Jar Jar Binks Fan Club
todays bird
★
bliss lane
Show & Tell
Misplaced Lens Cap
❣ Chile in a Photography ❣
roma★
Cookie Run:Kingdom Official!
Noah Kahan
tumblr dot com
gracie abrams
🩵 avery cochrane 🩵
𓃗
pixel skylines
Game Changer & Make Some Noise
Not today Justin
Origami Around
tannertan36
Sweet Seals For You, Always
seen from United States
seen from South Africa
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Argentina
seen from Canada
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Australia
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Australia
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from Spain
@retnarindayani
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to his companions, “Shall I not tell you some words which, if distress or grief befalls any of you and he offers this prayer, it will bring him joy? It is the du‘ā of Prophet Yunus.”
لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين
There is no God but You, exalted are You; surely, I was one of the wrongdoers!
– Sahih al-Jami‘ (no. 2605)
Love is in the air! …Or at least that’s what advertisers want you to think this month. While it’s nice to express your love often, Valentine’s Day comes once a year, leaving you no choice but to do so or risk seeming heartless. For the owners of floral boutiques and chocolate shops, Eid comes in February. But even amidst such commercialized affections, one can hardly keep from thinking about those they love. And while we do so, we are inevitably faced with some pivotal questions. I was reminded of some of those questions when I reflected on something a friend of mine had told me. She described how it felt to be with the person she loved. In her words, the whole world disappeared when they were together. The more I reflected on her statement, the more it affected me, and the more it made me wonder. As humans, we are made to feel love and attachment towards others. This is part of our human nature. While we can feel this way about another human being, five times a day we enter into a meeting with our Lord and Creator. I wondered how often we ever felt the whole world disappear while in His presence. Can we really claim that our love for Allah is greater than our love for anyone and anything else? So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn’t true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na`im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail. We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols of the heart. When Allah blesses us with money, we depend on the money rather than Allah. We forget that the source of our provision is not and never was the money, but rather it was the giver of that money. Suddenly we’re willing to sell alcohol to avoid losing money in our business, or we need to take out loans with interest to feel secure. In so doing we are foolishly—and ironically—disobeying the Provider in order to protect the provision. When Allah blesses us with someone that we love, we forget that Allah is the source of that blessing, and we begin to love that person as we should love Allah. That person becomes the center of our world—all our concerns, thoughts, plans, fears, and hopes revolve only around them. If they are not our spouses, we are sometimes even willing to fall into haram just to be with them. And if they were to leave us, our whole world would crumble. So now, we have shifted our worship from the Source of the blessing to the blessing itself. Allah says of such people: “And [yet], among the people are those who take other than Allah as equals [to Him]. They love them as they [should] love Allah. But those who believe are stronger in love for Allah.” (Qur’an 2:165) It is because of this tendency to lose sight after Allah has bestowed His blessings that He warns us in the Qur’an when He says: “Say, [O Muhammad], ‘If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and jihad in His cause, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.’” (9:24) It is important to note that all the things listed in the above ayah (verse) are halal (permissible) to love and are, in fact, blessings in and of themselves. In fact, some of those blessings are signs of Allah. On the one hand, Allah says: “And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.” (Qur’an 30:21) But on the other hand, Allah warns: “O you who have believed, indeed, among your wives and your children are enemies to you, so beware of them.” (Qur’an 64:14) The warning in this ayah is critical. Our spouses and our children are listed here because they are among the blessings we love the most. And it is in that which you love most that you find the greatest test. So if conquering that test means seeing through a storm of greeting cards and roses to a greater love that awaits, then so be it. And when could that be more relevant? Because after all, love is in the air.
Ustadha Yasmin Mogahed (via islamicrays)
Listen to Better place - rachel platten cover by Retna by retnarindayani #np on #SoundCloud
Senja at Purwakarta. Too much sweet is not good, i think.
Check out @FactsGuide’s Tweet:
So one of my teachers gave some beautiful advice about marriage and i wanted to share it.
This is mainly for women so apologies to men as this advice isn’t for you. Please don’t be offended:
The more thankful you are, the more Allah will increase you so be content with the minimum and be happy with what your husband gives you. If you have love, affection and mercy between you, that will take you both far than any wealth or materialistic thing will ever do.
Be appreciative of him and treat his family as your own and his respect for you will grow. Even though duty to his family is not compulsory upon you, but if you do it out of the goodness of your heart, you will be rewarded and you’ll have a much more loving environment.
12 Rights of a Wife upon Her Husband:
1. To spend upon her, to feed her. Not to be excessive in this and not to be stingy.
2. To be kind to her.
The Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: "The best among you is the one who is the best towards his wife.“
3. Not to harm her.
4. To be loving to her, examples:
(A) Loving to her with your tongue. Nice words, tell her you love her. Tell her how good she looks.
(B) If your wife asks you to get her something and you can’t get it , say I’ll get it in shaa’ Allāh.
© That the man beautifies himself with that which is reasonable, (not intimating women).
(D) From being loving to your wife is that you help her with housework. This is from the example of the prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam)
(E) That he is to be playful with his wife.
(F) Sharing food with her.
(G) To cuddle with her.
(H) Sleep under the same cover.
(I) they would bathe together:
On the authority of ‘Āʿishah (raḍī Allāhu ʿʿʿanhu) who said: “I used to bathe with the Prophet from a single container of water which was placed between us such that our hands collided inside it. He used to race me such that I would say: “Leave some for me, leave some for me!’ She added: `We were in a state of Janaabah (i.e. the state of having slept together).’”[Al-Bukhārī and Muslim].
5. That the men must not curse or swear at his wife, or insult her appearance.
6. A man must not boycott her and if he does (for a valid reason) he should do it inside of the home.
7. A man should not expose the secrets of his wife
“Verily among the worst people before Allāh on the Day of Judgement is a man who approaches his wife sexually and she responds and then he spreads her secrets.” [Muslim, Ibn Abī Shaybah, Aḥmad and others].
8. A man should not hate his wife. Exalt the good and minimise her shortcomings.
A man should not be angry at her faults and should look at her good. To look only good in her.
9. That he should make things easy upon her e.g. The chores and what he requires from her.
10. He should have the best manners with his wife. His wife should see the best of his manners. It is said that some men have the best manners out in the market , but when he goes home he is a ferocious lion! Kind to strange women in the markets but not to his wife in the home. The best of you are the best of you to your wives. There is no good in you if you want to help your friends but not your wife, there is no good in you if you are kind to your friends and not your wife. Comibne the two , and that is good.
11. That the husband should be a reason for his wife to be saved from the hellfire. He should teach her and order her to forbid the evil and enjoy the good. Forbidding her from that which will lead to hell fire.
O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allāh in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.
12. That the man should have some type of jealousy for his wife.
Jealousy of protecting her from evil, not for her to be exposed to strange men , not for her to speak to strange men etc. but not the abusive jealousy…
This just upsets me.
“When you’re with your spouse it’s natural to get lost in the ‘routine’ of life. We become so distracted by the hustle and bustle of everything and all the things we need to do and take care of, that the days and nights become blurred and before we know it, years have passed. But we mustn’t forget to actually stop from time to time and really value the time we have in each other’s company. A good exercise that I recommend for all married couples is to find an opportunity to stop whatever you’re doing and take a long hard look at your spouse while they’re in the middle of something. Let’s say, for example, your spouse is engaged in an activity without you, like washing dishes, cooking dinner, folding laundry, checking email, on the phone, flipping through a book/magazine, channel surfing, putting dishes away, wiping off their make-up or shaving, ironing their clothes, reading a book to the kids, cleaning out the fridge, wiping down the counters, playing on the floor with the kids, sipping their tea, praying, reading Qur’an, dusting, etc. While they’re engaged in any of the above activities and not really taking notice of you, watch them intently, focus on their actions, focus on their facial features, watch their body but look beyond the physical form that you see. Instead think about their beating heart and the blood that’s running through the course of their veins, think of the breaths they’re taking, think of the tension in their body and the warmth of their touch. Now think of the worries that burden them. What are they? Who are they? Think of the constant pressures that these stresses place on their heart, on their lungs, on their digestive track, on their muscles, on every part of their physical body. Do they worry about their health or your health? Do they worry about their aging parents? Do they mourn for a parent, sibling, or child that they’ve lost? Do they worry about their job security? Do they worry about finances and being able to provide for the family? Do they worry about your young children and their health or well-being? Do they worry about your teens and their spiritual, mental and physical health? Do they worry about your safety in this toxic age of increased racism and Islamophobia? Do they worry about their own spiritual heart and standing with God? Do they worry about all of the above and so much more? Now feel the weight of all of these things. Watch them and imagine how they carry all this weight on their body everywhere they go, every minute of every day. Even in that moment while they are distracting themselves with some task or activity the chances are their mind is consumed with one major worry or multiple worries all at once. Think of the toll such a constant barrage of stress must be placing on their actual body. And yet where are they? They’re there with you. They’re committed to you. Even when they fail and make mistakes, they’re still there. Now let gratitude fill your heart as you watch them with these intentions… Watch them and be grateful for their living, warm presence next to you in this life. Watch them and remember all the good they’ve done for you. Watch them and remember the laughter you’ve shared. Watch them and remember the intimate moments you’ve shared. Watch them and remember the tender moments when you were broken and they held you together. Watch them and remember the times they defended you even when you couldn’t defend yourself. Watch them and remember when they walked by your side into a gathering and you beamed with pride. Watch them and remember how they honor your loved ones. Watch them and remember the amazing places you’ve visited together. Watch them and remember the day your children were born. Watch them and remember the days you were sick and they comforted you. Our spouses may not always do or say what’s right. They may often frustrate us, defy us, annoy us, and even bring us to tears, BUT, we must do our part to remember their good. None of us are perfect. We can’t be. But we must reward loyalty nonetheless and what defines loyalty better than spouses who remain committed to each other despite all the pressures and stresses of life? When we remember their good often, our gratitude for their very presence will naturally increase. We will begin to appreciate their actual existence and not allow one day to pass where we take them for granted. Not a day will pass when we aren’t grateful to feel their warmth next to us as we sleep and to find them there when we wake. Every single day couples are torn apart one way or another. Whether their marriages dissolve or they are separated by death, there is always a great deal of remorse and regret over all the time wasted and lost on ingratitude, resentment, pettiness, etc. The remedy for these things is to purposely, intentionally, and regularly force yourself to look, to take a deep, long look at your spouse and be grateful for them. And obviously, for them to do the same. May God protect all of our marriages from these diseases. And may we all, husbands and wives, increase our gratitude and take these moments of deep reflection and consideration of our spouses seriously. Amīn.”
Hosai Mojaddidi (via islamicrays)
Nothing is guaranteed in this life, except death. So don’t delay asking for forgiveness. Dont delay your shahadah. Each night, before you go to bed, clear your slate with Allah. You’ll never know if you will live to see the next day. Be strong. Stay firm in faith. Face whatever Allah has decreed head on. Seek His Help and Protection always. Don’t worry about what others say. When you come to the end of your life, you’re not going to answer to people, you’re going to answer to Him Alone!
Strive for betterment.
What if you died right this minute? Maybe you think it’s not possible but anything is possible. No-one knows when they will die. So if that is the case, what have we prepared for when we meet Allah? So you have 2 choices, ignore this status & think ‘Well I am sure I will live another 40 years’ OR start preparing now. It’s good to think about death every day. Insha'Allah we pray when we die, our abode is Jannah. Ameen.
If we trust Allah:
Our critics will make us strong! Our fears will make us bold! Our haters will make us wise! Our obstacles will make us passionate! Our losses will make us wealthy! Our disappointments will make us appointed! Our unseen treasures will give us known peace!
Whatever is designed against us will work for us! Allah will turn the negativity into something that will be the best for us.
The hardest battle you will ever have to fight is between who you are now and who you want to be.
Anonymous (via cwote)
Pascal Campion - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3000moments/3000-moments - http://pascalcampion.blogspot.com.es/ - http://pascalcampion.tumblr.com http://pascalcampion.deviantart.com - https://www.facebook.com/pascalcampionart - https://twitter.com/pascalcampion - https://www.behance.net/pascalcampion
things you deserve this 2018:
pure love
a kind heart
prosperity
genuine happiness
honesty and transparency
softness
hope
good art
clear skin
I got my heart broken and I survived, I failed 3 courses in university and graduated, I got rejected in the very first job I applied for and got promoted yesterday, I went through hard times with my family but then two years later, we laughed our hearts out over lunch, The closest friends disappointed me several times but I made new friends and loved them with all my heart. I did it once, I can do it again.
I NEEDED THIS SO BADLY
This. This everyday. I need this everyday.
