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Listen.Breathe.Be Thankful.Pray

[gain-ajr]

إِنَّهُ مَن يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

“Indeed, he who fears Allah and is patient, then indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.”

Surat Yusuf [12:90]

[be-happy-and-enjoy-the-life]

[amxtullahhh]

[quotesmema]

[islamicrays]

One question that many people struggle with is the question of pain. How do we know if Allah is testing us or punishing us? When we change our understanding of this life, the way in which we see this question also changes. The reality of hardship can be summarized by this principle: anything that brings us closer to Allah is a blessing. And anything that takes us away from Allah is a punishment.

Yasmin Mogahed

[naderdawah]

عَنْ أَبِي كَعْبٍ، صَاحِبِ الْحَرِيرِ حَدَّثَنِي شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُ دُعَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَكِ قَالَتْ كَانَ أَكْثَرُ دُعَائِهِ ‏"‏ يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا لأَكْثَرِ دُعَائِكَ يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ قَالَ ‏"‏ يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ آدَمِيٌّ إِلاَّ وَقَلْبُهُ بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَقَامَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَزَاغَ ‏"‏ (الترمذي)

[allahaljalil]

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Wishing everyone a blessed Ramadan. 

May Allah make this an opportunity for all of us to draw closer to Him (swt), increase us in taqwa, obedience and understanding. May Allah (swt) grant us the ability to perform fasting in the utmost excellent form, consisting of His remembrance, refraining from what is unlawful and increasing in acts of worship. We ask Allah Almighty to strengthen our hearts, answer our prayers and have mercy and forgiveness upon us; but most of all we thank Allah Whom all Praise is due for giving us the opportunity to witness another beautiful month of Ramadan. May it be a means of purification, elevation and goodness in this world and the next. Ameen. 

[urduandstuff]

“Ab tou ghabraa ke ye kehtay hein kai marr jaenge, Marr kai bhi chain na paaya to kidhar jaenge?”

— SHEIKH IBRAHIM ZAUQ

[mohitmarwah]

“Itna kyun sikhaye jaa rahi hai zindagi, Humne kaunsi sadiyan guzarni hai yahan”

—

[islamicrays]

“Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: If anyone continually asks forgiveness, Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress, relief from anxiety, and will provide for him from where he never realized.”

— [Reference: Abu Dawood]

[wahabahussain]

And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. - The Great Gatsby MEDICINE! ❤ #bibliophile #weekend #bookay #bookstagram #fitzgerald #gatsby #book #bookshelf #mybooks #novels #fscottfitzgerald #library #weekendshopping #shopping #vsco📷 #vsco #vscocamgram #vscofilter #chasinglight #iddieforyou #bookstagramfeature #bookaddict #reader #reading #read #saturday #jazz #jazzage #karachites #libertybooks

[wahabahussain]

Review#1 #ramadan2017 #islamicbooks The purpose of creation by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips This perspectives, the collective reasoning rekindle a hope in you that gets lost when you're amidst a busy schedule unable to give your heart and your mind the care to understand existence and to accept that you're truly purposeful. You have a purpose and its beautiful. If you're feeling like you have your worldly goals figured out and still don't understand why you are who you are and why you are here. This book will calm your busy mind down. The author takes you through historical references from most religions and makes you realise the beauty of the answer to "why we are here".. And lastly it really reinforces you to understand the importance of delving into the practice of reading and understanding the divine revelation because it is only in this amazing book of conversation with Alllah that our hearts bow down in humility to His magnanimity. Favorite excerpts: "It is only by leaving one's affairs in the hands of God, after making an effort,that the hearts find rest from the desires for the pleasures of this world." Indeed it is by My remembrance that hearts find rest (13:28) "If Allah is truly just, it means that the trials human beings face in life are not beyond their ability to handle." #vscophile #vsco #vscocam #bookstagram #books #book #bookquotes #islamicbooks #islamicquotes #islam #sistersindeen #brothersinislam #muslims #bilalphilips #ramadan #ramadankareem #ramadanbooks #bookreview #review #islamic #book #bookphotography

[urqv-blog]

[wahabahussain]

I went on a Islamic books rampage at dawah books right before Ramadan and I haven't posted about it. Tch Tch It's important because those books help me keep my faith in check.(I have a whole collection that I dont post about) Starting tomorrow I am definitely taking time out of my "pretend" busy schedule and review! Who's with me? My favorite ayah: that I need etched around my neck: They plan, and Allah plans.surely Allah is the Best of Planners. [8:30] #ramadan2017 #islam #sistersinislam #sistersindeen #islamicbooks #dawahbooks #ramadan #ramazan #vsco #vscopk #vscocam #vscofilter #vscophile #bibliophile #booklover #books #bookstagram #bookshelf #quran #holyquran #spiritualbooks #holymonth #holymonthoframadan #reader #silentreader (at Da'wah Books)

[deenforummah]

‪As you get more “religious”, your love for others is supposed to increase. You get kinder, more tolerant & wiser; not about being arrogant.

Mufti Ismail Menk (via deenforummah)

[storiesofthesahabah]

Have you really forgiven? Others? Yourself? Can you truly look at the mirror and say I have forgiven myself? ____ For the past years we hear and listen to people talking about how excited they are because Ramadhan is coming or that we find people busying themselves with preparations for the coming of the blessed month of Ramadhan. Sometimes we question our own self, how come they feel so much genuine sincerity and happiness about it? Have you ever felt that moment where you are excited but your heart is not fully, let’s just say, prepared? Half full, half empty emotion? It’s because you may have done so in forgiving others, asking forgiveness from other you may have wronged but you forgot something very crucial in this journey, yourself.

We forget that we have hurt ourselves so much for the past months until Ramadhan comes. We forget that we have hurt our souls so much for not praying consistently until Ramadhan comes. We forget that we have neglected our obligations as Muslims until Ramadhan comes. Often times, we preach to other people about forgiveness, taqwa and what such yet we forget to preach to our ownself- until Ramadhan comes along.

Do you know that you are a chosen one? Yes you were from the beginning because you are a Muslim but do you know that Allah chooses you again and again? - every year He chooses you to reach Ramadhan so you can redeem yourself, why? because Allah wants to see you in Jannah. If you are thinking that you are the worst person because of whatever you have done in your life, then know that Ramadhan is a door for which Allah makes you enter so you can repent from all of these sins that you have done and give you a hope and opportunity to ask from Him, from His Love, from His Mercy and from His Guidance.  Forgive yourself. You may think you are the worst person right now but for Allah with every call of yours He answers you back three more times. And know that you coming back to Allah makes Him so happy and pleased more than a mother who is reunited to her long lost child.  So learn to forgive yourself, clean your soul by forgiving before you enter Ramadhan. My dear, it is only when you do so will you feel the sweetness and understand the true essence of saying “Ahlan wa Sahlan ya Ramadhan! Welcome O Ramadhan!”.

Make it count. Repent sincerely. Make your way back to Allah. He is waiting for your call and He prepared an answer that has in it more than what you will ask of Him.  O how Merciful is Ar Rahim! O how Generous is Al Kareem! Allahu’akbar! We ask Allah to enable us to reach Ramadhan with a purified and cleansed heart and soul. Allahumma balighna Ramadhan! Amin Zohayma

[the-fault-in-our-iman]

The times when Dua's are most accepted during Ramadan:

• 1. The third portion of the night shortly before sehri ends

• 2. Whilst fasting

• 3. Between Asr & Maghrib

• 4. Just before fast opens

• 5. On Jumma before & after khutba

• 6. Between Adhan & Iqamah

• 7. Whilst raining

• 8. After Qur'an recitation

• 9. The Night of Qadr