Dear diary

I like a teacher's knowledge to comprehend more than one branch of the Islamic sciences, -- just a single book in a bookcase. I like a believer who likes to see an act of charity completed as well as a good fiqh class.

Know that...

Falls and descents and confusion --
The believer is obliged to work through them
Before he stands in honest judgment
All the struggling believers with taqwa
-- go through this

Fruit of faith

Encouragement comes from iman.

flimflam

At times,

a believer
falls very


deeply

and becomes distant from al-Haqq
through self-righteous falsehood,

she knows in truth that she has turned her back,
and even now,

she is as He wills

and therefore she despairs in herself,
but in truth, one must stay far from
such flimflam.

The Guide

Even in the darkest, most evil corners of the dunya, one can draw close to Al-Hadi.