A poet once said...

:salamext:

"O my soul! It is not, except a few days of patience;
As if the extent were but a few dreams.
O my soul! Pass quickly on through this world;
And leave it, for indeed life lies ahead of it."

[Related by Ibn Rajab in Fadl `Ilmus-Salaf (p.63)]​
 
are we all alowed to post lil poems up here IbnAbdulHakim...

if sis muj gets one...i get to post one too!!!:D

:w:
 
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A friend who does not benefit at the time of hardships,
Is close to an enemy on the scales,

The friend does not remain, during all times,
Nor does the brother, except for consolation.

I searched the days, with all my strengths
for a brother to trust, but my search was fruitless,

The lands and those who live them were barren,
As though its people were not people [I wanted them to be]

Imam Ash Shafi'ee​
 
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Part from the days where you used to do as you wish
And restrain your soul when the decree of Allah is ordained

And don't despair over the events of the past
For none of the events of the dunya were ever meant to remain

And be a man who is firm upon his affairs
And whose character is that of pardoning and nobility

And there is no sadness or happiness that is continuous
Just as there is there is no comfort or pain

If you are a person who is satisfied with what he has
Then you and the owner of all possessions are equal

And upon he who's open valley death descends upon
Then there is no earth or sky to protect you from it

And the earth of Allah is vast but
When the ordainment of Allah descends even the open valley congests.

Imam Ash Shafi'ee
​
 
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Who has found true peace of mind
In better, or perhaps in worse?
The businessman is worn with fear
Of loss in his commerce

The statesman lives in fretful dread
Of times and tides adverse
The potentate, for all his power
In thrall to angst and fears

For after every glad report
Comes news that rocks his piers
I’d envy the birds, but the nest, I found
Is oft where the kill occurs

By Allah, if a man had to live, in control
Of his life, for a thousand years
Indulging in every beauty’s delight
In a bliss that for life endures

With never an illness obstructing his way
And he never a worry incurs
And tranquility reigns, and his days are serene
And no noise ever reaches his ears—

None of that would avail him the first night spent
In the grave, when he ends his years.

Imam Ash Shafi'ee​
 
Muj4h1d4 said:
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A friend who does not benefit at the time of hardships,
Is close to an enemy on the scales,

The friend does not remain, during all times,
Nor does the brother, except for consolation.

I searched the days, with all my strengths
for a brother to trust, but my search was fruitless,

The lands and those who live them were barren,
As though its people were not people [I wanted them to be]

Imam Ash Shafi'ee​
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Assalamualykum...

SubhanAllah! they are both great! jazakAllah for sharing sis *smile*

We can never make people what we want them to be...

And there's no need to search for somebody to trust...Allah is always there *smile* and the best bit is...you wont have to find Him, all gotta do is ask *smile*
 
MASHA'ALLAh... Imam Ash Shafi'ee is wonderful with so much knowledge and talent, subhanAllah!!!
 
Assalaaamu Alaikuum Warahamatul Lahi Wabarakaatuh brother ..

masha allahh .. i really liked it.. jazaka allah khair for sharin wiv us bro....
 
:salamext:

و من الشَقاوة أن تحبَ
و من تحبُ يحبُ غيرك
أو أن تريد الخير للأن
سان و هو يريد ضيرك

"And from misery is that you love, and (the one) who you love, loves other than you,
or that you want good for a person, and he wants to hurt you".

Imam Ash Shafi'ee​
 
:salamext:

لمن نعطي رأينا

ولا تعطين الرأي من لايريده
فلا أنت محمود ولا الرأي نافعه

To the one we give our opinions

And do not give your opinion to one who does not want it
For you are not praiseworthy and the opinion will not benefit him

Imam Ash Shafi'ee​
 
:salamext:

لسانك لا تذكر به عورة امرئ *** فكلّـك عورات وللناس ألسـن
وعينك إن أبدت إليك معايباً *** فدعها وقل : يا عين للناس أعينُ

Let not your tongue mention the shame of another
For you yourself are covered in shame and all men have tongues.
If your eye falls upon the sins of your brother
Shield them and say: "O my eye! All men have eyes!"

Imam Ash Shafi'ee​
 
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أحب الصالحين ولست منهم *** لعلي أنـال بهـم شفاعـة
وأكره من تجارته المعاصي *** ولو كلنا سواء في البضاعة


"I love those who are pious but Alas! I am not from amongst them..
Maybe Allaah will bestow upon me (due to my love for them) Piety.."

Imam Ash Shafi'ee​
 
إن لله عبادا فطنا * تركوا الدنيا وخافوا الفتنا
نظروا فيها فلما علموا * أنها ليست لحي وطنا
جعلوها لجة واتخذوا * صالح الأعمال فيها سفنا ​


Verily, Allah has intelligent slaves * They abandoned the dunya, and were cautious of its tribulations;

They looked to it, and when they realized * That it is not an abode for those who are truly alive;

They made it a transitory station, and took * Righteous actions as a vehicle.​

['Diywan ash-Shafi'i']
 

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