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Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (R) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 and al-Hamdu Lillah fills the scale, and SubhanAllah  and al-Hamdu Lillah fill up what is between the heavens and the earth, and prayer is a light, and charity is proof (of one's faith) and endurance is a brightness and the Holy Qur'an is a proof on your behalf or against you. All men go out early in the morning and sell themselves, thereby setting themselves free or destroying themselves.

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[📚Sāhih Mūslîm 223]

𝟓 𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐐 - 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡!

𝟏. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐟𝐚𝐚𝐫:
"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝: '𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐭-𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠; '𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬."
[𝟕𝟏:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟐]

2. Fear Allah ﺳﺒﺤﺎﻧﻪ ﻭﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ. Have Taqwa:
"Whosoever fears Allah 'keeps his duty to Him', He will make a way for him to get out from every difficulty. And He will provide for him from (sources) he could never imagine."
[65:2-3]

𝟑. 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡:
𝐔𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, "𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡, ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ, 𝐬𝐚𝐲, '𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧, 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥'."
[𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐭-𝐓𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐡𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, "𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧"]

4. 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝:
𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑎𝑚 𝐵𝑢𝑘ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑡 ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑠 ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ"𝐻𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ/𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝."

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐭-𝐓𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐡𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐭-𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, "𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞."

5. Giving charity:
"Whatsoever you spend of anything for Allah, He will replace it. He is the best of those who grant Sustenance."
[34:39]

𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐀𝐛𝐮 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡, ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ, 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, "𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, '𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧'."

𝐈𝐧 𝐀𝐭-𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐢, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐥𝐥. 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐥 ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, '𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐥?'
𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, '𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮'.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, '𝐎𝐡 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬'.
𝐈𝐧 𝐀𝐭-𝐓𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐡𝐢, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, "𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝟑 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: [𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦] 𝐒𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐪𝐚𝐡 (𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲) 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡."

The Selfie Disease:

We are upon a Fitna(tribulation) where we take selfies and upload them for the world to see & basically finding any reason to do so. The many categories:
The I'm bored selfie
The waiting for a friend selfie
The good morning & goodnight selfie
The Jummah Mubarak Selfie
The I'm at this place selfie
The at dinner with selfie
The Profile pic selfie
The looking for a spouse selfie
The niqabi look at my eyes selfie
The I'm at the gym selfie
The I'm wearing a jilbab/hijab selfie
The Eid Mubarak Selfie
The I got nothing else to do selfie
The I'm just looking for likes & comments selfie
The I need someone to say Mashallah you look hot selfie
& The best of all the Pouting Lips Selfie
And the list can go on & on & on
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BUT as Muslims we must have Haya, we must have Gheerah, we must have Fear Of Allah Azza Wa Jal
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And this is a Reminder for all.. Just because everyone is doing it doesn't mean you should also be different be a Stranger
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I ask Allah Azza Wa Jal to forgive our shortcomings and to guide us all on the straight path... Aameen..
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#AFM

Exposing Others

Ja’far Ibn Muhammad As-Sādiq رحمه الله said:

“Whoever tries to uncover the affairs of others and expose them to the people will have the hidden affairs of his own household uncovered and exposed to the people.”

[Hilyat Al-Awliyā’, 3/196. Translated By Abū Ruqayyah 'Abd Us-Samad]

Safiyyah Bint 'Umar رضي الله عنها:

Once a woman complained to 'Ā'ishah رضي الله عنها about the hardness of the heart, so 'Ā'ishah said, "Increase in the remembrance of death, it will soften your heart." So the woman [went away and] did that and her heart softened. So she returned to 'Ā'ishah رضي الله عنها to thank her.

‎● [موسوعة ابن أبي الدنيا ٤٤٢/٥]

The writing down of the Quran during the prophet's lifetime

When the following verse was revealed:

'Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) except those who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame etc.) and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah.' (4.95)

The prophet would call Zaid bin Thabit since he lived close to the mosque with inkpot and writing materials. The noble prophet would dictate the verse and Zaid would write it.

There is also evidence of proofreading after dictation once the task of recording the verses was complete, Zaid would read them back to the Prophet to ensure that no scribal errors had crept in.

-see The History of The Quranic Text, from Revelation to Compilation, M M Al Azmi, page 69

Bukhari 4990

Ibn al-Qayyim said:

فَإِنَّ الْفَتْوَى تَتَغَيَّرُ بِتَغَيُّرِ الزَّمَانِ وَالْمَكَانِ وَالْعَوَائِدِ وَالْأَحْوَالِ وَذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ مِنْ دِينِ اللَّهِ كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ بَيَانُهُ وَبِاَللَّهِ التَّوْفِيقُ

Indeed, the judgment (al-fatwa) changes with the change of time, place, custom, and circumstance. All of this is from the religion of Allah as has been explained, and success comes from Allah.

Source: I’lām al-Muwaqqi’īn 4/157

Imām Ibn ul-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

The people of Islām are strangers amongst mankind.

And the believers are strangers amongst the people of Islām.

And the people of knowledge are strangers amongst the believers.

And the people of the Sunnah who separate it from the desires and innovations, they are strangers.

And those who call to it and have patience upon the harm of the opposition, they are the severest of them (all) in strangeness.

However, they are the people of Allāh in truth. There is no strangeness for them in reality, rather, their strangeness is only in relation to the majority about whom Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, said:

"If you were to obey most of those upon the Earth they would misguide you from the path of Allāh" [Noble Qur'ān 6:116]

So the ones (mentioned in the verse) are (the real) strangers to Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ and their strangeness is the deserting (type of) strangeness.

Madārij as-Sālikīn (3/195)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"Whoever constantly seeks forgiveness (from Allāh) (saying "astaghfirullāh | أستغفر اللّٰه"), Allāh will appoint for him a way out of every distress and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide sustenance for him from from sources he does not expect." [Abū Dawūd]

Make it a constant habit to say Astaghfirullāh | أستغفر اللّٰه (I seek forgiveness from Allāh) with a sincere heart and you'll see the blessings and positive effects of that habit in your daily life. We have witnessed people being relieved from the darkest and most difficult of situations through this habit, others who were blessed with unimaginable wealth and blessings through this habit, and others whose hearts found contentment and true happiness through this habit.

May Allāh 'Azza Wa Jall make us of those who continuously seek His forgiveness and accept from us - āmeen

Watch and Correct Your Thoughts

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

“The one who bears in mind the fact that Allāh is watching his thoughts and his heart, Allāh will protect him from falling short in what he does both in secret and openly.”

[Madarīj as-Salikeen | 2/1492]

Umayr ibn Habeeb al-Khutami, رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ used to say:

“Ēmān increases and decreases.” It was asked: ‘What increases ēmān and what decreases ēmān?’ He replied: ‘If we remember Allāh, the Mighty the Majestic, Praise Him, and declare His Perfection; this is what increases ēmān. If we become heedless, negligent and forgetful; then this is what decreases ēmān.”

Asbāb Ziyādah al-Ēmān wa Nuqsanih #6 | Shaykh Abdur-Razzāq al-Badr حفظه الله ورعاه

Translation: Authentic Quotes

Qatādah رحمه الله said:

“Whoever is given money or beauty, clothes and knowledge and then does not humble himself, it will harm him on the Day of Resurrection!”

[At-Tawāḍu’ Wal Khumūl: 142]

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𝑨 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 3 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔: 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉.❞

― 𝑨𝒍𝒊 𝒊𝒃𝒏 𝑨𝒃𝒊 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒃 (𝑹𝑨)

Jummah. Friday..

BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR WORDS⚠

"When you are angry, it is better to stay silent than to speak in times of anger, because when you speak you don’t know what comes out of your mouth. When you calm down, you will regret the hurtful words you uttered. You can no longer recover the pain you caused in his/her heart. That’s why the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: When you are angry, be silent.

The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break heart. And that’s why the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: Most of your sins are because of your tongues."

⚡ Types of Fitan (calamities/affliction)
[Along with the advice by Shaikh Ibn al-Uthaymeen not to expose one self to them]

▶️ There are two types of Fitan which affect a person:

➡️ 1) Affliction in the self: (And this is from the worldly perspective). This includes loss in wealth, health, live, honor, hunger, fear or any other type of physical or psychological loss or affliction. As Allaah تعالى said:

﴿وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ﴾

{And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits…}
📚 [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 155]

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➡️ 2) Affliction in the Deen: (and this is from the perspective of the Hereafter). Affliction in the Deen is far worse than affliction in the self. As Allaah تعالى said:

﴿وَالْفِتْنَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ﴾

{And Al-Fitnah (affliction in the Deen) is worse than killing}
📚 [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 191]

And

﴿وَالْفِتْنَةُ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ﴾

{...and Al-Fitnah is a greater (crime) than killing}
📚 [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 217]

This includes being afflicted by:
🚫 Shirk,
🚫 or Bidah,
🚫 or belittling the Sunnah or authentic Ahaadeeth,
🚫 or getting confused even after knowing the correct path,
🚫 or having doubts about the Deen,
🚫 or chasing the desires,
🚫 or giving preference to personal opinions over the Texts,
🚫 or laziness in religious duties,
🚫 or self-amazement,
🚫 or following the path of falsehood after being guided,
🚫 or swaying between groups and parties etc.

Part of this affliction also includes being prevented from carrying out the religious duties by the enemies, or persecution in the name of religion. As Allaah تعالى said:

﴿وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَن يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّـهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ﴾

{They (the enemies) had nothing against them (the believers), except that they believed in Allaah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!}
📚 [Surah al-Burooj (85): 8]

Affliction in the Deen can lead to misguidance and eternal damnation. Moreover, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم frequently used to supplicate saying:

يَا مُقَلِّبَ القُلُوبِ، ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ

❝O Changer of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.❞
📚 [Sunan al-Tirmidhee and Sunan Ibn Maajah, and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

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⚡ Do not expose yourselves to Fitan:

Shaikh Ibn al-Uthaymeen said:
❝We also learn from this Aayah that al-Fitnah - i.e. preventing the people from following their Deen (Islaam) - is a greater (crime) than killing them; because in their killing, the maximum they'll miss out on is this worldly life. But if they are prevented from (learning and having) Imaan then they will lose in this world and the Hereafter.

And many people approach the places of Fitan (e.g. a bad company, or an environment that would corrupt their religious beliefs and morals) and they think that this Fitnah will not affect (or harm) them. But if they continue like this, then it won't be long before they are overtaken by the Fitnah. This is why the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Let him who hears of the Dajjaal (Antichrist) go far from him for I swear by Allaah that a man will come to him thinking that he (the Dajjaal) is a believer, then he will follow him because of the deceptive arguments he (the Dajjaal) will put forward (to confuse him).❞
📚 [Sunan Abu Dawood (4319) and graded as "Saheeh" by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

The important thing is that a person should not expose himself to Fitan. How many people approached the places of Fitan thinking that they were immune to it, but they were not!❞
📚 [Tafseer of Surah al-Baqarah by Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen (3/59-60)]

‎Imām Ibn Hazm رحمه الله stated:

‎"When you advise (someone), advise privately and not publicly. Advise with indirect (speech) and not direct (speech), except if the person doesn't understand. In that case it's a must to be direct with the person."

‎【Mudāwah An-Nufūs (1/347)】‎Imām Ibn Hazm رحمه الله stated:

‎"When you advise (someone), advise privately and not publicly. Advise with indirect (speech) and not direct (speech), except if the person doesn't understand. In that case it's a must to be direct with the person."

‎【Mudāwah An-Nufūs (1/347)】

Much needed advice from Ibn Taymiyyah 👍

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

"Many people, when they see evil or when the Muslim ummah goes through a lot of trouble, panic, lose hope and start complaining as people who are beset by calamities do. But this is forbidden; rather what is enjoined is to be patient, to put one’s trust in Allah, to be steadfast in adhering to the religion of Islam and to believe that Allah is with those who fear Him and those who do good, and that the best end is for those who fear Him; whatever befalls him is because of his sins, so he should be patient, for the promise of Allah is true; he should seek forgiveness for his sins and glorify and praise his Lord morning and evening."

Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa, 18/295

Mu’adh Bin Jabal [رضي الله عنه] said:

❝O my son, when you pray, pray it as a farewell prayer, do not think that you will be able to return to it ever. Know O my son that the believer dies between two good matters:

goodness that he sent forth [by praying that prayer] and goodness that he delayed [by wanting to pray the next prayer].❞

[Zuhud By Imam Ahmad, (No. 1007) | Hileeyah Al-Awaliya, (1/233) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]

Be firm in your du’aa’ and dont say In sha Allah after making dua.

Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) reported Allaah’s Messenger (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) as saying: ”When one of you makes a supplication (to his Lord) one should not say: O Allaah, grant me pardon, if You want to, but one should beg one’s (Lord) with a will and full devotion, for there is nothing so great in the eye of Allaah which He cannot grant.”

[Sahih Muslim, Book 35; 6478]

Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) reported Allaah’s Messenger (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) as saying: “None of you should say to Allaah (like this): ‘O Allaah, grant me mercy, if You want to’. The supplication (of his) should (be filled with) conviction (that it would be accepted by the Lord), for Allaah is the Doer of (everything) He likes to do, and there is none to force Him (to do or not to do this or that).”

[Sahih Muslim, Book 35; 6479]

The Dunyā will come to you while it is humbled - وهي راغمةٌ

The Messenger ﷺ said [see comments for sources]: "Whoever is focused only on this world, Allāh will confound his affairs and make him fear poverty constantly, and he will not get anything of this world except that which has been decreed for him. Whoever is focused on the Hereafter, Allāh will settle his affairs for him and make him feel content with his lot, and his provision and worldly gains will undoubtedly come to him."