Aspiring

“Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone’s heart.”

“When you look upon another human being and feel great love toward them, or when you contemplate beauty in nature and something within you responds deeply to it, close your eyes for a moment and feel the essence of that love or that beauty within you, inseparable from who you are, your true nature. The outer form is a temporary reflection of what you are within, in your essence. That is why love and beauty can never leave you, although all outer forms will.”

Next time you pray, slow down your recitation and take your time in ruku’ and sujood; you’ll see how much khushoo you have in that salah.

Advice to my brothers and sisters; when something (small) happens to you, like you lost something, or you’re panicking looking for a solution. Always make istighfaar. Ask Allah for forgiveness. It may be that Allah puts you through something like that due to your sins and shortcomings. But when you seek forgiveness, it may be that He removes this test from you. It has happened to me many times, that I’d lose my keys, I’d be locked up somewhere, I’d be lost in some place unknown, I’d make istighfaar and Allah would immediately alleviate this test from me and solve it for me. Alhamdulillaah.

Mu'adh Ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه advised

A mistake repeated twice is a decision