Casualty of prohibited wealth in the life of a believer is your heart, the same way that certain foods are damaging to the physical heart.
There is a ‘raan’ / stain on their hearts because of what they used to do. So what happens as a result of such a covering?
Well, you fail to enjoy the sweetness of Islam. And you ask in desperation, what’s wrong with me?
And had your heart, had the ability to speak, it would say to you, to your prohibited wealth that’s suffocating me, to your money that’s suffocating me.
Allah said, Allah instructs you that you are to return the trust to the rightful owners of those trusts. And that when you judge between people, you judge with justice, how excellent is that which Allah instructs you to do. Allah Almighty is ever hearing and ever seeing.
Our Prophet’s (pbuh) life was defined by the upholding of Amana, the restoring of trust to their owners. And they knew him as “Al-Amin”, a trustworthy individual. He advocated it, he called towards it, applied it.
And he told us that towards the end of time, one of the signs of the Day of Judgment will be people will lose trust.
Alrazi, he said, in his tafseer, when you interact, he says, you are dealing with one of three categories; either you are dealing with your Lord, or either you are dealing with people, or either you are dealing with yourself.
He said, and a Muslim has to uphold the trust in every one of those three categories.
It affects us every second of our life. And there will be heavy questions to expect on the Day of Judgment.
An act of worship that we can describe as being the path of the prophets and Messengers, The Path of every revivalist who succeeded in bringing about great change and Reformation in his or her society. An act of worship that is undoubtedly one of the cornerstones and the key ingredients, tying the knot and repairing a broken relationship between ourselves and Allah, A key ingredient in restoring Iman, repairing broken hearts, Reviving spirituality of a paradise on Earth, gift from Allah Almighty to humanity qiyam al layl / the night prayer.
The messenger salallahu Alihi wasalam said, he said hold on to the night prayer because it is the way of the righteous people before you and it is a means of drawing closer to your lord and it is a means of erasing sins and it is a means of protecting yourself from sins.
Whoever is looking for one of the shortest stairways that lead to the pleasure of Allah, you and I will find it in the night.
In the life of prophet Yusuf (A.S), how he practically behaved with Ihsan so that we can compare these descriptions Upon Our Lives and that we have something practical to work with.
And the answer is yes, the Quran from Surat Yusuf has given us examples of how yusuf (A.s) behaved with Ihsan in different predicaments, different circumstances and different countries as well. But the objective was always one in his life to be a person of Ihsan.
Acting upon the station of ihsan is not easy because it is a station that governs not only how you behave outwardly how you behave inwardly. How you wake up and how you sleep and how you socialize, how you talk, How you dress, how you don’t, Allahu Akbar, all of this comes under the category of Ihsan?
And therefore it is a difficult station to attain and this is precisely why Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala has told us and given us a sneak preview of what He will offer to those who trying their best to live by Ihsan.
Allah loves the people of Ihsan and the mercy of Allah Almighty is close to the people of Ihsan.
the reward for the people of Ihsan is jannah/ Paradise, the home of Ihsan But there is more than Jannah allah-u-akbar
no Angel has prepared this reward, they were taken by now is the time to see the face of Allah, the Majestic Allah Almighty begins to remove the veils of light and the veils of Pride between us and Him and all of a sudden Allah Almighty that Lord whom you and I had worshipped for many years in the Unseen, you are now able to see Him with your very eyes LA ilaha Illaallah.
seeing the face of Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala is that which is better than jannah, that is why Allah, he said for the people who behaved with Ihsan we will give them the best and extra, the best that is Paradise and the extra that is seeing the face of Allah Subhanahu wa’ta’ala, Allah Akbar.
In the wake of every difficulty in your life. Make your priority How am I going to behave with Ihsan?
Our Islamic months begin with the sacred month Muharram and they end with the sacred month Dhuʻl-Hijjah/ Zulhijjah is an indication that your life has to begin upon the worship of Allah. It must end upon the worship of Allah and everything in between is all for Allah.
Allah says to us to say my prayer, my Sacrifice, my life, my death, they are all for the sake of Allah, Lord of the worlds, Allahu Akbar.
The last 10 years from the life of the messenger (saw) did he rest? He didn’t rest. We’re talking about immigration till death. Alayhi salatu wassalam,
Every day that passes from my life and yours, a page from our book has been turned, a page after page till one day your story will come to an end. then we will be returned back to Allah.
“He said o Imam, when will we taste the meaning of rest? He said, you will rest my brother following the very first footstep that you make into jannah. Then you will rest. – From Imam Ahmed (Rah)
One of the greatest ways of erasing major sins is via the door of repentance that is found beneath the feet of your mother and father.
Abdullah Ibn Abbas (Ra) said I do not know of any good deed on the face of the earth. That is dearer to Allah Almighty than being good to your mother. And that is why Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (rah) and other said erases even major sins.
Five things to honouring deceased parents:
Prophet Muhammed (saw) Making dua for them and asking Allah Almighty to erase their sins. Carrying out their last wishes after they have died, honouring their friends that they used to love, love, taking care of those ties of , Family Ties that you have because of them.
Do not let a single morning or an evening pass without saying “Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyoom bi Rahmatika astagheeth” we are to say every morning between fajr and sunrise and everyevening between asr and magrib.
when anything would bother the prophet (saw) you could hear him saying; Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyoom bi Rahmatika astagheeth oh, ever-living, oh ever sustaining; in your mercy, I seek relief and be constant with saying; ‘YA DHAL JALALI WAL IKRAM’ O possessor of majesty and honour, from Anas (ra).
SAY ‘YA DHAL JALALI WAL IKRAM’ ABUNDANTLY
يا ذا الجلال والإكرام
🌺Prophetic Supplication for Difficulties and 🌺Ism Adham-Allah’s Greatest Name and
– secrets of Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum in dua
🌺Sunnah Dua-Supplication for Difficulties, Distress, stressful trials
Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum, bi-Rahmatika astagheetu
يا حيو يا قيوم برحمتك استغيث
📚Anas ibn Malik (Allah be pleased with him) relates that if any distress befell the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), he would say: Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum, bi-Rahmatika astagheeth (‘O Living, O Sustaining, in Your Mercy I seek relief!’).📚
🔰Surah Baqarah, Surah Ali-Imran and Surah Ta-Ha
1. This is referring to the verse; Allahu La ilaha illa Huwal Hayyul Qayyum-(1st line of Ayatul Kuris).
2. Surah Baqarah, Alif Laam Meem – Allahu La ilaha illa Huwal Hayyul Qayyum
3. Surah Ale-Imran and Wa Anatil Wujoohu Lil Hayyil Qayyumi in Surah Ta-Ha.
Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanatan wa fil Aakhirati hasanatan waqina ‘adhaban-nar
Our Lord! Grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter, and save us from the chastisement of the fire [2:201]
Be a person of contentment, be a person who is satisfied with what Allah subhanaw Taala has chose for him/ chose for her.
The prophet (saw) said being rich and prosperous and wealthy is not about having a lot of money, a lot of material possessions. No, he said being prosperous is when your heart is content that is when you are rich, when your heart is content. Allahu Akbar,..
As a traveler how many extras do you want to be carrying on your back, lightest will be quickest on the Day of Judgment.
Truly Victory belongs to the Believers. True success in this world is closely connected to your success in the Hereafter.
The hadith says that the best of speech is the speech of Allah. The best of words are the words of Allah; connect yourself to the words of Allah.
I promise you if you were to make an effort with the word of Allah, Allah will come closer to you more than you can imagine.
For those who want to raise their children upon Islamic principles. One of the greatest forms of Islamic Insurance Halal, Islamic insurance that is that you can take out in order to safeguard and guarantee the safety of your children and their principles as Believers is the insurance known as your own righteousness.
Ensuring my own righteousness is one of the key means ensuring the righteousness of my children.
A person who is righteous, Allah Almighty will protect his children on his behalf from the story in suratul kahf, and that the worship that he does of Allah Almighty, It’s blessing will Encompass his children in the life of this world and the Hereafter.
Try your level best to make some space in your Your heart for the Quran. There are locks upon the heart sins that prevent the heart from benefiting it.
The Quran is primarily intended to affect the human heart and that is why Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala chose the heart of a human being as the landing platform of the Quran, not a mountain, not soil ,not a building, a heart of a human being.
But if the heart is not ready to receive it, the fruits of eman can’t grow grow, you recite and the Quran pushes you further and further away from Allah. Identifying locks which prevent from benefiting of the quran; open them up using the key of istighfar- astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah
The All-Loving 