Abu Bakr ibn ‘Abdullah (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) said:

"A slave never says Alhamdulillāh one time except that he must receive a blessing for his saying Alhamdulillāh.

So what is the proper response to that blessing?

Its response is to say Alhamdulillāh, and so there will come another blessing, and so the blessings of ALLĀH never cease."

📚 Jāmi' al-'Ulūm wal-Hikam (2/82,84)

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:

“They (cats) are not impure. They are among those who go around among you.”

–Cats are not impure — they live among you, like family, quietly weaving through your days with grace and trust.

(Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadith 75)

Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said,

"Had I not thought it difficult for my Ummah, I would have commanded them to use the Miswak (tooth-stick) before every Salat.''

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

📮 ❁ You might be tested with a sin or an addiction that exhausts you and weighs you down..
And you might say in despair: “I’m fed up; I can’t do it!”
But know:
Falling does not mean the end, and the door of repentance never closes no matter how many times you fall.

The important thing is: don’t give up!
Strive.. resist.. and start by closing off the smuggling routes and the sneaking pathways that lead to the sin..

For leaving the sin itself is easy, but struggling against its means and causes is the real challenge.

- Don’t keep your phone with you alone if it’s a door to temptation.

- Change your circle of friends if they weaken you.

- Keep your regular portion from the Qur’an firm.

- Fill your time with what strengthens your soul and body — whether knowledge or exercise.

✅ And weep before Allah, and ask Him for deliverance..
And even if the sin happens a thousand times, Allah forgives a thousand times and more,
because He loves those who repent again and again, and He never tires of their returning to Him.

A servant is destroyed when he gives up on repentance and on the mercy of Allah.
So hold firmly to the mercy of Allah.. and start anew every time you fall.

Shaykh Sami Hawsawi hafidahullah

Try sharing for others to benefit too,

Allahumma bariq.

[𝐀 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤]

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said :

لَا يَلِجُ النَّارَ رَجُلٌ بَكَى مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَعُودَ اللَّبَنُ فِي الضَّرْعِ، وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ.

"A man who weeps out of fear of Allah will not enter the Fire until the milk returns to the udder; and the dust (raised) in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell will never coexist."

Found in multiple Hadeeth Sources , graded and authenticated as Hasan Saheeh by Imam Al Tirmidhi himself.

[Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Musnad Ahmad, Sahih Ibn Hibban, Mustadrak al-Hakim, Sunan al-Nasa'i (Kubra), Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir of al-Tabarani]
[Shaykh Al Albani brought it in his Silsilah as Saheehah]

If you really have the right (sound) heart of Imaan you won't love them (disbelievers). Allah will not make you love them with your heart.

Allah is the One who made you love
Allah is the One who made you hate
Who makes the heart love and hate?

Imagine someone who rejected Allah and His Messenger, doesn't believe in Allah and His Messenger (e.g. Jews and Christians), will Allah direct the heart of a believer to love him? Impossible!

لا تجد قوما يؤمنون بالله واليوم الاخر يوادون من حاد الله ورسوله ولو كانوا اباءهم او ابناءهم او اخوانهم او عشيرتهم اولئك كتب في قلوبهم الايمان وايدهم بروح منه ويدخلهم جنات تجري من تحتها الانهار خالدين فيها رضي الله عنهم ورضوا عنه اولئك حزب الله الا ان حزب الله هم المفلحون

You will never find any people who truly believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. For such He has written Faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a spirit from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein (forever). Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him. They are the party of Allah. Verily, the party of Allah will be the successful.

[Qur'ān 58:22]

A governor was asked: "𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲?"

He replied: "𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝘁, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗲, 𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲."

و قيل لبعض الولاة: كم صديقا لك؟
قال: لا أدري؛ الدنيا مقبلة عليّ و الناس كلهم أصدقائي، و إنما أعرف ذلك إذا أدبرت عني

Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said,

"Whoever amongst you sees an evil, he must change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is unable to do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest form of Faith".

[Muslim].

Not everyone will get married.
Not everyone will have kids.
Not everyone will be rich.
Not everyone will own a house / car.
Not everyone will be famous.

But everyone will die.

Do not stress yourself so much & deprive yourself of contentment & happiness over things that are not certain & prepare for that which is certain.

We keep asking Allāh for rizq in this dunya day in & day out.

Only a few remember their Akhira.

You'd think we were only created for the dunya.

Do you think the righteous don't commit sins?

They simply hide them and don't expose them. And they seek forgiveness for them and do not insist on them. And they admit to them and don't justify them.

And they do good after they wrong themselves' 🖤

- Ibn al-Qayîm

Debt is a trust that must be fulfilled and it is a serious matter that many unfortunately take lightly. While circumstances may arise that necessitate taking a loan from family or a friend, one should always strive to live within their means and to be content, and not let what they see in others' lives become a reason to fall into debt.

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A reminder to myself first and foremost:

Be sure to put your fear of Allah above your fear of people.

“Therefore fear not men but fear Me”

[Surat al-Maa’idah 5:44]

“Do you fear them? Allah has more right that you should fear Him if you are believers”

[Surat al-Tawbah 9:13]

You might be seeing a dead body in the picture below - so listen! What happened was that suddenly it started raining, so the family members of the dead body, relatives and neighbours covered the dead body with plastic and the rest of the people went to the roofs and rooms etc. to save themselves from the rain -
This is a very important thing - this is my and your story too, we are not that special in this world, and our presence or absence does not make any difference to the affairs of the people - think that after death no one wants to spoil their clothes and valuables for you - today we keep on angering our Allah throughout our lives by thinking about this worldliness and people's anger -

and in the end this is what we are left with -😥

The importance of stopping the evil when it appears
The importance of stopping the bidah when it appears
The importance of correcting the mistake when it appears

Imaam al-Awzaee رحمه الله said:

"When a bid`ah (an act of innovation in religion) shows up and the scholars don't warn against it, it becomes a Sunnah*."

[Sharf as-haab al-Hadeeth (1/17)]

*i.e. it becomes a norm in the society and the people will accept it as truth and follow it.

Yahyā ibn Abī Kathīr said:

“LEARN THE INTENTION, FOR IT IS MORE SERIOUS THAN THE ACTION.”

[Jaamiul-Uloom wal-Hikam, p.34]


The REWARD of Deeds Depends upon the INTENTIONS

Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:

I heard Allāh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم saying, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for."

[Sahīh Al-Bukhārī, No. 1]

#Warning

TALKING ABOUT ALLAH WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE 🚫 (Think Before You Speak)

Abu Hurairah (رضى الله عنه) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:

Two men among the Children of Israel were the opposite of one another. One of them used to sin, and the other used to strive hard in worship.

The one who was striving (in worship) used to see the other one sinning, and he would say: "Refrain." One day, he found him sinning, and he said to him: "Refrain (from it)." He said: "Leave me alone, by my Lord. Have you been sent as a watchman over me?" He said: "By Allah, Allah will not forgive you, nor admit you to Paradise."

Then their souls were taken (in death), and they met before the Lord of the Worlds.

He (Allah) said to the one who used to strive (in worship): "Did you have knowledge of Me, or did you have power over that which is in My Hand?"

And He (Allah) said to the sinner: "Go and enter Paradise, by My Mercy." And He (Allah) said to the other: "Take him to the Fire."

Abu Hurairah (رضى الله عنه) said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, he spoke a word by which his prospects in this world and in the Hereafter were doomed."

📚: Sunan Abi Dawud 4901 | Hasan

Al-Fudayl bin Iyādh رحمه الله said:

“By Allāh, it is not lawful for you to harm a dog or a pig without a just cause, therefore how can you harm a Muslim?!”

Siyar A’lām an-Nubalā 8/427 | Al-Imām adh-Dhahabi رحمه الله

Translation: Authentic Quotes

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Al-Hassan Al-Basrī رحمه اللّٰه:

"Nothing in voluntary acts of worship compares to kindness to one's parents, not Hajj, nor Jihād."

[Adab Al-Hasan Al-Basri Dar An-Nawadir (p133) Trans: Abu Maryam]

You know what gives you a good night sleep that we don't talk about? Gratitude!! Count 10 or more blessings of Allah in your life you are grateful for.

Gratitude reduces stress. It shifts your mindset from what you don't have to what you do have. It reminds you that you are living someone's dream life.

Gratitude creates a massive mental shift and increases positive mindset. It ends your negative focus and anxieties that usually visit us as we sleep.

Gratitude to Allah, true sincere gratitude and not just lip service will help you sleep so much better at night.

Gratitude always increases whatever you already have. Pair it with Dhikr of Allah and repentance and you have the perfect trifecta.

📖 If you are grateful, I will certainly give you more.
{Surah Ibrahim 14: Verse 7}

🤲 May our sincere gratitude to Allah help us relax, rest and have a restorative sleep - ameen!

"Many people think repentance is just saying, “Astaghfirullāh wa atūbu ilayh.” That is a rushed repentance, not true repentance. We are talking about sincere repentance, whose foundation is regret of the heart, sorrow of the heart, and feeling broken before Allah for having fallen short. Before you tell me, “I repent,” tell me about your heart: Do you truly regret? Do you feel real sorrow and longing? Do you feel distant from Allah, ashamed that you have not honored Him as He deserves? Repentance begins in the heart.

Merely uttering “I repent” while your heart feels no regret, without firm resolve to change, and without abandoning the causes of sin, is not repentance—it is false repentance. There must be a firm resolve not to return. This is not merely saying, “I won’t do it again,” but taking practical steps to cut off the causes of sin in your life. Everyone knows the triggers that lead them to sin. If you truly intend not to return, you must dry up the sources of that sin: change your environment, distance yourself from bad company, remove temptations.

If your smartphone constantly drags you into sin, you must either get rid of it or remove the applications that lead you astray. If your circle of friends encourages you to sin, you must leave them. Remember the hadith of the man who killed one hundred souls: when he sought repentance, the scholar told him, “Yes, you have repentance, but leave your land, for it is an evil land.” He changed his environment, and Allah forgave him.

Many young people fall into sins because of their surroundings—friends, workplaces, neighborhoods. If the environment is the source of sin, you must leave it. If your job itself exposes you constantly to fitnah and sin, you must be willing to sacrifice and seek another livelihood. Repentance entails sacrifice; it is not cost-free. Whoever imagines repentance to be effortless—just uttering “Astaghfirullāh”—has misunderstood. Allah knows exactly where your sin originates and whether you are serious about removing its root causes. Without this seriousness, words alone will not suffice.

Allah’s acceptance of your repentance does not necessarily remove the worldly consequences of the sin. Adam’s repentance was accepted, yet he was sent down to earth and endured toil. Acceptance of repentance is one matter; the worldly repercussions of sin are another. Sometimes Allah may forgive without any visible consequence; other times, He may decree trials—illness, hardship—as expiation for the sin. As Allah says in the Qur'an, “Whatever affliction befalls you is because of what your hands have earned, yet He pardons much.”

Therefore, minimize sins from the outset. Even after sincere repentance, traces of consequences may remain—worldly difficulties, emotional burdens—but these too may be a mercy, wiping away the remnants of sin. Do not assume that ongoing hardship after repentance means Allah has rejected you; it may be His way of purifying you."

-Ibrahim Rafiq al-Taweel