19 | SPIRITUAL PURIFICATION RETREAT | Steps to Love Allah - Dhikr of Allah

#Ramadan1446

by: Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril (حفظه الله تعالى)

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي جَدِّي وَهَزْلِي وَخَطَئِي وَعَمْدِي وكلُّ ذلكَ عِنْدِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أعلنت وَمَا أَنْت بِهِ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ وَأَنت على كل شَيْء قدير

O Allāh, Forgive my ignorance and my transgression in all my affairs and
matters—(and ignorance here is ignorance in a sin, not knowing that it's Ḥarām, or ignorance in Allāh سبحانه وتعالى with commiting that sin.)

And what You know better than me (meaning; You know, Ya Allāh, better than me of sins I was mindless of and did them, or those done and I didn't realize that they were Ḥarām.)

O Allāh, grant me forgiveness of the faults which I committed when I was serious, and when I was joking

O Allāh, forgive that which I committed inadvertently or deliberately— (خَطَئِي could also mean leaving an ordained and عَمْدِي could mean doing a prohibition)

O Allāh, forgive my past and future wrong actions (and أَخَّرْتُ here, some say means: forgive my future wrong actions, and some say أَخَّرْتُ in
'Arabic could mean; I'm seeking forgiveness from sins I committed on
matters that I delayed, for example; delaying Ṣalāh, or delaying obligations that one was supposed to do.)

O Allāh, forgive that which I concealed of the sins and what I divulged.

And You are better aware of me than my own self—(meaning; what my
tongue couldn't encompass in detailing my sins, my tongue may not
have been able to express some of that, You know them, Ya Allāh)

You are The One Who puts things ahead and The One Who delays things. And You have power over all things.

~Bukhārī & Muslim [du’ā translation taken from: The Commentary of Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril On Shaykh Nasir Al Fahd’s book, Mujibat al-Istighfār]

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One can just say, 'O Allāh, forgive me', instead of that long, eloquent
du'ā taught to us by the Messenger ﷺ, that's good. But repeating and
elaborating like that, and encompassing all types of sin in humility, is more of an accepted du'ā

~Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril حفظه الله

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Sayyid al Istighfār

اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّيْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ، خَلَقْتَنِيْ وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ ، وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ ، أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ ، أَبُوْءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوْءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِيْ ، فَاغْفِرْ لِيْ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god worthy of worship except You. You have created me, and I am Your slave, and I am under Your covenant and pledge (to fulfil it) to the best of my ability. I seek Your protection from the evil that I have done. I acknowledge the favours that You have bestowed upon me, and I admit my sins. Forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.

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Shaddād b. Aws (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“The most superior manner of seeking forgiveness is that you say [the above]. Whoever says it during the day with firm belief in it and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of Paradise. And whoever says it during the night with firm belief in it and dies before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise.”
~Bukhārī 6306

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🌆 Sign of Laylatul Qadr

Laylat al-Qadr may be seen with the eye, for the one whom Allaah helps to see it. That is by seeing its sign.The Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them) used to recognize it by its sign.

But not seeing them does not means that one will not gain its reward, if one spends that night in prayer out of faith and the hope of reward.

The Muslim should strive to seek it in the last ten nights of Ramadaan, as enjoined by the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), hoping to earn reward. If it so happens that a person spends this night in prayer out of faith and seeking reward, then he will gain its reward, even if he does not know that that was Laylat al-Qadr. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever spends the night of Laylat al-Qadr in prayer out of faith and seeking reward, all his previous sins will be forgiven.”

Islamqa.info Fatwa no: 21905 (slightly paraphrased)

Ahlus-Sunnah tg channel:

🔸🔸Al-Muhaddith Abû ‘Alî al-Hasanî mentioned the only authentic sign for Laylatul-Qadr is on that day the sun would rise without having any rays in it. [which comes from a narration in sahîh Muslim]🔸🔸

As for the night being bright, not hot and not cold, no clouds, no rain, no winds, no shooting stars, the stars being clear, the sky being clear, the dogs not barking, then the muhaddith said there is nothing authentic concerning them.

Last ten days begin after breaking the fast of 20th (so starting from Maghrib of Thursday (March 20) Insha Allah)

Keep on striving and be prepared to strive even harder 👊

1-10 First Ten days
11-20 Middle Ten days
21-30 Last Ten days (does not matter if Ramadan ends with 29 days or 30)



For details:

https://islamqa.info/en/answers/234012/the-last-ten-nights-of-ramadan-begin-from-the-night-before-the-twenty-first-day-whether-the-month-is-complete-or-not

To anyone reading this, know that your sisters in Camp Roj are going through so much harassment, our little amount of money is being stolen from every tent the Kurdish PKK enter along with jewelry. Our food for ramadaan is being tossed on the floor & we are not even left alone during suhoor or iftaar. Not to mention they've entered upon your sisters while they take showers and forcefully take pictures of them and video tape them naked!!!

They want us to start riots to prove to the world we are "dangerous" to prolong their narrative.

To Allah we seek aid and help...

We are making this apparently so the Muslims know our situations in the camps.

Haven't been online because of all that's happened.

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