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One of the oft-forgotten sunnan of Rasulullah salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam is to fast on the day of Ashura (i.e. the 10th of Muharram). What makes this day so special?

Ashura was the day in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala granted victory to Prophet Musa alayhis-salaam over Fir’aun, so Prophet Musa would fast on that day out of shukr to Allah. One time, Rasulullah ﷺ found Bani Israel fasting on the day of Ashura, so he ﷺ asked: ❛What is this day that you are fasting?❜

They replied: ❛This is a great day in which Allah saved Musa and his people, and He drowned Fir’aun and his people. Musa fasted on it due to gratitude, so we also fast on it.❜

🌺 Rasulullah ﷺ said: ❛We are more deserving and are closer to Musa than you.❜ And thus, he ﷺ fasted on the day of Ashura, and he commanded the Muslims to fast on it as well. 【Sahih al-Bukhari 3397 & Sahih Muslim 1130a】

🌺 Rasulullah ﷺ also encouraged us to fast Ashura AND the day before it (i.e. the 9th of Muharram) to distinguish our ‘ibaadah from the traditions of Bani Israel. He ﷺ said: ❛If I live until next year, I will certainly fast the 9th day of Muharram.❜ [Sahih Muslim 1134a]

🌺 Ibn Abbas radhi Allahu ‘anhu said: ❛I did not see the Prophet ﷺ as eager to fast a day and preferring it over others, except for this day of Ashura, and this month of Ramadan.❜ 【Sahih Muslim 1132】

With so many ahadith encouraging us to fast on Ashura, is there any special reward for fasting that day? Alhamdulillah, yes!

🌺 Rasulullah ﷺ said: ❛Fasting on the day of Ashura is an expiation for the sins of the previous year.❜ [Sahih Muslim 1162b]

So let us revive this sunnah by fasting on the 9th and 10th of Muharram, that we too may earn Allah’s forgiveness. That’s tomorrow (Monday) + Tuesday for us Malaysians. Please check your local Hijri calendar to affirm these dates.

May Allah accept from all of us.

Your sister in Deen, Aida Msr ©

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Usia 40 tahun sudah bukan lagi waktunya sibuk main Tik Tok, sibuk upload foto selfie, Hobby nongkrong, nonton drakor, dengerin musik, joged-joded.

Tapi sebaliknya ia harus mulai sibuk menjalani hidupnya dengan ibadah, amal shalih, menuntut ilmu, menjaga perilaku, menjaga syahwat dan meninggalkan ketamakan pada dunia.

Usia 40 Tahun adalah dimana manusia telah mencapai puncak kehidupannya baik dari segi fisik, intelektual, emosi, maupun spiritualnya. Ia telah meninggalkan masa mudanya dan melangkah ke masa dewasa yang sebenar-benarnya...

Maka siapa saja yg telah mencapai 40 tahun hendaknya ia berusaha memperbarui taubat dan kembali kepada Allah dengan bersungguh-sungguh, serta membuang kejahilan ketika usia muda, dan lebih berhati-hati,..

Ia harus melihat sesuatu dengan hikmah dan penuh keimanan, semakin meneguhkan tujuan hidup, menjadikan uban sebagai peringatan dan semakin memperbanyak syukur...

Bila Usia 40 Tahun, maka hendaknya kita mulai meningkat minatnya terhadap agama, dimana semasa mudanya jauh sekali dari agama. Maka sekarang mulailah menutup aurat dan banyak mengikuti kajian-kajian agama.

Bila Usia 40 Tahun, namun belum ada juga minatnya terhadap agamanya, maka bisa jadi pertanda yang buruk dari kesudahan umurnya di dunia...

Bila Usia 40 Tahun, maka tidak lagi banyak memikirkan "masa depan" keduniaan, mengejar karir dan kekayaan. Tetapi sudah jauh berpikir tentang nasibnya kelak di akhirat...

Bila Usia 40 Tahun, jika masih gemar melakukan dosa dan maksiat, mungkin meninggalkan shalat, berzina, mengumbar aurat, mabuk, dll, maka akan lebih sulit baginya untuk berhenti dari kebiasaan tersebut...

Bila Usia 40 Tahun, maka hendaknya ia mulai bersungguh-sungguh perbaiki apa-apa yang telah lewat dan manfaatkan dengan baik hari-hari yang tersisa dari umur yang ada, sebelum ruh sampai di tenggorokan. Sehingga menjadi pemenyesal kemudian hari yg tiada guna...

Ibrahim al-Nakha’i rahimahullah berkata :

“Mereka (para salaf) berkata, jika seseorang telah mencapai usia 40 tahun dan berada pada suatu perangai tertentu, maka ia tidak akan pernah berubah hingga datang kematiannya". (Ath-Thabaqat al-Kubra VI/277)

Imam Malik rahimahullah berkata :

"Aku dapati para ahli ilmu di negeri kami mencari dunia dan berbaur dengan manusia hingga datang kepada mereka usia 40 tahun. Jika telah datang usia tersebut kepada mereka, mereka pun meninggalkan manusia (yaitu lebih banyak konsentrasi untuk meningkatkan ibadah dan ilmu)" (At-Tadzkiroh hal 149).

Imam Ibnul Jauzi rahimahullah berkata:

Barangsiapa yang telah mencapai usia 40 tahun dan kebaikkannya belum mengalahkan keburukannya, hendaknya ia bersiap-siap ke neraka. (Bahrud Dumuu' hal 57)

Abdullah bin Dawud rahimahullah berkata :

"Kaum salaf, apabila diantara mereka ada yang sudah berumur 40 tahun, ia mulai melipat kasur, yakni tidak akan tidur lagi sepanjang malam, selalu melakukan shalat, bertasbih dan beristighfar. Lalu mengejar segala ketertinggalan pada usia sebelumnya dengan amal-amal di hari sesudahnya". (Ihya Ulumiddin IV/410).

Sebab itu wahai saudaraku, bila usiamu telah mencapai 40 tahun hendaknya engkau mulai sibuk dengan amal shalih, sebab waktumu sudah tak lama lagi dunia,

Ingatlah bahwa usia ummat Rasulullah shallallahu'alaihi wasallam rata2 sangat singkat hanya antara 60-70 thn.

Sebagaimana Rasulullah shallallahu’alaihi wasallam telah bersabda:

أَعْمَارُ أُمَّتِـي مَا بَيْنَ السِّتِّيْنَ إِلَى السَّبْعِيْنَ وَأَقَلُّهُمْ مَنْ يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ

“Umur-umur umatku antara 60 hingga 70 tahun, dan sedikit orang yg bisa melampui umur tersebut” (HR. Ibnu Majah: 4236, Syaikh Al Albani mengatakan: hasan shahih).

Maka dengan waktu yang tersisa sangat sedikit ini lantas masihkah kita santai-santai, foya-foya, dan lalai ??

✍ Habibie Quotes, 11/10/2023

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The Noble Scholar Shaykh Muhammad bin Sālih Al-'Uthaymīn رحمه الله stated:

"Teach your children to be truthful in speech and actions. Therefore, when you speak to them don't lie to them and when you promise them don't break your promise."

[Ad-Diyā Al-Lām'I (6/96)]🌿

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اللهمَ ارزُقنى التفكُّر و التدَبُّر بما يتلوهُ لسانى من كتابِك ، و الفهمَ لهُ ، والمَعرِفَةَ بِمعانيهِ ، والنَّظرَ فى غجآئِبِهِ ، والعَمَلَ بِذٰلِك ما بقِيتُ اِنَّكَ علىٰ كلِّى شَيءٍ قديرٌ

Oh Allah! grant me the ability to reflect and ponder on, and to understand whatever my tongue reads from your Qur’an and to go into the depths of its meanings and to recognize its wonders, and to act according to it as long as I live. Indeed You have power over everything.

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Janganlah tertipu penampilan luar, karena heningnya kuburan, bukan berarti semua penghuninya di dalam Surga.

- Tulisan seseorang hafidzahullah

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“Charity does not decrease your wealth. Humility does not decrease your honor. Prayer at night does not decrease your rest. Do not let the temporary and quantifiable hold you back from what is permanent and priceless.”

— Dr. Omar Suleiman

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— maktub مكتوب —

i finally realised there’s no point in forcing things. Just make Dua, if it’s meant for you, Allah will make it clear to you.

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The Prophet ﷺ talking about his wife,

Khadijah رضي الله عنها 🤍

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Istighfar

I was watching a khutba by Omar Suleiman on Istighfar and he was talking about the power of istighfar. When a person sins, a black dot is placed on their heart and when he sincerely repents, not only does that black dot disappear, that place in his heart becomes polished as if he didn’t commit that certain sin in the first place.

One major point I took from this is that istighfar should be a focal point in our daily lives. We should say “astaghfirullah” constantly because not only does it erase sins when you repent sincerely by the will of Allāh, it also gives you clarity and makes you closer to Allāh swt.

The Prophet pbuh was sinless but one habit he had was he continuously engaged in istighfar, not because of sins but because he (pbuh) wanted a connection and clarity with Allāh

Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: We counted the Prophet (pbuh) saying a hundred times during one single sitting:

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ إنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

Rabb-ighfir lee, wa tub `alayya, innaka Antat-Tawwabur-Raheem!

“Oh Allāh, Forgive me and pardon me. Indeed, You are the Oft-Returning with compassion and Ever Merciful”.

Make a habit of this and even the lightest fog in our hearts will be cleared inshaaAllah!

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The sign reads:

“Whoever can’t afford to buy his child some shoes for Eid, they can take them for free. My and your sustenance is Allah’s responsibility. May you be well every year”

- A shop in Palestine

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Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen رحمه الله:

Whoever places his children in the circles of learning Qur'an will be rewarded, whoever volunteers and teaches in it will be rewarded, they all enter into the hadith:

“The best of you are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it”.

شرح رياض الصالحين ٤/٦٣٩

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Time for salah. Time to pray for forgiveness. Time to make Tawbah. Time to pray for my parents. Time to pray for my future marriage. Time to pray for success in both this Dunya and in the Akhira. Time to pray for Jannah. Time to make more sujood. Time to reconnect with Allah SWT.

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You are in this world to build a place in paradise, don't forget that.

‎أنت في الدنيا من أجل أن تبني مكان لنفسك في جنة ، لا تنسى هذا

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رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

"My God, I am truly in great need of any good that You might send down to me." {Quran - 28:24}

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Where is Allah ‏سبحانه وتعالى ?

Answer: Allah is above the Throne in a manner that befits His Majesty Alone

Evidence from the book of Allah.

Allah ‏سبحانه وتعالى says:‏

‎ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ

The Most Beneficent Istawa (rose over) the Throne (in a manner that befits His Majesty). [20:5]

Allah ‏سبحانه وتعالى says:

‎ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَا فِی سِتَّةِ أَیَّامࣲ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ

The one who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six Days. Then He Istawa (rose over) the Throne (in a manner that befits His Majesty). [25:59]

Allah ‏سبحانه وتعالى says:

‎ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِی رَفَعَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ بِغَیۡرِ عَمَدࣲ تَرَوۡنَهَاۖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ

Allah is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that you can see. Then, He Istawa (rose above) the Throne (in a manner that suits His Majesty). [13:2]

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Salaam any advice on how to overcome health anxiety? I have always put my trust in Allah for all things, but for some reason this lockdown I am overthinking about getting ill. I have negative thoughts that only I can control my health which I know is not true.

Jazakhallahair

وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته

Well Tawakkul is essential in all aspects of life. It is understandable that certain factors like this pandemic and the lockdowns have affected many of us greatly. We are much more vigilant of our health now than before. Yes, we do not have full control over our health but we have some responsibility for it. To take care of it is sunnah. We should use our worries of our health as a motivation to take care of our well-being. As well as asking and trusting in Allah for his protection. May Allah keep you and us, our loved ones stable in our health and protect us from all evil‎ آمین wa iyyaki, I hope ‎إن شاء الله this has helped.

The Prophet ﷺ said: “There are two blessings which many people do not appreciate: Health and leisure.”

Ayesha (R.A) reported that when any of us fell sick, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would wipe him with his right hand then say: “Adhhib il-ba's, Rabbi l-naas washfi anta al-Shaafi laa shifaa'a illa shifaa'uka shifaa'an laa yughaadir saqaman.”