Go Easy

No amount of guilt can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by Allah's decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from it you cannot flee.

Knowledgeable

"Whoever is given knowledge that doesn't make him weep, then clearly he has not been given knowledge that benefits, because Allah, the Most High has describe the knowledgeable by saying the verses, 17:107-109

قُلْ آمِنُوا بِهِ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوا ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا
وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا

Say: "Whether ye believe in it or not, it is true that those who were given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration,"And they say: 'Glory to our Lord! Truly has the promise of our Lord been fulfilled!'"They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their (earnest) humility."

Abdul A'laa al Taymee

Sound Intention

Soundness of the heart is by sound actions, and soundness of actions is with a sound intention.- Mutarrif bin Abdullah 

قال مطرف بن عبد الله -رضي الله عنه-: "صلاح القلب بصلاح العمل، وصلاح العمل بصلاح النية"

He will be Enough For You

“If you fear Allah, He will be enough for you so that you do not need people. And if you fear people, they will not satisfy you in the least terms of your total dependence on Allah” - Sufyan al-Thawri

Marriage

'When someone with whose religion and character you are satisfied asks your daughter in marriage, accede to his request. If you do not do so, there will be temptation on earth and extensive corruption.'- Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3090 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

A wise Person

‘A wise person is one who keeps a watch over his bodily desires and passions, and checks himself from that which is harmful and strives for that which will benefit him after death; and a foolish person is one who subordinates himself to his cravings and desires and expects from Allah the fulfilment of his futile desires.-Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 66

People Will Love Him!

“Whoever fears Allah people will love him, even if they had previously hated him”.- Zaid bin Aslam

May You Have Likewise

“Abu Hamdun (one of the Tabi’in) had a scroll on which was written the names of three of his close friends, and he used to supplicate for them – one by one – every single night.”- Sifat al-Safwah 1/492

Prophet (s w s) said, 'The Dua of a person for his Muslim brother in his absence will be answered. At his head there is an angel, and every time he prays for him for something good, the angel who has been appointed to be with him, says, 'Ameen, may you have likewise.'- Shih Muslim

ALLAH THE GREATEST

When I'm alone, I crave company & someone to support me. No one comes to help me except Allah !

When I pretend to be strong in front of the world, nobody sees my weaknesses, nobody sees my tears, except Allah !

When I'm sad and I want a shoulder to cry on, nobody seems to notice my hidden tears or to support me but Allah!

If I do wrong, people will seldom forgive and forget easily. Only Allah, if I just ask Him, forgives me.

Pleasing a human is most difficult. Pleasing Allah is the easiest.

People sometimes punish me for the mistakes I have not done. Allah ignores & excuses the ones that I did.

That's ALLAH ! The Greatest, The Almighty, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful.

- Ibn al-Qayyim Jawziyyah

اللّهُ أكبرُ كَبيِرَا وَالحَمدُ لِلّهِ كَثِيرا وَ سُبحَان اللّه بُكرَةً وَأصْيِلا

Intelligent Person

“The intelligent person is not one who merely knows what is good and what is bad. The intelligent person is one who, when he sees what is good, follows it, and when he sees evil, shuns it.” - Sufyân b. ‘Uyainah, Abû Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ`, Vol. 4 p16.

When Ibn `Aun was bidding farewell to another man, he said:

“Upon you is to fear Allah, for the one who has taqwaa never feels loneliness”.

Loneliness

Loneliness is an unpleasant feeling in which a person experiences a strong sense of emptiness and solitude resulting from inadequate levels of social relationships. However, it is a subjective experience. Loneliness has also been described as social pain - a psychological mechanism meant to alert an individual of isolation and motivate her/him to seek social connections.

I Praise Him

“If I am afflicted with a calamity, I praise Allâh for it four times:
I praise Him because it wasn’t worse than it was,
I praise Him when He gives me the patience to bear it,
I praise Him for enabling me to say al-istirjâ’ (‘To Allâh we belong and to him we will return’; see Al-Baqarah: 154-156 ) in hope of a great reward,
and I praise Him for not making it a calamity in my religion.”- Shurayh

How Useful is Your Knowledge?

"Useful knowledge is that which makes you grow in the fear of Allah,increases you in awareness of your defects, deepens your knowledge of the worship of your Lord Most High, decreases your desire for this world and increases your desire for the life to come, and opens youreyes to the defects of your actions so that you guard against them."-Imam Ghazali

Forgive Him

“If someone comes to you complaining about another person, tell him: ‘My brother, forgive him, for forgiveness is close to piety.’If he says: ‘But my heart cannot bear that. I would rather take revenge as Allah has commanded me.’Tell him: ‘If you are able to take revenge in the best manner, you can proceed to do so; but if you are not, resort to forgiveness, for its gate is wide. He who forgives and amends, his reward is with Allah. The one who forgives passes his night in his bed happily and contentedly but the one who takes revenge always ponders on these things. This is because; magnanimity lies in forgiving one’s brethren.”-Al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyaad

The Doors of Success

“The doors of success have been closed upon the creation because of six things:

Their busying themselves with the blessings of Allah instead of thanking Allah for them,

their desire for knowledge while they abandon actions,

the hastiness to sin and delaying repentance,

the deception of having righteous companions and not taking them as examples,

the turning away of the dunya from them while they chase it,

and the approach of the afterlife towards them while they turn away from it.”- al-Fawaa’id by Ibn al Qayyim

White Days

I want to remind myself and all of you to fast the three white days. It is a SUNNAH and rewarded as fasting the whole life as mentioned in Hadith Sahih.

The 3 white days are the 13, 14, and 15 of each hijri islamic (lunar) month.

These days are called three white days (ayyam beed) because the full moon shines at their nights.
Scholars explained how fasting these days is as if fasting the whole life by saying that,
The good deed (hassanat) is rewarded 10 times its value
So if any one fasts those 3 days then it will be as fasting (3*10 = 30 days = 1 month), and if he keep doing that every month it will be as fasting the whole life.

- Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “My close friend [i.e., the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)] advised me to do three things which I will never give up until I die: fasting three days each month, praying Duha, and sleeping after praying Witr.” (al-Bukhaari, 1178; Muslim, 721).

- Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “My close friend [i.e., the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)] advised me to do three things which I will never give up until I die: fasting three days each month, praying Duha, and sleeping after praying Witr.” (al-Bukhaari, 1178; Muslim, 721).

“Whoever fasts a day seeking the pleasure of Allaah and then dies [i.e. that is the last thing he does] will enter Paradise.” (Reported by Ahmad, 5/391; see also Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/412)
“The prayer (du’aa’) of the fasting person will not be refused.” (Reported by al-Bayhaqi, 3/345; see also al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 1797)[/b]

Most Importanat Tool

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life,” he said. “Because almost everything _ all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure _ these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important "- steve Jobs

Trials Are a Medicine

“Were it not that Allah treats His slaves with the remedy of trials and calamities, they would transgress and overstep the mark. When Allah wills good for His slaves, He gives him the medicine of calamities and trials according to his situation, so as to cure him from all fatal illnesses and diseases, until He purifies and cleanses him, and then makes him qualified for the most honorable position in this world, which is that of being a true slave of Allah (‘ubudiyyah), and for the greatest reward in the Hereafter, which is that of seeing Him and being close to Him.- Ibn Qayyim al Jawzziyah

The Biggest Blessing

To love Allah, to know Him intimately, to remember Him constantly, to find peace and rest in Him, to make Him alone the (ultimate) object of love, fear, hope and trust; to base one's act on His control of His servant's cares, aspirations and will - such is the world's Heaven, and such is a blessing with which no other blessing can compare - Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah

I Love Fasting

Because Our beloved Prophet (sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) said: “No servant fasts a day for the sake of Allah except that Allah removes the hellfire seventy years away from his face.” (Muslim)

Abu Umamah said: “I came to the Messenger of Allah (sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) and said: ‘Order me to do a deed that will allow me to enter Paradise.’ He said: ‘Stick to fasting, as there is no equivalent to it.‘ Then I came to him again and he said: ‘Stick to fasting.”‘ (an-Nasa’ee--saheeh)

The Prophet (sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) used to love to fast, especially on Mondays and Thursdays. When asked why he does that, he (sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) said:

“Those are two days on which people’s deeds are shown to the Lord of the Worlds, and I want my deeds to be shown to Him when I am fasting.” (al-Nasaa’i, Ibn Maajah, Ahmad-- saheeh by al-Albaani)

Al-Fudayl ibn ‘Ayaad said: “If you cannot pray qiyaam al-layl, or fast during the day, know that you are indeed deprived and restricted, chained by your sins.”

To Enter Paradise

Ali ibn Abi Talib said: "Whoever has the following six characteristics does all that is required to make him enter Paradise and avoid Hell:

- to know Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala and obey him,

- to know Satan and disobey him,

- to know the truth and follow it,

- to know the falsehood and avoid it,

- to know the life of this world and renounce it,

- and to know the Hereafter and seek it."

This World

" This world is like a shadow: run after it and you will never be able to catch it; turn your back against it and it has no choice but to follow you."

— Ibn al-Qayyim

Fear of God

Umar bin Al Khattab once wrote a letter to Abu Musa Ash’ari, offering him this advice:

“Remain ever in fear of God; and learn the Book of God, for it is the source of all knowledge; for weary hearts, it is the freshness of spring”.

Rajab

" The month of Rajab is the month for planting, the month of Sha’baan is the month of irrigating the crops, and the month of Ramadaan is the month of harvesting the crops. - Abu Bakr al-Balkhi

He also said: The likeness of the month of Rajab is that of the wind, the likeness of Sha’baan is that of the clouds and the likeness of Ramadaan is that of the rain; whoever does not plant and sow in Rajab, and does not irrigate in Sha’baan, how can he reap in Ramadaan? Now Rajab has passed, so what will you do in Sha’baan if you are seeking Ramadaan? This is how your Prophet and the early generations of the ummah were in this blessed month, so what will you do?

Salamah ibn Kuhayl said: It was said that Sha’baan was the month of the Qur’aan readers.

When Sha’baan began, ‘Amr ibn Qays would close his shop and free his time for reading Qur’aan.

Patience!

ولا بد للمؤمن من صبر قليل حتى يصل به إلى راحة طويلة……and it’s incumbent upon the believer to have a little patience in order to reach by way of it to a lengthy rest. - Ibn Rajab

فإن جزع ولم يصبر فهو كما قال ابن المبارك من صبر فما أقل ما يصبر ومن جزع فما أقل ما يتمتع

If he gets impatient then he is, as has been said by Ibn al-Mubaarak: Whoever exercises patience, then how little is the patience he will have to exercise. And whoever is impatient, then how little is the enjoyment he will have.

:وكان الإمام الشافعي رحمه اللَه ينشد

يا نَـفـسُ مــا هِـــيَ إلاّ صَـــبـــرُ أَيّامِ

كَــأَنَّ مُـدَّتَــهـــا أَضــغــاثُ أَحــلامِ

يا نَـفْـسُ جـــوزي عَـنِ الـدُنــيا مُـبـادِرَةً

وَخَــلِّ عَـنـهـا فَـإِنَّ الـعَـيشَ قُــدامـــي

al-Imaam ash-Shaafi’ee used to recite (the following verses of poetry):

“O my soul! It is not, except a few days of patience; As if the extent were but a few dreams.

O my soul! Pass quickly on through this world; And leave it, for indeed life lies ahead of it.”

Righteousness

Indeed righteousness illuminates the heart, radiates the face, strengthens the body, increases provision, and produces a love in the hearts of the creation for that person. Whereas sinfulness darkens the heart, greys the face, weakens the body, and produces hatred in the hearts of the creation for that person. - Ibn Abbaas

Ten Causes to True Love

These ten causes take the lovers to the station of true love and bring them to their Beloved.

When I'm alone, I crave company & someone to support me. No one comes to help me except Allah !

When I pretend to be strong infront of the world, nobody sees my weaknesses, nobody sees my tears, except Allah !

When I'm sad and I want a shoulder to cry on, nobody seems to notice my hidden tears or to support me but Allah !

If I do wrong, people will seldom forgive and forget easily. Only Allah, if I just ask Him, forgives me.

Pleasing a human is most dificult. Pleasing Allah is the easiest. People sometimes punish me for the mistakes I have not done. Allah ignores & excuses the ones that I did.

That's ALLAH ! The Greatest, The Allmighty, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful. - Ibn al-Qayyim Jawziyyah

Subhan Allah!

Be Shy!

'Be shy of Allah as a righteous man is shy of his nation i.e. is shy to commit sins'.- Hadith, Ahmad

Sadaqah Benefits The Dead

Abdullah bin 'Abbas (r.a.) narrates that Sa'ad bin 'Ubadah (r.a.)'s mother passed away during his absense. He asked the Prophet (s.a.w.) "O Allah's Messenger! My mother has passed away during my absence. Would it be of benefit to her if I give sadaqah on her behalf?" He (s.a.w.) replied, "Yes!" He said, "Be my witness then that I give my fruitful garden as sadaqah on her behalf." - Sahih al-Bukhari (115/2756)

Haafiz ibn al-Hajr al-Asqalaani said in Fath al-Baari, his Sharh of al-Bukhari:

(تُوُفِّيَتْ أُمّه وَهُوَ غَائِب عَنْهَا)

She was 'Amrah bint Mas'ud Ansaariyyah Khazrajiyyah. She accepted Islam & took oath of allegience & died in 5 A.H. The Prophet (s.a.w.) was out on an expedition and her son Sa'd bin 'Ubadah was accompanying him. when the Prophet (s.a.w.) returned from the expedition he prayed (the funeral prayer) on her grave.

Shake Hands

'Whenever two Muslims meet and one of them takes the other by his hand and they shake hands, and they praise Allah. Then when they depart from each other there will not be any sin upon them.- Bara' bin 'Azib (r.a.) Musnad Ahmad, Albani classified it as Sahih

Allah's Love

Ten causes that result in Allah's love for His slave and the slave's love for his Lord.

1.First, reciting the Qur'an while pondering over its meanings and what is meant by it.

2.Second, getting closer to Allah by performing voluntary deeds after completing obligatory deeds. This is as is stated in a Hadith Qudsi: "My slave continues getting closer to Me by performing voluntary deeds until I love him." [al-Bukhari]

3.Third, continual remembrance of Allah under all circumstances, with one's tongue, heart and actions. The extent of one's love of Allah is determined by this.

4.Fourth, giving precedence to what He loves over what you love when you are overtaken by your desires.

5.Fifth, the heart being avid of Allah's Names, and Attributes and the heart roaming in that garden of knowledge.

6.Sixth, observing Allah's kindness, goodness and bounties, both hidden and open.

7.Seventh, and this is the most wonderful, the heart being soft, subdued and meek before Allah.

8.Eighth, being alone with Allah during the time when the Lord descends during the last portion of the night while reading His Book and ending that by asking for forgiveness and repenting.

9.Ninth, sitting with the beloved and sincere, benefitting from the most fruitful of their speech. And not to speak unless speaking is more beneficial and you know that it will improve your state and be beneficial to others.

10.Tenth, remaining away from every cause that comes between the heart and Allah.-Ibn al-Qaiyim

Three Stages of Tawakkul

Tawakkal (reliance on Allaah) has three stages:Firstly, not complaining, secondly, being content and thirdly, firmly believing that Allaah always decrees what is best for His creation”.- narrated by Ibn Abi Dunya

Piety has Three Levels

1. Protecting the heart and limbs against sin and forbidden actions.
2. Protecting them against undesirable matters.
3. Protecting against curiosity and whatever is not of one’s concern.
The first will grant life to the servant, the second will grant his health and power, and the third will grant him happiness and joy.

Your Heart heart will be Happy

If the servant of Allah knows that he cannot escape nor change the plan of Allah, he will commit all his affairs to Allah and throw himself between His hands as a humble servant throws himself between the hands of a mighty king who has authority over him- and indeed the servant has no power of his own. When the servant knows all that, he will be relieved from all distress and sadness and will pass the burden to Allah who does not care or get tired. Allah will carry them, and show him kindness and mercy without any tiredness. The servant has paid attention to Allah alone and Allah paid attention to the needs and benefits of his life and emptied his heart from them, and, as a result, his life will be good and his heart will be happy.-‘Al-Fawaa’id’ by Imam Ibn al-Qayyim

An-Nataan

“There will be a people at the end of times called ‘An Nataan.’ Constantly blaming one another will be the best of their actions.”- Abdullah bin Mas'ud

Tawbah – Our Constant Companion

“The state of repentance, tawbah, is at the beginning, the middle and the end of all states of submission to the will of Allah SWT. The servant who seeks the pleasure of Allah SWT never abandons tawbah. He remains in the state of tawbah until his death. Whatever his state of belief, the servant makes tawbah his constant companion.” - Imam Ibn-e-Qayyim

Children Do What They See

"How do you expect kids to listen to their parents?... Tarzan lives
half naked, Cinderella comes back home at midnight, Pinocchio lies all
the time, Aladdin is the king of thieves, Batman drives at 320 KM/h,
Sleeping beauty is lazy, and Snow white lives with 7 guys. We
shouldn’t be surprised when kids misbehave! They get it from their
story books.." - Taimiyyah Z

Submission of Heart and Face

'Uqbah bin 'Aamir (r.a.) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said: "When a Muslim makes wudu and makes it well, then prays two rak'aat with humility and submission of his heart and his face - then Paradise is obligatory for him."-Muslim

According to Imam Nawawi, in his Sharh of Sahih Muslim, مُقْبِلٌ means Khudu' (submission) and Khushu' (humility) عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ رَضِيَ الله عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ وُضُوءَهُ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَينِ مُقْبِلٌ عَلَيهِمَا بِقَلْبِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ، إِلاَّ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الجَنَّة. أخرجه مسلم (1/209 ، رقم234

Why Blame Time?

The Fault is in Us, Not in Time
نَعِيبُ زَمَانَنَا وَ العَيبُ فِينَا
وَ مَا لِزَمَانِنَا عَيبٌ سِوَانَا
“We blame time and the fault is in us,
There is no fault in time except us.”— Imām al-Shāfi‘ī

Seeker of Paradise ?

“I am astounded by the one who seeks jannah, yet sleeps, and I am astounded by the one who flees the fire, yet sleeps.”
عجبت للجنّة نام طالبها و عجبت للنّار نام هاربها - Aamir b. Abd Qays

Be on guard!

Abu Hurairah (r.a.) narrated that The Prophet (s.a.w.) came out before us and said, 'Be on guard!' we said, 'O Messenger of Allah! is an enemy approaching?' So he said, 'Be on guard from the fire. ' Say:
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالحَمْدُ للهِ وَلا إِلَهَ إِلا الله وَالله أَكْبَرُ وَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِاللهِ
Glory be to Allah and praise be to Allah. There is no deity other than Allah and Allah is the greatest. There is no might and power except with Allah.
These (words) will come on the Day of Judgement as ones infront (of the one who reads them) and ones behind (him), and will be ones to protect & save him. They are of the good deeds that will last.- Nasai, Hakim, Baihiqi, Tabrani Albani classified it as Sahih.

Charitable Gift

Allah's Apostle said, "There is none amongst the Muslims who plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, but is regarded as a charitable gift for him."- Narrated Anas bin Malik

On Day of Judgement...

Forbearance

The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said, "Allah is Forbearer and He loves forbearance, and rewards for forbearance while He does not reward severity, and does not give for any thing besides it (forbearance)." - Muslim

Intentions

Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said "The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for."Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:- Bukhari

Munafiq

The example of the believer, the unbeliever and the hypocrite is that of three people who arrived at a valley. One of them descended and passed through to the other side. One of them descended until he reached half way, when the third man on the edge of the valley called to him, “Woe to you, where are you going? You will die. Come back.” The man who made it to the other side called to him, “Come and be saved.” So [the man in the middle of the valley] kept looking back and forth at the two [on each side of the valley], when a flood came into the valley and drowned him. The man who passed through to the other side is the believer; the one who drowned is the munâfiq (hypocrite) – ‘Abdullâh b. Mas’ûd – Allâh be pleased with him

Khushu'

Hudhayfah said:
“The first thing you will lose of your religion will be Khushû and the last thing you will lose of your religion will be the prayer, and it is well possible that there is no good in a person who prays, and soon will come a time when you shall enter a large Masjid and not see a single person with Khushû‘"- The Humility in Prayer, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalî

Do not Despair

Let the days do as they please
And be optimistic when destiny decrees
Do not despair due to the events of nights past For the events of this world were not meant to last. - Imam al-Shafi'i

Your Dua will be Accepted

لااله الا الله وحده لا شريك له٠له الملك وله الحمد وهوعلي كل شي قدير ٠سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا اله الا الله٠والله اكبر ٠ولا حول ولاقوة الا بالله العلي العظيم٠رب اغفرلي
Whoever says this will be forgiven, and if he supplicates Allah, his prayer will be answered, if he performs ablution and prays ,his prayer will be accepted. - Ibn Majah

The Power of Gratitude

"When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present....we experience heaven on earth"

People

If all the people are pleased with you
but Allah is not,
what have you gained?
If Allah is pleased with you
but none of the people are,
what have you lost?

Acquire knowledge

Acquire knowledge, it enables its seeker to distinguish right from wrong and it lights up his way to heaven. It is his friend in the desert, his company in solitude and his companion when friendless. It guides him to happiness and sustains him in misery. It is an ornament amongst friends and an armour against enemies

Substitute

For everything you leave, there is a substitute, But if you depart from Allah, there is no substitute for Him.
لكل شيء اذا فارقته عوض
و ليس لله ان فارقت من عوض

Singing and its Effects,

"For no one regularly sings or listens to song except that his heart falls into nifâq without him realizing. If such a person understood the reality of nifâq and its end he would see it in his own heart. Never do the love of song and the love of Qur`ân come together in a person’s heart except that one expels the other. I and others have witnessed how heavy the Qur`ân feels to singers and song-listeners; how they coil when it is recited and how they get angry with a reciter when he recites too long for them (in prayer etc); and how their hearts do not benefit from what he recites: they are not moved to do anything by it. But when the Qur`ân of Shaytân comes, lâ ilâha illallâh! How they lower their voices and settle down! How their hearts feel at peace and how the crying and emotions start, how moved they are inwardly and outwardly and spend on clothing and perfume and staying up hoping for a long night ahead. If this is not nifâq then it is certainly the way to it and its foundation". - Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawzîyah – Madârij Al-Sâlikîn

Hypocrisy

The likeness [of the munâfiq] is as the likeness of one who kindled a fire; then, when it lighted all around him, Allâh took away their light and left them in darkness. So they could not see. They are deaf, dumb and blind, so they return not [to the Right Path]. (Quran 2:17)
Qatâdah – Allâh’s mercy be upon him – said:
This is the likeness Allâh has given of the Hypocrite (munâfiq); he says lâ ilâha illallâh and with it marries into the Muslims, inherits from the Muslims, fights alongside the Muslims, and protects his blood and wealth. But when death comes, [the testimony of faith] has no basis in his heart, and no reality in his actions, so the munâfiq is stripped of it at death and left in darkness and blindness wondering therein, just as he was blind about the right of Allâh and obedience to Him in his worldly life and deaf to the truth.-Al-Tabarî, Al-Tafsîr.

Reconcile

The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said: The gates of Paradise are opened on Mondays & on Thursdays, and every servant [of Allah] who associates nothing with Allah will be forgiven, except for the man who has a grudge against his brother. [About them] it will be said: Delay these two until they are reconciled; delay these two until they are reconciled; delay these two until they are reconciled. naratted Abu Hurairah (r.a.) - Ahmad, Muslim,

Treasure House

‎قال سفيان بن عيينة: إِنما آيات القرآن خزائن، فإذا دخلتَ خزانةً فاجتهد أن لا تخرج منها حتى تعرف ما فيها
Sufyan b. Uyaynah said: Indeed the verses of Quran are treasure-houses. So when you enter a treasure-house, try that you do not leave it until you know what is inside it.

Solitude

'Uqbah bin `Amir (radiAllahu 'anhu) said: "I asked the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), "How can salvation be achieved?'' He replied, "Control your tongue, keep to your house, and weep over your sins.''"
[Al-Tirmidhi]

No Worrying

'No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by Allah's decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny from you it cannot flee.'

Evildoer

"The believer conceals (the sin of his brother) and advises (him), while the evildoer disgraces and condemns (him)."- Al-Fudail b 'Iyad

My Rabb

The First: Nothing is before Him.
The Last: Nothing is After Him.
The Most High: Nothing is Above Him.
The Most Near: Nothing is beyond His Reach.
He Begets Not, Nor was He Begotten.
The Creator, Provider, and All-Rich.
The All-Seer, The All-Knower.
He is One and Self-Sufficient.
He is not Nature, or any part of it.
He ascended above His Throne, High above the Seven Skies.
No Vision can encompass Him, but
His Grasp is over all vision...

Taqwaa has three levels:

Taqwaa has three levels

The first: Protecting the heart and limbs from sins and all forbidden matters.

The second: Protecting the heart and limbs form disliked matters [Makrooh].

The third: Protecting oneself from the fudool and what does not concern him.

The first gives the servant his life,

the second gives him health and strength

and the third enables him to gain happiness, contentment and light. - Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

Home

"I don't advise you to mind your life's affairs because I know that you are covetous to do so, but I advise you to mind the affairs of the Hereafter. Take from this temporary home to the eternal one.
Consider this life as something that you have left, I swear by Allah you will leave it. Consider death as something that you have tasted, I swear by Allah you will taste it. And consider the Hereafter as a home that you have visited, I swear by Allah you will be there."- 'Ataa al-Khurasani

Unfortunate

Unfortunate is the one who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (Through his deeds).-Ali ra

The Knowledge

The knowledge of the hypocrite is in his speech, yet the knowledge of the believer is in his actions.- Khateeb Baghdadi

Characteristics of the Believer

“It is to be full of modesty, and to be harmless too.
To be full of goodness and not to be corrupt.
For the tongue to be truthful, for the words to be little and to be plentiful in good action.
To have little slip-ups and not to be excessive.
To be good to one’s relatives, building closeness between them.
To be dignified and grateful.
To be full of contentment if Allâh restricted some provision.
To be forbearing and friendly to his brothers.
To be compassionate and chaste. Not to curse, swear, insult, backbite, nor to gossip.
Not to be hasty, envious, hateful, arrogant nor vain.
Not to lean towards worldliness, nor to extend long hopes and wishes.
Not to sleep too much nor to be absent-mined, nor to show-off nor be hypocritical.
Not to be selfish, but to be soft and cheerful, nor servile.
Loving for only the sake of Allâh, being pleased for His sake and being angry for His sake.
His provision istaqwâ (reverential fear of Allâh).
His worries are what will happen to him in the Afterlife.
His friends remind him.
His beloved is His Protector and Master.
His struggle is for Afterlife.”-Yahyâ ibn Mu‘âdh

A State of Worry

All humans are dead except those who have knowledge;
and all those who have knowledge are asleep,
except those who do good deeds;
and those who do good deeds are decieved ,
except those who are sincere;
and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry. - al-Shafi`i

Severely Tried

“I asked the Prophet (s a w) who among the people are most severely tried? He said, ‘The Prophets, then the right acting people, and so on down through various categories of people. Man will be tested according to the strength of his faith. The stronger his faith, the more severe his trial, and the weaker his faith, the lighter his trial. The believer will be continually tested until he walks on earth with all his wrong actions forgiven’.” (al-Bukhârî) Narrated by Sa'd b Abi Waqqas

Who Relies on Allah

- Who relies on his money, his money will be in a small quantity.

- Who relies on his mind, he will be lost.

- Who relies on his honor or his power, he will be humiliated and who relies on Allah, he will never be poor, never be lost and never be humiliated; really we are completely worthless without Allah. - Ali radiAllahu 'anhu

Sadaqah Jariyah

Abu Hurairah (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said:
From among the deeds and good qualities that reach a believer even after his death are the knowledge that he taught and spread forth, a pious child that he left behind, the Mushaf (Qur’an) that he left to others, a mosque that he built, a house that he built for the travelers or a canal that he started or any charity that he gave out of his wealth during his life while he was enjoying good health. [The reward of all] this reaches him even after his death.- Ibn Majah, Ibn Khuzaimah, Baihiqi, Haakim
عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏ ‏قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "‏إِنَّ مِمَّا يَلْحَقُ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ وَحَسَنَاتِهِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ عِلْمًا عَلَّمَهُ وَنَشَرَهُ وَوَلَدًا صَالِحًا تَرَكَهُ وَمُصْحَفًا وَرَّثَهُ أَوْ مَسْجِدًا بَنَاهُ أَوْ بَيْتًا لِابْنِ السَّبِيلِ بَنَاهُ أَوْ نَهْرًا أَجْرَاهُ أَوْ صَدَقَةً أَخْرَجَهَا مِنْ مَالِهِ فِي صِحَّتِهِ وَحَيَاتِهِ يَلْحَقُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهِ". أخرجه ابن ماجه (1/88 ، رقم 242)

Charity

Narrated Buraidah al-Aslami (r.a.) that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said: Anything that man takes out as charity, emancipates him from the 'Hayy' of seventy Shayateen.- Silsilah al-Sahihah

Hayy has been used metaphorically for whispers. Charity is done to seek the countenace i.e. the pleasure of Allah. While the shayateen want to prevent man from reaching this high status and they continuously stop him from giving charity. Wealth is beloved to the soul but when it is given in the way of Allah it becomes a source of repelling them all. This is the strongest proof of man's honesty, true intention, and sincerity.
عَنْ بُرَيْدَةَ الأَسْلَمِيِّ رَضِيَ الله عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "مَا يُخْرِجُ رَجُلٌ شَيْئًا مِنْ الصَّدَقَةِ حَتَّى يَفُكَّ عَنْهَا لَحْيَيْ سَبْعِينَ شَيْطَانًا". السلسلة الصحيحة

Put Knowledge into Practice

When a man sought knowledge, it would not be long before it could be seen in his humbleness, his sight, upon his tongue and his hands, in his prayer, in his speech and in his disinterest (zuhd) in worldly allurements. And a man would acquire a portion of knowledge and put it into practice, and it would be better for him than the world and all it contains – if he owned it he would give it in exchange for the hereafter.- Al-Hasan Al-Basrî

The Greatest Pre-occupation

“Whosoever loves that Allâh should open-up his heart for him and grant light to him, then let him abandon speech about that which does not concern him, and abandon sins and turn away from acts of disobedience. Then there will be between him and Allâh a hidden treasure of good actions. So if this is done, then Allâh will open up such knowledge for him, that will preoccupy him. And indeed in death is the greatest pre-occupation."Imâm al-Shâfi’î