What are you working on?

A short but powerful post from Seth Godin.

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If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer?

I hope so. If not, you're wasting away.

No matter what your job is, no matter where you work, there's a way to create a project (on your own, on weekends if necessary), where the excitement is palpable, where something that might make a difference is right around the corner.

Hurry, go do that.

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Prophet (peace be upon him)’s Love – Hajj Lectures

(Mina, 8th zul-Hijjah 1431, after Asr prayers) Sheikh Zafar gave a speech about how the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to love his people (ummah) and how his companions used to love him (therefore we should love him (s.a.w) too. Here are the highlights:

• Obeying the Prophet out of love (itaa’at) is obligatory on every Muslim.
• Seyyidna Umar Farooq (r.a.)’s conversation with the Prophet (s.a.w.) about his love for the prophet.
• The Meraj; how Seyyidna Abu Bakr confirmed this incident just be knowing that it was the Prophet who says that this had happened. This gave him the title of As-Siddeeq.
• The Cave of Thawr (Sor) – How Seyyidna Abu Bakr prepared the cave for the Prophet (s.a.w.) and then protected him from a snake-hole. The story of snake; it was waiting for 600 years to see the Prophet (s.a.w.)
• Beautiful conduct of the Prophet (s.a.w.) to his wives.
• The Prophet (s.a.w.) going to Al-Baqee cemetery in the middle of the night to supplicate for his ummah.
• At the time of his death, Prophet (s.a.w.) told Izraeel (a.s.), the angel of death, to give him the pains of death and spare the people in his ummah.

Why Worship Allah – Hajj Lectures

(Mina, 8th zul-Hijjah 1431, after Zohr prayers) Sheikh Riad gave a lecture on the topic of why do/should we worship Allah swt. Here are the highlights:

Who is Allah

• Reference to Aayet el-Kursi – Never sleeps, nor takes a briefest absence as in shallow sleep.
• Gives all bounties to us.
• Only worthy of worship due to His immense attributes, Immense bounties, Immense mercy.

Why do we worship

• Because it is His right upon us, due to the bounties He has given us. Gratitude, therefore, is the essence of worship.
• We need to please Him so that we get Paradise.
• And finally, it is the sustenance to our soul. Our hearts find peace in His worship. It is like food for our spirit.

You will be misunderstood

If you want to drive yourself crazy, read the live twitter comments of an audience after you give a talk, even if it's just to ten people.

You didn't say what they said you said.

You didn't mean what they said you meant.

Or read the comments on just about any blog post or video online. People who saw what you just saw or read what you just read completely misunderstood it. (Or else you did.)

We think direct written and verbal communication is clear and accurate and efficient. It is none of those. If the data rate of an HDMI cable is 340MHz, I'm guessing that the data rate of a speech is far, far lower. Yes, there's a huge amount of information communicated via your affect, your style and your confidence, but no, I don't think humans are so good at getting all the details.

Plan on being misunderstood. Repeat yourself. When in doubt, repeat yourself.

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Christmas 2.0

Very funny :D
(helps if you know the original story)

Lesley Hazleton - Paradise in Quran

Especially loved her musing on how Quran is to be 'felt' rather than merely analyzed.