“Our weight was only meant to be carried by God. We are told in the Quran: “…whoever rejects evil and believes in God hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And God hears and knows all things.” (Qur’an ...

Yasmin Mogahed – Our weight was ...

“Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being. The problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic ...

Yasmin Mogahed – Our first and ...

“And pain is a pointer to our attachments. That which makes us cry, that which causes us most pain is where our false attachments lie. And it is those things which we are attached to as we should only be attached to Allah which become ...

Yasmin Mogahed – And pain is a ...

“After years of falling into the same pattern of disappointments and heartbreak, I finally began to realize something profound. I had always thought that love of dunya meant being attached to material things. And I was not attached to ...

Yasmin Mogahed – After years of ...

“And if there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations. But herein lay my fatal mistake. My mistake was not in having expectations; as humans, we should never lose hope. The problem was in *where* I was placing those ...

Yasmin Mogahed – And if there is ...

“Seek the help of people—but realize that it is not the people (or even your own self) that can save you. Only Allah can do these things. The people are only tools, a means used by God. But they are not the source of help, aid, or ...

Yasmin Mogahed – Seek the help of ...

“How can we hope to find constancy if what we hold on to is inconstant and perishing? In the statement of Abu Bakr is a deep illustration of this truth. After the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ died, the people went into shock and could not ...

Yasmin Mogahed – How can we hope ...

“Don’t let your definition of success, failure, or self-worth be anything other than your position with Him (Qur’an, 49:13). And if you do this, you become unbreakable, because your handhold is unbreakable. You become unconquerable, ...

Yasmin Mogahed – Don’t let your ...

“Dear nafs, I want to go to war with you and win.

Yasmin Mogahed – Dear nafs, I want ...

“Dont grieve at the fall. The ground is where humility lives. And humility waters the garden of tawbah...the only path to God.

Yasmin Mogahed – Dont grieve at ...

“Reflecting upon this incident scholars have explained that the process of going from fifty to five was a deliberate one, intended to teach us the true place salah should hold in our lives. Imagine for a moment actually praying fifty ...

Yasmin Mogahed – Reflecting upon ...

“Salah is something we squeeze into our day, when we find time—if that. Our ‘lives’ don’t revolve around salah. Salah revolves around our ‘lives.’ If we’re in class, salah is an afterthought. If we’re at the mall, the ...

Yasmin Mogahed – Salah is ...

“Salah is the first thing we will be asked about on the Day of Judgment, and yet it is the last thing that is on our mind.

Yasmin Mogahed – Salah is the ...

“The first thing which will be judged among a man’s deeds on the Day of Resurrection is the Prayer. If this is in good order then he will succeed and prosper but if it is defective then he will fail and will be a loser.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ – The first ...

“On that Day, the people of paradise will ask those who have entered Hell-fire, why they have entered it. And the Qur’an tells us exactly what their first response will be: ”What led you into Hell Fire? They will say: ‘We were not ...

Yasmin Mogahed – On that Day, the ...

“When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.

Yasmin Mogahed – When you’re in ...

“Sufyan Ath-Thawri said: "Du`a' on that night is more beloved to me than salah". He meant that do make much du`a' is better than a salah that doesn't include much du`a'. And if he recited [i.e. performed salah] and made du`a' that would ...

Sheikh Ahmad al-Ajmi – Sufyan ...

“A caller will call out in Paradise when people enter it: “Indeed may you be healthy and never be sick again, may you live and never die again, may you be young and never grow feeble again, may you enjoy, and never feel sorrow and ...

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ – A caller ...

“A space in Paradise equivalent to the size of a foot would be better than the world and what is in it.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ – A space in ...

“In Paradise there are things which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has thought of.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ – In Paradise ...