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The Orchard of Imaan and Actions
When it comes to gardening, some people have ‘green fingers’. They successfully plant and cultivate a host of different plants, some for beauty and others for food. They tend to their plants, watering, pruning and spraying insecticide when necessary. Through their careful, continuous effort, a lush orchard is produced, bright with beauty and laden with fruit.
Other people sometimes complain that they have ‘toxic thumbs’ and ‘poisonous pinkies’. If they merely go within a meter of any plant, it will almost definitely …
The Sapling of the Soul
A mother wishing to wean her child does not introduce him to a diet of solids overnight. She understands that the child’s digestive system cannot cope with such a sudden, drastic change, so she makes small, gradual adjustments to the diet.
Similarly, when a child becomes mature (reaches the age of puberty), it becomes obligatory upon him to perform the five daily salaah, fast during the month of Ramadhaan, and fulfil other compulsory acts of worship. If these …
Justice Without Compromise
‘Umar bin ‘Abdil ‘Azeez (rahimahullah) was a ruler renowned for his profound sense of justice. His fairness, humility and firm adherence to the sunnah were so remarkable that he was referred to as “‘Umar the Second,” after the eminent model of justice, Sayyiduna ‘Umar bin Khattaab (radhiyallahu ‘anhu).
‘Umar bin ‘Abdil ‘Azeez (rahimahullah) established a public charity house dedicated to distributing food to the poor, the needy and travellers. After setting it up, he cautioned his wife, saying, …
