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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🔗: https://www.muslimgiving.org/alansar-sisters-gaza?

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)

وقد قالوا: ‏من لم يصبر على ذُلِّ التعلُّمِ بقي عمره في عَمَايَةِ الجهالةِ، ومن صبَرَ عليهِ آلَ أمرُهُ إلى عِزِّ الآخرةٍ والدنيا، ومنهُ الأثرَ المشهورُ عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما: ذَلَلتُ طالبًا فَعَزَزتُ مطلوباً.

وقد أحسن من قال:
من لم يذق طعمَ المَذَلَّةِ ساعةً،
قَطَعَ الزَّمانَ بِأَسْرِهِ مَذْلولاً

— التبيان في آداب حملة القران، صـ ٤٧

and they said: Whoever is not patient with the humiliation of learning, his life will remain in the protection of ignorance, and whoever is patient with it, his affairs will lead to the glory of the hereafter and this world.

« He who has not tasted humiliation for an hour (while seeking knowledge), has spent all of time humiliated »

— etiquette with the quran, p.47

The Prophet ʿalayhi al-salam said, "I would have loved to have met our brothers." Those with him asked, "Messenger of Allah, are we not your brothers?" No," he answered, "You are my companions but our brothers are those who have not yet been born."

They said, "Messenger of Allah, how will you be able to recognize those of your ummah who will be born after your death?" He said, "When someone has horses with blazes on their foreheads, and white lower legs, won’t he be able to recognize them amidst dark black horses?" "Of course," they said.

The Prophet ʿalayhi al-salam went on, "(Our brothers) will come on the Day of Resurrection with white faces and white lower legs (as a result of their faithful performance) of the wuḍūʾ."

— Muslim no. 249

لا تستوحش طرق الهدى لِقلَّةِ أهلها، ولا تغترَّنَّ بِكثرة الهالكين، ولا يضُرّك قِلَّةُ السّالِكِين
— الفُضيلِ بن عِياض (رضي الله عنه)

do not feel lonely in the path of guidance, and do not worry about how few are the people who follow it. beware of the paths of misguidance, and do not be deceived by the large numbers of those who doomed.

— al fudayl ibn iyad رضي الله عنه

‏" القلب إنما خُلق لأجل حب الله تعالى،
لا تُشتت قلبك في البحث عن حب وأمان وكمال عند غير الله فلن تجد، وسيبقى القلب يخذله البشر، وهم معذورون جميعا؛ لنقصهم وضعفهم وستبقى تتوجع بهم ، حتى تتيقن أن التعلق الحقيقي لا يصلح إلا لله وحده! ".

"مقتبس"

‘Among the means of eliminating, worry, grief and anxiety is being gracious towards creation, by words and all types of good acts. All of these are good and excellent in the sight of Allah, and by them Allah removes worries and anxieties from both the good and the evil — each in accordance with his level of being good to creation.

Furthermore, the portion of believer is more complete and perfect, as he als excels by the fact that his goodness is born out of his sincerity to Allah and seeking His reward’


— 8 steps to happiness, by shaykh nasir as-si’di رحمه الله

" In His Book, Allah has narrated numerous stories that deal with relief coming after distress and hardship. He told us of His rescu­ing Nuh and those with him on the ark from the “terrible plight”wherein the earth’s population were all drowned. He informed us of His saving Ibrahim عليه السلام from the fire kindled by the polytheists and how He made it “coolness and peace for him".

He also narrated to us how He ordered Ibrahim to slaughter his son and, at the last moment, how He ransomed him with a 'mighty sacrifice'. He told us of the story of Musa and how his mother placed him in the river and his subsequently being found by Pharaoh’s family. He informed us of the story of Musa and Pharaoh: how He saved Musa and drowned his enemy. He narrated the story of Ayyub, Yunus, Ya'qub, Yusuf and the story of Yunus’s people when they believed.

He told us the story of 'A’ishah when she was falsely accused and how He absolved her of that accusation. He also told us about numerous incidents in the life of Muhammad ﷺ where He came to his aid and saved him such as when he was in the cave, at the Battle of Badr, the Battle of Uhud and the Battle of Hunayn....'
— on relief after distress, by shaykh nasir as’idi رحمه الله


and many many more stories and events in which we learn that the affair of the muslim is always good. it is always accompanied by good, and whatever distress the muslim goes through, it is followed by relief, alhamdulillah 💌

our lives will go through tumultuous times, times where it may feel that there is no light at the end of the tunnel. pitstops and lonely journeys that can alienate you from even your loved ones. but for the believer that has the qurān as their companion, life with the qurān is the remedy to their hurt.

when their iman dips and when it is high, they are in constant recitation and reflection of the qurān. not a day or evening passes where they have not opened their mushaf and let their eyes trace over the speech of Allah. your heart can feel so heavy with life’s responsibilities and tests, but once you read and listen to the qurān, you feel as light as a feather. there is no pain nor heartache nor sorrow that remembrance of Allah and reflection over His speech cannot cure.

« Surely those who say, “Our Lord is Allah,” and then remain steadfast, the angels descend upon them, ˹saying,˺ “Do not fear, nor grieve. Rather, rejoice in the good news of Paradise, which you have been promised. »

قال شيخنا محمّد الشنقيطِي -وفقهُ الله-: ليسَ هناك محبَّة أصدق من محبَّـة الله -عزَّ وجل-، *وليسَ هناك أحدٌ يحبّ على الحقيقةِ كمحبَّة العبد لربِّه*، ومهمَا أحببت شيئًـا فأنتَ مغالٍ فيه إلَّا الله -تعالَى-، فإنك مهمَا أحببتهُ وأجللتَـه، ومهما أعظمتَه وأكبَرته، فأنت المُقصِّر في حقِّه -سُبحانه وتعالى-.

وقال بعض العلماء: "*يُستدل على محبَّـة العبد لله بتوفِيق الله -عزَّ وجل- للعَبد لطاعتـه*"، ولذلِك ما استقرَّت محبَّة الله في قلبِ عبدٍ *إلا وجدتهُ أنشط ما يكُون لفعلِ فَرائض الله، وأبعدَ ما يكُون عن حدودِ الله ومحارمِ الله -عزَّ وجل-*، فمن أحبَ الله انتظرَ في كل لحظةٍ أمرًا من أوامرهِ حتى يُلبي ذلِك الأمر، وانتظرَ في كل لحظةٍ من لحظاته نهيًـا من النَّواهي حتى يتقربَ إلى الله -عزَّ وجل- في ترك ذلك المنهِي".
وقال شيخُ الإسلام ابن تيميَّة -رحمهُ الله-: "والعبدُ كماله في أن يَعرف الله *فيُحبه*، ثمَّ في الآخِـرة يراهُ ويلتذُّ بالنَّظر إليـه".

وأنتَ في زمانٍ يحبهُ الله، *فأكثر من ما يُحبـه الله*؛ وإن كنتَ مقصرًا في حقّه، فهروِل إلى طاعتـه وحُبّـه.

Our Sheikh Muhammad Al-Shanqeeti - may Allah grant him success - said: There is no love that is truer than the love of Allah *And there is no one who loves truly as the love of a servant to his Lord *, and no matter how much you love something, you are exaggerating in it except for in your love for Allah, for no matter how much you love and honor Him, and no matter how much you praise Him and glorify Him, you will fall short in fulfilling His right upon you.

Some of the scholars said: “*The love of a servant for His Lord is indicated by the servant’s obedience of His Rabb.”, and that is why the love of Allah did not settle in the heart of a servant except that I found him the most active in fulfilling Allah’s obligations, and the farthest from transgressing the limits of Allah and the prohibitions of Allah - , so whoever loves Allah, waits in every moment for one of His commands until he fulfills that command, and waits in every moment for a prohibition from the prohibitions until he draws closer to Allah - the Mighty and Sublime - in leaving that prohibition.


The Sheikh of Islam Ibn Taymiyyah - may Allah have mercy on him - said: “The servant is in a complete state when he knows Allah and then loves Him, then in the Hereafter he sees Him and takes pleasure in looking at Him.”

And you are in a time that Allah loves, so increase in doing that which Allah loves, And if you are negligent and falling short in His right, then hasten to His obedience and His love.

( trans by me, any mistakes are from my end baarakAllahu feekum )

ليس الإنسان إلا ما يفكر به طوال يومه…
a person is not except what he thinks of throughout his day