Life is like baking a cake

A little boy is telling his Grandma how "everything" is going wrong. School, family problems, health problems, problems with friends, etc.

Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake. She asks her grandson if he would like a snack, which, of course, he does.

"Here, have some cooking oil." *"Yuck" says the boy.
"How about a couple raw eggs? " "Gross, Grandma!"
"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"

"Grandma, those are all yucky!"

To which Grandma replies: "Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!

ALLAH works the same way. Many times we wonder why he would let us go through such bad and difficult times.

But ALLAH knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!"

Indeed Allah makes the best of plans

Read this short story.

Once upon a time there lived a King and a Minister, they were both very good companions.The Minister was a very faithful and pious believer of Islam, the King though he was a believer of Islam his faith in Allah was not as strong as his minister's.
One early morning while the King along with his Minister went hunting into the forest, the King on seeing a bird aimed his arrow at it, by slip of his hand his finger got cut off, the Minister on seeing this said Alhamdulillah!! (All praise to Allah) , this word of the minister annoyed the King so bad that he eliminated his Minister from his job without a second thought. The minister left with no choice left repeating Alhamdulillah again.
The king continued his hunting with his army along with him. On seeing a deer the king went in pursuit of it but ended up getting lost in the forest, the deer gone and his army is nowhere to be found.
Trying to find his way back he ended up in a place in the forest where the tribal people dwelled.
 According to the tribal rule, any non-tribal that entered their area were to be slaughtered except those who are handicapped. On seeing the king they carried him to the place where he was to be slaughtered but on noticing that he din't have one of his finger, the tribal considering that as a handicap left him without slaughtering. The king finally found out his way back to his palace , and on his way back he realized why his minister has said Alhamdulillah felt really guilty for eliminating his minister and summoned his minister back to his old job.


Reason for why the minister said Alhamdulillah :
If the minister would'not have said Alhamdulillah he would not have lost his job and would have been lost with the king in the tribal area and the minister being not handicapped would have been slaughtered. And if the King would'not have lost his finger then he would have been slaughtered. Allah had saved the minister as well as the king


This story teaches us that we're supposed to say Alhamdulillah for each and every incident in our life how ever tragic or how ever exultant it is.  We're supposed to have strong faith in Allah and believe that every incident that happens in our life has some good purpose, Only Allah knows the best and makes the best of plans. 
May Allah help us all to build a strong faith and guide us through the straight path.

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As salaamu 'alaykum


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The Silent Sermon

A member of a certain mosque, who previously had started attending the mosque to perform his Salaah (prayer), suddenly stopped attending. After a few weeks, the imam decided to visit him.

It was a chilly evening. The imam found the man alone at home, sitting before a blazing fire.  Guessing the reason for his imam’s visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace…and waited.

The imam made himself at home but said nothing. In the grave silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames around the burning logs. After some minutes, the imam took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone, then he sat
back in his chair, still silent.

The host watched all this in quiet contemplation. As the one lone ember’s flame flickered and diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more.  Soon it was cold and dead.

Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting.  The imam glanced at his watch and realised it was time to leave.  He slowly stood up, picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to glow, once more with the light and warmth of the
burning coals around it.

As the imam reached the door to leave, his host said with a tear running down his cheek, ‘Shukran for your visit and especially for the firey sermon. I will be attending mosque again tomorrow starting with the Fajr Salaah, InshaAllah’.

قُلْ هَٰذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ ۚ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِي ۖ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

Say, “This is my way; I invite to Allah with insight, I and those who follow me. And exalted is Allah ; and I am not of those who associate others with Him.” (Quran 12:108)

Our best Dawah (invitation to Islam) is our example. Our actions speak louder than words. We live in a world today, which tries to say too much with too little. Consequently, few listen.  Sometimes the best sermons are the ones “given silently”.

Be grateful to Allah!

"Every blessing from Allah requires gratitude, using them in the obedience of Allah or sharing them is a sign of gratitude. Our greatest blessing is Islam, calling people to it is a must if indeed we are thankful of this great blessing."

-AbdulBary Yahya

How many blind people would pay anything to be able to read the Qurán, how many deaf people would pay anything to be able hear the Athan, how many dumb people would pay anything to be able to say the Shahadah, and how many crippled people would pay anything to walk around the Ka’bah. You see; we’re very rich, but just not grateful… And Allaah says in the Qur’an: “And few of My servants are grateful” [34:13]

A basket of water

Why do we read Quran, if we can’t understand a single Arabic word? 

This is a beautiful story:
 
An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Quran. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.

One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the Quran just like you but I don’t understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Qur’an do?”

The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.”

The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead.

The old man said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough,” and he went out the door to watch the boy try again.

At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out before he got back to the house. The boy again dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said, “See Grandpa, it’s useless!”

“So you think it is useless?” The old man said, “Look at the basket.”
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean, inside and out.

“Son, that’s what happens when you read the Qur’an. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out. That is the work of Allah in our lives.”

Hijab is not merely a head covering

When asked about her Hijab By Journalists and how it is not proportionate with her level of intellect and education, she replied: 
“Man in The early times was almost naked, and as his intellect evolved he started wearing clothes. What I am today and what I’m wearing represents the highest level of thought and civilization that man has achieved, and is not regressive. It’s The removal of clothes again that is regressive back to ancient times" - nobel laureate -Yemen


Most of us cover our heads just because our parents asks us to do so or because we're known as 'muslim' by name. Hijab is something much more than that.