By Nafisa Amin
The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.
Are you hurting inside? Wondering why you’re just not excelling anymore? Self doubting? Self hating? Confused? In pain?Having Iman swings?
Well this episode is for you 🫂
The Gift Of Pain
Sahih al-Bukhari 5641, 5642
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri and Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were the prick he receives from a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his sins for that."
{…That is because whenever they suffer from thirst, fatigue, or hunger in the cause of Allah; or tread on a territory, unnerving the disbelievers; or inflict any loss on an enemy—it is written to their credit as a good deed. Surely Allah never discounts the reward of the good-doers.}
Quran 9:120
References from episode:
Sunan Abi Dawud 4985
Narrated A man:
Salim ibn AbulJa'dah said: A man said: (Mis'ar said: I think he was from the tribe of Khuza'ah): would that I had prayed, and got comfort. The people objected to him for it. Thereupon he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: O Bilal, call iqamah for prayer: give us comfort by it.
Sahih al-Bukhari 7563
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "(There are) two words which are dear to the Beneficent (Allah) and very light (easy) for the tongue (to say), but very heavy in weight in the balance. They are: ''Subhan Allah wa-bi hamdihi'' and ''Subhan Allah Al-`Azim."
Hello assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh !
In this episode Nafisa reflects on accepting life as it is and the journey to pursuing patience.
It was narrated from Mus’ab bin Sa’d that his father, Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas, said:
“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the next best and the next best. A person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he will be tested more severely, and if he is frail in his religious commitment, his test will be according to his commitment. Trials will continue to afflict a person until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin on him.’”
Grade: Hasan (Darussalam)
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 4023
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ
[ البقرة: 155]
English - Sahih International
2:155 And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,
Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"When Allah wants good for his slave, He hastens his punishment in the world. And when He wants bad for His slave, He withholds his sins from him until he appears before Him on the Day of Judgement."
And with this (same) chain, (it was reported) from the Prophet (ﷺ) who said: "Indeed greater reward comes with greater trial. And indeed, when Allah loves a people He subjects them to trials, so whoever is content, then for him is pleasure, and whoever is discontent, then for him is wrath."
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2396
Allah does not require of any soul more than what it can afford. All good will be for its own benefit, and all evil will be to its own loss. ˹The believers pray,˺ “Our Lord! Do not punish us if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord! Do not place a burden on us like the one you placed on those before us. Our Lord! Do not burden us with what we cannot bear. Pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy on us. You are our ˹only˺ Guardian. So grant us victory over the disbelieving people.”
Quran 2: 286
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Hello Assalamu Allaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh!Welcome or welcome back to a digital journal ! Welcome to another episode of revise with me!
Today i revised a lesson called virtues of laa ilaaha illallah
لا اله الا الله
I pray it is beneficial
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Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah wa barakatuh! Welcome or welcome back to a digital journal! Welcome to the revise with me series!
I went through my first aqeedah lesson! Have a listen! And lmk how you found it!
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Hi listener! Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh.Welcome or welcome back to A Digital Journal!
Todays episode is a reflection of the journey with journaling for me and some of it’s benefits in my life , todays episode is also a reset for hopefully a new chapter for the podcast, where the podcast episodes will be a lot more authentic Insha Allah.
I really hope this is beneficial 🤍
So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it.
Quran 99:7
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Hey Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh! So reflecting on the little activity we had over a the podcast Instagram page with the girls regarding inauthentic narrations we had heard our whole lives that we later found out were untrue , I realised it is so scary to be the one that shares an inauthentic narration or conveys it to other people.
And while I was listening back on an episode I had posted “ why isn’t something in you moved..?” I remembered there was a specific narration that I read that: One day, a young companion named Anas ibn Malik, accidentally broke a plate and instead of scolding him, the Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wasallam reassured him.
I remembered I had read it but I had not taken note of the reference and I went on to check and could not find any authentic information on it. So I wanted to ask for your forgiveness if you shared that , please forgive me it’s been deleted from the episode now but if you shared the episode in your story please share this one as well so we can help each other .
It’s all scary subhanallah, in a time of social media now and the way everything works so fast we really need to be careful and try our best to make sure what we share has authentic evidence to back it up.
I hope you forgive me. May Allah forgive us all. And I pray this encourages you to be very careful of what you share🤍🪻
Hey everyone assalamu alaikum warahmatullah. Today I listened to this from my drafts. And I found it gave me hope.i hope it is useful 🪻🤍
Sometimes we make mistakes and wonder how on earth we got to such a low.We begin to feel like there’s no going back and we have just ruined our relationship with Allah. But subhanallah understanding there’s something inside of us that prompts us to do things that are actually unacceptable and understanding it’s human to err and understanding the regret we feel is hopefully a sign of our faith and it’s supposed to catalyse our repentance and push us to change- understanding these concepts and being at peace with it while acknowledging we do have something that is a part of us we really need protection from keeps us sane and hopeful .
This is what I’ve learnt about the nafs - the lower/animal self that always just wants and seeks control of our hearts.
I’ve learnt from this that I really need to start heavily praying to Allah to protect me from the evil prompting of my own nafs cause an enemy within is much more dangerous I feel that the enemy outside of you.
But that part of us is not all of us so we shouldn’t allow it to define us , we should seek Allahs help to protect us from listening to it and giving in all the time and also take up measures to deny it when it instructs us to do bad. However not if but when we do slip- because we are children of our Father Adam AS , we are those who make mistakes, we should not be hesitant to return to Allah . To repent to Allah.
Honestly I feel it’s the mercy of Allah that He swt attributes evil to not us directly but factors within us or around us, so we understand that we are not completely bad, we are flawed yes but we are not completely bad.
And I think that’s beautiful 🥹
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Another lesson was reflecting on the guilt the generation before us must have felt but that Allah still honoured them after repentance.
Narrated Al-Bara:
We faced the pagans on that day (of the battle of Uhud) and the Prophet (ﷺ) placed a batch of archers (at a special place) and appointed `Abdullah (bin Jubair) as their commander and said, "Do not leave this place; if you should see us conquering the enemy, do not leave this place, and if you should see them conquering us, do not (come to) help us," So, when we faced the enemy, they took to their heels till I saw their women running towards the mountain, lifting up their clothes from their legs, revealing their leg-bangles. The Muslims started saying, "The booty, the booty!" `Abdullah bin Jubair said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) had taken a firm promise from me not to leave this place." But his companions refused (to stay). So when they refused (to stay there), (Allah) confused them so that they could not know where to go, and they suffered seventy casualties….
Sahih al-Bukhari 4043, 4044
Finding Balance Between The Spiritual and material - Surah Al Qiyaamah
“Isn’t it yet time you feel something when you remember Allah?”
*in the beginning parts of the episode I said don’t be intimidated by the Quran , in the sense of fearing it when you’ve made a mistake that you avoid it and neglect it completely. don’t run away from Allah. Yes you should be scared. Ashamed . Frightened at the thought of the consequences of what you’ve done but who will you run to? Come back to Allah ,don’t let “fear” push you away. It’s a trick. Pick up the Quran with all the shame you feel and fear. Repent to Allah. He will guide you and forgive you.Allahs door is always open.🥹
In this episode, we explore a powerful verse in the Quran where Allah (SWT) asks, *"Isn’t it yet time for those who believe to feel something when they remember Him?"* This question is a call to reflect on our hearts—are they softened by His remembrance, or have they grown hard?
“Has the time not yet come for believers' hearts to be humbled at the remembrance of Allah and what has been revealed of the truth, and not be like those given the Scripture before—˹those˺ who were spoiled for so long that their hearts became hardened. And many of them are ˹still˺ rebellious.” Quran 57:16
“And ˹remember˺ when We took a covenant from the children of Israel ˹stating˺, “Worship none but Allah; be kind to parents, relatives, orphans and the needy; speak kindly to people; establish prayer; and pay alms-tax.” But you ˹Israelites˺ turned away—except for a few of you—and were indifferent” Quran 2:83
We delve into how our approach to others can shape our spiritual path. Sometimes, in seeking piety, we mistakenly think it means being harsh or distant. But true faith transforms us from within, reflected in kindness, gentleness, and love toward others. When we lose compassion, our acts of worship can feel empty.
We end with a reminder of how Allah (SWT) guides us toward true heart-softening:
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*بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
if there are any mistakes it’s from me, may Allah have mercy on me and if there’s any good it’s from Allah swt*. - if there’s any Hadith or Quran verse stated that was not referenced that you would want me to ref please do lmk through the instagram page dms :) or check out sunnah.com or Quran.com
Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If the Final Hour comes while you have a shoot of a plant in your hands and it is possible to plant it before the Hour comes, you should plant it."
Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani) صـحـيـح (الألباني) حكم :
Sunnah.com reference : Book 27, Hadith 4
Arabic/English book reference : Book 27, Hadith 479
- ALI BANAT ‘s story and his last message video
https://youtu.be/dzL6BLPAFBo?si=nweAt77aeljVslo8
https://youtu.be/KBRMP9t36go?si=15TsKIWgKRvqZbff
have a project have something you are working towards that will help you in that grave!
https://youtu.be/fS_3mG5tRi8?si=bTzAthbyFtyhg1I1
- the video I referred to about softening the heart- treating the creation of Allah well
- Quran 17:70
Indeed, We have dignified the children of Adam, carried them on land and sea, granted them good and lawful provisions, and privileged them far above many of Our creatures.
It was narrated that Sahl bin Sa’d said:
“We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in Dhul-Hulaifah, when we saw a dead sheep lifting its leg (because of bloating). He said: ‘Don’t you think this is worthless to its owner? By the One in Whose hand is my soul, this world is more worthless to Allah than this (dead sheep) is to its owner. If this world was worth the wing of a mosquito to Allah, the disbeliever would not have a drop to drink from it.’”
Grade: Hasan (Darussalam)
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 4110
In-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 11
English translation : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4110
Quran 93:5
And ˹surely˺ your Lord will give so much to you that you will be pleased.
Ref regarding sacrificing for Allah swt to be pleased. Understand that your Lord is The source and Creator of Generosity itself!!! Sacrifice for him! He will give you ! But not only will he give you! You will be satisfied!!!🥹🥹🥹🥹
The tests will come to an end I promise siyama🥹 and everyone listening or reading. A day will come where you willl return to your Generous Kind Loving Lord.
Expect BIG THINGS from Your Rabb. Your Nurturer , Your kind , Generous, Gentle , Loving Provider. Expect GOOD THINGS form Allah! Expect GREAT THINGS from Allah!Allah is and has been soooo good to you
And remember that you will be soooo glad you kept pushing! You will be soooo glad you held on! You will be so glad Allah gave you the strength to let go.
Many wish they could do some good again. Any good. Any good at all but their test is done. Their time is up. The paper has been taken. Their book closed.
Do something with the time you have left.🪻🤍
Don’t delay any good you intend to do.
Say the good word. Smile at them. Apologise to that person. Pray that prayer . Seek forgiveness. Make the wudu before bed. Read the mulk after isha. Cry to Allah. Break down. Whatever it is , don’t delay ANY good you intend to do.
For you will need it on that day. Every ounce of it.🥹
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When a man dies, his deeds come to an end except for three things: Sadaqah Jariyah (ceaseless charity); a knowledge which is beneficial, or a virtuous descendant who prays for him (for the deceased)."
[Muslim].
- ref regarding why I take time to post episodes but I think I don’t use it the right way , as you read above good deeds should not be delayed , so I guess it’s about finding a balance , take your time and do it well , don’t be hasty but don’t prolonge it so much that it never gets done.may Allah grant us strength.
Sahl bin Sa’d (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“Haste comes from Satan.” Related by At-Tirmidhi who graded is as Hasan.
In this thought-provoking episode, Nafisa confronts a profound question: *Am I living in a way that prepares me for death and the Hereafter, or have I become consumed by the distractions of the dunya (worldly life)? She dives deep into the reality of death and the consequences of our choices in the next life.
Drawing on powerful evidence from the Quran and authentic narrations from the Sunnah, she explored the journey of the soul from the moment it leaves the body, to the grave, and beyond. She reflected on vivid descriptions of the trials of the grave, the terror of the Day of Judgment, and the unimaginable torments of Hellfire for those who turn away from Allah’s guidance.
As she examined these truths, we’ll challenge ourselves to ask: Is this the life we want to face our Lord with?
This episode serves as both a wake-up call and an invitation to realign our priorities, reconnect with our purpose, and live in a way that leads to eternal success in the Hereafter.
Tune in for a powerful reminder of what really matters and hopefully encourages you to make the most of the time you have before it’s too late.
Ps the dua of my friend and I was not to say we doubted Allahs wisdom infact I forgot to state she actually acknowledged that Allahs wisdom surpasses all that we think , he knows why it is they are going through this, the prayer
“Ya Allah I’ve learnt my lesson please grant them ease please let it stop”
Was more or less like us reflecting on if truly our actions have played a role in their struggles we are so sorry Allah, we submit, we’ve learnt our lesson, forgive us so the balance can be restored
The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.