Letters for Living #53 Helping you move from surviving to living with purpose. Assalamualaykum . Dear Beautiful Soul Bismillah. This week, I came across a hadith that made me pause and reflect. It's a hadith narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, where it is said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was never asked for something and replied with "no." When I first read it, my mind immediately went to something I hear so often, especially from women. "But aren't we supposed to always be available for people?" "If I'm setting boundaries, am I not going against the Sunnah?" It's such an important question because, on the surface, it can seem like generosity and boundaries contradict one another. But the more I reflected on the life of the Prophet ﷺ, the more I realised they don't contradict each other at all. In fact, they complement each other beautifully. The Prophet ﷺ was incredibly generous, but he wasn't boundaryless. He gave ...