Reclaim Our Hearts

It is easy to say that we love Allah swt.
It is easy to say that there is nothing else in our hearts, except Allah.
Yes, it is easy to say on the tongue but not with the heart.

There's a direct relation between the heart (your love) and the mind (your thought)..
your thought is going to be the reflection of what you love the most..
what's consume in your heart, consuming your mind too..


Here  are some questions to ask ourselves, in way to measure our hearts.
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What do we really LOVE the most?

what are we AFRAID of?

What are we FEAR the most?

what do we THINK about the most?

what do we THINK ABOUT ALL DAY LONG?

what is that ALWAYS OCCUPYING IN OUR MIND?

what does the THINGS that we SPENDING THE ENTIRE DAY WORRYING ABOUT?

what it's RELATED TO?

does it's related to Allah?

Does it?
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We'll find out that most of the time, it is not about Allah s.w.t. But it is all about His gifts...
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what do WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE WERE PRAYING?

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Be honest to admit that, sometimes we were praying to Allah, while actually our minds thinking about something else, not Allah.. and our hearts worrying about else matters and not to Allah...
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Ask ourselves again, what is it that make us MOST ANGRY?

what is it that makes us MOST SAD?

and again, LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE FEARED OF??

.....because fear is the indicator of ULTIMATE LOVE.

Is it ALLAH, to whom we feared to most???
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More questions,

What are the things that we MOST AFRAID OF LOSING IT?

what's the things that KEEP US UP ALL NIGHT long until we cannot sleep?

what was THE LAST THING WE THINK ABOUT before we fall asleep?

what was THE FIRST THING ON OUR MIND WHEN WE WOKE UP?

What are the answers to all those questions?

What was it?

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we will figure out that most of the answers to all the questions, has nothing to do with Allah...

typically the answers are the gifts...

the gifts- the money, the job, the wealth, the honor, the power, the status, the spouse, the children, the family, the good health, the body, the appearance and everything little things in this life...

All the blessings in this life are the gifts from Allah...
when Allah give us gifts- we should appreciate it, and we should show gratitude for it..
However, it seems like we have love the gifts more than the Giver...

how come we LOVE the GIFTS more than the GIVER?

how come we became DEPENDENT to the GIFTS but not to the GIVER?

The gifts-—that should have remained in our hands—takes over our heart.

We have took all the gifts and put that in the place of our heart, where it is supposed to be a place for Allah swt..

The Life, The Gift or The Giver? We make the choice.

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I'm writing based on the speeches by this inspirational person, Yasmin Mogahed. This video is so worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SBoGwh6o8

Avoiding the Haram Relationship

I came across with this beautiful story, with deep meaningful thought about the haram relationship before marriage. Just to be clear that, it is the relationship that is haram, but not the feeling of love. What I mean is that, we cannot hold or stop the feeling of love, since the feeling is from Allah. But one thing for sure, we can hold and stop ourselves from being involve into the haram relationship that may lead us to zina. I repeat, it MAY lead.

However,  Insyallah, with the help from Allah, may Allah always guide our steps not to go astray, Aamiin.. 

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source: http://www.facebook.com/AllahIAlwaysNeedYou

AN AMAZING STORY - LEAVE FORBIDDEN LOVE TODAY!

She decided to leave her boyfriend…
He asked her, not believing her decision: ”Are you leaving me? Are you going to walk away from me?”

Misbaah was in college and was having a whirlwind time,
bunking lectures and enjoying in the canteen and campus. She was so intelligent that she didn't need to dig in books for marks was the other advantage.

Dressed in jeans and shirt mostly her slim body with good facial features had attracted many boys too. Every boy wished to know her or be linked. Though she was very extrovert, she would be straightforward with boys, but slowly fell for Ahmed.

One teacher named Payal was their theory teacher whom she loved. She was a jovial and friendly teacher. But suddenly she was found very reserved and to herself. She would have mood swings and at times would be seen crying bitterly.

Misbaah approached her teacher after school and asked her the reason. Misbaah told her that she didnt want to interfere in her private life but she said that she came because the entire class seems there is something amiss with the teacher.

Payal wiped another big tear from her eyes and she whispered in Misbaah's ear "I have reverted to Islam, I am only telling you because you are a muslim" Misbaah said what's the big fuss? What makes u cry even i am a muslim i never cry"

Payal mam showed Misbaah what her parents had also never discussed with her. She showed her the Quran with translation and some verses she had marked ‘It is He who accepts repentance from His servants, and pardons bad deeds, and knows all that you do. And He answers those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and gives them- out of His bounty- far more.’ (al-Shura 42: 25-6)

But those who disbelieve say, “The Hour (i.e. the Day of Judgment) will not come to us.” Say, “Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [Allah is] the Knower of the unseen.” Not absent from Him is an atom’s weight within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater, except that it is in a clear register - That He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. Those will have forgiveness and noble provision. But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure (i.e. to undermine their credibility) - for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature. (Quran, 34:3-5)

Misbaah drove home that day without talking to Ahmed. She herself was in deep thought. She thought "I just know I am a muslim but do not know where I belong. My name sounds muslim, just that inside I was empty."  SHE FELT LIKE I BECAME A NEW MUSLIM THAT DAY. First time in her life she faced the Kaaba and prayed that day. It was simply awesome she loved the time she spent with my creator.

Everyday she saw Miss Payal praying in the prayer room which she had never entered in years of her college life. She would cry and seek forgiveness and then again read Quran. Misbaah would accompany her teacher in her solitude.

Misbaah became aware of the purpose of life. "And I did not create the Jinn and mankind except to worship Me" (Quran, 51:56-58)

Very simple! The purpose for man’s creation is to worship the Creator. The essence of Allah’s message through all of the prophets also was:"Oh mankind, worship Allah, you have no deity other than Him". (Quran, 7:59,65,73,85)

An Nisa 56"Those who rejected Our revelations will soon be thrown into the fire. No sooner will their skins be burnt out then We shall replace their skins, so they may taste the real torment, Allah is All-Mighty, Wise."

An-Nisa 78:"No matter where you may be, death is going to reach you, even if you are in fortified towers..."

These aayats developed fear in her and made her tremble. But she was now close to her Lord. She understood that the world and its people are just a fantasy. She understood the real world.


However, Ahmed thought was "she is drifting away from me let me confront her and know all".

She had decided to leave her boyfriend.
He asked her, not believing her decision: ”Are you leaving me? Are you going to walk away from me?”
She answered: ”I am leaving disobedience of Allah and walking away from it”
He said:”you are going to miss me”
She said:”I am missing Hasanaat (good deeds) more than you”
“you will regret it one day” he said.

She replied: “I will regret our relationship on Judgment Day”
“Don’t you love me anymore?” he asked her.
“I did", she said, "but now the love of Allah filled my heart that I can’t find any place for your Haraam love in it”
Then she added:”and if you love Allah more than me, then just turn and walk away.” (♥)

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May Allah always protect us, develop a strong heart for us that filled with strong Iman to Allah. "Ya Allah, guide our steps to the right path, and don't let us go astray."