There is No Supplication that a Person Can Say that is Better Than …”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “There is no supplication that a person can say that is better than:

‘O Allaah! I ask You for al-Mu’aafaah** in this world and the Hereafter.’” (‘Mu’aafaah is for Allaah to suffice you against needing the people, and sufficing the people of having need of you. See Tuhfatul-Ahwadhi, 3512.)

Allaahumma inni as’alukal-Mu’aafaah fid-Dunyaa wal-Aakhirah

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ الْمُعَافَاةَ فِيْ الْدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

As-Saheehah, no. 1138.
[Translation taken from the Darus-Salaam print of Sunan Ibn Maajah, vol. 5, p. 110.]

✒ The Relief For This Ummah

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: امتي هذه امة مرحومة ليس عليها عذاب في الاخرة إنما عذابها في الدنيا الفتن والزلازل والقتل والبلايا

The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-‘Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “My Ummah, this Ummah is the one which has been shown mercy, it will not be punished in the Hereafter, its punishment is only in this world in the form of trials and tribulations and earthquakes and killing and disasters.”

● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير ١٣٩٦ ، صححه الألباني]

Imām al-Munāwee Raḥimahullāh said 'It will not be punished in the Hereafter’ means that this Ummah will not be punished with the punishment of disbelievers, just like the Fire will consume a believer except for his limbs that he used to wash for the purpose of Wuḍū (ablution), whereas a disbeliever is not given this discount, and Allāh knows best.

● [فيض القدير شرح الجامع الصغير]

Imam Ahmad and the Prison Guard!

Ibn Al-Jawzi narrates:

"When Imām Ahmad bin Hanbal (rahimahullah) was jailed, one of the prison guards came to him and asked him:

"O Abu Abdullah! The Hadith that is narrated regarding the oppressors and those that aid them, is it authentic?"

He said: "Yes."

The prison guard then said: "So, I am considered to be an aide of the oppressors?"

Imam Ahmad replied: "No. The aides of the oppressors are those that comb your hair, wash your clothes, prepare your meals, and buy and sell from you. As for you, you are one of the oppressors themselves."

📘Manāqib Al-Imām Ahmad - p.397

“Ahead of you there lie days of patience, during which being patient will be like grasping a hot coal. The one who does good deeds then will have a reward like that of fifty men who do such deeds. – And someone else added – They said: O Messenger of Allaah, the reward of fifty of them? He said: “The reward of fifty of you.” - Abu Dawood (4341); al-Tirmidhi (3085)

“Islam began as something strange and will revert to being something strange, so glad tidings to the strangers.” It was said: Who are they, O Messenger of Allaah? He said: “Those who are righteous when the people are corrupt.” - Saheeh Muslim (145)

Markaz Mu’aadh (@MarkazMuaadh):
The Prophet ﷺ

"Whoever begins speaking without first greeting with the Salaam, then do not respond to him."

[Ibn as Sunni. Refer to As-Saheehah of Shaykh Albani no.816]

Translated by Ustaadh @AbooSuhailah 'Umar Quinn حفظه الله (Taken from- Advice of the Salaf to the Youth)

https://twitter.com/MarkazMuaadh/status/1070739237920751616

*Some Reasons Why Some Who Know The Truth Still Reject It*

Ibn Taimiyyah [رحمه الله] said:

❝A person might know that the truth is [found] with someone else; despite this, he outwardly denies that [truth] due to his envy for him, his wanting to be in a higher position above him, or [his having] desires in [his] soul.❞

[Majmūʿ Al-Fatāwá, (7/191) | Translated By Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff]

Abu Qatadah رضي الله عنه reported: 

The Prophet ﷺ said, 

“Verily, you will never leave anything for the sake of Allah Almighty but that Allah will replace it with something better.”

Musnad Aḥmad 22565

VERY BENEFICIAL ‼️

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The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said: "When you hear the adhaan say what the Muazzin is saying except when he says “Hayya ‘ala’l-salah, hayya ‘ala’l-falah (Come to prayer, come to success),” when you should say ‘La hawla wa la quwwata illa Billah (there is no power and no strength except with Allah)." [Sahih Muslim 383] ✨

The Wisdom in Reciting Surah al-‘Aalaa and al-Ghaashiyah in the Friday Prayer: Sheikh al-Fawzan

In his response to a question posed about surah al-‘Aalaa[87], sheikh Saalih al-Fawzaan mentioned the following point of benefit:

شرع الله قِرَاءة (سَبِّحْ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى) و(هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ) في صلاة الجُمعة لأن في هاتين السورتين تذكيرًا للناس، وتنبيهًا للناس على ما أمامهم من الحِسابِ والجزاءِ والبعثِ والنُشور، ليستعدوا لذلك ولا يَنْسَاقوا مع الحياة الدُنيا وإنما ينتبهُون لآخرتهم ويستعدون لما أمامهم من الدار الباقية وعدم الانشغال بالدار الفانية وهذا مِن فضل الله علينا وعلى الناس أن الله يُنبِهُنا بما فيهِ خيرنا وصلاحنا وينهانا عما يضرنا هذا من رحمتهِ بنا وإحسانه إلينا فلهُ الحمد والمِنة وَصَلَّى الله وَسَلَمَ عَلَى نَبِينَا مُحَمد وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ أَجْمَعِين .ـ
Allah legislated reciting surah al-‘Aalaa [87] along with surah al-Ghaashiyah [88] in the Friday prayer because these two surahs contain a reminder for the people and alert them to what lies ahead of them – that is, that they will be taken to account and recompensed for their deeds, and that they will be brought forth from the graves and raised up – in order that they might prepare themselves for it and not get carried away with this worldly life. All of this is so that they would be mindful of their hereafter and prepare for what lies ahead of them in that enduring life ahead, and so that they will not be distracted and busied by this current passing life.
This is all part of Allah’s favors towards us and towards mankind at large that He alerts us to what brings about good and rectification and forbids us from what will harm us. This comes from His mercy and goodness towards us – and all praise belongs to Him, and may Allah bestow His blessings and salutations upon our prophet, Muhammad, and upon his family and all of his companions.

https://tulayhah.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/the-wisdom-in-reciting-surah-al-aalaa-and-al-ghaashiyah-in-the-friday-prayer-sheikh-al-fawzan/

Shaikh’ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah:

When the victory returns to the disbelievers, it’s because of the sins of the Muslims, their lack of faith, and their ignorance of tawhid.

But if they repent in perfecting their faith and in returning to authentic Sunnah, Allaah will ensure victory without the least of doubt!

Source: al-Jawab as-Saheeh li man Baddala Din al-Masih 6/450

Understand that life has occasions...

[Avoiding the Satanic ‘intellect]

Some of the Salaf said;

Hamad ibn Ateeq رحمه الله

“The one who is silent about the truth is a silent devil, while the one who speaks falsehood is a speaking devil.”

[Ad-Durar as-Saniyyah fī ajwibati an-Najdiyyah, 8/75-79]

Shaykh AbdurRahman as-Sa’adi -Rahimahullaah- said:

الدعاء سلاح الأقوياء والضعفاء. وملاذ الأنبياء والأصفياء وبه يستدفعون كل بلاء.

‘Dua is the weapon for the strong and the weak. It is the fortress of the Prophets and the chosen ones and with Dua they repel all trials.’

[Majmoo’ Mualafatihi 23/736]

"Do not find it difficult to oppose people and take the side of Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ), even if you are alone, because ALLAH WILL BE WITH YOU" ✨

— Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) | [Al-Fawaa'id pg. 319]

ANXIETY, GRIEF AND SADNESS

Indeed the servant in this life may be afflicted with various types of pain, and it is possible that numerous events may cause restlessness to his heart, bring pain to his soul and result in him suffering from irritation and worry.

If the pain that afflicts the heart is connected with affairs from the past then it is sadness.

If it is connected with affairs of the future, then it is anxiety.

If it is connected to something that the individual is currently experiencing and going through, then it is grief.

These three affairs: sadness, anxiety, and grief, are removed from the heart and they vanish from it by truly returning to Allāh, [having] complete humility, subservience, submissiveness to Him - Glorified be He - and surrender to His command. [Likewise, having] belief in His Decree and Preordainment, knowledge of Him - Glorified be He - and knowledge of His Names and Attributes.

This is achieved through belief in His Books, and being diligent to recite it, contemplate over it, and act upon that which is within it.

This is the only way - and there is no other way - for these things to disappear, for the breast to be content, and happiness to be attained.

Book: Explanation of the Supplications for the Sick and Afflicted
By Shaykh Abdur Razzaq Ibn Abdul Muhsin Al-Abbaad
Translated by: Abū Moosā Raha Ibn Donald Batts
Hikmah Publications
Page: 55

LIFE IS A WARZONE AND A BATTLEFIELD

I find mankind standing in the battlefront with the devils (shayātīn) constantly shooting arrows of desired (hawā) at them; and hitting them with the swords of pleasures.

The ones who follow their sinful desire drop instantly dead, while the righteous ones continue to struggle and strive. With the long standing in the battlefield comes wounds and so they are wounded and treated, yet they are protected against death in such battle.

However, a scar in the face [i.e. major sins] is a disgrace that remains, therefore let those who strive beware of that!

Book: Captured Thoughts
By al-Hāfiz Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī
Translated by: Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
Page: 456

Kashiff Khan (@AbuHafsahKK):
If you see your brothers and sisters inflicted with tests while you are protected from them:

1. Worry for yourself. Allah tests those He loves, beginning with the Prophets & then those most similar to them.

2. Thank Ar-Rahman for His bounty & mercy upon you and your family.

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