Today is Monday
Don't forget to fast In sha Allah!
#SunnahFasting

(It is Sunnah to fast on Mondays & Thursdays)

The Three Cores of Every Sin!

‏استغفِرالله العظيم الذي لا إله إلاّ هو ، الحيُّ القيوم وأتوبُ إليه

اللهمَّ اغفرْ لي خطَئي وعَمْدي ، وهَزْلي وجِدِّي ، وكلُّ ذلِك عِندي

The Duaa' For Laylatul Qadr 💎

Awza'ee رحمه الله said:

I realized that people were reserving things (their duas, needs, wishes) for the day of Arafah to ask Allāh for them.

And some of them used to say:

“For fifty years I have been supplicating on the day of Arafah and the year does not go by except that I see the answer of my dua come to pass as the morning light (as clear as day).”

[Lataif al Ma'arif pg. 494 | Ibn Rajab al Hanbali رحمه الله]

'Arafah is 9th of Dhulhijjah.

Look out for your needs on the Day of Arafah, and pray to Allāh with certainty of reponse and beseech Him persistently; for Allāh is Generous and loves to be asked, and whoever asks the Generous One is never turned away... O Allāh, do not let us return disappointed.

Sheikh Ibn Utahymeen رحمه الله said,

"Whoever notices he is withdrawn from the acts of worship he used to perform, he should be plentiful in seeking for forgiveness."

[Tafsir Surah al Maidah 1/483]

Allah says in surah al-Nisa':

[وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ دِينًا مِّمَّنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ وَاتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۗ وَاتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا]

And who is better in terms of religion than one who submits his face to Allah while being a good-doers and follows the religion of Ibrahim purely? And Allah took Ibrahim as a khalil. [125]

The word "khalil" is often translated as "close friend" or "close one". Commenting on this ayah, ibn Kathir wrote:

[وقوله : ( واتخذ الله إبراهيم خليلا ) وهذا من باب الترغيب في اتباعه ; لأنه إمام يقتدى به ، حيث وصل إلى غاية ما يتقرب به العباد له ، فإنه انتهى إلى درجة الخلة التي هي أرفع مقامات المحبة ، وما ذاك إلا لكثرة طاعته لربه ، كما وصفه به في قوله : ( وإبراهيم الذي وفى ) [ النجم : 37 ] قال كثيرون من السلف : أي قام بجميع ما أمر به ووفى كل مقام من مقامات العبادة ، فكان لا يشغله أمر جليل عن حقير ، ولا كبير عن صغير .]

"And Allah took Ibrahim as a khalil" - this is an example of Allah encouraging us to follow Ibrahim for he is a role model whose example should be followed. That is because he reached the apex of closeness that a servant can get to Allah, for he reached the level of "khalil-ness" which is the highest station of love, and that is something that he only achieved by how obedient he was to his Lord.

That is just how Allah described him when He said:

[وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّىٰ]

"And Ibrahim who fulfilled" [al-Najm ayah 37]

Most of the salaf explained this to mean that Ibrahim enacted all of what he was commanded to do and actualized every level of worship, for he would not allow a noble task to distract him from a humble one, nor a large act to make him neglect a small one.

[Tafsir ibn Kathir 2/424]

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“Making fun of people only comes from a heart that’s full of bad manners.”

Source: Imam Sa’di’s Tafsir (p. 801)

Rabiʿah al-Basri would always wake up out of fear and say: “The sleep in the grave is long!”

‎[لفت الكبد إلى نصيحة الولد صفات: ٥٢-٥٣]

The signs of repentance are:

• Weeping at your sins
• Fear of falling into evil
• & Leaving the bad company

[سير أعلام النبلاء ٩\٣١٥]

يا الله :

Indeed I do not pray to You in the way that befits You

and I do not fast like Dawud used to and I am not patient when ill like Ayub was

and I do not glorify praise to You like Yunus in the belly of the whale

and I do not take my religion with the strength like Yahya

and I do not lower my gaze like Yusuf

and I am not pardoning to anyone saying: go you are free

but like them oh Allāh, I love You!

Indeed, whoever is granted well-being has been given much good, so fulfill Allaah's right by being grateful. And whoever is deprived of it has been afflicted with a great trial, so fulfill Allaah's right by being patient. The best of matters for the believers is gratitude in times of ease, and patience in times of hardship... O Allaah, we ask You for gratitude in times of blessings and patience in times of trials.

•الشیخ صالح العثیمی حفظه الله

WINTER❄️

Umar رضي الله عنه said,

“Winter is the prize of the worshippers.”

[Imam Ahmad, Az-Zuhd]


Ubaid Ibn 'Omair رحمه الله used to say if winter came,

“O people of the Quran, the nights have lengthened for your prayers and the days have shortened for your fasting, so take advantage.”

[المصنف لابن أبي شيبة ٩٨٣٦]


Abdullah Ibn Masood رضي الله عنه said,

“Welcome winter wherein blessings descend, and the nights lengthen for qiyam while the days shorten for fasting.”

[Lata'if al-Ma'arif]