Adil on Faith

"Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire; of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine brand...

Obeying desire you'll see is like watering a plant or feeding a pet. It grows!! No alcoholic, no gambler, no banker, ever had ...

Congratulations for the one who never found pleasure praying, never throughout his life, yet he persisted in obedience to God's command....

Sayyiduna Hanzala, raDhiyAllahu 3anhu, may Allah be pleased with Him. "... When the call for the Battle of Uhud was announced, and th...

"... I would like to close this talk of mine by encouraging you to give that, which belongs to Allah (3azza wa jalla), but He decided t...

"... When Umar, the commander of the believers, visited Sham, he asked his receivers, 'Where is my brother?' They said, 'W...

"Umar ibn al-Khattaab was sitting with a group of his companions and he asked: 'Let each one make a wish!' Someone said: '...

... arrives in unimaginable ways. An example (related to the event of Badr): "... They (the believers) saw them (the disbelievers) with...

Turn away from the unlawful. Face piety. Step forward from the doubtful. Approach piety. God-fear within reach, duck under the doubtlessly l...

A couple of quotes about the mind in prayer: (1) "... When the mind is not present in prayer, it does not remain idle and is conce...

"... Another sign of the learned man of the next world is that he has got no attraction for various kinds of foods and drinks, luxury i...

"Imam Shafi'ee said: 'The knowledge of one who does not make himself perfect will come of no use to him'." (Source: Im...

"The Imam (ash-Shaafi'ee) said: I used not to take food with satisfaction for the last 16 years as a full stomach makes the body h...

"If you don't like your life you can change it!" (Source: 'Art on the Underground' poster by Mark Titchner) Not sure w...

Anas bin Malik (رضي الله عنه) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered a Khutbah (sermon) to us the like of which I have never heard f...

Umar bin al-Khattaab (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "If it is announced in the assembly [on the Day of Judgement] that only one ...

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, Who says in the Qur’an, "Verily, those who say: 'Our Rabb is Allah (Alo...

Consumed, over the shoulder discarded Buried in humble dust, trampled and retarded Out of sight, out of mind Non-existent, if defined Deep i...

"The root meaning of Taqwa is to avoid what one dislikes. It was reported that Umar bin Al-Khattaab asked Ubayy bin Ka'b about Taqw...

A similtude to be struck, between the Martial Artist and the Islamist. None more formiddable than the one well-rounded. The one most strict,...