Reactions to Calamity

Q: What is the ruling on one who becomes discontented when he is afflicted by calamity? A: In times of calamity, people divide into four different levels: The First Level: Discontent and there are different types of discontent: 1. In the heart, as if he is angry with his Lord, and so he rails against [...]

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“Guide Us to the Straight Path”

Some of them say concerning His saying, اهدِنَــــا الصِّرَاطَ المُستَقِيمَ ‘Guide us to the Straight Path’ saying: ‘Allaah has already guided the believer, so what benefit is there in seeking guidance?’ Then some of them reply by saying that the meaning is ‘keep us firm upon guidance’, as the Arab would say to the one [...]

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When the Blessings of Knowledge Depart

Abul-Qaasim Al Junayd said: When you desire to be honored by knowledge and to be ascribed to it and to be from its people before giving the knowledge what right it has over you (from action), its light becomes veiled from you and all that remains upon you is its mark and appearance. That knowledge [...]

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