My Dad’s Words of Wisdom:

dysfunctionalmoment:

3 things that will grant you good deeds by just looking at them:

The Quran, The Ka’ba, and the Face of your parents.

4 things that make your soul happy by just looking at them:

Landscapes, Fruit, Moving Water, and the Face of a loved one

4 things that will put you down physically:

Stress, Sadness, Hunger, and Staying up late.

4 things that will hurt your sight:

Walking barefoot, Sleeping and waking up next to a hated face, Excess crying, and Reading small print.

4 things that make your body stronger:

Soft clothes, Warm showers, Sweet food, and Sweet smells.

4 things that decreases a persons ability to make others feel comfortable around him:

Lying, Audacity, Ignorant questions, and Obscenity.

4 things that make a person loathed:

Pride, Envy, Lies, and Gossip

4 things that bring riches:

Praying in the middle of the night, Asking for God’s forgivness at dawn, Giving money to the poor, and mentioning God at Dawn and at Night

4 things that decline you from riches:

Sleeping at dawn, Lacking prayer, Laziness, and Betrayal.

3 things that will make sickness your cause of death:

Eating when full, Eating something that’s hard on your teeth because it will be hard on your stomach, and Keeping in food that makes you feel pain

And finally, 3 things that make your body weak:

Excess talking, Excess sleep, and Excess food.

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Our Speaker Lineup is pretty much solid, alhamdulilah! SAVE THE DATE

created-fromclay:

I have to admit, it looks pretty insane mashAllah. :)

MSA West, February 15th-17th. Mark your calendars, y’all. Its going down. 

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afghangster:

The US Presidential Election and Islam: 

In case you live under a rock and didn’t know, the Presidential Election is taking place tomorrow here in the US. You hear a lot of Muslims saying that voting goes against Islam. Now, everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions, but according to many scholars, voting is encouraged. A lot of scholars around the world have issued statements promoting voting and being politically active. Below you’ll find some of these statements. Whether you’re Muslim or not, this might be of interest to you. 

“As Muslims, we have the duty to command good and forbid evil. When we translate this into political action, we are to support those candidates who uphold the values or principles we cherish; so if we find a candidate who upholds the values or principles that we cherish, then we are to support him, if, however, we do not find such a candidate but we are left with two and each of them has positive and negative sides, then we should support the one whose positive side outweighs the negative.”

Shaykh Ahmad Kutty, Islamic Institute of Toronto; Islamic Center of Canada

“For their protection and for their identity to be preserved it is vital that Muslims participate in the political process of the society that they are living in.”

Shaykh Aurangzeb Khan, Imam of Dar-us-Salaam, Nottingham, UK

“I hold the opinion that it is lawful to participate in elections, as this may reduce suffering, and it is a way to choose the better among the available candidates. I believe participating in elections will, in any event, contribute to the reduction of evil and be a forum for countering bad policies and exposing their deficiencies, as well as being an opportunity to present proposals of a different kind that may help people.”

Shaykh Salman Al Awdah, Imam Bin Saud Islamic University

Hope this was beneficial!

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The Advice That Changed My Life - Nadir Keval

nadirkeval:

Last night, I was almost brought to tears from a discussion I had with a brother of mine about the matters of Deen, the example of the Prophet (SAW), and how important it is for us to remember Allah and His Messenger (SAW) in everything we do. He said one thing that broke it all down for me, and this is the advice that changed my life completely, Alhamdulillah.

Read the whole article: The Advice That Changed My Life - Nadir Keval