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Firmness of heart is needed for achievement, but a firm friend does not lack friends. Be a firm friend, that you may find friends innumerable; for without friends you will be left helpless. Generally the wolf seizes his prey at the moment when a year-old sheep has strayed alone from the flock.
Bismillah [IslamCity] MUSLIM WISDOM
Worship is like a work of art mastered only by the sincere, the learned scholars who practice what they know, who live and walk among people like everyone else, but in their hearts they seek freedom in the serenity of the wilderness. Because of this yearning they continue to grow until their spirits soar and become united with the numinous. About such God says, Indeed they are the finest of human beings, cherished by us.
Bismillah [IslamCity] MUSLIM WISDOM
*Children of Adam! * *Distribute your surplus wealth in the name of Allah; * *it will earn you more merit. Do not hold it back. * *You must not be remembered for miserliness, * *so begin with those closest to you.* *-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW),* **
Bismillah [IslamCity] MUSLIM WISDOM
*Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong). So every one of you who is present (at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting, but if any one is ill, or on a journey, the prescribed period (Should be made up) by days later. Allah intends every facility for you; He does not want to put to difficulties. (He wants you) to complete the prescribed period, and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and perchance ye shall be grateful. -Qur'an, Al-Baqara, 2:185* **
Bismillah [IslamCity] MUSLIM WISDOM
39:8 When some trouble touches man, he cries to his Lord, urning to Him in repentance: but when He bestows a favour upon him as from Himself, (man) forgets what he cried and prayed for before, and sets up partners to Allah, thus misleading others from Allah's Path. Say, Enjoy your blasphemy for a little while: verily you are (one) of the Companions of the Fire! 39:8