"Self Appraisal"

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A little boy went to a telephone booth which was at the cash counter of a store

and dialled a number.

The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation:

Boy: "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?



Woman: (at the other end of the phone line) "I already have someone to

cut my lawn."

Boy: "Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price than the person who cuts

your lawn now."

Woman: I'm very satisfied with the person who is presently cutting my lawn.

Boy: (with more perseverance) "Lady, I'll even sweep the floor and the

stairs and house for free.

Woman: No, thank you.


With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver. The store-owner,

who was listening to all this, walked over to the boy.


Store Owner: "Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and

would like to offer you a job."

Boy: "No thanks,

Store Owner: But you were really pleading for one.

Boy: No Sir, I was just checking my performance at the job I already have.

I am the one who is working for that lady I was talking to!"


This is called "Self Appraisal"
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The Elegant Hijab

Posted in Labels: | at 11:10 AM
because without it, the seeds would scatter, dry up and die.



The orange keeps itself within its shiny orange Hijab

to protect its delicious fruit.

Otherwise it loses its taste too.



So are the banana, the coconut and the

pomegranate. Each one has an elegant and

unique Hijab, which protects it from disease

and destruction.



The jewel of the sea, the pearl, has been given a very

tough and rugged Hijab -oyster shell. It protects it from

sea animals and keeps it sparkling and shining inside.

However, the most beloved of Allah in all His

creation is the Muslim girl who wears the Hijab.


She knows it is a gift from Allah.

It protects her from harm, injury and mischief.

She wears it knowing it gives her dignity, beauty and respect.

So precious she can be that she hides herself beneath her Hijab.


Do you wear a Hijab? Give it a try today



"O Prophet! Say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the

faithful to draw their outergarments (jilbabs) close around themselves; that is

better that they will be recognized and not annoyed. And God is ever Forgiving,

Gentle."

(Al Quran Al-Ahzab:59)
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Attraction of Worldly Life

Posted in Labels: | at 11:10 AM
It is easy to be fooled in to thinking that happiness lies in wealth and successful education, employment and careers. Although none of these things should be overlooked and belittled altogether, we should question ourselves as to what lies in the heart and mind as opposed to the hand. There were sahabah رضى الله عنهم (companions) who were rich and wealthy – wealth was in their hands and at times it may have showed on their bodies (in their clothing) but their hearts and minds were totally free from that wealth. Their hearts and minds lingered not in the dunya (worldly life) but rested in the hereafter even though they were walking the earth. One example is Sayyiduna Khabbab ibn al-Arat رضى الله عنه who was a blacksmith and was brutally persecuted by the pagans in Makkah. He survived to see the wealth of the Persian and Roman civilisations opened up to the Muslims and had plenty of wealth but had no love for his wealth in his heart. In fact, Khabbab ibn al-Arat رضى الله عنه lamented his wealth and said ‘What are we doing with this wealth? We are depositing it in the dust of the earth (i.e. constructing walls and buildings)’. When Khabbab Ibn Al-Arat رضى الله عنه died at the age of 73 in Kufa, Ameer-ul-Mumineen Sayyiduna Ali رضى الله عنه prayed janazah over him and said ‘May Allah have mercy on Khabbab for he embraced  Islam willingly as a devotee, he did Hijrah with Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم as an obedient servant of Allah, and he lived his life as a Mujahid’.
Today we find even those who are poor, who have no wealth in their hands, but their hearts still lie in wealth and their minds are still devoted and attached to wealth and the glitter of the world. Thus, what is in the heart and mind is what really matters. Unfortunately, most Muslims are in that state where the dunya has caught them; its glitter has deceived them – the worldly life has attracted them in such a manner and in such a way that they have fallen for the promise of shaitaan, which is that success lies in the wealth of the dunya and related things and hence one should work only for the dunya and not the hereafter.
[This short excerpt is based on two separate talks delivered by Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq: ‘Lure of Shaitaan and the Promise of Allah’ and also Lesson 169, Book of Funerals (from the Abridged Saheeh al-Bukhari discourses) which was delivered on Friday 19th October 2007. For a more comprehensive understanding of this topic please refer to those lectures].
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