Islamic Chidren's Books

  As Sufyān Ath-Thawrī said: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ، نَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ الحَرْبِيُ، نَا أَبُو حَذَيْفَةَ؛ قَالَ: رَأَى الثَّوْرِيِّ رَجُلًا عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ يَشْكُو ضِيقَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الثَّوْرِيُّ: يَا هَذَا! شَكَوْتَ مَنْ يَرْحَمُكَ إِلَى مَنْ لا يَرْحَمُك! Aḥmed reported that Ibrāhīm Al-Ḥarbī narrated that Abū Ḥudhayfah said, "Ath-Thawrī saw a man sitting with people complaining about his difficult situation, and he said to him, 'Hey you! You complained about the One who has mercy for you to the ones who do not have mercy for you." [al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir al-ʿIlm (al-Dīnawarī)] The One putting you through these difficulties is the One who has Mercy for you.  The hardships He puts you through make you to return to Him — this is in itself a mercy. So do not be from those who respond to trials by turning to the people with complaints. Because in reality, such a person is complaining about the One who put him in this tribulation. And this is the reality every time we co...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم، Allāh made this universe, and He, ʿazza wa jall, made our brains. Our brains are programmable, meaning, what you feed them, what you repeat, what you train them to seek…becomes how they function. So it follows that the best programming for the human mind is what Allāh commanded. Because the One who made the mind is the One who gave the instructions. The more a person aligns themselves with that guidance, the more correctly the mind operates: Clearer priorities, less confusion, less chasing illusions. The mind starts functioning the way it was meant to! Intelligence is not about appearing smart, or sounding modern, or saying smart things, because that's just theater. Being smart serves no better purpose than seeking the truth, and seeking the truth is what actually makes you smarter. Why? Because truth disciplines the mind. It forces honesty, humility; it forces you to drop nonsense even when your ego likes it! Falsehood does the opposite: it trains the brain...