I served the Messenger of Allah ʿalayhi al-salam for ten years and he never said about something I did, "Why did you do it?" nor for something I failed to do, "Why did you not do it?" nor did he ever say about a thing, "I wish it was not so," nor about a thing that was not, "I wish it were so." If someone in the family blamed me he would say, "Leave him be, it was destined to be and it happened."

— Anas b. Mālik, Bukhārī no. 6038

غدًا نلقى الأحبة ..

من علامات محبته ﷺ.. كثرة الشَّوق إلى لقائه، فكلُّ حبيب يحب لقاء حبيبه؛ وفي حديث الأشعريِّين عند قدومهم المدينة أنهم كانوا يرتجزون: "غدًا نلقى الأحبَّة، محمدًا وصحبَه".

’Allah is kind towards His slaves; He grants provision to whomever He wills, and He is the Strong, the Almighty’

Here Allah tells us of His kindness to His slaves, so that they may know Him, love Him, and seek His kindness and generosity Another shade of meaning of the word lateef (translated here as kind) indicates that He knows what is in their hearts and minds, which leads His slaves - especially the believers - to that which is good for them in a manner that they do not know or anticipate.

One aspect of His kindness to His believing slave is that He guides him to that which is good in ways that never cross his mind, by means of what He makes available to him of causes that lead him to that , such as creating in him the love of truth and submission to it, and His inspiring His noble angels to help the believers to be steadfast, and urge them to do good, and make truth fair-seeming in their hearts in order to motivate them to follow it.

Another aspect of His kindness is that He enjoins the believers to do communal acts of worship which strengthen their resolve and motivate them, and lead them to compete in doing good and seeking it and to follow one another’s example

A third aspect of His kindness is that He has made available to His slave every means that may form a barrier between him and sin, to the extent that if Allah knows that worldly gain, wealth, leadership and other things for which people compete in this world could cause His slave to turn away from obedience to Him or make him negligent or lead him into sin, He diverts it from him and restricts his provision.

— tafsir as’si'di of surah asshuuraa

ما في القلب لا يطَّلعُ عليه إلا رب العالمين ..

الشيخ عبدالرزاق البدر حفظه الله

« among the most harmful things for the servant is his inactivity and not having anything to do, for the nafs does not sit having nothing to do; rather, if one does not busy it with what benefits it, it will busy one with what harms it, and it is bound to do so. »

— ibn al qayyim رحمه الله

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please give and give generously

﴿يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقولوا قَولًا سَديدًا﴾
O  believers! Be mindful of Allah, and say what is right

al-ahzab: 70

The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked, "What deeds are loved most by Allah?" He said, "The most regular constant deeds even though they may be few." He added, 'Don't take upon yourselves, except the deeds which are within your ability."

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله wrote:

“The heart in its journey to Allah is like a bird. Love is its head, and fear and hope are its two wings. When the head is healthy, then the two wings will fly well. When the head is cut off, the bird will die.”

one of the pious people once said:
“ I have never made dua to Allah between asr and Maghreb on the day of Friday except that Allah answered it for me until I became shy”

{ it is such a critical time for us muslims to be united and have the atrocities that are happening to our brothers and sisters in Palestine and other places in the world serve as a wake up call to the reality of this world and what is to come. we act as one body and when one part hurts, we all feel it. seek knowledge, improve your prayers, beautify your character. we should strive to become better muslims to help our brothers and sisters.

so don’t forget them in your dua today and everyday. May Allah grant them ease and raise their ranks in this world and the next ❤️‍🩹

قال الرافعي في وحي القلم:‏"دموع المظلومين هي في أعينهم دموعٌ، ولكنّها في يد الله صواعق، يضرب بها الظالم." صـ ١/٤٤٩.

The tears of the oppressed, in their eyes are tears but in the hand of Allah (it is) lightening with which strikes the oppressor.

the messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: if one of you wakes up physically healthy, feeling safe and secure within himself, it is as if he acquired the whole world.

— ibn majah

Some women were known to prolong their prayer at night. When asked why, one of them replied, "It beautifies the face and I love to beautify mine."

— Ibn al-Qayyim, Rawḍah al-muḥibbīn, p. 270

something to remember today when making dua 🤎

قال الشيخ ابن عثيمين رحمهُ الله:

‏يوم الجمعة من الجمع، سمي بذلك ؛ لأن الله جمع فيه من الأمور الكونية والشرعية ما لم يجمعه في غيره، ففيه كمل خلق السموات والأرض وخلق آدم،وفيه تقوم الساعة فيبعث الناس،وفيه صلاة الجمعة واجتماع الناس عليها.

ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAwn – Allāh have mercy on him – said « There are three things that I like for myself and for my brothers: that the Muslim man looks to the Qurān; he learns it, recites it, ponders it and refers to it. second, that he looks to the narrations and the Sunnah; he asks about it and follows it with all his efforts. third, that he leaves alone all these people except when doing good. »
Al-Bukhāri, Al-Ṣaḥīḥ, no. 97

For Gaza…

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله: “Giving charity on Friday with regard to the rest of the week is the best day to do so. This is similar to the superiority of giving charity during Ramadan with regards to the rest of the months.”

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كلما كان العبد حسن الظن بالله، حسن الرجاء له، صادق التوكل عليه، فإنَّ الله لا يخيب أمله فيه البتة، فإنه سبحانه لا يخيب أمل آمل، ولا يضيع عمل عامل... فإنه لا أشرح للصدر، ولا أوسع له بعد الإيمان من ثقته بالله ورجائه له، وحسن ظنه به.

مدارج السالكين، لابن القيم (١/ ٤٦٩)

the more a servant has good thoughts of Allah, a good hopefulness in Him, and a sincere trust in Him, then Allah will never disappoint him, for Allah Almighty never disappoints someone who has hope, nor wastes the deeds of someone who does good actions... for there is nothing clearer to the chest, nor more expansive to him after iman than his trust in Allah, his hope in Him, and his good thoughts of Him.

— madarij as-salikiin, by Ibn al-qayyim رحمه الله(1/469)