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The Prophet (صلي الله عليه وسلم) also said, whoever supplicates Allah to send salaat on me once, Allah will send salaat upon him TEN TIMES. What does salaat mean? He also said: Surely, among the best of your days is Friday; so increase in (invoking Allah's) Salaat upon me during it, for your (invocations for Allah's) Salaat (upon me) will be displayed to me. Fill your Fridays with salaat insha'Allah and reap the reward in the akhira.
Following the Prophet (صلي الله عليه وسلم) is a means for us to gain Allah's Love, but what is the difference between following him and obeying him? Obeying him (صلي الله عليه وسلم) is doing what he commanded and staying away from what he prohibited while following him is the next level--it is adhering to his sunnah out of love for him and wanting to do acts that are not fard upon us just because the Prophet did them. Some examples are ...
We have all heard the duaa many times in our lives: Rabbana aatina fid-dunya hasanah, wa fil-akhirati hasanah, wa qinaa athaban naar, "Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire". But have we ever realized how complete this duaa is? This simple duaa contains everything one would wish for in this life and the next, yet many of us say this duaa without realizing how precious it is ...
The Parable of Spouses and Garments
Allah ta'ala has places many parables in the Qur'an than we can reflect and ponder over them. Of those amazing parables is one that conveys the relationship between a husband and a wife in a simple yet beautiful way; Allah ta'ala says: "They are your garments and you are their garments." (2:187) Compare what our clothes do for us--they cover and hide us, they beautify us, they provide us with comfort--and you will see that a spouse does the same for their spouse.
Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. [Surah Al-Imran, verse 91] Think about it. The CAPACITY OF THE EARTH, in gold. How much gold is that? More then you if you win a $200 billion lottery every second of your life.
Allah says in the Qur'an that He will surely test us in this world with disasters. By studying the linguistic meaning of "Museebah" (disaster) we can understand the connection disasters have with Allah's Decree. 'Museebah' is from the letters saad-waw-ba, and it literally means when an arrow hits its target. From this we extract that misfortunes are deliberately planned and not by chance. These misfortunes were written for us, and they will surely come to pass.
Allah's Rizq reaches whom He wills, whenever and wherever He wills. Sincerity, hope and conviction are the keys for Allah to bless from His sustenance, without any measure. The story of Maryam and Zakariyya alayhuma sallam shows us the limitlessness of Allah's Bounty. And Zakariyya alayhi sallam was deeply affected by the scene of Maryam in her Mihrab, so he made a special duaa with conviction, even though reality was against him ... but, he did not lose hope, and Allah responded to him with a beautiful response; indeed He is the Best of those who respond.
Words that begin with fa in Arabic usually mean: to open, to break through, to separate. Several words--Fajr, Faasiqoon, Furqaan, and Fiddah all exhibit this pattern. Read more to discover the amazing deep linguistic patterns of the Qur'an as we derive words that begin with fa. (Check the comments for more words that start with fa.)
Happiness in Front of your Eyes
Time comes and goes. What does tomorrow hold? Only Allah knows. Sometimes, He gives us something, and we're happy; but then, He takes it, and we forget that He may be preventing us from some harm that would've brought us. Even calamities can be good for us!
"I have already donated enough to masajids. I want to help the needy, poor, orphans and widows. Its so hard to find these people here in the west. Back home, it was so easy." This is the typical problem that many of us face. What are the solutions? There are six things you can do to give Shaytan a black eye!
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