Elhaam Magazine

Regret for having pardoned someone is better and easier to bear than regret for having punished them.

Through trials one attains Paradise.

I saw my father in a dream, saying, ‘Son, whenever you are in hardship, say abundantly, ‘O Kind! O Merciful!’ (Ya ra’ufu Ya rahim) Indeed, what you see in a dream is the same as what you see when you are awake.

The open-handed cannot be considered open-handed unless he has three [attributes]: he is generous with his wealth both in times of ease as well as hardship, bestows it on the deserving, and finds the gratitude of the one he gave to greater than what he gave him.

O people who are not neglected [by Allah] and yet who neglect that which will be taken to account from them - how is it that I see you moving away from Allah and longing for others?!

It is not part of the moral virtues of a believer that he should flatter or be jealous except in the quest for knowledge.

Verily Allah is all-pardoning and loves pardon.

Would you all love to enter Paradise?’ They replied, ‘Yes, O Prophet of Allah.’ He said, ‘Shorten your expectations, fix your eyes on death, and feel ashamed in front of Allah to the extent one ought to.’

Every single ordeal contains a favor from Allah that encompasses it.

Open-handedness is of the nobility of [man’s] nature.

Allah has prohibited Heaven to those who use obscenity, vulgarity, lack shame, and are not concerned about what is said or not said to them.

It is incumbent upon you to obey the One whom you hold no excuse to remain ignorant of.

He who traverses a path in order to gain knowledge thereupon, Allah makes him traverse the path to Paradise.

Excuse the lapses of those who make mistakes frequently and Allah will protect you against misfortunes.

There are three things which if a person performs even one, Allah will make Paradise incumbent upon him: to give charity when one is needy oneself, cheerfulness with the whole world, and being just in spite of one’s self.

When Allah wants good for a people, he tries them.

Verily what is with Allah can only ever be attained through His obedience.