“Just as he [Abraham] and his son reclaimed the foundation left by Adam and rebuilt upon it, sometimes our lives are left destroyed and we too must rebuild upon the foundation which God gave us and to ask Him to accept from us.”
Eid Mubarak or Blessed Return
Return to connecting with God, and once we connect with God, we will connect with people, and once we connect with people we will connect with our family because charity begins at home. And once we connect with our family, we will be able to connect with ourselves…We should connect, and reconnect and reconnect every year with the essence of our deen(faith).
Advice-a-holics and sincere advisors
Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib said, “Give good advice to everyone who seeks your counsel and do not seek the counsel of anyone except the advice of one who is sincere and intelligent.”
Faith: between hope and fear
We need to develop our relationship with God, our knowledge of ourselves, and let ourselves be guided by a fear that is deeply, deeply embedded in love.
Turning to God in our powerlessness and helplessness
O Allah, I beg of You the good which Your Prophet Muhammad, upon him peace and blessings, begged of You; and I seek refuge in You from the evil where from Your Prophet Muhammad, upon him peace and blessings, sought refuge. You are the One from Whom help is sought and Your is the responsibility to communicate (the truth). There is no power or strength except with Allah the Exalted, the Great.