by Fajr-Literary | Jan 19, 2012 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah Advice of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab (radhiallahu `anhu): أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْبِطْنَةَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ ، فَإِنَّهَا مَكْسَلَةٌ عَنِ الصَّلاةِ ، مُفْسِدَةٌ لِلْجَسَدِ ، مُوَرِّثَةٌ لِلسَّقَمِ ، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ...
by Fajr-Literary | Jan 15, 2012 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah “… I pondered over those whom Allah `azza wa jall has chosen for His governance and those whom He has drawn close to Him. We have indeed heard of their description and seen those whom we deem to be from amongst them. Thus I found that...
by Fajr-Literary | Jan 7, 2012 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah Something I wrote a long while ago… You Are Believers… Like the oceans that lie calm Covering another world beneath Like the trees standing tall With a kingdom underneath Like the clouds moving softly Only to release the heavy rain...
by Fajr-Literary | Dec 31, 2011 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah I haven’t delved into classical poetry for a while now, so here’s one I liked from a while back (with some basic explanations and thoughts of my own). It’s a small excerpt from the famous mu’allaqah poem of Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulmah. He...
by Fajr-Literary | Dec 14, 2011 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah This is a true story that happened in Egypt (related by Shaykh Wahid ‘Abd al-Salam Bali in his lecture): A young man flagged down a taxi in order to take his ill mother to the hospital. They both got in and the driver made his way to...
