10 For 20 at 40 – Ten Pieces of Advice I’d Give to My Twenty-Year Old Self Now That I’m Forty by Dr. Yasir Qadhi

Forty is a special age. It’s the quintessential age of mid-life. It’s older than ‘young’, but younger than ‘old’. It’s an age where one has typically finished jumping all the hoops that society and education and starting a family require, and where one now looks forward to thinking about the major accomplishments of life, and...

Prophet Adam’s Five Important Pieces of Advice to Prophet Shet

The Story of Prophet Shet (Peace be upon him)  Five years after Cain (Qabil) killed Abel (Habil), Hz. Adam (PBUH) had a baby. However, this boy was not a twin like the previous children. This child, who was born without a twin sister, was granted to Adam for Abel; he was ordered to call him...

Barsisa the Worshipper and Deception From Shaytaan (Satan)

"Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you; so take him as an enemy. He only invites his party to be among the companions of the Blaze." (Fatir 35:6) All praise and thanks are due to Allah. I stumbled upon this, pretty interesting story about how satan tricks a person and without ones realize that he...

Eight Advices of Life from Hatim Bin Ism

All praise and thanks are due to Allah. It is said that among the students and mureeds (disciples who seek spiritual elevation / enlightenment through the attainment of purification of their soul from all evil desires and tendencies under the guidance of a spiritual guide who has in turn completely attained this purification and high...