Clean the window of Inner self

In life we tend to be judgmental and very often look down upon others without exploring deeper and finding out why the person is behaving in such a way. The Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace be upon Him) is reported to have said "It is enough of evil for a person to hold his brother Muslim in contempt. All of a Muslim is sacred to another Muslim: his blood, his wealth and his honour." (Hadith- Muslim)

A young couple moves into a new neighbourhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbour hanging the laundry outside. "That laundry is not very clean", she said. "She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap. "Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbour would hang her washing to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.

Some time later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean laundry on the line and said to her husband: "Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this." 

"The husband said, "I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows"

Lesson: If our windows are dirty so will we see others as dirty too. What we see in others is indeed a reflection of our inner-selves! So it is with life that what we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look. It is easy for us to condemn, discuss other people, their lives & things that really doesn't even concern us and we tend to forget - our windows may not be that clean after all! If we are good we will see good…

The Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace be upon Him) is reported to have said:
"A Muslim is a mirror to another Muslim"(Hadith_Abu Dawud)

 By Abu Muhammad Yusuf Sahab


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Perfect Piety

The perfect salik is not an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of Oneness, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind, but “the true saint” goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets Allah for a single moment.

  Hazrat Abu Sa‘id Ibn Abi-L-Khayr (RA)

Follow Road Manner

The Prophet (SallAllaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) forbade gatherings in the road. They said, "Messenger of Allah, it is hard for us to sit in our houses." He said,"If you must sit there, then fulfil the rights of the gathering." "Guiding anyone who asks for directions, returning the greeting, lowering the eye, commanding the correct & forbidding the bad." [Bukhari]

Give Charity Without Wasting

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa salam) said,"If a woman gives in charity from her house meals without wasting (i.e. being extravagant), she will get the reward for her giving, her husband will also get the reward for his earning & the storekeeper will also get a similar reward. The acquisition of the reward of none of them will reduce the reward of the others." [Bukhari]

Seek Forgiveness

It was  reported on the authority of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (Radi Allahu ánhu) that the Prophet (SallAllaahu Alayhi Wa sallam) said "There is no-one who commits a sin, then performs Wudu correctly, prays two Rakah and seeks forgiveness from Allaah -Azza wa Jal - except that he is forgiven." (Abu Daawood )

Hold the Ties of Kinship

The Messenger of Allah (Salallahu Alaihy Wasallam) said:

“Whoever would like his rizq (provision) to be increased and his life to be extended, should uphold the ties of kinship.” [Bukhaari & Muslim]

Muhabbat,Ishq,Hubb............

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