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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“The one whose soul craves disobedience but he leaves it for Allah, those are the ones who Allah tested their hearts with piety and for them is forgiveness and a tremendous reward.”
[al-Fawa'id | 125]
Islamic reminders...
appreciate things more. small things like the view from your window, a knitted scarf, your favourite library, a home-cooked meal. appreciate the good memories, the words in your diary, people who stuck with you through thick and thin. spend less time yearning and more time appreciating everything you have with your entire heart.
A worshipper was once asked: “You should be easy on yourself [i.e. do not exhaust yourself with acts of worship].
He replied: “Indeed, I exhaust myself in worship because easiness is what I am looking for.”
book: Awaking from the Sleep of Heedlessness by Imām Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله pg. 45
“Frequently send salutations to me on Friday during the day and night. Whoever sends one salutation to me, Allaah will send ten to him.”
— The Prophetﷺ| As-Sahihah #1407
I used to really struggle with the concept of beautiful patience. How is patience beautiful? What was the secret? I have had the same thoughts about this verse for years and every time I would read Surah Yusuf in a hardship I would ask myself the same question.
It did not click until this Ramadan.
Beautiful patience is to embrace the waiting because you know what follows is surely a great relief. That is the only way to bear patience upon something that doesn’t make sense or a hardship that shakes you to your core. It is to remember Who put this in your path. When you know who Allah is, when you internalize His attributes, when you are upon absolute certainty that He is with you. That He is the Most Merciful and not a single thing happens to you without being full of His mercy. That everything that happens to you is full of khayr because He will never hurt a believer. That He is the Most Powerful and the One who opens the most tightly shut doors. That all of this could change at any moment. That He has complete control over your affairs and complete knowledge, so He is protecting you from something and when the time is right, this hardship will certainly pass. That He is the Most Generous, so *never* will you sincerely ask Him for something and beg him, clinging to His mercy and refusing to give up your duaa, except that He will respond with *more* than what you asked Him for. Wallahi not a single time will Allah not give you even more than you asked Him for if you internalize all of this. Only then— does patience become beautiful. Because you know what is coming will make you forget all the pain that has passed. That He is preparing you for something great. That He is shaping you into someone great. That His love can be found in every little detail and it will all make sense one day, no matter how long it takes.
Endure with beautiful patience, my friends. How can we know who Allah is and expect anything but the absolute best from Him? No— Allah is unlike anyone and anything. Even what you imagine to be the best case scenario will fall short of what He actually gives you. Do not doubt that for a moment. He is Allah. He is beautiful in all that He does 🩵
If you send one Salaah upon the Prophet,
And the more you send Salaah upon him, the closer you will be to him in rank and you will be on the path to Paradise. So increase in sending Salaah upon him صلى الله عليه وسلم, more so on the day of Jumu'ah.
— Shaykh Sulayman al Ruhaylee
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said: “The Qur’an revives the heart the way water gives life to the Earth.”
[مفتاح دار السعادة - ٢٥٠]
My lord is enough.
Sahih Al Bukhari 1894
Some of the righteous women who used to pray a lot of night prayer said:
“Indeed, it (the night prayer) beautifies the face.
And I do prefer for my face to be more beautiful.”
«إنها تحسن الوجه وأنا أحب أن يحسن وجهي»
If Allāh knows there is anything good in your hearts,
He will give you better than that which has been taken away from you,
And He will forgive you. And Allāh is Forgiving, Merciful.
— Surah Al-Anfal [8:70]
May Allah subhana wa ta'ala heal you in a way that leaves no trace, and if He has decided with His wisdom that you must endure the tests, may He grant you the strength, patience and wisdom to face the tests in such a way that it only will bring you closer to Him, and it will enable you to taste a bliss that you have never experienced before and that it may be your sabab to enter Al-firdaws, Allahumma Aameen.
Allahumma Ameen , beautiful Dua 🩷
