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The Islamic Bulletin
Issue 21
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18 S
tatements of
H
ikmah
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isdom
)
1- When someone transgresses upon your rights (and
in doing so disobeys Allah), the way to ‘revenge’ is
to obey Allah in dealing with him (use reason/ rules
instead of anger).
2-When something comes to you from your brother,
accept it as something good, unless you have over-
whelming evidence against it (hush dhann- thinking
good of people).
3- Don’t take the word of a Muslim as ill. When there
is a way of seeing it positively, take it that way. Find
one good interpretation out of 10.
4- Avoid positions that will make others doubt you.
(i.e. disobey Allah publicly, hang out with people
who don’t care, at all time and places).
5- Do not blame others. When you have a secret, its
under your control, but when you tell someone else,
that control is not yours anymore. People fall under
different factors and pressures, so do not blame oth-
ers.
6- Always take care of the brothers and sisters of
truth. Be with them always. They will protect you.
They are always a beautiful ornament. In good times
you will have ease, and in time of difficulty, you will
have protection and support.
7- Be strict and careful in choosing your friends.
8- Always be with the truth even against your own
life.
9- Don’t indulge in that which is meaningless. Every
moment of our life is meaningful-use it to worship
Allah (SWT).
10- Don’t ask about that which didn’t happen. You
already have enough to deal with, be practical, deal
with immediate problems not the future of ghayb
(unseen).
11- Don’t ask for your need to be fulfilled from
someone who wouldn’t like your need to be ful-
filled. Try to be self-sufficient as individuals and
as an ummah, Muslims of early generation were
poor but didn’t lower themselves. Always be with
dignity.
12- Don’t be neglectful or careless in swearing by
the name of Allah. Otherwise, Allah will bring pun-
ishment on you.
13- Don’t be in the company of fajaar (those who
commit major sins openly and don’t care). You WILL
be affected. Your own behavior changes little by lit-
tle. Be in the company of people who remind you of
Allah.
14- Be aware of your enemy. Be careful, alert, and
prepared.
15- Remember death. Visit the graveyards, try to be
in kushuu’. If you can’t cry, force yourself to. Try to
be humble in front of the Creator, the One who gives
life and takes it away.
16- Be HUMBLE in acts of obedience to Allah. No
one will protect us but Allah. Seek protection from
Allah in Allah.
17- Seek tawbaah (forgiveness) immediately, be de-
termined.
18- Consult in your matters those who have kashi-
yaah (fear of Allah and always conscious of Him),
because those who have kashiyaah are the ones that
truly have ilm (Knowledge).