SUCCESS COMES FROM ALLĀH ALONE

ALLĀH said:

وَمَا تَوۡفِيقِىٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ
And my success comes only through ALLĀH.

That is, whatever I succeed in of doing good and whatever I manage to keep away from of evil is only by the help of ALLĀH and not by my own strength and power.

عَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُ
In HIM I put my trust

That is, I rely on HIM in all my affairs and I am certain that HE will suffice me.

وَإِلَيۡهِ أُنِيبُ
And to HIM I turn.

In doing what HE has enjoined upon me of various acts of worship, and in growing close to HIM by means of all kinds of good deeds.

Based on these two things, a person’s well-being will be sound: seeking the help of his Lord and turning to HIM.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

THE SUNNAH OF DUHĀ PRAYER: ITS VIRTUE, WHEN AND HOW IT SHOULD BE PRAYED

1⃣ The Duhā prayer is a Sunnah prayer with great virtue, encouraged by ALLĀH’s Messenger (ﷺ) for his Companions and the believers

It was narrated from Abu Dharr (may ALLĀH be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ) that he said: "In the morning a charity is due from every joint of one of you. Every tasbeehah is a charity, every tahmeedah is a charity, every tahleelah is a charity, every takbeerah is a charity, enjoining what is good is a charity, forbidding what is evil is a charity, and two rak‘ahs offered in the forenoon (Duha) will suffice for that."

{Muslim #1181}

An-Nawawi (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "The words of the Prophet (ﷺ) 'and two rak‘ahs offered in the forenoon (Duha) will suffice for that' are indicative of the great virtue of Duha and how important it is, and that it may be offered with two rak‘ahs."

{Sharh Muslim by an-Nawawi}

2⃣ Duhā prayer time begins 20 minutes after sunrise. It's better to pray it prayer after the sun’s heat has become intense.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "It is preferable to offer Duhā prayer when the sun’s heat has become so intense that even the young of the camels feel it"

{Muslim #748}

The scholars defined this as being when one-quarter of the day has passed, i.e., halfway between sunrise and Dhuhr prayer.

{Al-Majmu’ by al-Nawawi, 4/36}

3⃣ It's time ends until just before noon (Dhuhr).

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymin (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) says: "... ˹The time for the Duha prayer ends˺ ten minutes before Zhur prayer.

{Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 4/122}

4⃣ The minimum is two rak’ahs with one tasleem, but one can pray four, six, eight, or more.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "…and two rak’ahs offered in the forenoon (Duhā) will suffice for that."

{Muslim #720}

Shaykh Ibn Baz (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: "The minimum – for Duha – is two rak‘ahs, and there is no maximum number. But the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed two and four rak‘ahs, and on the day of the conquest of Makkah, he prayed Duha with eight rak‘ahs, on the day on which ALLĀH granted him the conquest of Makkah. So this matter is broad in scope. Whether a person prays eight or ten or twelve rak‘ahs, or more than that, or less, there is nothing wrong with it, because the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The (Sunnah) prayers of the night and day are two (rak‘ahs) by two." The Sunnah is to pray two by two, saying the salam after each two rak‘ahs."

{Majmu‘ Fatawa Ibn Baz, 11/389}

4⃣ There is no specific surah mentioned in the Sunnah regarding the Duhā prayer. Recite whatever is easy of the Qur'an after Surah al-fathia in Duhā prayers.

The Duhā prayer comes with an amazing reward! ALLĀH promises to suffice us on every day that we pray four Rak'ah to begin that day.

It was narrated from Abu’d-Darda’ and Abu Dharr (may ALLĀH be pleased with them both) from the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ), from ALLĀH, may HE be glorified and exalted, that HE said: "O son of Adam, pray four rak‘ahs to ME at the beginning of the day, and I shall suffice you at the end of the day."

{at-Tirmidhi #437}

Scholars say this refers to the Duhā prayer.

May ALLĀH make us of those who are consistent in praying Duhā!

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THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT AND THE FLEEING OF THE PEOPLE FROM THEIR RELATIVES DURING IT

ALLĀH said:

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

On the Day a man will flee from his brother, and his mother and his father, and his wife and his children,

meaning, he will see them and then flee from them, and seek to get away from them because horror will be so great and the matter will be so weighty.

There is an authentic Hadith related concerning the intercession that states that every one of the great Messengers of firm resolve will be requested to intercede with ALLĀH on behalf of the creation, but each of them will say: "O myself! O myself! Today I will not ask YOU (O ALLĀH) concerning anyone but myself."

Even `Isa bin Maryam will say: "I will not ask HIM (ALLĀH) concerning anyone but myself today. I will not even ask Maryam, the woman who gave birth to me."

ALLĀH said:

لِكُلِّ امْرِيٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَيِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

meaning, he will be preoccupied in his business and distracted from the affairs of others.

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded from Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said: "You will all be gathered barefoot, naked, walking and uncircumcised."

So his wife said, "O Messenger of ALLĀH! Will we look at or see each other's nakedness"

The Prophet ﷺ replied: "Every man among them on that Day will have enough (worries) to make him careless of others --

or he said: he will be too busy to look.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

EVERY LITTLE DEED MATTERS

Most people tend to think that the small actions we do daily are less relevant and that only enormous deeds done at certain times of the year, month and day have the power to affect the course of their status in the Sight of their Lord. This view is mistaken. Small actions are our lives and they create our future because life builds on a moment-by-moment basis, the same can be said of the Hereafter.

Often we wait for big occasions like Laylatul Qadr or the day of Arafah, the month of Ramaḍān or the First ten days of Dhul-Hijjah to amass good deeds by praying all night and making dua and dhikr all day. But we tend to overlook those thousands of little moments when doing seemingly insignificant everyday actions and words can add up drop by drop to make an ocean of rewards.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Don’t consider anything insignificant out of good things even if it is that you meet your brother with a cheerful countenance.”

[Muslim 2626]

And the same applies the other way round too.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Beware of minor sins. Verily, they pile upon a man until he is ruined.”

[Musnad Ah‌mad 3808]

So don’t undermine yourself, and don’t underestimate the value of even the smallest efforts. It could be an impermissible desire which you craved but then denied for ALLĀH's sake. It could be through joy which you bring to the heart of another Muslim, or a burden which you relieve him from, or a statement of truth which you bravely utter, or the suppressing of anger when you’re angered, or the covering of another person’s fault, or the feeding of a hungry person, or your ḥijāb, dear sister, which you courageously adopt, or that appreciative gesture towards your spouse, parents, friends, boss, teachers, local imam or any other good deed that is performed with sincerity.

As the great scholar, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said: “It may happen that you are asleep and the rewards of good deeds are accumulating for you. Whether it be from a poor man you aided, a hungry person you fed, a sad person you made happy, or a distressed person whom you helped. Never belittle the amount of benefit any good deed can have even if it seems small.”

No one knows where his ‘moment’ lies, that moment which will bring about eternal happiness. So do not leave a stone unturned in its pursuit and do not belittle any good deed.

Let there be a good deed which you engage in every day with the intention that ‘perhaps this will be the deed which will save me’. ‘Perhaps this will be the turning point in the sight of my Lord’.

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THE COMMAND TO MARRY AND ALLĀH'S PROMISE TO ENRICH THE ONE SEEKING CHASTITY THROUGH MARRIAGE

These clear Ayat include a group of unambiguous rulings and firm commands.

وَأَنكِحُوا الاْأَيَامَى مِنكُمْ
And marry the unmarried among you

This is a command to marry.

The Prophet ﷺ said: "O young men, whoever among you can afford to get married, let him marry, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and protecting the private parts. Whoever cannot do that, then let him fast, for it is a protection for him."

This was recorded in the Two Sahihs from the Hadith of Ibn Masud.

In the Sunan, it was recorded from more than one person that the Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said: "Marry and have children, for I will be proud of you before the nations on the Day of Resurrection."

وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَايِكُمْ
And the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves.

إِن يَكُونُوا فُقَرَاء يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ
If they are poor, ALLĀH will enrich them out of HIS bounty.

Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn Abbas: "ALLĀH encouraged them to get married, commanded both free men and servants to get married, and HE promised to enrich them."

It was recorded that Ibn Masud said:
"Seek the richness through marriage, for ALLĀH says:

وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَايِكُمْ
If they be poor, ALLĀH will enrich them out of His bounty" {Ibn Jarir}

It was reported from Al-Layth from Muhammad bin Ajlan from Sa`id Al-Maqburi from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said: "There are three whom it is a right upon ALLĀH to help: one who gets married seeking chastity; a slave who makes a contract with his master with the aim of buying his freedom; and one who fights for the sake of ALLĀH."

This was recorded by Imam Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah.

The Prophet performed the marriage of a man who owned nothing but his waist wrap, and could not even buy a ring made of iron, but he still married him to that woman, making the Mahr his promise to teach her whatever he knew of the Qur'an.

And it is known from the generosity and kindness of ALLĀH that HE provided him with whatever was sufficient for her and for him.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathir}

P E A R L  OF  W I S D O M  77

THE INTRICATE DYNAMICS OF ALLĀH'S DISCIPLINE

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

"ALLĀH disciplines HIS believing servant whom HE loves and values with the smallest of sins and mistakes, such that he is always alert and cautious.

As for the one who has fallen from HIS sight and has become insignificant to HIM, HE leaves him to his sins, and with each sin, HE gives him a worldly blessing. The deceived one thinks that this is a favour upon him, he doesn't realise that this is the essence of humiliation by which ALLĀH intends a severe punishment, one without an end."

{Zaad al-Ma'ād}

PRACTICAL NOTES:

- Regularly reflect on your actions and seek improvement.

- Promptly repent for any mistakes or sins.

- Worldly favors may hide a path of humiliation, beware!

- Acknowledge blessings but remain humble.

- Strengthen your connection with ALLĀH through prayer and Taqwa.

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🎙️Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhaylī حفظه الله

VIRTUE OF SEEKING FORGIVENESS FOR THE BELIEVERS

ALLĀH said:

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُوْمِنًا
(Nūh said) My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer,

Ad-Dahhak said, "This means, my Masjid."

However, there is no harm in understanding the Ayah according to its apparent meaning, which would be that he supplicated for every person who entered his house who was a believer.

Then he said,

وَلِلْمُوْمِنِينَ وَالْمُوْمِنَاتِ
and all the believing men and women.

He supplicated for all of the believing men and women, and that includes those of them who were living and those of them who were dead. For this reason, it is recommended to supplicate like this, in following the example of Nuh, and that which has been reported in the narrations and well-known, legislated supplications.

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

Ubadah ibn al-Samit reported: The Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, "Whoever seeks forgiveness for the believing men and women, ALLĀH will record a good deed for him by each man and woman."

{Musnad al-Sha‌mi‌yi‌n lil-T‌abarani #2118}

Abu Hurayrah reported: When the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer he would say:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا، وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا، وَصَغِيْرِنَا وَكَبِيْرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا، اَللّٰهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِسْلاَمِ، وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِيْمَانِ، اَللّٰهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ، وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ

O ALLĀH forgive our living and our dead, those who are with us and those who are absent, our young and our old, our menfolk and our womenfolk. O ALLĀH, whomever you give life from among us give him life in Islam, and whomever you take way from us take him away in Faith. O ALLĀH, do not forbid us their reward and do not send us astray after them.

Allaahum-maghfir lihayyinaa, wa mayyitinaa, wa shaahidinaa, wa ghaa'ibinaa, wa sagheerinaa wa kabeerinaa, wa thakarinaa wa 'unthaanaa. Allaahumma man 'ahyaytahu minnaa fa'ahyihi 'alal-'Islaami, wa man tawaffaytahu minnaa fatawaffahu 'alal-'eemaani, Allaahumma laa tahrimnaa 'ajrahu wa laa tudhillanaa ba'dahu.

{Ibn Majah #1498}

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TRUE BELIEVERS SHALL BE SUPERIOR

ALLĀH says, encouraging HIS believing slaves, strengthening their resolve and raising their spirits:

وَلَا تَهِنُواْ وَلَا تَحۡزَنُواْ
So do not weaken or grieve

that is, do not weaken physically, and do not let your hearts be filled with grief because of the calamity that has befallen you and the trial you have gone through. Grief in the heart and physical weakness will only make the calamity worse for you and give your enemy an advantage over you. Rather you should be of good courage and be steadfast, ward off grief and strengthen your resolve to fight your enemy.

Here ALLĀH tells them that it is not appropriate or befitting for them to lose heart and feel grief when they will overcome by virtue of their faith and hope of the support and reward of ALLĀH. The believer who is certain of what ALLĀH has promised of reward in this world and the hereafter should not feel like that. Hence ALLĀH says:

وَأَنتُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَوۡنَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
For you will be superior if you are ˹true˺ believers.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}