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IbnRuwahah
So true...Great points made there.
Bro, the problem is actually within ourselves. We on a personal level have lost touch with the real spirit of Islam. Just walk into any local masjid at salaatul fajr, only one saff full? That's the problem ... We're not actually acting as Allah wants us to act. We have to change ourselves first, and then slowly Allah will change our condition as a whole.
Allah does not change the condition of a nation until they change what is with them.
Exactly, it's time to wake up; what are we waiting for? Death might knock on your door tomorrow; who knows, it might happen right now.
We have to understand that Islam is really a beautiful thing and being a Muslim is a privilege.
When Islam was at its peak, what effect did we have on the world? What was Ibn Sina known as? How did Europe get to its level right now? What lead to the discovery of the Americas? Islam is the answer to the above questions. We must understand that Islam is a powerful thing and if practiced properly, can lead to many powerful things
The first step though is to train ourselves. As the great Greek Philosopher Aristotle said, we must work hard at being good. Goodness does not come like that.
Let’s put it this way: we go to school to learn, we go to the gym to become stronger, we go to work to make money; we want to have a good life, right? We want to look good and be seen as good?
Well, think about this. This life is merely a fraction of a second compared to the eternal afterlife, why not work for your true future? Why not build up/save for the day you meet Allah? Why delay? Why say tomorrow I will do this, tomorrow I’ll do that, why can’t we start today? NOW??
Ask yourself sincerely, what happens when you stop praying? Don’t you feel depressed/isolated/alone? Don’t you feel that gap in your heart? And that’s when your heart/mind fools you and that’s when problems start.
I would like to close by reminding you of a verse from Quran:
واعبد ربك حتى ياتيك اليقين
“and worship your lord till you reach certainty”
You will know when you reach true belief, it’s when as soon as you enter the masjad, you feel a thrill in your heart, you feel like you have just become a step closer to allah.
A companion’s leg had to be amputated due to infection, when he was asked when the procedure can be performed on him; he said, “when I am praying you can do the surgery, because when I am with Allah, I cannot feel anything else”
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