Courage

January 13, 2011

Be Brave, Gain Life

Seek out death (ie. be brave) and you shall be granted life.

—Abū Bakr

(Read on pg 125, ‘Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni, Don’t Be Sad. International Islamic Publishing House. Riyadh:2005.)

January 13, 2011

Courage in Facing Death

Which of the two days of death do I fear? The day in which it was not decreed for me to die, or the day in which death was preordained for me.  As for the former, I fear it not [it will not happen].  And as for the latter, it is destined to happen, and even cautious ones cannot be saved on that day.

—‘Ali b. Abi Tālib

(Read on pg 125, ‘Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni, Don’t Be Sad. International Islamic Publishing House. Riyadh:2005.)

January 1, 2011

The Shy or Arrogant Student

لا يَتَعَلَّمُ العِلمَ مُستَحيٍ وَ لا مُستَكبِر

One who is shy or arrogant cannot learn.

—Mujāhid b. Jabr [d 104H/722CE]

al-Bukhārī in his Chapter Headings

December 29, 2010

Courage in the Face of Bullets

If I am to sit down, who is there to stand up?

—Maulānā Sayyid Abuʾl-Aʿlā Maudūdī [d. 1399/1979]

During an assassination attempt upon him while he was on stage, answering the calls of supporters to duck while bullets were being fired