If you're young and your deen is your priority, then you are blessed immensely. Don't ever look at others and feel you're missing out.

A youth who grew up worshipping Allah will be one of the seven types of people under the shade of Allah on a day where there is no shade but His.

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Narrated Abdullah bin Amr: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) asking his permission to take part in Jihad. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "Are your parents alive?" He replied in the affirmative. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him,

"‏فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ"
"Then exert yourself in their service."

📖 Sahih al-Bukhari 3004

"The person who treats others kindly and thinks well of them, will find that his intention will remain true, he will feel at ease, his heart will be sound and Allah will protect him from evil and calamity."

— Ibn al Qayyim | Madarij Al-Salikin, 2/511

Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

“Search for the attentiveness of your heart in three situations: when Qur’an recitation is heard, when present in the gatherings where Allah is remembered and when alone. If you do not find your heart attentive in these situations, ask Allah to grant you an attentive heart”.

Al-Fawa’id by Ibnul Qayyim 220

The Struggle Within: The Three Types of Hearts!

1- A SOUND [HEALTHY] HEART: A heart devoted to Allāh alone. It:

❖ Loves, hopes, and relies on Allāh.

❖ Forgives others for His sake.

❖ Controls anger and desires for Him.

❖ Shows humility and kindness to all.

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2- A DEAD HEART: A heart enslaved to desires. It:

❖ Seeks only self-pleasure.

❖ A slave of its own desires.

❖ Chases wealth, even through ḥarām means.

❖ Lacks faith and sincerity.

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3- A SICK HEART: A heart torn between truth and desires. It:

❖ Loves Allāh but also clings to worldly temptations.

❖ Has sincerity but at the same time, also loves the desires and prefers them.

📖 Lagāthatul Lahfān by Ibn Al-Qayyim

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Action Plan: Read the following supplication:

اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْ قَلْبِي مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ

(Allāhumma ṭahhir qalbī min kulli sūʾ.)

“O Allāh, purify my heart from every evil.”

Burning Embers

The Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

"There shall come upon the people a time in which the one who is patient upon his religion will be like the one holding onto a burning ember."

[Jami at-Tirmidhi 2260, Graded Hasan]

It was narrated that Abu Umayyah Sha'bani (rahimahullah) said:

I came to Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) and asked: "How do you understand this Verse?"

He (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) asked: "Which verse?"

I said: "'O you who believe! Take care of your own selves. If you follow the (right) guidance, no hurt can come to you from those who are in error.' (5:105)?"

He (radiyAllahu ’anhu) said: "You have asked one who knows about it.

I asked the Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) about it and he (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

'Enjoin good upon one another and forbid one another to do evil, but if you see overwhelming stinginess, desires being followed, this world being preferred (to the Hereafter), every person with an opinion feeling proud of it, and you realize that you have no power to deal with it, then you have to mind your own business (you should be worried about yourself in particular) and leave the common folk to their own devices.

After you will come days of patience, during which patience will be like grasping a burning ember, and one who does good deeds will have a reward like that of fifty men doing the same deed.’

[Sunan Ibn Majah 4014, Graded Hasan]

It was said: "O Messenger of Allah! The reward of fifty men among us, or among them?"

He (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: "No! Rather the reward of fifty men among you (sahabah)."

[Jami at-Tirmidhi 3058, Graded Sahih]

✒ Rushing In Recitation Of Qurʾān Is Blameworthy

Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-ʿAlaihi Wa Sallam said:

سيخرج أقوام من أمتي يشربون القرآن كشربهم اللبن

“There will emerge groups of people from my Ummah who will drink Qurʾān like they drink milk (i.e they would recite Qurʾān without pondering upon its meaning and rulings).”

● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير برقم ٣٦٥٣ ، حسنه الألباني]

This is why we need to stand up against abuse.

🌙 Suhoor Meal Plan: Energy & Hydration Focus

Option 1: Power-Packed Date & Nut Bowl

🍽 Meal:
• 3 dates (for natural energy)
• 1 oz mixed nuts (almonds, walnuts, cashews)
• 1 square dark chocolate (antioxidant boost)
• 1 cup Greek yogurt (protein for satiety)
• 1 slice whole wheat toast (sustained energy)

🥤 Drink:
• 1 glass water
• ½ cup fresh juice (orange or pomegranate)
• 1 small cup coffee (limit caffeine to avoid dehydration)

Option 2: Protein-Packed Oats with Dark Chocolate

🍽 Meal:
• ½ cup oatmeal (fiber for slow energy release)
• 1 tbsp chopped dark chocolate (healthy fats & mood boost)
• 1 tbsp honey (natural energy)
• 1 tbsp chia/flaxseeds (omega-3 & digestion aid)
• ½ cup almond or regular milk (calcium & hydration)

🥤 Drink:
• 1 glass water
• 1 small cup coffee or green tea

Option 3: Savory & Filling Suhoor

🍽 Meal:
• 2 boiled eggs or scrambled eggs with spinach
• 1 slice whole wheat toast with peanut butter
• 1 small bowl cottage cheese with nuts & honey

🥤 Drink:
• 1 glass water
• ½ cup fresh juice

💡 Tips for the Best Suhoor:

✅ Hydrate first – Drink at least 2 glasses of water before eating.
✅ Include protein & fiber – Helps prevent hunger later in the day.
✅ Limit salty & fried foods – Avoids excessive thirst during fasting.
✅ Eat slow-digesting carbs – Oats, whole grains, and nuts sustain energy.

If you leave to see morning don't expect to see evening.

Death can comes at anytime.

May Allah grant us good ending Aameen

The waiting of Yusuf in the darkness of prison before being set free.

The waiting of Ayyub suffering illness for years before being restored of health.

The waiting of Nuh tirelessly calling people to the truth over a lifetime.

The waiting of Musa in the Midian for years before receiving the prophethood.

Their waiting wasn’t just a passage of time, it was sabr in forms of trust, obedience, hope & true reliance on Allah.

When the wait ends, we see the trials transformed into blessings. 🤍

The greatest affliction that has a high ability to destroy the ambitions and hopes of anyone in the world is procrastination. If you gather a hundred people and ask them why they haven't achieved many of the things they wished to accomplish, you will find that more than ninety of them will answer: "Because I kept postponing starting to achieve them." Even those who actually began, you will find they stopped, and then delayed trying again. So you will find procrastination in all situations. The same thing can be found in the Quran!

Although Allah says in the Quran says:
“And when you have decided, then rely upon Allah. Indeed, Allah loves those who rely [upon Him].”
[Al-Imran: 159]

meaning if you have the intention to do something, proceed with it, relying on Allah!

Many of us delay beginning the step of memorizing the Quran for reasons that are mostly, if not entirely, like the web of a spider!

- كتاب الحِفاظ على الحُفَّاظ

Your Protection Is in Accordance with Your Piety: Whoever Is With Allah, Allah Will Be With Him!

Shaykh Muhammad Ramzan Al-Hajiri حفظه الله

The Qur’an gives us many cases of people who act based on their desires or what they feel and want in the moment.

The brothers of Yusuf عليه السلام acted on their envy.

The wife of the Aziz acted on her lusts.

The women of Egypt acted on their haughtiness and spread gossip.

The leaders of Quraish and Bani Israel acted on their arrogance.

The men of the garden acted on their greed and refused to share their fruits with the poor.

Shaytan acted on his envy and continues to be too arrogant to seek forgiveness from Allah.

They all share one thing in common: they act from a place of desire. What they do rests upon what they *feel* like doing or what feels good, even if it is wrong.

They treat people based on how they feel and what they want. They lack character, consistency, and a sense of self that is rooted in their relationship with Allah.

And the Qur’an gives us many cases of people who restrain themselves even when it’s difficult for the sake of Allah.

Yusuf عليه السلام refuses to acquiesce to the wife of the Aziz regardless of desire. He refuses to seek revenge toward his brothers regardless of their betrayal. He refuses to respond to his brothers’ hurtful comments regardless of his pain.

Yaqub عليه السلام forgives his sons regardless of his grief because of their deceitful scheming.

Musa عليه السلام chooses to face Firawn regardless of his fear.

The Prophet ﷺ continued to preach and prayed for Quraish regardless of the sting of rejection and betrayal from his own people.

All these people share one thing in common: they act based on their values. Based on what would please Allah. Values are eternal and feelings are fleeting, so they act based on those eternal truths and take them as a guiding compass.

It takes practice and you won’t always get it right. But clinging to your values will guide you to recognize that you made a mistake and immediately seek to rectify it for Allah. That’s what separated Adam عليه السلام and Shaytan.

وعن يحيى بن أبي كثير قال: "إذا لقيت صاحب بدعة في طريق; فخذ في طريق آخر"

Yahya ibn Abi Katheer, he said: “If you meet a person of innovation on a path, then take another path.”

Yahya ibn Abi katheer (d. 129 H) was a thiqa (highest level) narrator of hadith, and is quoted in both Bukhari and Muslim- which shows you his credibility. The famous saying لا يستطاع العلم براحة الجسد is attributed to him for those who know.

وعن أبي قلابة ; قال: "لا تجالسوا أهل الأهواء ، ولا تجادلوهم; فإني لا آمن أن يغمروكم في ضلالتهم ، ويلبسوا عليكم ما كنتم تعرفون"

Abu Qilabah, said: “Do not sit with the people of desires, and do not argue with them, for I do not feel safe that they will immerse you in their misguidance, and confuse you about what you used to know.”

Abu Qilabah (d. 104 H), also thiqa and also quoted in Bukhari and Muslim along with Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi, was a prominent Tabi'i

وعن إبراهيم قال: "لا تجالسوا أصحاب الأهواء، ولا تكلموهم; فإني أخاف أن ترتد قلوبكم"

On the authority of Ibrahim, he said: “Do not sit with the people of desires, and do not speak to them, for I fear that your hearts will turn back.” There are many narrations on this.

Ibrahim al-Nakha'i (d. 96 H) was also thiqa, and quoted in the kutub al-sitta like the above two, but also stands out as he was a student of ibn Mas'ud رضي الله عنه

And we find many many more sayings like this. If scholars of high stature like them were this cautious about who they interacted with (socially mind you, taking knowledge from them was not even a question), and they avoided proximity, then where does that leave you and me?

Shaykh Ibn Uthyameen رحمه الله:

"Verily, a person does not know if he will reach the following Ramadan and what comes after it.

The seasons of goodness are like commercial seasons, just as merchants prepare for the buying and selling seasons by importing many different types of goods (to be sold for a profit),

likewise it is befitting for us to prepare with a complete preparation for the arrival of Ramadan with righteous deeds and keeping away from the forbidden matters.”

[Fatawa Suaal 'ala al-Haatif, pg.629]

PERFORMING THE OPTIONAL REGULAR PRAYER.

From the Hadeeth of Abu Darda [رضي الله عنه] who said that the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:

¤ ❝Whoever prays two Rakah of Dhuha will not be written to be amongst the negligent,

¤ Whoever prays four Rakah will be written from the worshippers.

¤ Whoever prays six then that will be sufficient for him for that day.

¤ Whoever prays eight then he is written from amongst the obedient ones.

¤ Whoever prays twelve Rakah then Allaah builds a house for him in Paradise.

There is not a day nor a night except that Allaah has someone whom Allaah blesses that he gives Sadaqah to Allaah’s slaves, and there is none better from amongst Allaah’s slaves except that Allaah inspires him to remember Allaah.❞ [Collected By Tabraani | Albaani Declared It Hasan In Saheeh Targheeb, (No. 671) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]

From Abu Musa Al-Ashari PRAYER.

From the Hadeeth of Abu Darda [رضي الله عنه]
who said that the Messenger of
Allaah [ﷺ] said:

«مَنْ صلَّى الضُّحَى أربعًا ، و قبلَ الأُولىَ أربعًا ، بُنِيَ لهُ بَيتًا في الجنَّةِ.»

❝Whoever prays four for Dhuha and four before Dhuhr prayer then a house is built for him in Paradise.❞ [Collected By Tabarani In ‘Al-Awasat’ | Al-Albaani Said Its Isnaad Is Hasan In Saheehah, (No. 2349) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]

Do you know that Allah has given you two types of provision?

Temporary provision, which is what you own now, but it can disappear in a moment. Your health, wealth, success, and job can all be taken away.

Everlasting provision, which is what remains with you forever. The night prayer while others sleep is provision. Your tears in sujood are provision. Your parents du’a for you is provision. Your love for the Quran is provision. Your good manners, remembrance of Allah, and tawheed are provisions that will last beyond this world.

Do not let temporary provision distract you from the everlasting provision. True provision is the ability to worship Allah.

Chase what lasts, not what fades.

وَالآخِرَةُ خَيرٌ وَأَبقى
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring. (Surah Al-Aala:17).

Are we creating a society of hypocrites?

The Prophet ﷺ pointed to 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 3x and said:
التَّقْوَى هَا هُنَا
"𝘗𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚."
('Sahih Muslim', 2564a).

It says in the Qur'an:
﴿ إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ﴾
"𝐸𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁.”
(Qur'an 26:89).

The external actions are merely reflections of the internal state—if the heart is corrupt, outward behavior will follow.

Enforcing external practices, such as acts of worship, hijabs, beards, and turbans, without addressing the inner condition, leads to a society of hypocrisy. People may appear pious, but true piety will be absent.

When someone is immoral, people often say, "𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦." While marriage may help to some extent, if it were the ultimate solution, adultery would not exist.

External sins are simply symptoms of deeper spiritual ailments; so the real solution lies in healing the heart.

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.

When our physical body falls ill, we rush to the doctor, yet spiritual illnesses of the heart often go untreated.

This is not to downplay the importance of external actions, but rather to stress that true righteousness requires internal purification as well.

The Revelation in Ramadan

‎The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The Suhuf of Ibrahim were revealed on the first night of Ramadan, the Tawrah was revealed on the sixth of Ramadan, the Injil was revealed on the thirteenth of Ramadan, the Zabur were revealed on the eighteenth of Ramadan, and the Qur’an was revealed on the twenty-fourth of Ramadan.”

‎Hasan. See Sahih Al-Jami’ Al-Saghir (no. 1497) by Al-Allamah Al-Albani

The waiting of Yusuf in the darkness of prison before being set free.

The waiting of Ayyub suffering illness for years before being restored of health.

The waiting of Nuh tirelessly calling people to the truth over a lifetime.

The waiting of Musa in the Midian for years before receiving the prophethood.

Their waiting wasn’t just a passage of time, it was sabr in forms of trust, obedience, hope & true reliance on Allah.

When the wait ends, we see the trials transformed into blessings. 🤍