#Ihyaa

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THE STUDENTS YEARN FOR THE EDUCATION MINES

Mohammed Ayesh (@moayeshblog) who helps verify Gaza fundraisers with @gaza-evacuation-funds is starting up an initiative @ihyaafoundation to give students of Gaza a place to study and access the Internet. Firstly, he wants to raise 2000 USD to rent a location.

You can read more about the initiative here:

https://www.tumblr.com/ihyaafoundation/782695980073156608/revival-initiative

Grassroots initiatives like these help restore and anchor the community devastated by endless bombing, to restore a sense of normalcy in their everyday. It's their way of resisting against the occupation's effort's to uproot and remove all Palestinian life. Please consider donating or sharing.

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Studying for a degree is challenging in many different ways, from the endless deadlines, essays, exams, to juggling that part-time job to support yourself while doing all that. If you find university difficult, imagine how difficult it must be for university students in Gaza! All universities in Gaza have been bombed, and while students are trying to continue their studies online, it is extremely hard to find reliable Internet and stable electricity for them to do so!

The Ihyaa Foundation is a Gazan youth-led iniative that provides a free space with electricity and Internet connection for university students so that they can continue their studies and take their exams! The initiative also provides books and stationery for students who are unable to afford them!

They need to collect $2,000 by this Monday so that they can rent a room with Internet for students to continue their studies! Education is not only important for the students' future, but it is also essential in the rebuilding of a society! Right now they have raised £851, please share and donate if you are able to!

Vetted! This initiative is started by the vetter Mohammed Ayesh, promoted by @/gaza-evacuation-funds (also see x, x), promoted by nabulsi)

Tumblr: @ihyaafoundation

IG: ihyaa.foundation

You can enter my necklace raffle (2.0) if you donate to this fundraiser!

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An initiative that needs more attention is Ihyaa’s Mission in Gaza. They’re aiming to raise enough money to provide university students with a safe place to continue their education. Rent is high / starting soon, so please spread the word on this as well and donate any possible amount you can (even 5 dollars makes a difference). They’re very far from their goal so please spread the word!!

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I'm in trouble 🪦🍉🇵🇸

there is something important that we should take care of together.

Ihya Company

After deep reflection and great effort in light of the genocide, we are a youth team, I decided to establish a non-profit collective company aimed at:

1 . Bringing young people with high efficiency in software development and maintaining the remaining experience and training them for free👨‍💻📱

2 . Bringing young men and girls with the best in design and editing, training them and providing electricity for training for free as well👩‍💻👨‍💻

3 . Providing good Internet for a solution for exams for the benefit of students who could not provide good Internet since any place where you will use the Internet will need a very high cost 💶

4 . Stationery and books are provided to students who are unable to buy these things.📚

For that :

We need to save money to start the project on Monday in two days

Revival is based on your donations to start what we planned for, so we need to reach $2,000 as soon as possible. The revival campaign received $392.

Company's private donation campaign (ihyaa).

Note that if Monday comes and we don't collect the amount we will pay to rent the place, at least we will leave everything we started because of the lack of money and the amount is very small, which is $2,000, including office rent, electricity and water. Note that the appointment is today and it is on Saturday, but the owner of the place gave me another chance that he can't start the initiative

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Donate to Gaza, get a cool postcard!

Would you be amenable to receiving a beautiful Ganondorf postcard in the mail? 👀

(Thanks to @vigoburrito for providing the artwork for this beautiful postcard) Simple!

Donate 10 dollars to any of the mutual aid initiatives for Gaza listed below and send me a screenshot of proof of donation via my askbox or dms!

Please make sure you are comfortable providing me with your address so I can send this on you way. 1. Crips for esims for Gaza

Mutual aid fund that continues to provide people in Gaza with internet connection via esims.

2. Isnad Initiative

This initiative aims to provide Palestinians in Gaza with a suitable environment for their education. We all know that education is a right!. You can follow them on tumblr in order to receive updates. 3. Ihyaa Foundation

Another initiative driven by Palestinian youth to help provide educational assistance for people in Gaza.

4. Revive Gaza Farmlands

A project aimed to revitalize Gaza's agricultural sector.

If you can't donate, please share!

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Palestine Action for aid to overseas supporters

Hind Rajab Foundation against legal impunity

Gaza Medical Tent Project

One Heart Volunteer Team Drop of Life Water Campaign

Dahnoun Mutual Aid

Mawasi al-Qarara Mutual Aid

The Sameer Project for North Gaza Aid

Official Gaza City Water Fund

Official Gaza City Campaign for Prosthetic Limbs for the Children of Gaza

Emergency Water Relief for Gaza City

Water Fund for Khan Younis Camp

Revive Gaza's Farmland Initiative

Ihyaa Initiative: Support Students in Gaza

People's Front For The Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Fundraiser

Donate to direct action and gaza municipality and watch your money go to the best cause - if we can be anything we should be efficient. The most effective money you can give is to direct action, to group movements to protect our insurgents from adventurism, to Gazan medical tent for emergency medical relief, to providing water and food for Gaza through grassroots campaigns such as the PFLP's and mutual aid projects, and to Gaza municipality for their infrastructure. These crucial resources for maintaining life remain underfunded. Support BDS however you can against Carrefour, HP, Puma and Siemens. Share the following toolkit with your union and movement:

https://www.workersinpalestine.org/who-arms-israel

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JOCY... YOU'RE A TRAGEDY!

clicks for palestine • isnad • ihyaa

src: the scary jokes • dharmas studio • compagnon

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DONATIONS

♾️ — donations are always needed.

‼️— campaign is low on funds (less than 20%)

☀️ — goal has been met.

Even if you cannot donate money for any reason (be it that you're backrupt, a minor who has no credit card, etc), please share. Someone who else that sees this might be able to help.

If you're currently residing in the US or the EU, remember that the dollar and the euro are very heavy currencies. Just a small amount for you is a lot for people on non-firstworld countries.

Humanitarian Aid

Donate to Doctors Without Borders here. They're tripling all donations made until the 15th of May of 2025. Outdated. Donations are no longer trippled. ♾️

Donations to this link of Doctors Without Borders are directed exclusively towards Palestine. ♾️

Link to the Palestine Red Crescent Society here. ♾️

Palestinan Children Relief Fund here. ♾️

Donate to help Palestinans refugees here. ♾️

Heal Palestine focuses on rebuilding Gaza. You can donate here. ♾️

Ihyaa is a project that intends to help Gazan students finish their education. Donate to help them here. ♾️‼️

Help Sahar and his family escape Gaza here. The campaign has been vetted. ‼️

Donate to help Hamdi and his family here. ‼️

Here you can help a Palestinian family improve their lives.‼️

You can find several vetted fundraisers that help multiple Palestinians at once here.‼️ Many are low on funds.

This post has information about Gaza's loss of Internet connection and how you can still help.

By donating here (vetted fundraiser) you can help save a Palestinian child's life.

Help this woman save her children here.

Help Layan's family here. ‼️

Help Momed Al Madhoun's family here.

Here you can help Fayez feed his children.

Shareef needs help to pay for his son's medical treatment. You can donate here.

Yousef is just eighteen and responsable for the survival of his family. You can help him here.

Help Nader save what's left of his family here. ‼️

Shahd's child needs medical treatment. Help here. Fundraiser's been retired. I hope the goal has been reached and that they're alright, although that's probably wishful thinking.

Here you can help Abdul and his family. ‼️

Help Randa and her family here. ‼️This campaign is low on funds, despite starting in 2024.

Help Lama here. Verified by @gazavetters and is #510 on the list.

Help Manhoud support his family here.

Rafaat is a cancer patient who's trying to support his family in Gaza. Help him here.

Here you can donate to Hadeel and help her take care of her child.

Here you can help a pregnant woman and her husband survive. Vetted by @90-ghost

Check this post if you want to help multiple people in Gaza.

For those who don't know, @bilal-sala7 and @a-shade-of-blue verify fundraisers from Gaza. Check their blogs if you want to help someone. They have verified all of the campaigns on this post, if you want to check. @gazavetters also work to make fundraisers more transparent.

This post has a list of multiple fundraisers focused on helping Sudanese people.

Resources to help Sudan can be found here. ‼️ Lots are low on funds.

Indigenous/Minority Peoples

Donate here to fund Catalan schools in Catalunya Nord (French territory). The page is in catalan, but @useless-catalanfacts and I can help you translate it if needed. For those unaware, catalan is a minority language in several territories throughout Europe, mainly Spain. It has been, along with Basque, very targeted by the right (note the left is not great either) in both Spain and France, to the point where public schools in Catalunya Nord (French territory) are not allowed to teach in catalan. A very high percentage of young people don't speak the language.

On this post you can participate in a study about minority languages (sign language, indigenous languages…). I don't know if OP has finished, but I'll leave the link here just in case.

This post talks about India and its plans that would destroy the Shompen people.

Oak Flat is Apache territory protected under the 1852 Treaty of Santa Fe and has been protected from mining under the US Forest Service ‘due to cultural and natural value,’ since 1955. The Apache and other Indigenous people have tended the holy in that land, through ceremony, since time immemorial. Oak Flat is essential to the authentic practice of Apache religion. Now, Rio Tinto wants to turn it into an open mine. Sign here to stop that from happening.

LGBT+ Community

Trans rights petitions in the UK here. You have to be a UK resident/citizen to sign, but even if you can't sign you can help spread awareness.

Donate to stop LGBT+ censorship here.

Sign here to fully ban conversion therapy in the EU. While it's been declared illegal, the recent rise in fascism and LGBT+phobia has pushed us to try and make it illegal per EU law. This will make it much harder for individual countries to decriminalize it. Do so urgently, we only have until 17th of May, 2025. ☀️ The goal has been met, we've reached the million signatures. Thank you so much everyone.

This post contains links to different pro-LGBT+ charities and associations.

Climate change

Lawyers against climate change. Inform yourself and even participate here.

Sign here to stop the destruction of a lake with a high percentage of the world's fresh water.

Citizen science to help combat climate change here. This post has links and useful information on what to do and where to start.

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Here you can help stop Internet censorship. Inform yourselves in detail, especially if you're from the US.

Help ban "incredibly bright car lights" in Australia here. Petition closed.

Sign here to restore 50K items to the Internet Archive.

Brits, you can bother Starmer here. If you're not a UK citizen, you can still help by sharing.

This post will keep being updated.

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Question: Is it praiseworthy to ask to die in Madina and to be buried in Jannatul-Baqi? What is the significance of being buried in a place like Jannatul Baqi?

Answer:

This is an excellent question, and one that has more to do with living than with dying, as we will see later in this answer inshaAllah.

The short answer is, yes, it is praiseworthy to ask Allah Ta’ala for a death in the city of His Final Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace), the illuminated Madinah. There is also a great significance in being buried in the al-Baqi’ graveyard.

Affectionately called “Jannatul-Baqi’” by some, Baqi’ al-Gharqad is the proper name of the graveyard of Madinah, which is the sole resting place for the city’s Muslim inhabitants since the time of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace). Imam Malik is reported to have held that 10,000 Companions are buried in al-Baqi’, including most of the wives of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), his son Ibrahim, and many senior Companions such as ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan, Ibn Masud and others, may Allah be pleased with them all.

Along with this best generation, descendants of the Ahl al-Bait, pious scholars and saints, and countless devoted pilgrims have been buried there over the centuries till this day. As the graves of each true believer are “gardens from the gardens of Paradise”, this blessed company alone, of course after the fact that one is a neighbor of the Best of Creation Allah bless him and grant him peace) who rests not far away, immediately tells us there is good reason to ask to be buried there. Still, we can explore further why Madinah has been singled out for this distinction.

The Status of Madinah

In order to understand the significance of dying and being buried in Madinah, one must understand the city’s status. Although the virtues of Madinah cannot be done justice to in such a short space, it would do us well to recount some of its distinctions to give us a sense of its importance.

Madinah is the city (formerly known as Yathrib) that is said to have been “conquered by the Qur’an”, as most of its inhabitants accepted the message of Islam through the beauty and truth of the Qur’an before the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) even set foot there. As a safe haven for the Muslims from persecution in Makkah, the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) and the Makkan believers were ordered to migrate to Madinah to preserve their religion. The migration (hijrah) to Madinah was so significant as a turning point in the survival of the nascent Muslim community, that the Islamic dating system begins in that year rather than the year in which revelation began or when Makkah was re-opened to the Muslims.

Madinah is where the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) built his own mosque, in which one prayer is worth one thousand times more than a prayer in other than it, except for the Noble Sanctuary in Makkah and the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Imam Ghazali said that this implies the multiplying of rewards for any good deed, not just prayer, in all of the Sanctuary that is Madinah, not just the mosque. [al-Ghazali, Ihyaa’] The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:

“Indeed, I make inviolable and sacred [the land] which is between the two lava plains [on either end of] of Madinah…” and he said [regarding those people who leave the city to live elsewhere], “Madinah was better for them, if they only knew; no one leaves it [Madinah] desiring some other place except that Allah replaces in it someone better than them, and no one bears the hardships and strain [of living there], except that I would be a intercessor, or a witness, for them on the Day of Judgment.” [Muslim, Sahih]

The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) prayed for Madinah to be blessed in every way, as well as for his new home to be more beloved to him than Makkah, when he said “Oh Allah, make Madinah beloved to us, like our love for Makkah or even stronger, and make [Madinah] healthy, and bless us in its weights and measures [for trade and food], and transfer away its fever and send it into al-Juhfa.” [al-Bukhari, Muslim]

Also, the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, “Oh Allah, put in Madinah double what you have put in Makkah in terms of blessings and increase.” [al-Bukhari, Muslim]

Of course, the biggest means of blessings for Madinah was not the prayers for its increase, or the inviolability of its earth, but rather the presence of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) himself. That state of overflowing blessings was “when he (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was on the surface of Madinah, so what about after he was laid to rest in its earth?…thus it is impossible to encompass the virtue of that, and measure its worth.” [Ibn al-Haaj, al-Madkhal]

There are many more things that can be mentioned to emphasize that Madinah is one of the two most blessed cities in the world, but we will proceed to examining why a death in Madinah specifically is more desirable than a death even in Makkah, regardless of the differences of opinion that the scholars (and even Companions) had over which of the two cities was the holier one overall.

To Die in Madinah

A clear, authentic and decisive narration that establishes the virtue of wanting to die in Madinah states that the son of `Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:

“Whosoever is able to die in Madinah, then let him die there, for indeed, I will intercede for the one who dies there.” (Ahmad, Musnad; Tirmidhi, Sunan)

Another narration which supports this, though not as strong in authentication, narrates that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said,

“One who intentionally visits me [in his life] will be beside me on the Day of Judgment, and one who settles in Madinah and bears with its trials, I will be a witness, or intercede, for him on the Day of Judgment, and one who dies in one of the two Holy Sanctuaries (Makkah or Madina), Allah will resurrect him amongst those granted safety on the Day of Judgment.” [al-Bayhaqi, Shu’ab al-Iman]

Not only did the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) tell others to try to achieve their last moments of life in Madinah, but he had the same desire for himself.. Imam Malik, in his Muwatta, narrates on the authority of the successor (tabi`i) Yahya ibn Sa’eed that:

“The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was sitting by a grave as it was being dug in Madinah [in al-Baqi’], when a man looked inside the grave and remarked, ‘What a wretched final resting place for a believer!’ So the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) replied, ‘What a wretched thing you’ve said [because a believer’s grave is a garden from the gardens of Paradise]!’ So the man said, ‘I didn’t mean that [about the grave itself]… I only meant a death in the way of God [far away from home, is better].’ So the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: ‘There is nothing like dying in the way of God, but there is not, on the face of this earth, a piece of land more beloved to me that my grave should be in, than this [Madinah].’ [He repeated that] three times.” [Malik, al-Muwatta]

Repeating the desire to be buried in Madinah three times, and to use the words “beloved to me”, is to convey its unimaginable significance to the listener, since, as Ibn al-Haaj says, “he (Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to prefer things commensurate to how much Allah Most High preferred them, and that itself is enough of an exhortation.” [Ibn al-Haaj, al-Madkhal]

It is also a clear refutation to the one who tries to downplay a Muslim’s desire to be buried in Madinah. In the early days of Islam when the critical battles like Badr, Uhud and al-Ahzab were occurring, many Companions considered it shameful or un-manly to die in the comfort of one’s home rather than outside in battle. This is why the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) acknowledged the reward of their sacrifice, but then through demonstrating his own love, showed his preference and corrected any misconception that people may have had.

This is also why the second Caliph of Islam, `Umar ibn Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), is reported by al-Bukhari to have made a supplication (du`a) that encompassed both of those virtues when he said: “Oh Allah, make me a martyr in your path, and grant me a death in the city of your Prophet.” [al-Bukhari, Sahih]

It is among his divinely-granted miracles (karamat) that both of these seemingly contradictory prayers were answered, as he was assassinated by a Magian slave in Madinah, giving him the status of one wrongfully killed, which is martyrdom, and then buried in Madinah beside the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) and Abu Bakr (Allah be pleased with him).

Ibn al-Haaj says, “…By his interment (Allah bless him and grant him peace) into the land, his blessings (baraka) diffused to all of those buried in it, and those who were not buried in it, and so his blessings (baraka) upon the living is well known, and likewise, upon the dead.” [al-Haaj, al-Madkhal]

Since anyone who dies in Madinah aside from those three is buried in al-Baqi’, except for ‘Isa (peace be upon him) when he returns to the world and dies, we will next examine some of the narrations concerning the significance of al-Baqi’.

Baqi’ al-Gharqad: Resting Place of the Believers

Before Islam, the residents of Yathrib used to bury their dead in various places around Madinah. After the 5th year of Hijrah, the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) buried the first companions in al-Baqi’: Uthman ibn Ma’dhun (may Allah be pleased with him). The area, which was known for its many boxthorn trees, was cleared and thereafter the area became the graveyard of Madinah.

The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) would often rise in the last part of the night, and slip out in the darkness, leaving his wife and home, to go visit the people of al-Baqi’ and make supplication specifically for them.

‘Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that whenever it was her turn for Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) to spend the night with her, he would go out towards the end of the night to al-Baqi’ and say: “Peace be upon you, abode of a people who are believers! What you were promised will come to pass tomorrow at a fixed time; and God willing we shall join you. Oh Allah, grant forgiveness to the inhabitants of Baqi’ al-Gharqad!” (Muslim, Saheeh)

In fact, we learn from another narration that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was actually ordered by Allah to go to visit them, and make supplication for them:

A’isha (may Allah be pleased with her) said, “…I did not say anything to him until morning, and then I mentioned it to him and he explained, ‘I was sent out to the people of al-Baqi to pray for them.’” [Malik, al-Muwatta]

Aisha also narrated: “… So he [Gabriel] said in the middle of the night to the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), ‘Indeed, your Lord orders you to go to the people of al-Baqi’ to seek forgiveness for them.’ She said, ‘I asked, ‘What should I say to them, Oh Messenger of Allah?’, so he said, ‘Say: Peace be upon the people of these abodes from amongst the Believers and Muslims, may Allah have mercy on the ones who have gone ahead of us, and those who will go after us, and we are, inshaAllah, following right behind you.’” [Muslim, Sahih]

This last narration establishes that the prayers for the deceased apply to all of the believers buried in the graveyard, whether before or after the lifetime of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace).

The significance of being buried in al-Baqi’ is not only that the deceased is included in the Prophet’s Allah bless him and grant him peace) special supplication. In a narration in Tirmidhi, the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:

“I am the first for whom the Earth will burst open [on the Day of Judgment], then Abu Bakr, and then ‘Umar. I shall then come to those who are buried in al-Baqi’ and they will be gathered along with me. After that I shall wait for the people of Makkah so as to be gathered among the inhabitants of the two sacred cities.” [al-Tirmidh, Sunan]

What an enormous blessing, to be gathered with the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) and so many of the pious believers on that day. However, the significance does not end at that.

It is narrated from Umm Qays bint Mihsan, an early female companion (may Allah be well pleased with her), that she said: “If you had only seen me and the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) [as he led me] through some of the side-streets of Madinah and the dwellings therein, until we reached up to Baqi’ al-Gharqad. Then he said, ‘Oh Umm Qays!’ I answered, “At your service and good pleasure, Oh Messenger of Allah!’ ‘Do you see this graveyard?’ he asked. ‘Yes, Oh Messenger of Allah,’ I replied.

So the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, ‘Seventy thousand people will be resurrected from it, their faces [shining] like the full moon at night- they will enter Paradise without any reckoning.’ So a man [‘Ukasha, Umm Qays’s brother] got up and said, ‘Oh Messenger of Allah, and me too?’ He said, ‘And you.’ Then another man got up and said, ‘And me, Oh Messenger of Allah?’ He answered (Allah bless him and grant him peace), ”Ukasha beat you to it.’” [Tabarani, Mu’jam al Kabir; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak]

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani mentions this narration as evidence while commenting on similar but stronger narrations that mention the 70,000 without indicating where they will come from, and he states that, “the seventy thousand are from those who will be assembled from the graveyard of al-Baqi’ in Madinah, and that is another special distinction…. and it is a great privilege for the people of Madinah.” Also, Ibn Hajar mentions that the second man in the narration was a hypocrite and as such was denied this honor. [Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari]

It’s About Living, Not Dying

After all of these virtues and exhortations about dying in Madinah and being buried in al-Baqi’, one may be wondering how difficult it must be for those who live elsewhere to time their death to coincide with their presence in Madinah to achieve these merits.

The answer is that these narrations are not just telling us to die in Madinah, but to live there and experience its blessings- to frequently visit it, to spend time in it, and to move to it if one can.

In commenting on the aforementioned narration “whoever of you is able to die in Madinah”, al-Zabidi interprets the Prophetic encouragement “to die” in Madinah to actually mean “to take up residence there till death overtakes one”, and that the narration rhetorically mentions the resulting effect, namely eventual death there, while actually intending the means that one must take to reasonably ensure the desired result. His proof is that, “Allah Ta’ala says, ‘And do not die except that you are Muslims’”, meaning one should live their whole life as a Muslim, and it does not mean to simply accept Islam at the time of death, because no one knows when death will come. [al-Zabidi, Sharh Ihyaa ‘Ulum al-Din]

Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari, commenting on the same narration which mentions intercession for those who achieve a death in Madinah, says that, “the intercession here is for the wiping out of bad deeds for the sinful, and the raising of degrees for the obedient, and the meaning of ‘intercession’ here is specific to its people [separate from the general intercession for all Muslims], and is not meant for those who do not die in [Madinah]…

…and because of that, it is said that the best thing for the one who reaches old age, or one whose end becomes apparent through spiritual unveilings and the like regarding the nearing of his appointed time, that he settles in Madinah so that he can die in it. Evidence for this is the supplication of ‘Umar (Allah be pleased with him) [for a death in Madinah]… and that is because of the superiority of the land of al-Baqi’ over al-Hajun (the graveyard of Makkah), either for its being the grave of most of the noble Companions, or due to its nearness to one who is lying there (Allah bless him and grant him peace).” [‘Ali al-Qari, Mirqat ‘ala al-Miskhat]

Look at the Neighbor before the House

Although we have read about the many blessings and rewards for those who make Madinah their home in life and after death, the primary motivating factor that makes Madinah so special to be in is not the land itself, or even the blessings of increase or the benefits promised after death.

Rather, it is the fact that it is the home and resting place of our beloved Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), the best of creation, one glance of whom is worth more than one’s wealth and family and all the universe contains. Our love for him should make us want to be near him; indeed the scholars say that the actual earth that contains his blessed body is the holiest place in the heavens and the earth simply because of his presence.

However, even to get to the point where one desires and strives for a death in Madinah for this purpose, we must first develop our love for the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), through things such as learning his life, following his sunnah, and sending blessings upon him. We ask Allah Most High to increase us in love for His Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), and to grant us his company in this world and in the Hereafter.

Abdullah Anik Misra

Checked & Approved by Faraz Rabbani

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Freshwater Pearl Necklace Raffle for Gaza 2.0 (worldwide shipping!)

Making another necklace raffle due to the huge response I received for my previous one!

I am organizing this raffle in order to raise funds for Gaza fundraising campaigns with LOW donations/ supports big families/ in need of medical surgery AND Gaza mutual aid initiatives. I am also shipping worldwide this time!! 

To enter, donate to any fundraisers that fulfill both of the below requirements:

A fundraiser that

has raised less than €10K/ $10K USD/ £8K GBP/ $14K CAD/ kr110K SEK/ kr110K NOR at your time of donation 

OR supports 15 or more people, 

OR is raising funds to pay for medical surgeries. 

2. A fundraiser from one of the following sources:

@/gazavetters vetted list

Vetted list by @/el-shab-hussein, @/nabulsi and Mohammed Ayesh

Fundraisers reblogged by me (@a-shade-of-blue)/ My list of vetted fundraisers that have reached out to me (basically all the fundraisers I have reblogged are on this list)

OR

You can also enter the raffle if you have donated to the below Palestinian-led mutual aid initiatives:

The Sameer Project (IG): North and Central Gaza/ The Refaat Alareer Camp/ South Gaza [provides basic needs and aid]

Mona's Mutual Aid Project (IG) [provides basic needs and aid]

Isnad Foundation (tumblr) [help students pursue degree online]

Ihyaa Foundation (tumblr) (IG) [ Palestinian youth led initiative to provide resources so that university students in Gaza can continue their education]

Revive Gaza Farmland Initiative [Rehabilitate Gaza's agricultural sector and local food sector to combat famine]

Crips for eSims for Gaza

Instructions:

Donate a minimum of €5/$5/£5/kr50 to enter the raffle! Each €5/$5/£5/kr50 counts as an entry, so if you donate €10, you will be entered twice.

Submit your entries through this Google Form!

The deadline for entering this raffle is 15 July, 2025. 

Submit your entries through this google form to enter the raffle!

Not sure which fundraiser to donate to? Check out these low donation fundraisers that support big families!

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[ihyaafoundation]

Thank you to everyone who got me to 100 likes!

Thank you for getting 100 likes, but we didn't get $2000 to start the initiative. $2000 must be obtained as soon as possible.

[ynx1]

*A Bidah In The Month of Rajab*

*What do the scholars of Islam say about this so-called Laylatul Raghaa’ib?*

Imaam An-Nawawi [may Allaah have mercy upon him] said, “The well-known Salaah (prayer) that is known as Salaatul Raghaa’ib [the Raghaa’ib prayer] – which consists of twelve Rak’ats and is performed between Maghrib and Isha on the night before the first Friday in the month of Rajab and the hundred Rak’ats performed on the night of the 15th of Shabaan – are two religious innovations. They are repugnant and evil [i.e. becauae they are not from the acts of worship legislated in the Islamic legislation] and one should neither be deceived due to their mention in the book Quwwatul Quloob and Ihyaa Uloom Ad-Deen nor due to their mention in narrations, because all of that Iis false. And do not be deceived by some of those people to whom the ruling regarding these prayers is ambiguous (or doubtful), so he judged them to be recommended, because indeed they are mistaken. Shaikhul Islaam Abu Muhammad Abdur Rahmaan Bin Ismaa’eel Al-Maqdisee has written a precious book showing the falsity of these prayers and he did well. [Al-Majmoo 3/548]

Ibn Al-Haaj Al-Maalikee [may Allaah have mercy upon him] said, “One of the religious innovations that has been initiated in this noble month of Rajab is the prayer of Raghaa’ib on the night before the first day of Jumu’ah in the central mosques and the other mosques, so the people gather in some of the central mosques and the other mosques in the various regions to perform this religious innovation. They openly perform it in congregation and behind an Imaam in the mosques were the five daily prayers are performed as if it is a prayer that has been legislated in Islaam. But this prayer – according to the judgement in Imaam Maalik’s school of jurisprudence- is forbidden, because indeed those who came before us (i.e. the Prophet’s companions) never did so and all good is found in following them [may Allaah be pleased with them]”. [Al-Madkhal 1/294]

Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah [may Allaah have mercy upon him] said, “Neither Allaah’s Messenger [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] performed this prayer nor anyone amongst the Sahaabah (i.e. the companions of Allaah’s Messenger), neither the Taabi’een (i.e. the second generaation who adhered to the path of the Sahaabah) nor the Imaams of the Muslims. Neither did Allaah’s Messenger [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] show a desire for it nor did any of the pious predecessors, nor the Imaams of Islaam and nor did they mention specific virtues for this night. The narrations that have been transmitted and attributed to Allaah’s Messenger [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] are a lie and fabrication based on the consensus of those who are specialists in this field [of hadeeth science]. This is why the Muhaqqi’qeen scholars [i.e. those scholars who are firmly grounded in a subject matter of the religion, who study the difference of opinion or differing in a subject matter, gather the proofs, examine the proofs in depth and compare them. Then they mention the affair that is established based on sound proof, clarify why those proofs are the strong ones, its different types and why that which opposes is weak or fabricated] have stated that this affair [i.e. these innovated acts during Rajab and Shaban] are forbidden and not recommended”. [Al-Fataawa Al-kubraa 2/262]💜🌹🦋

[islamic-quotes]

Ten Signs of Good Manners

Yusuf ibn Asbat said:

“There are ten signs of good manners, and they are:

Little arguing;

Listening well;

Avoiding searching for shortcomings;

Covering mistakes;

Finding excuses;

Patience when annoyed;

Blaming one’s own self;

Seeing one’s own faults rather than other people’s faults;

Having a beaming face with the young and the old;

Saying kind words to those who are below and above one (with regards to religious knowledge, righteousness, social status, and so forth).”

[Al-Ihyaa, vol.3, p.77]

[ummuasmaa]

◾️ 20 SEBAB SULIT SHALAT MALAM ◾️

Rasulullah صلى الله عليه و سلم bersabda :

"Hendaklah kalian shalat malam, sebab itu merupakan kebiasaan orang-orang shalih sebelum kalian, serta juga sebagai sarana mendekatkan diri kepada Rabb kalian, yang dapat menghapuskan dosa dan pencegah perbuatan dosa" (HR. At-Tirmidzi no. 3549, al-Hakim I/308 dan al-Baihaqi II/502, hadits dari Abu Umamah, Irwaa'ul Ghaliil no. 452)

Adapun sebab sulitnya bangun untuk shalat malam di antaranya adalah :

(01). Tidak ada niat bangun shalat malam

(02). Terlalu lelah dan tidak tidur siang

(03). Tidak segera tidur di awal malam

(04). Nyamannya tempat untuk tidur

(05). Tidak ikhlas dalam beribadah

(06). Tidak khusyu' dalam beribadah

(07). Kurangnya rasa cinta kepada Allah

(08). Tidak bergaul dengan orang2 shalih

(09). Banyaknya makan dan minum

Al-Imam asy-Syafi'i رحمه الله telah berkata :

"Aku tidak pernah kenyang sejak 16 tahun silam kecuali kenyang sekedarnya. Karena kekenyangan telah membuat badan menjadi berat, hati menjadi keras, dan menghilangkan kecerdasan, membuat sering tidur dan lemah untuk beribadah" (Siyar VIII/248)

(10). Tidak do'a & wudhu sebelum tidur

"Apabila engkau menempati tempat tidurmu, maka bacalah ayat kursi sampai engkau pun menyelesaikan ayat itu. Maka sungguh akan selalu ada padamu seseorang penjaga dari Allah, dan syaitan tidak akan mendekatimu sampai engkau pun masuk waktu pagi" (HR. Bukhari no. 2311, hadits dari Abu Hurairah)

(11). Tidur dengan cara miring ke kiri

Apabila seseorang tidur di atas lambungnya yang kiri, maka dia akan tidur lebih nyenyak, sedangkan agama telah mensunnahkan tidur di atas lambung sebelah kanan, agar tidurnya tidak begitu nyenyak, sehingga dia pun tidak akan meninggalkan shalat malam.

(12). Banyaknya dosa dan maksiat

Seorang laki-laki bertanya kepada al-Hasan al-Bashri : “Wahai Abu Sa’id, semalaman aku dalam keadaan sehat, kemudian aku ingin melakukan shalat malam dan aku pun telah menyiapkan kebutuhan untuk bersuci, tapi mengapa aku tidak dapat bangun malam ?" Al-Hasan menjawab : “Dosa-dosamu telah mengikatmu" (Ihyaa’ ‘Uluumid Diin I/313)

(13). Tidak mengetahui dalil dan keutamaan, rahasia, hikmah, manfaat, keistimewaan dan indahnya melaksanakan shalat malam

(14). Tidak memiliki pasangan hidup yang senantiasa mengajak atau mengingatkan

(15). Telah mngkonsumsi makanan ataupun minuman yang haram, atau nafkahnya dari penghasilan yang haram

(16). Pikiran tentang keduniaan lebih banyak yg mendominasi hati, sehingga kurang dalam mengingat kematian dan negeri akhirat

(17). Tidak membaca kisah-kisah bagaimana semangatnya orang-orang yang shalih dalam mengerjakan ibadah shalat malam

(18). Tidak menggunakan jam beker, alarm hp atau tidak menitip pesan kepada orang di sekitarnya untuk membangunkan

(19). Tidak berusaha keras menghilangkan rasa kantuk saat bangun malam, lalu segera berdzikir, berdo'a, bersiwak dan berwudhu

(20). Tidak mengetahui tipu daya syaithan dan upayanya untuk memalingkan manusia dari mengerjakan ibadah shalat malam

✍️ Ustadz Najmi Umar Bakkar

https://telegram.me/najmiumar

Instagram : @najmiumar_official

Youtube : najmi umar official

[d3adfreudian]

This is getting a good amount of notes and it feels imperative to say gaza is still the central issue, and there are many palestinians who need your help on the ground as this siege continues, including my own friends:

@moayeshblog:

mohammed ayesh is fundraising to support his family including his deaf brother, his parents, and his sisters. mohammed also is the founder of the Ihyaa Initiative, an initiative that aims to give university students like himself in ghazzah their education back.

@abualwanfamily:

Abu Alwan is a father of three & struggles daily to provide for them. the smaller babies who were born during this war are often sick and hungry. the Alwan family has been displaced over 3 times & abu alwan himself has been injured by israeli shelling & bombing. despite suffering just from surviving, he has been distributing aid as part of @relief4rafah.

@sfaamq10:

safaa is a 26 year old lawyer who is also the mother of a 2 year old baby, Amir. They’ve both suffered multiple medical issues throughout this war, long term affecting both Safaa & Amir’s ability to breathe. After evacuation orders were dropped all over Khan Younis, they’ve been displaced to deir al-balah.

And there’s so many other fundraisers that need your contribution & attention. you can find many more fundraisers under the ‘palestine’ 🏷️ on my blog <3

THE IOF ARE CURRENTLY ON BOARD THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA ‘MADLEEN’ AFTER USING QUADCOPTERS TO SPRAY CHEMICALS ON THE BOAT & JAMMING THEIR COMMUNICATION!!!!

[asqinajah]

Sejak hari terakhir Ramadhan kemarin akhirnya Allah beri kesempatan untuk mulai baca buku ini, buku yang jelas cukup berat pembahasannya. Tentang bagaimana proses lahirnya generasi Sholahudin. Ya, Sholahudin Al Ayyubi yang itu, yang membebaskan Palestina dari tangan salibis; yang mana buku ini ga fokus bercerita tentang betapa heroiknya beliau atau biografi beliau, tapi justru sebuah paparan panjang lagi strategis tentang bagaimana kondisi kaum muslimin kala itu -yang cukup jauh dari syariat yang sesungguhnya- lalu tentang bagaimana kaum muslimin bisa kembali ke fitrahnya menjadi Khoiru Ummah.

Ya, karena aku jelas belum selesai membaca buku ini, tapi ijinkanlah aku berbagi sedikit dari apa yang sudah aku baca. Sebuah reminder yang sangat besar bagi aku sendiri.

Di bab ketiga dari buku ini dijelaskan banyak tentang sosok Al Ghozali, seorang tokoh yang banyak berpengaruh dalam rangkaian sejarah ini. Dalam perjalanan hidup beliau yang sungguh berliku-liku lagi panjang, pada akhirnya beliau bisa melakukan diagnosa terhadap apa yang terjadi pada kaum muslimin kala itu. Dan salah satu yang beliau garis bawahi adalah tentang hilangnya peran ulama.

Ya, pada tahun-tahun itu, pada masa-masa itu (kurang lebih di abad ke lima) sebenarnya keberadaan ulama sungguhlah banyak; ulama, fuqoha, para ahli ilmu dalam berbagai bidang, termasuk para sufi. Ya, jumlah mereka sungguhlah banyak, atau justru malah warna masyarakat kala itu adalah demikian. Tapi, justru di sinilah kemudian Al Ghazali memaparkan dalam kitabnya Ihyaa Ulumiddin tentang gambaran rusaknya golongan ahli ilmu di masa itu. Banyak dari mereka yang lupa hakikat ilmu yang tak akan sempurna tanpa amal, ataupun ada yang sibuk beramal tapi lupa meluruskan niat, atau ada pula yang terlalu fokus pada ilmu-ilmu yang tidak wajib dan malah meninggalkan ilmu² wajibnya. Yang jelas, Al Ghazali memaparkan secara rinci berbagai jenis golongan ahlul ilmi yang 'kehilangan' atau melupakan misi utamanya.

Dan, yang kemudian menjadi garis bawahku adalah; bahwa kerusakan yang terjadi pada masa itu nampaknya memang sebab banyaknya masyarakat yang menjadi ahli ilmu, tapi kehilangan beberapa poin penting dalam perjalanan ilmunya. Sedangkan, apa yang terjadi hari ini; bukankah justru jumlah ulama kita, jumlah para ahli ilmu kita masih terlampau sedikit? Buknakah tradisi keilmuan kita -atau lebih tepatnya aku- masih begitu rendah?

Hmm, aslinya memang nggak tepat rasanya membandingkan dua keadaan ini secara mentah-mentah, sebab memang tiap masa punya jenis ujiannya sendiri kan ya? Dan demikian lah tantangan yang kita hadapi di jaman sekarang. Hanya saja, yang ingin aku tulis adalah; mereka yang punya banyak ilmu saja bisa 'terbelokkan', bagaimana dengan kita yang ilmunya saja masih sangat minim? Wallahu a'lam. Semoga Allah memberikan kita kesempatan untuk menjadi salah satu komponen yang berusaha dalam menegakkan kalimat Allah...

(25/05/20)