مامن لسان يستغفر إلا فتحت له الدنيا بما فيها أستغفرك ربي وأتوب إليك.

Advices to those striving to learn the Quran:
⁃ Be consistent and determined.
⁃ Put in effort and dedication.
⁃ Set yourself goals and weekly/monthly targets.
⁃ Have a schedule.
⁃ Prioritise your time.
⁃ Be sincere.
⁃ Have a specific time everyday for the Quran.
⁃ Have a teacher.
⁃ Have good companions, and compete with each other in goodness.
⁃ Always make dua to Allah.
⁃ Learn the meanings whilst you memorise.
⁃ Have discipline and only reward yourself once you have completed your daily portion of Quran.

“The winter night has grown long; blessed is the one who has excelled in their actions during it, and unfortunate is the one who has done wrong”

📖 Al-Hasan Al-Basri [رحمه الله] said:

"I learned that the road was lonely, and I had no companion to accompany me, so I memorised the Qur'ān."

[Siyar A`lam al-Nubala' 4/564]

During this last hour of يوم الجمعة pour your heart out to Allah, for it is an hour whereby our prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم informed us that our supplications are accepted.

Ask Allah for forgiveness, for guidance, for steadfastness. Ask Allah for jannah, and for protection of the hellfire. Ask Allah for whatever your heart desires, whatever it longs for, whatever it requires.

The door you deem to be closed, it is not difficult for Allah to open. The matter you deem to be impossible, it is not restricted for Allah. The dreams you have which seem so far fetched, it is not far fetched for the One who created you. So ask Him, and ask Him with certainty.

«سَيفتحُ اللهُ باباً كُنتَ تَحسبهُ
من شِدَّة اليأسِ لَم يُخلَق بِمفتاح.»

"Allah will open for you a door you thought due to the severity of your despair, was not created with a key."

اغتنموا ساعة الاستجابة واذكروني في دعواتكم.

"فمحبة الله تعالى ومعرفته ودوام ذكره والسكون إليه، والطمأنينة إليه، وإفراده بالحب والخوف والرجاء والتوكل والمعاملة بحيث يكون هو وحده المستولي على هموم العبد وعزماته وإرادته، هو جنة الدنيا والنعيم الذي لا يشبهه نعيم، وهو قوة عين المحبين، وحياة العارفين"

•ابن القيم

Do not inform people regarding how much of the Qur’ān you have memorised. Do not tell them that you've solidified one Juzz, memorised a Hizb, and reviewed ten. Leave them to see for themselves the Qur’ān in you...In your beautiful speech, in your calmness of mind, the chastity of your limbs and your heart, your gentle nature, your leniency, your tranquility and your dignity. Your goal should not be for people to say "Hafidh of the Qur’an.." Rather: "His character was that of the Qur’ān." | @hifdhstatus

كان عمرو بن قيس رحمه الله إذا دخل شعبان أغلق تجارته، وتفرغ لقراءة القرآن؛ وكان يقول: طوبى لمن أصلح نفسه قبل رمضان.

If the month of sha’ban would arrive, Amir Bin Qais would close his business, and would devote himself to the recitation of the Quran. He would say, “Glad tidings to the one who rectifies himself before Ramadan.”

[لطائِف المعَارف لابن رجب، صـ ١٣٨]

Hafiz Ibn Rajab, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

"Since Sha'ban precedes Ramadan, the acts of worship that are made lawful in Ramadan are also made lawful in Sha'ban, such as fasting, reciting the Qur'an, etc. For this reason, be prepared to obey Allah in Ramadan."

"Those who prepare themselves for Ramadan by adhering to obedience and performing good deeds beforehand will receive Allah's assistance during Ramadan as a result of these virtuous actions. Those who engage in various forms of wrongdoing prior to Ramadan undoubtedly burden their hearts and souls, creating barriers that obstruct their ability to perform good deeds during Ramadan."

- Saleh Al Osaimi حفظه الله

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

“There is a chaos in the heart that cannot be brought to order except by one turning to Allāh, and in one's heart is a loneliness that cannot be removed except by finding company with Allāh whilst alone, and in the heart [as well] is a sadness that cannot be distanced except by finding happiness with knowing Allāh.”

[Madārij as-Sālikeen]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

“Loving this worldly life hinders man from doing righteous deeds, which are the only things that will avail him in the Hereafter. The more one indulges in loving the worldly life, the more he refrains from doing righteous deeds.”

[The Way to Patience & Gratitude | Pg. 393-3]

قيام الليل نافلة من نوافل العبادات الجليلة.. بها تكفر السيئات، وبها تقضى الحاجات مهما تعثرت، وبها يُستجاب الدعاء، ويزول المرض والداء، وبها تُرفع الدرجات

وقد كان رسول الله ﷺ يحثُّ أصحابه على القيام ويبين لهم فضله وثوابه في الدنيا والآخرةتحريضاً لهم على نيل بركاته والظفر بحسناته..

قال ﷺ: "عليكم بقيام الليل، فإنَّه تكفير للخطايا والذنوب، ودأب الصالحين قبلكم، ومطردة للداء عن الجسد".

‏اللهم بلغنا رمضان مُعافين، مقبولين مُحاطين بالأهل والأحبة في ظلال رحمتك وعفوك ‏اللهُم بلغني وعائلتي ومن أُحب سماع التراويح ودعوات المصلين اللهُم بلغنا شهر رمضان ونحن في أحسن حال يا رب العالمين

‏"الموفق من هيأ قلبه للقرآن قبل شهر رمضان!"

قال النبي ﷺ: «ينزلُ ربُّنا تبارك وتعالى كل ليلةٍ إلى السَّماء الدُّنيا حين يبقى ثلث اللَّيل الآخرُ، يقولُ: من يدعُوني، فأستجيب له؟ من يسألُني فأعطيهُ؟ من يستغفرني فأغفر له؟»
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أين الرجال الليل؟
أين الحسنُ وسفيانُ وفضيل؟
يا رجالَ الليل جدوا..رب داع لا يرد
ما يقوم الليل إلا من له عزم وجدُّ ..

Reward Of Fasting

‎قال الشيخ ابن العثيمين رحمه الله : ومِنْ فضائِل الصوم أنَّ ثوابَه لا يَتَقَيَّدُ بِعَدَدٍ مُعيَّنٍ بل يُعطَى الصائمُ أجرَه بغير حسابٍ.

Sh. Ibn al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله: “And from the virtues of the fasting is that its reward is NOT limited to a specific amount rather the fasting person is given his reward without an account (i.e unlimited reward).”

‎● [مجالس شهر رمضان ٢\٣٠]