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A Handsome Reward for a Kind Gesture

Abu Umar Damishqi Rahmatullah alayh relates: “We were a party of traveller’s going on a journey to Makkah Mukarramah in company with Sheikh Abu Abdullah bin Jalaa Rahmatullah alayh. We had been travelling for many days, without having any food, when we came upon a nomadic (a person who moves …

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Aspiring to be the Friend of Allah Ta’alaa

Once, Ibrahim bin Adhem Rahmatullah alayh asked a certain person, “Don’t you aspire to be a friend of Allah?” The man replied,”Certainly,” and the Sheikh said to him, “Turn your thoughts away from all things, worldly or other-worldly, and devote your whole hearted attention to Him, to the exclusion of …

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GIVING FLOWERS TO THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED

Q: When visiting the sick, is it permissible to give them flowers, or is this regarded as emulation of the kuffaar? A: It is not from among the teachings of Islam. It is something alien to Islam. And Allah Ta’ala knows best. وَلَا تَرۡکَنُوۡۤا اِلَی الَّذِیۡنَ ظَلَمُوۡا فَتَمَسَّکُمُ النَّارُ ۙ وَمَا لَکُمۡ …

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