Posts by Alex Gutierrez
The Sweetness of Faith
The Prophet (sAws) said, "Whoever possess 3 qualities will have tasted the sweetness of faith:
  1. Whoever loves Allah and His Messenger more than anything else.
  2. Whoever loves a person and they love them for the sake of Allah.
  3. A person who hates to return to disbelief just as they would hate to be thrown into the fire."

(related by Bukhari)

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"How My Mother Views Islam Now & Her Advice to Non Muslim Parents who Have Children Accepting Islam"
In this episode, brother Abu Sumayyah Lebron interviews his mom who is a christian.  He asks her about her view regarding Islam after seeing her son involved in both; the life of this world and a life of faith. He then concludes by asking her to give some advice to mothers and fathers who may have children who have become Muslim.  You do not want to miss this heart moving episode.
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"Finding Belief by Way of Love"
The Prophet (sAws) said, "None of you will enter paradise until you believe and none of you will believe until you love one another.  Shall I tell you of something that if you do it, will cause you to love one another?  Spread the salams among each other."
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"Self Destruction"
"Do not destroy yourselves!  Many times our opinions of others are actually self destructive to our own state of being.  These opinions ruin us in the eyes of the people and more importantly in the eyes of Allah.  You think you are ruining and exposing some else for their evils according to you, but the reality is that you are exposing yourself and your shortcomings to Allah.  If you catch yourself speaking ill of others, immediately check yourself, know shaytaan (the devil) is playing a trick on you, thereby seeking to have you destroy yourself with your own actions." 
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"Inward vs. Outward Actions"
Are you displaying on the outside that which really is not in your heart.  Take a deep look at yourself and see where you are in terms of how you portray yourself.  Seek to be balanced, and do not neglect the inner at the expense of the outer, nor neglect the outer at the expense of the inner. 
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"Tell me who you walk with and I'll tell you who you are."
"If you are walking around with bad or good company more than likely you will end up behaving and interacting just like those individuals with who you spend time with.  Brother Abu Sumayyah discusses his experience regarding this subject and how his friends negatively affected him during his times of ignorance, and the beautiful change he found when entering Islam and dedicating himself to the Mosque."
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"A Reflection in the Hood"
"Never forget where you came from.  Share the blessings that Allah has bestowed upon you with those from your hood (barrio).  Allah saved you and perhaps through you, He can illuminate the old neighborhood,  thereby saving others as well.  Give back!"
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