"Surely, the true religion in Allah's sight is Islam" (3:19)
غُفْرَانَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ لِللَّهِ الَّذِيْ أَذْهَبَ عَنِّيْ الأَذّىَ وَ عَافَانِيْ O Allah. I seek your forgiveness. All praises are due to Allah who has taken away from me the discomfort and granted me comfort. (Bukhari)
Read moreبِسْمِ اللهِ اَللّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الخبُثِ وَ الخَبَائِثِ In the name of Allah, O Allah, I seek your protection from male and female devils. (Bukhari) Back to Duas index
Read moreIt needn’t be the case, just follow the directions to achieve great results every time, Insha’Allah. Always, always, always begin with Bismillah. Examine your niyaah (intention) and correct it if necessary. Honour your teachers no matter how strange their teaching methods seem to you. Respect and reverence for teachers are amongst the distinguishing marks of being a Muslim student. Begin making preparations well before the examinations begin. Plan out a REALISTIC timetable that will result in you having covered (or
Read moreAllah Taãla says in the Noble Qurãn, ‘You are the best of nations sent to man. You command good and forbid evil and you believe in Allah’. (Aali Imraan). Allah Taãla states that one reason for this Ummah being titled as the best of Ummah, is the practice of commanding good and preventing evil’. Nabi (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) states, ‘Whosoever from among you witnesses evil, he should change it with his hands. And if he is unable to do so
Read moreImam ibn al-Jawzi ???? ???? was once asked: “Is it better for me to make Tasbeeh (praise Allah) or to make Istighfaar (seek forgiveness)?” He replied: “The dirty robe is more in need of soap than perfume” Source: Purifying the Heart
Read moreSince their purpose was often the same, the stories of many of the prophets are very similar. They were all raised up among their own people, to warn their people against their sinful ways and warn of Allah’s pending punishment. Their message was the same, to worship Allah and heed the words of His prophet. The prophets emphasized that they had nothing to gain from their people; that they were merely conveying Allah’s message. And all the prophets were deeply
Read moreWe all have hearts. Our job is to keep our hearts pure. Life is about keeping your heart pure. The greatest impurity is pride. Pride is worse than cancer. Initiating salaam is one cure for pride. One point to note is that the salaam has to be a sincere salaam. Source: An-Noor
Read moreSayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) said, “Develop this habit of talking to Allah. My shaykh Arif-billah Hadhrat Dr Abdul-Hayy Arifi (may Allah have mercy on him) told this to us repeatedly. Sit in solitude and contemplate that I am in front of Allah. Tell Him everything that is on your mind and bothering you. Your past mistakes, the present difficulties and future apprehensions . Tell Him in detail and ask for guidance and
Read moreHope and Fear are like the two wings of a dove They need to be in balance in order to fly. Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq quoting an arab poet
Read more“The aim of Tasawwuf is to clean the heart from spiritual diseases, and to educate, or transform, the self (Nafs), and to seek Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala’s pleasure through imposing the Shariah on ourselves inwardly and outwardly, all in the way followed by our Rasulullah Sallalahu Alayhi Wasallam and the righteous predecessors (Salaf).” Extract from ‘Tasawwuf and Tazkiyah’ by Shaykh Imran ibn Adam
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