Alhamdulillah!
The protest at @vuecinemas in Leeds has been a success and it has been confirmed by the manager that the blasphemous, sectarian film #TheLadyOfHeaven will NEVER be shown again at the branch.
This is not the end.
Ibn Ṭāhir mentions: I heard him [Imām Abu Ismā‘īl al-Harawī] saying: I was presented for execution five times. It was not said to me: Forsake your view. Rather what was said, is: Remain silent about those who differ with you. I answered: I will not remain silent.
Perhaps whilst you sleep duas are being raised for you, by a poor person you helped, a hungry person you fed, or a sad person you made happy, or a person in distress you eased. Never belittle any good deed.
Solid understanding of religious matters and deen is tawfeeqi (divinely gifted). You should continously thank Allah for the blessing of faith and being saved from false ideologies.
It is possible that a pious person turns into a sinner and vice versa.
May we all die on Imaan.
You will come across people you do not like in life. This is natural however you should do your best to tolerate them.
"Souls are like recruited troops: Those who are like qualities are inclined to each other, but those who have dissimilar qualities, differ."
Bukhari 3336
Imām ash-Shafi’i (رحمه الله) said:
رأيت القناعة رأس الغنى
فصرت غنيا بلا درهـم
أمر على الناس شبه الملك
“I saw that being content was the essence of wealth.
I became rich without a Dirḥām.
I now walk like a king among men.”
[ديوان الإمام الشافعي]
The need of wealth is only for acquiring benefit. However, people regard wealth as an object of worship.
This is indeed a massive error. (The objective of wealth is not hoarding. With wealth, needs are to be fulfilled and the success of the Aakhirah...
There are people who help others so selflessly that they almost forget about themselves.
كالإبرة تكسي غيرها وهي عريانة
'Like the needle which clothes everything whilst remaining naked.'
Some damage is irreversible...
حتي لو اعتذرت الرياح ، الغصن سيبقي مكسورا
"Even though the winds apologised, the branches they once broke remained broken".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Envy is permitted only in two cases: A man whom Allah gives wealth, and he disposes of it rightfully, and a man to whom Allah gives knowledge which he applies and teaches it."
[Al- Bukhari and Muslim].