The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Shall I not tell you of something that is better than fasting, prayer and giving charity? ” They said: Yes indeed. He said: “Reconciling between people, for causing division among people is the ‘shaver’ (that shaves one of religious commitment).”

Narrated by at-Tirmidhi (2509); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami‘ (2595).

Umar ibn Khattab رضي الله عنه said

"Do not speak about that which does not concern you, Know your enemy and be wary of your friend except for the trustworthy one. No one is trustworthy, except for the person who fears Allah.

Do not walk with the evildoer, lest he teaches you some of his wickedness; and do not reveal your secrets to him, and When you consult others in your affairs, consult only those who fear Allah."

[صفات الصفوة جلد رقم ١، صحفة ١٤٩]

Dear brothers,

You have to take life and religion seriously.

If you've been Muslim for 5-10 years or more, by now you should know the fundamentals of your religion; the nullifiers of Islam, fasting and wudu; how to recite Qur'an correctly or with minimum mistakes; some knowledge of Arabic; key events in the life of the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them); how to recite adhan; how to lead a congregation in Salah (including Jumu'ah) especially when called upon; how to bury someone; and more.

If you don't know any of these things, now is the time to learn. There are no excuses. You're an adult man. You don't go through monthly periods, nor do you go through labour and child birth. You've got plenty of time and hours in the day. Reduce your time playing games and socialising if you have to.

The Prophet ﷺ said: “Every one of you is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock. The leader of people is a guardian and is responsible for his subjects. A man is the guardian of his family and he is responsible for them. A woman is the guardian of her husband’s home and his children and she is responsible for them. The servant of a man is a guardian of the property of his master and he is responsible for it. No doubt, every one of you is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock.” (Bukhari and Muslim)

POWER OF TAHAJJUD

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

"The night prayer is from the means of protecting oneself from fitan/trials."

[شرح صحيح البخاري 501/9]

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Rectify between people, be a key to good not a key to evil

Abū'l Faraj ibn Jawzī (rahimahullah) said:

𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐲 '𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟' 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥- 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 [𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞] 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐭; 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠:

❝𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶?

𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳?

𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?

𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩 (ﷺ) 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨?*

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘣𝘶̄ 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘳 (𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘺𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘶 '𝘢𝘯𝘩𝘶) 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 '𝘜𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘐𝘣𝘯 𝘢𝘭-𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣 (𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘺𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘶 '𝘢𝘯𝘩𝘶) 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 '𝘜𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘢̄𝘯 𝘐𝘣𝘯 '𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢̄𝘯 (𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘺𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘶 '𝘢𝘯𝘩𝘶) 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘳'𝘢̄𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 (𝘳𝘢𝘬'𝘢𝘩)?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 '𝘈𝘭𝘪̄ (𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘺𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘶 '𝘢𝘯𝘩𝘶) 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, '𝘖 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦?'

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭-𝘏𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭-𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘳𝘪̄ 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘢'𝘪̄𝘥 𝘐𝘣𝘯 𝘢𝘭-𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘺𝘢𝘣 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘫𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 (𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩) 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘫𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭-𝘈𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘥 𝘐𝘣𝘯 𝘠𝘢𝘻𝘪̄𝘥 𝘐𝘣𝘯 𝘘𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭-𝘕𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘢'𝘪̄ (𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘢̄𝘣𝘪'𝘪̄𝘯] 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭-𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘪̄ '𝘐𝘣𝘯 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: '𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦?' 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, '𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦.'

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘣𝘶̄ 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘭-𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘪̄ 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘫𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘠𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘭-𝘙𝘶𝘲𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪̄ 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, '𝘞𝘰𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦?'

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭-𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘶̄𝘳 𝘐𝘣𝘯 𝘢𝘭-𝘔𝘶'𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘧𝘺𝘢̄𝘯 𝘢𝘭-𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘳𝘪 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘣𝘳𝘢̄𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘐𝘣𝘯 𝘈𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘐𝘮𝘢̄𝘮𝘴; 𝘈𝘣𝘶̄ 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘪̄𝘧𝘢𝘩, 𝘔𝘢̄𝘭𝘪𝘬, 𝘢𝘭- 𝘚𝘩𝘢̄𝘧𝘪'𝘪̄ 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘥?❞

𝐒𝐨, 𝐛𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

(Bukhārī, #1130 and Muslim, #2819 on the authority of Mughara Ibn Shubah (radiyAllahu 'anhu))
Book: Captured Thoughts By al-Hāfiz Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī | Translated and Published by Dār as-Sunnah Publishers | P. 195 - 197

An open letter to those who are tired of being strong:

People believe you are strong. It’s because you face every challenge in silence. No one sees you break down and you’ve learned how to hide your struggles from the world. You can still manage to laugh, as if nothing is wrong. But the truth is that your heart feels heavy. You are the one who gives advice, the one people turn to when they need comfort, even though you also need what you are giving.

They say you are strong. It’s because you never show signs of weakness. Even though you have a lot of problems, you remain calm. No one catches you lost in thought, overwhelmed by everything you are going through.

They say you are strong. But the truth is, no one ever asks if you are really okay. You also long for conversations where you can be vulnerable about your sadness and fears and not just about happiness and success. You want someone to see the sadness you hide behind your wide smiles and is willing to wait until you can finally accumulate enough courage to share.

They say you are strong. But the truth is, you are also scared and sad. Everything feels like crumbling and you are afraid that even the last brick of hope you are holding onto will also fall apart.

{Sahih Muslim 2162 b}

Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Six are the rights of a Muslim over another Muslim. It was said to him: Allah’s Messenger, what are these? Thereupon he said: When you meet him, offer him greetings;when he invites you to a feast accept it. when he seeks your council give him, and when he sneezes and says:” All praise is due to Allah,” you say Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah show mercy to you) ; and when he fails ill visit him; and when he dies follow his bier.
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The ruling on selling water

Muslims share in owning three things: water, pasture and fire. Thus, rain water from the sky and water in springs is not owned by a particular individual, and it is invalid to sell it as long as a person has not put it in his container, his pond, and so on.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Sharh al-Mumti’ (8/140): But if he owns it and acquires it and extracts it and puts it in the tank, then it is permissible to sell it, because it has become his property by means of acquisition. End quote.

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:

The Prophet (ﷺ) once came out to us and said, "Some nations were displayed before me. A prophet would pass in front of me with one man, and another with two men, and another with a group of people. and another with nobody with him. Then I saw a great crowd covering the horizon and I wished that they were my followers, but it was said to me, 'This is Moses and his followers.' Then it was said to me, 'Look'' I looked and saw a big gathering with a large number of people covering the horizon. It was said, "Look this way and that way.' So I saw a big crowd covering the horizon. Then it was said to me, "These are your followers, and among them there are 70,000 who will enter Paradise without (being asked about their) accounts. " Then the people dispersed and the Prophet (ﷺ) did not tell who those 70,000 were. So the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) started talking about that and some of them said, "As regards us, we were born in the era of heathenism, but then we believed in Allah and His Prophet. We think however, that these (70,000) are our offspring." That talk reached the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, "These (70,000) are the people who do not draw an evil omen from (birds) and do not get treated by branding themselves and do not treat with Ruqya, but put their trust (only) in their Lord." then 'Ukasha bin Muhsin got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Am I one of those (70,000)?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Yes." Then another person got up and said, "Am I one of them?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, " 'Ukasha has anticipated you."

📖 Sahih al-Bukhari 5752

Al-Fudayl ibn Iyādh said:

“At the end of time, there will come a people who are brothers in public and enemies in private!”

[Siyar Salaf As-Saaliheen: 11033]

Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said,

“Amr bil ma'ruf wa nahy an al-munkar (enjoining good and forbidding evil) is from among the most important obligations.”

[Kitab al-Istiqaamah, pg. 606]

|| 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗘.

𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘬𝘩 𝘐𝘣𝘯 '𝘜𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥:

When advising others, it's important not just to point out what is forbidden but to also offer a positive alternative.

Instead of saying, "This is haram," guide them by saying, "This is haram, but you can do this halal thing instead."

[Maktaba. Darussalam 2014 | Vol. 1. pg. 263]

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Never Give Up Repenting:

It was said to Ḥasan al-Baṣrī:

“O Abā Sa'īd a man sins then repents, then sins, then repents, then sins, then repents, until when?” He (Ḥasan) said:

“I do not know except that this is the attitude of a believer.”

‎● [حلية الأولياء ٢\٣١٥]

Uthman reported: The Allah's messenger, Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said,
“Verily, the grave is the first stage of the Hereafter. Whoever is saved from it, whatever comes after will be easier for him. If he is not saved from it, whatever comes after will be harder for him. I have never seen anything more frightening than the Grave.”
(Sunan al - Tirmidhi - 2308)

What's My Future?

The Messenger of ALLAAHصلى الله تعالى عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه وسلم said: "Whoever wants to know what ALLAAH has prepared for him, he should look to what he has prepared for ALLAAH."

[Abu Nu'aym, Al-Hilyah, Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah]

What a beautiful, simple formula to calculate one's future with! Match yourself against the Quran and the Sunnah to know who you are, and look what you have set aside for ALLAAHتعالى. To know what ALLAAH, THE MIGHTY AND MAJESTIC HAS PREPARED for you.

'O you who believe! Fear ALLAAH and let each soul see what it has sent forward for the morrow and fear ALLAAH.' [Surah Hashr: 18]

'Umarرضي الله تعالى عنه used to say: "Take account of yourselves before you are taken into account, weigh your deeds before they are weighed."

Hasan Al-Basri (Rahimahullah) said: "A believer will always be critical of himself, in his food, his drink and his speech. A sinner will not criticize himself." He also said: "A believer is guardian over himself; he takes account of himself for ALLAAH. Those who take account of themselves in this world, will be audited lightly in the Hereafter. Those who take this issue lightly will find their auditing very difficult."

[Igathat al-lahfan 1/99-101 by Imam Ibnul Qayyim al-Jawziyyah].

Uthman reported: The Allah's messenger, Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said,
“Verily, the grave is the first stage of the Hereafter. Whoever is saved from it, whatever comes after will be easier for him. If he is not saved from it, whatever comes after will be harder for him. I have never seen anything more frightening than the Grave.”
(Sunan al - Tirmidhi - 2308)

Imam Ahmad رحمه الله stated:

There will come a time upon people, a believer will be like a stinky carcass (disliked and hated by people around him) among them ! And people will point towards Munāfiq (Hypocrite) their fingers (i.e he is a remarkable person) . They will make the commandments of Allah something in which there is no benefit .

When a believer will see an opportunity for commanding good or prohibiting evil , he will not be patient about it till he commands (good) or forbids (evil), but the people will complain that he is doing something which doesn't concern him i.e there is no benefit in what he is doing !

As for a hypocrite (Munāfiq), whatever he sees , he will not care about it and it will be said about him: What a good person he is , he doesn't intervene in what doesn't concern him."

[Adāb Ash-Shari'ah by Ibn Muflih 1/193]

Malik and Zayd ibn Thabit (radhiallahu 'anhum) related that the Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:

"For the ones whose concern is this world, Allah will scatter his affairs, place poverty between his two eyes and he will not get from the world except what is written for him. As for the one whose intention is the Hereafter, Allah will gather for him his affairs, place contentment in his heart and the world will come to him willingly." [Ibn Majah, Sahih al-Jami' #6386]

Fear of a Bad Ending 😢

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said:

Sufyaan ath-Thawri (rahimahullah) once cried a whole night until the morning, so in the morning he was asked if his cry was due to the fear of sins.

He picked some hay from the ground and said:

“Sins are lighter than this hay, I only cried out of fear of the bad ending!”

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said:

And this is the peak of Fīqh (knowledge and understanding) that a man fears that his sins (or inner secrets and condition of the heart) let him down at the time of death and that they come between him and the good ending.

[al-Daa wad Dawaa, 390, Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah)]

Prophet Yusuf A.S spent 7+ years in jail, but he didn't think that those years were being wasted.
He didn't ask Allah that ya Rabb, I'm a prophet.
Why have you put me in this jail where I'm unable to preach your Deen to the masses? I have such important work to do, why am I locked away?
He didn't for a moment think that his time as a prisoner was wasted. He knew Allah had a plan for him, and He trusted that plan.
He preached to the prisoners and did what he could. He was content in the jail, as he was content outside of it when his time as a prisoner was over and he became ruler of Egypt. What's true for Prophet Yusuf (as) is also true for you and I - whatever situation and life circumstance Allah has decreed for us, that's where we are meant to be.

So remind yourself that your
years of struggles aren't wasted.

Your years of grief aren't wasted.

Your years of waiting aren't wasted.

Your years of illness aren't wasted.

Allah SWT has a plan for you, Trust Him. 🤍