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Ahmed was worried the season of good sales was over there was a lot of new production in the factory. So he stuck stickers around his garment shop 'sale' , 'sale' 50%off on fresh products. He was sure he wasn't lying because the stock was fresh but he decided to sell at a decreased amount to give place to the new stock of garments.
Sure enough there were good sales and within 15- 20 days more than half the stock was over. But now the left garments had become a bit crumpled due to the customers opening them again and again. Either it would need a washing and re ironing and re packing to sell them or just slash prices furthur. So he stuck on the board 'prices furthur reduced', 'throw away prices' and soon sales again increased and the stock was finally over to give place to the new garments.
Subhanallah! Exactly what Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la has done for us in Ramadan. We were told Ramadan is coming and in a part of a long Hadith it has been said Whoever draws nearer (to Allah) by performing any of the (optional) good deeds in (this month) shall receive the same reward as performing an obligatory deed at any other time, and whoever discharges an obligatory deed in (this month) shall receive the reward of performing seventy obligations at any other time.
So the sale got on as the new moon was sighted. We could never stand in salah for an hour without Ramadan but the power and blessing that Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la has placed in this month made us stand for more than hour just one and half hour after the new moon was sighted. And now when it seems Ramadan is drawing to a close prices are furthur reduced free yourself from hell and an attraction of laylatul qadr. We need to make the most of these last ten days. We need to gather ourselves and stand in prayer so that we acquire the blessings of these ten nights. Inspite of all the mercy and forgiveness we keep sinning in Ramadan and forget the showers of sale from Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la .
The power of laylatul qadr is stronger and lasting, Almighty Allah tells us in the Qur'an: “Laylatul Qadr is better than a thousand months.” [Quran 97:3] there is Forgiveness of all sins on this special night: Prophet (Sallallahu `Alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whosoever worshipped on Laylatul-Qadr, with faith and with a sincere intention, all of his previous sins are forgiven.” [al-Bukhârî and Muslim]. When we are being bestowed chance to gain taqwa, chance to gain proximity to Allah, chance for acceptance of duas. We need to seclude these ten nights atleast for Pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la .Simply because they include a night which is better than a thousand months : it is “Laylatul Qadr”1000 months = 83 years and 4 months!
So the Muslim who spend the whole night of Qadr (or a part of it) in worshipping Allah (praying, reading Qur’an, remembering Allah, asking istighfar…), will deserve blessings and reward for the period as if he or she had been worshipping Allah for eighty three years and four months consecutively. Subhanallah!!
It means that if you spend that whole night (or part of it) in reading Qur’an (for example) it will be just like you were reading Qur’an since your birth until you became a 84 years old Muslim! Isn’t that one of the greatest reward? So for repentant sinners and those who didnt seek forgiveness in first ten days and then in next ten days too kept sinning this is a booster. Unlike Ahmed whose clothes were crumpled, Allah swts mercy envelopes us and Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la doesn't only want to forgive us but wants to free us from the prison of hell fire.
So we should try our best and do some deeds to maximise these last ten days
1) try to sit in itekaf for the last ten days or encourage our family members or help those who sit in itekaf
2) do not commit any sin
3) avoid gossip and meeting family, friends, neighbours
4) help anyone in need the reward is more than itekaf
5) give charity, besides zakat and sadqatul fitr
6) read quran , ponder over quran, feel the quran
7) do zikr, recite lots of durud, and plenty of astagfar
8) don't tire yourself in one day so much that you fall sick
9) no over eating or over sleeping
10) dont forget to make dua for yourself, your family, the deceased, your neighbours and also the entire ummah of Nabi Salallahu alaihi wa sallam
11) encourage all your family members to do all the good deeds.
Written by Umme Muhammad
O Allah accept our broken ibadah, our efforts, and help us maximise these last ten days to gain your proximity ,taqwa and piety and save us from the Nafs and satan for the rest of the 11 months as well aameen
— with Imam Solikinand 3 others.Sure enough there were good sales and within 15- 20 days more than half the stock was over. But now the left garments had become a bit crumpled due to the customers opening them again and again. Either it would need a washing and re ironing and re packing to sell them or just slash prices furthur. So he stuck on the board 'prices furthur reduced', 'throw away prices' and soon sales again increased and the stock was finally over to give place to the new garments.
Subhanallah! Exactly what Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la has done for us in Ramadan. We were told Ramadan is coming and in a part of a long Hadith it has been said Whoever draws nearer (to Allah) by performing any of the (optional) good deeds in (this month) shall receive the same reward as performing an obligatory deed at any other time, and whoever discharges an obligatory deed in (this month) shall receive the reward of performing seventy obligations at any other time.
So the sale got on as the new moon was sighted. We could never stand in salah for an hour without Ramadan but the power and blessing that Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la has placed in this month made us stand for more than hour just one and half hour after the new moon was sighted. And now when it seems Ramadan is drawing to a close prices are furthur reduced free yourself from hell and an attraction of laylatul qadr. We need to make the most of these last ten days. We need to gather ourselves and stand in prayer so that we acquire the blessings of these ten nights. Inspite of all the mercy and forgiveness we keep sinning in Ramadan and forget the showers of sale from Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la .
The power of laylatul qadr is stronger and lasting, Almighty Allah tells us in the Qur'an: “Laylatul Qadr is better than a thousand months.” [Quran 97:3] there is Forgiveness of all sins on this special night: Prophet (Sallallahu `Alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whosoever worshipped on Laylatul-Qadr, with faith and with a sincere intention, all of his previous sins are forgiven.” [al-Bukhârî and Muslim]. When we are being bestowed chance to gain taqwa, chance to gain proximity to Allah, chance for acceptance of duas. We need to seclude these ten nights atleast for Pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la .Simply because they include a night which is better than a thousand months : it is “Laylatul Qadr”1000 months = 83 years and 4 months!
So the Muslim who spend the whole night of Qadr (or a part of it) in worshipping Allah (praying, reading Qur’an, remembering Allah, asking istighfar…), will deserve blessings and reward for the period as if he or she had been worshipping Allah for eighty three years and four months consecutively. Subhanallah!!
It means that if you spend that whole night (or part of it) in reading Qur’an (for example) it will be just like you were reading Qur’an since your birth until you became a 84 years old Muslim! Isn’t that one of the greatest reward? So for repentant sinners and those who didnt seek forgiveness in first ten days and then in next ten days too kept sinning this is a booster. Unlike Ahmed whose clothes were crumpled, Allah swts mercy envelopes us and Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la doesn't only want to forgive us but wants to free us from the prison of hell fire.
So we should try our best and do some deeds to maximise these last ten days
1) try to sit in itekaf for the last ten days or encourage our family members or help those who sit in itekaf
2) do not commit any sin
3) avoid gossip and meeting family, friends, neighbours
4) help anyone in need the reward is more than itekaf
5) give charity, besides zakat and sadqatul fitr
6) read quran , ponder over quran, feel the quran
7) do zikr, recite lots of durud, and plenty of astagfar
8) don't tire yourself in one day so much that you fall sick
9) no over eating or over sleeping
10) dont forget to make dua for yourself, your family, the deceased, your neighbours and also the entire ummah of Nabi Salallahu alaihi wa sallam
11) encourage all your family members to do all the good deeds.
Written by Umme Muhammad
O Allah accept our broken ibadah, our efforts, and help us maximise these last ten days to gain your proximity ,taqwa and piety and save us from the Nafs and satan for the rest of the 11 months as well aameen
![Photo: Ahmed was worried the season of good sales was over there was a lot of new production in the factory. So he stuck stickers around his garment shop 'sale' , 'sale' 50%off on fresh products. He was sure he wasn't lying because the stock was fresh but he decided to sell at a decreased amount to give place to the new stock of garments.
Sure enough there were good sales and within 15- 20 days more than half the stock was over. But now the left garments had become a bit crumpled due to the customers opening them again and again. Either it would need a washing and re ironing and re packing to sell them or just slash prices furthur. So he stuck on the board 'prices furthur reduced', 'throw away prices' and soon sales again increased and the stock was finally over to give place to the new garments.
Subhanallah! Exactly what Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la has done for us in Ramadan. We were told Ramadan is coming and in a part of a long Hadith it has been said Whoever draws nearer (to Allah) by performing any of the (optional) good deeds in (this month) shall receive the same reward as performing an obligatory deed at any other time, and whoever discharges an obligatory deed in (this month) shall receive the reward of performing seventy obligations at any other time.
So the sale got on as the new moon was sighted. We could never stand in salah for an hour without Ramadan but the power and blessing that Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la has placed in this month made us stand for more than hour just one and half hour after the new moon was sighted. And now when it seems Ramadan is drawing to a close prices are furthur reduced free yourself from hell and an attraction of laylatul qadr. We need to make the most of these last ten days. We need to gather ourselves and stand in prayer so that we acquire the blessings of these ten nights. Inspite of all the mercy and forgiveness we keep sinning in Ramadan and forget the showers of sale from Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la .
The power of laylatul qadr is stronger and lasting, Almighty Allah tells us in the Qur'an: “Laylatul Qadr is better than a thousand months.” [Quran 97:3] there is Forgiveness of all sins on this special night: Prophet (Sallallahu `Alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whosoever worshipped on Laylatul-Qadr, with faith and with a sincere intention, all of his previous sins are forgiven.” [al-Bukhârî and Muslim]. When we are being bestowed chance to gain taqwa, chance to gain proximity to Allah, chance for acceptance of duas. We need to seclude these ten nights atleast for Pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la .Simply because they include a night which is better than a thousand months : it is “Laylatul Qadr”1000 months = 83 years and 4 months!
So the Muslim who spend the whole night of Qadr (or a part of it) in worshipping Allah (praying, reading Qur’an, remembering Allah, asking istighfar…), will deserve blessings and reward for the period as if he or she had been worshipping Allah for eighty three years and four months consecutively. Subhanallah!!
It means that if you spend that whole night (or part of it) in reading Qur’an (for example) it will be just like you were reading Qur’an since your birth until you became a 84 years old Muslim! Isn’t that one of the greatest reward? So for repentant sinners and those who didnt seek forgiveness in first ten days and then in next ten days too kept sinning this is a booster. Unlike Ahmed whose clothes were crumpled, Allah swts mercy envelopes us and Allah subhanahu wa Taa'la doesn't only want to forgive us but wants to free us from the prison of hell fire.
So we should try our best and do some deeds to maximise these last ten days
1) try to sit in itekaf for the last ten days or encourage our family members or help those who sit in itekaf
2) do not commit any sin
3) avoid gossip and meeting family, friends, neighbours
4) help anyone in need the reward is more than itekaf
5) give charity, besides zakat and sadqatul fitr
6) read quran , ponder over quran, feel the quran
7) do zikr, recite lots of durud, and plenty of astagfar
8) don't tire yourself in one day so much that you fall sick
9) no over eating or over sleeping
10) dont forget to make dua for yourself, your family, the deceased, your neighbours and also the entire ummah of Nabi Salallahu alaihi wa sallam
11) encourage all your family members to do all the good deeds.
Written by Umme Muhammad
O Allah accept our broken ibadah, our efforts, and help us maximise these last ten days to gain your proximity ,taqwa and piety and save us from the Nafs and satan for the rest of the 11 months as well aameen](https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10557274_688827684527689_9027201455512964614_n.jpg)
![Photo: Make every day be Like Rabi Ul Awwal : #Productive.
Written by Umme MUhammad
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Allhamdulillah month of rabi ul awwal has started, month of rabi ul awwal is a month of happiness & sadness, prophet PBUH was born in this month & past away in this month, We should try to inculcate in us those values in reverence of Prophet Muhammad salallahu Alaihi wa Sallam which we haven’t practiced yet and continue it life long. Because to get proximity to Allah swt we need the Sunnah way to succeed as the Quran Says: "Say (O Muhammad to mankind): 'If you (really) love Allah, then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Qur'an and the sunnah), Allah will love you and forgive you your sins'."[Al-Qur'an 3:31]
So let us revise the parts of our lives need change and get closer to Sunnah.
1) Sunnah are usually of four types
A: Sunnah of eating, sleeping, walking, going to toilet, waking up, wearing clothes, removing clothes, sleeping, talking, etc means sunnah of daily habits of Prophet Salllahu Alaihi wasallam
B)Sunnah of Beloved Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi wasallam’s Character
His forgiveness to those who tortured and maligned Him, His generosity, His forbearance, His patience, His way of love and kindness, His way of getting angry, His smile, His ears never listened to gossip , music or geebah, His ear loved the Quran, His tongue spoke the truth, He supported the truth, His justice and endless list of good character of Prophet Salallahu Alaihi wa Sallam which we need to bring in our lives
C) His Ibadah : The way He recited duas when He woke up, went to toilet, wore clothes, when it was cold, when it was cloudy, when there was wind, when it rained, And the way He made duas and prayed for the Ummah and the way He Salallahu Alaihi wa sallam stood in prayers in front of His Lord to Please Him, to praise Him to thank Him , Sometimes He stood onethird of the night, sometimes half of the night subhanallah! We have only read Duas half heartedly and are away from these Sunnah too and far away from standing in prayers till feet swell but we sleep till our eyes swell
D) Sunnah OF Dawah : How did He begin dawah which was initially a lone mission and slowly and steadily amidst all confrontation and opposition with prayers and sujud, tears and the zest to see every Ummati in jannah collected the pagan Arab and transformed them in to illuminated nursery of heroes. His dawah individually, His Dawah to Kings, His Dawah to friends, His dawah to family members, His dawah to villagers, Bedouins, His Dawah to leaders of Makkah, His dawah amongst general people, Dawah to taif, Dawah to MAdina, all have aspects for us to follow and how much urge do we have that every one from the Ummah of Nabi salalallahu Alaihi Wasallam goes to Jannah, how many nights did we cry for the Ummah, How many people have we given dawah so far. And the Quran confirms the grief of our Beloved Prophet “There has without any doubt come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievously serious to him is what you suffer; he is concerned over you, and to the believers he is kind and merciful.’[Qur’an 9:128]
2) Verily, God and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet: O you who believe! Send blessings upon him and salute him with all due respect to him.”[Qur’an 33:56] So we should send on Him Blessings everyday and not seclude just one day for it in a vigorously authenticated Hadīth, the Prophet also informs us of its significant benefit:
Ubayy bin Ka’ab said “I once told the Messenger of God, (upon whom be peace and blessings of God The Exalted) ‘O Messenger of God, I invoke much. What portion should I offer salutations upon you?’
The Prophet replied, “However much you wish.”
To this I asked, “A fourth?”
He said, “If you wish, but should you increase the number, it will be better for you.”
I then asked, “A third?”
He said, “If you wish, but should you increase the number, it is still better for you.”
I then asked, “A half?”
He said, “If you wish, but should you increase the number, it is still better for you.”
I then said, “Indeed in my invocation, I shall make all of my prayers upon you!”
To this, the Messenger of God replied, “If you do that you will be freed from anxiety and all your wrongs pardoned.” [Hadith, recorded by Tirmidhi]
We also supposed to send salutation whilst making dua for duas to be accepted as according to a Hadith “Without a doubt supplications are stalled between the heavens and the earth, and are not lifted up until the supplicant invokes blessings upon the Prophet (upon whom be peace and blessings of Allah The Exalted).” [Hadīth, recorded by Tirmidhi]
There is not a single Believer who does not hope for his supplication to be answered by the Answerer of supplications. Invoking blessings upon the Prophet when asking our Lord, hastens a response from our Merciful Lord. The Prophet’s intercession with our Lord is a Mercy from our Lord.
“The closest people to me on the Day of Resurrection will be those who invoked the most blessings upon me.” [Hadīth, recorded by Tirmidhi]
This proves that there are lot of virtues to send Salutations and so His Beloved name is repeated In the adhan the Iqamah five times a day and every day when we sit and read the tashahud the durud is repeated by every Ummati who offers salah.
3) We should fast on every Monday And Thursday as there is A Hadith Aishah narrated:
“The Prophet used to try to fast on Mondays and Thursdays.” (Sahih)
SUNAN TIRMIDHI (Book 4, Hadith 64)
It was narrated from Jubair bin Nufair that a man asked Aishah about fasting and she said:”The Messenger of Allah used to fast all of Shaban, and he made sure to fast on Mondays and Thursdays.” ‘ (Sahih)
SUNAN NASEEI (Vol. 3, Book 2, Hadith 2188) also SUNAN NASEEI (Vol. 3, Book 2, Hadith 2189)
It was narrated from Hunaidah bin Khalid, from his wife, that one of the wives of the Prophet said:”The Prophet used to fast the ten (days), and three days of each month: Monday and Thursday.” (Sahih) SUNAN NASEEI (Vol. 3, Book 2, Hadith 2420)
It was narrated that Hafsah said: “When the Messenger of Allah would lie down, he would place his right hand under his right cheek, and he used to fast on Mondays and Thursday.” (Sahih) SUNAN NASEEI (Vol. 3, Book 2, Hadith 2369)”
) WHY PROPHET MUHAMMED (P.B.U.H) USED TO KEEP FAST ON MONDAY,THURSDAY ?. :-
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “The deed are presented on Monday and Thursday, so I love that me deed be presented while I am fasting.” (Hasan)SUNAN TIRMIDHI (Book 4, Hadith 66)
Usamah bin Zaid said:“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, sometimes you fast, and you hardly ever break your hardly ever fast, except two days which, if you are fasting, you include them in your fast, and if you are not fasting, then you fast them on your own.’ He said: ‘Which two days?’ I said: ‘Monday and Thursday.’ He said: ‘Those are two days in which deeds are shown to the Lord of the worlds, and I like my deeds to be shown (to Him) when I am fasting.“‘(Hasan)SUNAN NASEEI (Vol. 3, Book 2, Hadith 2360)
Abu Qatada Ansari (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah’s Massenger (may peace be upon him) was asked about fasting on Monday, whereupon he said:It is (the day) when I was born and revelation was sent down to me.SAHIH MUSLIM (Book 6, Hadith 2606)
ABU DAWOOD (Book 13, Hadith 2420)
The doubt that he fasted on His birthday can be refuted from three different angles:
• The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam never regularly fasted on the twelfth of Rabee' Al-Awwal, which is the date that some claim is his birthday, rather, he fasted every Monday, and there are four Mondays in every month. The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam did not only fast on Mondays, but in addition, he would also fast on Thursdays, as he said: "The records of deeds are raised (to Allaah) every Monday and Thursday, therefore, I like to be fasting at this time.” (Tirmidhi).
Moreover, the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam did not say that the reason for fasting on a Monday were due to his birth only, but also because of the fact that the records of everybody's deeds are raised to Allaah on these days. Therefore, celebrating Al-Mawlid with the excuse that the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam used to fast on a Monday is a misunderstanding and a gross exaggeration of the facts.
• The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam did not add any form of celebration to his fasting, with any sort of food as those who celebrate Al-Mawlid do. If people intend to express their gratitude to Allaah by observing Al-Mawlid and they justify it with the excuse that he used to fast on Mondays, then common sense dictates that they must completely imitate the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam in the way that he expressed gratitude to Allaah. Many people who celebrate Al-Mawlid do not fast regularly on Mondays and Thursdays as they deem it to be exhausting. On the contrary, they actually prepare and eat more food than usual as part of their celebration.
To sum up let me remind that the respect the Sahaba Had for Prophet Salallahu Alaihi was Sallam they were the people who venerated the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the most the sahabah, may Allah be pleased with them, as 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud said to Quraysh, "O people, by Allah I have visited kings. I went to Caesar, Chosroes and the Negus, but by Allah I never saw a king whose companions venerated him as much as the companions of Muhammad venerated Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. By Allah, whenever he spat it never fell on the ground, it fell into into the hand of one his companions, then they wiped their faces and skins with it. If he instructed them to do something, they would hasten to do as he commanded. When he did wudu', they would almost fight over his water. When he spoke they would lower their voices in his presence; and they did not stare at him out of respect for him." [Al-Bukhari, 3/178, no. 2731, 2732; al-Fath, 5/388]. Yet despite this level of veneration, they never took the day of his birth as an 'Eid (festival). If that had been prescribed in Islam they would not have neglected to do that.
It is best that we keep to the middle path. Let the words of Imam Hasan Al-Basari serve as a guiding principle for us: "Religion of Allah stands midway between extreme rigidity and extreme veneration." It is rigidity to be obsessed with the letter of the law to such an extent that one neglects the spirit. It is equally wrong to venerate the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) excessively as the Christians did with Jesus (peace be on him) thus deifying him. We must shun both extremes.
I love Prophet Muhammad the Khatmun nabiyeen /(seal) the Beloved of Allah and pray that we live on His Sunnah, and we are bestowed with seeing His Blessed face on the judgement day and given the Drink of Kausar from His Blessed hands Aameen
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