My grandmother who grew up in Jerusalem told me that whenever it snowed in the winter, the kids would have the biggest snowball fights and rush to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and see the golden dome emerging from the snow like a castle from a fairytale.
A fetus in the rubble. Their bombs incinerate mothers with babies in their wombs. Remember the “40 beheaded babies” and “babies in ovens” lie? This is what they do every single day, even after the “ceasefire”.
So many made you cry, O Gaza.
So many heard you cry, O Gaza.
So many ignored your cries, O Gaza.
Yet you still call out to the One who has always heard you, and whom you have never stopped believing in.
There are very little actually less than 5 countries in the entire Continent that can come close to Somalia in terms of Electricity, Internet and Mobile Money transfers.
Even during it’s lowest era of civil war!
اليوم أعلن اعتزالي كرة القدم كلاعب… وليس اعتزال شغفي وحبي لها.❤️❤️
شكراً لكرة القدم على كل لحظة، وكل تحدٍ، وكل درس، وكل ذكرى صنعتها معي. ⚽️❤️
رحلتي داخل الملعب انتهت، لكن رحلتي مع كرة القدم مستمرة, بنفس الشغف، والطموح، والإصرار. 💪🙏🏾
@Osi_Suave Your excuse to defend corrupt practices in an organization is the pay they employees willingly accepted before they got the job. If a company cannot pay you what you’re worth, then decline the job offer!Don’t rip people’s business off because you think you’re underpaid!
Al-Ghani, Al-Mugni, replace our lack with sufficiency, our worry about provision with trust in You, and our struggles with abundance. Grant us the Khayr that enriches our lives, protects us from need, and makes us independent of all except You.
First-world countries will invite immigrants to fill jobs, but won’t educate citizens on why they need immigrants to fill those jobs.
When the citizens start complaining, they will pretend to be tough on immigration, fully understanding they caused the problems.
Repeat cycle
AMAR Reflections #36: Oppression is one of the gravest sins in Islam and one of the most dangerous.
You may have already gotten away with it.
The money you took. The reputation you damaged. The person you crushed and never answered for. In this world it may look settled. It is not.
Allah says in a sacred hadith:
"O My servants, I have made oppression unlawful for Myself and unlawful for you, so do not oppress one another." Sahih Muslim
Imagine that, Allah, who has power over all things, has prohibited oppression for Himself, then no human being has any right to oppress another.
The Prophet ﷺ said that Allah gives respite to the wrongdoer until He seizes him, and then He does not let him escape. Bukhari & Muslim
Then He recited: "Such is the crushing grip of your Lord when He seizes the societies entrenched in wrongdoing. Indeed, His grip is terribly painful and severe." Surah Hud 11:102
This is the danger of delay. It gets mistaken for safety. The longer the seizure is held back, the more certain it becomes, and the heavier is the punishment
But the door is still open. The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever has wronged another should settle it today, before a Day comes when there is no currency to pay with, only deeds, taken from him and given away. Sahih al-Bukhari
So rectify it now. Return what you took. Ask the one you wronged while asking still costs you nothing but your pride.
Allah is never unaware of what the oppressors do:
"And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a Day when eyes will stare in horror." Surah Ibrahim 14:42
The Prophet said that oppression will be darkness on the Day of Judgment. Bukhari & Muslim
Even taking a small piece of land unjustly is a serious matter in the sight of Allah. So what then of those who take the land, wealth, rights, and lives of entire people?
The consequences are real and unavoidable.
The Prophet asked: "Do you know who the bankrupt person is?" The companions said: the one with no money. He said: "The bankrupt person from my community is the one who comes on the Day of Judgment with prayer, fasting, and charity, but he insulted this one, slandered that one, took the wealth of another, shed blood, and harmed others." Muslim
Then his good deeds are taken and given to those he oppressed. If his good deeds run out before the matter is settled, their sins are placed upon him, and then he is thrown into the Fire. Muslim
This is the reality of oppression: you may escape it in this world, but you will not escape it in the next.
On that Day, every right will be restored.
Every act of oppression will be accounted for. Nothing will be forgotten.
The Prophet also said that anyone who wronged another person should seek forgiveness today, before the day comes when there is no money and no payment except deeds. Sahih Bukhari
So if you have wronged someone, fix it now. This is not just a warning from the past. It is a warning for now.
So protect yourself:
Do not oppress.
Do not support oppression.
Do not be silent about oppression.
And if you have wronged someone, return their rights before the Day when nothing will benefit you except justice.