A Great Dua

The mother of the believers, Juwayriyah Bintul-Haarith (May Allaah be pleased with her) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) came out from my apartment in the morning as I was busy in performing the dawn prayer. He came back in the forenoon and found me sitting there. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Are you still in the same position as I left you." I replied in the affirmative. Thereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 

"I recited four words three times after I had left you. If these are to be weighed against all you have recited since morning, these will be heavier. These are: SubhaanAllaahi wa bihamdihi, adada khalqihi, wa ridhaa nafsihi, wa zinata arshihi, wa midaada kalimaatihi 

*سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏*

[Allaah is free from imperfection and I begin with His praise, as many times as the number of His creatures, in accordance with His Good Pleasure, equal to the weight of His Throne and equal to the ink that may be used in recording the words (for His Praise)]."

[Saheeh Muslim]

A Wake Up Call (Coronavirus)

Abu Rayhana Abdul Hakim Al-Ameriki حفظه الله 

Transcription: Umm Hasna Bint Jabir as-Saylâniyya

These are the days of contemplation and for all of us to recognize the power of Allaah.

He سُبحانه وتعالى says:

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ فِتْنَةًۭ لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنكُمْ خَآصَّةًۭ ۖ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ٢٥

And fear the Fitnah (affliction & trial, etc.) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong (but it may afflict all the good and the bad people), and know that Allaah is Severe in punishment.

(Surah Al-Anfal: 25)

Beware of a fitnah! This fitnah, this punishment does not only affect the oppressive but also the righteous, it afflicts the believer and the disbeliever!! We are all in the midst of this Ya AbdAllaah. Know that Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى is severe in punishment. He sends down fitnah, balaayah and punishment so that you know that Allaah is severe in punishment due to the disobedience of mankind.  

Aasisha (radiyallaahu anha) narrated as it comes in Saheehain:

‘I asked the Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم about Thaa’oon {diseases that have no cure and no medicine and that which spreads to the people.’ He replied:  ‘Verily, it is a punishment from Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى and He sends it to whoever He will from amongst His servants. Verily, Allaah made it a Mercy for the believers. There is no believer who finds himself in this kind of fitnah, so he remains in the land he is in exercising patience and (Muhtasiban), holding onto the Deen of Allaah, expecting a reward from Allaah for his patience, knowing that nothing is going to afflict or befall him except that which is preordained for him. And if he dies, he dies a Shaheed (a Martyr). 

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Beware Lest Allaah Takes Your Soul while You are Heedless!!

Al-Haafidh Ibn Rajab رحمه الله (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 

"It is not appropriate for the believer to spend the morning and evening except while he's in the state of repenting to Allaah because he does not know when death will suddenly overtake him, in the morning or in the evening. So whoever spends the morning or evening not repenting to Allaah then he is in danger because it is feared that he will meet Allaah while he is not in the state of repenting (to Allaah) and therefore will be raised amongst the company of the oppressors. 

Allaah The Most High says:

Benefit of sitting after Taslim

Sheikh Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz رحمه الله mentioned:

The sitting after the taslim in the prescribed prayers is from the most important times, in which the mercy of Allaah descends (upon his slaves). Do not hastily get up, rather seek forgiveness from Allaah, glorify Him, praise Him, and magnify Him.

 

Ibn Baṭṭal رحمه الله said:

"Whoever has many sins and desires that Allaah remove these sins from him without burdening himself, then let him seize this opportunity and remain seated in his place after the prayer, so that he may take advantage of the supplications from the Angels and their asking forgiveness for him."

Source: Sharh Ibn Battal, vol. 3, pg. 114

What is most beneficial in times of plague ?

*I haven’t seen anything more beneficial in times of plague than tasbeeh*

(Glorifying Allaah with Dhikr such as SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Allaahu Akbar etc.)

[Imam ash-Shafiee (rahimahullah), Hilayat ul-Awliyaa’, 136/9]

SEEKING PARADISE

Ibn Al-Jawzi رحمه الله تعالى said:

Oh you who seeks Paradise! Know that your father was removed from Paradise, because of one sin.... Yet, you seek Paradise with various sins that you have not repented for‼

(Translated by: Umm Hyatt حفظها الله)

*IMPORTANT Reminder!*

*There is no might nor power except with Allaah*

*لا حول ولاقوة الابالله*

Sheikh Uthaimin رحمه الله said: 

"If you have been exhausted by something, and were unable to do it say: *laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah*

*(There is no might nor power except with Allaah)*

~ because Allaah the Most High will help you with it, and this saying is not something that is said when some calamity befalls, as done by many people when it is  said to them such and such calamity occurred they say: 'Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa billaah.'

*Concerning contemplation of the Qur'aan*

Sheikh Abdur-Rahman b. Qāsim (1392h) wrote quoting Imam Nawawi (676h) رحمهم الله:

"It is recommended to cry whilst reciting the Qur'aan as it is the attributes of the cognizant ones and badge of the righteous...

The way towards obtaining that is by contemplating over one's recital as it relates to the warnings, severe threats, convents and agreements. Then reflect over one's deficiency in those affairs. 

If one's grief and readiness to shed tears is not present at that moment, then let him/her weep over its absence - for certainly it is among the calamities." 

حاشية الروض المربع ٢٠٨/٢

اللهم لين قلوبنا بالقرآن

اللهم اشرح صدورنا بالقرآن

اللهم نور قبورنا بالقرآن

O Allaah soften our hearts with the Qur'aan!

O Allaah expand our chests with the Qur'aan!

O Allaah enlighten our graves with the Qur'aan!

A Blessed End

     

Shaykh Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله تعالى):

• Anyone who is patient at the time of adversity,

• thankful at the time of prosperity, 

• humbles themselves and supplicates to Allaah upon facing hardships,

• acknowledges their sins and shortcomings, and

• asks Allaah for His Mercy and Forgiveness,

has succeeded and will be granted the blessed end.

---- [Fatwas of Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله تعالى) , 2/126 | al-ifta]