A woman came to Prophet Moosaa and said: “I have committed a grave sin, please pray to Allāh that he forgives me.”
Prophet Moosaa inquired as to what she had done.
She replied: “I committed adultery and later gave birth to a boy that I killed.”
He replied: “Go away you wicked woman! There can be none worse than you!”
The woman then left broken hearted.
Angel Jibrīl then descended and asked: “O’ Moosaa, why have you turned away a repenting woman? Have you not found anyone worse than her?”
Prophet Moosaa asked: “Who can be worse than her?”
Angel Jibrīl replied: “The one who abandons Ṣalāh intentionally and frequently.”
● [Al-Kabā'ir by Imām Dhahābī, Book of Missing Ṣalāh]
“The arabic word for love, ‘hubb’ consists of letters ‘ha’ (ح) and ‘ba’ (ب ). When one says ‘Hubb’ the Ha comes from deep inside the throat, which almost chokes you (as love does) and when you end the word with Ba, the lips come together as if it were a kiss.”
This is literally one of my most favourite arabic words.
I’ll write about God
and I’ll write about you
and I’ll write about the two together
and I’ll write about the two on opposite ends of the same book
because my love
you see, for me
it was always God
and it was always you
