Al-Maeda:87
"O ye who believe! Make not unlawful the good things which Allah hath made lawful for you but commit no excess: for Allah loveth not those to excess."
Be moderate and steady fast in all acts of ibadah For Allah loves those who commit no excess. You don't need to do in excess because you want people to praise you when at the end Allah would reject such act. Be mindful and fear Allah in what so ever you do.
Al-isra:15
"Whoever adopts the right path does so for his own benefit, and whoever goes astray does so to his own detriment, and no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another, and it is not Our way to punish (anyone) unless We send a Messenger."
And the message as Been sent (The Quran).blessings upon the best of mankind who has saved us. Would you then not adopt the right path after you and i know which and what Allah wants of us. Alas!!! Its not just for u being a Muslim by name makes u adopt the right path but a Muslim by practice who follows dearly the message the prophet (SAW) has taught us. Practice the pristine Islam today, enjoin what is good and forbid which is bad, make the Quran and hadith ur daily dose and most interestingly is all your own benefit because He the most beneficent says No one shall carry another's burden.
Al-Rad:11
"Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves"
We all want to excel in an examination, but before that can happen we obviously have to study because u can't answer a question which u have NO knowledge of. Likewise would Allah NOT come to running if u @ least not come to Him walking. Your condition is what you decide to place on yourself, you have become the master to yourself by commanding yourself saying this is what I want for myself. Change your condition today by submitting to Allah, following the Quran and Sunnah and not heart desires and selfish interest and Allah would change your condition better than u expect.
Perhaps we can all ponder on the Naseehaah of one of the Salaf, by name Sufyaan Ibn Saeed Ath-Thawree(RahimauLLAH)....
"My brother, use the time you have between dawn and sunrise to contemplate the previous day: Remain steadfast on the good deeds you performed the previous day, and abandon anything you did out of disobedience to ALLAAH (subhaanahu wa ta’aala).
Do not repeat the same mistakes, for you do not know whether or not you will live for the rest of your day! As long as you are alive, the option of repentance is available to you, but refraining from sinning is easier for you than trying to perform a sincere repentance. A sincere repentance involves regret and a firm resolve never to repeat the same sin again.
Wherever you are, fear ALLAAH. If you perpetrated a sin in secret, then repent to ALLAAH in secret. And if you perpetrated a sin out in the open, then repent to ALLAAH out in the open.
Do not let one sin lead to another (so that they pile up onto one another). Cry frequently and as much as you are able to, and do not laugh (frequently), for you were not created without purpose. Join ties with and be kind to your family, your relatives, your neighbors, and your brothers....
"When you intend to show mercy, show mercy to the poor, to orphans, and to the weak. If you intend to give charity…or to perform a good deed, then do it right away, before the Shaytaan (Devil) positions himself between you and the execution of what you intended to do. Act always on a good intention: eat with a good intention and drink with a good intention....
Do not be miserly, for miserliness corrupts a person’s religion. Do not promise someone something and refrain from fulfilling your promise, for in that case, the love you will have gained through your promise will be replaced by hate. Do not feel rancor in your heart towards your Muslim brother, for ALLAAH does not accept repentance from a person if there is rancor and malice between him and his Muslim brother. Do not be angry, for anger is like a shaver – just as a shaver shaves off hair, anger shaves off good deeds (unless one becomes angry for the sake of ALLAAH (subhaanahu wa ta’aala)).
Make it a practice to extend greetings of peace to every Muslim, for if you do so, hatred, deception, and rancor will all be purged from your heart. Shake hands with your Muslim brothers and you will, as a result, become loved by the people. Remain in a constant state of purity (by performing ablution whenever you pass wind or empty your bowels) and, as a result, you will be loved by the Al-Hafazah (the angels who record your deeds). Love only for the sake of ALLAAH, and hate only for the sake of ALLAAH: If you do not possess these two qualities, it means that you have on you the mark of a hypocrite....
Extracted from The Biography of Sufyaan ath-Thawree (RahimauLLAH), p175-176...
