Ramaḍān is (almost) here. And though we largely neglect to prepare for this great month, (“Prepare? Oh we don’t eat much any way” …), I thought of putting forth a brief emergency plan – for those who like myself were enamoured by Dunyā and genuinely neglected to draw up a plan of action when time was on our side. The Plan: The plan is based on how the ṣaḥāba would recite the Qurʾān; they would recite with Tadabbur (which should be…
The Prophet ﷺ summed up warʿ (piety) in one sentence, ❝Part of perfection of one’s Islām is to leave that which does not concern him.❞ This includes leaving all that does not concern one, from speech, to sight, to hearing, to walking, to thinking — and everything else from what is apparent to what is not. — Imām Ibn al-Qayyim. [Shoutout to all my fellow over thinkers. Stop. 🙉]…
Nahī ʿan al-munkar (forbidding what is wrong) is strongly attached to īmān; your level of īmān will determine your ability (or lack thereof) to forbid evil – even if it is a simple disapproval of something in your heart. In a Ḥadīth, “Whosoever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then [let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do…
When Mūsā ʿalayhis salām entered the land of Madyan, after barely just escaping wrongful persecution from Firʿawn et al., he comes across a body of water surrounded by herders and their cattle. Nearby, but still at a distance, he spots two young women struggling with their herd. He approaches them and asks, ما خطبكما؟ ❝What is your circumstance?❞ (Or if we were to look at my favourite translation of this verse: “What aileth you?”) From just two words in a…