Whoever respects and honours you, has in reality neither respected nor honoured you, but he has respected and honoured the act of Divine Concealment (i.e. Allah's act of concealing your defects).
Commentary: When someone respects and honours you with praise or gifts, do not become proud. Do not gain the impression that you have in you some excellence. In reality, the person has not praised you. He has praised Allah's attribute of Sattaariyat (Concealing the sins and defects of people). If Allah Ta'ala had not concealed your inner evils, people would not even spit on you. (Ikhmaalush Shiyam (perfection of morals). Ibn Ata'llah al-Iskandiri. pg.197)
Sufyan ath-Thawri RA said, "Man's love for the life of this world is shown in the way he greets people."
[Look at a chaste poor man ... nobody talks to him. People greet him so warily as if fearing that he may pass poverty to them. But see how the people welcome a rich man, even if he does not perform prayer. They stand up with smiling faces, and each one hopes to greet him first. Note the difference between a man who is so great as seen by Allah and another who does not even weigh a mosquito's wing - but this is life.]
Are the words in bracket yours? That's a very good explanation. Masha'allah!
It is pointless to watch other people's houses crumbling when our own house is in need of repair and attention.
^ i wish. It is a commentary by the scholar accompanying the quote.
"He who enters the grave without provisions (good deeds), has, as if, he started swimming across the ocean without a vessel." Abu Bakr radhiAllaahu 'anhu
"The one who shows off has three characteristics: He is lazy when by himself, he is lively and energetic when with others and he increases in his actions when he is praised and decreases in them when he is criticised." Ali RA.
Live, Laugh, Love: Live like there's no tomorrow, but be prepared if there is; Laugh through the pain, its only temporary; Love, even for no reason at all
Salaam I also came across these
Hope you like them
1. During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you
2. He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
3. The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects.
4.Man( by which he means human) is a wonderful creature; he sees through the layers of fat (eyes), hears through a bone (ears) and speaks through a lump of flesh (tongue).
5.. If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
6.Every person who is tempted to go astray, does not deserve punishment
7.Failures are often the results of timidity and fears; disappointments are the results of bashfulness; hours of leisure pass away like summer-clouds, therefore, do not waste opportunity of doing good. ( personally I need that one I am a very timid person)
8.To render relief to the distressed and to help the oppressed make amends for great sins.
9.Justice also has four aspects depth of understanding, profoundness of knowledge, fairness of judgment and dearness of mind; because whoever tries his best to under- stand a problem will have to study it, whoever has the practice of studying the subject he is to deal with, will develop a clear mind and will always come to correct decisions, whoever tries to achieve all this will have to develop ample patience and forbearance and whoever does this has done justice to the cause of religion and has led a life of good repute and fame.
10.One who says unpleasant things about others, will himself quickly become a target of their scandal.
11. Do not feel ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to refuse the needy is an act of greater shame.
12.Do not blame a man who delays in securing what are his just rights but blame lies on him who grasps the rights which do not belong to him.
13.Admonish your brother (comrade) by good deeds and kind regards, and ward off his evil by favouring him.
14.Loving one another is half of wisdom.
15.. One who does not realize his own value is condemned to utter failure. (Every kind of complex, superiority or inferiority is harmful to man).
16.A friend cannot be considered a friend unless he is tested on three occasions: in time of need, behind your back and after your death.
^^These are the Sayings of Imam Ali RA
And Here are some more Ghandi Proverbs
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
Mohandas Gandhi
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Mohandas Gandhi
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Mohandas Gandhi
But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
Mohandas Gandhi
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
Mohandas Gandhi
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.
Mohandas Gandhi
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Dear Mum, I know you’re always there
To help and guide me with all your care,
You nursed and fed me and made me strong
To face the world and all its wrong.
What can I write to you this day
For a line or two would never pay
For care and time you gave to me
Through long hard years unceasingly.
How you found strength I do not know
How you managed I’ll never know,
Struggling and striving without a break
Always there and never late.
You prayed for me and loved me more
How could I ask for anymore
And reared me up to be like you
But I haven’t a heart as kind as you.
A guide to me in times of plight
A princess like a star so bright
For life would never have been the same
If I hadn’t of learned what small things came.
So forgive me Mum just a little more
For not loving you so much before,
For life and love you gave to me
I give my thanks for eternity.
Didn't know where to posts -- mods please post in the appropriate thread. JKhair.
Rabi’ ibn Sulayman (a companion of Imam al-Shafi’i) said:
‘We were with al-Shafi’i one day when an old man wearing garments of wool came to us with a walking-stick in his hand. Al-Shafi’i stood up, fixed his clothes and greeted the old man. He sat down and al-Shafi’i began looking at him in admiration when the man said: Old man: Can I ask? Al-Shafi’i: Ask. Old man: What is the Hujjah (evidence) in the religion of Allah? Al-Shafi’i: The Book of Allah. Old man: What else? Al-Shafi’i: The Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam). Old man: What else? Al-Shafi’i: The consensus of the Ummah. Old man: Where did you get ‘consensus of the Ummah’ from? (i.e. what’s your evidence).
Al-Shafi’i pondered for a moment when the old man said: Old man: I will leave you for 3 days. If you come up with evidence from the Book of Allah, fine. If not, then repent to Allah Ta’ala.
Al-Shafi’i's face changed colour and then he left. He didn’t come out until the third day, between dhuhr and ‘asr. His face, hands and legs had swollen and he became ill. He sat down but it was only a short while when the old man returned. He greeted him and sat down then he said, Old man: Do you have what I asked for? Al-Shafi’i: Yes. أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the outcast.
Allah, the Most High said: وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ الرَّسُولَ مِن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدَى وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ مَا تَوَلَّى وَنُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَاءتْ مَصِيراً “And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the way of the believers, We shall keep him on the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell – and what an evil destination.” [al-Nisa: 115]
… And He (Allah `azza wa jall) will not burn him in Hell for opposing the believers in something except that it is something obligatory.’ Old man: You have told the truth.
Then he got up and left.
Al-Shafi’i then said to those around him: I read the Qur’an 3 times every day (in the 3 days he was given), until I came to this verse.’
قال عتبة ابن غزوان الهم اني اعوذبك ان اكون في عيني كبيرا وعند الله صغيرا
Utbah ibn Ghazan RA used to pray, "O Allah, it is you alone that I seek refuge, lest I view myself to be huge and with you am small".
Ibn Qayyim RA said: Adam AS was taken out of Jannah, while he was in it. He was taken out because of a single sin that he did. And you are constantly doing sins, while outside of Jannah, yet hoping to enter Jannah.
قال ابن قيم رحمة الله عليه اخرج آدم من جنة وكان فيها اخرج منها بذنب واحد وانت مقيم على معاصي كثيرة وخارج الجنة وترج الجنة
The Sheikh commenting on the quote said, look at how small the sin of Adam AS was; he only ate from a tree. And compare that to our sins: we commit indecent and immoral acts, we consume interest, we backbite... [and compare that to our aspiration].
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