We have narrowed the definition of success to culture, to society, to our own closed minds. Success isn’t merely getting into medical school or law school or making six digits. The most successful of people aren’t the ones that are intellectually or materially advances- the most successful of people are those that invest and spend their time for both the dunya and the akhirah. The most successful people are those that acknowledge their creator and push past every test to attain Jannah.
Narrated Sahel Ibn Sa’ad radhi Allahu anhu: that the Messenger of Allah Salallahu ‘alaihi wassallam said: ‘Two will not be rejected, Supplication when the Adhan (call of prayer) is being called, and at the time of the rain’.
[Al-Hakim 2: 114, and Abu Dawud #2540, ibn Majah]
Narrated Aisha radhi Allahu anhu: Whenever Allah’s Apostle Salallahu ‘alaihi wassallam saw the rain, he used to say, “O Allah! Let it be a strong fruitful rain.”
[ Bukhari, Book 17, Number 142 ]
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