Assalamu alikum
I hope ur all in the best of health and imaan.
Ok, so this is my first post on breathe islam (well, me being clumsy I just lost a whole post I typed up and nearly finished !,hope this one is betta). I’m hoping 2 contribute 2 this blog by posting now and then Inshallah…
Before I begin posting I’d like to explain what breathe islam means to me….
To me, breathing islam means more than just eating, drinking or sleeping it…breathe islam means living it. Islam is afterall a complete way of life. Its our structure and basis 2 everything that we do from the big things to the small things and to the simple things such as a simple breath. Ur probably thinking ‘what has this got 2 do with it ? read on and all wil b revealed….’
Breathing as we all know (I hope by now :P) is a very important part of living. If our breathing ever ceased, our life would end…simple as that really.
In the same manner, to breathe islam means that if something so simple yet critical such as our precious islam were taken away from our hearts, then our hearts would be dead the moment it happened. To live ur heart needs oxygen, islam is the oxygen that the heart needs to keep life going but cannot live without…
The moment that oxygen (islam) stops flowing in ur heart, ur heart will slow down and b4 u know it u’ll b dead (if not physically u’ll definately b spiritually dead).
If we remember Islam as being the oxygen to keep the heart spiritually healthy, and we have breathed it all our lives, then when we do physically stop breathing, our islam will Inshallah be with us in the akhira too.
Imam Ghazali (RA) puts it beautifully in his Ihya:
‘Your time is your life, and your life is your capital; it is the basis of your transactions (with God), and the means to attain everlasting felicity, in the proximity of god the exalted.
Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, and when it pases away it never returns’
See how beautifully but simply one of the great scholars of islam puts it, subhanallah!
Whenever I read it, It really softens my heart…hopefully to let me breathe my islam a little bit more…
B4 I end this post I have a couple of things I’d like 2 say…
Firstly, Jazakallah khair 2 Br.Ahmed without whom this blog wudn’t have happened. I pray that u always remain as dedicated 2 the deen as u r, and I hope that Allah (swt) rewards u greatly 4 all that u do in blog world.Ameen. 🙂
Secondly, Br. Zain…Jazakallah khair 2u…I’m glad ur a part of this team. Inshallah with an asset like urself and the blessings that cum with u this blog will go far :). Ur inspirational posts r always something 2 look 4ward 2, and I’m sure they will always b eagerly awaited. May Allah (swt) raise u in rank and may he make u one of his saliheen salves.Ameen.
Thirdly and finally, I pray that Allah (swt) accepts our humble efforts on this blog and on our respective blogs and that we may be the first to act on anything that we say. I pray that He ALLAH (swt) blesses us with the inclination 2 breathe islam every breath of our lives not to live, but to please him and to become his obedient slaves.Ameen. And I pray that this blog alog with the many other blogs out there benefitting pple r a path that ppl can use to Inshallah bcum closer to our rabb.Ameen.
I pray that all those who read this blog, and continue 2 support this blog may share the blessings and outcome of it. I pray that those pple ( uno who u r :)) who are always there supporting us and encouraging us gain great blessings from Allah, bcuz without these special pple I would have left blog world a long time ago…
Time 4 me 2 go..
Over and out
Wassalam
Mujahidah an Nafs
Sorry Br.Ahmed this was long one!
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