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Ibrāhim an-Nakha‘ī (رحمه الله):

“People are destroyed because of two traits: Excessive money and excessive speech”

[Kitāb al-Ṣamt 103]

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Sometimes a lot of people go to extremes or fall off of deen completely because they try to change their natural personality and natural being, thinking that it is part of religiosity to eradicate it rather than refine it and be who you are.

I think one of the main factors that affects converts (and others as well) is the difficulty of finding that way to adhere to deen in a way that compliments their personality.

No two people are the same. We even see that amongst the Sahabah, they were various types of personalities, and all of them were followers of the Prophet (saw) while maintaining their personalities and who they were as individuals. For example, Umar (RA) was naturally serious before Islam and he remained that way after. Abu Bakr (RA) was passive and gentle before Islam and remained that way afterwords…

We had: Sahabah who liked doing business Sahabah who renounced the world Sahabah who liked wearing nice clothes Sahabah who were serious Sahabah who were light-hearted Sahabah who liked travel Sahabah who liked remaining in Medina and the list goes on….

Islam didn’t come to strip away your personality, it came to give you guidelines on how to live within the boundaries of Allah so that you can make it to Paradise in the end!

Learn how to be you within Islam and don’t get the two confused. From amongst the greatest challenges of these days is identity crisis and lack of confidence with one’s personality. You’d be surprised on just how much these two factors cripple a person’s religion.

-Ustadh Abdus Shakur.

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The more I open up the more I realise my mistake.

And I've recently realised happily that a loner is forever loner however the crowd. And this is not melancholy, this is contentment.

#:/

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Jennifer S. Cheng, So We Must Meet Apart; “August 24, 2018”

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Photography:  An image published in the “New York Times” (March 28, 1975): ”A Saudi Arabian engineering student at The University of Oklahoma praying.” Photography by Loren Kruse

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Never forget how far you’ve come. Everything you have gotten through. All the times you have pushed on even when you felt you couldn’t. All the mornings you got out of bed no matter how hard it was. All the times you wanted to give up but you got through another day. Never forget how much strength you have learned and developed along the way.

Unknown (via thoughtkick)

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Not a single word is uttered by the Son of Adam, except that it’s recorded. Even his groans when he’s sick.

Tawus ibn Kaysan - Sifat as-Safwah (v. 2, p. 289)

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I will miss these kind of moments when it comes to an end.. 4am studying vibes never come to an end for me. I’ve found much solace in these hours with Allah over the years.

Ya Allah, extend these days and do not let them end for me. I can’t explain how sad I get when I think about my studies coming to an end. May the light of knowledge stay with me for as long as I live.

#every step along the way has its own blessings #i just hope im picking right

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the world is filled with nice people, if you cant find one be one.

#reminder

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What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?

Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (via thoughtkick)

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The sun watches what I do. But the moon knows all my secrets.

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Corvids have a basic grasp of the theory of mind - the ones who hide their food will remember who saw them bury it, and will come back to stash it elsewhere when they know they’re no longer watched. They are vaguely aware that others are also capable of thinking and planning, and anticipate that another bird would seize the treasure later, if ever given the opportunity.

Many corvids also mate for life. They have foods they prefer more than others, and it has been discovered that they can also know and remember their partner’s favourites, and bring those treats to each other, even if they personally don’t care for this food source.

Is that love? A crow cannot be forced to do something it does not want to do, they do as they please and it pleases them to bring gifts to their partners. What is love but joy that stems from the joy of another?

Do they know what love is? A jackdaw knows that another jackdaw it can see has seen it in return - do they know that a spouse that brings them treats does it as a treat to themselves as well?

Do these birds know what love is? Do they know that they love, and are loved in return?

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— Virginia Woolf, a diary entry