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3 Buckets – The Core
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March 24, 2015. April 15, 2015. Everyone is busy. In fact,. Believes that they are busier than the average person (which is impossible! Though people generally recognize that others have commitments and obligations, they only have a firsthand view of their own requirements, and so we perceive ourselves to be busier than those around us. Whether you ask a 3. Grader or a freshman in college, both will tell you that they have too much work! Is a freshman in college objectively busier than a 3. Really, we are.
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RUSH TO SUCCESS – The Core
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April 29, 2015. You have a huge project due at the end of the year. I mean, a. Project. Everything is riding on it. Every student either A) will have all their dreams come true or B) will experience extreme pain and disappointment. There is no choice C. After you turn your project in, the day arrives when the teacher passes out your grades. And boy, is it nerve-racking! Did I have enough content? Did I have all the sections the teacher wanted? Were all my facts correct? What about spelling and grammar?
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February 2015 – The Core
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February 24, 2015. February 24, 2015. The Prophet (s) once asked his companions, Do you want to see a man of Paradise? Think of the last time someone hurt you in any way. It could be big or small. Perhaps you told your friend a secret and he ended up telling several other people. Maybe your parents made an important promise and didn’t follow through with it. Or a classmate is spreading awful rumors about you. Whatever it is, what did you do after? So how do you forgive someone? Can you guarantee that one...
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If Today Was Your Last Day – The Core
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If Today Was Your Last Day. April 15, 2015. April 15, 2015. 8220;Surely we belong to Allah, and surely to Him we will return.” [2:156]. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon. It’s what we say after we find out someone has passed away. A relative, a neighbor, a friend. We’ve all been there, we’ve all known someone or heard of someone who has passed away. While we mourn and pay our respects, it’s important for us to realize the meaning of our words. Surely we. Belong to Allah, and surely to Him we. Abdullah...
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Anger: What is it and what can I do about it?! – The Core
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Anger: What is it and what can I do about it? April 24, 2015. April 24, 2015. We often hear that anger is bad, we shouldn’t get angry, and sometimes even that it’s haram. But is it really? According to Imam Ghazali. The purpose of anger is to protect us from harm. We get angry because we care. Think about it. What kinds of things do you get angry about? That we need it to achieve our goals, get things done, motivate ourselves, and address conflicts and injustices. Imam Ghazali’s 3 Degrees of Anger:.
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May 2015 – The Core
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Du’a: The Weapon of the Believer. May 14, 2015. And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me – indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided. 2:186. He wants us to ask Him for help, and He even rewards us for it! I didn’t even realize there were so many etiquettes involved with making du’a. I remember when I used to make du’a, I thought it would be selfish...
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Du’a: The Weapon of the Believer – The Core
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Du’a: The Weapon of the Believer. May 14, 2015. And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me – indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided. 2:186. He wants us to ask Him for help, and He even rewards us for it! I didn’t even realize there were so many etiquettes involved with making du’a. I remember when I used to make du’a, I thought it would be selfish...
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January 2015 – The Core
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January 25, 2015. February 1, 2015. Like most Muslims, I used to listen to music a lot. I was in chorus for four years and girls’ ensemble for a year. We performed for the school and different competitions. I studied music for a very long time. Then one day I was reading the Quran and noticed in the commentary the following hadith:. I was completely shocked. Okay, maybe listening to music wasn’t as good as listening to Quran, but was it really that bad? Was it really haraam? I remember doing a research p...
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The Core – Page 2
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Shooting at the Right Target. March 18, 2015. April 15, 2015. If anyone has ever played rec league basketball as a kid, you probably remember the time one of the players got the ball and started going towards the wrong goal. Everyone shouts frantically at him to stop, but the kid is on a mission! Just like the scenario above, with anything you do in life, you have to understand. You are trying to go before you start worrying about the. It sounds rather easy, right? You’d probably take all the way until M...
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April 2015 – The Core
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April 29, 2015. You have a huge project due at the end of the year. I mean, a. Project. Everything is riding on it. Every student either A) will have all their dreams come true or B) will experience extreme pain and disappointment. There is no choice C. After you turn your project in, the day arrives when the teacher passes out your grades. And boy, is it nerve-racking! Did I have enough content? Did I have all the sections the teacher wanted? Were all my facts correct? What about spelling and grammar?
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