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Abu Huraira (May Allah have mercy upon him) used to say:

The worst kind of food is the wedding feast (waleemah)

to which the rich are invited and the poor are excluded.

[Sahih Muslim 1432, Book 16, Hadith 124]

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Your income is written.

Your spouse is written.

Your career is written.

The food you eat is written.

Your death is written.

So please tell me, why are you stressing?

Trust Allah with all these affairs.

Just focus on Deen, work hard, the rest will fall in to place iA.

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The Dua of Musa (AS):

رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

Rabbi inni lima anzalta ilayya min khairin faqir

‘My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need.’ (Surah Al-Qasas, 24)

The Dua of Yunus (AS):

لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِين

La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz-zalimin

‘There is no god worthy of worship except You. Glory be to You! I have certainly done wrong.’ (Surah Al-Anbiya, 87)

The Dua of Nuh (AS):

رَبِّ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ

Rabbi inni maghlubun fan-tass-ssir

‘I am helpless, so help me!’ (Surah Al-Qamar, 10)

The Dua of Ayub (AS):

أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Innee massaniyad durru wa Anta arhamur raahimeen

‘Indeed, I have been touched with adversity, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.’ (Surah Al-Anbiya, 83)

The Dua of Muhammad (SAW):

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الْهَمِّ والْحُـزْنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

Allaahumma ‘innee ‘a’oothu bika minal-hammi walhazani, wal’ajzi walkasali, walbukhli waljubni, wa dhala’id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijaal.

‘O Allah, I take refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debts and from being overpowered by men.’ (Sunan an-Nasa’I 5449)

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2024 islamic goals ideas 🩷

finish the entire Qur’an

memorise at least x5 surah’s

start to pray on time

read and finish Qur’an in translation of your language

learn tajweed rules and improve Qur'an recitation

pray in the masjid more

plan your days around salah rather than the other way round

learn Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ 's 99 names/attributes

detach from worldly means/people/things/desires

adopt true tawakkul

speak in a manner that's pleasing to Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ

have better hygiene

be kinder to the creation

eradicate the ego and adopt meekness and humility

habits to form

waking up for fajr more often

waking up for tahajjud more often

reading 1 page minimum of Qur’an every single day

reading books on religious knowledge bimonthly

exercising at least 2x a week

eating healthily with a balanced diet

daily dhikr after each fard prayer

listening to more islamic podcasts

daily gratitude journaling, thanking Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ

praying nawafil (voluntary) prayers more often

less backbiting, more journalling

getting better sleep and not sleeping so late

praying for people rather than judging them

giving sadaqah more often

durood sharif and dhikr before you go to bed

daily or at least weekly cleaning of your space

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This year was definitely the most eye-opening year so far. Palestinians have shown us how Islam is supposed to be practiced. We look for so many excuses to skip prayer, meanwhile, they pray on rubble. We waste so much food, meanwhile, they still share food with others, even when they just have one piece of bread amongst themselves.

They have shown us what it truly means to have faith. From hearing them say, "Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal wakeel," after a loss, we have also started saying that powerful dua in times of distress. From seeing them pray, no matter what the situation is, we also no longer see any excuse to skip prayer.

From boycotting, we were astonished to truly see just how much money we waste, how much attention we give to these brands, and how easy it is for us to get trapped by this dunya. From watching videos of the smiles of children light up the world after receiving a toy in refugee camps, we have learned to appreciate our safe upbringings more, no matter how traumatising it may have been.

We will never truly understand what it's like to be in their shoes, but I ask Allah to grant us the same level of strength and iman as the people of Gaza and Palestinians have.

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الرجال خمسة "There are 3 types of men:

‏رجل في الخندق يصاول أعداء الله .. A man in a trench fighting the enemies of Allah,

‏ورجل قضى شهيدا في سبيل ربه... A man who was martyred in the path of Allah,

‏ورجل أسير صابر  في قيوده.. A man in captivity, staying patient in his shackles,

‏ورجل جريح كالاسد ينتظر براء جرحه كي يعاود المناجزة ... A man who was wounded, like a lion, waiting for his wound to heal so he can go back to fighting,

‏ورجل يتجهز يريد اللحاق بركب الابطال .. And a man who is preparing himself to catch up to those who already went forth.

‏فإن لم تكن منهم فأحسن الله عزاءك في رجولتك So if you aren’t among those, then my condolences to your 'masculinity'."

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maybe if I got married, I’d actually have a friend

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The gheerah of Allah

Allah is not pleased with that the one who knew him, and tasted the sweetness of being close to him, and the peacefulness of being connected to him leaves to the love of someone else, or neglects him, so when his servant does such act, he makes his life depressed, and covers him with a dress of weakness and humiliation and helplessness to punish him, or perhaps bring him back.

And from his gheerah, he made immoralities forbidden in public and private, and made the punishment of those who commit them severe in dunyah and akhirah, for he can see his servants at all times, and he hates to see them in sin.

And from His gheerah is that when the first man, Adam عليه السلام , desired to live in Jannah forever instead of obeying his lord, he made him and his offspring exit it until the judgement day.

And from his gheerah, when he noticed that Ismail عليه السلام took a part of the heart of his father ibraheem عليه السلام which Allah used to fill before Ismail was born, he ordered him to kill him, as a test and reminder to Ibraheem عليه السلام.

Beware from Allah, for when he sees that the heart of his servant is filled with the love of someone else, he seals it, and makes returning to his worship hard, and loving him all again almost impossible, and one cannot then blame anyone but himself for choosing someone over his lord.

So when you see your heart darken, and your life worsen, ask yourself, who's the first one you think about when you wake up, and who's the last one you think of before your soul returns to it's creator every night, then you'll know the cause, and returning to your lord will be then the solution.

Woe to those who sold the connection to paradise for a fake temporary enjoyment in Dunyah which leads to an everlasting punishment!

-inspired by Ibn Al Qayyim's commentary on the ayah 28 of surah Aal Imraan.

"And Allah warns you about Himself."

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٧٢ يوماً،

72days,

١,٧٢٨ ساعةٍ،

1728hours,

١٠٣,٦٨٠ دقيقةٍ،

103,680minutes,

٦,٢٢٠,٨٠٠ ثانيةٍ،

6,220,800seconds

وأهل غزة تحت عدوان إسرائيلي وحشيّ،

And The people of Gaza are under barbaric Israeli aggression,

تحت القصف الإسرائيلي،

under Israeli bombing,

تحت نيران الدبابات الإسرائيلية،

Under Israeli tank fire,

تحت رُكَـام المنازِل،

Under the rubble of their houses,

تحت الخَوف،

Under fear,

تحت الجُوع،

Under hunger,

تحت العَطش،

Under thirst,

تحت الإصابات البالِغة،

Under severe injuries,

تحت آلام الفِراق،

Under the pain of separation from the loved ones,

تحت نَظَرات الوداع الأَخير،

Under the final farewell glances,

وتحت الخِذلان العَربيّ..

and under the betrayal from the Arabic countries..

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“We got married six months ago when the war was started. We dreamed of a child who’ll like him. We lived in a simple home, but that felt like a palace in paradise for me. We got displaced, and My husband became a martyr. The occupation killed all our dreams. I have no souvenir of him except these shoes, which will remain with me until I die.”

–A wife of a Martyr in Palestine.

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Quran 29:57

One day you will perform wudhu and it will be the last time you perform wudhu in your life.

One day you will hear the adhan, and it will the last time your ears will hear the adhan in your life.

One day you will raise your hands in salah, and it will be the last time you raise your hands in salah in your life.

One day you will bow down in sujood, and it will be the last time you bow down in sujood in your life.

One day you will say Salaam to a fellow Muslim, and it will be the last time you say Salaam to someone in your life.

One day you will make a dua, and it will be the last time you make a dua for something in your life.

One day you will pray in congregation, and it will be last time you will ever pray in congregation in your life.

Only Allah knows when these last moments will be for us. Perhaps they have already occured, perhaps they will occur soon. The only thing we do know is that we will all experience these "last moments"

And just like we walk through so many doors to go from one room into another every single day, one day our souls will walk through a door in which we leave this world and enter into the akhirah forever.

May Allah make the last of our deeds the best of our deeds and allow us to die in a state of complete and humble submission to Him.

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قصف جديد يستهدف مستشفى الشفاء بغزة 💔

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Shaykh ‘Abd Ar-Razzāq al-Badr (hafidhahullah) said:

The more that a woman stays in the home

and lessens her trips (to the) outside,

except for a need,

the closer she is to her Lord and attaining His mercy.

[A Piece of Advice and Admonition for the Women, pg. 28]

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مذبحة دير ياسين عام 1948

ومذبحة قطاع غزة عام 2023

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