Softening the heart:

The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:
❝If you want your heart to be soft, feed the poor and wipe the head of the orphan.❞

[At-Tabaraani & Al-Bayhaqi; Saheeh Al-Jaami`, 1410]

Imam Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah said:
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❝There will come a time when there will be devils in the Masajid who teach people their religion.❞
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Source: al-Bid’ah (no. 265) ●

⚪️Wake up at Night, Recite this Dhikr and seek Forgiveness⚪️

Narrated ‘Ubada bin As-Samit: The Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam-said:

“Whoever gets up at night and says: —

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَه،ُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْد،ُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ،وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

‘There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah Alone, He has no partners, He has the Dominion and for Him is all praise, and He is capable of all things, praise is for Him, and Far is Allaah from imperfection, and There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah, and Allaah is the Greatest, there is no capability nor is there any power except with Allaah.

La ilaha ‘illa Allaahu wahdahu la shareeka lahu, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadeer Subhana allaahi, wal hamdu lillaahi, wa la illaah ila Allaah, wa Allaahu akbar, La hawla wa la quwwata illa billaa

Then he says : اللهمَ اغْفِرْلي O Allaah forgive me (Allaahumma aghfirlee), or he supplicates and his supplication is answered, and if he makes Wudu and prays then his prayer is accepted.
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 21, Number 253 : Prayer at Night (Tahajjud
Translated by Muhsin Khan

https://greatrewards.abdurrahman.org/2011/07/18/wake-up-at-night-recite-this-dhikr-and-seek-forgiveness/

If You Don’t Use Your Time For Good, It Will Be Used With Evil
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Ibn Mas’ūd (رضي الله عنه) mentioned:

I hate to see a man unoccupied, neither working for his worldly life nor for his Hereafter. [حلية الاولياء]

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Imaam Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله تعالى said:

So when he is at this level whilst being unaware of his state of affairs,

then this is the most wretched state of affairs of humans.

Allaah (The Most High) said:

”And when it is said to them: “Make not mischief on the earth,” they say: “We are only peacemakers. Verily! They are the ones who make mischief, but they perceive not. And when it is said to them (hypocrites): “Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed,” they say: “Shall we believe as the fools have believed?” Verily, they are the fools, but they know not.’’ [2:11-12]

Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:

This debate took place between the believers and the hypocrites. The believers said to them: ‘’Make not mischief on the earth;’’ The hypocrites replied to them: ‘’We are only peacemakers.’’ So it seemed as if the debate between the two partners was discontinued, and that the hypocrites counteracted the claims of the people of Imaan against them that they are mischief makers, and that peace making is what should be attributed to them and not mischief making. So He (Allaah) The All-Mighty, The All-Wise passed a judgement between the two parties by stating four statements of proof against the hypocrites.

Firstly: They are liars. Secondly: They are mischief makers. Thirdly: They are confined to mischief making, and He (The Most High) said: ‘’Verily! They are the ones who make mischief.’’ Fourthly: He described them to be upon extreme ignorance and that they definitely do not possess perception due to the fact that they are mischief makers.

So ponder upon the manner in which perception was negated from them in this ayah, and then He (The Most High) negated knowledge from them when He stated that they said: ‘’Shall we believe as the fools have believed;’’ so He (The Most High) said: ‘’verily, they are the fools, but they know not.’’

He (The Most High) negated knowledge from them due to their foolishness and lack of perception. This is the most extreme case of dispraise and being declared ignorant, in that a man is a mischief maker and is absolutely unaware of his mischief making alongside the fact that the effects of his mischief making is well known and seen by the slaves of Allaah, whilst he is unaware of it. This shows the severity of the corruption of his intellect and sources of knowledge.

Likewise he is a foolish one, and foolishness is the height of ignorance. It precedes from a lack of knowledge of what benefits him in his worldly life, his afterlife, his purpose and that which is opposite to it. So when he (finds) himself at this level whilst being unaware of his state of affairs, then this is the most wretched state of affairs of humans.

So knowledge has been negated from him due to his foolishness, which of a surety is an affirmation of his ignorance. Perception has been negated from him due to the mischief making that occurs from him, which of a surety is due to a corruption in his mental faculties. Therefore, these two verses are statements of absolute certainty against them about their ignorance and corrupted mental faculties, because they believe that mischief making is peace making and that evil is goodness.
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[Source:Badaai-ul Tafseer Al-Jaami Limaa Fassarahu Al-Imaam Ibnul Qayyim Al-Jawzee: page: 97, Vol:1]

The Prophet [ﷺ] said:

❝Whoever shows off, Allah will expose him.❞

[Narrated By al-Bukhari, (No. 6134) And Muslim, (No. 2986)]

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“Every du’aa’ is kept back until you send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).”

Narrated by al-Tabaraani in al-Awsat, 1/220; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 4399.

The Prophet ﷺ said: “Allaah will give shade, to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but His. (Among this seven will be): ‘a #youth who has been brought up in the worship of Allaah.’”
[Saheehain]

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:
“ ‘Youth’ (al-Shaab) is an age between 15 years and 30 years.”
[Sharh Riyaadh al-Saaliheen (1/462)]

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Saad Ibn Abu Waqqasراضي الله عنه said:
"If you’re not content, wealth will never enrich you."

[‘Uyun al-Akhbar (v.3, pg.207)]

Imaam Abdul'Azeez Ibn Bāz رحمه الله said: “Reaching the month of Ramadhaan is in itself a gift from Allāh.”

● [نصيحة بمناسبة استقبال شهر رمضان]

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He would get The Reward of 50 Sahaba (Compainions) of the Prophet (peace be upon him) who would do .......?

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[The definitions of i'tikâf]

The linguistic definition is: ‘withheld’, ‘to be stuck there’, or ‘to reside there’ and so on. An example is when Allâh says “Look to your idols upon which you 'stuck yourselves to.'" [20:97] and another example in [21:52].

The shar'î definition by the madhâhib:
1) Ahnâf: "Staying in the masjid while fasting with the intention of i’tikâf.”
2) Mâlikiyyah: "The muslim who has intellect ('aql) and stays in the masjid while fasting and stays away from intercourse [etc] and doing this as a means of worship.”
3) Shâfi’iyyah, Hanâbilah and the Thâhiriyyah: “The muslim staying in the masjid, with the intention of i’tikâf and staying away from intercourse [etc].”

• A Brief Denoscription of Some Sects •

√ Al Ashaa'irah - They are the followers of Abu Hassan Al Ash'ari, who was Mu'tazili. Then he left E'tizaal and adopted a way between E'tizaal and Ahl'us Sunnah wal Jama'ah. In his last age, he returned to the creed of Ahl'us Sunnah and followed Imaam Ahmed bin Hanbal in his theories. But some of his followers still remained on previous belief. They amplify the Attributes of Allaah and have belief similar to Al Murji'ah. They regard the speech of Allaah as created and separate from His Self and that Allaah's Speech is without a voice and without a word. They are closest to Ahl'us Sunnah among all strayed sects.

√ Al Jabariyah - They are Al Jahmiyah and all those people who follow them. Their belief is that slaves have no will and power to do good deeds and avoid bad. They are enforced to do all. They believe that action is under the Power of the Lord but not under that of His slaves. Therefore, they are opponent of Al Qadariyah.

√ Al Qadariyah - They are Al Mu'tazilah and all those who agreed with them. Their belief is that Allaah the Exalted has enjoined the slaves to do good and forbid them from evil. He doesn't know His obedient slaves from among disobedient but only after committing the good or bad deeds. They are opponent Al Jabariyah.

√ Al Jahmiyah - They are called the people of nullification or negation. This sect of people came out in the last era of Umawi empire. It belongs to "Jahm bin Safwan" At Tirmidhi. They deny all the Names and Attributes of Allaah, similar to the extremists of Murji'ah and Jabariyah. Al Jahmiyah later included all the cynical groups such as the philosophers, Mu'tazilah, Asha'irah, Qaraamitah, Baatiniyah etc.

√Al Mushabbiha - They are also called Al Mujassimah. They are the opponent of Al Jahmiyah in affirmation of Names and Attributes of Allaah. They believe that Allaah possesses a Hand similar to the hand of creatures, Hearing as the hearing of creatures etc. Exalted is Allaah from what the wrongdoers say about Him. He is High and Great.

√ Al Murji'ah - They believe that Imaan (Faith) is the name of testimony of heart and confession through tongue only. Actions through limbs are not part of Faith. One group of them called Karramiyah says that Imaan is only the confession of tongue. The extremists of them say: "It is only the testimony of heart, and Shahadatain is not to be proclaimed." They say that committing sins does not harm Imaan, and likewise good acts do not benefit in a state of Kufr (disbelief).

√ Al Harooriyah (Al Khawarij) - They are Al Khawarij who rebelled against Ali, radhiAllaahu anhu, when he accepted arbitration with Mu'awiyah, radhiAllaahu anhu. These people gathered in a place called "Haroora" which is located two miles from Kufa and named Harooriyah in this respect.

√ Al Hulooliyah - Those who believe that Allaah is everything and everywhere and vice versa. They are extremists of Al Mushabbiha.

√ Al Rawafid (Al Raafidah) - They are the extremist sect of Shee'ah who gave up Zaid bin Ali bin Hussain when he showed love to Abu Bake and Umar, radhiAllaahu anhum. They disregarded him in Kufa and adopted the same attribute as they have done with his grandfather i.e. Hussain. They keep malice against the Sahaba and revile them.

√ Al Wa'eediyah - They are the same as Qadariyah in the implementation of Wa'eed. They believe that if a person is committing the major sin, dies without repentance, he will in the Hellfire forever. The reason is that Allaah has promised the sinners to Hell and Dooms, and He never breaks His Promise. They believe it is an obligation upon Allaah to punish the sinful and reward the obedient. According to them, it is not permissible to believe that Allaah should pardon a person who dies after committing a major sin without atoning for it. This contradicts verse 48 in Surah an Nisa'.

√ Al Kullabiyah - They are the followers of Abdullaah bin Sayeed bin Kullab. They believe that Attribute of Allaah are not from Him, not for others. They say that the names of Allaah are the same as His Attributes. They d

o not differ between Attributes of Self of Allaah and between Attributes of Actions of Allaah. They regard the speech of Allaah as created and separate from His Self

√ Al Karramiyah - They are the followers of Abu Abdullaah Muhammad bin Karram. As Sijistani who died in 225 H. They are similar to Mushabbiha, Mujassimah, and Murji'ah and divided into 12 sects.

√ Al Nawasib - They are people who have enmity with Ahl'ul Bait, slander them, inflict pain on thrm by word ir act, and consider them disbelievers. They keep themselves uninvolved with the differences that arose among the Sahaba and are opponents of Ar Rawafid.

√ Al Mu'tazilah - Deny the attributes (like Jahmiyah) but prove the names and precepts. They say that Allaah is Knowledgeable without knowledge, He is Powerful without power, He is Alive without life, etc. They regard the speech of Allaah as created and separate from His Self. Believe in Qadr that acts of slaves have been created already for them (like the Qadariyah). They deny the Vision of Allaah on the Day of Judgment and make it obligatory for Allaah to give reward of punishment. They are followers of Wasil bin 'Ala who separated from the companionship of Hasan Al Basree. There are 20 groups of Al Mu'tazilah. Their original creeds are still found these days.

√ Zindeeq - Literally refers to those people who appear to be Muslims outwardly but possess no Islaam inwardly.

√ Al Majoos (Magians) - believed that Allaah and Satan were in competition with one, sometimes overcoming the other. And that Satan created evil while Allaah created good. The Mu'tazilah became the Majoos of the nation because they regarded men as the creator like Allaah. They are the deniers of Qadr.

[Sharh Al Aqeedah Al Wasitiyyah; Shaykh'ul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah; Commentary by Dr. Muhammad Khalil Harras]

Ibn Maajah (4245) narrated from Thawbaan (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet ﷺ said:

“I certainly know people of my ummah who will come on the Day of Resurrection with good deeds like the mountains of Tihaamah, but Allaah will make them like scattered dust.”
Thawbaan said: O Messenger of Allaah, describe them to us and tell us more, so that we will not become of them unknowingly. He said: “They are your brothers and from your race, worshipping at night as you do, but they will be people who, when they are alone, transgress the sacred limits of Allaah.”

This is a saheeh hadeeth; it was classed as such by al-Buwaysari in Misbaah al-Zujaajah (4/246) and al-Albaani in al-Saheehah. Al-Mundhiri said in al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb (3/170): Its narrators are thiqaat (trustworthy).