“And from the people is he who worships Allah as if he were on an edge. If good befalls him, he is content with it. And if a trial befalls him, he turns back on his face. He loses both this world and the Hereafter. That is the clear loss.” …

In ‘Hilyat al-Awliya” (10/287), it’s related that al-Junayd said: “A person is not to be blamed for his nature. Rather, he is to be blamed if he acts according to his nature.” This is a very deep statement. A person should not bring his status as an imperfect human being …

Whenever we think of charity or sadaqa, we always think of it in monetary terms. But as my parents reminded us a couple of days back, that there’s a different type of sadaqa which we can all do, even if we’re broke: Physical Sadaqa! Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari narrated that the …