Sugar420

This is a beautiful article i found at Islam Online
please give it a read



http://www.islamonline.net/english/i...rticle02.shtml
By Ælfwine Mischler
14/08/2003

What do you say when you stub your toe or pinch your finger or worse?

Is the first word that comes out of your mouth “Damn!” or “Sh__!” or “F__!” (or their equivalent in your language if English is not your mother tongue)?

Would it ever occur to you to say “Praise God!” instead?

And why would you praise God when you just got hurt?

To begin with, you can praise Him that you only stubbed your toe and didn’t break it. You say you did break it? Then you can praise Him that you didn’t break the whole foot! You can praise Him that you have a toe and foot to begin with. You can praise Him that He created the rock on which you just stubbed it. (OK, so it was a chair you stubbed it on. God still created the tree from which the chair was made.) You can praise Him for the laws of physics He created, for that same hardness of the rock (or wood) allows you to use it for building and other purposes.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us that any trouble that comes to a Muslim — even something as small as the pricking of a thorn — is an expiation for him.

So the next time you stub your toe (or worse), try saying, “Praise God!” or, as we say in Arabic, “Al-hamdulillah — all praise be to Allah (God)!”

And just how are you supposed to think of saying that when you’re hopping around on the remaining foot?

That’s where frequent remembrance of Allah comes in. You can do this remembrance, called dhikr, in many ways. You can count on your fingers (or on prayer beads) and say certain formulas over and over. You can just think about Allah and all the blessings He has given you while you are doing some mindless task. You can also ask forgiveness for your sins. Or you can ask Allah for help with whatever task or worry you have. You don’t have to be in any particular position or face the qiblah, or say the words in Arabic. You don’t even have to raise your hands in the usual palms up gesture of supplicating.

When you remember Allah, you draw nearer to Him. Remembering Allah — making dhikr —expresses your confidence in His mercy, grace and blessings. It reminds you of your total submission to and dependence on Him. If you make it a habit to remember Him frequently, the words will come to your tongue easily. If you make it a habit to remember Him all the time, even when things are going well, it will be easier to remember Him first when things go wrong.

Prophet Muhammad stated that Allah said, “I am near to the thought of My servant as he thinks about Me, and I am with him as he remembers Me. And if he remembers Me in his heart, I also remember him in My Heart, and if he remembers Me in assembly I remember him in assembly, better than his (remembrance), and if he draws near Me by the span of a palm, I draw near him by the cubit, and if he draws near Me by the cubit I draw near him by the space (covered by) two hands. And if he walks towards Me, I rush towards him.”

marinol-girl

i say jeeeessuss H fuckin christ that hurt like a bitch

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pullmeunder

what if you don't believe in god as a separate entity or in any traditional sense? What if i happen to believe i am god, as well as you, and every other life form?

Sugar420

well for christians please refer to Ephesians 4:29,
and this i think applies to jews, christians and rastafarians:
pullmeunder, in that case you must consider all of these terms and concepts as metaphorical

pullmeunder

Well then i guess i should praise/ show gratitude for life itself, which i do or at least try every second of my life, good read even though i don't believe in Islam. I like to take certain aspects and teachings from all religions and take them out of the context of the religion so i can see the message for what it is and not what it is attached to. Nice post.

Sans & a half

Yeah good message. I'm not Islamic or deeply any religion, but I really should be more thankful for things.

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PhishDude

I do that too.

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Mescalito

I think its like everything.. if you look hard enough there is always another way to look at it. Its all about how you want your own reality to be. If you say fuck my toe hurts then it is likely that it will hurt for longer than if you said nothing and ignored it. Basic reality creation.

M

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krangs_androidbody

i usually think fuuuckkkkkkkk and scream a silent scream.

i think you'd get some interesting reactions yelling "praise god." i kind of like that. but maybe i shouldn't because i'm sure sometimes i'd be sarcastic most times.

Cerpin Taxt

I say "You're sooooo good lookin"




But I actually say something along the lines of "Ahh fucking son of a--fuuuckkk" and then I sigh a lot

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bongload

I like to curse when I'm pissed.. and when I do it after I hurt myself it helps allieviate (sp) some of the pain

Sir-Ex

hmm I scream, "life is sweet!!!! hahaha ohwwwww!!!"

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Ditch the cigs!!!!!!

Waves

"Fuckin shit."

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Sugar420

i stubbed my toe on yahooka and i yelled Praise God!

thanx and praises you guyz!

this is beautiful, just beautiful, please read this part again

Ego Tripping

I say...

"ow."

And I continue on.

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CowMan

i generally refrain from saying anything at all and do a silly dance.

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Jakeisuseless

I normally say, "Christ fuck..." But my mind swiches it up a bit, I don't really control it.

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snapshot

That's cool. I like to say phrases that make absolutely no sense. Usually when I say, "Ow son of a ooooh I'm just focusing on the pain and it makes it hurt more. Instead I say "Happy geewillickers sally!" and I laugh and it doesn't hhurt as bad.

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The Rev

Yeah, I'm pretty much in this camp as well. Praising anyone when I'm in that much pain would just seem dishonest to me.



The Rev

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