Alhamdulillah! :)

Human beings are really just "Souls (Arwaah)" housed in bodies. There is no Arab soul or Non-Arab Soul! There is no White Soul or Black Soul! There is no Pakistani Soul and Bengali Soul! There is no Somali Soul and Bantu African (Jareer) Soul! We are all just Souls returning to our Lord. If Muslims cannot overcome tribal and ethnic divisions, we will never be successful! (via- Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick)

One minute may change our lives to the best or worst!

When times are troubled and no one seems to care Just remember Allah won't hurt you, He is The Fair.

"Whoever travels a path in search of knowledge, Allah makes easy for him a path to Paradise."

Amazing Story of a Bird and A Scholar

Imām al-Dhahabī mentions the following story in his entry for Sufyān ath-Thawrī: ”ʻAlī b. ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz said, Arim narrated to us saying, I went to Abū Manṣūr to visit him, he said to me,

‘Sufyān resided in this house, and there was here a nightingale belonging to my son. He (Sufyān) said, ‘Why is this locked up (in a cage)? It should be freed.’ I said, ‘It belongs to my son, and he gives it to you as a gift.’ Sufyān said, ‘No, I will give him a dinar for it.’ He said, ‘He then took it and freed it, and it would go out and return in the evening, and would be at the far end of the house. When Sufyān died, it followed his funeral procession and was flying over his grave. After this on some nights it would go to his grave, and sometimes would spend the night there, and sometimes would return back home. They then found it dead by his grave and it was buried alongside Sufyān.”’

[al-Fawāʼid al-Gharrah, 3/281]

Let's get closer to Al Qur'an & let's get the younger ones closer to it too!

The following lovely incident was mentioned by a Shaikh from Toronto, Canada. The incident is about his 18 months old daughter.

The shaikh used to teach his young son Qur'an and ahadith daily. And Masha Allah, the little boy had already memorized Surah Fatiha and various other surahs.

One day, his youngest daughter who was only 18 months old was sitting beside them while they did the lesson. When the young boy recited the 5th verse of Surah Fatiha untill "Ihdina As Sirat...", the tiny girl suddenly said "Al Mustaqeem" and completed the verse.

Subhanallah! How blessed is this child whose first words were among the words of the Glorious Qur'an, which she learned because of her father's Qur'an lessons at home! Masha Allah!

So do let the younger ones at your place be near you when you read, recite or study the Qur'an. May Allah bless us & our families with the knowledge of His Glorious Words! Aameen!