Once more, I am forwarded what appears to be a fabricated quote of dubious origin. Once more, I must remind the sender that we’re still required to fact-check. Yes, even if it was forwarded to us by a trusted friend about an enemy despised. Once more, I must reaffirm that we’re called to speak truth …
All religions have been shaped, impacted, and diverted by political machinations throughout their history. Mine. Yours. Their’s. The task of the sincere believer is to try to grasp hold of the core. To try, if possible, to stand firm and not be swayed by those that call to injustice. A difficult task by all accounts.
“What right have you to speak of Christianity?” As much right as the marching hoodlums pretending to be viceroys of Christ. Unlike them, I was raised in a religious home, imbibed with the Christian faith, taught to love others as ourselves. We went to church every Sunday. In infancy, we attended Sunday School. In adolescence, a …
A reminder for ourselves first and foremost. “It was by the mercy of God that you were gentle with them. Had you been harsh or hard-hearted, they would have dispersed from around you. So, pardon them, and ask forgiveness for them and consult them about matters of importance.” Quran 3:159 May we follow the best …
Every now and then, I am jerked back to reality. Recalling all that really happened, I suddenly interrogate myself: “Why do you pray for those who would have caused you such harm?” But then I remember that saying attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib: “Hate no one, no matter how much they’ve wronged you.” Long …
It’s a blessing to find a teacher who keeps things real. Attach yourself to those who are fair and just, who refuse to justify the unjustifiable or make excuses for what should be condemned. If you can’t find such a teacher, hold to that for yourself. Inshallah, in time, God will send you the companions …
Although I go for a walk weekly with a chap who is quite religious, I’ve noticed that when the topic turns to religion or politics with other guests, I usually take that as my cue to get up to do the washing up.
The nature of this life is that it’s a testing realm. There’s no escaping this. Everyone will be tested. People say to me that they intend to migrate in order to escape the perceived trials of raising children in Britain. What do they think they will find in their new home? Some kind of utopia, …
Victory of the unproud. English from 5 min mark.
“What about the terrible way Muslims behave?” You’re not responsible for how others behave. You’re only responsible for yourself. Perhaps the way others behave will be a test for you. Perhaps it will separate the wheat from the chaff, the true gold from false. My wife belongs to an ethnic group, which, at the collapse …
Let the raucous callers reflect on surah Luqman. What advice did Luqman give his son?
The servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk humbly on the earth, who, when the foolish address them, reply, ‘Peace!’ Quran 25:63
