تمادينا بالتفكير ونسينا بأن الأقدار مكتوبة
We went too far in thinking and forgot that destinies are written.
- Mahmoud Darwish
Over zillions of stars in the galaxies far far away, I will always... always end up choosing you my moon.
-Sldnctr
It is reported that Masrūq – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal, Al-Zuhd article 2038.
“and advise each other to be patient and advise one another to be merciful.”
-Al Qur’aan {90:17}
الحياة سَتمضي قبل أن نَستوعب مَا يَمُر بِنا
Life will pass before we realize what is happening to us.
- Naguib Mahfouz
At this point, it's absurd to call Hamas anything but a resistance group that fights fair. We have seen thousands of videos and images of the idf killing, mocking, torturing and abusing Palestinian men, women and children in the most creative of ways. I have yet to see that from Hamas. Whoever condemns Hamas also condemns their right to self defence.
Hamas are made up mostly of orphans, orphaned by the hands of the idf. These people have every right to be angry, to resist living in an open air prison and being persecuted every day while the world sides with their oppressors. You'd be lying if you said you wouldn't be too, and yet they are not the ones indiscriminately killing civilians.
I'm tired of hearing 'I don't condone it but I can't blame them'. Stop beating around the bush and admit that you too would take up arms to defend yourself and your loved ones in the face of a brutal and unending occupation. Being passive doesn't bring about peace, it only allows ease in your destruction. Their rights, which were and have been taken by force for almost 80 years, can only be returned by force. That's a right none of us should speak against unless we're willingly giving up that right for ourselves.
Imam Malik رحمه الله describing the importance of holding firmly to the Sunnah:
“The Sunnah is like the ark of Nuh عليه السلام; whoever embarks on it will be successful and whoever remains behind, will drown.”
[مفتاح الجنة في الاحتجاج بالسنة]
who are you when you are not watching tv or movies? when you aren't playing video games or reading a book or fanfiction or listening to music or whatever other kind of media that you engage with? who are you when your mind isn't in another world or story, when you are forced to sit with yourself and the only experience you have is your own sensorial life? can you define yourself outside of what you consume? who is that person? do you like them? can you bear it? can you bear it?
Baaz aa, baaz aa, har anche hastee baaz aa. Gar kaafeer u gabr u bot parastee baaz aa. Een dargaahe maa dargaahe nowmeedee neest,Saad baar agar towba shikastee baaz aa.
Come again come again whatever you are come again, if you're a kafir or idol- worshiper come again. This home of ours is not a home of hopelessness, even if you've repented one hundred times, come again.