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Booktip: Prayers of the Pious by Omar Suleiman.

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“Self-care” is an expression we often see being used. Starting as a medical term coined in the 1950′s for mentally ill patients, it became a concept borrowed for political reasons by women in the civil rights movement, before moving to San Francisco bay where the public’s attention drew towards a holistic approach to fitness and healthy life style. Today, the term is used more than ever as a way to tell a person to take emotional breaks, to overcome compassion fatigue, burnout and others. While the concept of taking care of yourself physically and emotionally is beyond important, it’s not exactly a concept we should be throwing around easily either. Especially when constantly using it as an excuse to isolate yourself from people that care for you.

The prophet (saw) suffered countless human loss in his life but had the capacity to listen to a bird complain about its nest, and a cat complain about its treatment. After burying over six children and many other loved ones, he was still able to smile. He even felt a deep connection and love for people he never met... us. Yes, he is a prophet, sent as a mercy to humanity, but even so, he was also sent as an example, as a human - just like us. How did he manage to stay strong without resorting to depending on the tactics of self-care that we generally turn to? 

First, his escape route was prayer. And while no one can match his level of focus and devotion during prayer, we can still learn from it and perceive the importance of inherently depending on prayer in our daily lives. And this route never made him ignorant of the problems faced by everyone around him. Instead, it enabled him to become more involved physically and emotionally with his surroundings. It made him stronger. At the same time, the five daily prayers are structured in a way to balance our work and spiritual matters in life. They serve as necessary frequent breaks between the day and give us time to find tranquility in the moment. It’s a form of self-care that is constant, an essential ingredient in the recipe of every single day of our lives. 

A part of prayer is making dua’a. This includes changing our mindset about our personal goals and the world around us. For example, a dua’a found in Surah Furqan ayah 74 is, “Oh my Lord, make our spouses and children a comfort to our eyes and make us leaders of the virtuous.” This journey in life is not just about ourselves; it’s also about the people around us. Taking care of our family, neighbors, friends is our responsibility -- not just a means of doing good deeds to make us feel better about ourselves. We have a greater purpose in life, and every single person is accountable. Asking God for help is a perfect starting point to making us fulfill this purpose with the capacity that we have. We should always ask the question, “how can I get myself to a place where I am able to take care both of myself and others?” Self-care is only one miniscule step in a long, worthwhile, journey of actively taking care of the people around us. 

Another important point to digest is that ‘isolation’ from people is actually not inherently bad. On the contrary, the prophet used to isolate himself during the night time to organize his thoughts, especially before prophethood, and this brought him a lot of benefit. A healthy lifestyle, spending time outside (i.e playing sports), breathing in nature, silence, reading, and spending time alone are crucial to our well-being. Especially as work of school assignments pile up on out desks, it’s hard to stay focused constantly. These intervals are necessary to our livelihood, programmed inside of us. We yearn for love and change; we enjoy silence after noise; we see poetry in the darkness after spending time in light; we want peace. However, this is not only self-care; it is human nature. It is crucial to our health and peace of mind. Today’s version of ‘self-care’ however, has turned into something more - an industrial concept that seems to imply that humans are capital, that family is hardship, and that empathy, or feeling sad, are harmful. 

Finally, most importantly, the key to finding the great potential and strength in ourselves is gratitude. Not just experiencing occasional flickers of the feeling - but rather, turning gratitude into a lifestyle. Sincerely reserving time to deeply contemplate the blessings we can count before we start noticing our worries grow smaller. One specific self-care practice includes something called “gratitude exercises.” Islam introduced the practice of internalizing the word Alhamdullilah, and saying it after every meal, after every injury, after every success, long before 2019 updates of this “secular” method popped up on our search engines. 

Before we start using self-care as an excuse to deliberately allow ourselves to become emotionally exhausted over matters that have practical solutions, we should look towards the stories of the prophets, prayer, and gratitude. We should also look into ourselves. What exactly is bothering me, or causing me to feel a certain way and how can I fix it? Of course, self-care is important -- but it should not include the act of creating a personal bubble that disjoins us from others. And it shouldn’t simply involve a hobby that makes us happy, or an action of worldly-gain. And it most certainly shouldn’t cause us to view empathy and sacrifice for the sake of others as qualities that are more harmful to us than virtuous. Most importantly, self-care should not be done just for our sake. It is actually a serious requirement of our religion that should empower us to do effectual good for others without expecting reward from anyone else except God, who will, with his grace and mercy, shower us with blessings both in this short life and the eternal hereafter. 

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Doa Apa Yang Paling Sering Dipanjatkan Nabi (ﷺ)? - Omar Suleiman . Protecting The Faith - Imam Omar Suleiman | #YC2K18 . Sumber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM_0cgaBKF4 . ------------------- . Diterjemahkan Tim Subtitle Darul Arqam Studio (Indonesia Free Quran Education) - @fqe.id . Doa apa yang paling sering dipanjatkan Nabi (ﷺ)? . (يامقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك) . Ya muqollibal quluub tsabbit qolbi 'alaa diinik . Coba pikirkan Nabi (ﷺ), akan saya jelaskan. Beliau mencapai kedudukan yang tidak mungkin dicapai satupun dari kita, tidak seorang manusia pun pernah mencapainya dalam hal kesalehan . Namun, bahkan beliau yang sudah sedemikian doa yang paling sering beliau panjatkan adalah, . (يامقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك) . "Wahai pembolak balik hati, teguhkan hatiku di jalan-Mu." . Bahkan Nabi (ﷺ) masih memanjatkan doa untuk menjaga keyakinan beliau, dan menjaga kesalehan beliau, serta tidak lalai darinya . Jika Nabi Allah (ﷺ) tidak hanya sekali-kali berdoa begitu, tapi selalu memanjatkan doa itu, hingga istri beliau mengatakan itu doa yang paling sering beliau panjatkan, apa yang bisa kita petik dari hal ini tentang karakter dan pencarian beliau? . Ini membuat kita rendah hati. Ini membuat kita selalu bertekad. Ini membuat kita selalu waspada. Kita tidak boleh berasumsi. Melihat orang lain melakukan dosa-dosa besar, kita tidak tahu bahwa mungkin tidak akan mati sebelum melakukan dosa besar yang sama . Jadi jangan ejek orang itu. Doakan saja agar Allah mengampuni mereka dan menjaga mereka agar kuat, karena kita menginginkan hal yang sama bagi diri kita sendiri. Kita takut akan jatuh ke lubang yang sama itu . . #nakindonesia #omarsuleiman #omarsuleimanindonesia #nasihatislami #nasihatindah #fqeid #indonesiafreequranedication #darularqamstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/B7pgKGNHCO9/?igshid=qgvi4xnfz6gw

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Deeds That Save You From Punishment of the Grave

Ata Ibn asaar RA said that when the deed wakes up in his grave, the first thing that will come to him are his deeds. So the deeds will strike his thigh, and wake him up and say, ‘ana ‘amaluk, “I am your deeds.” So then the man will say, “Where’s my family? Where are my kids? Where are my people? Where is what Allah has given me?” And the deeds will say, “You have left your family, you’ve left your children, you’ve left your people, and all that Allah has granted you behind you and you’re not going to live in his grave except with me.”

The Prophet SAW famously said three things follow you to your grave: your wealth, your family, and your deeds. Your wealth and your family turn back, but your deeds stay with you.

Our deeds are the most important thing we’re going to send forward into the Barzakh. They protect you, they accompany you, they live with you and in some cases they save you.

“The most beloved deeds to Allah are the consistent ones, even if they’re small.” You don’t realize, but every time you’re making wudu for the sole purpose of pleasing Allah, those could be washing your future self from sins that would’ve otherwise incurred the punishment of the grave.

Also, remember that the grave is a place for purification for some of the believers so they don’t have to be purified in the hereafter.

In the Jannah, the Prophet SAW said, “Whoever drinks wine in this world will be forbidden from it in the hereafter. But you forbade yourself from wine here, so you get to drink it in Jannah.” Now, likewise in Barzakh, you forbade yourself from water here during your fasting, so Allah lets you have it there instead.

“I saw a man from my ummah and he was lost in darkness. Then his Hajj and his Umrah came, and they pulled him into the light.” Now, I want you to think about Hajj and Umrah. Is there any experience in Islam that’s more immersive than Hajj and Umrah? In Hajj and Umrah you are literally surrounded by light. In every direction you look, you see something that reminds you of Allah SWT. You see the Kaaba, you see Zamzam, you see Safa, you see Marwa, you see Arafah. You see the other Hajjaj that are dressed in white, that reminds you of your death. So it’s only fitting that Hajj and Umrah would give you light in a space of darkness. Then the Prophet SAW said, “And I saw a man from my ummah, who was trying to avoid the fire, and then his sadaqah came. His voluntary charity came. And it shielded him from the fire.”

And the Hadith goes on to mention other manifestations of good deeds that save you later on in the journey. But here’s the thing, Allah isn’t just fair, he’s merciful. He knows the deeds you wanted to do but couldn’t, and the deeds you wish you could have done better, and he expands those deeds to unimaginable rewards.

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The Dead Are Alive in Their Graves

The dead are not truly gone. Those who have been buried are not simply lifeless; they've entered the Barzakh, a state of existence between this world and the Hereafter. It’s often hard for us, the living, to grasp the depth of this reality. But one thing is certain — death, as we perceive it, is not the end. It is just a transition to a different kind of life.

I am a slave to Allah SWT, and in this role, I humbly accept the wisdom and mystery of His divine plan. Our lives on Earth are finite, yet the life in Barzakh is infinite in a sense. It's a realm where time works differently, where the soul continues its existence in a way we can only begin to understand.

Think about it. Right now, nearly 8 billion people are living on Earth. But in Barzakh, there are estimates of about 117 billion human souls, each one experiencing their own unique reality. Some of them might have lived far longer in Barzakh than they did on this Earth. And who knows, perhaps you, too, will one day move into that realm, living for thousands of years there, experiencing Hayyatul Barzakh — "the life of Barzakh." It’s called that for a reason because it is life, just with different dimensions, different rules of time and space.

In Barzakh, it’s not like the dunya (this world), where we age in a linear fashion. And it’s certainly not like Jannah, where all believers are the same age, youthful and free of pain. Each soul’s experience in Barzakh is uniquely their own, shaped by their deeds and their closeness to Allah SWT.

There's a story that resonates deeply about life after death. A son once visited his mother’s grave, just as he had visited her home during her life. He would make dua for her, asking Allah SWT to grant her peace. One night, he saw her in a dream, looking radiant and receiving endless gifts — silk garments, perfume, and all the things of paradise. In the dream, she smiled at him and said, “I’m pleased when you visit my grave. So do not stop visiting me. But now, think about your own grave. You will one day visit it, and live in it for an unspecified period of time. What will your grave be like? What will it feel like? What will it smell like?”

This is a question we all must consider. Our graves are alive. They are homes under construction, awaiting our arrival. They are a doorway to a reality most people choose to ignore, but it is inevitable — we will all face it one day. So, what does your grave look like? What does it feel like? What is waiting for you on the other side?

When we make dua for the dead, we remember not only their lives but our own journey that awaits. I’ve made dua for Allah to grant Jannah to those who have passed, trusting in His infinite mercy. But I also reflect on my own eventual departure from this world, and what my journey into Barzakh will look like. Each of us has this moment ahead, a moment that no one can avoid. The grave is breathing, and one day, we will all enter it. What awaits you there?

April 7, 2025

*summarized, narrated, and rewritten with paraphrase by Sabilla.

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Day 3 everyone.....alhamdulillah😀