The Qur`ān guides you to your ailments and their remedy. The ailments are your sins and the remedy is Istighfār. Qatādah, in: شعب الإيمان للبيهقي ٤٧-٦٦٤٥…
[The people of Lūṭ denied the warnings. Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lūṭ – We saved them before dawn] Qamar:33-34 The family of Lūṭ ‘alayhis salām were put through one of the most difficult tests a Muslim can through. They fought to hold on to the moral fabric of their society, as it was put through a shredder. All the while maintaining their īmān. Talk about a test. If that was…
[The hypocrites will call to the believers, “Were we not with you?” They will say, “Yes! But you led yourselves into temptations…] Ḥadīd:14 Intentionally creating situations of fitna is a trait of the hypocrites, something that will distinguish the hypocrites from the believers on the DOJ. Whether it is in ‘real life’ or online, why would you open doors to create further instability for that piece of flesh in your chest that was never stable to begin with?…
The topic of companionship is one of the many topics discussed in surah al Kahaf. The first case is of the Youth of the Cave. Their story tells us how a group of friends consoled and supported each other during a turbulent phase that tested their īmān. The second is of two companions. One who Allah had blessed with wordly pleasures: two great gardens with rivers, luscious greenery, the works. The other companion, not so much. In the verses of…