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Apr 2023
Don’t sell your deen and your dignity and your akhirah for silly games in the dunya. Don’t do that, even if it’s for money, even if it’s followers. They will not carry this responsibility on your behalf on the Day of Judgement. You will carry the responsibility of your own action and their own actions which they were influenced by you. This is why we need sincerity and ikhlas in our actions which we are doing. And we ask Allah Almighty to make our actions, and our deeds, purely for His sake,......
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May 2021
Istighfar – the remover of all difficulties Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace be on him) said: The one who says Istighfaar, Allah will open a path for him from all difficulties, remove him from all sorrow, and grant him sustenance from unimagined and unexpected sources. Astaghfirullah The Prophet (peace be upon him) used recite astagfirullah 100 times a day. This can be said in different ways: أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ astaghfirullah I seek forgiveness أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ الْعَظِيمَ astagfirullahil azeem I seek forgiveness......
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Mar 2020
Signs الإعراض والاستغفار What we are going through is very severe. But also very special. We have read in history about plagues and famines and calamities but we never lived through one of these. Subhanallah Allah in his destiny has written that we would live this moment. This calamity. Let’s reflect on why Allah sent these signs and tests to people. Hardship The word which comes to my mind is ba’s بأس which means hardship. Allah sends hardship to test people. I went through these verses in the Quran and I found it......
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Oct 2019
Main principles in Islam: Tranquility (part 4) Indeed in the remembrance of Allah, hearts find tranquility. (13:28) Engage the heart Tranquility descends on the heart when it’s pure, and to purify it we need to engage it in dhikr (remembrance) of Allah. Not from lip service dhikr. If you are reciting dhikr quickly, you won’t feel anything. Of course you won’t. It will be robotic dhikr. Not the dhikr which brings tranquility. The key to finding tranquility in dhikr is taking the time to focus on it. Until the heart is engaged......
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Jul 2018
Action vs Laziness ‘And say: Work; so Allah will see your work and (so will) His Messenger and the believers; and you shall be brought back to the Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you did.’ (9:105) Picking the Right Actions There are no less than three hundred and sixty verses in the Qur’an which talk about action (a’mal) and amongst these verses are mentioned good deeds, actions related to the akhirah, righteousness, taqwa (obedience), as well as actions related to the dunya, like......
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Jun 2018
The Low Down on Repentance How do I erase a bad deed? Will Allah accept my repentance? How do I repent? Is my sin too great to be forgiven? The repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance and then repent soon after. It is those to whom Allah will turn in forgiveness, and Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (4:17) Sinning has been part of our existence since our history began. Islam is realistic about the human condition and does not shy away from......
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