I Praise Him

“If I am afflicted with a calamity, I praise Allâh for it four times:
I praise Him because it wasn’t worse than it was,
I praise Him when He gives me the patience to bear it,
I praise Him for enabling me to say al-istirjâ’ (‘To Allâh we belong and to him we will return’; see Al-Baqarah: 154-156 ) in hope of a great reward,
and I praise Him for not making it a calamity in my religion.”- Shurayh

How Useful is Your Knowledge?

"Useful knowledge is that which makes you grow in the fear of Allah,increases you in awareness of your defects, deepens your knowledge of the worship of your Lord Most High, decreases your desire for this world and increases your desire for the life to come, and opens youreyes to the defects of your actions so that you guard against them."-Imam Ghazali

Forgive Him

“If someone comes to you complaining about another person, tell him: ‘My brother, forgive him, for forgiveness is close to piety.’If he says: ‘But my heart cannot bear that. I would rather take revenge as Allah has commanded me.’Tell him: ‘If you are able to take revenge in the best manner, you can proceed to do so; but if you are not, resort to forgiveness, for its gate is wide. He who forgives and amends, his reward is with Allah. The one who forgives passes his night in his bed happily and contentedly but the one who takes revenge always ponders on these things. This is because; magnanimity lies in forgiving one’s brethren.”-Al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyaad

The Doors of Success

“The doors of success have been closed upon the creation because of six things:

Their busying themselves with the blessings of Allah instead of thanking Allah for them,

their desire for knowledge while they abandon actions,

the hastiness to sin and delaying repentance,

the deception of having righteous companions and not taking them as examples,

the turning away of the dunya from them while they chase it,

and the approach of the afterlife towards them while they turn away from it.”- al-Fawaa’id by Ibn al Qayyim

White Days

I want to remind myself and all of you to fast the three white days. It is a SUNNAH and rewarded as fasting the whole life as mentioned in Hadith Sahih.

The 3 white days are the 13, 14, and 15 of each hijri islamic (lunar) month.

These days are called three white days (ayyam beed) because the full moon shines at their nights.
Scholars explained how fasting these days is as if fasting the whole life by saying that,
The good deed (hassanat) is rewarded 10 times its value
So if any one fasts those 3 days then it will be as fasting (3*10 = 30 days = 1 month), and if he keep doing that every month it will be as fasting the whole life.

- Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “My close friend [i.e., the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)] advised me to do three things which I will never give up until I die: fasting three days each month, praying Duha, and sleeping after praying Witr.” (al-Bukhaari, 1178; Muslim, 721).

- Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “My close friend [i.e., the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)] advised me to do three things which I will never give up until I die: fasting three days each month, praying Duha, and sleeping after praying Witr.” (al-Bukhaari, 1178; Muslim, 721).

“Whoever fasts a day seeking the pleasure of Allaah and then dies [i.e. that is the last thing he does] will enter Paradise.” (Reported by Ahmad, 5/391; see also Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/412)
“The prayer (du’aa’) of the fasting person will not be refused.” (Reported by al-Bayhaqi, 3/345; see also al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 1797)[/b]

Most Importanat Tool

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life,” he said. “Because almost everything _ all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure _ these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important "- steve Jobs

Trials Are a Medicine

“Were it not that Allah treats His slaves with the remedy of trials and calamities, they would transgress and overstep the mark. When Allah wills good for His slaves, He gives him the medicine of calamities and trials according to his situation, so as to cure him from all fatal illnesses and diseases, until He purifies and cleanses him, and then makes him qualified for the most honorable position in this world, which is that of being a true slave of Allah (‘ubudiyyah), and for the greatest reward in the Hereafter, which is that of seeing Him and being close to Him.- Ibn Qayyim al Jawzziyah