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وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَندَادًۭا يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَشَدُّ حُبًّۭا لِّلَّهِ ۗ وَلَوْ يَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِذْ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ أَنَّ ٱلْقُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًۭا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ١٦٥

Still there are some who take others as Allah’s equal—they love them as they should love Allah—but the ˹true˺ believers love Allah even more. If only the wrongdoers could see the ˹horrible˺ punishment ˹awaiting them˺, they would certainly realize that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is indeed severe in punishment.

Quran 2:165

فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًۭا يَرَهُۥ ٧

So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it.

وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍۢ شَرًّۭا يَرَهُۥ ٨

And whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.

Quran 99:7-8

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Alqamah bin Waqqas (said) that he heard ‘Umar bin Khattab, when he was addressing the people, saying:

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Actions are but by the intention and every man will have but that which he intended. So he whose emigration was for Allah and His Messenger, his emigration was for Allah and His Messenger. But he whose emigration was for some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage, his emigration was for that which he migrated.”

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، قَالاَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيَّ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَقَّاصٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏:‏ ‏ "‏ إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ وَلِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا، فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)

At times life can get tough , tests can get tough but what better news to receive than an assurance that these tests will not go to waste and they surely will end soon enough.

A day will come when we will stand before our Lord , our Maker, our Sustainer, our Master when He will be soooo proud of how hard we fought our nafs and the shayateen to pass these tests and he will be soooo proud of us and sooo pleased with us

🥹🥹🥹

Oh servant of her merciful lord , the tests WILL end, say it , believe it, remember it

Keep going, keep trying, don’t give up.The tests WILL end soon enough

And you’ll be soooo glad you held on to Allah

🥹you’ll be so glad

*disclaimer! I said the prophet called shaaban neglected paraphrasing the Hadith

The actual Hadith-

Usamah bin Zaid said:

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I do not see you fasting any month as much as Shaban.' He said: 'That is a month to which people do not pay much attention, between Rajab and Ramadan. It is a month in which the deeds are taken up to the Lord of the worlds, and I like that my deeds be taken up when I am fasting."'

Grade: Hasan (Darussalam)

Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2357

In-book reference : Book 22, Hadith 268

English translation : Vol. 3, Book 22, Hadith 2359

This episode is a sisters pep talk (i pray it’s a beneficial one)🤍🤗

Ramadan is on it’s wayyy, allahumma ballighna Ramadan🥹

I pray it’s beneficial !🪻

References:

About the incident after the death of the Prophet pbuh

About the gates of heaven being opened , gates of hell being closed and jinn chained in Ramadan

About the Prophet pbuh fasting a lot in Sha’ban

Instagram page for us sisters in faith

On this episode Nafisa reflects on the fact that when you love someone you do things for them to be pleased and you stay away from things that are displeasing to them to prove your love for them.because that love is enough reason to do things even if you don’t understand why they like it or why they might not like it , the love you have for them is enough of a reason for you to let go off that thing or hold on to it.

So what then of our claim of loving Allah?🥹

Love IS a VERB, it’s an ACTION as well.We can all make tall claims , whether it’s claiming to love Allah or claiming we have faith in our hearts.

But faith and love are verbs as well . If love and faith are truly in our hearts , what’s our proof?

Do we do what Allah likes? Do we stay away from that which He (swt) dislikes?

What’s our proof?what’s our evidence that our claims of faith in and love for Allah are true?

She also reflects on the fact that we can’t love however, one we do not know. We can’t trust one we don’t know. Sacrifice for one we don’t know .

we need to know Allah to love him for how can you love whom you don’t know?

We NEED to get to know Allah so we can love him, sacrifice for Him , trust in Him, rely on Him.

This is a series on YouTube that I say is the BEST! thing on the internet 🥺☹️

Names of Allah and His attributes

-Ustadh Hisham has a different approach to it, He explains the names of Allah the way Allah presents them in the Quran, those that are paired in the Quran will be explained as pairs etc

It’s a beautiful approach in my opinion and it’s absolutely amazing

Who is Allah?

-This video is also absolutely amazing.

Islam channel app

-There’s a series called 99 Names of Allah , it has 21 episodes , it’s also amazing from the parts I’ve watched🥹life changing infact subhanallah

The pain of the Prophets and Overcoming your struggles

-This is the video I was referring to - Ustadh Abu Taymiyyah

I pray to Allah this is beneficial 🤍

Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh!

Welcome or welcome back to a digital journal!

This episode has to be one of my absolute favorites!I grew up LOVING seerah( the stories of the Prophets), in whatever form! And I have always loved the story of Prophet Musa (AS) and yesterday I came across this post from Bayyinnah tv saying “sometimes all you need is Haroon” and I woke up today thinking about that.

Sometimes all you need is a companion.A support. Something or someone to confide in, someone to support you and hold you and guide you and ride with you through the ups and downs of life someone to be there for you , to strengthen you and keep you going…

And so we reflect on the story of how Prophet Musa AS being a Prophet of Allah requested that Allah gives Prophet Harun AS to him(his brother) to come along with him and support him on his mission to deliver the truth to the Pharoah ( Firaun) and his people.

And reflected on SO MUCH MORE!The Quran! The Quran! Upon you is the Quran oh servant of Allah.

Have a listen

And I pray Allah makes this beneficial! For you , for me , for anyone who comes across it!

Quran.com - amazing Quran site , has translations, various tafseer in English etc

They have an app as well:

Quran App - has translations and tafseer in Arabic, highlighting and note features etc

Other apps:

Al Quran app - has translations and tafseer in English, notes feature etc

Ayah App - I personally use this app to read , because of the more Quran looking design but haven’t explored the features in it

Instagram page for us sisters🤍🪻

Hey sisters in Islam!

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah! Welcome to a Q & A episodeee!

In this episode I answered some questions about my experience moving out to study in Saudi 🙈

I pray to Allah that this beneficial!!🪻🤍

Instagram page for us sisters.

Every step!!! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar ! Allahu Akbar!🥹

Allah really wants us to go to Jannah 🥹🥹🥹

GUYSSS! I am MIND BLOWN!🤯

So I just came across this Hadith and I had to come on here and share!

Please do listen and I pray to Allah it’s beneficial!

Tell your fathers and brothers and uncles and spouses about this Hadith please!

Aws bin Aws narrated:

"Allah's Messenger said to me: 'Whoever performs Ghusl on Friday, and bathes completely, and goes early, arriving early, gets close and listens and is silent, there will be for him in every step he take the reward of a year of fasting and standing (in prayer).'"

Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)

Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 496

In-book reference : Book 4, Hadith 9

English translation : Vol. 1, Book 4, Hadith 496

I stated that later today, Friday 27th December 2024

6:45PM WAT

We are having our very first Quran Pondering Program virtually!

We are going to learn about Surahtul Insan Insha Allah!

Do join us! If you can it’s be lovely if you go through the surah and read the tafseer for some of its verses so you can share with us and we benefit from you! It’s not a class , we’re sisters pondering over the words of Allah together🫂

*Quran.com is good ,to checkout the tafsir click on the book icon next to the verse

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Other references from the episode:

About the angels that go round the earth looking for places of remembrance

Link for answer to whether it’s better for a woman to pray at home or in the masjid

About getting jannah after repeating the athan

About not sending Salam when you hear the prophets name

About the fact that jannah has things no eye has ever seen, no ear has heard…

Ayatul kurfi after every obligatory prayer , reward :Jannah !

About two habits if one has will enter paradise, easy to do but very few do it, tasbih,tahlil,take beer x10 after fard salah and 33,33,34 before bed

It was narrated that Umm Humayd (may Allah be pleased with her) the wife of Abu Humayd As-Sa`idi (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I like to pray with you.” He said, “I know that you like to pray with me, but your prayer in your room is better for you than your prayer in your courtyard and your prayer in your courtyard is better for you than your praying in your house, and your prayer in your house is better for you than your prayer in the mosque of your people, and your prayer in the mosque of your people is better for you than your prayer in my mosque.” So she issued orders that a prayer-place be prepared for her in the furthest and darkest part of her house, and she used to pray there until she met Allah (i.e., died).” (Narrated by Ahmad, 26550)

This Hadith was classed as authentic by Ibn Khuzaymah in his Sahih, 3/95; Ibn Majah, 5/595; Al-Albani in Sahih At-Targhib wat Tarhib, 1/135

This episode is about being mindful when we see others in positions we wouldn’t want to be in and being careful not to think at that moment that somehow WE are better than them.

In the Quran The Story of Prophet Adam, in different verses Allah tells us about when He SWT instructed that the angels prostrate to Prophet Adam AS but the shaytan ,Iblees not only disobeyed and refused to prostrate he also said that He was BETTER than Him( Prophet Adam AS).

The sin of Arrogance .

Many call it The First Sin.

Subhannallah. He said it there in the Quran Allah quotes his saying “I am better than him”

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Allāh] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay [i.e., earth]."

Quran 7:12

Note to self *

Never think you are better than anyone. For there are many skeletons in your closet that Allah has hidden and not exposed. And Allah has favored you today with wealth and health but can easily take it away. So stay humble and be kind.

But being humble does not mean we shouldn’t change evil when we come across it for :

On the authority of Abu Sa`eed al-Khudree (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, “Whosoever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then [let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart — and that is the weakest of faith.” [Muslim]

Hey assalamu alaikum sisters ! So I am currently ill alhamdulilah so bare with my chipmunk voice but I think this is a reflection that is needed and so here you go!🪻

May Allah have mercy on our Uncle Khaled and all the other fathers and mothers and sisters and brothers and children ! And children! That were mercilessly unalived, may Allah accept them all as matrys! May Allah relieve our brothers and sisters in Islam and in humanity from all those that oppress them! And Allah himself comforts us that mourn them saying :

And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allāh as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision,

Rejoicing in what Allāh has bestowed upon them of His bounty, and they receive good tidings about those [to be martyred] after them who have not yet joined them - that there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

They receive good tidings of favor from Allāh and bounty and [of the fact] that Allāh does not allow the reward of believers to be lost -

Those [believers] who responded to Allāh and the Messenger after injury had struck them. For those who did good among them and feared Allāh is a great reward -

…And the verses go on subhanallah 🥹

Starting from Quran 3:169

I hope it’s beneficial.

Link to Instagram page for the girls

Link on who a martyr is & the rank of martyrs 🥹