A Worldly Matter Vs A Matter Of The Hereafter

Abu Bakr Bin Al-Arabi said that Tartooshi said to him:

«إِذَا عَرَضَ لَكَ أمرُ دُنْيَا وَأَمرُ آخِرَة، فَبَادِرْ بِأَمرِ الآخِرَة، يَحْصُلْ لَكَ أَمرُ الدُّنْيَا وَالأُخْرَى.»

❝If a worldly matter and a matter of the Hereafter is presented to you, then hasten with the matter of the Hereafter. Like this you will acquire both the worldly matter and of the Hereafter.❞

[Seera Alaam An-Nubala, (19/491) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]

✦ A man was thrown in fire and didn’t get burned :
it was -Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh)

✦ A man crossed a sea and didn’t drown :
it was -Prophet Mosa (Moses) (pbuh)
...
✦ A man was swallowed by a huge wale and survived:
it was -Prophet Yunus (pbuh)

✦ A man was thrown down a well by his brothers and left to
die but he survived, then became a minister:
it was -Prophet Yusuf (pbuh)

Let’s take a lesson from this!

►if the whole world gathers to make something happen which
Allah Has not Predestined to happen, they could not do so

and if the whole world gathers to prevent what Allah Has
Predestined to happen, they could not do so, as well.

►So always trust in what Allah has destined for you no matter
how bad it may look like at the beginning.....

Supplication (Du'aa) for Protection and Combating Magic (Sihr):

Beneficial supplication that can be very effective by the permission of Allah, in removing the evil effects of witchcraft (Sihr).

Narrated by Taab'i, Ka’b al-Ahbar (Radiy'Allahu'Anhu) states:

“Had it not been for the phrases that I recite regularly, the Jews would have turned me into a Donkey (out of Witchcraft). It was said to him: “What are these phrases ?” He replied:

أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ شَىْءٌ أَعْظَمَ مِنْهُ وَبِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لاَ يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ وَلاَ فَاجِرٌ وَبِأَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ الْحُسْنَى كُلِّهَا مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهَا
وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَبَرَأَ وَذَرَأَ

Transliteration:

“A’uzu bi wajhillah al-Adhim alladhi laysa shay’un a’dhamu minhu wa bi kalimatillah at-tammati allati la yujawizuhunna barrun wa la fajir wa bi asmaillah al-husna kulliha ma alimtu minha wa ma lam a’lam min sharri ma khalaqa wa bara’a wa zara’a.”

Translation:

“I seek the protection of Allah the Great; He, than whom there is nothing greater. And I seek the protection of the perfect words of Allah which no man, virtuous or evil, can even transcend; and I seek the protection of all the beautiful names of Allah, those of them which I know and those which I do not know, from the evil of everything He (Allah) created, to which He has given existence, and which He has spread (over the earth or universe).”

(Recorded in his Sahih - By Imam Malik in his al-Muwatta, 2/541, no. 2737)

@authenticduas

📚 Sahih al-Bukhari 597

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said,

"If anyone forgets a prayer he should pray that prayer when he remembers it.

There is no expiation except to pray the same."

Then he recited:
"Establish prayer for My (i.e. Allah's) remembrance." (20.14).

💖

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ خَيْرَ عُمْرِي آخِرَهُ ، وَخَيْرَ عَمَلِي خَوَاتِمَهُ ، وَخَيْرَ أَيَّامِي يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ
Oh Allah, make the end of my life the best part of my life, my best deeds my last ones, make the best of days the day in which I meet you.
Ameen

Rasulallah (saw) was asked about Gog & Magog and he said:

' Yajuj is a nation, and Majuj is another nation, and each one of them has 400 nations.
No man of them dies except he has 1000 descendants that are able to carry weapons.'

They Sahaba asked:
' O Rasulallah describe them for us.'

He then said:
' They are of 3 types.

One type of them is like the Arz tree,'

The Sahaba said:
' O Rasulallah, what is the Arz (cedar)?'

He said:
' The tall tree of the lands of Shem.

And there is another type of them that their length is the same as their width and no iron nor mountain can resist them, and another type that lies on one ear and cover himself with the other.

And they do not face an elephant or beast or camel or pig unless they eat it and whoever dies of them they eat him as well."

Fat'ḥ al-Bārī fī Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhāri

Ibn Abbas stated:

" Their shortest are 1 or 2 armspans in height. And the tallest of them are 3 armspans, and they are from the sons of Adam."

Tafsir Ibn Abu Hatim
Narration num. 12970

“Taqwa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions.”

— Umar bin al Khattab (RA)

Prophet Isma'il (ISHMAEL)

Abraham (alayhissalam) LEAVES Hajar and Ishmael

One day, Abraham woke up and asked his wife Hajar to get her son and prepare for a long
journey. In a few days Abraham started out with his wife Hajar and their son Ishmael. The child was still nursing and not yet weaned. Abraham walked through cultivated land, desert, and mountains until he reached the desert of the Arabian Peninsula and came to an uncultivated valley having no fruit, no trees, no food, no water. The valley had no sign of life. After Abraham had helped his wife and child to dismount, he left them with a small amount of food and water which was hardly enough for 2 days. He turned around and walked away. He wife hurried after him asking: "Where are you going Abrahim, leaving us in this barren valley?"

Abraham did not answer her, but continued walking. She repeated what she had said, but he remained silent. Finally she understood that he was not acting on his own initiative. she realized that Allah had commanded him to do this. She asked him : "Did Allah command you to do so?"
He replied: "Yes." Then his great wife said: "We are not going to be lost, since Allah Who has
commanded you is with us."

Abraham invoked Almighty Allah thus:

"O Our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a valley with no cultivation, by Your
Sacred House (the Ka'ba at Mecca); in order, O our Lord, that they may offer prayers perfectly
(Iqamat as salat) so fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and O Allah provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks. O our Lord! Certainly, You know what we conceal and what we reveal. Nothing on the earth or in the heavens is hidden from Allah." (Ch 14:37-38)

📌 The pain of what has passed:

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله writes:

“(The pain) of what has passed can not be removed by grieving over it, but only through:

• Acceptance (i.e. being pleased with Allaah's Decree) (al-Ridhaa)

• Gratitude (al-Hamd)

• Patience (al-Sabr)

• Faith in Predestination
(al-Imaan bil-Qadr)

and the saying of the slave:

“It is the decree of Allāh and what He Wills, He Does” (قَدَّرَ اللَّهُ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ)."

[Zaad al-Ma`aad | 2-327]

Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants

Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to us and he said, “Who has upset her by taking her children? Give her children back to her.” The Prophet also saw an ant colony which we had burned and he said, “Who burned this?” We said that we did it. The Prophet said, “No one should punish with fire except the Lord of the fire.”

Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5268

The Great Benefit in Fearing Allah (ﷻ)

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ) said,

“A man had indulged himself in sin. When death approached, he enjoined his sons, saying: When I die you should burn me, pulverise me, and scatter me to the winds over the sea. By Allah, if Allah is capable, He will punish me in such a way as He has not punished anyone else.

They did that to him and when he stood before his Lord, Allah said to him: What made you do what you did? The man said: Fear and awe of You, O Lord. Thus, Allah forgave him due to that.” [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3481]

Imam Ibn Taymiyyah writes:

Fearing Allah is from the greatest causes of forgiveness.

[Minhaj as-Sunnah (484/5)]

Ibn al-Qayyim, رحمة الله, said:

‎“Salaah is a cause for provisions, a protection of health, a prevention of harm, an expulsion of sicknesses, a strengthening of the heart, a whitening of the face, an exhilaration for the soul and a destroyer of laziness.”

‎(زاد المعاد ٤/٣٠٤)

When -
✦ Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ says ❝𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐫❞
✦ Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ says ❝𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐮𝐥❞
✦ Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ says ❝𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐪𝐰𝐚❞
✦ Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ says ❝𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐚𝐪𝐞𝐞𝐧❞

Remember this advice comes from the someone who lost both his parents, he lost his father Abdullah before he was born, lost his mother Aminah at the age of 6, his beloved grandfather also died when he was only 8 years old.

To spread Islam he went through hunger, witnessed his loved ones being tortured, his companions martyred, had to migrate and was prosecuted brutally.

He buried 6 of children, His first love the woman and the mother of believers who supported the cause of Islam for 10 years with her wealth in Makkah his wife of 25 years Khadija رضي الله عنه‎.

Then in the same year also known as 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅 he lost his greatest supporter his uncle Abu Talib who took care of him and lived with the grief that Abu Talib died not accepting Islam.

Then when he went to the city of Taif to seek refuge he was chased for nearly 2 miles and stoned till his blessed blood was spilled.

Imagine being 50 years old, having just lost both your wife of twenty-five years and your uncle who took care of you as a child. Imagine walking into a town in order to ask people for their protection, and instead have them throw stones at you until your feet bled.

How would you have felt?
How exhausted, both spiritually and physically, would you have been?

He then lost another uncle Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib رضي الله عنه‎ who was martyred in Battle of Uhud.

🌸 He ﷺ survived all this and he was the best of mankind.
🌸 His hamd of Allah only increased with increase in his tests.
🌸 He ﷺ stood harder in his prayers although he was forgiven.

📚 Aishah (رضي الله عنه‎) said:
The Prophet ﷺ would stand in prayer so long that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him, “why do you do this while your past and future sins have been forgiven?” He said, “Should I not be a grateful slave of Allah?”
[Bukhari]

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝑯𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.
𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕.
𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever relieves the hardship of a believer in this world, Allah will relieve his hardship on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever helps ease one in difficulty, Allah will make it easy for him in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his faults in this world and the Hereafter. Allah helps the servant as long as he helps his brother. Whoever travels a path in search of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. People do not gather in the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it together, but that tranquility will descend upon them, mercy will cover them, angels will surround them, and Allah will mention them to those near Him. Whoever is slow to good deeds will not be hastened by his lineage.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2699

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَنْ نَفَّسَ عَنْ مُؤْمِنٍ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ يَسَّرَ عَلَى مُعْسِرٍ يَسَّرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَمَنْ سَتَرَ مُسْلِمًا سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَاللَّهُ فِي عَوْنِ الْعَبْدِ مَا كَانَ الْعَبْدُ فِي عَوْنِ أَخِيهِ وَمَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَلْتَمِسُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَّهِ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَيَتَدَارَسُونَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ إِلاَّ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَحَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ وَمَنْ بَطَّأَ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ لَمْ يُسْرِعْ بِهِ نَسَبُهُ

2699 صحيح مسلم كتاب الذكر والدعاء والتوبة والاستغفار باب فضل الاجتماع على تلاوة القرآن وعلى الذكر

Abu Moosa al-Ash’ari said: “I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: ‘Allaah created Adam from a handful that He gathered from the entire earth, so the sons of Adam come like the earth. Some of them are red, some are white, some are black and some are in between. Some of them are easy, some of them are difficult, some are evil and some are good.”

(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2955; Abu Dawood, 4693. Al-Tirmidhi said that this hadeeth is hasan saheeh, and it was classed as saheeh by Ibn Hibbaan, 14/29; al-Haakim, 2/288; and al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 3926).

A person who goes to a soothsayer falls under three conditions:

The first condition: That he goes to him and asks him (about
the Unseen future) but does not believe him. It is established
in Saheeh Muslim that the Prayer of such a person will not be
accepted for forty days!

The second condition: That he goes and asks him (about Unseen
matters of the future) and believes. Such a person disbelieves therewith based on his saying - peace and blessings be upon him - “Whoever approaches a soothsayer and believes what he says has disbelieved in what was sent down to Muhammad.”

The third condition: if he questions him in order to disgrace and expose him; then there is no blame for doing that. In fact, it may even be encouraged since it entails eradicating falsehood.

- See Commentary on Riyaad As-Saaliheen By The Eminent Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih A l-‘Uthaymeen (may Allah shower blessings on him) Volume 4, Page 100

"Reciting the Qur’aan in the manner of singers"

Shaykh Abdul-Azeez ibn Baaz (rahimahullah):

It is not permissible for the believer to recite Qur’aan with melodies like those of songs or in the manner of singers. He has to recite it as it was recited by our righteous predecessors, the companions of the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and those who followed them in truth. So it should be recited with the proper intonation (tarteel), in a solemn and humble manner, so that it may have an effect on the hearts of those who hear it and on the heart of the reciter himself.

Reading it in the manner or way of singers is not permitted.

[Majmoo Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi’ah li Samaahat, vol. 9, pg: 290]

The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) said,

“There will not cease to be a group of my Ummah uppermost upon the truth. They will not be harmed by those who forsake them, until Allah’s affair comes to pass and they are uppermost.”

Reported by Muslim Eng. trans. 3/1061/no.4715), at-Tirmidhee (no.2230) and Ibn Maajah (no.10). Also refer to Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (Eng. trans. 9/309/nos.414-415) and Saheeh Muslim (Eng. trans. 3/1061-1062/nos.4716-4722).

The Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) said,

“This knowledge will be carried by the trustworthy ones of every generation. They will expel from it

1. The alterations made by those going beyond bounds.
2. The fabrications of the liars and
3. The false interpretations of the ignorant.”

Reported by Ibn ‘Adiyy, Ibn ‘Asaakir and others and it is saheeh.

Five (who) are excused for their ill-mannered behavior (سوء الخلق):

• the sick
• the traveler
• the fasting
• the injured person and
• the old man (الشيخ)

[Abu Mansour al-Tha’labi (rahimahullah) in his al-Lata’if wal Dhara’if, pg. 227]

Ibn Uthaymīn رحمه الله said:

‎“Always be optimistic,

‎and what whatever Allah desires will occur.”

‎[Sharh Riyadh Saliheen | 4/87]

10 Ramadan Mistakes...

1. Staying up all night and sleeping all day.

2. Not doing any work during the day, sitting idly.

3. Spending time enjoying sports, games, watching programs, using TV, phone more.

4. Throwing iftar parties full of splendor, to show people off.

5. Men always ask the women of their family to cook many dishes for Iftar and Sahari, so women spend most of their time in the kitchen, but everyone will spend most of this time remembering Allah!

6. Many spend more time in shopping.

7. Not remembering Allah at night.

Eating and drinking for more than 8 nights.

9. After evening it spends most of its time in chatting.

10. The last 10 days of Ramadan reduce worship
Give them time to buy