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Remembering Srebrenica

Today marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide. Over 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed by Serbian forces simply because of their faith.

Most were young men and boys. They were buried in mass graves, and some bodies are still being discovered today.

We remember each life lost. We remember their families who still carry this pain.

May they rest in peace and may we never forget.

A Palestinian man’s family shared footage they found on his phone, showing his final moments after he was shot and killed by a sniper while attempting to get food from an aid distribution site.

Fudayl Ibn ‘Iyaad (رحمه الله) used to say:

“If you see a scholar or a worshipper taking pleasure in their righteousness being mentioned before the rulers or the people of this world — then know that he is merely a show-off.”

🌿 Sincerity isn't about being seen — it's about being known by Allah.
It's to act and learn purely for His sake, seeking only what lies with Him — not praise, not recognition.

But beware...
One of the subtle signs of hidden showing-off (ar-riyaa’ ul-khaafee) is that silent joy you feel when someone praises your deed, or notices your effort.

The Salaf considered this hidden riyaa’ more dangerous than even major sins — because it's a veiled form of shirk, the gravest of all sins, even if minor in appearance.


💔 So, O dear brother...
Search your soul. Examine your heart.
If you find in yourself a craving to be seen (riyaa’) or heard (sam’aah), then weep over it.

For the one who loves to be noticed will be exposed with humiliation,
— in this world,
— and the next.

🛐 We ask Allaah to protect us from this disease,
and to grant us hearts that seek only His gaze — in both worlds.
Aameen.

Ibn al Qayyim (رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ) said:

"The eye is the Mirror of the Heart, so if the servant lowers his gaze, the heart will lower it's desires and whims, and if He lets his gaze wander, the desire in his heart will be released."

[Rawdatul Mu'hibbeen, 109]

Malik bin Dinar ( رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ) said :

"Since I have learned the reality of people, I don't care who praises or criticizes me; as they'll be excessive in both."

[ Az-Zuhd of al-Bayhaqi (154) ]

It was said to Imam Hasan al-Basri رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ :

"A man sins,
then he repents,
then he sins,
then he repents,
then he sins,
then he repents,
until he dies."

He said: "I do not know this being anything but the characteristics of the believers."

[ Hilyah al-Awliyah, 2/315 ]

A photo taken for an Iraqi prisoner in an American prison in Najaf/Iraq. The father was allowed to meet his son and sit on his lap with the condition of wearing a bag on his head.

Never forget.

Only those of no value wants to advertise themselves.

- Grand Sheikh Abdullah Fai