If material progress is observed as an ends in itself then it will lead to destruction, if however it is seen as a means to spritual progress then it can be justified. Over the past 200 years the former prespective has unfortunatly been triumphant, the age old battle continues

Imran Hussein (via Twitter)

Mend your broken ties with your family and loved ones. Don’t wait any longer. It’s so much easier to call and speak to them over the phone than it is to cry out to them while staring at a gravestone.

Dr. Omar Suleiman (via Twitter)

There are two blessings that many people are deceived into losing: health and free time.

Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), from Sahih al-Bukhari Collection, Hadith # 6412

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Be mindful of one of the Almighty’s most precious blessings. Time. The day will come when you realize how much time you’ve wasted and how much more time you could’ve spent in His favour. Start doing it today.

Mufti Ismail Menk (via Twitter)

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If your time is blessed, you can accomplish in a day what others can’t in a week. Guard your time. Use it wisely. And be clear and sincere about what you’re pursuing with it.

Dr. Omar Suleiman (via Twitter)

Every religion has its distinct characteristic, and the distinct characteristic of Islam is modesty.

Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) – Collection of Sahih Ibn Majah

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Al-Haya (modesty) does not bring anything except good.

Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) – Collection of Al-Bukhari, # 6117

Allah wouldn’t put something difficult in your life if He knew you weren’t strong enough to get through it.

Dr. Bilal Philips (via Twitter)

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Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.

Qur’an 2:286

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The stronger your faith is, the harder the tests, and the greater the rewards.

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Humans are tested according to the levels of their faith.

Sunan Ibn Maajah

Children need love to help stabilize their character, and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stressed that one who is not merciful and loving to their children is not one of us. How do you show your children mercy?

Dr. Bilal Philips (via Twitter)

If you strive to make others happy and do it selflessly, the Almighty will make sure you’re kept happy. Simple rule to live by. Remember, happiness begets happiness.

Mufti Ismail Menk (via Twitter)

Reality is that there will always be someone with more wealth, beauty, popularity, and other favors than you. Allah’s gifts are different for us all. Don’t ask Allah for what someone else has. Ask Allah for His favor, and you’ll be happier.

Dr. Bilal Philips (via Twitter)

Every new day the Almighty gives you is a bonus. It’s a blessing not everyone gets. Use the time to deliberately slow down and reflect on the countless good things you have going for you. There’s so much to be grateful for in your life. Don’t let anyone make you feel otherwise.

Mufti Ismail Menk (via Twitter)

One may admit that love, compassion, truth, and other qualities bring the greatest joy – so why were we not created with these qualities from the start? It seems that we have arrived at where we began. Why were we not put into Paradise from the start? Why were these virtues not simply programmed into us?

The answer is almost obvious: virtue, if programmed, is not true virtue; it is always something less. You can program a computer to never make an incorrect statement but it does not thereby become a truthful computer; nor does a CAT scanner possess compassion, although it is made to help the sick.

[..] to learn to be truthful requires the option to lie, and hence the ability to choose and discern. A higher level of honesty is attained if we insist on speaking the truth in adversity, say at the threat of physical or material loss. To grow in compassion, there must be suffering and the choice to ignore it. And so it is with all the virtues: love, charity, justice, forgiveness, and the like. To grow in each of them, we must have the alternative to do otherwise and the possibility for the existence of hate, indifference, greed, vengeance, and, obviously, suffering.

Struggling to Surrender by Dr. Jeffrey Lang (page 55, 56)