tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68599728494456734532024-03-13T14:29:11.270-04:00Reviving The SunnahUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger292125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-54252458385339869792013-05-21T20:29:00.001-04:002013-05-21T20:29:38.945-04:00Exhort your dying men<b></b><br />
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<b> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته</b></center>
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<b>The Messenger of Allah </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.796875px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.796875px;">(صلى الله عليه و سلم )</span><b> said, </b></center>
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<b>[Muslim]</b></center>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-8026313121695499782012-10-03T22:55:00.000-04:002012-10-03T22:55:02.985-04:00Righteousness in the heart<b></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"When there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character."
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-78068184533395616702012-08-24T23:49:00.002-04:002012-08-24T23:50:48.241-04:00<b></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Do not be tyrannical people of knowledge, least your knowledge not spread because of your ignorance
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-85285486663696000722012-05-06T16:39:00.004-04:002012-05-06T16:39:27.994-04:00Argue with your soul<b></b><br />
<center><b> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته</b></center><center><b> بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
</b></center><center><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><b>"Do not argue with your Lord on behalf of your soul, rather argue with your soul on behalf of your Lord."</b></span>
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<center><b> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته</b></center><center><b> بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
</b></center><center><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">"And verily for everything that a slave (of Allah) loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">- Ibn Qayyim (Rahimullah)</span>
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(2:256) Thereupon he </b><b style="text-align: left; "><center style="display: inline !important; ">(صلى الله عليه و سلم ) patted me in the chest and said, "Rejoice by this knowledge, O Abu Mundhir!"</center></b></span></center><center><span ><b style="text-align: left; "><center style="display: inline !important; ">[Muslim]</center></b></span></center><center><span ><b style="text-align: left; "><center style="display: inline !important; "><br /></center></b></span></center><center><span ><b style="text-align: left; "><center style="display: inline !important; ">Commentary: The words cited in the Hadith occur in the beginning of Ayat-ul-Kursi (No.256 of Surat Al-Baqarah of the holy Qur'an)</center></b></span></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-80721639145631126492011-12-24T23:06:00.001-05:002011-12-24T23:06:01.881-05:00Al-Mu'awwidhatain<center style="font-weight: bold; "> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته </center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">The Messenger of Allah <b style="text-align: left; "><center style="display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium; "> (صلى الله عليه و سلم ) </span></center></b><b style="text-align: left; ">used to seek protection against the evil of jinn and the evil eyes till Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas were revealed. After the were revealed, he took to them for seeking Allah's protection and left everything else besides them.</b></center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">[At-Tirmidi]</center><center style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></center><center><b>Commentary: These Surah are also called 'Al-Mu'awwidhatain' which mean two Surah which provide protection. It is, therefore very useful to seek the protection of Allah by reciting them.</b></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-74421776533090998762011-12-23T22:59:00.000-05:002011-12-23T22:59:00.328-05:00Read the Qur'an in a nice voice<center style="font-weight: bold; "> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته </center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</center><center><span >"He who does not read the Qur'an in a pleasant tone is not of us"</span></center><center><span >[Abu Dawud]</span></center><center><span ><br /></span></center><center><span ><span >Commentary: The words "is not of us" mean that he is not following the way of the Prophet </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">(صلى الله عليه و سلم )</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: left; ">with regard to recitation of the Qur'an.</span></span></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-86153537095712310152011-12-22T22:54:00.002-05:002011-12-22T22:54:00.092-05:00Read Quran Often<center style="font-weight: bold; "> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته </center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">"Read the Qur'an regularly. By the One in Whose Hand Muhammad's <b style="text-align: left; "><center style="display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium; "> (صلى الله عليه و سلم )</span></center></b></center><center><b> soul is, it escapes from memory faster than a came does from its tying ropes."</b></center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-89263489091513986322011-12-21T22:50:00.004-05:002011-12-22T16:12:18.705-05:00Read Quran<b><center> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته</center><center><b style="text-align: left; "><center style="display: inline !important; ">بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</center></b></center><center><b style="text-align: left; "><center style="display: inline !important; ">" Whoever recites a letter from the Book of Allah, he will be credited with a good deed, and a good deed gets a ten-fold reward. I do not say that Alif-Lam-Mim is one letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam, is a letter and Mim is a letter."</center></b></center><center><b style="text-align: left; "><center style="display: inline !important; ">[At-Tirmidhi]</center></b></center></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-81740893322584164112011-12-01T23:58:00.001-05:002011-12-27T23:49:16.148-05:00O son of Adam<b><center> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته </center><center>بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</center><center> "O son of Adam, how is your heart ever going to be softened by the recitation of Qur’an when all you read for is to reach the end of the surah?"</center><center> — Hasan Al-Basri<br /></center></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-73844897438851314302011-10-08T21:58:00.000-04:002011-12-27T23:51:03.484-05:00Life<b><center> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته</center><center>بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</center><center> "Life is full of decisions and choices: to achieve one thing, you have by necessity to give up another. So you have to ask yourself this: when it gets right down to it and you have to make a choice, would you choose to concentrate only on looking good or would you rather prefer to strive to be good?" </center><center>- Nida<br /></center></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-38351698665087260372011-09-27T21:32:00.000-04:002011-12-27T23:49:42.556-05:00Fires<b><center> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته </center><center>بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</center></b><b>"Ibrahim (Alayhisalam) was thrown into fire. God willing none of us will ever face such a trial in this life. But there is not a person who won’t get thrown into some sort of emotional, psychological or social fires in their life. And don’t think for a moment that God cannot make those fires cool for us."</b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>— Yasmin Mogahed</b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-91366563170607357732011-09-26T21:31:00.001-04:002011-09-26T21:31:57.882-04:00Islam is for<b><center> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته</center><center>بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</center><center> "Islam is not for later, tomorrow or whenever. Islam is for now, always & forever" </center><center>-unknown<br /></center></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-68272089045840127712011-08-24T09:25:00.002-04:002011-08-24T09:26:16.237-04:00Ramadan 10<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">السلام عليكم</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; "><p></p><div style="text-align: center;font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14px; "><b>1241.</b> Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said, <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); ">"</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); ">If one does not eschew lies and false conduct, Allah has no need that he should abstain from his food and his drink</span><span style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); ">.''</span></span></div><p></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 14px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><b>[Al-Bukhari].</b></div></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; "><p style="text-align: center;font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14px; "><b>Commentary:</b> This Hadith exhorts those observing Saum to fulfill all the requirements of fasting. One should not conduct himself in such a manner that on the one side he observes Saum and on the other he is fearless of Allah. To save himself from Allah's Wrath and to get the reward of the fasts, one must abstain from all sorts of vices, such as cheating, lying, backbiting, and using obscene language. The threat held against such people in this Hadith should make them fear that their Saum will go waste and they would be deprived of its reward. It does not mean that such people should start eating and drinking during Saum but what is intended is that they should save themselves from all kinds of sins so that they may earn the reward of Saum.</span></p><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14px; ">
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<br /></b></div><b>1221. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, </b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 0); ">"Observe Saum (fast) on sighting the crescent and terminate it on sighting it (the new moon), but if the sky is cloudy before you, then complete the number (thirty days) of the month.''</span><b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-38523939435673475642011-08-19T00:46:00.001-04:002011-08-19T00:46:43.593-04:00Ramadan 7<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">السلام عليكم</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;">بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; "><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px; "><b>1220.</b> Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); ">"</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); ">When Ramadan begins, the gates of Jannah are opened, the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are chained</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-size: 14px; ">.''</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px; ">[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px; ">
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<br /></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14px; "><b>1219.</b> Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said,<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); ">"</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); ">He who observes fasting during the month of Ramadan with Faith while seeking its reward from Allah, will have his past sins forgiven</span><span style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); ">.''</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b></span></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-6325288898812813092011-08-08T23:29:00.000-04:002011-08-08T23:30:08.334-04:00Ramadan 5<div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">السلام عليكم</div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; "><p></p><div style="text-align: center;font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14px; "><b>1218.</b> Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); ">"</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); ">Every slave of Allah who observes Saum (fasting) for one day for the sake of Allah, Allah will draw his face farther from Hell-fire to the extent of a distance to be covered in seventy years</span><span style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); ">.''</span></span></div><p></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 14px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b></div></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; "><div style="text-align: center;font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14px; ">
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<br />بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
<br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;"><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>1217.</b> Sahl bin Sa`d (May Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (PBUH) said,</span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">"In Jannah there is a gate which is called Ar-Raiyan through which only those who observe Saum (fasting) will enter on the Day of Resurrection. None else will enter through it. It will be called out, "Where are those who observe fasting?'' So they will stand up and proceed towards it. When the last of them will have entered, the gate will be closed and then no one will enter through that gate</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">.''</span>
<br />[Muslim]</span> </p></span>
<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input id="jsProxy" type="hidden" onclick="jsCall();"></div><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" id="refHTML"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-37221092265814977222011-08-06T17:15:00.000-04:002011-12-27T23:50:06.567-05:00Gul Ameen. A dua<b><center> السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته </center><center>بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</center></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><center>If there are any mistakes they are mine feel free to point them out.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">..........</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah Creator of the whole universe</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Giver of food</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Fashioner</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Bestower</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Beneficent</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Lord</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Merciful</center><center style="font-weight: bold; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span">I ask of you</span></i></center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Faith (Iman)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Knowledge (Ilm)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Action (Aml)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Sincerity (Ikhlas)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Manners (Adab)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Humility (Kushu)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Fear (Khauf)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Restraining from Haram (Taqwa)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Hope (Rija)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Acting on your commands (Shariat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Your Remembrance (Zikr)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Your thanks (Shukr)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Success in both the worlds (Falah)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Certainty (Yaqeen)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Patience (Sabr)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Working hard in Your cause (Saee)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Desiring you (Raghbat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Loving you (Muhabbat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Desiring to meet you (Mulaqat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Feeling comfortable with you (uns)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Becoming my guardian and friend (Wali)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Safety in both worlds (Aafiat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Blessings (Barkat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Mercy (Rahmat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Save me from</span></i></center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Hell (Jahannum)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Make me</span></i></center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Enter Paradise (Jannat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Propagate your Deen (Tableegh)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Deliver your message to others (Tableegh)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Bear hardships in your cause (Adha)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">One who gets up at night (Tahajjud prayer)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">I want to worship you (Ibadat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Do proper prayers on time (Salat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Fulfill promises (Waada)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Keep my hands open for Charity (Sadaqa)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Let me not waste money by over spending (Mubazzireen)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Save me from</span></i></center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Stinginess (Bukhal)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Idolatry (Shirk)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Hypocrisy (Nifaaq)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Disbelief (Kufr)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Unthankfulness (Kufr)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Greediness (Lalach, Tama)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Anger (Ghadab)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Sudden death (Mout)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Jealousy (Hasad)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Backbiting (Gheebat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Do not keep my heart attached to anything (Tama)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Mischief of the devil (Shaitaan)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Whispering of the devil (Waswasa)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Trials that mislead us (Fitna)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Vain talk (Laghu)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Wasting time</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Lustful things</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Seeing evil (Basar)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Hearing evil (Sama)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Keep my heart clean (Khalb)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Keep my body clean (Badan)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Save me from arguments (Ikhtelaaf)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Make Me</span></i></center><center style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Respect my elders (Ikraam)</span></center><center style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Love my youngers (Mohabbat)</span></center><center style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Forgive others (Ghafar)</span></center><center style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Overlook the faults of others ( Afu)</span></center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Make my foot firm on the bridge (Sirat)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Brighten my face on the Day of Resurrection ( Yaum ul Qiyama)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Give the book of deeds in my right hand (Kitaab Fe Yameen)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Give me your light (Noor)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Make me read the Quran</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Give me understanding of it,</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Make me remember it</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">and read it in the hours of the night and the day.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Give me love of the Quran</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Make me believe in it</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Act according to it</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Make it for me a guide, light, a path to Iman and Mercy</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Ya Rab</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Accept my prayers</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Accept my taraweeh</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Give me pious children</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Who are hafizu quraan</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah! Allow me to die as a Muslim with La ilaha ilallah on my tongue.<br />Give me good health so that I can spend more years worshipping you but give me death, when death is better for me.<br />Grant me patience and wisdom in all my affairs.<br />Forgive us for all our shortcomings and insufficiencies in our good deeds<br />Accept our prayers and disregard our mistakes and wrongdoings<br />Grant all of us without a spouse a righteous, loving spouse who will be good for our life, dunya, religion, hereafter.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah! Answer the duas of those oppressed and grant them the best in Jannah</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Make us from amongst the pious people (Muttaqeen)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Make us amongst the doers of good (Saleheen)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Save us from doing mischief (Fasad)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Make us fast for your pleasure (Saum)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Make us sent forth good deed and leave some behind that our future generations can continue on our account (Sawab-e-Jariah)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Surely your promise is true</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Your meeting in true</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Heaven is true</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Hell is true</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">The bridge of Sirat is true</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">The scale is true (Meezan)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Angels are true (Malaika)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Your books are true (Kitab)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah Daree (bitter grass), Ghassaq (puss from the sinners wounds), Uqba (mountain in hell), Saud <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><center style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><center style="display: inline !important; ">(mountain in hell)</center></b></span></center></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><center style="display: inline !important; "> and Jahannum are true.</center></b></span></center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Jaheem (gloomy place in hell), Hutma (shattering place) Hawia (bottomless pit) are true.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Ya Allah save us from these</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Save us from Aghlaal (yokes around the neck) and Salaseel (chains)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah paradise is eternal and true</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">You are Merciful have mercy on us</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah grant us Janaat Ul Firdaus</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Jannatul Ma'wa (Garden of Eternity), Janaatul Adn (Garden of Eden)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Jannatul Naeem (Garden of Blessings)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah Make us amongst those people who are foremost in faith (Muqarraboon)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah!</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Ya Rahman,</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Ya Raheem,</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Do not make us amongst those of the left hand.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah Give us our book of deeds in the right hand.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">Take easy recokoning from us.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah make us smell the sweet smell of paradise.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah Make us drink from Tasneem</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">(fountain of drink that comes out of Janat Ul Firdous)</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah please do not send a single one of us into the hell fire</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah we cannot bear a spark of fire of this world nor a cup of boiling water on us, how will it be that we bear the fire of hell made by lava and which has no bottom with boiling water and puss and food of zaqoom.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah! Please save all of us and leave not a single one of us for hell.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for all my sins. I ask You to forgive me for all my wrongdoings [mazalim] against people that You have recorded, for there are many rights [huquq] and dues [mazalim] owed to Your servants that I am burdened with and for which I am hostage [murtahin]. O Allah, even if these (wrongdoings) are many they are insignificant in comparison with the magnitude of Your forgiveness. O Allah, any male or female servant of Yours who has rights upon me, in either that I have unjustly taken from him [ghasabtu] in regards to his land, possession, honor, body; whether he was absent or present; or he or his representatives demanded it from me and neither was I able to return it to him nor did I seek release of it from him. So I ask You through Your benevolence, generosity, and abundance of what You possess that You satisfy them on my behalf, and not give them a position over me that will decrease my good deeds; for You possess what You can satisfy them with on my behalf and I do not possess what to satisfy them with; and do not allow for their bad deeds to find a path over my good deeds on the Day of Judgment.</center><center style="font-weight: bold; ">AAMEEEN</center></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-77004406062807665182011-08-06T17:09:00.000-04:002011-08-06T17:10:22.001-04:00Ramadan 3<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">السلام عليكم<br />بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ<span style="font-size:85%;"><b><br />1216.</b> Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">"</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">He who spends a pair in the way of Allah will be called from the gates of Jannah: `O slave of Allah! This gate is better for you' and one who is constant in Salat (prayer), will be called from the Gate of Salat; and whoever is eager in fighting in the Cause of Allah, will be called from the Gate of Jihad; and who is regular in observing Saum will be called from Ar-Raiyan Gate. The one who is generous in charity will be called from the Gate of Charity.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">'' </span>Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (PBUH)! May my mother and father be sacrificed for you! Those who are called from these gates will stand in need of nothing. Will anybody be called from all of those gates?'' He replied, "</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">Yes, and I hope that you will be one of them</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.''</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;"><p><span style="font-size:85%;"> [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</span> </p></span><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input id="jsProxy" type="hidden" onclick="jsCall();"></div><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" id="refHTML"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-81875108628061026172011-08-06T01:06:00.000-04:002011-08-06T01:04:59.030-04:00The five blessings<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">السلام عليكم<br />بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-family:courier new;" >"My ummah was given 5 things for Ramadan, which were not given to anyone.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">(1) The smell from the mouth of a fasting person is sweeter to Allah the that of musk. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0);">(2) The fish in the sea seeks forgiveness for the fasting persons until they break their fast. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">(3) Allah prepares and decorates a special garden in paradise everyday and then says (to it). " The time is near when faithful servants will set aside the great trials of the world and come to you." </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">(4) In this month evil minded Saitan is chained so people can not reach those evils which they normally reach during other months.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">(5) On the last night of Ramadan they are forgiven." The Sahaba inquired, " O Messenger of Allah </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:courier new;" >(صلى الله عليه و سلم )</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:courier new;" >; is the last night Laylatul Qadr?<br />Rasulullah </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:courier new;" >(صلى الله عليه و سلم )</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:courier new;" > replied, " No. But it is the right that a servant is given his reward when he completes his service."</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-family:courier new;" >[Ahmed, Bazzar, Bayhaaqi]</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859972849445673453.post-39856089892810652282011-08-05T00:15:00.000-04:002011-08-05T00:15:58.667-04:00Ramadan 2<div style="text-align: center;">السلام عليكم<br />بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>1215.</b> Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">"</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;" >Allah the Exalted and Majestic said: `Every act of the son of Adam is for him, except As-Siyam (the fasting) which is (exclusively) for Me, and I will reward him for it.' Fasting is a shield. When anyone of you is observing fast, he should neither indulge in obscene language nor should he raise his voice; and if anyone reviles him or tries to quarrel with him, he should say: `I am fasting.' By Him in Whose Hand the soul of Muhammad is, the breath of one observing Saum is sweeter to Allah than the fragrance of musk. The one who fasts, experiences two joys: he feels pleasure when he breaks the fast. He is joyful by virtue of his fast when he meets his Rubb</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">.''</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"> In a narration by Al-Bukhari</span><span style="font-family:Traditional Arabic;font-size:85%;">,</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">"</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;" >Allah says: `(The person observing Saum) has abstained from food and drink, and sexual pleasures for My sake; fasting is for Me, and I will bestow its reward. Every good deed has ten times its reward</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:85%;" >'.''</span> </p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"> In a narration by Muslim, the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">"</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;" >The reward of every (good) deed of a person is multiplied from ten to seven hundred times. Allah (SWT) says: `The reward of observing Saum is different from the reward of other good deeds; Saum is for Me, and I Alone will give its reward. The person observing Saum abstains from food and drink only for My sake.' The fasting person has two joyous occasions, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time of meeting his Rubb. Surely, the breath of one observing Saum is better smelling to Allah than the fragrance of musk</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:85%;" >.''</span></p></span><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"></div><div style="text-align: center;" id="refHTML"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4