Abdurrahmaan Al-Qaddaaree

Your heart will find ease—so be patient. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Patience is light". (Narrated by Muslim) Whenever Allah tests you, He places a spark of light in your heart to guide you through. Patience is not a burden, nor a restriction; it is a guiding light that illuminates the path even in the darkest circumstances. Your Lord is more merciful to you than you are to yourself. He knows exactly where your pain lies and measures trials according to what will elevate you, not what will overwhelm you. When your chest feels heavy, know that relief is nearer than you imagine-through a word, a supplication, or a small event that can change the course of your life. Do not despair along the path of patience. At its end are doors of goodness that open only for those who endure and remain steadfast. Perhaps the night in which you weep today is the very night Allah writes a victory that will make you forget every sorrow. Abu l-Munthir al-Hawbaanee

Prophet — peace be upon him — said: When you make engaging in ‘Inah transactions a habit, take hold of the tails of cattle, are pleased with farming, and abandon jihaad, Allah will inflict humiliation upon you, and He will not remove it until you return to your religion. All the emotional writers, screaming into microphones, crafting poetic laments, blaming this ruler or that group — are avoiding the real cause. They're pouring water into a sieve, then wondering why it doesn't fill. To understand the disease is half of the cure. And this hadeeth names it plainly. Al-Albany — may Allah have mercy on him — once said: But you are a kind of people who deliberately ignore the facts. And Allah is the only one who's help is sought...