Archive for September, 2007
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Ramadan 18
Shaddad ibn Aws (radiAllahu anhu) relates that the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said that he (Sayyid al-Istighfar) most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is to say (the above du’a). That “If somebody recites it during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he […]
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Ramadan 17
After Adam (peace be upon him) was created, Shaitan refused to obey Allah SWT and bow to Adam. Instead, out of arrogance, he refused saying that he (shaitan) was created out of a smokeless fire and Adam was created out of clay. Because of his refusal to obey, Allah SWT promised him an eternity in jahannam.Â
We understand through this […]
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Saving time this Ramadan
I was talking with a very dear brother who is quite busy with work and came up with this list of ideas to try and help save time. I thought I would share it in case it could help others.
1) Use the headers in the Ramadan chart as a checklist for you each day. When […]
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
Ramadan 16
Today, did we stop and remember that everything in the universe flows according to the will of Allah SWT. Everything is in worship of Him, the trees, the plants, the animal. All that is around us in worship. Perfect submission.
If we were to simply take a walk and simply allow ourselves to hear, to feel […]
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Ramadan 15
Subhan Allah, we have simply blinked and half of this beautiful month has left us. Alhamdulillah we pray that Allah SWT grants us life to see the rest of it and that we and our loved ones can benefit from it. Oh Allah accept from us our prayer- ruku, sujud, qiyam, tarawih, dua, fasting, quran and […]
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Ramadan 14
For any sins, that we may commit, Allah in His infinite mercy, has provided a way for us to turn to Him and seek His forgiveness. While this does not mean it is ok for us to commit sins freely and without thinking, Allah knows that we, as humans, may slip and commit mistakes. We […]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Ramadan 13
Sometimes, we are able to forgive others, but for whatever reason, we are not able to forgive ourselves. We focus so much on the act of disobedience that we torment our hearts and souls and feel that what we have done is so wrong and so bad, that we should not feel peace within ourselves. […]
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
Ramadan 12
Allah SWT has informed us that this beautiful month begins with mercy, its middle is forgiveness and its end is freedom from the hellfire. It is a prescription that will allow us to develop ourselves spiritually and bring us closer to Allah SWT.Â
No person is free from fault or sin, we each struggle, make mistakes, […]
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Ramadan 11- 10 days of forgiveness
She sat there tears in her eyes. The words “I am a bad Muslim, a bad person….there is no hope”. ” After I have done all of this, how can I face my friends, family…most importantly how can I face Allah?” I just want to disappear.He thought that because he was not “good” before, there […]
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Ramadan 10
As we close the first third of the beautiful month and enter into the doors of forgiveness, I was thinking about the importance of continuing to remember Allah SWT. It is only through such continued remembrance that the veils that blind us to the truth of this transient life are lifted and the hearts become […]