من أدعياء النبي ﷺ: اللهم إنّي أعوذُ بكَ من علمٍ لا ينفع ومن قلبٍ لا يخشع ومن دعوةٍ لا يستجابُ لها

lately…

you might’ve missed your prayers or woken up late to them
you might’ve said something you didn’t want to say
you might’ve quarreled with a loved one over something minuscule
you’ve might’ve done something you shouldn’t have
you might’ve reacted harshly to someone
You might’ve broken a promise
You might’ve spoken to someone you shouldn’t have
you might’ve been tempted to dress a certain way you shouldn’t have
you might’ve gone to areas you shouldn’t have
you might’ve watched or listened to something you shouldn’t have
you might’ve not read the Quran as much as you could’ve have
you might’ve not benefitted from your time in good as you should’ve


…. and the list goes on. perhaps while reading this you might’ve reflected over what you have done, and yet there is so much that the scribes write that we don’t know of or forget.
ما يلفظ من قولٍ إلّا لديه رقيبٌ عتيد
Not a word does he (or she) utter but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it)

in these blessed hours of friday, make tawbah, seek forgiveness, turn that page around and don’t end the day without doing so. we have a Lord that is the Most Compassionate and Forgiving. Turn to Him.

He is the constant in a world that is not. He is the Eternal in a world that is not. His promise is true and His punishment is true. Jannah is true, and Jahannam is true. And He is always near to the one that calls out to Him.


وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ

And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor). So let them obey Me and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright.

Benefiting people is a blessing. Whoever fulfills a need of someone should not busy himself with waiting for people to thank him instead of thanking Allah for such a blessing. It’s from Allah’s blessing upon you to have made fulfilling people’s needs on your hands.

https://t.me/shaykhtarefe

One of the best kinds of doing good is worshipping the Creator by praying at night, which is indicative of sincerity and of harmony between what is in the heart and the words one utters.

Hence Allah says: they — namely the doers of good used to sleep but little at night that is, their sleep at night was little. most of the night was spent in devotion to their Lord, by praying, reading Qur’an, remembering Allah, calling upon Him and beseeching Him.

and before dawn that is, the time just before dawn they would seek forgivenes from Allah

– tafsir si’di, سورة الذاريـٰت

لَن تَنَالُوا۟ ٱلْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ

فما كان أحب إلى المرء إذا تقرب به إلى الله تعالى كان أفضل له من غيره؛ وإن استويا في القيمة.
ابن تيمية: ٢ / ١٠٨.

‘By no means shall you attain Al-Birr (piety, righteousness - here it means Allâh’s Reward, i.e. Paradise), unless you spend (in Allâh’s Cause) of that which you love’
al-imran:92

- if a person draws closer to Allah with that (wealth/money) which is dearest to him, then that is best over anything else — even if they are equal in value.
ibn taymiyyah رحمه الله

Every time time your past sins come back to haunt you, and the shame that is still lingering from your mistakes overtakes you, and the shaytans whispers taunt you, remember the words of our beloved Prophet ﷺ

"التائب من الذنب كمن لا ذنب له."

The one who repents from sin is like the one who did not sin.

And this is enough of an honour and praise for you, oh slave of Allah.

لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

دليل على أن الكفار غير منعم عليهم في الدنيا؛ لأن حقيقة النعمة الخلوص من شوائب الضرر العاجلة والآجلة، ونعم الكفار مشوبة بالآلام والعقوبات، فصار كمن قدم بين يدي غيره حلاوة من عسل فيها السم، فهو وإن استلذ آكله لا يقال أنعم عليه؛ لأن فيه هلاك روحه.

القرطبي: ٥ / ٤٨١.

Ibn al-Qayyim said: “If Allaah intends good for the needy slave, He tests him with something in order to bring him down and to lower his neck in humiliation and to decrease his importance to himself.”

Source: Wabil as-Sayyib (p. 15)

﴿وَآخَرونَ اعتَرَفوا بِذُنوبِهِم خَلَطوا عَمَلًا صالِحًا وَآخَرَ سَيِّئًا عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَتوبَ عَلَيهِم إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفورٌ رَحيمٌ﴾ [التوبة: ١٠٢]

And (there are) others who have acknowledged their sins, they have mixed a deed that was righteous with another that was evil. Perhaps Allâh will turn unto them in forgiveness. Surely, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

— surah at-tawbah, verse 102

«لو صبر علىٰ صاحبه لرَأى العجب» هذا ما قاله نبينا ﷺ عن موسى (عليه السلام) في قصته مع الخضر. ويمكن لي ولك أن نضعها شعارًا لنا في الحياة، ‏لو صبرت على أي طريق تسلكه إلى اللَّه من علم أو دعوة أو عبادة أو غيرها، لو صبرت على أي طريق بينك وبين اللَّه سترى عجبًا. | د.أحمد عبد المنعم

‘whoever concerns himself with worship in secret, will find the sweetness of iman’

Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Do you know what is backbiting?" The Companions said: "Allah and His Messenger know better." Thereupon he said, "Backbiting is talking about your (Muslim) brother in a manner which he dislikes." It was said to him: "What if my (Muslim) brother is as I say." He said, "If he is actually as you say, then that is backbiting; but if that is not in him, that is slandering."

https://t.me/tibyaan_taf

this is a new program in Somali for تفسير for women, do share this channel if you know other sisters who would be interested/ would benefit.

deepening the knowledge of the religion in your native tongue is a valuable and precious skill to have, so share to those who will benefit and stay committed 💌

الدّال على الخير كفاعله
may Allah bless the sister who shared this with me 🤍

كان أحد السلف إذا مشى في طريق وهو غافل عن ذكر الله، رجع ثانيًا وذَكَر الله، يقول أحب أن تشهد لي البقاع التي أمر فيها يوم القيامة

📌 Fasting the 3 White Days:

• Monday 7th November - [13th Rabi’ ul-Thani]

• Tuesday 8th November - [14th Rabi’ ul-Thani]

• Wednesday 9th November - [15th Rabi’ ul-Thani]


The Prophet ﷺ:

“Fasting three days of each month is equivalent to fasting for a lifetime and the shining days of al-beed (the white days) are the 13th, 14th & 15th.”

[Sunan an-Nasa’i | 2420]

al-Qurtubi (rahimahullah) said:

It was said to Ibraaheem ibn Adham (rahimahullah): Why is it that we supplicate and receive no response?

He said:

Because you know Allaah but you do not obey Him,

and you know the Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) but you do not follow his Sunnah,

and you know the Quran but you do not act in accordance with it,

and you eat from the blessings of Allaah but you do not give thanks for them,

and you know Paradise but you do not seek it,

and you know Hell but you do not flee from it,

and you know the shaytaan but you do not fight him rather you agree with him,

and you know death but you do not prepare for it,

and you have buried the dead but you do not learn a lesson from that,

and you ignore your own faults and are preoccupied with other people’s faults!

[Tafseer al-Qurtubi (rahimahullah), 2/312]