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Praying Taraweeh/Qiyam In Masjid Or At Home Or Behind A Screen From The Hadiths of Prophet (ﷺ) | Shaykh Omar Suleiman

A lot of people don’t know about which is that the prophet (saw) had sent the people home for Taraweeh in a very interesting Hadith, two narrations in fact.

This Ramadan in particular while there are some Fatwahs that are coming out about praying Taraweeh behind a screen, the vast majority of scholars would not approve of such a thing and I would caution and very …in particular to say that when we are in a temporary time of need we should not do things that could alter our trajectory permanently.

 

Then You Become A Multi-Millionaire, Then What Hey Travelers Listen | Shaykh Ali Hammuda, Shaykh Omar Suleiman And Mufti Menk

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 This Insurance Allah Takes Care Of Your Children In This World And The Hereafter | Shaykh Ali Hammuda

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.

Oh Allah, If You Don’t Forgive Me, I’m Not Satisfied With An Emotional Dua Of Syed Ul Istighfar | Shaykh Omar Suleiman

The prophet (saw) said that Allah is shy, when his servants raise his hands in dua/ supplication to let them come down empty without being answered. Allah (swt) Allah subhanaw Taala is shy and generous so that when a servant raises His hands to the sky, there’s no way that Allah (swt) would let those hands come down from the heavens empty and rejected.

ALLAHUMMA ANTA RABBI IN ARABIC TEXT

In arabic the dua is written,

اللّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِيْ وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِيْ، فَاغْفِرْ لِيْ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ إِلَّاأَنْتَ۔

TRANSLITERATION OF SYED UL ISTIGHFAR

Here’s transliteration to help with pronunciation of the dua,

Allahumma anta rabbi la ilaha illa anta, khalaqtani wa-ana ‘abduk, wa-ana ‘ala ‘ahdika wawa‘dika mas-tata‘t, a‘oothu bika min sharri ma sana‘t, aboo-o laka bini‘matika ‘alay, wa-aboo-o bithanbee, faghfir lee fa-innahu la yaghfiru-thunaba illa ant

O Allah, You are my Lord, none has the right to be worshipped except You, You created me and I am Your servant and I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can, I take refuge in You from the evil of which I have committed. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for verily none can forgive sin except You.
[Bukhaari 7/150]

About Participating Online Congregation To Fulfil Salaah | Don’t Hang | Mufti Menk

0:10 asking on following the Imam #online, on the television or on the Internet or a device

1:10  reasons not to follow online in #Salah (#prayer)

4:18 don’t hang

Speaker: Mufti Menk

“I’m not a person to shoot down opinions or people who hold other opinions. They are my brothers. I love them with the full love that I’m supposed to be giving them and Beyond But at the same time it’s just my humble opinion not to join the prayers (Online), you benefit from everything. But my prayers I will do in my own Jamah at home If I cannot go to the Masjid”– Mufti Menk

Stop Messing With People And Belittling Good Deeds As Allah Has Hidden Two Within Two | Shaykh Omar Suleiman

Allah has hidden His pleasure within his Good Deeds. So you don’t know which of your good deeds is going to attain his pleasure and Allah has hidden His friends/ His awliya amongst His servants. And so you don’t know which of the Servants of Allah one of His friends is.

When it comes to our Good Deeds, we do not belittle a single Good Deed because that might be the good deed that attains Allah has pleasure that earns us Allah’s pleasure.

we don’t belittle any person in front of us and how we treat that person because that person might be one of those whom Allah is highly pleased with and so honoring that person attains us a greater honor in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala because you’re treating someone with honor that Allah has honored as well.

 

Identify Shapes Of Locks Upon The Heart And How To Grow The Fruits Of Eman By The Quran | Shaykh Ali Hammuda

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

A Drunkard Shouting Out Allah Allah! Exploit The Opportunities For Repentance From Annoying Moments | Shaykh Omar Suleiman

You were put there for a reason. That is an opportunity for me to benefit from and I could have easily overlooked you, the same way that that woman could have easily overlooked that dog.

Often you cannot understand someone Else’s vulnerability unless you’ve been vulnerable in the same way; Even if it’s to a lesser extent.

The woman that was thirsty saw that that dog was thirsty for the same water; imam Malik Deenar (rah) saw that that young man was thirsty for the water of guidance. The way that he wants was thirsty for the water of guidance.

Whether Allah puts a bad neighbor in your life or Allah (swt) puts, you know an animal in your life that surrounds you or a Coke can and Street anything right? What are these opportunities of repentance? That Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala keeps on putting in your way, Right?

Life Is Too Short To Hold Grudges! Smile At Those You Live With | Mufti Menk

Isn’t it one of the favours of Allah when we witness entire Humanity put aside all that differences in order to save lives? When humanity is being affected, then we see the reality of saving one another and serving one another

Life is too short to hold things in your heart and your mind that are Negative. Let’s go, Let’s go! And Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala will cause the mountain on your shoulder to come crumbling down. You will feel so good.

Follow Up The Two Ingredients And See The Change In Your Relationship Marriage | Shaykh Ali Hammuda

If you don’t have a daily relationship with the Quran, then you are fooling yourself into thinking that you are doing good.

These are the Gatherings that will bring sakina upon a house that is fractured, that will erase the sins of a sinner that will illuminate the grave of a Muslim and we’ll take him or her by their hand and guide them to the highest grades in jannah.