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Have You Ever?
January 9, 2007 on 2:09 pm | In Gems, Islam, Tazkiyyah| By abdurrahman.org
I'm curious - I know we all try to listen to lectures, read books and articles, surf the internet in search of knowledge - in search of how to be a better Muslim. I've done all of that - but somehow, at times, it seems as though I am unchanged. We hear words of wisdom and shake our heads in acknowledgment - but how many of us actually walk away and change the way we are and the way in which we do things?
I have a 'homework' assignment for all of us - please at least try it out. Find a lecture on a topic that is important to you - perhaps it will be 'how to choose the right friends' or how to stop 'the dangers of the tongue' or perhaps 'how to be a better wife.' It doesn't really matter what lecture, article, book, etc. that you use - what matters is what you do with it. After you have really listened to its message, take the time - sit down and really ask yourself - how can I apply this information to my life? If it is on the topic of 'backbiting' - what things can you do to change this bad habit? Should you change the people you spend your time with? Should you make dua before you speak? What other things can you do? Then ... apply it to your life.
What I want us to do is to really listen ... to really think ... information and wisdom that is passed on to us is useless if we don't apply it. It's not enough to be able to tell someone else, "yeah, I heard that on a lecture" - Islam is about applying this knowledge to our lives and it's about time we really looked at ourselves and asked if we are doing all we can to be the people we need to be. The best way to make dawah in this life is by action - by being a good example.
Have you done your part today?
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As-salaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmat Allah–
Jazaak Allah Khayr for this reminder! May Allah make us of those who impliment what they learn. Ameen.
Shaqeeq Ibn Ibaraheem said: “The doors of success have been closed upon the creation because of six things: (1) Their busying themselves with the blessings of Allaah instead of thanking Allaah for them, (2) their desire for knowledge while they abandon actions, (3)the hastiness to sin and delaying repentance, (4) the deception of having righteous companions and not taking them as examples, (5) the turning away of the dunya from them while they chase it, and (6) the approach of the afterlife towards them while they turn away from it.”
Comment by Mariam 3.36 — November 25, 2007 #