The mothers today face so much opposition when it comes to raising their children upon the correct creed and manhaj. Whether she be a sister in The West, or a sister imprisoned in the camps in the East, she faces an onslaught of effort from the enemies of Allah to pull her children off the path and to corrupt their Fitrah. The devils amongst mankind seek to take her children from her, to kill their fathers or imprison them, and to force them to be educated and indoctrinated with their Kufri curriculums. It's a never ending struggle for our beloved sisters that isn't recognized by most.

What do you know about what our sisters upon Haqq experience all over the world when it comes to doing Tarbiyah for their children? Do you not know that her children are like her limbs, or they are the strings of her heart? To be surrounded by those who want nothing but the worse for her children in the hereafter is a pain beyond denoscription. Wallahil 'Adheem, a mother with Taqwa would rather see her children being thrown into a fire one by one than to see them turn back on their heels from the creed she raised them upon and become tools of destruction against this Ummah.

For her steadfastness in Tarbiyah upon correct beliefs, she gets called names. She receives labels. She has people and governments trying to snatch her children from her. She has others who try to turn her children against her through their whispers. Her children are made into orphans while their father is alive (behind bars). She has family abandon her. All this, and she has no escape and no helper except Allah, and Allah is indeed sufficient for her.

To the sister who's striving to raise her children according to the Qur'an and Sunnah and facing opposition from every angle for it:

Allah has prepared, for you, a reward beyond imagination. You are a soldier, you are a warrior. You are the backbone of this Ummah, you keep it standing straight. The Sun of Islam will rise once again through your efforts and by your Tarbiyah. You are the mother of the soldiers of the Mahdi. You are the force behind every bullet and the strength behind the clash of every sword. You are the face of resilience and the embodiment of strength.

Don't fear the blame of the blamers, don't cave in to their criticism. Continue walking forward, guiding your children with the lamp of Islam upon a path that is surrounded by darknesses. Ignore the forces lurking in the dark, coaxing you to walk off the path, and to turn off the lamp. You refuse to leave your children to fumble in the darknesses of misguidance, and for this you will face the wrath of those who have never seen The Light, pulling at you from every angle. Seek refuge in Allah from their plots, may Allah distance you from them!

Continue to have patience. Continue with strength. May Allah aid you and allow you to see the fruits of your labor and toil in this world and the hereafter.

What is stopping you from praying Tahajjud?
To bask in the glory of your Lord,
Praying in a dark seclusion,
anticipating a vast reward.

Bowing in the dead of the night,
in a darkness most would find frightening.
A body with a heart illuminated by light,
and Iman stronger than lightning.

To beseech for whatever your heart could desire,
To shed tears of fear and love,
Seeking refuge from the horrendous fire,
Receiving mercy from above.

The Magnificent Lord descends,
So the righteous are awake,
The sinners remain asleep,
and the pious hearts ache,

In a yearning for Jannah,
and to be saved from The Fire,
for Paradise as an eternal abode,
to receive their heart's desire.

A prayer done in the dark of the night,
A prayer all alone,
In hopes that our graves may radiate light,
and we be shaded beneath The Throne.

What is stopping you from praying Tahajjud?

^*^*^*SALAT ALDUHA made simple ^*^*^*

-Reward: equals 360 charities
-Minimum: 2 units (Rakat)
-Maximum : unlimited (Rakat)
-Timing: from approximately 10-15 minutes after sunrise to approximately 10 minutes before Thuhur.
-How: every 2 units (Rakat) independent with a Tasleem
-Other names: salah of Al-Awwabin is Salat al-Duha

Ayisha (Radia Allahu Anha) used to pray 8 units (Rakat) for SALAT ALDUHA and say:
If both my parents were to return to life, I would not leave SALAT ALDUHA to go see them!

(Shaykh Ahmad added:)
I try to keep the statuses short and simple so that it will not confuse anyone, however many asked:

Isn't there a limit of 8 rakat on Salat al-Duha?

Some said 8 is the limit and other Ulama said 12, that is a educated ijtihad by Ulama and there is no proof to limit it.

The correct opinion is there is {NO} limit as I stated.

-Ishaq Ibn Rahawieh said it was narrated to us that the Prophet (salah Allahu alyhi wasalam) performed 2 rakat sometimes, and other days he performed 4 and sometimes it was 8 to make it easy on this Ummah.

Saeed ibn Mansoor narrated that Abu Saeed Akhudry used to to keep offering his duha until near Duhur.

In another narration in the book of Zuhud, Alhassan Albasry said Abu Saeed was among the most who used to pursue the ibadat and used to keep offering Duha for nearly the entire duha time (meaning from near sunrise to near Thuhur).

Saeed Ibn Mansoor said Aiysha (radia Allahu Anha) used to close her door and offer her Duha for a very long time.

A man asked al-Hassan al-Basry: Did the Sahabah perform Duha?
He said: Yes, some prayed 2, some prayed 4 and some kept on doing more until near Thuhur.

al-Suyooty said Ibrahim narrated that a man asked al-Aswad: how many do I pray for Thuhur?
He said: as many as you would like.

Abu Naeem in al-Hulieh narrated that Abd Allah ibn Ghalib used to perform the duha 100 Rakaa.

Al-Hafith Al-Iraqi in his elucidation on (al-Tirmithy) said I never read from a single Sahabah or tabeen that they limited the Dhuaa.

Al-Bajy from the Malikeih in his elucidation on Muwata Malik said: Salat al-Duha is not limited, one should do as much as he is able.

Stronger than all that is the hadith in Saheeh Muslim (The prophet sallah allahu aleih wasalam used to pray salat al-Duha 4 and would add whatever Allah wills)

Shaykh Ahmad Jibril حفظه الله

This relates quite well to the previous post. The closer you are to Allāh, the more you fear Him, and when you fear Him, you fear oppressing His servants, and you fear disobeying Him regarding their rights upon you. When a husband and a wife remember that they are brother and sister in Islām before they are spouses and love for the sake of Allāh come before everything else in their marriage, it’s highly unlikely that either of them would oppress or wrong the other.

When a husband and a wife are distant from Allāh, they will be aiding one another in all types of sins, or at the least remain neutral to the sins of their spouse, and this is still aiding them in a way. Never do people aid one another in sin and transgression against Allāh, except that they end by hating one another. If you look to the majority of marriages of non practicing people, you can see the perfect examples of this.

A marriage will never be peaceful nor will it ever be a source of tranquility for either spouse unless both of them have the same goals in mind in regard to their Ākhira and the most important reason for their marriage is to aid one another in the obedience of Allāh.

Everything else fades, but Taqwa remains.

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The Doubts and Whispers From Shaytan
| Shaykh Ahmad Jibril (حفظه الله)

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"You who walk in Niqab and feel like you're a stranger! There's going to come a day when you're going to be a leader of this earth. I promise, Wallahil 'Adheem. Wallahi 'Adheem you're going to be walking with your head high and no one is going to be able to mess with you. Those who walk with Hijab are going to walk full of pride."

— Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril (حفظه الله)

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TRANSCRIBED: 03 | Explanation of Furū' Al-Fiqh | Shaykh Ahmad Musā Jibrīl (حفظه الله)

Rights of the Wife #1: Protection

This is one of the most important rights of the wife upon the husband that is needed in order for a woman to feel secure and to be able function properly. Allāh says:

ٱلرِّجَالُ قَوَّمُونَ عَلَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَبِمَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ مِنْ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ ۚ

"Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allāh has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth." [An Nisā']

The word Qawāmah generally refers to leadership, and one of the most important qualities of a leader is to be able to protect and defend those he is in charge of. Men have been naturally endowed with qualities that enable them to carry out the role of being the leaders over their families. Protection generally includes both physical and emotional protection, as well as other forms.

💠 Ghayrah (Protective Jealousy)

Sa'd bin 'Ubādah said, "If I found a man with my wife, I would kill him with the sharp side of my sword." When the Prophet (ﷺ) heard that he said, "Do you wonder at Sa'd's sense of Ghayrah? Verily, I have more sense of Ghayrah than Sa'd, and Allāh has more sense of Ghayrah than I." [Bukhari]

Ghayrah is a noble and praiseworthy quality that is encouraged and required in Islām from a man towards his womenfolk, especially his wife. He should be protective over her wellbeing, having great concern to defend her from any word, look, or touch that may bring her harm or have evil intentions behind it. The one who does not have Ghayrah over his womenfolk is referred to as a Dayyūth.

Ibn al-Qayyim said, "The dayyūth is the vilest of Allāh’s creation, and Paradise is forbidden for him [because of his lack of ghayrah]. A man should be ‘jealous’ with regards to his wife’s honor and standing. He should defend her whenever she is slandered or spoken ill of behind her back. Actually, this is a right of every Muslim in general but a right of the spouse specifically. He should also be jealous in not allowing other men to look at his wife or speak with her in a manner which is not appropriate."

Ghayrah is not restricted to simply forbidding the wife from committing Zinā with other men, as many falsely believe, but rather a husband must strongly prevent his wife from anything which leads to Zinā, such as free mixing with the opposite gender, displaying herself or uncovering any part of her body before non-mahram men, talking with non-mahrams unnecessarily, etc. Aside from that, a major aspect of having Ghayrah is that the husband is required to defend her by protecting her honor and reputation when it is falsely slandered or doubted.

It should be noted however, that excessive, unnecessary jealousy is not a praiseworthy trait, and is a cause for harming the woman. When jealousy oversteps its boundaries, without any reason, it is referred to as unfounded suspicion. A man should not seek to pry into his wife's actions and try to find things to blame her with in regards to them. This will not only cause her to resent her husband, but will also cause others to doubt her honor and reputation, because if her husband is so distrusting of her, people would assume that he may have valid reason to do so (i.e, that she's untrustworthy). This defeats the very purpose of Ghayrah, which is to protect her honor from suspicion and protect her from harm.

💠 Guarding Her Secrets

Another aspect of protection is that the husband must guard his wife's secrets from others (respecting her privacy). Specifically her secrets in matters that would normally only be known by her husband, an example being in intimate affairs.

Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) reported that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said:

Indeed, among the people who will have the most grievous position before Allāh on the Day of Resurrection is a man who, after he intimately approaches his wife and she intimately approaches him, he exposes her secrets. [Muslim]

When a husband is not protective over his wife's secrets, it will cause her to be fearful of sharing anything with him and make her distrustful of him. When a woman is unable to trust her husband, she will lose respect for him, and the effects of this on the marriage are obvious.

GROWING YOUR BEARD IS WĀJIB

"...If your job as an engineer (or any "prestigious" job) doesn't allow you to grow your beard then it becomes Wājib upon you to leave your job and go work elsewhere, even if it's a fast food restaraunt..."

- Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibrīl