The Works of SJ

These are my writings, it's been a while since I've posted so read you own risk. These are my thoughts, dreams, hopes, quotes etc... Come along for the ride.

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إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

— surely we belong to Allah and to him we shall return

[khadlja]

soulmates

rasulullah (saw) mentioned in a hadith that those souls who knew each other in the realm of souls [alim e arwah] would find and know each other in this world too, and those who developed animosity in that realm would dislike each other here as well. 

and that’s why, when you meet certain people, you’re suddenly overcome with a feeling that you know them from somewhere or that you’ve met them before. and maybe this also accounts for those moments when your heart misses someone you’ve never met, because your soul is yearning for those other souls and waiting for them to show up in your life here in this world.

isn’t that beautiful, subhan Allah?

[bookishhijabibookworm]

I miss ________________. 

Insert what you miss. Be it a person, a place, a book, a memory. Anything goes. 

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[bookishhijabibookworm]

Trying to be enough while also at the same time trying to be better and happy. I’ve been in a slump, I’m trying really hard not to let these negative things slowly seep into my mind. But it’s hard. Growing up is hard. Trying to be better but it’s hard when no one sees that. I can’t even cry anymore because everyone things I’m always over exaggerating. But I’m sensitive. -S.J// enough // -

[bookishniqabibookworm]

June 18th 2020

I did it again. You might be wondering what. I got so overwhelmed that I deleted Snapchat off my phone. I don’t know why— that’s a lie I know why I did it. I can’t be spontaneous I wish I could but I like plans, I like schedules. I think I can be under the right circumstances. But right now? I’m just going through something. I don’t know what really but I am. I’m in this phase all I want is a book on my hand, to be writing, to be learning. I guess I finally cracked and miss university and school too much.

Plus the world is being weird. Why aren’t we acting like COVID still exist? I don’t know. I guess capitalism wins everytime. Is there any system here that capitalism dosent have a grasp on? From healthcare to education...

It’s 5:48 am right now. I had a hard time sleeping tonight. Maybe it’s the coffee I need to stop drinking caffeine.

I’m going to close off with this:

Maybe it’s nothing but everything at the same time. Maybe all these moments lead to something bigger and better.

Take care,

Bookishniqabibookworm 💕

[bookishhijabibookworm]

July 9th 2020

Note: don’t drink coffee after 5 pm ever again... because you’ll be awake all night long.

-4am thoughts//s.j

[islamicrays]

READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED:

Do you want to marry an extremely pious, beautiful woman? One who will serve you day and night? a perfect cook who is obedient and always pleases you? she is a scholar of the religion? a waliya who no man has ever set on eyes on? She will never argue, fight or be unhappy? she'll look after the kids, make them all Huffadh of the Qur'an, serve your parents all the time and never complain?

Sisters, do you want a man who is very handsome? A wali? strong? muscular? Has the sickest job, memorised the Qur'an and a scholar? He is wealthy? Not demanding? Willing to look after himself? Comes from a great family and is compromising, loving and helpful? He owns many cars and a big balance? He works 15 hours a day and will them come home and do all the housework so you can relax. And he is willing to drive you around, take you to fancy restaurants, holidays, bling you out, and shopping trips all the time?

Okay here is what you should do: Make wudhu, go to your room, burn some 'oud, switch off the lights, go to sleep and pray for Allah to bless you with a dream of someone who does not exist. Stop having fake expectations. Stop watching Bollywood and thinking it's real. Be real. Lower your demands. Be realistic. Marriage is when 2 people with issues, faults, problems, and imperfection come together - whether in wealth, beauty and lineage - and they make it work and they travel to Allah together.

-Shaykh Mohammed Aslam

[atraversso]

Magical Atmosphere by Sawatch Joe

[islamicrays]

If you've been blessed with a person who loves you and is patient with you, don't push them to where they lose patience with you and eventually some or all of their love for you as well. It is so easy to take advantage of a caring person who asks little in return out of fear of losing you. But if you stop showing basic gratitude and courtesy to those who deserve it but don't demand it, they may eventually lose their temper with you and even worse, you may lose them.

This could apply to a parent, a spouse, or even a precious friend. He who has not shown gratitude to the people, has not shown gratitude to God. May He open our hearts to those who have given their hearts to us, and expand our gratitude to Him and all of those we sometimes fall short of properly appreciating.

-Shaykh Omar Suleiman

[julaibib]

Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) is: 

• 𝑮𝒉𝒂̄𝒇𝒊𝒓 - who immediately forgives. • 𝑮𝒉𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒂̄𝒓 - who abundantly forgives. • 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐟𝐮̄𝐫 - who constantly forgives.

[tr33-g1rl]

weird asks that say a lot

in

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

7. earbuds or headphones?

8. movies or tv shows?

9. favorite smell in the summer?

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

12. name of your favorite playlist?

13. lanyard or key ring?

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

18. ideal weather?

19. sleeping position?

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

21. obsession from childhood?

22. role model?

23. strange habits?

24. favorite crystal?

25. first song you remember hearing?

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

28. five songs to describe you?

29. best way to bond with you?

30. places that you find sacred?

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

32. top five favorite vines?

33. most used phrase in your phone?

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

35. average time you fall asleep?

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

38. lemonade or tea?

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

41. last person you texted?

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

44. favorite scent for soap?

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

47. favorite type of cheese?

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

51. current stresses?

52. favorite font?

53. what is the current state of your hands?

54. what did you learn from your first job?

55. favorite fairy tale?

56. favorite tradition?

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

62. seven characters you relate to?

63. five songs that would play in your club?

64. favorite website from your childhood?

65. any permanent scars?

66. favorite flower(s)?

67. good luck charms?

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

70. left or right handed?

71. least favorite pattern?

72. worst subject?

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

82. pc or console?

83. writing or drawing?

84. podcasts or talk radio?

84. barbie or polly pocket?

85. fairy tales or mythology?

86. cookies or cupcakes?

87. your greatest fear?

88. your greatest wish?

89. who would you put before everyone else?

90. luckiest mistake?

91. boxes or bags?

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

93. nicknames?

94. favorite season?

95. favorite app on your phone?

96. desktop background?

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

98. favorite historical era?

[lamatar]

[thespilledquotes]

Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn't have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn't have to be a walk during which you'll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don't find meaning but "steal" some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn't make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.

— Albert Camus, from Notebooks, 1951-1959

[chunkecheeks]

type “i am” in the tags and whatever comes up first is your new mandatory kin

[3jannah]

[goodreadss]

“Everything has changed and yet, I am more than I’ve ever been.”

—

[bookishhijabibookworm]

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[iheartallah]

If you’re feeling inadequate because you’re not able to pray in these final days of Ramadan, try these

1. Get a treasure in Jannah. Say: لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

The Prophet (s) said, “Be frequent in saying ‘There is no might or power except by Allah, (Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh)’ For verily, it is a treasure from the treasures of Paradise.’” [سنن الترمذی :3601]

2. Get a palace in Jannah. Say: Surah al-Ikhlas (10 times)

The Prophet (s) said, “Whoever recites Surah al-Ikhlas ten times, Allah will build a palace for him in paradise.” Umar ® said, “Then we will have many palaces in Jannah?” The Prophet (s) replied, “Allah has even more and better than that.” [السلسلة الصحيحة:589]

3. Landscape Jannah. Say: سُبْحَانَ الله وَالْحَمْدُ لله وَلاَ إله إِلاَّ الله وَالله أَكْبَرُ

The Prophet (s) said, “I met Ibrahim on the Night of Ascension (Al-Isra), and he said to me, ‘O Muhammad, convey my greetings to your Ummah, and tell them that Jannah has a vast plain of pure soil and sweet water. It is a plain levelled land. The plants grow there by uttering: Subhan-Allah, Al-hamdu lillah, La ilaha illallah, and Allahu Akbar.” [السلسلة الصحيحة : 105]

Or say: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

The Prophet (s) said, “Whoever says ‘SubhanAllahil ‘adheemi wa bihamdihi’ a tree is planted for him in Paradise.” [سنن الترمذی:3465]

4. Get all your sins forgiven. Say: SubhanAllahi wa bihamdihi (100 times)

The Prophet (s) said, “Whoever says, ‘Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi,’ one hundred times a day, will be forgiven all his sins even if they were as much as the foam of the sea.” [صحیح البخاری: 6405]

Or say: Astaghfirullahal ladhee laa ilaha illaa huwal Hayyul Qayyoomu wa atoobu ilayh

The Prophet (s) said, “Whoever says أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ (I seek forgiveness from Allah, the One besides whom there is none worthy of worship, the Living, the Sustainer of all, and I repent to him), all his sins will be forgiven, even if he had fled from battle.” [Sunan Abi Dawud 1517]

5. Earn a thousand good deeds. Say: SubhanAllah (100 times)

The Prophet (s) said, “Is anyone amongst you powerless to earn one thousand good deeds every day? …. Say tasbeeh one hundred times and one thousand good deeds are recorded and one thousand sins are erased.” [صحیح مسلم:7027]

6. Fill the Scales. Say: Alhamdulillah

The Prophet (s) said, “Cleanliness is half of faith and al-Hamdu Lillah (Praise be to Allah) fills the scale.” [صحیح مسلم:223]

7. Fill the space between the sky and the earth. Say: Allahu Akbar

The Prophet (s) said, “Allahu Akbar fills what is between the sky and the earth.” [مسند احمد:22908]

8. Earn the reward of worshipping the entire night. Recite: The last two verses of Surah al-Baqarah.

The Prophet (s) said, “Whoever recites the last two verses of Surat al-Baqarah at night, that will be sufficient for him.” [صحیح البخاری: 5051]

Ibn Hajar said, أَيْ أَجْزَأَتَا عَنْهُ مِنْ قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ بِالْقُرْآنِ “Meaning, they will suffice him for qiyamul layl” [Fathul Bari]

9. Earn the reward of giving charity. Say: SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Laa ilaha illAllah, Allahu Akbar.

The Prophet (s) said, “In the morning, charity is due from every bone in the body of every one of you. Every utterance of glorification (i.e., saying SubhanAllah) is an act of charity. Every utterance of praise (i.e., saying Alhamdulillah) is an act of charity, every utterance of profession of His Oneness (i.e., saying Laa ilaha illAllah) is an act of charity, every utterance of profession of His Greatness (i.e., saying Allahu Akbar) is an act of charity, enjoining good is an act of charity, forbidding what is disreputable is an act of charity, and two rak'ahs which one prays in the forenoon will suffice.” [صحیح مسلم:720]

10. Earn a mountain of reward. Give a date.

The Prophet (s) said, “If anyone gives as Sadaqa the equivalent of a date from honestly (earning) earned - because Allah accepts only what is pure - the Lord would accept it with His Right Hand, and even if it is a date, it would grow in the Hand of the lord, as one of you fosters his colt, till it becomes bigger than a mountain.” [صحیح مسلم: 1014]

11. Want to be called from the gates of Jannah? Give a pair.

The Prophet (s) said, “The one who spends a pair in the way of Allah will be summoned from the gates of the Garden and told, ‘O slave of Allah, this is good.” [صحیح البخاری]

12. Share this khayr

The Prophet (s) said, “Whoever introduces a good practice that is followed after him, will have a reward for that and the equivalent of their reward, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest.” [صحیح مسلم: 1017]

Source: Taimiyyah Zubair