(Source: poeticislam)
I was sitting at lunch and a Jewish girl, a Catholic girl, and I had a very beautiful conversation.
- Catholic Girl: I was watching so many things about 9/11 yesterday. It was really sad though because everyone was blaming the Muslims.
- Me: Well, I was watching this one, I forget the channel, where they interviewed the Muslims that survived 9/11. But, there were a few of them who weren't Muslims, and they were so impacted by it that they started badmouthing Muslims. Then a man walked in and they remembered him and started crying because he was the man that saved one of them. He then said, "Did you know that I am Muslim?" They were shocked.
- Catholic Girl: Wow. People nowadays. Sabrina, have you been called a terrorist?
- Me: Yes...
- Jewish Girl: Well you know what, I think thats disgusting. Why is it that when a Muslim does something bad, all Muslims are terrorists. People don't go around and call me a Zionist. So why are you a terrorist?
- Me: (dumbstruck by her answer so I change the subject) You know what I'm excited for? To learn about the Middle East in History this year. I have so much to say about it. Especially whats going on in Palestine/Israel. (I added the Israel part because I didn't want to offend her.)
- Jewish Girl: Why do you say Israel? Its Palestine. It will always be Palestine. It has always been.
- -At this point I was in tears and all I could say was mashAllah-
Abdullah ibn Harith reported about the Prophet: “I have never seen anyone more smiling than the Prophet of Allah.”
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was always smiling. And he had the toughest life of any of us. None of our problems can even begin to compare to what he faced. And yet, may peace be upon him, he was always smiling.
So Keep Smilin It’s Sunnah :DD
And will provide for him from where he does not expect. And whoever relies upon Allah - then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose. Allah has already set for everything a [decreed] extent.
—Surah at-Talaq (The Divorce) [65:3]
The young should greet the old, the passer by should greet the sitting one, and the small group of persons should greet the large group of persons.
—Narrated by Abu Hurairah, [Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 74, Number 250]
Say, [O Muhammad], “If you should love Allah , then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
—Surah Ali Imran (Family of Imran) - [3:31]
Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
—Surah Az-Zumar (The Troops) - [39:4]
Say, “Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah , Lord of the worlds.
—Surah Al-‘An`ām (The Cattle) - [6:162]
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I guarantee a house in the surroundings of Paradise for a man who avoids quarrelling even if he were in the right, a house in the middle of Paradise for a man who avoids lying even if he were joking, and a house in the upper part of Paradise for a man who made his character good.
—(Abu Dawud Book 41, Hadith 4782)
Surah Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent). Beautiful and heart trembling Quran recitation by Syed Sadaqat Ali
O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu’ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade. That is better for you, if you only knew.
—Surah Al-Jumu’ah (The Congregation, Friday) - [62:9]
Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play? [98] Then did they feel secure from the plan of Allah ? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allah except the losing people. [99]
—Surah Al-‘A raf (The Heights) - [7:98-99]
And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.
—Surah Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold) [43:36]
But the ones who disbelieved and denied Our verses - those are the companions of the Fire, abiding eternally therein; and wretched is the destination.
—Surah At-Taghābun (The Mutual Disillusion) [64:10]
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.
—Surat Al-‘Ahzab (The Combined Forces) [33:21]
