It was narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:

“O you who have spoken the words of faith but faith has not entered your hearts! Do not backbite about the Muslims or seek out their faults, for whoever seeks out their faults, Allah will seek out his faults even if he is in his house.”

— Reported by Ahmad (4/420–421) and Abu Dawood (4880)

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Yearning to Meet Allah

How can my heart not long to meet the One who gave it life in the first place?

How can I not yearn for a return to Him, when every breath I take is already sustained by His mercy?

What about the moments I felt alone, yet He was closer to me than I could ever understand?

What about the days I wandered, yet He never cut off the rope of guidance completely?

What about the times I fell into sin, yet He still covered me, protected my name, and gave me another chance to come back?

How can I not long for a meeting with the One who never abandoned me even when I turned away from Him?

How can I not yearn for Allah when every joy I have ever known was placed in my life by Him—and every sorrow was shaped by His wisdom?

How can I not desire to meet Him when He is the One who carried me through what I thought would break me?

Ya Rabb, how can my soul not ache for Your لقاء when everything in this world feels temporary and incomplete?

How can I not long for You when every comfort here fades, but Your remembrance brings a peace that nothing else can replace?

How can I not yearn to meet You when You have promised that the end of the patient is not emptiness, but Jannah and Your pleasure?

How can I not long for You when You tell me that this dunya is only a passing shadow, and what is with You is everlasting?

How can I not be eager for the day I finally return to You—when all questions are answered, all wounds are healed, and all tears are wiped away?

Ya Rabb, I do not long for death itself…
I long for what comes after it if You are pleased.

How can I not yearn for You when You are the only true Home the heart has ever known?

How can I not desire to meet You when every sincere sajdah, every silent dua, every hidden tear was already a step toward that meeting?

Is there any meeting more beautiful than standing before the One who created me, knew me, forgave me, and still called me back?

So how can I not long for You, Ya Rabb?

How can my soul ever feel complete without returning to You?

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