"Attract What You Expect Reflect What You Desire Become What You Respect And Mirror What You Admire" 

🌹 A Conversation Between Sayyiduna Abu`Bakr And Sayyiduna Ali Al`Murtaza 🌹
(Radhi Allahu Ta'ala Anhuma)

It Is Recorded In Sunan Ad-Darimi Shareef, Upon The Authority Of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) That Both Sayyiduna Abu Bakr And Sayyiduna Ali (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) Arrived At The Door Of Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم).

Abu Bakr Said:“Ya Ali, You Go First.”
Ali Replied:“Please You Go Before Me. I Will Never Go In Front Of A Man Of Whom The Messenger (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم) Said The Sun Never Rises Or Sets On Any Better Man Than Abu Bakr."

Abu Bakr Replied:“How Can I Go Before Whom The Messenger (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم) Said The Best Woman [Sayyida Fatimah (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anha)] Was Given To The Best Man.”

Ali Then Said:“I Will Never Enter Before A Person Whom The Messenger (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم) Said On The Day Of Judgement A Call Will Come From Almighty Allah Saying“O Abu Bakr! You And The Ones That Love You Enter Jannah!”

Abu Bakr Replied:“I Will Never Go Before You Because You Will Come Rising On The Day Of Judgement And It Will Be Said That‘He Was A Good Man, A Good Brother And A Good Father.”

So Ali Then Said:“I Will Never Go Before You When The Prophet (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم) Said,‘If The Imaan Of Abu Bakr Was Placed On One Side Of The Scale And The Imaan Of The Ummah On The Other, The Imaan Of Abu Bakr Would Outweigh It.”

Abu Bakr Replied:“I Cannot Go Before The One Who The Prophet (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم) Said On The Day Of Judgement Ali Will Come With His Wife Fatimah (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anha), Their Two Children Riding On A Camel And The People Will Ask Who Is This O Prophet (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم) ?" And The Reply Will Be Given, "This Is The One Whom Allah Loves.”

Ali Then Replied That The Messenger (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم) Said: Allah Said,“The One Who Brought ‘Sidq’ Was Rasul’Allah (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم) And The ‘Siddeeq’is The One That Follows.”

Sayyiduna Jibreel (Alayhi Salaam) Was Then Instructed To Go To Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم) And Say,“Allah Sends His Salaam And All The Malaaika Are Listening To The Conversation Between Abu Bakr And Ali, Go Out And Be The Third One To Resolve It! Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala) Sends His Special Rahmah And Has Built A Fence Of Imaan And Adab Between Them”(Meaning They Are The People Of Adab)

The Prophet (صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآله وسلم) Then Came Out And Kissed Both Of Them And Said:
“By The One in Whose Hand Lays My Soul, If The Sea Was Ink And The Trees Pens And The Creations Of The Heavens And The Earth Were Writing They Would Never Be Able To Write About Your Virtues Nor Describe Your Words.”

"If a believer truly asks refuge from the Fire, the Fire will ask,“O Allah, he seeks refuge from me, so distant him from me.”

_____Shaykh al-Habib Omar bin Hafiz (Hafida'ullah) ❤️

"Being Famous is A Trial, Yet Most are Desirous For It; Being Unknown is A Blessing, Yet Most are Not Content With It." 🙁

_____Sayyiduna Shaykh Junayd al-Baghdadi (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) ~

A lesson from the life of RasulAllah ﷺ

If Allah is with you then it doesn't make the slightly difference who is against you. 

Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are on the right path. Solitude is better for us, as it means being alone without feeling lonely. But eventually it is the best to find a person who will be your mirror. Remember only in another person's heart can you truly see yourself and the presence of God within you.

#Sufism - The Journey of Love 

The man who abuses his wife has a problem with his Emaan (faith). His level of Emaan is in question. If you have a problem with this, then you have a problem with the Prophet ﷺ.

‎For the Prophet ﷺ said, "The Best of You are The Best in Behavior To Their Women."

_____Shaykh Al-Habib Ali Al-Jifri (Hafida'ullah) 💖

'Verily, Allah Almighty created Adam (Alayhi Salaam) from a handful which He took from the earth, so the children of Adam come in accordance with the earth. Some come with red skin, white skin, or black skin, and whatever is in between: thin, thick, dirty, and clean.'

- The Noble Messenger of Allah ﷺ

Sayyiduna Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (Alayhi Salaam) was one of those infallible Nufus who were created by God to be models of moral excellence. The character and conduct of all those sages in different stages of their lives was the standard of excellence. The particular virtues of the Imam which were recorded by the historians included hospitality, charity, the helping of the needy in secrecy, the fair treatment of poor relatives, forgiveness, patience and fortitude.
Once a pilgrim visiting the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, fell asleep. On waking up, he hurriedly searched his belongings and found his purse which contained One Thousand Dinars was missing. Looking around he saw the Imam was praying in one corner of the Mosque.
He accused the Imam of having picked his purse. The Imam asked about its contents and was told that it contained one thousand Dinars. The Imam then asked the man to follow him to his house where he gave the man the same amount. When the stranger came back to the mosque satisfied, once more he checked his property and found that his purse was intact in another bundle.
Greatly ashamed of his conduct, he came back to the Imam, apologized and asked him to take his money back. Imam replied with these words, “We never take back what we once give away, but if you feel guilty about it, give it to the poor of the town. " The traveler gave all the money in Charity to the poor of Madinah.

"You may try to deny the existence of God/Allah, but you cannot deny the existence of the perfected character of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ."

~ Saying of an Anonymous Muslim Convert who was inspired by Dr. Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Alayhi Rahma) ❤️

Who is the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ? There is no leader who showed greater humility and kindness than Him.

Do you know when Sayyiduna Ali (Alayhis Salaam) came to Madinah, his feet were swollen due to him walking for such a distance so the Prophet went to him and cried when looking at his state and then massaged his feet? A Prophet serving his follower in such a way. He didn't like his pillow to be softened more than others. He didn't let people walk behind him. He didn't like to sit high above others. If strangers walked in, they would need to ask where He was seated. He would go to the homes of the poor.

He would share simple food with the weak. He accepted the invitation of those who had nothing. He would visit the ill and go to them even if it was barefooted. He would attend to the needs of slaves and sit with them. In a time women were disrespected, He raised their ranks, replied to their worries and fixed their problems. In war, He would have ate the least but He would serve His companions and not eat until they finished and were full. He would go hungry but wouldn't others to feel pain. He was fully accessible to the community. He did things himself. He didn't like people serving Him. He partook in community projects and helped in building Masjids Himself. He asked about everyone and wanted to know about them, and He cared about those who had nobody.

Sayyiduna Imam Ali al-Murtadha (Alayhi Salaam) relates that the Prophet ﷺ said,
“Dua is the weapon of the believer, the pillar of the religion, and the light of the heavens and the earth.”

Reference:
~ Mustadrak al-Hakim 📖🖋️

The personality of the Messenger, His leadership and His unequalled firmness. He (Sallallahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa'Aalihi Wassallam) was to the Muslims the final refuge at Badr and at every battle He attended.

The Hashmites [the clan of the Prophet (Sallallahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa'Aalihi Wassallam)], led by Ali Ibn Abu Talib (Alayhimus Salaam)who entered this battle relatively obscure and came out with unequalled military fame. His military performances became the popular subject of the Arab caravans conversations throughout the Arabic Peninsula.

We have found knowledge, not by means of words and phrases, nor by jostling with other men, but by a heart freed from this world, by weeping in the depths of the night, and constant vigilance for the Almighty.

_____Shaykh al-Qutb al-Akbar Imam Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) ❤️

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin with which my enemies intended to disgrace me, but You turned their plotting away from me and did not assist them in disgracing me, as though I were Your obedient servant; and You sustained me until it seemed as though I were Your friend. Until when, O my Lord, will I disobey You and You continue giving me respite? Long indeed have I disobeyed You and You have not punished me; and long indeed have I, with all my evil deeds, beseeched You and You have granted me my requests. What meager thanks of mine can measure up, in Your sight, to even one of Your many blessings upon me? 

Sayyiduna Imam Khawaja Hassan al-Basri (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu)

One of the greatest benefits of sending Salawaat upon the Prophet ﷺ is that Allah will remove all anxiety from you. All three classifications, as a psychiatrist friend told me, of mental illness relate to various degrees of anxiety. And here we have an extremely practical way to prevent—and to remove once we have been afflicted with it—anxiety in all of its different forms. One of the things that I found...I have never seen anyone who sends abundant Salawaat upon the Prophet ﷺ that’s not a happy and cheerful person, personally; I have never met someone who I know has a strong connection with the Prophet ﷺ and sends abundant Salawaat upon him ﷺ except that they tend to be the lightest of spirits; they tend to be the most jovial and cheerful people—from the blessings of our Prophet ﷺ.

— Shaykh Yahya Rhodus (Hafida'ullah) 

"One day, As Imam Ali (Alayhis Salaam) was walking outside, He came across A group of children teasing an orphan boy, because he did not have a Father, Imam Ali (Alayhis Salaam) saw that the orphan was crying and wanted to know what pounded the young child, The child said; "That other children often made fun of him, because he did not know his father looked like, his parents were both martyred, Tears were dropping from the eyes of Imam Ali (Alayhis Salaam) He then told the orphan to return back to the children and tell them that, his father was now Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (Alayhi Salaam). 💔