I strongly advice against sisters putting heart emojis on brothers post, because men do not have hearts of stone.

In fact, hayaa on social media is just as important as hayaa in real life. I've adviced brothers many times and in different ways how to properly conduct themselves as men of honour, befitting a believing slave of Allah (Apparently as a thorn in the eyes of some Alhamdulillah).

I will now also advice my believing, pure monotheistic sisters to behave in a manner that befits a princess or queen of Tawhīd.

Do not be seen joking around in the open and sharing about your private life, or show your true personality for every man to see. If in private with other trustworthy sisters, no problem be yourself but ofcourse according to and in line with good Islamic akhlaq.

But in full display for everyone, even estranged non mahram men in the thousands to see? Ask yourself, is it truly befitting a believing female slave of Allah whose role models are the likes of Maryam, Khadija, Aisha and Fatima? (may Allahs peace and blessings be upon them all).

Be careful in how you interact, write and behave when it is in the open for everyone to see.

Shamelessness is from the kuffar, and yes we are all westernised to some degree but we have to fight it. Let's not give in and say "we all sin anyway so I'll just do what I wish".

What is the intention anyway? Is it to gather attention? Is it to be seen?

But who will you attract? No man of honour and dignity, that's for sure. I know/knew many men of dignity and had the blessing and privilege to be raised (islamicly) by some of the best and I can tell you with all honesty that it will not attract but shameless men from experience of having been with good men.

And when it comes to heart emoji and such, there's many times I myself would've loved to show my extra appreciation for a post well written or shared but when it is the opposite gender I don't because of the fitnah it might lead to.

Men does not have heart of stones as I mentioned. And it's a slippery slope, a heart emoji here, one there and the next thing you know is laughing, talking.. sliding into DM with the "intention" of a correction of a post.. You know the rest.

Abu Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, among the words people obtained from the Prophets are this: If you feel no shame, do as you wish.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3483

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari

عَنْ ‌أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ مِمَّا أَدْرَكَ النَّاسُ مِنْ كَلَامِ النُّبُوَّةِ إِذَا لَمْ تَسْتَحْيِ فَافْعَلْ مَا شِئْتَ

3483 صحيح البخاري كتاب أحاديث الأنبياء باب حديث الغار

There’s a moment in the Qur’an, in Surah Al-Kahf, that many of us recite but rarely pause to truly reflect on.

It is when Khidr damages a boat belonging to poor people who depend on it for their livelihood. When Musa sees this, he is confused and questions the act—why harm those who have done no wrong?

Allah later reveals the wisdom behind it:

“As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to damage it because there was a king after them who seized every good ship by force.” (18:79)

Now imagine yourself in the place of that family. Your boat—your means of provision—is damaged. You turn to Allah and ask: Why?
I needed this. I prayed for this. I worked for this.

You may feel:
• Why is my opportunity taken away?
• Why is my du’a not answered the way I hoped?
• Why me, when others seem to have it easier?

But just like Musa, we often cannot see what lies ahead. We do not see the “king” that Allah is protecting us from.

That damaged boat was not a loss—it was protection.

Allah, in His wisdom, ensured:
• The tyrant would overlook it
• The family would keep what little they had
• And they could repair it later

In the same way, what feels broken in your life right now may actually be saving you from something far worse.

Allah reminds us elsewhere in the Qur’an:

“Perhaps you dislike something which is good for you, and perhaps you love something which is bad for you. Allah knows and you do not know.” (2:216)

So if your “boat” feels broken:
• Trust that Allah sees what you cannot
• Trust that His plan is more merciful than your own
• Trust that what is delayed, denied, or taken is never without purpose

Keep making du’a. Keep striving. Keep walking forward.

Because Allah also promises:

“Indeed, Allah does not allow the reward of those who do good to be lost.” (9:120)

Your efforts, your prayers, your patience—none of them are wasted.

Ibn al-Qayyim – may Allah have mercy on him – said:

"Indeed, the servant's joy intensifies on the Day of Resurrection because of the rights he has over people in terms of wealth, life, and honor. The wise person considers this a treasure for the day of poverty and need, and does not nullify it by seeking revenge that benefits him nothing."

مدارج السَّالكين (٢/٣٠٦)

The Prophet ﷺ said:

“Delay in payment by a wealthy person is ظلم (oppression).”

📖 Sahih al-Bukhari 2400; Sahih Muslim 1564

Owing someone money is a serious matter. If you are able to repay, do not delay. People’s rights are not something to take lightly.

What kind of Student of Knowledge are you?

Among the requirements that must be met by a student of knowledge in order to achieve his goal – aside from giving consideration to tawfiq (divine success) and whatever other support he is offered – are nine requirements:

The first: Intelligence by which he perceives the reality of things.

The second: Discernment by which he conceptualizes incomprehensible disciplines.

The third: Brilliance which allows him to retain by memory what he has conceptualized and understand what he has learnt.

The fourth: Desire which allows seeking knowledge to last and wards off boredom from arriving too soon.

The fifth: Having sufficient material sustenance that is adequate for the expenditure of studying.

The sixth: Free-time which gives him availability and by which a lot of knowledge is acquired.

The seventh: Not having any abrupt disturbances, of concerns and illnesses.

The eighth: Long life and a lengthy period of time to acquire a lot and finish with it at the ranks of perfection.

The ninth: Acquiring a scholar who is generous with his knowledge and thoughtful in his teaching.

If he meets these nine requirements, he will be the most delighted student and most successful learner.

Al-Iskandar said, “A student of knowledge requires four: time, aggressiveness, talent and desire; and its perfection with the fifth: a sincere teacher.”

[Adab al-Dunya wal-Din, al-Mawardi (pp. 67-68)]

Just PRAY.

"Zakariyya A.S didn't know how Allah was going to give him an offspring. He, still prayed.

Yunus A.S didn't know how he would be saved from the belly
of a whale. He still prayed.

Musa A.S didn't know how Allah would make a way out a (seemingly) dead end, He still prayed.

Ayyub A.S literally lost everything. His children, money and health. Allah then inspired him to make Du’a through which Allah restored everything.

Sometimes you don't have to know the “HOW” you just have to pray with full conviction."

The Prophet ﷺ said:

“If anyone does something good for you, then repay him. If you cannot, then make duʿāʾ for him until you feel you’ve repaid him.” Abu Dawūd 1672

In today’s world, gratitude has become rare. Many people enjoy the help of others yet forget to say JazākAllāhu khayran, let alone repay them or make duʿāʾ. Some even expect help but show no thanks, no appreciation especially when it’s from someone with no status or title.

The Sunnah teaches us to be people of honour: repay good with good, and if you can’t, then sincerely supplicate for the one who helped you even if they’re a non-Muslim.

💬 A simple heartfelt duʿāʾ is more valuable than silence or pride.

Let not arrogance or forgetfulness erase the beauty of gratitude.
وَاللهُ المُستعان.

ZAMZAM WATER

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"Zamzam water is the best, freshest, most beneficial, most beloved and most precious water there is. Further, Zamzam water was dug up by Jibril and the source that Prophet Ismail (Alayhis-salām) drank from.

In the Sahihain it is narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Abu Tharr, who remained at the Ka'bah for forty days without food ˹or drink˺ living on Zamzam water:

It is a nutritious food.

Muslim added that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

And a cure from ailment.

Furthermore, Ibn Majah narrated that Jabir bin Abdullah related that he said: from the Prophet (ﷺ):

Zamzam water is for whatever was intended behind drinking it.
...

Many other people and I have tried drinking from Zamzam water for the purpose of being cured from various illnesses, and by the will of ALLĀH, I was indeed cured from several illnesses."

📚 Healing With The Medcine of The Prophet (pp. 407-408)

Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله said:

When Intellect Reaches Perfection, The Pleasure of The Worldly Life Is Lost.

Consequently, the physical body diminishes, illness grows stronger, and grief intensifies.

This is because whenever the intellect contemplates the ultimate outcomes, it turns away from the world and fixes its attention upon that which it has perceived.

Thus, it finds no pleasure in anything of this immediate, fleeting life.

Rather, pleasure is enjoyed only by those who are heedless of the Hereafter, whereas a person of perfected intellect possesses no heedlessness.

For this reason, such a person is incapable of mixing with people, as they appear to be of an entirely different species than his own,

just as the poet said:

There is no brother of passion in these dwellings with whom we may share the discourse of Najd,

Nor a true friend with whom we may run in stride.

Sayd al-Khātir, p. 378

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The Balance of Character: Between Strength and Mercy:
Reflecting on this profound quote from a classical scholar of Islam:

“If you see people acting like WOLVES, don't become a SHEEP. But if you see people acting like SHEEP, don't become a WOLF."

Islam teaches us a beautiful middle path. When society becomes ruthless and aggressive like wolves, we are told not to be passive, silent, or easily exploited like sheep.
We must stand up for truth. Conversely, when we see people who are vulnerable, uneducated, or blindly following others like sheep, we must never use our power or knowledge to exploit, bully, or predatorily hunt them like wolves.

May Allah grant us the wisdom to be strong against injustice, yet merciful to the weak. Ameen.

ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴇɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙɪɢɢᴇꜱᴛ ʀᴇɢʀᴇᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴊᴜᴅɢᴍᴇɴᴛ 📌

Stop wasting your life scrolling.

Every hour disappears into endless reels, pointless comments and conversations with non-mahrams that bring no benefit to your dunya or your akhirah. Then we wonder why our hearts feel empty and our eman feels weak.

Remember: your time is one of the greatest blessings Allah has entrusted to you. Once a minute passes, it will never return. On the Day of Judgment, you will be asked how you spent your life and your youth.

Replace mindless scrolling with the Qur'an. Replace idle gossip with dhikr. Replace chasing notifications with seeking the pleasure of Allah.

The screen will switch off one day.
Your record of deeds never will.

The Prophet ﷺ said:
"The feet of the son of Adam will not move on the Day of Resurrection until he is asked about his life and how he spent it..."
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2417 (hasan)

Allah says:
"Then you will surely be asked that Day about every blessing."
(Qur'an 102:8)

Choose today what you want to answer for tomorrow. Wallahu aalam.

Title: “A Clarification on the Ruling of Celebrating (Mawlid)”

By Sheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, Imam and Khateeb of Masjid al-Haram

• A Muslim is commanded to follow (the Prophet ﷺ) and forbidden from innovations and introducing matters contrary to the religion. Allah said: “O you who believe, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger”. And the Prophet ﷺ said: “Beware of newly invented matters, for every newly invented matter is a bid‘ah, and every bid‘ah is misguidance.” He ﷺ also said: “Whoever lives among you will see many differences, so hold on to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs after me. Hold on to it tightly with your molar teeth. And beware of newly invented matters.”

• The righteous predecessors (may Allah have mercy on them) strongly warned against innovations and commanded adherence to the Sunnah and leaving all forms of bid‘ah. Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Follow and do not innovate, for you have been sufficed. Hold fast to the old way, for it is enough for you.” And Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Every innovation is misguidance, even if people see it as good.”

• Bid‘ah changes the religion, distorts the truth, and replaces the Sunnah with innovation. It takes root in hearts and spreads among people, weakening their bond with Allah and leading them astray.

• Among the most famous innovations is what is done in Rabi‘ al-Awwal in celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet and his companions did not do it, nor did the rightly guided caliphs, nor those who followed them with excellence.

• Mawlid celebrations include many violations such as mixing of genders, extravagance, raising voices with singing and poetry, and using frivolous words.

• Imam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “If a season is taken as a religious season without basis in the Shariah, like celebrating nights of Rabi‘ al-Awwal which they call ‘the Prophet’s birthday,’ it is an innovation that was never practiced by the pious predecessors. Gathering for the Mawlid contains no religious benefit but rather resembles Christian practices.”

• The truth is that Mawlid celebrations today have become gatherings of dancing, eating, unlawful mixing, and invitations to misguidance. People claim to love the Prophet ﷺ while engaging in innovations he never commanded.

• True love of the Prophet ﷺ is not by innovating, but by following his Sunnah. Allah said: “Say, if you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins.”

• There is no benefit in innovations; rather, they are misguidance. Whoever calls to them is reviving falsehood and extinguishing the light of the truth. The authentic texts clearly forbid such gatherings, which only open doors of misguidance and ignorance.

• Message to the Ummah: Fear Allah regarding yourselves. Abandon these innovations and misguidances. Hold fast to the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ. Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange, so glad tidings to the strangers.

﷽

Kind Words Are Better Than Money:

Ibn Rajab (may Allah ﷻ have mercy on him) said:

"Dealing with people with kind words is perhaps dearer to them than offering them food and money to them."

(Al-Jaami’ Al-Muntakhab 66)

Why does Allah swear by time in Surah Al-‘Asr?

Not wealth.Not health.Not success.
Time.

And Allah tells us:
“Indeed, mankind is in loss.”

Why?

Because time is the one thing you spend without feeling the cost.

You can lose money and earn it again.
You can lose possessions and replace them.
But every second that passes is gone.

You never get it back.

Then Allah gives us the exception:

“Except those who believe, do righteous deeds, encourage one another to truth, and encourage one another to patience.”

Four things.
Faith.
Good deeds.
Truth.
Patience.

Notice something.

Allah doesn't say:
“Except those who have the most knowledge.”
Or the most wealth.
Or the most followers.

The people saved from loss are those who use their limited time for what actually lasts.

And that's why the Surah doesn't simply warn you about wasting time.

It tells you what to do with it.
Believe.
Do good.
Stand for the truth.
Stay patient.

Because time is passing whether you're using it well or not.

Every day, you're given the same 24 hours.
But you're not given the same day twice.

So when Allah swears by Al-‘Asr, perhaps the question isn't:
“How much time do I have?”

It's:

“What am I doing with the time I have left?”

Praise can be a Test.

Dislike being praised. Praise is dangerous, it creeps into your heart and poisons your ikhlas without you even realizing. Dont seek it, dont enjoy it, and dont let it grow. When people praise you, remind yourself:

“These are not my virtues. Whatever good they see in me is nothing but the favour of Allah. And what they don’t see, my faults, are only hidden by His mercy.”

Dont be fooled by kind words. Had Allāh exposed even a glimpse of your inner self, the very people who praise you would turn away in disgust. What they admire is not you, its what Allah has concealed.

So when praise comes your way, dont smile in pride, tremble in gratitude. Not because people think highly of you, but because your reality is still veiled.

Stay humble. Stay hidden.

Seek acceptance from Allāh, not from people.

Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allāh have mercy on him, said:
“Seek out your heart in three places: when listening to the Quran, in the gatherings of remembrance, and when in privacy, and if you do not find it in these places, then ask Allaah to grant you a heart for verily, you do not have one.”
[Fawaaidul-Fawaaid, p. 479.]

Musa عليه السلام only had a stick.
Yunus عليه السلام had nothing but a Dua.
Nuh عليه السلام built a wooden ark with nails, while the whole world was drowning.

Their means were simple, but their certainty in Allah was powerful.

It was never about the resources. It was always about the Tawakul (reliance upon Allah).

No matter how weak you feel or how limited your options seem, keep your heart tied to Allah. Like Musa عليه السلام said when trapped between the sea and Pharaoh:
إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ
“Indeed, my Lord is with me, and He will guide me.” (Surah Ash-Shuaraa:62).

Abu Dharr reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, instruct me.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I advise you to be mindful of Allah Almighty, for it will beautify all of your affairs.” I said, “Tell me more.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “You must recite the Quran and remember Allah Almighty, for you will be mentioned in heaven and you will have light upon earth.” I said, “Tell me more.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “You must observe long periods of silence, for it will drive away Satan and help you in the matter of your religion.” I said, “Tell me more.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Beware of too much laughter, for it will deaden the heart and take away the light on your face.” I said, “Tell me more.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Do not fear the blame of any critic in the matter of Allah.”

Source: Shu’ab al-Imān 4582

Grade: Sahih li gharyi (authentic due to external evidence) according to Al-Albani