HOW DO WE DETERMINE IF ALLAH LOVE US?

1. If He give us wealth?
2. If He grant us health?
3. If He give us power?
4. If He give us children?
5. .....?

A scholar once said ,
he was wondering if Allah loves him:

So he checked the Quran to see what are the characteristics of the people that Allah has mentioned He loves them.

He discovered that Allah loves *Al_ Muttaqeen* ( the pious ), he says " I wouldn't dare consider myself one of them."

So he continued searching....

Then he found that Allah loves *As sabireen* (the patient). So he remembered; "how impatient I am."

So he continued searching....

Then he found that Allah loves *Al Mujahideen* (those who strive in His path), so he remembered how lazy and powerless he was.

So he continued searching....

Then he found Allah loves *Al Muhsineen* (those who do good deeds). So he remembered how far he is from that.

*then He says*
"So I stopped searching to avoid more disappointment. I reflected on my good deeds, I found most of them are mixed with laziness, coldness, flaws and sins.

"Then it came to my mind that Allah loves The *At Tawwabeen* (those who repent). I just figured out it is the one for me and for others like me.

So he said "I started saying ..."

*Astaghfirullah wa atooubu ilaih* in abundance so I could be one of the ones Allah loves."

May we be able to *at least* seek forgiveness often enough to be among:-) those Allah Loves! Aameen !!!

*Importance of Sincerity!*

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) mentioned the Prophet's Hadith ﷺ :

“A prostitute was forgiven by ALLAH, because when passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took of her shoe and draw out some water for it. So, ALLAH forgave her because of that.”

_Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) commented:
“This woman gave water to the dog on account of the sincere faith in ALLAH that resided in her heart, on that account ALLAH forgave her. Not every prostitute will be forgiven if she gives water to a dog. This indicates that actions vary according according to the degree of faith and sincerity that resides in the hearts. Certainly, whoever performs acts of worship without sincerity to ALLAH, will not gain rewards for them because they are worthless. Rather, whoever does this, will subject himself to tremendous consequences, even if the acts of worship were major, such as spending on righteous causes and fighting against the disbelivers.”

Source : [Seeds of Righteousness, pg. 40-41]

Sleeping after Fajr and Asr Salaah is permissible and does NOT bring bad luck as many people believe.

Question:
What is the ruling on sleeping after Fajr prayer, and does this harden the heart, and is it considered to be something which is evil? May Allah reward you with good.

Shaykh Bin Baaz [رحمه الله]:

There is no harm in sleeping after Fajr and we do not know of any problem with it. That which has become widespread among the people that (sleeping after Fajr) is not good or it is this or that; there is no reliable proof for this. Thus sleeping after Fajr, there is no harm in this, and sleeping after Asr, there is no harm in this. But for the person to remain sitting in the prayer area after Fajr, reading, seeking Allah’s forgiveness, glorifying Allah, praising Allah and the like, until the sun rises, then this is better. This was what the Prophet (ﷺ) used to do, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. And whoever leaves this off then there is no harm upon him. The one who leaves and goes to take care of his needs or sleeps or busies himself with other affairs then there is no problem with this. May Allah reward you with good.

Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes

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𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻—𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗹ā𝗵 سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀.
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘧, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮.
الْـحَـمْـدُ لِـلَّـهِ رَبِّ الْـعَـالَـمِـيـنَ 🪻
Ibn al-Qayyim lists
Four things bring joy to the heart:
𝟭. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀.
𝟮. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 [𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴] 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆.
𝟯. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 [𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴] 𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿.
𝟰. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 [𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴] 𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘆.

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Summarised from Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, ..2018. Zād al-Maʻād fī Hady Hhayr al-ʻIbād. Riyād: Muʼassasat al-Risālah. P. 614

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Ibn al Jawzi رحمه الله:

“If a Muslim doesn’t finish the recitation of the Qur'ān in Ramadan, which is the month of the Qur'ān, then he will not complete its recitation during the remainder of the year except if Allāh wills. And the lack of finishing its recitation is a failure which requires consistently making du'ā to hide the distress and to lift negligence away from the heart.”

[Sifatus Safwah 2/47]

Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah [رحمه الله] said:

❝Whoever is sincere in regards to the actions of the Deen, which he does for ALLAH, then he is from the pious Awliyah of ALLAH.❞

[al-Fatawa, (1/8)]

Yusuf عليه السلام said to his brother:
"#Grieve_not!"
Shuaib عليه السلام said to Musa عليه السلام:
"#Fear_not!"
Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said to his companion: "#Be_not_Sad!"

Spreading reassurance amongst people in an hour of anxiety is from the method of the prophets.

Qays ibn Khālid al-Juhanī (رحمه الله):

“Every day a servant fasts in Ramadan will come on the Day of Judgment as a cloud of light. Within that cloud, there will be a palace made of pearls, with seventy thousand doors of red ruby.”

[Faḍā’il Ramaḍān by Ibn Abī Dunyā 26]

Fasting requires a person to stay away from that which breaks his fast. But in reality, those who truly benefit from their fasting are those who stay away from sins and increase in righteous deeds. This was the way of our righteous predecessors.

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Healing by Akhlaaq

You will be surprised to know that among 6236 verses of Quran, 1504 verses (24 %) are for Akhlaaq while 130 verses (2%) are for Ibadaat, which means that almost *one fourth of Quran* is all about Akhlaaq, it exhibits the importance of building our morale & character as per the teachings of Islaam, & how good Akhlaaq can improve our health & save us from diseases can be understood.

On the contrary, how bad Akhlaaq will ruin the health is obvious, bad Akhlaaq will destroy the family, relation between a husband & wife, bad Akhlaaq will reduce the respect of parents in children, respect of brothers & sisters, etc. Bad Akhlaaq will bring mental stress, grief, and depression.

With abundance of wealth, bad Akhlaaq can ruin the pleasure of life with Allah’s wrath, while in poverty, good Akhlaaq can fill the life with happiness, blessings, and Allah’s Mercy.

This Hadīth is very commonly shared amongst the Muslims but it is not established upon the Messenger ﷺ thus we do not believe in it nor base specific acts of worship (ibādah) because of it. 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, as Shaykh ibn Bāz (رحمه الله) & Shaykh Fawzān (حفظه الله) said, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙀 𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙄𝙍𝙀 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙙̣𝙖̄𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙮, 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 & 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚!

⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE:

📱 Since the dawn of the Internet and the smartphone, a great amount of information is shared and broadcasted around the world. It is accessible to all people regardless of their piety, education and intelligence. This, undoubtedly, can result in the immediate spread of information without verification of its authenticity or accuracy.....

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “It is sufficient for a person to have lied who narrates everything that he hears.”¹

Ibn Ḥibbān commented on the above ḥadīth: “This narration comprises of a rebuke of the person to narrate everything that he hears until he knows its authenticity with certainty.”²

People spreading weak aḥādīth can occur “due to their ignorance of the Sunnah or due to them being too lazy to return to the books of the specialists [of ḥadīth],”³ which stresses the importance of striving in our pursuit of beneficial knowledge from the classical works of the scholars of Islam.

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¹ Sahīh Muslim (5).

² Kitāb al-Majrūḥīn (1/17). It is also important to be precise when quoting the words of the scholars to provide an accurate reference in order to allow the reader to refer back to the source of these words, especially translations.

³ Tamām al-Minnah, p. 32. Shaykh Albānī mentions at the beginning of this book a number of important principles in ḥadīth. Principle no. 11: It is not allowed to mention a weak ḥadīth without clarifying its weakness.

📜 The Note Above is taken from the Article: The Necessity of Precision When Narrating Aḥādīth in the Social Media Era by Shaykh Hasan as-Somali (حفظه الله) | germantownmasjid.com

Prayer is heavy for he who does not have khushūʿ (humility) in it, and khushūʿ is heavy for he who is weak in yaqīn (certainty) in Allah:

{ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلاَّ عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ * الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلاَقُوا رَبِّهِمْ }
“And indeed, it (prayer) is extremely heavy and hard except for the Khāshiʿūn (people of khushūʿ); Who are certain that they will meet their Lord.” [Al-Baqarah 2:45-46]

الصلاة ثقيلة على من لم يخشع فيها والخشوع ثقيل على ضعيف اليقين بالله (وإنها لكبيرة إلا على الخاشعين الذين يظنون أنهم ملاقوا ربهم)

Ibn Rajab رحمه الله said:

*‎"Most people's fasting are full of shortcomings, ‎Charity helps to patch these up."*

Source: ‎[Lataaif al-Maa’rif pg. 232]

Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate:

"O Allah! To You I have submitted, and in You do I believe, and in You I put my trust, to You do I turn, and for You I argued. O Allah, I seek refuge with You through Your Power; there is none worthy of worship except You Alone; that You safeguard me against going astray. You are the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists; the One Who never dies, whereas human beings and jinn will all die. "

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim] .

Ibn Sirin رحمه الله said. "If Allah wants good for a servant, he places in his heart a preacher; commanding him [with good] and forbidding him [from evil]."

[Hilyatul Awliya: 3/264]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

"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 Allāh will protect him from evil and calamity."

[Madārij As-Sālikīn | 2/511]

Charity repels calamities:

Charity protects the person as stated in the Hadith

“Doing good (to the people) protects one from misfortunes, secret charity extinguishes the anger of the Lord, and keeping ties with kinship increases one’s life span.”

[At-Tabaraani - Al-Albaani classified it as hasan (good)]

Evil persists in this world because too many people are silent when they witness a wrongdoing/sin being committed openly.

If you cannot change something with your hand at least speak out.

You should be thankful for being a soft hearted person because you are dearer in the eyes of Allah.

Those tears that fallen in your eyes because of the harsh words that they throw might be a blessings if you keep your sab’r and leave everything to Allah.

Don’t be like those who hurt and wronged you. Don’t be like them in any way. Never change who you are just because of how they treated you.

There may be a lot of insensitive people in this world, those who doesn’t care if they destroyed someone emotionally, but always remember that there are also good people too. Those that will always protect you behind your back and love you without asking anything in return.

Nothing beats having a good heart. Don’t let them change who you really are.

May Allah grant us more sab’r to the things that we’ve been fighting silently. Ameen. 🩷🌷

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