Jump in

Love is the water of life,
jump into this water.

Rumi

Balm

This world is in deep trouble, from top to bottom.
But it can be swiftly healed by the balm of love.

Rumi

Do not look at him as a sinner

“If one night you see someone committing a sin,

tomorrow do not look at him as a sinner,

he may have repented during the night and you did not know.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib (radiallahu anhu)

Sweetness

Find the sweetness in your own heart.
that you may find the sweetness in every Heart.

~ Rumi

…Seek the face of Allah thereby

“Let not the people come to know except of your happiness, and let them not see except your smile. If life becomes constricted upon you, then within the Qur’an is your orchard. If you feel curtailed and restricted, then to the heavens raise your call. And if they ask you of your affairs, then praise Allah and smile.

If you see an ant on the path, then do not crush it, and seek the Face of Allah thereby, so that He will have mercy on you like you had mercy on it, and remember that it glorifies Allah, so do not halt this glorification by killing it.

And if you pass by a bird drinking from the blessing of water, then do not pass close to it in case you startle it, and seek the Face of Allah thereby, so that He grants you safety on the Day when hearts shall reach the throat.

And if you come across a cat in the middle of the road, then avoid hitting it, and seek the Face of Allah thereby, so that He protects you from an evil death.

And if you want to throw out food, then make it your intention that animals can eat from it and seek the Face of Allah thereby, so that He provides you from whence you do not expect.

Do good, no matter how small it seems to you, because you do not know which good deed will enter you into Paradise.

And if you wish to spread this, then intend good, so that Allah may relieve you of a trial from the trials of this world and the Hereafter.”

– Shaykh Abu Ishaq al-Huwayni

Gratitude

Wear gratitude like a cloak
and it will feed
every corner of your life.

~Rumi

“The intelligent and refined find no rest in dwelling in one place,

So leave your homeland and travel far away!

Travel and you will meet new people replacing those left behind,

And tire yourself out, because it makes life worth living!

I have seen that water stagnates when it stands still,

Yet when it runs it is sweet and pure.

And if the lion left not its land,

it would not catch its prey

And if the arrow left not the bow,

it would not hit its aim

And if the sun moved not across the horizon,

People the world over would have tired of the sky.”

– Imam Shafi

Eid is for the one whose sins are forgiven

“Eid is not for the one who wears new clothes.

Eid is for the one whose obedience rises.

Eid is not for the one with beautiful clothes and fine means of transport,

Eid is for the one whose sins are forgiven.”

Ibn Rajab rahimahullaah

[al-Lata’if, p. 371].