Quote of the day

From Abdullaah bin Wahhab who said: I heard Sufyaan at-Thawri say in Makkah:

‘Pleasing the people is a goal which cannot be achieved, and seeking the Dunyaa is a goal which cannot be achieved.’

[al-Hileeyah 6/386]

Look at the situation of Muslims in Gaza and other places in the Muslim world. By Allāh, we have nothing to complain about, whoever is healthy, safe, has enough food for a day has everything

Salamah Ibn 'Ubaydullāh Ibn Miḥṣan al-Khaṭmī reported from his father that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever among you wakes up in the morning secured in his dwelling, healthy in his body, having his food for the day, then it is as if the world has been gathered for him"

مَنْ أَصْبَحَ مِنْكُمْ آمِنًا فِي سِرْبِهِ مُعَافًى فِي جَسَدِهِ عِنْدَهُ قُوتُ يَوْمِهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا حِيزَتْ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا

Jāmi‘ at-Tirmidhī 2346 - Sunan Ibn Mājah 4141 - Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn 510 - Grade: Ḥasan

Assalāmu ‘Alaikum wa Rahmatullāhi wa Barakātuh

Dear brothers & Sisters,

We have received deeply concerning news that India has reportedly launched missile attacks on 9 sites in Pakistan. In these trying and uncertain times, we urge every member of this group to turn to Allah with humility and sincerity.

Let us all wake up for Tahajjud, make heartfelt duas for the safety and protection of Muslims, especially those in Pakistan, and seek forgiveness from Allah for ourselves and the Ummah.

"Dua is the weapon of the believer." Let us not underestimate the power of collective supplication.

Please share this message with others and encourage them to do the same.

May Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى protect the innocent, bring peace, and grant sabr to all affected, Aameen.

~Admin

The Value of Two Rak'ah Before Fajr Prayer

Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, "The two Rak'ah before the dawn (Fajr) prayer are better than this world and all it contains". Muslim

Another narration: "The two Rak'ah before the dawn (Fajr) prayer are dearer to me than the whole world".

If the Sunnah of Fajr holds such immense value—
Then how priceless must be the Fardh that Allah Himself made obligatory?

Allah commands it, and it's the first prayer mentioned in the Qur'an with regard to angels witnessing it.

ۖ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًۭا ٧٨
“And the Qur’an of dawn (i.e. the Fajr prayer). Verily, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.”
(Surah Al-Isra 17:78)

The Fardh, by its very nature, carries:

A higher rank,
Greater reward, and
Heavier accountability if neglected.

‎In Sahih Muslim, it is narrated from Abu Dharr that he said: “I asked the Prophet ﷺ: ‘Did you see your Lord?’ He ﷺ replied: ‘I saw light.’ In another narration, he said: ‘Light—how could I see Him?’

‎So the Prophet ﷺ clarified that he did not see his Lord but rather saw light.

‎Aisha was asked about this, and she affirmed that he did not see his Lord. She recited the verse: ‘Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision’ [Al-An’am: 103], meaning this applies in the worldly life.

‎In Sahih al-Bukhari, it is narrated from Aisha that she said:

‎“Whoever tells you that Muhammad ﷺ saw his Lord has lied, as He (Allah) says: ‘Vision perceives Him not…’” (Kitab al-Tawhid, Hadith 6832).

‎In Sahih Muslim, narrated from Ibn Abbas that he said regarding the verse “The heart did not lie [about] what it saw. And he certainly saw him another descent” [Surah An-Najm: 11-13]: “He saw Him with his heart twice.” (Narrated by Muslim, Book of Faith, Hadith 258).

‎Ibn al-Qayyim said: “Uthman bin Saeed al-Darimi mentioned in his book Al-Ru’ya the consensus of the Companions that the Prophet ﷺ did not see his Lord on the night of Al-Mi’raj.”

When the Throne of Allah shook. SubhanAllah the Honor!
What a blessed man Saad ibn Muadh must have been!

The throne of Allah shook at the death of one of the Companions of the Prophet (salallahu alaihi wasallam), Saad ibn Muadh, who was one of the leaders of the Ansar. When he embraced Islam, he turned to his people and told them that he was never going to speak to them until they embraced Islam. 99.99% of them complied before the end of that day.The sole holdout accepted Islam on the Day of Uhud.
(Refer to 'The Sealed Nectar' for the whole story.)

Narrated Jabir: I heard the Prophet (salallahu alaihi wasallam) saying, “The Throne (of Allah) shook at the death of Saad ibn Muadh.” Through another group of narrators, Jabir added, “I heard the Prophet : saying, ‘The Throne of the Beneficent (Ar-Rahman) shook because of the death of Saad ibn Muadh.”
(Saheeh Al-Bukhari, Volume No. 5, Hadeeth No. 147)

Ibn Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah (salallahu alaihi wasalam) said: “This (i.e. Saad ibn Muadh) is the one at whose death the Throne shook, the gates of heaven were opened for him and seventy thousand angels attended his funeral. It squeezed* him once then released him.” [Sunan An-Nasai, Hadeeth No. 2057. Graded 'saheeh' by Shaikh Al-Albani in Saheeh Sunan An-Nasai, Hadeeth No. 2055]

(*This refers to the squeezing of the grave.)

And that’s not all….

Al-Baraa reported that a garment of silk was presented to Allah’s Messenger (salallahu alaihi wasallam). His Companions touched it and admired its softness; thereupon he said: “Do you admire the softness of this (cloth)? The handkerchiefs of Saad ibn Muadh in Paradise are better than this.” [Saheeh Muslim, Hadeeth No. 6036]

Anas ibn Malik said: “When the shrouded body of Saad ibn Muadh was carried, the hypocrites said: ‘How light his shrouded body is.’ And this was due to his judgment concerning Banu Quraidhah.* So this reached the Prophet (salallahu alaihi wasallam) and he said: ‘Indeed the angels were carrying him.’”
(Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Hadeeth No. 3849. Graded 'saheeh' by Shaikh Al-Albani in Saheeh Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Hadeeth No. 3849.)

The Messenger of ALLAH ﷺ said:

*"All of my ummah may be forgiven, except for those who commit sin openly. It is a kind of open sin if a man does something at night, then the morning comes and ALLAH has concealed his sin, yet he says: 'O so and so, I did such and such last night' when his Lord has concealed him (i.e. his sinful action) all night, but in the morning he reveals that which ALLAH has concealed for him."*

[S‌ah‌i‌h‌ al-Bukha‌ri‌, 5721; S‌ah‌i‌h‌ Muslim, 2990]

From The Dua Of The Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم

From Abdullaah Bin Umar who said from the Dua of the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ]:

«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ، وَتَحَوُّلِ عَافِيَتِكَ، وَفُجَاءَةِ نِقْمَتِكَ، وَجَمِيعِ سَخَطِكَ.»

❝O Allaah indeed I seek refuge with You from the discontinuation of Your blessings, and change from the goodness you have granted, and from being taken by surprise with Your punishment and all that which causes Your Anger.❞

[Collected By Muslim And Abu Dawood]
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Shaykh AbdulMuhsin al-Abbad commenting on this Hadeeth said:

❝[The discontinuation of blessings] – The dwindling of a blessing and being deprived of it. The aspect of a person having a blessing and then being deprived of it is like the transition from being wealthy to being poor.

The word ‘blessing’ is more general than being wealthy, because the blessings of Allaah [عز و جل] cannot be enumerated, so health and goodness are included in this, wealth is included, and all types of blessings are included in this.

An example of this is the saying of Allaah [تعالى]:

‏﴿وَإِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ لا تُحْصُوهَا﴾

'…And if you count the Blessings of Allah, never will you be able to count them.'

[Ibrahim: 34]

And the saying of Allaah [تعالى]:

‏﴿وَمَا بِكُمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَمِنِ اللَّهِ‏﴾

'And whatever of blessings and good things you have, it is from Allaah.'

[Nahl: 53]

[And change from the goodness] – From being healthy to sickness and from good to evil.

[And from being taken by surprise with Your punishment] – Meaning all of a sudden, whereby a person has security and then all of a sudden receives a punishment, this is because such matters can harm a person if they occur suddenly.

[And all which causes Your Anger] – This is general and includes everything which angers Allaah [عز و جل].❞

[Sharh Sunnan Abi Dawood, (No. 184) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

اللهم انصر المسلمين في كشمير وباكستان وفي كل مكان

O Allāh, aid the Muslims in Kashmir, Pakistan and everywhere.

آمين يا رب العالمين

🍽️ When Desires Replace Deen — A Timeless Warning from Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنه 🍽️

Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنه said:

“A time will come upon people when the greatest concern of one of them will be his stomach, and his religion will be [based upon] his desires.”
📚 Az-Zuhd war-Raqā’iq li Ibn al-Mubārak, 568

SubḥānAllāh… Have we not entered this exact time?

People wake up and sleep thinking only of:
🍔 What to eat
💸 What to earn
📱 What to scroll
🎮 What to enjoy

And when it comes to dīn? They reshape it to fit their hawá (desires).

📌 The ḥarām becomes ḥalāl in their eyes — if it suits their lifestyle.
📌 The Sunnah is rejected — if it gets in the way of convenience.
📌 The truth is silenced — if it threatens comfort or popularity.

🔁 “I feel...” has replaced “Allah said...”
🔁 “I think...” has replaced “The Prophet ﷺ said...”

Ya Ummah, beware.

Religion is not meant to follow your desires — you were created to submit to it.

📖 Allah didn’t send the Qur’an to entertain our minds — He sent it to command our lives.

Let us not become of those whose stomach is their god, and whose hawá is their imam.

May Allah protect us from the fitnah of desires, and anchor us upon the truth no matter how bitter it tastes. 🤲

💠Narration #16

Imaam al-Bukhaaree رحمه الله said in his Saheeh: “Whoever gives in charity and he himself or his family are in need or in debt, the payment of debts has precedence over giving in charity or setting a slave free, or giving presents to others, for in such case his act of charity will not be accepted, and that person has no right to waste the people’s property. And the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Allaah will destroy the person who takes other’s wealth with the intention of wasting it.❞ But if one is known for his patience and prefers others to himself while he himself is in need, as Abu Bakr did when he gave all his property in charity, it is permissible. Similarly, the Ansaar gave preference to the emigrants over themselves. And the Prophet had forbidden the wasting of wealth, so, a person has no right to waste other’s wealth by spending it in charity.”
📚[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (2/112), Kitaab al-Zakaah (24), Chapter (18)]

In Surah al-Nisaa’, in just two Ayaat, Allaah تعالى reminds four times that the inheritance is to be distributed only after the debt has been settled:

مِن بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِي بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ

{(The distribution in all cases is) after the payment of legacies he may have bequeathed or (repaying of) debts}

📚[Surah al-Nisaa’ (4); 11-12]

Duas from daily adhkaar that can be recited in current situation

Aban bin Uthman said:
“I heard Uthman bin Affan (رضي الله عنه) saying: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There is no worshiper who says, in the morning of every day, and the evening of every night:
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

In the Name of Allah, who with His Name, nothing in the earth or the heavens can cause harm, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

Bismillāh, alladhi lā yaḍurru maa ismihi shai'un fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samā', wa huwas-Samīul Alīm)’ – three times , (except that) nothing shall harm him.”

And Aban had been stricken with a type of semi-paralysis, so a man began to look at him, so Aban said to him, “What are you looking at? Indeed the Hadith is as I reported it to you, but I did not say it one day, so Allah brought about His decree upon me.”

Grade: Hasan (Darussalam)
Reference: Jami at-Tirmidhi 3388

If we do not hold firmly to Allāh, we will go away from Allāh’s protection. This is indeed the true loss.

[Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله), Madarij as-Salikīn]

The Man who Killed 100 People vis-à-vis a Man of Knowledge

We all know the famous narration about that man from the Children of Israel who killed 99 people. This man went to get advice about repenting from his crimes from a man who was known to be an avid worshiper of Allāh.

The worshiper, who was so deep in his worship, could not fathom how Allāh would forgive such a mass murder, so he answered the killer of 99 people by telling him that there is no repentance for him. So the man, being used to killing, and getting such an answer, killed the avid worshiper to make the number 100.

Lessons so far:

1. Giving a verdict without knowledge can go as far as causing loss of life, not just ruining families or loss or religion, among others.

2. The man's devoutness to worshiping Allāh is not enough for him to give verdicts. Without knowledge, worship is not as valuable. Worshiping Allāh should be done with knowledge and proper insight.

3. One's acts of worship should not cause him to doubt that Allāh will forgive even the worst of sins. He should not let his acts of worship blind him to the fact that Allāh forgives any sin as long as one is alive, and any sin except Shirk or Kufr if one dies with other sins, even major ones.

Moving on...

The killer of 100 went to a man of knowledge and asked him the same question about repentance. The man of knowledge told him that nobody is standing between him and his repentance to Allāh, and that he must migrate and abandon the bad town in which he was living and move to a good town instead.

More lessons:

4. One who is looking to change his life around should abandon evil places and evil people. The overall environment and the people have a major impact on an individual.

5. The man with knowledge gave the correct advice, indeed, it is not surprising to assume that the man of knowledge was also an avid worshiper of Allāh, and even if he was not as avid as the one without knowledge, the man of knowledge still has more fear of Allāh because he has that knowledge.

Moving on...

On the way, the killer of 100 died, and the angels of mercy disputed with the angels of torment about who should take his soul. Allāh sent an angel to settle the dispute and told them to measure the distance which the man travelled before dying, and that if he was closer to the good town, that the angels of mercy would take his soul. Allāh caused the landscape to change so that the distance between the man and the good town is shorter.

Final lessons:

6. Allāh will make a way out for you if your sincere, no matter how evil you think you are, no matter what evil actions you have done, if you feel really bad about those deeds and feel a darkness in your heart, that is because your heart had light in it to begin with, otherwise, you would not have such a great feeling of sorrow for your bad deeds. No matter how great are your evil deeds, Allāh is greater and will forgive you.

7. Never give up hope in Allāh's mercy and forgiveness.

May Allāh grant us wisdom and insight and keep us steadfast on His straight path.

A Man came to Al-Hasan Al-Basri (رحمه الله) and said:

"I commit sins, and I know that Allāh is punishing me, however I don’t feel this punishment. My wealth is still secured, and it keeps on increasing as it usually would, and the same about my family. God has opened for me all the doors of this world, and I am not prevented from attaining anything!" (basically flaunting that though he sins a lot, he is untouched by any divine punishment.)

Al-Hasan Al-Basri asked him: "Do you pray to your Lord in the night? (Qiyamul-Layl)
The man said: "No"
Al-Hasan said: "That is enough of a punishment"

Some reflections from Surah Luqmaan:

- When the verses of Allah are recited to those who are heedless,
they turn away arrogantly from them and do not want to hear
them. They act as if they hear nothing.
- These are traits of those who have rejected Allah and call other
people to turn away from Allah as well.
- This is similar to Shaytan who runs away whenever the adhan is
called because he refuses to listen to it.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said,
"When the Adhan is pronounced Satan takes to his heels and passes wind with noise during his flight in order not to hear the Adhan. When the Adhan is completed he comes back and again takes to his heels when the Iqama is pronounced and after its
completion he returns again till he whispers into the heart of the person (to divert his attention from his prayer) and makes him remember things which he does not recall to his mind before the prayer and that causes him to forget how much he has prayed."(Sahih al-Bukhari)

‎Shaykh Salih al Fawzan حفظه الله said,

‎”Du'ā is the key to the treasures of Allāh. Therefore, when you want to open up the treasures of Allāh, make abundant Du'ā."

‎[Sharh Manthūmah Al-Ādāb p.53]

Hadith of Abu Musa Al-Ashari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) say – regarding the hour on Friday –: “It is the time between the moment when the Imam sits down [on the minbar] until the [Jumuah] prayer ends.” (Narrated by Muslim, 853)

The Hadith of Jabir ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Friday is twelve hours, in which there is no Muslim who asks Allah for something but He will grant him it, so seek it in the last hour after Asr.”

(Narrated by Abu Dawud, 1048 and An-Nasa’i, 1389; Classed as authentic by Al-Albani in Sahih Abu Dawud and by An-Nawawi in Al-Majmu`, 4/471)

Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“Increase the sending of blessings upon me on the day and night of Friday, for whoever sends a blessing upon me, Allah will bless him tenfold.”

(Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in his “Sunan” (3/249). Classed as Hasan by Al-Albani in Sahih Al-Jami (1209)).

Abu Umamah Al-Bahili reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“Increase the sending of blessings upon me on Friday, for the blessings of my followers are presented to me every Friday. Whoever sends the most blessings upon me is the closest to me in status.”

(Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in “Al-Kubra” (3/249) and “Shu’ab Al-Iman” (3/110). Classed as Hasan by Al-Suyuti in Al-Kharaisat Al-Kubra (2/261)).

Narrated Thawban: The Prophet (ﷺ) said:

The people will soon summon one another to attack you as people when eating invite others to share their dish.

Someone asked: Will that be because of our small numbers at that time?

He replied: No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be scum and rubbish like that carried down by a torrent, and Allah will take fear of you from the breasts of your enemy and Wahn (enervation) into your hearts.

Someone asked: What is Wahn (enervation).

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): He replied: Love of the world and dislike of death.

Sunan Abi Dawud 4297

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