musaafir-e dasht

"Don’t be so proud of your latest phones and gadgets, for the only tool of communication which will save you are your prayers." Reblogged from here

A friend just shared this wonderful quote by Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullah . Words surely have great potential to melt hearts... Had Allah lifted the veil for his slave and shown him how He handles his affairs for him, and how Allah is more keen for the benefit of the slave than his own self, his heart would have melted out of the love for Allah and would have been torn to pieces out of thankfulness to Allah.  Therefore if the pains of this world tire you, do not grieve. For it may be that Allah wishes to hear your voice by way of duaa. So pour out your desires in prostration and forget about it and know; that verily Allah does not forget it.  Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullah  

On waking up this morning, I found the following text on my cell. It was sent by a student who is now working at a private university. I liked it because it served as an important reminder. Students too can be very good teachers at times :) We have to be very conscious of the journey we embark on by the choice of Allah Almighty, because very often the splendour of the station itself becomes the destination. Think about it! - Abdul Basit 

Just came across this post on the Thus Spake Hazrat Shaykh blog: Miskeen is the one with a broken heart. Today we have reduced this thing to a mere proverb.  (Sitting (Majlis) on Wednesday, July 6, 2011) The words of the pious mend hearts.

  source Were every person to know when to refrain from taking the first step many things would have been changed. - Mustafa Sa'eed in Tayeb Salih's, Season of Migration to North. 

If your intention in seeking knowledge is between God Most High and yourself and not merely to gain information, then rejoice! The Angels will spread out their wings for you while you walk, and the creatures in the sea will ask God to pardon you. [ Imam Al’Ghazali in his Bidaya al Hidaya ] From: Drops of Wisdom

"The journey of knowledge must begin with belief. The Western civilization began its with doubt (cf. cogito ergo sum) and to date it is still enmeshed in it."