What will be your reply when Allah ta'aala will say,

"We granted you sound and healthy limbs… hands, feet, eyes, ears, nose, etc. What have you done to express your gratitude for all these gifts?" and what will your reply be when questioned as to how you spent the wealth given to you by Allah ta'aala?

Get rid of the habit that brings you closer to your grave, but further away from Allah swt.

Why dirty yourself?

Who does not have problems?

Problems are a part of life. If it were not for distance and separation, people would never know the joy of meeting and reunion. If it were not for poverty, people would not know wealth. And if it were not for sorrow, people would not know joy.

  

Can you picture yourself walking without feet? Should you take it lightly that you slumber soundly while misery hinders the sleep of many? Should you forget that you fill yourself with both delicious dishes and cool water while the pleasure of good food and drink is impossible for some, due to sickness and disease?

Consider those faculties of hearing and seeing with which you have been endowed. Look at your healthy skin and be grateful that you have been saved from diseases that attack it. Reflect on your powers of reasoning and remember those that suffer from mental ailments.

Al-Ma’moon would alternate between reading, standing, sitting, or lying, and he said:
“The soul is ever so prone to boredom.”

“Those who remember Allah [always, and in prayers] standing, sitting and lying down on their sides...” Surah Al-Imran – Ayah 191.

Were you to contemplate the different kinds of worship, you would find wonder at its variety and diversity.

When becoming humiliated, remember the Prophet in Ta’if.

When being starved, remember the Prophet tying two stones to his stomach in the battle of Khandaq.

When becoming angry, remember the Prophet’s control of anger on the martyrdom of his beloved Uncle Hamza.
 

By seeing the deceased – by seeing what we are destined to come to – we are given a strong reminder. This is especially the case when we realize that for each and every grave, we do not know whether it is one of the gardens of Paradise or a pit from the pits of Hell.

Our purpose for visiting the graves is not to provide any comfort or benefit to the deceased. The dead get nothing out of our visit. It is for US. A reminder of our Hereafter...

"...They were youths, yet mature youths, their eyes fresh and free of evil, their feet refrained from approaching falsehood and futility...”

“Do not come near to adultery, indeed it is a shameful deed and an evil way...” (Quran: 17 : 32)

Today, Muslims are increasingly banishing their modesty of which Rasoolullah pbuh said: “Modesty is a part of Imaan.” Many Muslims who are so called ‘religious’ are also the victims of immoral acts and evils of this immodest society, i.e. alcohol, drugs, adultery, fornication, etc. A Muslim should realise that these acts bring the displeasure of Allah and their consequences are severe in this world and in the hereafter.

One of the most common of these evils is adultery and fornication.

How many of us are prepared for the day we’ll breathe our last, have our bodies washed, shrouded, and placed in a dark pit that others will call our grave. How many of us can actually comprehend the reality of this event taking place, so much so that we can cry in fear and awe in front of Allah that He protects us from the calamities that follow the soul leaving the body?

The Muslim student puts his trust in Allaah when facing the tests of this world, and he seeks His help whilst following the prescribed means, in accordance with the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him):

“The strong believer is better and is more beloved to Allaah than the weak believer, although both are good. Strive to attain that which will benefit you and seek the help of Allaah, and do not feel helpless.” (Saheeh Muslim, hadeeth no. 2664)  

A man was walking through the marketplace one afternoon when, just as the muezzin began the call to prayer, his eye fell on a woman’s back.

She was strangely attractive, though dressed in fulsome black, a veil over head and face, and she now turned to him as if somehow conscious of his over-lingering regard, and gave him a slight but meaningful nod before she rounded the corner into the lane of silk sellers...

The Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, that he said:

"A man does not frequent the mosques for the Prayer and the remembrance of Allaah except that Allaah, the Most High, greets him joyfully, just as the family of one who is absent greet him with joy when he returns to them."

Where in the world, are the Muslim youth getting their ideals about love, marriage and family?

Are we turning to the Qur'an and the Sunnah of in Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam? Unfortunately, we do not.
In the Indian subcontinent, we're turning to Indian films; In America and possibly the rest of the world, we're turning to Hollywood.

It is human nature to be forgetful, as the Arab poet said:

“He is only called man (insaan) because of his forgetfulness (nasiyaan), and it is only called the heart (al-qalb) because it changes so rapidly (yataqallib).”

In the past they said that the first one to forget (awwal naasin) was the first man (awwal al-naas), meaning Adam, peace be upon him. Forgetfulness is something that varies from person to person according to each individual’s nature

Knowing Islamic history is not only an option for a Muslim, it should be considered an obligation. We may well know the names of many sahaabah, but do we ever question ourselves about how much we know of their lives? Do we know how old the sahaabah were when they passed away? Do we know what they accomplished and achieved? Do we know of their relations with the Prophet Muhammad?

An achievement would be to know of how the Sahaabah protected themselves from fitnah, how they protected themselves from issues we face in this very day and age – issues of zina, issues of dating, issues of alcohol, issues of hijaab, issues of cleanliness and attire, issues of how they struggled to gain closeness to Allah and how they dealt with friends and family.

If Deen (religion) cannot be strong except with its’ followers, then it is necessary for us, the followers of Islaam and its’ flag-bearers, that we firstly strengthen ourselves so that we may become worthy of leadership and guidance.

By no means is love a sickness in and of itself. Indeed, it is the only known cure for many of the problems and ailments that we as human beings suffer from. However, love can turn into an illness if it becomes obsessive, if it goes beyond its proper bounds, or if the object of love is not worthy.

When such a situation develops, love indeed becomes a sickness requiring a remedy.

The greatest wish, the most significant wish, the dying wish, brothers and sisters, is the one we belittle the most, the one we minimize the most.

Sure, we all wish for it, it does have a place on our wish lists, but not with the passion befitting its status. You all know what that wish is. I hardly need to tell you, but I will, because the reminder benefits the believers.

It is the wish for jannah. It is a wish that is wasted.