An adulterer will not commit adultery when he has full faith (in Allah), and a thief will not steal when he has full faith (in Allah).
Ibn MajahRead
Be at your mother’s feet and there is the Paradise.
Interpretation
Honoring and valuing your mother brings ultimate fulfillment and joy.
This quote emphasizes the importance of a mother’s role in one’s life, suggesting that true happiness and a sense of paradise can be found in serving and respecting her. It highlights the deep bond between a mother and child, indicating that treating one's mother with love and reverence is paramount in achieving genuine contentment and spiritual fulfillment.
In practice
During a family gathering, one might say this quote to honor the matriarch of the family.
An adulterer will not commit adultery when he has full faith (in Allah), and a thief will not steal when he has full faith (in Allah).
Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire for others’ goods, and people will love you.
Indecency in anything spoils it. And modesty in anything adorns it.
There is nothing like marriage, for two who love one another.
Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern.
Each member of the family in his own cell of consciousness, each making his own patchwork quilt of reality - collecting fragments of experience here, pieces of information there. From the tiny impressions gleaned from one another, they created a sense of belonging and tried to make do with the way they found each other.
Whenever I feel like I'm getting too far away from where I need to be, I think about my sons and the legacy I have to leave for them - and it always brings me back to reality.
Even families with health insurance are quite vulnerable to a severe economic reversal if someone gets sick.
My grandmothers are full of memories, smelling of soap and onions and wet clay, with veins rolling roughly over quick hands, they have many clean words to say, my grandmothers were strong.
I watched my parents' fame diminish - as I was getting more conscious, their celebrity was going back down the mountain.
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