reminders

✧︎ وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ✧︎ “And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.”

[thawabuponthawab]

The Prophet ﷺ said, “When you see people amassing gold and silver, then amass these words:”

اللهم إني أسألك الثبات في الأمر والعزيمة على الرشد وأسألك شكر نعمتك وأسألك حسن عبادتك وأسألك قلبا سليما وأسألك لسانا صادقا وأسألك من خير ما تعلم وأعوذ بك من شر ما تعلم وأستغفرك لما تعلم إنك أنت علام الغيوب

O Allāh, I ask You for steadfastness in all affairs, and determination upon the path of righteousness. I ask You for gratitude for Your blessings, and excellence in worshipping You. I ask You for a sound and pure heart, and a truthful and sincere tongue. I ask You for the best of what You know, and I seek refuge in You from the worst of what You know — Indeed, You alone are the Knower of the unseen.

مسند أحمد

[anaseshaafi]

“وإذا سد عليك بحكمته طريقا من طرقه، فتح لك برحمته طريقا أنفع لك منه.. الربُّ سبحانه لا يمنع عبده المؤمن شيئا من الدنيا إلا ويؤتيه أفضل منه وأنفع له”.

And if Allah, in His wisdom, closes one of His paths before you, He opens for you by His mercy another path more beneficial than it. The Lord, Glorified be He, never withholds from His believing servant anything of this world except that He grants him something better and more useful in return.

ابن القيم | الفوائد (٥٧)

[vbdulrvhmvn]

كُلٌّ إِلَيْنَا رَاجِعُونَ

they all shall return to Us.

[ الأنبياء: 93]

[thawabuponthawab]

“Perform the ḥajj and ‘umrah pilgrimages, one after another, for they both erase poverty and sins just as the furnace removes impurity from iron, gold, and silver. There is no reward for an accepted ḥajj but Paradise.”

سنن الترمذي ٨١٠

[thawabuponthawab]

Al-Fudayl ibn ʿIyād رحمه الله said:

«إِنَّمَا أُنزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ لِيُعْمَلَ بِهِ، فَاتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ قِرَاءَتَهُ عَمَلًا»

“The Qurʾān was only revealed to be acted upon, but people have taken its recitation as the goal instead of action.” (Iqtiḍā’ al-ʿIlm al-ʿAmal)

Perfect and beautiful recitation is not the end goal, rather it is a means to the end goal which is contemplation and acting upon the Qurʾān.

[mv11]

I am content with what Allah has decreed for me, and I entrust my affairs to my Creator. For Allah has perfected what has passed, and He will likewise perfect what remains

[vbdulrvhmvn]

الحمد لله على نعمة الاستغفار

Alhamdulillah for the blessing of seeking forgiveness

[thawabuponthawab]

“When the human being dies, his deeds end except for three: ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who prays for him”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1631

[thawabuponthawab]

The Prophet ﷺ said, “duʿā is worship itself”

Then the Prophet ﷺ recited the verse:

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ

“And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.”

sunan at-tirmidhī 3247

[thawabuponthawab]

اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْإِيمَانَ وَزَيِّنْهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا وَكَرِهَ إِلَيْنَا الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الرَّاشِدِينَ اللَّهُمَّ تَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ وَأَحْيِنَا مُسْلِمِينَ وَأَلْحِقْنَا بِالصَّالِحِينَ

“O Allāh, make Īmān beloved to us and beautify it in our hearts, and make kufr, wickedness, and disobedience hateful to us, and make us among the rightly-guided. O Allāh, let us pass away as Muslims, live as Muslims, and let us be joined with the righteous.”

al-Adab al-Mufrad 699

[anaseshaafi]

“من أعظم الأشياء ضررًا على العبد بطالتُه وفراغه، فإنَّ النَّفس لا تقعد فارغة، بل إن لم يشغلها بما ينفعها شَغَلَتْه بما يضرّه ولابدّ”.

“One of the most harmful things for a person is idleness and free time. The soul never stays empty—if you do not occupy it with what benefits it, it will occupy you with what harms you—inevitably.”

ـ ابن القيم | طريق الهجرتين (٢/٥٩٧)

[merysaada]

With time, you will come to know the wisdom of Allah in everything that has happened to you. You will come to realise that He has been more merciful to you than your own self.

[rawanly]

"Five times a day, the Lord of the Worlds calls you — whether you come with joy or sorrow, in pain, in weakness, or in strength. No one welcomes you in every state as He does."

[thawabuponthawab]

When the Prophet ﷺ would go to sleep, he would say:

بِاسْمِكَ نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا

“In Your name we die and we live”

When the Prophet ﷺ woke up, he would say:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُور

“All praise is due to Allāh, who has given us life after our death, and unto Him is the Resurrection.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7394

[iamayeshaahmed]

When we miss a bus, lose a job, or find ourselves unable to marry the person we want, have we ever stopped to consider the possibility that it may have been for our own good?

Allah tells us in the Quran: "...But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you, and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah knows, while you know not." ( 2:216)

When Allah closes a door that we want to open so badly, let us not despair. Let us not end up staring indefinitely at the closed doors of our lives. Let us not forget to notice the ones that have opened. Let us take a step back and notice the bigger picture. Often Allah takes things away from us, only to replace them with something greater. 🤍

[salafiway]

Ibn al-Qayyim said: 

"If you knew the true value of yourself, you would never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.

When Iblīs refused to bow to your father 'Adam, he refused to bow to you, so why have you become his friend and left us?

If there was any love in your heart, it's effect would appear on your body."

● [كتاب الفوائد صفحة ١١٨]

[rawanly]

هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُ ٱلْبَارِئُ ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

"He is Allah: the Creator, the Inventor, the Shaper. He ˹alone˺ has the Most Beautiful Names. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth ˹constantly˺ glorifies Him. And He is the Almighty, All-Wise."

(59:24)