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Post by Ummati on Mar 2, 2012 17:05:50 GMT 5
Private Sunnah
Keep Devils Away With Aayat Al-KursiAbu Hurayrah (radi Allahu anhu) said: “Allah's Messenger assigned me to keep watch over the Zakah of Ramadaan. A person snuck in and started taking handfuls of foodstuff. I caught him and said, ‘By Allah, I will take you to the Messenger of Allah.’ He said, ‘Release me, for I am meek and have many dependents and am in great need.’ So I let him go. In the morning the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) asked me, ‘What did your prisoner do last night, O Abu Hurayrah!’ I said, ‘O Allah's Messenger! He complained of being needy and of having many dependents, so I pitied him and let him go.’ Allah's Messenger said, ‘Indeed, he told you a lie and will be coming again.’ “I believed that he would show up again, for Allah's Messenger had told me that he would return. So, I watched for him. When he (showed up and) started stealing handfuls of foodstuff, I caught hold of him again and said, ‘I will definitely take you to Allah's Messenger.’ He said, ‘Leave me, for I am very needy and have many dependents. I promise I will not come back again.’ I pitied him and let him go. In the morning Allah's Messenger asked me, ‘What did your prisoner do last night, O Abu Hurayrah!’ I replied, ‘O Allah's Messenger! He complained of his great need and of too many dependents, so I took pity on him and set him free.’ Allah's Messenger said, ‘Verily, he told you a lie; he will return.’ “I waited for him attentively for the third time, and when he (came and) started stealing handfuls of the foodstuff, I caught hold of him and said, ‘I will surely take you to Allah's Messenger as it is the third time you promised not to return, yet you returned.’ He said, ‘Let me teach you some words which Allah will give you benefit from.’ I asked, ‘What are they?’ He replied, ‘Whenever you go to bed, recite Aayat Al-Kursi, Allahu la ilaha illa Huwal-Hayyul-Qayyum, until you reach the end of the Aayah. (If you do so), Allah will appoint a guard for you who will stay with you, and no Shaytaan will come near you until morning.’ So, I released him. “In the morning, Allah's Messenger asked, ‘What did your prisoner do last night?’ I replied, ‘O Allah's Messenger! He claimed that he would teach me some words by which Allah would grant me some benefit, so I let him go.’ Allah's Messenger asked, ‘What are they?’ I replied, ‘He said to me: Whenever you go to bed, recite Aayat Al-Kursi, Allahu la ilaha illa Huwal-Hayyul-Qayyum, from the beginning to the end. He further said to me: (If you do so), Allah will appoint a guard for you who will stay with you, and no Shaytaan will come near you until morning.’ The Prophet said, ‘He spoke the truth, although he is a liar. Do you know whom you were talking to these three nights, O Abu Hurayrah!’ Abu Hurayrah said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘That was a devil (Shaytaan).’” [Bukhari] This hadith teaches us the value of reciting Aayat Al-Kursi at night before going to bed. After all, who would not want to be protected from devils during the night while they are asleep! dailyhadith.adaptivesolutionsinc.com
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Post by Ummati on Mar 2, 2012 17:07:37 GMT 5
Public Sunnah
Never Tire of Good
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “A believer never gets satisfied doing good until he reaches Jannah.” [Tirmidhi]
According to this hadith, it is a quality of a Muslim that he or she is very concerned about acquiring virtues and doing good, and never tires of struggling for and living by virtuous deeds. This is because “a believer sees his sins as if he were sitting under a mountain which, he is afraid, may fall on him; whereas the wicked person considers his sins as flies passing over his nose and he just drives them away like this. Abu Shihab (the sub-narrator of this statement of Abdullah ibn Masud’s) moved his hand over his nose in illustration.” [Sahih Bukhari]
High achieving students never stop studying because they never feel satisfied that what they know is sufficient. They don’t limit themselves to the bare minimum amount of knowledge needed to pass. One who does so is in danger of failing. Even when they are well prepared they feel that they could know more, or that they might make a mistake which they would have to compensate for with something else. Another reason that high achieving students keep on studying is because of their love for learning.
Similar is the case of a Muslim with good deeds. They love to please Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) and enter His Jannah. Additionally, they are afraid that what they have prepared of good deeds may not be sufficient so they keep doing what is pleasing to Allah (subhana wa ta’ala). A borderline pass is not what they aim for, because one could easily make a mistake and end up failing. They aim for a high ‘A’. They do not underestimate the enormity of the sins that they commit and see their sins as a huge mountain looming over them. Thus, they are always trying to compensate for their shortcomings. In this struggle a Muslim reaches the end of his or her life. Such is the successful person for he achieves Jannah.
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Post by Ummati on Mar 11, 2012 9:18:06 GMT 5
9.3.12 - 16.3.12
Private Sunnah
Extinguish The Lamps
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “When you go to sleep, extinguish your lamps, for the Shaytaan shows creatures such as this (the mouse) these things (lamps) in order to burn you.” [Sunan Abi Dawood]
Just as the Shaytaan seeks to misguide man with kufr and sins, so he also aims to harm the Muslim, physically and mentally. He attempts to burn down houses with fire by means of animals that he motivates. Thus, for our own protection, the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) told us to put fires and lamps out before going to sleep.
Public Sunnah
Verification
The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “It is lying enough for a man to repeat everything he hears.” [Sahih Muslim]
This is an exhortation for us to choose our words carefully and speak only after ascertaining the facts about which we speak. This is because there are angels with us that record every word that we utter. Every gesture, every glance, and our every deed are recorded. After we have said something we no longer have control over it. It is like an arrow that has left the bow, or a bullet that has exited the gun. We will continue to be responsible for it for as long as it circulates among people and any good or harm that it does.
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Post by Ummati on Mar 16, 2012 13:07:30 GMT 5
16.3.12 - 23.3.12
Private Sunnah
Shake off the Laziness
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “When one of you wakes up from his sleep and does wudoo, then let him rinse his nose three times, for the Shaytaan spends the night on his nose.” (Bukhaari)
This hadith mentions one of the means by which the Shaytaan makes a person lazy. So when we wake up from sleep we should take Allah’s name and perform full wudoo, which includes the rinsing of the nose. But the Shaytaan may also make a person lazy in doing good deeds by means of waswasah (insinuating whispers). How he does that is by making him feel that he has plenty of time and so the person becomes lazy and procrastinates.
Imaam Ibn al-Jawzi said concerning this: “How many Christians and Jews felt inclined towards Islam, but the Shaytaan kept discouraging them by saying, ‘Don’t rush into it, think about it.’ So he made them delay entering Islam until they died in a state of Kufr. Similarly, he makes the sinner put off repenting, and he keeps him indulging in his desires, telling him that one day he could repent….He keeps on making people like to be lazy, or put off doing good deeds, and he deceives them by telling them that they have plenty of time and a lot of hope.
“So the one who wants to do some good deed should carry out his action with determination and resolve. Resolve means not wasting time and not delaying things. He should forget about having plenty of time, because the one who has been warned (of the punishment of Allah) should not feel secure. What you miss, you cannot make up for. The reason for every shortcoming or inclination towards evil is the belief that there is plenty of time and a lot of hope, because man keeps thinking of giving up evil and turning towards good, but he procrastinates. No doubt whoever thinks that he has the whole day ahead of him will take his time, and whoever has the hope that he will still be there in the morning will do very little during the night, but the one who thinks of death as imminent will strive hard.” [Talbees Iblees]
Public Sunnah
Save This, Spend That
The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "Good tidings to him who avoids the excess in his speech and spends the excess of his money."
In other words, we should save our words that are unnecessary, but spend our money (in sadaqah) which is in excess of our needs. Withholding excess words means to elaborate more than necessary about matters which do not concern one, or to ask about things which are of no importance. One should express oneself succintly and with brevity. This was the way of our noble Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam). Ali (radi Allahu anhu) said, "The best discourse is expressive, great, brief, and interesting." [al-Durar al-mubaha]
It has become common these days to converse about what is useless or immoral, for example to discuss acts of disobedience, such as stories about drinking sessions and fornicators. When there is no legitimate purpose connected with the conversation, this is unlawful, because it manifests one's own disobedience or another's, and encourages others to do the same by desensitizing them to the sin. Ibn Mas'ud (radi Allahu anhu) said, "The greatest in sins on the Day of Judgment will be the one most given to speaking about the useless and immoral." [Ibn Abi Dunya]
(Courtesy: Daily Hadith)
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Post by Ummati on Mar 24, 2012 15:14:23 GMT 5
23.3.12 - 30.3.12Private Sunnah
Accept your mistake, Do not justifyRasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Mankind will not perish till they make excuses for their conduct to themselves.” (Mishkat)The worst kind of deception is self deception. There is very little hope for a person’s success in any sphere of his or her life, in relationships, in religion or in their careers, till they view themselves and their shortcomings realistically. Only then can they improve themselves. So stop blaming, complaining and procrastination. Successful people take full responsibility for their lives. Public Sunnah
Bad Luck? "Whenever any good news or glad tiding was told to the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam), he would prostrate in gratitude to Allah.” (Sunan Abu Dawud)What do you do when you get good news? Do you thank Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) for His bounty or do you think you are responsible for your good fortune? Isn’t Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) the one who gave you the body and mind you used? Isn’t Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) the one who opened the doors of opportunity for you? Should He close them, is there anyone who can open them again? We call ourselves lucky (thanking our lucky stars) or we blame our luck, as the case may be. We say, Aw shucks! My luck is so bad. Or Wohoo! I got lucky! While, doing so, is nothing short of our denying Allah’s Will and His Provision.
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Post by Ummati on Apr 13, 2012 14:25:43 GMT 5
30.3.12 - 20.4.12Private Sunnah
Vows - Nazr[/i][/b] The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) forbade vowing and said, “In fact, vowing does not prevent anything, but it makes a miser spend his property.” [Sahih Bukhari]
The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Allah said, ‘vowing does not bring to the son of Adam anything I have not already written in his Qadar (preordainment)…Through vowing I make a miser spend of his wealth.’”Examples of vows are: “If a son is born to me I will feed 100 poor people.” Or, “If I get admission in this university I will give so much wealth in Sadaqa.” Or, “If I recover from this illness I will sacrifice a goat for the needy.” Whatever good deed one vowed to do, they should have done without vowing. They shouldn’t have made it a sort of bargain with Allah (subhana wa ta’ala). Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) is not in need of any of our deeds. We do good deeds for our own benefit and we are always in need of our own good deeds, regardless of whether the son is born, the admission granted, or the illness recovered from. We will not change the course of what was destined to happen for us by vowing anything. By vowing, a miser is made to spend what he/she refused to spend before, although it would have been for his/her own benefit. Public Sunnah
No Tit-for-Tat!Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “If somebody reproaches you and makes you feel ashamed of any of your defects, do not make him feel ashamed of any of his defects.” [Abu Daud] Usually, when somebody points out one of our shortcomings, we immediately become defensive and start finding faults with them. But the advice of our beloved Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam), is that we should listen quietly and evaluate what we are being told. If there is something we can improve about ourselves, it is only to our own advantage to do so. If the criticism is unjustified, then we are rewarded for our patience and good behaviour in not retaliating. The angels will take care of defending our honour. Starting a counter attack opens the door for Shaytaan to come in and take over. Once Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (radi Allahu anhu) was sitting with the Prophet (sal allahu alaihi wa sallam) when a man came and started to abuse Hazrat Abu Bakr. Hazrat Abu Bakr remained silent. Finally, he started to speak in his defence. At this point the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) got up and left. Hazrat Abu Bakr immediately went after him and inquired if he had done something wrong. Rasul Allah replied that as long as he had been silent, angels had been speaking on his behalf, but when he started to respond, the devil came and sat down next to him. As the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) could not remain seated where the devil was sitting, he left. Courtesy: dailyhadith.adaptivesolutionsinc.com
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Post by Ummati on Apr 20, 2012 20:18:54 GMT 5
20.4.12 - 4.5.12
Private Sunnah
Overpower Shaytaan by Obedience to the AlMighty!
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “I can see the devils among the Jinn and mankind running away from Umar.” [Sunan at-Tirmidhi]
“Obeying Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) revives and gives life to the heart making it strong and firm. Obeying Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) cleans the dirt which is on the heart and makes it shine. Continuous obedience of Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) makes the heart clean, pure, luminous and as shiny as a mirror. Strange and amazing are the effects of this illuminated heart.
“When a Shaytaan approaches a person with such a heart, then the light of that person’s heart affects the Shaytaan in the same way that meteorites (shooting stars) thrown at them by the angels in the heavens do, when they try eavesdropping on the conversations going on in the heavens. The Shayateen fear these types of hearts as much as a wolf fears a lion; in fact, even more than this.
“Sometimes, when believers with such hearts cross the path of a Shaytaan, then other Shayateen run to sympathize and ask each other what happened. They are told that some human overwhelmed him. They say: “You appear to have been overcome by the evil eye of a believer (his look).”
“The light from a heart illumined by Allah’s obedience has such an effect, that even Shayateen made of fire begin to burn in its intensity.” [Dawaa-e-Shafi by Imaam Ibn al-Jawzi]
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Post by Ummati on Apr 20, 2012 20:21:56 GMT 5
Public Sunnah
Best Talk and the Best time for it!
The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Enjoining every kind of Al-Maroof is a Sadaqa.” [Sahih Bukhari]
“Al-Maroof” means, all that is good. There is nothing better than Islamic monotheism and what Islam orders us to do, since it comes from Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) who has prepared Jannah for us. It is a part of being Muslim that you love for other people the same that you love for yourself. The best that you could want for others is that they end up in Jannah with you. So, in the most effective way that you can, work on giving Eeman to your children, spouse, parents, relatives, friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and whoever of humankind you can reach. This hadith tells us that your doing so will be counted as Sadaqa on your behalf.
As for formal preaching (Dars), keep in mind the advice of the great Companion, Abdullah Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhu):
“Preach to the people once a week, and if you won’t, then preach to them twice, but if you want to preach more, then let it be three times (a week only), and do not make people get bored with this Quran. If you come to some people who are engaged in a talk, don’t start interrupting their talk by preaching, lest you should cause them to be bored. You should rather keep quiet, and if they ask you, then preach to them at the time when they are eager to hear what you say. And avoid the use of rhymed prose in invocation for I noticed that Allah’s Messenger (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) and his Companions always avoided it.” [Sahih Bukhari]
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Post by Ummati on May 1, 2012 16:30:35 GMT 5
Private and Public Sunnah
Repel Bad Deeds with Good, Clean Slate
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Acts of kindness and virtue save a man from the adverse consequences of his wicked deeds. The charity that is given discreetly cools down Allah’s anger and kindness to relatives increases a man’s age.” [Tibraani]
When we throw a ball against a wall it comes back at us because every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So also we should be aware that all bad deeds will come back and hurt us. But while we are helpless against having a ball bounce back we can prevent the fallout of our bad actions from hitting us.
Allah’s Messenger (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) told us that by being kind and doing good deeds we can escape the consequences of our bad deeds.
He (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) told us that by giving Sadaqah in such a way that people don’t notice (so there is no worldly recognition and self-glorification), we cool down Allah’s anger directed at us due to our disobedience.
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Post by Ummati on May 25, 2012 23:32:39 GMT 5
Public Sunnah
Honor your Brother's Honor
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) asked his Companions: “Do you know what the worst aggression is?” They replied: “Allah and His Messenger know better.” The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Before Allah the worst aggression is to make Halaal (permissible) for oneself the honour of another Muslim.”
Then he recited the following Ayat of the Quran: “Those who have caused pain to the Momin men and Momin women without any fault of theirs, surely they have earned the (consequences of) false accusation and open sin.” [Surah Ahzaab]
How easily we repeat things about people! How little we think before disrobing them! Those who play with the honour of other Muslims will be similarly humiliated before all of mankind!
Private Sunnah
Do You Pass?
Prophet Muhammad (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “None of you is truly a believer until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.” [Muslim]
If you get two similar things, one for yourself and one to give as a gift, which one do you keep? You have passed the test of eeman (faith) if you give the better one away. If you give the inferior one away then you need to cultivate your eeman. Strangely, if you behave as though you had eeman, i.e. give the better one away for the pleasure of Allah (subhana wa ta'ala), even though you don’t feel like it, then eeman will automatically develop in you. Eeman and behaviour are mutually reinforcing. Once Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) had two miswaks (natural toothbrush). One was crooked and the other was straight. Since Allah’s Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) was of the finest character, he truly wanted everyone else to have the best. So he gave the straight miswak to his fellow Sahabah and kept the crooked one for himself.
Is this what you practice in your transactions or do you wish that no one had a car, house, children, education, job or clothes better than yours? Does the good fortune of others make you happy or unhappy? The sign of a true Muslim is that they are happy at the good fortune of others and sad at the misfortune of others.
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Post by amatullah on Sept 15, 2012 15:56:18 GMT 5
Rasul Allah is the Best! <3
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Post by Ayesha on Oct 3, 2012 23:15:47 GMT 5
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Post by Ayesha on Dec 21, 2012 17:54:13 GMT 5
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Post by Ayesha on Dec 21, 2012 17:56:06 GMT 5
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Post by Ayesha on Dec 21, 2012 17:57:15 GMT 5
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