Indeed, the path to liberation is long, and you and I may never see the end. But thank Allah, for what you saw in the last weeks was undoubtedly the beginning.
The famed philosopher and physician Albert Schweitzer once said: “Example is not the main thing in influencing others; it is the only thing.”
With Al-Ṣamad is the solution to every challenge, the key to every lock, and the lifeline to all those who brush with death.
The resilience of the people of al-Quds has astonished and inspired Muslims all over the world in recent days. Shaykh Ali Hammuda writes a special Khutbah for khatībs and congregations across the English-speaking world.
Al-Raḥmān wishes to share His Mercy, as He does every second of the day. It is man, however, who—at times—refuses to be a full recipient of it through the choices he makes.
What started as an article by Sh Ali Hammuda has now transformed into a full blown production to tackle the fast growing pandemic of sadness and depression in our times.
When things do not conform to plan, we feel that we have been abandoned and that the promises of aid missed us. Far from abandonment, the ‘delay’ in aid could be because the threshold of effort that Allāh expects is yet to be reached, although one may be only a few more inches away from it.
Your small boat may be able to take you to the edge of an ocean, but it cannot make you sail through it. Similarly, your mind may guide you to the Oneness of Allāh, but never will it be able to fully encompass His wisdom and endless subtleties upon you.
Cast aside every weak and helpless mortal and instead cast your eyes towards the Maker of them all.
Realise who you are: a dignified human being and a servant of Al-Karīm, a name of which one of the meanings is the Honoured One.
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