Umar ibn Abdul Azeez (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ فَكُنْ عَالِماً
Become a scholar if you are able.
فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَكُنْ مُتَعَلِّماً
If you are not able, then be a student.
وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَأَحَبَّهُمْ
If you can not, then show love for them.
وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَلا َتَبْغَضُهُمْ.
If you are unable to do that, then (at least) do not hate them.
Source: Jamiul Bayaan wal Ilm wa Fadhlihi, no. 143
Given the events of the past few weeks in relation to bitcoin, and especially in relation to the movement of it’s price this past week, there is a clear bubble occurring. As such, I advise those interested in the currency to avoid purchasing it during this period.
And Allah knows best
Success is not necessarily a destination. We perceive it as so, but Islam teaches us that it is more than that.
It is also the journey; lifelong endeavor, continuous effort, and most importantly, sincere striving. Hence it is the journey as well as the destination.
We ask Allah to grant us the best in this world (the journey) and the best in the next world (the destination).
To the parents reading this; please save your children from becoming fans of TV and YouTube personalities. The disenfranchisement falling upon our children as a result is frightening.
The constant following of personalities going about their daily lives doing useless things ends up developing into an addiction which eventually leads to the sense of your being decaying.
Help your children find their purpose & they will not feel the need to be defined by others.
Life is too short to make it shorter by wasting time, and as a Muslim, you are not required to raise children, but raise leaders.
As parents, we must get our act together or suffer the consequences.
May Allah save us and our children. Ameen.
Your brother,
Sajid Umar
Assalamualaikum everyone, below is small paradigm shifting piece I received;
The Leaking Bucket
Beware of the leaking bucket.
1. You wear abaya and hijab but with perfume and makeup. ( a leaking bucket )
2. You’re following the Sunnah and have a beard but you don’t lower your gaze. (A leaking bucket)
3. You pray all of your prayers on time but you have no Khushu at all. (A leaking bucket)
4. You’re very kind to people and speak with them gently but with your family you’re always harsh. (A leaking bucket)
5. You honour and treat your guests well but when they leave, you gossip about them and talk about their flaws. (A leaking bucket)
Dua is not only about asking Allah; it is also about the conversation with Allah!
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمة الله عليه) said:
❝Sometimes, I have a certain need that only Allah can fulfil, so I call upon Him.
Then, I find that the door of dialogue with Allah opens up for me, and through it I taste the sweetness of discourse with Him and the joy of knowing Him that far surpasses the urgency of obtaining an answer to my prayer, and so I prefer for the answer to my prayer be delayed for fear of losing this connection once my need is fulfilled.❞
[Majmu al-Fatawa, 10/333].
In this simple and summarised lecture presented at the Melbourne Madeenah in Melbourne Australia (November 2017), Sh. Sajid Umar discussed the power of dua in our lives and covers the following points:
– The types of Dua in Islam
– Dua, the essence of worship
– Dua, the weapon of a believer
– Dua, the conversation with Allah
– Reasons why a Dua is powerful
– Nothing changes pre-destination besides dua- what does this mean?
– If everything is predetermined; do we have a choice in the actions we do?
– Some reasons that prevent our dua from reaching Allah Almighty…
May Allah Almighty make us a people that engage Him every day in Dua. Ameen.
Assalamualaikum everyone. If anyone of you is going through a difficult time, please give this very short video a watch. InShaAllah it will help.
Its a snippet from a two day course on the tafseer of Surah Yusuf at the point when Yaqoob AS finally found out that his missing son was alive and well after four decades!
May Allah ease all your affairs and raise your rank in both worlds. Ameen.
Your brother,
Sajid Umar
Shaikh Sajid Umar
History has always taught us that the honour of a people was never cut, until they, the same people, began cutting their respect for their scholars. Catastrophic ends always have a disastrous beginning which leads to them. In light of this; be cautious of your character always, especially towards your the esteemed scholars.
A picture is worth a thousand words!
