"Ibn Mas’ud رضي الله عنه used to say:

'O one whose Ramadan is accepted, congratulations to you. O one whose Ramadan is rejected, may Allah amend your great loss and calamity. O slaves of Allah, which month has departed from us?

Truly, we should weep over it tears of blood, if we but knew. How can we not weep over a [blessed] month that passed while we were heedless? Then we remain ignorant of whether or not we (our Ramadan) were accepted or rejected.

I wish I knew who was the deprived and rejected among us, and who was accepted from the ones who fasted among us, so he may be congratulated. This was a month of light afore us that bloomed excellence.

So O Allah, make the result [of this month] for us be a light and excellence!'"

- Shaykh Musa Abdullah Jibril حفظه الله

إذا رأيتَ غُبارًا علىٰ مُصحَفِك ، فالغُبَارُ علىٰ قَلبِكَ أشَدُّ.

"If you see dust on your Qur'an, then the dust on your heart is worse."

Umār ibn al-Khattāb رضي الله عنه said:

"You call yourselves believers yet do nothing about the believers who are starving among you?"

[مسند الشاميين ١٠١٨]

"The stomach of Umar رضي الله عنه used to make noises because it was hungry, there was a Majā’ah [مجاعة | extreme scarcity of food] a drought and no food and he said [to his stomach]:

'Make as much noises as you want WAllahi, you will not eat until all the Ummah eat.'"

- Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril حفظه الله

"Is the legacy of our Sahābiyyāt only relevant when you want to justify working a low tier office job mingling and mixing with men or when you want to work a lame Harām job using Khadījah رضي الله عنها’s business as a false front?"

A sister said some days ago:

"Today's businesswomen and Khadijah رض الله عنها are never the same and never will be! By Allah, Khadijah رضي الله عنها is clean from the accusations made by these Kuffar.
Khadijah رضي الله عنها would never have gone out in the morning and come home in the evening, seen by every man in town, smiled at every man, joked with every man, defied her husband صلى الله عليه وسلم, listened to other men and neglected the remembrance of Allah for a job.."

“The more you know and the more you realise the blessings of Allāh upon you, the more you long to thank Him. Sit everyday for a few moments and contemplate the blessings Allāh gave you and your family. Look at those around you who have nothing and sit and think of Allāh, that will ignite your love and yearning to Allāh.”

— Shaykh Ahmad Jibrīl (حفظه الله).

Another Jummah has arrived...
Another Jummah where prisoners are still treated like animals,
another Jummah where parents weep for their children killed by the Yahud,
another Jummah where sisters in the camps hope to be freed by the Muslimeen...
Another Jummah where we have done nothing for the Ummah.

"You may destroy and demolish a place of worship, but don't think, even for a moment, that you can destroy a faith built on Ikhlās and Yaqīn in Allah."

The pens are lifted and the pages are dried

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas رضي الله عنه: Once I was behind the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and he said: "O boy, I will teach you a few words:

1) Be loyal and obedient to Allah, remember Him always, obey His Orders. He will save you from every evil and will take care of you in all the spheres of life.

2) Be loyal and obedient to Allah, you will find Him near (in front of you), i.e. He will respond to your requests.

3) If you ask, ask Allah.

4) If you seek help, seek help from Allah.

5) Know that if all the people get together in order to benefit you with something, they will not be able to benefit you in anything except what Allah has decreed for you.

And if they all get together in order to harm you with something, they will not be able to harm you in anything except what Allah has decreed for you.
The pens are lifted and the pages are dried."

[Tafsir ibn Kathir; 57:22 / Tirmidhi 2516]

RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم:

"Charity does not decrease wealth, (...)"

[Muslim, 2588]

"There's no Iman or love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that can be combined with the love of the enemies of Allah. Walā and Barā is to love and to despise. It's to have loyalty and it's to disavow. It's to adhere and to repudiate. It's a principal of Islam whether you like it or not.

(...)

Walā and Barā is serious. It's not for recreational and leisure study in reading. It's Kufr and Iman. It's Jannah and Jahannam. It's victory and failure of this Ummah. They try to give the illusion thay Walā and Barā started with Imām Muhammad Ibn 'Abdul Wahhāb رحمه الله تعالى - a few hundred years ago.

And they think it ended or it's on the verge of ending with the rise of the recent interfaith movement. I got bad news for them. Walā and Barā came with the word of لا إله إلا الله. It's the age of لا إله إلا الله. Walā and Barā has been around way before Muhammad Ibn 'Abdul Wahhab and even before our beloved, honored, noble RasulAllah ﷺ.

Messengers specifically mentioned it in detail before our Rasul ﷺ did.

"There has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, 'Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allāh.'" [60:4]

Note down that interfaith is on the rise, due to the rise of the Munāfiqin who attribute themselves to this Ummah.

But Walā and Barā can't be extinguished. If they are able to take the Qur'an out of the hearts, and off the shelves, and out of existence, then they will be able to take Walā and Barā out of existence. And that is brighteness that can never be extinguished and it will remain until the angel blows in the trumpets."

- Our noble Shaykh Ahmad Jibril حفظه الله

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Ramadan self improvement checklist

"I'm not going to advise him/her as I commit the sin myself"

Iblis has convinced some worshipers not to forbid evil on the basis that only righteous people ought to do so.
They say:

"I am not worthy because I am not righteous enough, so how could I impose on others?"

This is wrong, for he should forbid others from committing sins including sins that he, himself, is committing.
However, it is better if he stops committing this sin and then forbids others.
His admonishment would be more effective this way.

Hasan al-Basrī رحمه الله said to Mutarraf Ibn Abdillāh: "Advise your companions!"

‎He replied: "I'm scared to say something to them that I don't practise myself."

‎Hasan said: "May Allah have mercy upon you! Who is there amongst us who does everything he says? This is how Shaytan attains his objective, so that no one enjoins goodness and forbids evil."

[Tafsīr al-Qurtubī, 1/367]

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