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Everything you do in this world, there’s always intentions behind it. The Muslims of today have forgotten the importance of having intentions and what it can do to one having it.

When you intend to do good, but you’re unable to, what happens then? Allāh already has written the fact you’ve already done it. How merciful is Allāh? When you intend to do a sin, it’s not written that it’s done until you’ve done it.

Allāh wants you to do good, He loves when you chase after good deeds, so what’s stopping you? Your Nafs, so fight with yourself and accumulate all the good deeds you can before you return to your Creator.

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The work you do, the amount of efforts you put into whatever you do, just because you don’t feel appreciated doesn’t mean you should stop. Majority of the times, we won’t have anyone appreciate what we do, whether it’s for them or not. But, that shouldn’t mean for us to stop doing what we are doing. The good you put out into this world will always have a way of coming back to you. Might not be now, or even in this Dunya’ (World). The Ākhirah (Hereafter), most likely.

وَٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنۡهُمۡ سَیِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَلَنَجۡزِیَنَّهُمۡ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلَّذِی كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿ ٧ ﴾

“And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely remove from them their misdeeds and will surely reward them according to the best of what they used to do.” [29:7]

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Fame, it truly destroyed us all. The adult generation, along with the youth, completely destroyed. Worried about what others think, worried about how many followers we have. The Da’wah accounts out there, we all had such amazing motivation to spread Islam at first, but down the line.. what happened to our hearts, our intentions? We are worried about how many followers we have, we boast about it with our fellow friends. What happened to us? What’s the use of our Islamic accounts anymore? Do you think your intentions which are severely damaged, will get you anywhere to getting good deeds? What happened to the Ummah?

وَمَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡیَاۤ إِلَّا لَهۡوُُ وَلَعِبُُ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلۡـَٔاخِرَةَ لَهِیَ ٱلۡحَیَوَانُۚ لَوۡ كَانُوا۟ یَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿ ٦٤ ﴾

“And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.” [29:64]

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When the world is against you, it’s you and Allāh. When the world is with you, it’s you and Allāh. No matter who you’re with, what time it is, you’re and will be always with Allāh. He knows what you go through, He sees it all. He knows you cry at night all alone, He Hears every single drop you think no one can hear. He knows you’re going through a lot, this world was made for you to build yourself in the real world, the Hereafter.

وَهُوَ مَعَكُمۡ أَیۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡۚ ﴿ ٤ ﴾

“And He is with you wherever you are.” [57:4]

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Keep praying, don’t let anything or anyone stop you from praying. Praying is key, it’s humility, most importantly, it’s peace. Doesn’t matter what sin you’re committing, PRAY!

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No matter how hard the journey gets, don’t stop going. There will always be light at the end. Never forget your goal, how happy you’d be after you get through the journey. Every pain you endure, there’s reward within it.

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Change, don’t think about going back to who you were, change for the better. Allāh is giving you another chance, this might be your last one. Help yourself now before you lose yourself.

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“The World is the place of action and the Hereafter is the place of reward/punishment, so whoever doesn’t act in here, will regret there.”

- Imām Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ḥanbal

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“Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.”

- Imām Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazzālī

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“My sin had burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord! Your Forgiveness came out greater.”

- Imām Abū ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad Ibn Idrīs al-Shāfi’ī

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Imām Yaḥyā Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī رحمه الله said:

"When the predecessors would speak, intending with it the pleasure of Allāh, it would enter into the ears and settle in the hearts."

[بستان العارفين ٩٩]

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Imām Ibn Qudāmah al-Ḥanbalī رحمه الله said:

“Fasting has three stages:

1. General Fasting

2. Special Fasting

3. Special Of The Special Fasting

As for general fasting: it is abstaining the stomach and private parts from carrying out desire.

As for special fasting: it is abstaining the eyes, the tongue, the hands, the feet, the hearing, the eyesight, and all other body parts/senses from sins.

As for the special of the special form of fasting: it is the fasting of the heart from wickedness, isolated thoughts away from Allāh [thinking about other than Allāh], and abstaining the heart from everything except Allāh in its totality.”

[مختصر منهاج القاصدين ص ٤٤]

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The Prophet ﷺ said:

“Allāh will not stop forgiving you unless you stop seeking forgiveness.”

📚 — ‎[المعجم الأوسط للطبراني ٨٩١٨]

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Shaykh Al-Islām Al-Nawawī رحمة الله عليه mentions the conditions of repentance:

1) Abandon the sin.

2) Feel remorse.

3) Strive to not do it again.

📚 — Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (V. 17, Pg. 25)

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Bakr b. ‘Abdullāh Al-Muzanī رحمة الله عليه said:

“If you see someone older than you then respect him saying, ‘He has beaten me to Islâm and righteous action.’

If you see someone younger than you then respect him saying to yourself, ‘I have beaten him in sins’.”

[الزهد الكبير للإمام البيهقي صحفة ١٠٠] — 📚

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Al-Fuḍayl Ibn 'Iyāḍ رحمة الله عليه said:

“A good life is Islām [submitting and surrendering your will to Almighty God] and the Sunnah [the example and guidance of the Prophet ﷺ].”

📚 — Dham al-Kalām

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The Prophet ﷺ said:

“Knowledge which does not benefit is like a treasure which is not spent from.”

📚 — Mukhtasar Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ al-Saghīr