صاحبة التغريدة توفيت -رحمها الله - انشروها جزاكم الله خير

When Allah takes, he replaces with better.

Was it not the great female companion Umm Salamah who lost her beloved husband, and she uttered the words:

«اللهم أجرني في مصيبتي، واخلف لي خيرًا منها.»

Oh Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace for me something better than it.

She said these words whist also saying, “who is better than Abu Salamah?” Her heart was heavy, but she supplicated to her Lord knowing that her heart can be fixed by none other than the one who created it. She supplicated these words knowing that no slave is afflicted with something, and says these words:

"إلا آجره الله في مصيبته، وأخلف له خيرًا منها.."

Except that Allah will reward him for his affliction and that Allah will replace him with something better. (أو كما قال)

So who came knocking on her door shortly after? Our beloved Prophet Muhammed ﷺ. They married each other, and she is from the mother of the believers. Never have doubt in this Dua, nor doubt in the promise that Allah truly always replaces something you lost with something better.

https://youtu.be/d7kJP3k67r8

a great summary of the biography of the prophet ﷺ by shaykh haytham Sarhan حفظه الله , benefit from his talks and books, one of the many mashayikh whose work and lectures are so accessible to the beginner. beginner to studying the deen and the beginner to the Arabic language.

A person should always remember death, not on the basis of separating from loved ones because this a view which has shortcomings, but on the basis of separating from working for the hereafter and cultivating deeds..
If he looks at death like this, then he prepares and increases in striving for the hereafter

— shaykh ibn uthaymeen رحمه الله

أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ

نزلت في قوم من المؤمنين كانوا بمكة مستضعفين، وكان كفار قريش يؤذونهم، ويعذبونهم على الإسلام، فضاقت صدورهم بذلك؛ فآنسهم الله بهذه الآية، ووعظهم وأخبرهم أن ذلك اختبار ليوطنوا أنفسهم على الصبر على الأذى، والثبوت على الإيمان، فأعلمهم الله تعالى أن تلك سيرته في عباده: يسلط الكفار على المؤمنين ليمحصهم بذلك، ويظهر الصادق في إيمانه من الكاذب. ولفظها مع ذلك عام، فحكمها على العموم في كل من أصابته فتنة من معصية أو مضرة في النفس، والمال، وغير ذلك.

ابن جزي:٢ / ١٥٤.

“ do people think they will be left alone because they say ‘we believe’ , and will not be tested.”

This verse was revealed about a group of believers who were weak in Mecca, and the infidels of Quraysh were harming them and torturing them for Islam, and their chests were constricted by that; So Allah comforted them with this verse, admonished them, and told them that this was a test for them to set themselves up on patience upon harm, and steadfastness upon faith. So Allah Almighty taught them that this is His conduct among His servants: He empowers the infidels over the believers to scrutinize them with this, and with that, the truthful in his iman appears from the liar. However, its wording is general, so its ruling is generally applicable to everyone who has been afflicted with a trial, such as disobedience or harm to the soul, money, and other things. such as disobedience or harm to the soul, money, and other things.

لكلِّ عُتمةٍ نور، وعُتمَة قلبك لا نورَ لها إلَّا القُرآن.

For every darkness there is a light, and the darkness of your heart has no light except the Qur’an.

start your day without the qurān always and watch your day and time be blessed. nothing better to start your day with than the speech of Allah ❤️‍🩹 the tightness in your heart loosens, your mind’s clustered worries disappear, and you remind yourself that because Allah is with you, what can the day’s obstacles ever do to you?

#شرح_العقيدة_الواسطية #١

قوله: { وسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً مَزِيداً } :( سَلَّمَ) ‏فيها السلامة من الآفات، و في الصلاة حصول الخيرات، فجمع المؤلف في هذه الصيغة بين سؤال الله تعالى
أن يحقق لنبيّه الخيرات - وأخصّها: الثناء عليه في الملأ الأعلى-وأن يزيل عنه الآفات، وكذلك من اتبعه.

— شرح العقيدة الواسطية
للشيخ ابن عثيمين رحمه الله ،
صـ ٣٧

بين كيف يكون الاغترار بالحياة الدنيا.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ ۖ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ

قال سعيد بن جبير: غرور الحياة الدنيا: أن يشتغل الإنسان بنعيمها ولذاتها عن عمل الآخرة، حتى يقول:(يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي)
[الفجر: 24].

القرطبي:١٧ / ٣٤٦.

“ O mankind! Verily, the Promise of Allâh is true. So let not this present life deceive you, and let not the chief deceiver (shaytan) deceive you about Allâh. “

how can the deception of the worldly life look like?

Sa’id ibn jubayr said: The deception of the life of this world is that a person is preoccupied with its blessings and pleasures from the work of the Hereafter, until he says: ("Oh, I wish I had sent forth [ some good deeds ] for my life.)
[Al-Fajr: 24].

عن جابرٍ -رضيَ اللهُ عنه- قال: قال رسُول الله ﷺ: إن في اللّيل لساعةٌ لا يوافقها رجلٌ مسلمٌ يسأل الله خيراً من أمر الدّنيا والآخرة إلا أعطاه، وذلك في كلّ ليلة.

‏- رواهُ مُسلم.

On the authority of Jabir رضي الله عنه he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is an hour in the night in which no Muslim man asks Allah for good in this world and the hereafter but He gives it to him, and that is in every night.

- Muslim.

﴿وَمَن أَحسَنُ قَولًا مِمَّن دَعا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صالِحًا وَقالَ إِنَّني مِنَ المُسلِمينَ﴾
[فصلت: ٣٣]

[ And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allâh (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands firm (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allâh’s (Islâmic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims. ]

• what are the signs of a sincere da’ee that this verse above points out?

• calls Allah’s servants to Allah
and,
• s/he is guided in him/herself by what s/he says, so
• s/he benefits himself/herself and others.
• s/he is not one of those who enjoin what is right but don’t do it, forbid what is wrong and do it, rather
• s/he enjoins good, abandons evil, and calls people to the Creator

Ibn Kathir: 4 /102.

عبادات بسيطة قد تغير حياتك:

‏- قراءة آيه الكرسي بعد كل صلاة
‏- أذكار الصباح والمساء
‏- قراءة سوره الملك قبل النوم
‏- قراءة كم صفحه من القرآن يوميا
‏- صلاة الضحى
‏- صلاة الوتر
‏- الدعاء في الثلث الأخير من الليل
‏- الصدقة بأبسط الأمور ولو بالكلمة الطيبة.

and Allah described the Quran as a light, and that is because of its (the Quran’s) clarification, and it making clear the beneficial sciences, and its complete meanings, and that by it (the Quran) the servant gets out of all darkness:

the darkness of ignorance and disbelief, sin and misery, to the light of knowledge, certainty, iman and obedience, and following the rightful paths of guidance.

— تيسير اللطيف المنّان في خلاصة تفسير القرآن

a summary of general tips to staying away from doubts and misconceptions by Ustadh Muhammad Tim Humble حفظه الله

إن وجدت من بين أصحابك صديقٍ يدلّك على الله، وينير أفقك، ويوسّع مداركك، ويسحبك من مواطن الخطأ إلى السلامةِ، ويقوّمك عند تعثّرك فتمسّك به! فتلكمُ الصُّحبة، تلكمُ الصُّحبة

virtuous deeds you could do this Friday

giving charity
- ‘ giving charity on a Friday compared to the rest of the days, I’d like giving charity in ramadan compared to the rest of the months’ ibn al qayyim


Salawat
- The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Among the most excellent of your days is Friday; on it Adam was created, on it he died, on it the last trumpet will be blown, and on it the shout will be made, so invoke more blessings on me that day, for your blessings will be submitted to me. The people asked: Messenger of Allah, how can it be that our blessings will be submitted to you while your body is decayed? He replied: Allah, the Exalted, has prohibited the earth from consuming the bodies of Prophets.
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1047

making dua
- The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned Friday and said: “On this day there is a time when no Muslim stands and prays, asking Allah for something, but Allah will grant him it” and he gestured with his hands to indicate how short that time is.
al-Bukhari, 893; Muslim, 852



* the second and more correct view according to the scholars is that this time is after asr and before maghrib because of the hadith of the prophet ﷺ when he was asked what time it is and he said after asr. *

reminder: the deeds you strive to do on fridays you should also do every day. it is wrong for us to specify making dua last hour of asr and neglect making dua in general every other day of the week. in your dua, ask Allah to make you firm and steadfast in worshipping Him, and one of the best duas you could say towards that are:

اللهم يا مقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك
O turner of the hearts, keep my heart firm on your religion

and
اللهم أعنِّي على ذكرك وشكرك وحسن عبادتك
O Allah aid me in remembering you, being grateful to you; and worshipping you in excellent manner.