“Fasting Is For Me”: The Meaning Of The Hadith Qudsi

It is narrated in a hadith qudsi that Allah says:
كل حسنة بعشر أمثالها إلى سبع مائة ضعف إلا الصيام فهو لي وأنا أجزي به
“Every good action is rewarded by ten times its kind, up to seven hundred times, except fasting, which is for Me, and I reward it.”
(Narrated in the Sunan of Tirmidhi [...]

The Chaining of the Devils

Salamu `Alaykum
It is narrated on the authority Sayyidina Abu Hurayra (Allah be well-pleased with him) that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:
‏حدثنا ‏ ‏يحيى بن أيوب ‏ ‏وقتيبة ‏ ‏وابن حجر ‏ ‏قالوا حدثنا ‏ ‏إسمعيل وهو ابن جعفر ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبي سهيل ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبيه ‏ ‏عن ‏ [...]

Engulfed In Sadness

Sadness,
It has engulfed my soul,
I lay here withering,
Seeking to be consoled,
I have diverged from the path,
No longer do I have sight of the goal,
Aimlessly I walk around,
A seemingly never ending stroll.
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Rumi said sadness is a bad dream,
To me it seems very real,
If only I could contemplate on his words and wisdom,
Feel the spiritual presence [...]

A Good Weekend

Salamu`Alaykum
I’ve been a bit busy with university and therefore have been unable to update my blog for the past few weeks. I have a number of partially translated fatawa and other enlightening pieces that will be presented soon, Insha’Allah.
Just a quick update: I had an extremely wonderful weekend. I got the chance to meet Mufti [...]