The word 'if' opens the gate of satanic thoughts. "

Reported by Aba Hurairah (RA): Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "If you are afflicted in any way, do not say: 'If I had taken this or that step, it would have resulted in such and such,' but say only: 'Allah so determined and did as He willed.' The word 'if' opens the gate of satanic thoughts. " [Muslim] So true...

Beautiful Dua...Subhana'Allah

Ya Allah I ask the Purity of Repentance of Adam & the Courage of Nuh.
Ya Allah I ask You the Companionship provided to Ibrahim & the Truthfulness of Ismaeel.
Ya Allah I ask You the Acceptance of Ishaaq, the forbearance of Jacob & the chastity of Yusuf.

The way of righteous women

There was a woman who reach the ages of 40; Her sisters and brothers all got married, and her parents died; and she stayed in the house alone. She was religiously committed and righteous.
A woman said to her; May ALLAH help you to cope with this loneliness, you have stayed alone after all your family has gone. And she started to encourage her to be patience.

Love and lust in wordly life leads to destruction

Dear sisters

Many sisters think it’s “so romantic” to find The kind of love presented on movies… That love which is being promoted by the Allies of sahaytan in (Hollywood/Bollywood) movies…

Who is the happy one?

AssalamuAlaikum 

An Iman uplifter.

Virtues of Shaheed

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Before Allah, the Shaheed has six virtues: he is forgiven from the first drop of blood shed; he will be shown his place in Paradise; he will be protected from the torment of the grave; he will be safe from the greater terror (of the Day of Resurrection); a crown of dignity will be placed on his head, of which one ruby is better than this world and all that is in it; he will be married to seventy-two of al-Hoor al-Iyn; and he will intercede for seventy of his relatives.” [Sunaan at-Tirmidhi]

After the fear the Shaheed (martyr) experienced in worldly life, Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) will not allow him to be subjected to any more hardship. By the time the Day of Resurrection comes around the Shaheed has already been forgiven his sins, been shown his place in Paradise and been protected from the hardship of the grave. When people are filled with terror on the Day of Resurrection, the Shaheed will feel no fear for he has already begun to experience the vast bounties of Allah on him and knows that there is much more to come.

Good Deeds

It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should either utter good words or better keep silence; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day should treat his neighbour with kindness and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day should show hospitality to his guest.

Sahih Muslim Book 001, Hadith 0075

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Do you know how to engage with the Quran?

Bismillah
This article is by  Basma Abdelgafar. When i read her article i really felt so impressed that i thought to share in my blog. JazakhaAllah khair Basma Abdelgafar.

There is something that has been bothering me for quite some time now and it is the realization that so many Muslims (especially youth) are not engaging with the Quran as they should be.

Instead of reading and trying to understand it many people feel that the Quran is too complex, too long, too repetitive, too sacred, scary, even dangerous and so avoid the exercise altogether.
Some have even been cautioned by others about reading it and trying to form their own understandings. This should certainly not be the case. I will tell you at the outset that I am not an Islamic scholar, nor have I formally studied the Quranic sciences but that is not a pre-requisite for reading and engaging with the Quran and benefiting from it, as I shall demonstrate below.

Trust

Trusting in Allāh is the seed of relying on Him and if He, the Almighty is approached with sincerity, du’ā will be answered.

- Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah)

Way to paradise

Rabi'a b. Ka'b said: I was with Allah's Messenger (sallAllahu 'alyhi wasallam) one night. and I brought him water and what he required. He said to me: 'Ask (for anything you like)'. I said: I ask for your company in Paradise. 

He (sallAllaahu 'alyhi wasallam) said: 'Or anything else other than it?' I said: That is all (what I require).
He (sallAllahu 'alyhi wasallam) said •►'Then help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself to frequent/lots of prostrations (sujood in prayer).'

[Muslim :: Book 4 : Hadith 990]

A lesson for all( Repent & return to Allah)

Don't just watch the news of Hurricane Sandy, eating a candy. Take a lesson! Repent & return to Allah, mend your ways before it's too late to do so!

Allaah Subhanahu Wa Taa'la says,

“And We sent not the signs except to warn.” [Al-Israa’ 17:59]

Just Close Your Eyes & Imagine

BismillahirRahmanirRahim

 

'Assalaamu `Alaykum wa Rahmatullaah '.   'Just Close Your Eyes And Imagine'! Just close your eyes and imagine... ......You have just one {1} more day to live! One more day to show Allah, What “Jannah” he should give? To say goodbye to your family, And all your closest friends; To ask for forgiveness, And try to make amends... Just close your eyes and imagine...

Path To Paradise-A Touching Story

Bismillah

Every Friday afternoon,after the jumma prayers,the Imam and his 11 yr old son would go out into their town and hand out "PATH TO PARADISE" and other Islamic literature.This particular and fortunate Friday afternoon,as the time came for the Imam and his son to go to the streets with thier booklets,it was very cold outside,as well as pouring rain.The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said,'ok, dad ,I m ready!'His dad asked,'ready for what?' 'Dad,its time we go out and distribute these islamic books'.

Awesome Dua

O Allah...!!"
Make My love for you ,the most beloved thing to me , and my fear for you ,the most fearful thing to me , and remove from me all wordly needs and wants by instilling a passion for meeting you, and when you have given the people of the world the pleasures of thier world,make the coolness of my eyes (pleasure)in worshipping you."

O Allah..!!
I ask you to strengthen my eeman & those around me. I ask you to soften my heart and soften the hearts of the Believers.

A Beautiful Dua

O Allah...!!
Only you know the Silent DUAS of my heart and only you can accept them. Only you know that my Soul cries often and only u can wipe out my tears.

Heavy on the Meezan

Two words are light on the tongue, heavy on the meezan(balance), and most loved by the Most Merciful .

سُبْحَانَ اللّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ ، سُبْحَانَ اللّهِ الْعَظِيمِ

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ │ Sahih Bukhari 7:67

'And there is NOT a thing except that it exalts [Allah] by His praise, THOUGH YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEIR HYMNS OF PRAISE!!'
Qur'an │ Al-Isra 17:44

Dua

Ya Allah help us :'(
Ya Allah solve our problems :'(
Ya Allah don't break our hopes :'(
Ya Allah accept our prayer :'(
Ya Allah bring happiness in our life :'(
Ya Allah you are our only, hope help us :'(
Ya Allah you know our problems help us solve them ;'(
Ya Allah make it easy for us :'(

The Heart

The prophet(S.A.W) said:"Indeed there is a piece of flesh in the body,if it is correct, the entire body is correct, and if it is bad,the entire body becomes bad.Truly it is the heart". (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

Greatest Delight

Narrated Suhayb ibn Sinan ar-Rumi (radi Allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “When those deserving of Paradise enter Paradise, the Blessed and Exalted will ask: ‘Do you wish Me to give you anything more?’ They will say: ‘Have You not brightened our faces? Have You not made us enter Paradise and saved us from Fire?’ He (Allah) will then lift the veil (from their eyes), and of things given to them nothing will be dearer to them than the sight of their Lord, the Mighty and the Glorious." [Book 1: Sahih Muslim] 

Pride

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Whoever has pride in his heart equal to the weight of a mustard seed shall not enter Paradise.” Someone asked, “A person likes to wear beautiful clothes and fine shoes.” He replied, “Allah is beautiful and likes beauty. Pride means rejecting the truth and looking down on other people.” [Sahih Muslim]

It is no sin to wear beautiful things or to look good, but to have pride means to feel that one is superior to another because of the provisions that Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) has provided one with. It is Allah’s will who He decides to give what to in this world. It is not a sign of Allah’s pleasure or displeasure. The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) told us that were this world the place of reward and punishment, the Kuffar would not be given even a sip of water to drink. Complete reward and punishment are reserved for the never ending hereafter. This worldly life is in its entirety a test. And what we are provided with in terms of family, wealth, health and opportunities are part of our question papers. What we do with them is our test. 

Family Day Out

One day out of the many days of life.

A man was traveling with his Wife and Kids.

On the way, he met someone standing in the roadway.

So he asked him: Who are you? 

Education

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “The best gift that a father can bestow upon his son is to arrange good education and training for him.” [Mishkat]

Concentrate all your efforts to train and educate your children in piety and consider the greatest sacrifice too little to achieve this purpose. This is an obligation laid upon you by your religion, it is a favour you owe to your children, and it is the greatest good that you can do to yourself. Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) says:

What Allah Looks At

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "Allah does not look at your appearance or property, but only at your hearts and works."

Appearance and wealth are the criteria by which Shaytaan misguides people to judge one another. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has altogether another set of criteria. Since Allah is the Bestower of looks and He is the one who

Who do you hang out with----Part2

By Nasmira Firdous

Bismillah

6. How Allah subhaanahu wa ta'aala Helps Through Those Whom We Hang Out With

A few months back, I was being overloaded with work, studies, exams and assignments, which was topped with a challenge I had never thought I would have to encounter. As much as I wanted to recite the duas for difficulty, my heart was unyielding. It sent a shiver down my spine because then, at that point of time, I realized why it wouldn’t be easy for everyone to recite the shahadah as much as they would want to, when they are on the clutches of death.

Who do you hang out with---Part1

This post is my friends article which i read.MaashaAllah its so awesome article.I found this article to b too good tat i felt to post it on my blog ...


 By Nasmira Firdous 

Bismillah

Back in the days as a teenager, there were two goals I wanted to achieve: top in academics and have “cool” friends. The ones who are popular in class, the ones who would take part in all the extra curricular activities and come off as well-rounded, the ones whom others would look at in awe; not the snobbish ones though, let me clarify.

The Wife is the Neck

Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “A woman is married for four things: her wealth, her family status, her beauty and her religion/piety. So you should marry the religious woman otherwise you will be a loser.” [Sahih Bukhari]

Getting the prerequisite right is an important step towards making a success

Least Punished

The Prophet (SalAllahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) said: “The least punished person of the people of Hell-Fire on the Day of Resurrection will be a man under whose arch of the feet two smouldering embers will be placed, because of which his brain will boil just like Al-Mirjal (copper vessel) or a Qum-qum (narrow-necked vessel) boils with water.” [Sahih Bukhari]

What Makes Allah Unresponsive

Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “I swear by Him Who has power over my life, you must enforce virtue and curb evil, otherwise Allah shall very soon send such calamity over you that you will cry and seek mercy from Allah but you will get no response.” [Tirmidhi]

Nowadays it is not considered polite,or

Piety

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “A man bought a piece of land from another man, and the buyer found a jar filled with gold in the land. The buyer said to the seller: ‘Take your gold, as I bought only the land from you and not the gold.’ The owner of the land said: ‘I sold you the land with everything in it.’ So both of them took.......

Lowering One's Gaze

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhu): "Al-Fadl bin Abbas rode behind Allah's Messenger (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) as his companion rider on the back portion of his she-camel on the day of Nahr (slaughtering of sacrifice, 10th Dhul-Hijja) and Al-Fadl was a handsome man.
The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) stopped to give the people verdicts (regarding their matters). In the meantime, a beautiful woman from the tribe of Khatham came, asking the verdict of Allah's Messenger. Al-Fadl started looking at her as her beauty attracted him. The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) looked behind while Al-Fadl was looking at her;

The Story of Dajjal Must Read

Dajjal the individual will be the epitome of the Dajjal system, the ultimate kaffir, and therefore inevitably to be chosen as the leader of that system, when he appears. The letters KFR are the basic root letters of the Arabic word Kufr, or Kaffir. Kufr is to cover up and to reject. The kaffir is the one who covers up the true nature of existence - and who rejects the messengers who are sent by Allah to show people how to live in harmony with what is within in them and with what is without them, and to worship and have knowledge of Allah. The Prophet Muhammad said that kufr is one system. The Kufr system is the Dajjal. The three aspects of Dajjal are in fact interlinked and indivisible.
Dajjal will be a young man with very curly hair with one eye protruding (with which he cannot see). travelling about the world in large hops. Among other descriptions of the Dajjal in the Hadith collections we find the following:

The Ideal Muslim Husband

Most Muslim men would like to be ideal husbands. And most Muslim women would, no doubt, like to be married to one. But, for some reason, the men are not ideal husbands, and the women will almost surely admit that they didn't marry one. So, why the discrepancy between our sincere aspirations and reality? Is it an inability on the part of the man, an impossible goal; or is it perhaps that we do not even know what an ideal Muslim husband is?

Wrong Concept of an Ideal Husband

Ayat ul-Kursi after Fardh Salat

Abu Umamah (radi Allahu anhu) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, "Whoever recites Ayat ul-Kursi immediately after each prescribed Prayer, there will be nothing standing between him and his entering Paradise except death." [Nasai, Ibn Hibban, Darimi]

Lying while Joking

Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn Amr al-Aas (radhi allahu anhu) narrated that the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) said: “Whoever has the following four characteristics will be a pure hypocrite; and whoever has one of these four characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy unless and until he gives it up; whenever he is entrusted he betrays, whenever he speaks he tells a lie, whenever he makes a covenant he proves treacherous, and whenever he quarrels he behaves in a very imprudent, evil and insulting manner.” [Saheeh al-Bukhari]

Jannat

 When MOMIN will enter into Jannat, it will be announced

1) You will remain healthy forever, disease will never come.
2) You will remain alive for ever, death will never come.
3) You will remain in bounties which will never be finished.


Jannat is made with:
Bricks of Gold and Silver
Its cement is of perfumed Musk

Its chips are pearls and Yaqoot
Its sand is Zafraan

There are eight doors of Jannat. These are eight grades of Jannat:
1.   Jannatul Mava
2.   Darul Maqaam
3.   Darul Salaam
4.   Darul Khuld
5.   Jannat-ul-Adan
6.   Jannat-ul-Naeem
7.   Jannat-ul-Kasif
8.   Jannat-ul-Firdous
Jannatul Mava is in the lowest,
Jannat-ul-Adan is the middle &
Jannat-ul- Firdous is on the highest.


Food of Jannat:
They will eat foods and fruits continuously up to 40 years
Every bowl will have a new taste
They will take eructation which will digest the food and there will be
perfumed sweating for the digestion of water
There will be no urine and stool

Place Name:
There will be gardens in Jannat.
Every garden will have the length of about 100 year ' s journey.
The shadow of these gardens will be very dense.
Their plants will be free of thorns.
The size of their leaves will be equal to ears of elephants.
Their fruits will be hanging in rows.
Those who love each other for the sake of Allah will get a pillar of
Yaqoot, on which there will be seventy thousand (70,000) rooms. These
will shine for the residents of Jannat as the sun shines for the
residents of Duniya
There will be rooms in Jannat in such a way that every room will have
seventy thousand (70,000) dinning sheets. On every dinning sheet 70,000
types of foods will be served. For their service 80,000 young boys will
be moving around looking like beautiful scattered pearls.
One bunch of dates will be equal to the length of 12 arms. The size of a
date will be equal to the big pitcher. These will be whiter than milk,
sweeter than honey and softer than butter and free of seeds. The stem of
these plants will be made up of gold and silver.
There will also be gardens of grapes. The bunches of grapes will be very
big. The size of a single grape will be equal to a big pitcher.
Someone asked, ya Rasulullah (Sallalahu alaihi wasallam): will it be
sufficient for me and my family. It was answered, it will be sufficient
for you and your whole tribe.

The Dresses of Jannat:
The dress of Jannat will be very beautiful.
One will wear 70 dresses at a time.
These will be very fine, delicate, weightless, having different colors.
These dresses will be so fine that the body even the heart will be
visible.
And the waves of love in the hearts will also be visible.
These dresses will never become old, never be dirty and will never tear.

There will be four canals in every Jannat:
1.  Water.
2.   Milk.
3.   Honey.
4.   Sharabun Tahoora.

There will also be three fountains in  Jannat:
1.   Kafoor.
2.   Zanjabeel.
3.   Tasneem.

Qualities of People of Jannat:

In Jannat,
Height of every MOMIN, will be equal to the height of Hazrat Adam
(Alaihissalaam) 60 arms (90 feet).
Beauty will be like that of Hazrat Yousuf (Alaihissalaam).
Age of youth will be like that of Hazrat Esa (Alaihissalaam) 30-33
years).
Sweetness of voice will be like that of Hazrat Dawud (Alaihissalaam).
Tolerance will be like that of Hazrat Yaqoob (Alaihissalaam).
Patience will be like that of Hazrat Ayyub (Alaihissalaam).
Habits will be like that of Sayyaduna Muhammad (Sallalahu alaihi
wasallam).

Taqwa and Good conduct

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) was asked about the deed which will be foremost in causing a man to enter Jannah. He replied, “Taqwa of Allah and good conduct.” Then he was asked about the thing which will admit a man to Jahannum the most, and he answered,

Superiority of the Women of Paradise over Hoors

Umme Salamah (radi Allahu anha) narrates that she said to Prophet Muhammad (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam): "O Rasul Allah, are the women of this world superior or the hoors (of Paradise)?" He (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) replied, "The women of this world will have superiority over the hoors just as the outer lining of a garment has superiority over the inner lining." Umme Salamah (radi Allahu anha) then asked,

Breaking a Promise

Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “The signs of a hypocrite are three: when he speaks he lies, when he promises he breaks it, and when entrusted he betrays his trust.” [Sahih Bukhari]


Therefore, one must be careful not to make promises casually or to make promises that one has no intention to keep. Allah Most High mentions in the Quran the story of the man who lied and broke his promise and the recompense of such people:

Three Enormities

Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “There are three types of people Allah will neither speak to on the Day of Resurrection nor purify them from sins, and they shall have a painful punishment. They are:

A Valuable Dua

Allahumaj'al fi qalbi noora, wa fi lisaani noora, wa fi sam'i noora, wa fi basari noora, wa min fauqi noora, wa min tahti noora, wa an yammeni noora, wa an shimali noora, wa min amaami noora, wa min khalfi noora, waj'al fi nafsi noora, wa a...

Shaytan an Alim without Amal

Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu) said: "The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) deputised me to keep (guard over) Sadaqah of Ramadan. Someone came and started taking handfuls of the Sadaqah quickly. I took hold of him and said, 'By Allah, I will take you to the Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'I am needy and have many dependents.' I released him, and in the morning.....

Bells

Ibn az-Zubayr told that a woman client of theirs took az-Zubayr's daughter to Umar ibn al-Khattab wearing bells on her legs. Umar cut them off and said that he had heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: There is a devil along with each bell [Dawud :: Book 34 : Hadith 4218]

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said:

The Work of a Man's Own Hand

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) was asked what type of earning was best, and he answered: “The work of a man’s own hand, and every pious sale.” [Hakim]

This hadith tells us that the best way to earn one’s living is to work with one’s own hands for it.

The legal basis for sale (selling things as a form of livelihood), prior to

Reliance like Birds

Umar (radi Allahu anhu) said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) say, 'If you were to rely upon Allah with the reliance He is due, you would be given provision like the birds: They go out hungry in the morning and come back with full bellies in the evening.'" [Ibn Majah - graded hasan, Tirmidhi]

The reliance of birds is that they do not store their livelihood. They have full trust that as Allah provided them with their food today, He will surely grant their food tomorrow as well.



Reliance does not mean that the lawful means of earning a livelihood