring up the shrimp, the computer did not even recognize that anything was being done at all.
In the end, I had to put the shrimp back and quickly think of something else to make that didn’t require shrimp.
When I told the sister what I had planned to cook for her family and what had happened at the store, she informed me that she was deathly allergic to shrimp. I had no idea about her allergy, and looking back on the strange event, what happened made complete sense. I was never meant to cook that meal, to serve it to her, and she was never meant to be harmed by it. It was the will of Allah and nothing could have changed that.
Allah willing, I will still be rewarded for my intention and efforts in trying to make the meal that I loved for the sister and her family. But Allah had written that I would not serve that meal and nothing I could have done would have changed that, even if I had exceeded the limits set by Allah to obtain the shrimp.
What is meant for us will come to us. What is not meant for us will never come to us. And there is no error in what we have missed out on or what we have received. This is the will of Allah. But it is up to us to strive with good intentions obeying the limits set by Allah.
There is wisdom in taking a path between “fatalism” and “at all costs”.
The wisdom of Islam lies in the middle path.
Bad things happen, yet every time something bad happens, it gives you a chance to show, just how good you really are.
Bad things happen, yet every time something bad happens, it gives you a chance to show, just how good you really are.
Las cosas malas suceden, sin embargo, cada vez que algo malo sucede, te da la oportunidad de mostrar, lo bueno que eres en realidad.
Slechte dingen gebeuren, maar elke keer als er iets ergs gebeurt, het geeft je een kans om te laten zien, hoe goed je werkelijk bent.
De mauvaises choses arrivent, mais à chaque fois que quelque chose se passe mal, il vous donne une chance de montrer, à quel point vous êtes vraiment.
Schlimme Dinge passieren, aber jedes Mal, wenn etwas Schlimmes passiert, es gibt Ihnen eine Chance zu zeigen, wie gut Sie wirklich sind.
Bù hǎo de shìqíng fāshēng, dàn měi cì yǒu huàishì fāshēng, tā gěi nǐ yīgè jīhuì zhǎnshì, nǐ zhēn de shì duōme hǎo.
Dåliga saker händer, men varje gång det sker något dåligt, det ger dig en chans att visa, hur bra du egentligen är.
Plokhiye veshchi sluchayutsya , no kazhdyy raz, kogda proiskhodit chto-to plokhoye , eto dayet vam shans pokazat’ , naskol’ko khorosho vy na samom dele.
Kötü şeyler olur, ama kötü bir şey olur her zaman, o size gerçekten ne kadar iyi olduğunu göstermek için bir şans verir.
Le cose brutte accadono, ma ogni volta che succede qualcosa di brutto, ti dà la possibilità di mostrare, quanto sei bravo davvero.
Hal-hal buruk terjadi, namun setiap kali sesuatu yang buruk terjadi, itu memberi Anda kesempatan untuk menunjukkan, betapa baik Anda sebenarnya.
Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from the negative.
Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from the negative.
Hermosas cosas pasan cuando te distancias de lo negativo.
Mooie dingen gebeuren als je afstand te nemen van de negatieve.
Les belles choses se produisent lorsque vous vous éloigner de la négative.
Schöne Dinge passieren, wenn man sich von der negativen zu distanzieren.
Měilì de shìqíng fāshēng, dāng nín cóng fù jùlí zìjǐ.
Vackra saker händer när du distansera dig från det negativa.
Krasivyye veshchi sluchayutsya, kogda vy distantsirovat’sya ot negativa.
Güzel şeyler negatif kendinizi mesafe zaman olur.
Le cose belle accadono quando si allontana dalla negativo.
Hal-hal indah terjadi ketika Anda menjauhkan diri dari negatif.
Just because something isn’t happening for you right now doesn’t mean that it will never happen.
Just because something isn’t happening for you right now doesn’t mean that it will never happen.
Sólo porque algo no está sucediendo para usted en este momento no quiere decir que nunca va a suceder.
Gewoon omdat er iets niet gebeurt voor u op dit moment betekent niet dat het nooit zal gebeuren.
Juste parce que quelque chose ne se passe pas pour vous en ce moment ne veut pas dire que cela n’arrivera jamais.
Nur weil etwas nicht passiert gerade für Sie bedeutet nicht, dass es nie passieren wird.
Jǐnjǐn yīn wéi yīxiē méiyǒu fāshēng de shìqíng duì nǐ xiànzài bìng bù yìwèizhe tā yǒngyuǎn bù huì fāshēng.
Bara för att något inte händer för dig just nu betyder inte att det aldrig kommer att hända.
Prosto potomu, chto chto-to proiskhodit ne dlya vas pryamo seychas , ne oznachayet, chto eto nikogda ne sluchitsya.
Şey şu anda sizin için oluyor değil sırf asla olmayacak anlamına gelmez.
Solo perché qualcosa non sta accadendo per voi in questo momento non vuol dire che non accadrà mai.
Hanya karena sesuatu tidak terjadi untuk Anda sekarang tidak berarti bahwa hal itu tidak akan pernah terjadi.
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