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Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh!

“A BELIEVER CAN NEVER BE A LIAR”

Once there lived a selfish man. He loved only to own but disliked to share.

One day, the man lost thirty gold coins. He visited his friend's house and narrated how he lost his gold coins. His friend was a kind man.

The friend's daughter while coming from an errand found thirty gold coins and accordingly informed the father. The girl's father told her that the gold coins belong to his friend and he sent for him. Upon arrival of protagonist (the selfish man), he reported how his daughter had found his thirty gold coins and duly handed them over.

Greed overrode the man’s honesty. After counting the coins, he claimed that ten of them were missing and accused the honest girl for stealing them. He further stated that he will recover the remaining from the girl’s father. But the father refused.

The man left with the gold coins and went to the court and revealed the matter before the judge. The judge sent for the girl and her father, and when they arrived questioned the girl how many gold coins she found. Thirty! Replied the girl.

The Judge then queried the greedy man, how many gold coins he lost? Forty replied the dishonest.

The judge proclaimed that the gold coins do not belong to him since the girl found only thirty rather than forty. The judge decreed the 30 gold coins to remain under the custody of girl until someone comes looking for it. Further the judge addressing the greedy said that if anyone reports finding of forty gold coins, he will send for him. At this point, the cheat confessed to lying but alas! His plea was ignored.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “A believer might commit every sin except betrayal and lying .” (Ahmed with narrators of Bukhari)

The prophet (peace be upon him) was asked, “Can a believer be a coward?”
He replied, “Yes”
He was then asked, “Can a believer be miserly?”
He replied, “Yes”
He was then asked, “Can a believer be a liar?”
“NO” he replied. (Mursal hadith from Muwatta)

Abdullah bin Amir ® said, “My mother once called me while the Messenger of ALLAH (peace be upon him)  was sitting in our house. She said, come here and I will give you something.
The Messenger of ALLAH (peace be upon him) said to her, ‘what do you want to give him?’
She said, ‘I will give him some dates.’
He said to her, ‘If you were to fail to give anything to him, one act of lying would have been recorded against you.’ [Abu Dawud]

He whom death overtakes while he is engaged in acquiring knowledge with a view to reviving Islam with the help of it, there will be one degree between him and the Prophets in Paradise.’

< Al-Tirmidhi Hadith # 249; Narrated: Al-Hasan Al-Basri ® >

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Just for Laughs. A little on the lighter side
 

                                                                                                  Ad in Hospital Waiting Room: 
                                                                             Smoking Helps You Lose Weight ... One Lung at a Time!

On a bulletin board: 
Success Is Relative. The more The Success, The more The Relatives. 

When I Read About The Evils Of Drinking...
I Gave Up Reading

My Grandfather Is Eighty and Still Doesn't Need Glasses....
He Drinks Straight Out Of The Bottle.

You Know Your kids Have Grown Up When:
Your Daughter Begins To Put On Lipstick.. 
Or when your Son starts to wipe It Off

Sign in A Bar:
'Those of You Who Are Drinking To Forget, Please do Pay In Advance.'

Sign In Driving School:
If Your Wife Wants To Learn To Drive, Don't Stand In Her Way....

Behind Every Great Man,
There Is A Surprised Woman.

The Reason Men Lie Is Because
Women Ask too Many Questions..

Getting Caught 
Is The Mother Of Invention.

Laugh And The World Laughs With You,
Snore And You sleep Alone

The Surest Sign That Intelligent Life Exists Elsewhere In The Universe 
Is The Fact That It Has Never Tried To Contact Us.

Sign At A Barber's Saloon In Detroit :
We Need Your Heads To Run Our Business..

Sign In A Restaurant: 
All Drinking Water In This Establishment Has Been Personally Passed By The Manager. 

With warm regards and best wishes

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Abû Bakr Al-Siddîq -to ‘Umar (ra) on his Deathbed- When Abû Bakr Al-Siddîq was on his deathbed he called ‘Umar â€" [Allah be pleased with them] â€" and said:- Fear Allah o ‘Umar, and know that Allah has deeds to be done for Him in the day which He will not accept if done at night..... and He has deeds to be done for Him at night which He will not accept if done during the day. He will not accept extra (nâfilah) deeds unless you fulfill the obligatory deeds.  The scales of those whose scales will be weighty on the Day of Resurrection will only be weighty because they followed the truth in this life and it was weighty to them. And scales in which the truth will be placed tomorrow truly deserve to be heavy. And the scales of those whose scales will be light on the Day of Resurrection will only be light because they followed falsehood in this life and it was a light matter to them. And scales in which falsehood will be placed tomorrow truly deserve to be light. Allah the Exalted has mentioned the people of Paradise and mentioned them in the context of their best deeds, and overlooked their evil deeds, so when I remember them I say to myself:- I fear that I will not be included with them. And Allah the Exalted has mentioned the people of Hell and mentioned them in the context of their worst deeds and rejected their best deeds, so when I remember them I say:-  I hope I won’t be amongst them. Allah’s worshippers should always be in a state of hope and fear,  they shouldn’t wish flimsy wishes about Allah and neither should they despair of Allah’s mercy. If you keep to this advice of mine, no one who is not with you now should be more beloved to you than death â€" and it is sure to come to you.  But if you disregard this advice, no one who is not with you now should be more hated to you than death â€" and you cannot escape it.  [Source:-Abû Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ` Vol.1 p18; and Ibn Al-Jawzî, Sifah Al-Safwah.]    "I Want to Die With my Forehead on the Ground, The Sunnah in my Heart, Allah on my Mind, Qur'an on my Tongue, and Tears in my Eyes!" Inshallah 'Aameen' ' Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days, whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone.  [Al-Hasan Al-Basree]

 

Are you Tired but Happy?
 
Asalam-u-Alaikum,

If you’ve been keeping up with a productive Ramadan; doing your best to balance between spiritual productivity, social productivity and physical productivity, you’ll probably be a bit tired by now. The demands on your time are immense and you have to be careful of every minute you spend (even your sleep hours is counted by the minute!)

But honestly, aren’t you happy that you’re having a Productive Ramadan and hopeful that Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala) will accept?

Imagine if you slept all day during Ramadan, and stayed all up night having fun with friends and watching movies. Would you be as happy? Probably not.

Our happiness and sadness is connected to how close we’re with Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala). As human beings, we inherently feel happy when we worship Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala) no matter how tired we get, similarly we’re ‘programmed’ to feel sadness when we’re far from Allah no matter how relaxed we are.

So if you’re feeling a bit tired and drained these days, feel happy that you’re doing your best, smile and ask Allah to help you continue on His path!

Courtesy: productivemuslim@gmail.com>

 

In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate

"Assalamo Alykum Wa Rehmatullahe w barakaatuh"

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Your brother in Islam

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