Beautiful Anecdote
There was a Sheikh who was teaching his students Aqeedah (faith), He taught them 'la ilaha illa Allah' and explained it to them.
The Sheikh loved keeping pets, so he was given a parrot by one of the students as a gift.
And with days the Sheikh started to like the parrot.
He used to take him in his lessons, until the parrot knew how to say la ilaha illa Allah, He would to utter it night and day. One day the students found their Sheikh crying and sobbing.
When they asked him the reason, he told them that a cat attacked the parrot and killed it.
They said: Is this the reason you are crying! If you wish we will bring you another parrot better than that one.
The Sheikh said: I am not crying because of this... But it made me cry when the cat attacked the parrot.
It was shouting and screaming until it died.
He use to say la ilaha illa Allah a lot.
However, when he was attacked by a cat he forgot to say it.
He did nothing but scream!
Because he used to say it with his tongue only, and his heart did not learn it, so it didn't feel it!
Then the Sheikh said: I am afraid to be like this parrot, we live our lives repeating la ilaha illa Allah with our tongues, but when death comes we forget it because our hearts did not know it.
When he told his students, they started crying in fear of lack of honesty in saying laa ilaha illa Allah.
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I ask Allah give us death with " ﻻ ﺍﻟﻪ ﺍﻻًﺍﻟﻠﻪ
" in our hearts and upon our tongues,
aameen!
BARAKKAH (blessings).
We exert ourselves to fulfill our various daily chores - yet sometimes, we feel that we are not seeing the results of our efforts. There seems to be a missing ingredient. What is that? BARAKKAH (blessings).
Brakkah means that with minimum effort you attain maximum results.
An easy way to attain barakah is to greet everytime you enter the home.
Anas Radiyallahu Anhu narrates: " The Messenger of Allah ṣallallāhu alaihi wasallam said to me: 'O my son! When you go to your family, offer Salaam for it will be a source of blessings for you and your family." [Tirmidhi]
May Allah grant us all Barakkah in every aspect of our lives.
Prosperity and Adversity
Prosperity and adversity are both tests from Allah. It is in these two conditions that man tends to violate the laws of Allah. When displaying joy (e.g. at the time of a wedding) or when mourning (e.g. at the time of a mayyit) - we do things which are prohibited.
We should remember Allah under all circumstances and remain obedient to Him. The greater the sacrifices the greater the reward.
