In Islam, it’s so important to have a direct relationship with God. We don’t even have to go through Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh).
– in Arabic language, Ar-Rab, Ar-rab mean, someone with his blessings, with his favors, with His mercy.
who cultivates you
Allah responds, I am near to you.
So when it comes to relationship between us and Allah, there is no one between us and Allah.
Allah forgives the sins without any condition, meaning Allah doesn’t have to commit suicide or tell someone to die.
We’re incredibly sad about the loss of lives, and the loss of humanity in the world, the loss of moral compass. This is more about justice versus injustice.
This is not about Gaza. This is about humanity in crisis. Absolutely:
What can cause people to become so cold and so heartless and so brutal that they can see children being shredded?
You can see the bodies of kids in Gaza. They look like they’ve been through a mince machine.
Still those images don’t move these politicians and many of these journalists.
The important thing to realize is that the people do recognize the immense suffering that the Palestinians are going through.
They’re out here today. They’re out every city and every place in the dunya / world. People are protesting about that incredible insanity that’s going on in the Middle East.
We are feeling what the people in Gaza are feeling in a very small sense of the term
Do you think that that’s correct, that an innocent person should take your sins?
Not to believe that Jesus is God and not to believe that an innocent person died for your sins is…
Do you think that God, being the most merciful, the most kind, He would necessitate that an innocent person should be punished for my sins and your sins? Person should be punished for my sins and your sins?
Whereas with Islam teachers, no, everyone commits sins, but as long as a person’s repentant, sincerely repentant, they seek forgiveness directly from God because He is the most merciful, the most kind, He will forgive us and no one else can carry our sins.
Let’s lead our lives in a way that Allah gives us also a good death.
It is all part of the greater plan of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala, that certain things He does not give you a choice about. Those things, Allah Almighty has decided for reasons known to Him.
One of the factors that Allah has kept is a very interesting, beautiful teaching that your final judgment depends on how your life ends.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, used to make a du’a,
اللهم إني أسألك حسن الخاتمة
Allahumma inni as aluka husnal khatimah: O Allah, I ask You for a good end to my life.
Because there is a hadith that states that a person who does a lot of good for so many years and suddenly messes up at the end, they’ve lost. And the person who’s done a lot of bad through his life, but suddenly made everything right at the end.
They’ve gained a person who was a disbeliever, and suddenly they became a Muslim. They believed in Allah and submitted just before they passed on.
They died as submitters. Good news to them. Islam deletes the bad that was done before it. The same applies to tawba and repentance. Whatever was before it is deleted.
A gift of Allah is that we are not judged by our sins. We are judged by our repentance.
We all love nice things, don’t we? Don’t ever love it beyond the love of Allah, which means if Allah tells you this is the line, you don’t cross that line.
That if you have ever crossed a line, come back to Allah without losing hope, every single time, you happen to cross it, tell yourself, I’m crossing or I have crossed, not because I am defying Allah, but because of my human weakness, I regret, I repent, I seek Your forgiveness.
So don’t allow this world to deceive you.
We were about to commence a season that is the most powerful season from the seasons of the year. The most blessed night in existence, the most powerful night in existence is indeed the night known as Laylat al Qadr.
Allah Almighty says very clearly, The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
If you are going to waste your time in these last 10 nights, then indeed you would be the loser.
make sure that I understand the favor of Allah. Through the year, there is not going to be another night more powerful than this.
The decree, Allah Almighty decrees things on that particular night with His wisdom. And whatever your destiny is for the following year, whatever is going to be predestined and written, the details for the following year, according to the most correct opinion of the vast majority of scholars is on this particular night of decree.
It is indeed a time of the mercy of Allah, His forgiveness and freedom from hellfire.
Balancing your life is something important. Sometimes during the month of Ramadan, we tend to do more of one thing, neglecting our other duties. For example, because of the importance given to acts of worship, such as prayer, such as reading the Quran, such as the dhikr and the remembrance of Allah, such as going out to help people who are in need.
Sometimes we neglect our own family members. Sometimes we neglect our duties that are primary. This happens even outside of Ramadan, where the balance we strike between family life, the work we have to do, and the worship of Allah. These three things connected are all actually the worship of Allah.
Because if you take a look at the meaning of the worship of Allah, to lead your life in a way that is in the obedience of Allah and not in transgression of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala. That is called worshiping Allah.
The balance that we strike when we speak about the three things, the worship of Allah, the work that we have, and the family life; In essence, it’s mainly these two things. the family life and the work, on condition that we make sure we don’t miss out that which Allah has ordained, like your prayer and everything else.
All of it should be within what Allah Almighty has taught.
Laziness is something that has been dealt with in the Quran and the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). For a Muslim, there should be no room for laziness. We need to fight it, tackle it, and ensure that we are as productive as possible.
Salah is the five daily prayers. Those are put in timings that are divine, given by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala. The first one is very early. It is before sunrise. You have to get up. A believer is not allowed to be sleeping beyond that point.
So Allah wants you to fight your laziness, and there is absolutely no room for procrastination
The fact that Allah gave you life to see that time and to witness it, you owe Him the Salah.
Purify the intention is one of the cornerstones of acts of worship in this deen that Allah has sent to us. When you have a pure intention and when you really would like to do something for Allah and you want to please Him, you will make sure you’re conscious about everything else.
You purify your intention when it’s done solely for Allah to please Allah.
Then what happens? You begin to become conscious of the type of person you are.
A person who’s sincere would easily be able to work on their jealousy, their hatred, their ill feeling, the qualities of the heart that are negative.
Islam is all about being sincere. Sincere to Who: Be sincere with intension to Allah by worshiping Him alone
How you write your life story;
We always put the conclusion and work backwards. When we think of our journey of life, we’re not just talking about our life of this world. We’re thinking about our journey of existence and subhanallah.
Your Jannah is waiting for you to build its houses. Your jannah exists right now. You plant trees in Jannah right now. You have rivers that flow for you in Jannah right now. You choose your companions in Jannah from now. This is a reality that you are actively working on right now.
You’re in the construction phase, you’re at work. Write the conclusion of your life and say ameen,
Ask Allah (swt) to grant you a good ending.
The All-Loving 