"The Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم was asked which of the people are tried most severely, he didn’t say it was the oppressors, tyrants, Fussāq, sinners, or Kuffār. He said “The prophets.” He said, “The prophets and those who come next to them, then those next to them.” He صلى الله عليه وسلم made it clear that a man is afflicted and tried according to his Īmān. If his Īmān is firm, then the trials are more severe.

— Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril

"Lives of children, women & men may be lost. Towns may be leveled, but we are an Ummah that quickly recovers. We gather the pieces. We quickly catch our breath. We wipe away our sorrows. We heal the wounds. And we set out from where we stopped from. Raising the pure banner of Tawheed, moving forward, regaining our lands and our dignity and our pride."

— Ash-Shaykh Al-Imām Ahmad Mūsā Jibrīl حفظه الله تعالى

"No matter how strong your enemy is, no matter how much power they have, no matter how much they have under their control—if you stick steadfast to the formula that Allah gave you, your victory is one hundred percent eminent."

— Ash-Shaykh Al-Imām Ahmad Mūsā Jibrīl حفظه الله

Foreword by Shaykh Ahmad Jibrīl حفظه الله

"This humble effort is intended to clarify the general ruling on the issue of free-mixed, secular universities, with a more specific focus on the attendance of Muslim women. Additionally, it aims to respond to doubts brought forth by those in the Ummah who have been affected by the low standards and lifestyles of the disbelievers. We ask Allāh to make it beneficial for all who read it, and that it be sincerely for His sake." [Author's Introduction]

"I encourage all of our sisters, brothers, fathers, and mothers to read this book and share it with their respective families… It leaves no room for the feminists and modernists alike to bring forth their futile and flimsy arguments…"

— Ash-Shaykh Ahmad Mūsā Jibrīl حفظه الله [Foreword]

🔗📕 PDF Link: https://archive.org/details/muslim-women-university-education

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Following The Kuffar

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “You will most certainly follow the ways of those who came before you, arm’s length by arm’s length, forearm’s length by forearm’s length, hand span by hand span, until even if they entered the den of a lizard you will enter it too.”

They said: “O Messenger of Allah, (do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?” He said: “Who else?”

[Sunan Ibn Majah 3994]

Look at the state of the Muslims today, SubhanAllah. How rare it is to find a Muslim that does not follow each footstep/popular trend of the Kuffar.

لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله

One of the greatest blessings: to witness “partners in crime” evolve into “partners in Khayr” (إن شاء الله).

The sibling bond is unmatched in its uniqueness. After (and even during) all the squabbles and fights, in the deep depths of the night, it’s always:

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلأَخِي وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِي رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

"My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the most merciful of the merciful." [7:151]

They used to tell us: when nobody is there for you in life, you will turn around and see your siblings standing behind you. And by Allāh, we only ever found that to be true.

[Allāh] said, "We will strengthen your arm through your brother…” [28:35]

May those who we shared a womb with share with us in the delights of Paradise. May Allāh سبحانه وتعالى have mercy on our parents, for after Islām and Tawheed, the best gift they gave us was each other, and of the most precious lessons they taught us, was the value of such bonds.

They say “blood is thicker than water”. We say لا إله الا الله is thicker than both. But what a Ni’mah when you get two in one!

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Working For the Hereafter

"Woe to you; death is like clouds, and grey hair is its raindrops. Whoever reaches the age of seventy would complain of pain even without reason, and so the sensible person is he who wakes up in fear, because he realizes the nearness of death. O you, this life is behind you, and ahead of you is the hereafter; and to seek what is behind is a retreat and a defeat, whereas victory lies in advancing forward with strong will. The flood of death has arrived so embark for safety onto the ships of righteousness and do not accompany the "Kan'an"¹ of hope. Woe to you, pay heed and start benefitting yourself from your lifespan, for how long is an earthly creature to live in confusion?"

— Imām Ibn al-Jawzi (رحمه لله) __________________

¹ The son of Prophet Nuh (عليه السلام) who drowned in the flood as he hoped to survive if he just get on top of a mountain.

Be Dutiful To Your Parents

We're so occupied with growing up that we often forget our parents are growing old. We're busy choosing what colleges to go to, studying for exams, and applying for jobs, but we don't notice our parents just want us to sit down and talk to them. We forget to lower the wing of humility over them as they did to us when we were children.

How many sleepless nights our beloved parents endured for our sake yet we fail to do a simple task for them on command? There will be many painful days where we'll regret not obeying them while they were alive, and it'll eat the insides of us day and night. Respect your parents, help your mother, talk to your father, and convey your love to them because a time will come where it will feel like you didn't do enough.

May Allah forgive us for our shortcomings and grant our parents long, healthy, and happy lives full of good deeds.

“And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honor. And lower unto them the wing of submission and humility through mercy, and say: ‘My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was young." [Al-Isra 17:23-24]

The Muslim with No Da'wah

"There is a difference between a real flower that gives us a scent and a plastic flower that looks good but only carries the name flower. There is a difference between the two. The real flower, you put it in your house, it has a nice scent, it looks better. But you also got a plastic flower, it looks very good, but there is a huge difference between the plastic and the real flower.

The Muslim with no Da'wah, the Muslim who does not ordain the good and forbid the evil, is like that plastic flower. Looks good, he is still Muslim, we are not saying he is not Muslim, looks good too because a Muslim is always good Insha'Allah. However, he is like that plastic flower. The one who ordains the good and forbids the evil and does Da'wah like those we mentioned, the task of the Messenger, the task of the Sahaabah, the task of the Jinn and even the task of some of the animals. The one who does Da'wah is like a real flower that has a scent and it is more delightful to look at and it is more preferred to have in your house than a plastic flower."

— Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril (حفظه الله)

Weep My Son

Ibn Mubarak narrates from Wuhaib bin Al-Ward that Zakariya could not find his son Yahya for three days, so he went into the desert looking for him. He found him in a grave he dug for himself, and stayed in it weeping for himself.

Zakariya said: "O my son! I have been looking for you for the last three days, and here you are in a grave you dug for yourself, and weeping in it?"

Yahya replied: "O father! Did you not yourself tell me that between Jannah and Hell there is only one crossing which cannot be crossed except by the tears of weepers?"

Zakariya said, then, "Weep my son," and they both cried together.

You Follow Your Religion, I Follow Mine.

Just when you start to forget and feel a little better, something always sparks back that deep sadness. It's so painful. WAllah it's so painful to see someone you've spent so much of your life with, completely off the path and turn into everyone else. And they know they're doing wrong, but they still do it. The pain and sadness is something that can't even be described, seeing someone you loved for the sake of Allah doing something COMPLETELY against what Allah said hurts. It hurts so much.  It's a lesson for me and for everyone else to make duaa to Allah that YOU don't fall off the path. That Allah keeps YOU firm. That He سبحانه و تعالى – not even for a second – makes you doubt your deen. Seeing people that have had full fledged proof right in front of their very eyes, have read Qur'an ayats THEMSELVES and they still went completely opposite, shows that they didn't deserve guidance. We might think "why?" but Allah knew what their hearts concealed. “To you is your religion, and to me is my religion!” [Al-Kafirun 109:6] — Rectifying Souls 

Liven Your Heart

Liven your heart in longing to Allah by regretting the past that went either in vain, the past that went with no worship, and the past that went with some sins.

Regret it enough to ignites repentance which entails yearning to worship Allah. After you remember and regret and repent, put a period on your past and start a new sentence.

Flip the page and start on a new page, now your aim is to catch up and be better than ever, and better than anyone else.

— Shaykh Ahmad Jibril  (حفظه الله)

❝Ramadan dusts your heart off, it repatches your cloths, it revives your Imaan and it ignites it for a take off.❞

Shaykh Ahmad Jibril  (حفظه الله)

How to Ignite Your Love and Yearning to Allah

Liven your heart in longing to Allah by regretting the past that went either in vain, the past that went with no worship, and the past that went with some sins. Regret it enough to ignites repentance which entails yearning to worship Allah. After you remember and regret and repent, put a period on your past and start a new sentence. Flip the page and start on a new page, now your aim is to catch up and be better than ever, and better than anyone else.

— Shaykh Ahmad Jibril  (حفظه الله)

Ramadan dusts your heart off, it repatches your cloths, it revives your Imaan and it ignites it for a take off.

You start off this Imaanic therapy by directing your inclination and fighting your desires, shackling your inclination like the shaytaan was shackled.

— Shaykh Ahmad Jibril  (حفظه الله)

#Ramadan

Ramadan Mubarak!

May Allah bless your Ramadan and honor you. May Allah allow us to leave with high Imaan and our necks free from hell fire.

Allahumma Ameen!

All My Friends Left Me

I am forever alone in this world, and

Although all my friends have left me,

I feel content knowing I was never in the wrong,

I am considered weird amongst mankind,

It is because of this Deen that I follow?

Or perhaps the way I've treated you?

Do you wish to find someone who is better than me?

Or do you yearn for a life full of sins?

Forever I'll remain in alienation, and

If that is what's destined to happen, 

Then, Alhamdullillah, I am content,

My Lord saved me from bad company,

So why should I cry and grieve over a blessing?