Misplaced priorities:

“Getting famous helps in the cause of spreading the Dawah”

This is the mindset of many who are involved in the field of “Dawah”.

What they are forgetting is…

🚫 1) …that Allaah is Rich and free of all wants while we are poor and in need of His help. And if we divert from our responsibilities and become disobedient, Allaah will easily replace us with someone who will not be like us. [Surah Muhammad]

🚫 2) …that on the Day of Judgment, there will be Prophets who will have many followers, some Prophets will have a few followers, some will have one or two followers, and some will have no followers. [Saheehain]

📑 Note:
➡ Islaam is not in need of us for it to grow, rather, we are in need Islaam to be successful.

➡ Having a small number of followers does not mean that one is a failure. Similarly, having a large number of followers does not mean success.

My rizq Is written so I will not do anything.

Ibn Hajr al asqalani said:

وقد سئل أحمد عن رجل جلس في بيته أو في المسجد وقال لا أعمل شيئا حتى يأتيني رزقي فقال هذا رجل جهل العلم فقد قال النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - إن الله جعل رزقي تحت ظل رمحي وقال لو توكلتم على الله حق توكله لرزقكم كما يرزق الطير تغدو خماصا وتروح بطانا فذكر أنها تغدو وتروح في طلب الرزق قال وكان الصحابة يتجرون ويعملون في نخيلهم والقدوة بهم . انتهى
Ahmad was asked about a man who sat in his house or in the mosque and said, "I will not do anything until my sustenance comes to me." Ahmad replied, "This man is ignorant of the knowledge, for the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 'Allah has made my sustenance under the shade of my spear.' He also said, 'If you trust in Allah with true trust, He will provide for you as He provides for the birds, which go out in the morning hungry and return in the evening full.'"

Ahmad added, "The Companions of the Prophet would trade and work in their palm groves, and they were the example to follow." (Fath al bari)

*Don’t Make Money Your First Priority*
In every matter, don’t make money your primary concern. The first priority should be the environment you work in—the place and the people who value your efforts, appreciate your contributions, and treat you with respect. This comes before the salary.
If a workplace honors sincerity, effort, and good character more than just offering a high paycheck, then bi'idhnillāh (بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ) — your provision will come, with barakah (بَرَكَة) and sufficiency.

*Seek to work in places where there is barakah,* not where it is lost. *Choose environments that help you stay close to your Creator,* not ones that distract you from Him. That should always come first.

*Today, many young people chase money* while neglecting ‘ilm (العِلم) and real experience. But ‘ilm, sincerity, and good character must come first.

*True education is not defined by holding a degree* —It is reflected in maturity, sound intellect (‘aql - العَقل), and beneficial skills.

None of us is free from mistakes, but we can always strive to improve through righteous actions and sincerity in all we do.

May Allāh help us live lives that please Him and bring lasting benefit in this world and the next.
Āmīn.

✍🏻Wrtitten by: أفضل ابن غالب

Reference: Recorded by Abu Dawud and Ibn Hibban. Verified to be authentic by al-Albani
(Sahih no. 1932)

The corporate world is heartless. Corporate hospitals are part of this heartless world. Everything, including empathy, has a price in a corporate hospital. A poor man cannot get justice against the rich and merciless corporate slaughterhouses. A poor man should not fight for justice, which he cannot afford. A poor man should only weep and pray in seclusion. Allah is enough for a poor man.
Hasbanullah!

Refraining From Forbidding Evil

Iblīs has convinced some worshipers not to forbid evil on the basis that only righteous people ought to do so. They say: I am not worthy because I am not righteous enough, so how could I impose on others?

This is wrong, for he should forbid others from committing sins including sins that he, himself, is committing. However, it is better if he stops committing this sin and then forbids others. His admonishment would be more effective this way.

[Book: *The Devil’s Deceptions by al Hāfiz Abū’l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله* | p. 254-255 | Translation: Haitham Hamdan | Published by: Dār as-Sunnah Publishers]

“You might see someone with limited income buying a car for 80,000 or more, even though a 20,000 car would meet their needs. This often reflects a lack of understanding in religious priorities and weak trust in Allah. Try to avoid buying things on installment plans. But if you’re truly in need, keep your borrowing to the bare minimum necessary—it’s better to live simple than to be burdened by debt.”

— Ibn ʿUthaymīn [Sharḥ Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn (2/527)]

‎This religion will reach everywhere in the world: The Prophet ﷺ said,

‎“No house of brick, nor fur, will remain upon the face of the earth but that Allāh will cause the message of Islam to enter it, by which the honorable will be honored and the disgraceful will be disgraced.”

‎[Source: Musnad Aḥmad 23814
‎Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut]

Reference:
Recorded by al-Bukhari, Muslim, and others.

Jabir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The pilgrims of Hajj and Umrah are the guests of Allah. He called them and they answered him. They ask from him and he gives them.”

Source: Kashf al-Astār 1075

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْحُجَّاجُ وَالْعُمَّارُ وَفْدُ اللَّهِ دَعَاهُمْ فَأَجَابُوهُ وَسَأَلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ

1075 كشف الأستار كتاب الحج باب في الحجاج والعمار

3173 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن في صحيح الجامع

According to Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim

'Wasting time is worse than death'

“Wasting time cuts you off from Allah and the hereafter, whereas death cuts you off from worldly life and its people.”

Stop wasting your time online on social media scrolling, posting cringe etc or offline on wrong things

Start invest your time in right things posts right content,help others in right things etc

‼️THE CAUSE OF DECREASE IN SUSTENANCE‼️

Ibn al-Qayyim (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"Every time a people apply oppression and wickedness then their Lord, the Blessed, and Most High, brings about for them from the predicaments and disorders in their sustenance and their fruits and in their climates and their waters and in their bodies and their physical constitutions and in their forms and appearances as well as in their manners from certain deficiencies and predicaments of a nature that their own actions and their oppressions and their wicked ways should necessitate.

For indeed the grains of wheat and other than them used to be bigger than what they are today. Just as the blessing within them too used to be greater, Imām Ahmad reports with his chain of narration: that there were found in the storehouses of some of the Umayyads bales of wheat the like of date-stones and written on them was:

_'These were cultivated in the days of justice.'_

He mentioned this incident in his Musnad after a hadeeth which he reported."

📖 Zād al-Ma'ād (4/363)

SAVE THIS TO RECITE DURING THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF ZIL HIJJAH ESPECIALLY ON THE DAY OF ARAFAH.

The Prophet of Allah (sallallaahu alayhiwa sallam) said:

"The best of dua is dua on the day of Arafah and best of what I and the Prophets before me have said is;

•●• Dua in Arabic:

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ‏

•●• Transliteration:

La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa ala kulli shay in qadeer

•●• Translation:

(There is none worthy of worship in truth but Allah alone, without any partners. To Him belongs all sovereignty and praise, and He has power over everything).

•●• The Hadith.

Abdullah ibn Amr (radiAllahuanhu) reported: The Prophet of Allah (sallallaahu alayhiwa sallam) said,

"The best supplication is that which is made on the day of Arafah. The best of it is what was said by myself and the Prophets before me, ‘There is none worthy of worship in truth but Allah alone, without any partners, unto Him belongs the dominion and all praise, and He has power over all things.’” [Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3585. Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani]

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ خَيْرُ الدُّعَاءِ دُعَاءُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ وَخَيْرُ مَا قُلْتُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّونَ مِنْ قَبْلِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

3585 سنن الترمذي كتاب الدعوات باب في دعاء يوم عرفة

3274 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن في صحيح الجامع

Whoever wants the aid of Allāh:

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

“Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah would search a lot to find people to help them with their needs. This was because he knew that everytime he helped someone then Allāh would aid him.”

[Rawdat al-Muhibbeen | 1/168]

Stop zulm

Meeting Yusuf عليه السلام This Morning at Fajr

This morning, I arrived at the Islamic Center of Irvine for Fajr. I hadn’t slept well. My night had been long, thoughtful, and heavy—a private journey of the soul that left me inwardly quiet and deeply introspective.

I was hoping to pray behind our dear Sheikh Mohamed Osman, whose voice often lifts the heart. But today, a volunteer—brother Yousuf—stepped forward to lead. And then… he recited none other than Surat Yusuf عليه السلام.

And I thought, SubhānAllāh.

That Surah had been orbiting my thoughts all night. Its wisdom. Its sorrow. Its unmatched cinematic, immersive and majestic storytelling. I hadn’t even spoken it aloud. But there it was, waiting for me at Fajr—as if it knew.

Some scholars say Surat Yusuf عليه السلام was revealed all at once—a unique feature of its divine design. And it came in the Prophet’s ‘Aam al-Huzn, the Year of Sorrow, after losing both his greatest emotional support—Khadijah—and his greatest public protector—Abu Talib.

And Allāh responds to his grief not with a command, not with a legal ruling, but with a story. A masterpiece.

- The betrayal of family.
- The pain of false hope.
- The burden of being blamed for righteousness.
- The injustice of prison.
- The silence of years.
- And then—mercy, clarity, reunion, reform.

Yusuf عليه السلام walks through fire and emerges not bitter—but radiant. He forgives his betrayers. He lifts a nation. He becomes the healing for a society that once forgot his pain.

And as I stood this morning, immersed in the quiet sanctity of Fajr, I realized...

This wasn’t just a recitation. It was a response.

The Qur’an always speaks—but sometimes, it meets you where you are.
Sometimes, it mirrors what you couldn't put into words.

This morning, I met Yusuf عليه السلام.
And in his story—I found my silence spoken, my burden honored, and my heart held.

📿 May we all find moments like these... when the Qur’an doesn't just guide us, but walks with us.

From a brother in Islam

آمــــــين يا رب العالـمــــــين

Abû Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet ‎ﷺ said:

“There are no days more beloved to Allâh that He be worshipped in them than the ten days of Dhul-Hijjah. The fast of one day from them is equal to the fast of a year, and standing [in Salâh] every night from them is equal to standing [in Salâh] on Laylatul-Qadr.”

[Narrated by at-Tirmidhî and others. It was weakened by at-Tirmidhî, al-Baghawî, ibn Taymiyyah, ibn al-Jawzî, ibn Rajab, ash-Shawkânî, al-‘Alwân, al-Hasanî, and many others]