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Islam

Inspiration
Memoirs from the Life of Imâm Ahmad (ra) by Muhammad al-Sharîf - Abdullâh, Imâm Ahmad's son, taught his students that when he was young his father would play with him, "Take any chapter you wish from the Musannaf of Wakî'. Ask me any hadîth and I'll tell you the chain of narrators, or tell me any chain of narrators and I'll tell you the hadith!" [More]

The Pearl Necklace - Qazi Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Abdul Baqi Ansari is an illustrious personality of Islamic History. He was the most pious person of his time. Even after the lapse of nine centuries, his exemplary life is a source of guidance to Muslims. His biographers tell a number of tales of his honesty and reliability but the one that affected his whole life is full of strange and unique events. He has narrated this story in his own words and it adorns the pages of history books. [More]

Ridley plans to embrace Islam - "Ridley merely promised to study Islam once she was back home. But then what started as an academic study, she said, 'has now turned into something much more spiritual. I am very impressed with what I've found.'" [More]

The Story of Abu Mihjan (RA) - "'Let me go [to Jihad] and I promise Allaah that if I come back safe and sound, I will put my own feet in the chains, and if I am killed, then you will be rid of me.'" [More]

Tazkiyah (Becoming better Muslims)
A Delayed Response by Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jawzee - "Woe unto you; look attentively at yourself, are you the one possessed or are you the possessor? Are you the one that is controlled or are you the controller? Are you not aware that this world is the abode of tests for you? If you desire that your goals be fulfilled and become impatient when they are not, then, where is your test? Is it not the ultimate test when you get the opposite of whatever you desired?" [More]

Allaah is Beautiful and Loves Beauty by Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jawzee - "Allaah, may He be glorified, loves the effects of His blessings to His slave to be made manifest, for this is part of the beauty that He loves, and that is part of the gratitude for His blessings which forms an inner beauty (beauty of character)." [More]

Al-'Uboodiyyah by Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jawzee - "`Uboodiyyah is a comprehensive term that asserts the meaning of the Aayah: "You Alone do we worship and You Alone do we seek for Help." (Qur'an 1:5) It comprises the slavery of the heart, tongue and limbs to Allaah ta`aala..." [More]

Bitter Consequences of Sin by Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jawzee - "...How insignificant the creation becomes to Allaah when they turn away from His command. In front of us is a nation who were evidently powerful and who had dominion, yet they abandoned Allaah's command, so look what has become of them." [More]

Captivated, Imprisoned and Fettered by Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jawzee - "There is no captive in a worse state than the one who is captivated by his worst enemy and there is no prison which is tighter than the prison of hawa (desire) and there is no bond / fetter more strong than the bond of desire" [More]

Dead Hearts by Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jawzee - "Indeed, what kind of piety is there in a person who witnesses Allah's sanctities being violated, his religion abandoned, the Sunnah of His Messenger shunned, and yet remains still with a cold heart and a shut mouth' Such a person is like a dumb Shaitan!" [More]

Encouraging Utilization of Time and Warning Against Wasting It by Khaled Al-Jeraisy - "My daughter, get up and witness your Lord's bounty, and do not be among the indifferent; Allah distributes daily bread between the break of dawn and sunrise." [al-Baihaqi] [More]

The Heavan of this World from al-Wâbil as-Sayyib min al-Kalim at-Tayyib - "What can my enemies do to me? I have in my breast both my Heaven and my garden. If I travel they are with me, and they never leave me. Imprisonment for me is a religious retreat [khalwa]. To be slain for me is martyrdom [shahâda] and to be exiled from my land is a spiritual journey [siyaha]." [More]

Miscellaneous Points of Benefit from Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jawzee [SalafiPublications]- A typically excellent piece of work about certain aspects of Islam which many of us lack including knowledge and humility. [More]

The Levels of People with Regard to their Prayer by Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jawzee - "Whoever makes his prayer the delight and pleasure of his eye, will have the nearness to his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, made the delight and pleasure of his eye in the hereafter. He will also be made a pleasure to the eye in this world since whoever makes Allaah the pleasure of his eye in this world, every other eye will become delighted and pleased with him." [More]

Medicine

Medical School
No Questions Asked by Uzer Sher Dil - This is an article I was asked to write for the T 1/2 magazine in celebration of making it half-way through medical school. I felt important. [More]