As Muslims, we don't always get what we wish for.
We make plans - to reach the peak of our career, to find true love, to marry someone who treats us like royalty, to have righteous children, to be successful, famous, and wealthy. We hustle every day, we build businesses,
you will realize that the only relationship that truly mattered was your relationship with Him.
And when you see that reward, you will know it was all worth it.
So be content with where you are and what you have right now, because this moment could be your last. In the end, nothing here will matter - not the fame, not the money, not the followers, not whether you found great love or had beautiful kids.
When you stand before your Lord,
Everything else in this dunya should take a back seat. It is okay to want those things and strive for them, but don't let your happiness depend on them.
Let your happiness be built on your journey - on how you live this life while preparing to return to your Lord.
written children for you. And if He did, He may have written children who will test you.
And that's okay. Being tested by Allah is okay. Dying without achieving everything you wanted does not mean you died a failure.
What truly matters is how Allah sees you.
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we dream of a big break.
But sometimes, our story ends before that break comes. Sometimes we die before any of it happens.
And that is why we shouldn't build our entire life and happiness around those goals. Because Allah may not have written marriage for you. He may not have
When Allah makes you feel spiritually lonely among His creation, know that He wants to open the doors of intimacy with him."
"When He loosens your tongue to make dua, know that He wants to give it you."
You, my Lord, but You are the one
who knows best.' Because of that Allah forgave him.
Doing that could not eliminate the purnishment.
Excerpt from the book Kitab al Ruh
One of the people of earlier times thought that if his body
were burned to ashes and then some of the ashes were cast
into the sea and some onto dry land on a very windy day, he
would be saved from the punishment of the grave. He
therefore told his children to do that.However
Allah
commanded the sea to collect together the ashes that had
been thrown into it and the land to do likewise and then said,
'Get up!' and the man found himself standing before Allah.
Allah questioned him, asking 'What made you do what you
did?' He replied, 'I feared
I lost my mom in ramadan.
My dad lost his companion, his favorite person.
36 years later and my mom is gone .
May Allah forgive you all your shortcomings and grant you jannatul firdaus aameen.
Please make dua for my mom.
My parents have been married for 34 years now . They do this thing where they wake up super early, sit outside, talk, and laugh while drinking tea. Then we join them outside , this has been the ritual for as long as I can remember.