Suicide is Haram, So Practice Some Self-Compassion

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The Perils of taking Muslim Heroes besides the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him

To much of their chagrin, some people who have allowed their faith to revolve around people and not principle will inevitably have crises of faith when the people they view as the incarnation of application or knowledge fall from grace or change their views.

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Coupling Practicality with Islam

Manners coupled with faith is like a fragrant flower with sweet nectar.

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Plus it keeps people puzzled and guessing where the sweet fragrance, besides the flower aroma, is coming from.

Deliberating on Details

A person who cannot appreciate the basics of the deen but only through esoteric minutia within the deen is feared to never find the sweetness of faith.

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Our Delicateness and Vulnerabilities

One simply does not simply understand the true meaning of surrendering to Divine Providence until one realizes that he or she is as helpless at times of ease in equal or greater measure to one's helplessness in times of need.

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Satisfaction Obtained from Overcoming Hurdles

Scratching an itch is very satisfying. It is only so because there was an itch. Had there been no itch, there would be no satisfying feeling. In many ways, the satisfying after-feeling of relief when one looks back at the challenges brought by life itself can only be achieved after conquering pain, trails and tests. After all, had there been no challenge, there would be no feeling of victory.

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Inner Critisizer?

"Slow birds need to fly earlier than the early bird." or "Dumb Birds Fly First" - Chinese Proverb

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If your inner editor/ inner critic always uses a negative tone accept the criticism instead of sushing, hushing and subdueing it.

Tell your inner critic that you are going to compensate the 'dumbness' and 'slowness' by starting early.

Also, remember you may not be slow or dumb; creative and smart people do procrastinate and come up with good ideas at the last minute making it seem like you arrived late. 

So you could have afterall, misdiagnosed your dumbness and slowness. 

However use the 'starting early defense' to defeat the inner critc.

Swinging between Islam and Atheism?

The sudden theological shifts some people undergo from one polar extreme to the other proves to none other than themselves that the fanatical fervor they demonstrated at either extreme was simply done to overcompensate for their theological imbalances. 

AbdulRahman Chao