Eleven traits are said to be the signs of happiness:
1. Abstinence from the world and longing for the Hereafter.
2. A burning desire for worship and recitation of the Qur’ān.
3. Speaking less of what is not needed.
4. Punctuality and protectiveness of the five daily Ṣalawāt.
5. Submission to what Allāh ﷻ has permitted and prohibited.
6. Companionship with the righteous.
7. Humility.
8. Generosity.
9. Compassion for the creation of Allāh.
10. Being a means of benefit to the creation.
11. Frequently remembering death.
[Tanbīh al-Ghāfilīn]
1. Abstinence from the world and longing for the Hereafter.
2. A burning desire for worship and recitation of the Qur’ān.
3. Speaking less of what is not needed.
4. Punctuality and protectiveness of the five daily Ṣalawāt.
5. Submission to what Allāh ﷻ has permitted and prohibited.
6. Companionship with the righteous.
7. Humility.
8. Generosity.
9. Compassion for the creation of Allāh.
10. Being a means of benefit to the creation.
11. Frequently remembering death.
[Tanbīh al-Ghāfilīn]
Ibn Rajab رحمه الله said:
“Beware of sins, as it forbids forgiveness in the seasons of mercy.”
(لطائف المعارف ص.٢٩٥)
“Beware of sins, as it forbids forgiveness in the seasons of mercy.”
(لطائف المعارف ص.٢٩٥)
Calamities In The Life Of A Muslim (Book).pdf
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Worldly difficulties are an inevitable part of life; they range from minor issues to fatal diseases and loss of loved ones.
This booklet aims to help one see all difficulties in perspective, encourages complete trust in Allāh ﷻ's decisions and perseverance. By defining the mandatory belief of taqdeer (predestination) that,
“Whatever happened to you, could not have missed you,”
This treatise reminds the reader that worldly difficulties are a trial for the believers, along with affirming that many-a-time afflictions result from one’s sins and disobedience to Allāh ﷻ.
The booklet also illustrates how appropriate behaviour and a correct attitude can change an adversity into a worthwhile opportunity to achieve Allāh ﷻ's Pleasure through sabr and duaa, and how impatience, panic and complaining will only worsen one’s situation.
Finally, emphasis is made on calling upon Allāh Alone to ease one’s affairs.
This booklet aims to help one see all difficulties in perspective, encourages complete trust in Allāh ﷻ's decisions and perseverance. By defining the mandatory belief of taqdeer (predestination) that,
“Whatever happened to you, could not have missed you,”
This treatise reminds the reader that worldly difficulties are a trial for the believers, along with affirming that many-a-time afflictions result from one’s sins and disobedience to Allāh ﷻ.
The booklet also illustrates how appropriate behaviour and a correct attitude can change an adversity into a worthwhile opportunity to achieve Allāh ﷻ's Pleasure through sabr and duaa, and how impatience, panic and complaining will only worsen one’s situation.
Finally, emphasis is made on calling upon Allāh Alone to ease one’s affairs.
A Beautiful Ḥādith (Treat your sick with sadaqah) Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 3358
Abū Bakr al-Khabāzi رحمه الله said: “I became sick with a dangerous sickness and one of my righteous neighbors saw me and said to me: ‘Use the statement of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ:
(Treat your sick with sadaqah.)’
It was summertime so I bought a bunch of melons and a group of poor people and children gathered and ate and raised their hands to Allāh and made du’ā for a cure for me.
And I swear by Allāh, I didn’t wake up except that I was in complete health from Allāh the Blessed and Most High.”
[Siyar Aʿlām an-Nubalāʾ 18/44]
Abū Bakr al-Khabāzi رحمه الله said: “I became sick with a dangerous sickness and one of my righteous neighbors saw me and said to me: ‘Use the statement of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ:
(Treat your sick with sadaqah.)’
It was summertime so I bought a bunch of melons and a group of poor people and children gathered and ate and raised their hands to Allāh and made du’ā for a cure for me.
And I swear by Allāh, I didn’t wake up except that I was in complete health from Allāh the Blessed and Most High.”
[Siyar Aʿlām an-Nubalāʾ 18/44]
Shaykh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
"Remembrance is for the heart like what water is for the fish , and how would the situation of the fish be if he left the water?"
— Al Wābil of Ibn Qayyim (63)
"Remembrance is for the heart like what water is for the fish , and how would the situation of the fish be if he left the water?"
— Al Wābil of Ibn Qayyim (63)
When inflicted with any hardship, turn to His remembrance. Reflect upon what you already have and prepare yourself for what’s about to come; because it’s a certainty that He will grant you something that’ll be even better. We just merely know the drops but He knows the ocean.
2 pieces of advice that could take you to paradise
1. Never do a sin telling yourself it’s no big deal
2. Never give up the opportunity to do a good deed thinking it’s too small
You don’t know which sin could anger Allāh & which good deeds will earn His Pleasure
1. Never do a sin telling yourself it’s no big deal
2. Never give up the opportunity to do a good deed thinking it’s too small
You don’t know which sin could anger Allāh & which good deeds will earn His Pleasure
Don’t make decisions without consultation/مشاورة with your seniors and Istikharah/استخارة. You will regret your immature spontaneous decisions without proper consultations later in life. Don’t lose the wise, mature and sage advice of your seniors while they are alive.
[Mufti Ismail Desai]
[Mufti Ismail Desai]
“How will the deeds become heavy in the scales of the hereafter?
Look at the first ḥadīth of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī! Ikhlāṣ makes a deed heavy.”
- Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Look at the first ḥadīth of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī! Ikhlāṣ makes a deed heavy.”
- Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
You really have to be there for yourself when your Imān takes a dip. I don't know of any self care as important and nurturing as the one where a person fixes that which is between them and their Lord. No one else will do that for you. It's on you.
No one else knows what your days hold, or what sits in your heart of sadness or happiness. When you create a distance between you and the one who knows you so well, you throw yourself into a pit of loneliness.
It's Okay to have low days, or to slip. The greatest mistake isn't that you fall into error, it's human to do that. The greatest mistake is to lose hope in your own self, and to fail in picking yourself out of the pit.
You have to regularly press reset for yourself. You have to monitor yourself and ensure you don't stray too far from those things that bring you life. You have to force yourself to prayer, to Qur'an and to Dhikr till it once again becomes a part of who you are.
And what is most beautiful is that so long as you do this your Lord is ever ready to accept your efforts. It's a journey that never ends, it's one that causes grazed knees from the amount of times you will fall then stand again. But you have to stand and you have to die upon it.
@ b_mahmuud
No one else knows what your days hold, or what sits in your heart of sadness or happiness. When you create a distance between you and the one who knows you so well, you throw yourself into a pit of loneliness.
It's Okay to have low days, or to slip. The greatest mistake isn't that you fall into error, it's human to do that. The greatest mistake is to lose hope in your own self, and to fail in picking yourself out of the pit.
You have to regularly press reset for yourself. You have to monitor yourself and ensure you don't stray too far from those things that bring you life. You have to force yourself to prayer, to Qur'an and to Dhikr till it once again becomes a part of who you are.
And what is most beautiful is that so long as you do this your Lord is ever ready to accept your efforts. It's a journey that never ends, it's one that causes grazed knees from the amount of times you will fall then stand again. But you have to stand and you have to die upon it.
@ b_mahmuud
Shaykh bin Baaz رحمه الله said:
“Time is life, and whoever wastes his time wastes his life, and whoever wastes his life will be regretful and this regret will not benefit him.”
(Majmoo‘ al-Fataawaa, 16/261)
“Time is life, and whoever wastes his time wastes his life, and whoever wastes his life will be regretful and this regret will not benefit him.”
(Majmoo‘ al-Fataawaa, 16/261)