ASALAMA LAYKUM SISTER THIS IS YOUR FAJR COUNSEL FROM THE DR OF THE HEART HIMSELF (RAHUMULLAH) IBN QAYYIM AL JAWZI , TO KICK YOUR WEEK ON THE GOOD FOOT !ENJOY
Said one of the zuhhåd (pious):
"I can never imagine that someone could hear about Paradise and Hellfire and can still waste an hour without performing any act of obedience to Allaah, such as remembrance, prayer, reciting Qur'aan or an act of charity and kindness.”
Someone said to him: "I weep profusely."
He replied:
He replied:
“That you laugh while confessing your sin is better than weeping yet being puffed-up with pride because of your deeds. For the deeds of a conceited person will never rise above his head.”
The person then requested: "Please counsel me."
So he replied:
So he replied:
“Leave the world to those who hanker after it, as they leave the Afterlife to its seekers. And be in this world as the bee: it eats only good, produces only good, and when it rests upon a flower it neither ruins it nor deflowers it.”
Source: Al Fawaa'id, Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziyyah (rahimahullaah), Pg.187.
your Reminder Fatima who love you all for the sake of Allah
your Reminder Fatima who love you all for the sake of Allah
Subhanallah...very inspiring and eye opening words of wisdom from a great scholar. Jazaki Allah khair dear.
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