Drops of Guidance – Pearls of Wisdom

Pearls of Wisdom from the Drops of Guidance course

• Logic as human beings – Our own logic is not better than the decree of Allah (swt)
• Salah and imaan are very closely related
• When you look at the transliteration of the quraan, you don’t get the tajweed from it.
• Is the English quraan a mus’haf? NO!
• The sincere person is the one who hides his good deeds just like he hides his evil deeds
• Accept that all people are different
• Being Muslim is not enough to believe you are going to paradise, you have to work at it and earn it
• We have to constantly be judging ourselves so that we can improve ourselves. Focus on our own self, and not fault finding in others.
• The affirmation of faith is actually a negation (of all else)
• Qadr cannot be used as an excuse for sinning
• In talking about the stars, astronomy, astrology… you can end up in shirk.
• The pillars of faith are the minimum obligatory amount of worship
• If your belief in one of the pillars is missing, then your imaan is incomplete.
• As a student of knowledge you are like the full moon during darkness.
• Make Tawba, ask allah (swt) to change your heart and fulfil the conditions of tawba.
• Don’t use ibadah as a means of committing sins. Eg. Giving charity to gain recognition.
• A muslim must always be on guard and never be arrogant thinking that he had done enough to save himself from the hell fire
• Angels have the faculty of choice
• Have hope in Allah (swt)
• Some people think of qadr, but forget to have hope or trust in Allah (SWT)
• Be careful of what the whispers (waswassa) are telling you in your mind
• Don’t let shaytaan trick you. Look at your intention
• Reminding yourself of Allah (swt) eg. Making dhikr will help you cure ostentation
• Make istigfaar whilst walking the street
• Create a spiritual growth list.
• Every single thing you do, you do for the sake of Allah (swt)
• Allah (swt) has given us the ability to recognise riyaa within ourselves
• Remembering Allah (swt) in a way that is not from the sunnah, should not be done.
• A means to an innovation is also a bid’ah
• The prophet SAWS only performed tarawih with the companions 3 times
• An new way of sinning is not regarded as an innovation because it is NOT worship
• Place for the intention is in the heart
• Speech of the heart is your belief. Speech of the heart should reflect in your actions.
• Statement to enter into the state of ihram is different to intention
• To testify something in Islam, it has to be outward
• Imaan fluctuates: it goes up by the obedience to Allah (swt). It goes down by disobedience to Allah (swt)
• Modesty is an action of the heart
• Qadr is not something to be argued and debated
• There is no need to blame someone or something when something bad happens. Accept that there is wisdom and goodness in it, even if you cannot comprehend it.
• It is not the goodness or the badness of na action that makes it a bidah, rather the newness of its introduction into the deen is what matters. Islam is perfect as it is, adding to it is uncalled for
• Allah (swt) will question what did we do with our blessings. What will our answers be? Have we prepared for this?
• Do things (ibadah) a level at a time until they become automated. Build yourself up slowly with dedication.
• Praying your sunnah wil safeguard your fardh
• If you are not sure about something, don’t be afraid to say ‘I don’t know’
• Islam is not about running away from allah (swt) , it is about running towards him instead.
• Accept whatever allah gives you and move on
• When you skyrocket your imaan, the only place for it to go is down. Be consistent

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