Salat Burns The Sins

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ الله عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: "تَحْتَرِقُونَ تَحْتَرِقُونَ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُم الفَجْرَ غَسَلَتْهَا، ثُمَّ تَحْتَرِقُونَ تَحْتَرِقُونَ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُم الظُّهْرَ غَسَلَتْهَا، ثُمَّ تَحْتَرِقُونَ تَحْتَرِقُونَ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُم العَصْرَ غَسَلَتْهَا، ثُمَّ تَحْتَرِقُونَ تَحْتَرِقُونَ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُم المَغْرِبَ غَسَلَتْهَا، ثُمَّ تَحْتَرِقُونَ تَحْتَرِقُونَ فَإِذَا صَلّيْتُم العِشَاءَ غَسَلَتْهَا ُثُمَّ تَنَامُونَ فَلا يُكْتَب عَلَيْكُمْ حَتَّى تَسْتَيْقِظُوا". أخرجه الطبراني فى الأوسط (2/358

Narrated by Abdullah bin Masud (r.a.), the Prophet (s.a.w.) said: You are burning (due to your sins) but when you pray the Fajr prayer, it cleanses (the sins). Then again you begin to burn (due to the sins) but when you pray the Zuhr prayers, it cleanses (the sins). Then again you begin to burn (due to the sins) but when you pray the 'Asr prayers, it cleanses (the sins). Then again you begin to burn (due to the sins) but when you pray the Maghrib prayers, it cleanses (the sins). Then again you begin to burn (due to the sins) but when you pray the 'Ishaa prayers, it cleanses (the sins). Then you fall asleep and no sin is recorded against you until you wake up (and commit a sin).

Your Sins Will be Forgiven

If you make this dua after eating food your sins will be forgiven:
عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ رَضِيَ الله عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: "مَنْ أَكَلَ طَعَامًا فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ". أخرجه أحمد (3/439

Give All of Yourself

أعْطِ العِلْمَ كُلَّكَ تَأْخُذ بَعْضَهُ

Give knowledge all of yourself and you will take some of it.

Love of Allah

The love of the Beloved
must be unconditionally returned.

If you claim love
yet oppose the Beloved,
then your love is but a pretence.
You love the enemies of your Beloved
and still seek love in return.

You fight the beloved of your Beloved.

Is this Love or the following of shaytaan?

True devotion is nothing
but total submission
of body and soul
to One Love.

We have seen humans claim to submit,
yet their loyalties are many.

They put their trust here, and their hope there,
and their love is without consequence.

- Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

Repentance

“A servant will commit a sin and as a result enter Paradise and a servant will perform a righteous deed and as a result enter the Fire.” Ibn Al-Qayyim shed light on the above saying of some of the righteous scholars, He explained, “A servant commits a sin which then stays at the forefront of his mind when he stands, sits and walks – always recollecting his sin. This generates dejection, repentance, seeking forgiveness, and regret that become the source of his salvation. “Conversely, an individual performs a good deed and it then continues to be at the forefront of his mind when he stands, sits and walks, each recollection of it causes him to view himself with amazement, pride and the sense of having favored (others), which are all causes for his destruction.

I Wonder

As I look through my window Wonder, from where does this
wind blow
There must be someone who made trees
And then made them move to and fro...
Often as I look into the burning sun
I start to think of HIM, the Greatest One
HE is the creator and protector of all
I am the creator and protector of none !
HE gave me eyes to see HIS grace
HE gave me a tongue just to praise
Today, as I think of my bad deeds...
All selfish talks and my worldly greeds...
My eyes get filled with tears and shame
With pain and sorrow, my heart bleeds...
For how long in this world will I stay?
Surely, I'll hve to leave one day
With the passge of time, I've realized
I m nothing but a being of clay !

Change

Nothing in this universe remains same !
Notice the changing weather, changing colour of skies, changing of all scenery around us with seasons, changing foods along with season, changing directions of winds, change in human beings-a silent daily change in every person, change in our feelings towards our relationships, change in our desires, change in our du'as, change in our goals and targets, change in our state of heart... and more
So many changes--whether we are conscious of them or not--give us the great lesson that 'Change is good, its necessary' and we should remember to be positively welcoming to change!