THE FLUCTUATIONS OF TIME ARE TESTS FROM ALLĀH

Glory is to Allāh Who subjects His slaves (to trials) in order to test their patience and expose their true nature in times of hardship!

Angels prostrated to Adam ('alayhi as-salām), while shortly thereafter he was expelled from Paradise (jannah).

Nūh ('alayhi as-salām) was beaten until fainted, while shortly thereafter he was rescued in the ark, and his enemies were destroyed.

Ibrāhīm ('alayhi as-salām) was thrown in the fire, and then came out to safety (salāma).

Isma'eel ('alayhi as-salām) lied down in surrender to be slaughtered, then he came to safety, and his praise remained.

Ya'qūb ('alayhi as-salām) lost his eyesight after losing his son, and then he regained it after reuniting with his son.

Mūsā ('alayhi as-salām) was a shepherd, and then was elevated to a rank where he spoke to Allāh (taqlīm).

Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was an orphan and faced many hardships from his enemies, and from financial difficulties; yet he persevered and was firm as a mountain. After his objective was fulfilled and when he conquered Makkah, the Angel of death came to him and took his soul while going through the pangs of death.

Whoever observes the sea of life, knows how its waves should be received and know how to be patient while dealing the changing days, will not panic when calamity (bilā') strikes. And will not become overly happy when good times (rikhā') arrive immediately.

Book: Captured Thoughts
By Imām ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله
Translated and Published by Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 422, 423

Have trust in Allah's Plan He's al Al Hakeem & be patient with Qada wal Qadr even when things don't work out

"If you stop going to the mosque, there are many others who will go instead....

If you forget the Qur'an, there are many others who will memorise it...

If you distance yourself from Allah, there are many others who will draw close to Him....

And know that every time it is you who will be the loser

"والله الغني وأنتم الفقراء وإن تتولّوا يستبدل قوما غيركم ثمّ لا يكونوا أمثالكم "
"And Allah is all sufficient, while you are the needy ones. And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be your likes"

#dhulhajj1445 #hajj
Let's be ready for the best 10 days of this year.
The first days of Dhul Hijjah are just around the corner..
INSHAALLAH ❤

#hajj_season_2024
#hajj1445 #hajj2024

𝐐𝐮𝐫'𝗮𝐧: 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆

‎Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

If the people knew the sweetness, and benefits in pondering over the Qurʾān when reading it, they would have kept themselves busy with nothing else but reading Qurʾān.

‎For reading and pondering over one verse is better than a ḵẖatma (completion of the whole Qurʾān) without contemplation nor understanding.

It's also more beneficial to the heart, attains Īmān and makes one taste the sweetness of the Qurʾān.

[Miftāḥ Dar al-Saʿādah | 553/1]

At this point in this life. I want to utter some serious words.

We all are broken, really. Broken seeing the pain of our brother and sisters. The word pain is not enough to describe what they are going through.

I want to say that may Allah forgive us. This life is indeed short and we all are going to die one day. May Allah make our end good. Our death a source of blessings for us. We as Muslims know our purpose on this earth is to worship Allah in many ways from acts of worship to following the commandment of Allah in our daily lives. This is the real success and passing in the examination.

Palestinians are actually victories! They are indeed.

They are so strong in their faith. May Allah grant us such strong tawakkul so that we too accompany the martyrs in Jannah.

The hearts are tired and hurt, and eyes are crying, but we will only say what pleases our Lord.

May Allah bless you all. 🖊️

Excuse One Another

Anyone who has any ties with the people will suffer at their hands at some time or another. When facing their bad behavior, he should excuse and overlook, and he should know with certainty that his act of excusing them, overlooking, and responding with kindness will cause the animosity they have for their brother to turn into friendship, love, and closeness. Allaah, the Exalted, has said:

﴿وَلَا تَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُۚ ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِي بَيۡنَكَ وَبَيۡنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةٞ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٞ﴾

"Good deeds and bad deeds cannot be equal. Respond with what is better, and suddenly, the one who had animosity for you will be like a close friend."

[Soorah Fussilat 41:34]

[Book: Upright Moral Character, p. 33 | By Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen | Translated By Moosa Richardson | TROID Publications]

"Time is life..." ❗

📖 Ibn Umar RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "The most beloved people to Allah are those who are most beneficial to the people. The most beloved deed to Allah is to make a Muslim happy, or to remove one of his troubles, or to forgive his debt, or to feed his hunger. That I walk with a brother regarding a need is more beloved to me than that I seclude myself in this mosque in Medina for a month. Whoever swallows his anger, then Allah will conceal his faults. Whoever suppresses his rage, even though he could fulfill his anger if he wished, then Allah will secure his heart on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever walks with his brother regarding a need until he secures it for him, then Allah the Exalted will make his footing firm across the bridge on the day when the footings are shaken."
Source: Al-Muʻjam Al-Awsaṭ 6192
Grade: Sahih

Apply the rule of سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا (We hear and We Obey) in your life without worrying about the consequences, and you will see how Allāh helps you and grants you victory in your goals.

Sometimes we don't follow obligations just because we fear the consequences or we have just so many excuses. But from what I have witnessed in my life, just follow the rule of سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا, only once, without worrying about the consequences or giving any excuses, and see how Allāh helps you to stay firm on it. Notice how the tables turn and slowly everything gets in your favor.

This made me more firm in this beautiful rule, and it helped me to improve myself without giving excuses. You will see yourself being humble enough to accept advices and you will practice Sabr. Try it once and you won't be able to stop yourself from following this amazing rule, In sha Allah 🤍

* The Life Of Hereafter Is Like An Ocean And The Worldly Life Is Like The Proportion Of Water Left On One's Finger When Dipped In The Sea!
Al-Mustaurad bin Shaddad (May allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (swalla-Allaahu alayhi wa-sallam) said,
مَا الدُّنْيَا في الآخِرَةِ إِلاَّ مِثْلُ مَا يَجْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ أُصْبُعَهُ في اليَمِّ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ
"This world (i.e., its pleasures and duration) in comparison with the Hereafter is (similar to the amount of water) one gets when he puts his finger in the sea. Let him then see what it returns with".
[Related by Saheeh Muslim, Hadith # 2858 (8/56)].
This Hadith shows the value of the Hereafter and its blessings compared to the worldly life.
The proportion between the two is that the former is like an ocean while the latter is like the proportion of water left on one's finger when dipped in the sea!.

Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله said:

“When a person continuously lies he will eventually be exposed one day, then he will be disrespected in such a way that cannot be averted; his shame will increase, earn people’s disrespect to the extent that they will not believe him even when he is truthful, and their distrust will exceed beyond what he lied about.”

[Disciplining The Soul | Pg. 42]

We are a few days away from the best of all days in the year. May Allaah ta'ala grant us the ability to witness it. Aameen!

A new short PDF article on the 10 days of Dhul-Hijjah بارك الله فيكم https://t.co/OSfALRxpZo

If we only ponder over this, it is truly alarming because we're already living through it. 💔

It's so sad how many of us would rather listen to "muslim influencers" than to scholars, it's sad that we don't want to seek proper knowledge and would rather take information from strangers on social media, it's sad that we no longer know how to respect trusted scholars and think we are more knowledgeable than them when we don't even memorize a single hadith with its isnaad!

May Allaah help us from falling into error and misguidance. 🤲

‘Abdullah Ibn Masʿūd (raḍī Allāhu anhu) said to his companions:

“You are in a time whose scholars are many, and its speakers are few.

After you will come a time whose scholars are few, and whose speakers are many.”

[Related by at-Ṭabarānī (rahimahillāh) in al-Kabīr, no. 8066, and by al-Bukhārī (rahimahillāh) in al-ʿAdab al-Mufrad, no. 789 and by al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar (rahimahillāh) in Fat′h al-Bārī, 10/1510 who declared it authentic]

❓Who should abstain from cutting hair & nails during the first 10 Days of Dhul Hijjah ❓

🐏 🚶🏻If an individual (for example a father) intends to slaughter at the ending of these ten days then he shouldn’t remove anything from his hair, nails, or body.

🔪As for someone slaughtering on his behalf, then there’s nothing wrong with him clipping his own nails or cutting his hair.

🚹 And if a person wants to slaughter for himself and his household with one sacrifice as is the sunnah, then it isn’t upon his family to abide by this principle. It only pertains to the one slaughtering, in this instance that being the father….

📚Explained by Muhammad ibn Saalih al-’Uthaymeen

The Recommendation Of Performing Righteous Actions Within The First Ten Days Of Dhil-Hijjah, And How The Salaf Were Within Them

Ibn Al-Qayyim [رحمه الله] said:

❝They are the ten days by which Allaah swore an oath by in His Book in His saying:

﴿وَالْفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ﴾‏

«By the dawn. And by the ten nights»

Due to this it is recommended that the Takbeer and the Tahleel and the Tahmeed be made plentifully within them.❞

[Zaadul Ma’aad, (1/56) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]

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Ibn Rajab [رحمه الله] said:

❝As for the recommendation in being plentiful in the remembrance [of Allaah] within them; then it is proved by the saying of Allaah, The Mighty and Majestic:

‏﴿وَيَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَّعْلُومَاتٍ﴾

«And they mention the name of Allaah on known days» [Al-Hajj: 28]

For indeed the known days are the ten days with the majority of the Scholars.❞

[Lataa-If Al-Ma’aarif, (Page: 354) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]

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Imaam An-Nawawee [رحمه الله] said:

❝Know that it is recommended to be plentiful in making Adhkaar [remembrance of Allaah] during these ten [days] – in excess of other than them. It is likewise recommended to do that on the day of ‘Arafah more-so than the rest of the ten [days].❞

[Al-Adhkaar, (Page: 209) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]

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Imaam An-Nawawee [رحمه الله] stated:

❝It has reached us from Saalim Bin ‘Abdillaah Bin ‘Umar [رضي الله عنه], that he saw a petitioner asking from the people on the day of ‘Arafah, so he said: ‘O feeble one! On this day is other than Allaah, The Mighty and Majestic to be asked from?’❞

[Al-Adhkaar, (Page: 210) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]

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‘Abdur-Rahmaan Ibn Abee Haatim said: I heard my father [Aboo Haatim Ar-Raazee] say:

❝I came to Yahya Bin Ma’een during the ten days – the ten of Dhil-Hijjah, and with me was something written down – meaning the names of those that transmit the narrations, and so I would ask him [concerning them] in secrecy, and he would respond to me. So when I exceeded much upon him he said: ‘is it written down with you?’ I said: ‘yes’, so he took it and looked at and then said: ‘on days such as this? And the mention of people within them?’ then he refused to answer me [my questions]. He said: ‘If you had asked me something from your memory; I would have answered you, as for you having it in writing; then I dislike it.’❞

[Jarh Wa Ta’deel, (1/317) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]

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The Prophet [ﷺ] said about fasting on the day of ’Arafah for those not performing the Hajj:

❝It expiates sins of the previous year as well as the following year.❞

[Reported By Muslim, (No. 1250) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]

Ibn Al Qayyim رحمه الله said:

From Allah’s mercy upon His servant is that He tests him with a trial which he can’t disclose to others nor can he find anyone who can understand it fully/properly—so that his heart doesn’t become attached to anyone else instead of Allaah who he goes and complains to.’

Al Waabil Al Sayyib 35

Ibn al-jawzi رحمه الله said:

Look at your situation in which you're in, If it is suitable for death and the grave, then continue upon it, and if it is not suitable for both, then repent to Allāh and return to what is suitable!

[بستان الواعظين ورياض السامعين 193]

So this day We shall deliver your (dead) body (out from the sea) that you may be a sign to those who come after you! And verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs. (10:92)

#signs of Allāh

Thenoblequran.com

The sun does not rise on any days better than the first ten of Dhul-Ḥijjah. Deeds are exalted therein; and the best of deeds are prayer, takbīr, charity, fasting and Ḥajj. Moreover, in exalted times sins are also greater in magnitude.

لا تشرق شمس على أفضل من أيام عشر ذي الحجة، العمل فيها معظّم، وأفضله الصلاة والتكبير والصدقة والصيام والحج، والزمن المعظّم تُعظم فيه السيئات

- Shaikh Abd Aziz At Tarefe