The greatest secret to attaining love is beyond human scope, try what you will. Allāhuma, unite our hearts. =)…
The Youth of the Cave went through excruciating trials before Allāh saved them from a nation that sought to persecute them only because they believed in Him. Attempts to document these are found here, here, and here. But… my question is, why did they have to go through such excruciating trials? Allāh ﷻ did save them, eventually; He put them to sleep for 300 years, plus nine, in an almost enclosed cave. No doubt it was a miracle of Allah that…
If we are to look into history we will learn that ʿĪsā ʿalayhis salām is perhaps the only man and Prophet to surpass everyone else in Birr bil Walidayn (excellence to parents). He did an unmatchable and unattainable act of Birr for his only parent: his mother. What was this act of Birr? He defended his mother against accusations of unchastity when he was but a newborn infant. This, by the permission of Allāh. [So she pointed to him. They…