Love for Allah SWT and His Beloved Messenger Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam

Love is the essence of worship. A servant’s love for Allah swt and His Messenger Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam means following them and submitting to their command. As beautifully said by Al-Baydaawi: “Love is the will to obey.” Man’s love for Allah swt  and His Messenger sallalahu alayhe wasallam is to obey them and to accept what Allah swt  has commanded and the Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhe wasallam  has brought.

Say, [O Muhammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and jihad in His cause, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people." (9:24).

O you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion - Allah will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him. (5:54).

But those who believe are stronger in love for Allah. (2:165).

It is related from Anas Bin Malik Radhiallahu Anhu that the Messenger of Allah (Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam) said, “Whoever possess the three attributes will experience the sweetness of belief: that he loves Allah Swt and his Messenger Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam more than anything else: that he love someone for the sake of Allah swt alone; and that he would hate to revert to disbelief as much as he would hate to be thrown into the fire.” (Bukhari,Muslim).

From Anas Bin Malik Radhiallahu Anhu, who said, “The Messenger of Allah Swt (Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam) said, ‘None of you will believe until he loves me more than his parents, children and all the people ‘”. (Bukhari).

It is related from Anas Bin Malik Radhiallahu Anhu that the Messenger of Allah (Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam) said, “None of you will believe until he loves me more than his family, his property and all the people ”.(Muslim).

A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the Hour (i.e. Day of Judgment) saying, "When will the Hour be?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What have you prepared for it?" The man said, "Nothing, except that I love Allah and His Apostle." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will be with those whom you love." We had never been so glad as we were on hearing that saying of the Prophet (i.e., "You will be with those whom you love.") Therefore, I love the Prophet, Abu Bakr and `Umar, and I hope that I will be with them because of my love for them though my deeds are not similar to theirs. (Bukhari).

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah the Exalted has said: 'I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of mine. And the most beloved thing with which My slave comes nearer to Me is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (prayer or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him. When I love him I become his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks (something) from Me, I give him, and if he asks My Protection (refuge), I protect him"(Bukhari).

Patience is the best Strength

First Ever Dua

First Dua Ever Made by a Human

The story of Adam (alayissalam) is of course well known to all of us. After Allah (swt) created Adam and told the Angels and Jinn to bow to him, Iblis refused.

Fast forward to the expulsion of Adam, Hawaa, and Iblis from Jannah after they ate from the tree, we learn about the first Dua ever made by a human. It is indeed the first human Dua ever recorded.

First and foremost, the fact that Adam (alayissalam) immediately responded and made Dua to Allah (swt) and asked for forgiveness, demonstrates why Adam (alayhissalam) is superior to Iblis. Adam (alayhissalam) acknowledged his mistake and made Dua to Allah (swt) for forgiveness, while Iblis was too arrogant to do the same. Rather, Iblis accused Allah (swt) of misguiding him.

Iblis said: “Because you have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.” [7:16]

Worshipping Allah (swt) while being penitent and repentant is a sign of being a good Muslim. And turning away from Allah (swt) and refusing to worship or make Dua is a sign of arrogance. That is why simply making Dua is a sign of imaan.

Secondly, we see in the story of Adam (alayhissalam), is that Adam asked for a religious, spiritual need. He begged for forgiveness acknowledging that if Allah (swt) did not have mercy upon him, there would be no hope for him. In contrast, the Dua Iblis eventually made was for a long life that lasted until the Day of Judgement. He didn’t care for what came after. 

The key emphasis on the Dua of the believer is religion and spirituality; it is connecting with Allah (swt); it is Allah’s mercy, forgiveness and blessings. Whereas the primary Dua of those who do not have that connection is of this world alone.

Those who focus on the Dunya alone without focusing on the Akhira at all will not get any share in the afterlife.

Thirdly, both Adam (alayhissalam) and Iblis reached out to Allah (swt), and Allah (swt) in the end actually gave them both what they wanted. And this is from the Generosity and Nobility of Allah (swt). Allah (swt) answers the Dua even of Iblis, even of those who are arrogant. Out of Allah’s infinite Generosity, Allah (swt) answered the desperate call of the most despicable and hated creature.  So how can anybody despair in calling out to Allah when prayer of Iblis was answered?

Fourthly, we learn from the Dua of Adam (alayhissalam) the etiquettes of Dua. The first etiquette of Dua is to use the Names of Allah, to ascribe Perfection to Allah and to ascribe imperfection and deficiency and sins to oneself.

The essence of Dua is humility to come to Allah in a state of humbleness recognizing you need Allah and that is the essence of Imaan. And the height of arrogance is to ask as if you don’t need. You need Allah (swt) for each and every issue and each and every prayer. So when our father Adam (alayhissalam) is asking, you can quite literally tell how desperate he is, how much he needs Allah (swt). If You don’t do this Oh Allah, if you don’t have Mercy then there is no hope for me.

Imagine that desperation. This pure sincerity is begging from the depths of your heart. The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said, “Allah does not answer the Dua that comes from a heedless heart.” A heedless heart is simply opening up the book of Dua and reading as a simple ritual without concentration. Allah does not care about the air you expel from your lungs, Allah cares about your actual sincerity and your intention from the heart.

Don't Lower Your Standards, Raise Your Dua

Love for Allah SWT and His Beloved Messenger Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam

Love for Allah SWT and His Beloved Messenger Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam .

Love is the essence of worship. A servant’s love for Allah swt and His Messenger Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam means following them and submitting to their command. As beautifully said by Al-Baydaawi: “Love is the will to obey.”Man’s love for Allah swt  and His Messengersallalahu alayhe wasallam is to obey them and to accept what Allah swt  has commanded and the Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhe wasallam  has brought.

Say, [O Muhammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and jihad in His cause, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people." (9:24).

O you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion - Allah will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him. (5:54).

But those who believe are stronger in love for Allah. (2:165).

It is related from Anas Bin Malik Radhiallahu Anhu that the Messenger of Allah (Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam) said, “Whoever possess the three attributes will experience the sweetness of belief: that he loves Allah Swt and his Messenger Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam more than anything else: that he love someone for the sake of Allah swt alone; and that he would hate to revert to disbelief as much as he would hate to be thrown into the fire.” (Bukhari,Muslim).

From Anas Bin Malik Radhiallahu Anhu, who said, “The Messenger of Allah Swt (Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam) said, ‘None of you will believe until he loves me more than his parents, children and all the people ‘”. (Bukhari).

It is related from Anas Bin Malik Radhiallahu Anhu that the Messenger of Allah (Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam) said, “None of you will believe until he loves me more than his family, his property and all the people ”.(Muslim).

A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the Hour (i.e. Day of Judgment) saying, "When will the Hour be?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What have you prepared for it?" The man said, "Nothing, except that I love Allah and His Apostle." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will be with those whom you love." We had never been so glad as we were on hearing that saying of the Prophet (i.e., "You will be with those whom you love.") Therefore, I love the Prophet, Abu Bakr and `Umar, and I hope that I will be with them because of my love for them though my deeds are not similar to theirs. (Bukhari).

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah the Exalted has said: 'I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of mine. And the most beloved thing with which My slave comes nearer to Me is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (prayer or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him. When I love him I become his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks (something) from Me, I give him, and if he asks My Protection (refuge), I protect him"(Bukhari).

For You And For Me

Imam Ghazali Rahmatullahi Alayhe wrote a beautiful story. It is more of an analogy rather than a story.

 He said that there was a person once in the forest and all of sudden he heard the roar of a lion coming from a certain direction .As he looked in that direction he found a lion was approaching him. Scared and frightened he looked around to see if there was any tree high enough to be climbed to avoid any harm. Unfortunately there was none .As the heart beat continued to roar he found a well close by. And for a moment a thought of jumping into the well crossed his mind with the intention of coming out when the lion will be gone.

As the roaring lion ran towards him and the man ran as fast as he could to escape from it and jumped inside the well hoping to escape from the lion. As he was falling inside the well, he grabbed onto the grass (roots) on the wall of well and saved himself. The man was so relieved but when he looked down he saw a big snake at the bottom of the well. It had its jaws wide open ready to swallow him up.

The man then looked up and saw two rats biting the grass (roots). A black rat and a white rat were both chewing into the grass (roots). The scary lion was still prowling outside the well.

The man's heart was pounding as he wondered how he could escape from this. Then he noticed a honeycomb in front of him which had delicious honey dripping from it. He stuck his finger into the honey and put it inside his mouth. It was delicious and for a moment he forgot about the lion, the snake and the two rats chewing at the grass.

Imam Ghazali Rahmatullahi Alayhe explained that the lion is like the angel of death which is always looming above us. The snake with its jaws open is like a grave which all humans will face. The black rat and white rat are like the day and night which are always nibbling at our life (the grass in this case). The honey is like this dunya which with its momentary sweetness makes us forget the death and the eternal life.

Sigh! Sadly we are so distracted, occupied and absorbed by this dunya and its temporary glitter that we lost sight of our purpose i.e. worshipping Allah swt, our main goal – the pleasure of Allah swt and afterwards Jannah.

“But you prefer the life of this world, while the hereafter is better and that which remains” (Al-Quran.

Indeed, the Akhirah (hereafter) is better for us; we need to use our time in this dunya to work for it.

We all still have this chance for extraordinary positions of Jannah – to meet the beloved Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him), to meet the blessed companions (May Allah swt be pleased with them all), and most of all to see Allah swt The Most High!

May Allah swt bless you all with the best of both worlds .Ameen.

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Importance Of Friday In Islam

One of the blessings with which the Muslim Ummah has been gifted is the day of Jumu'ah, or Friday. The Messenger of Allah,Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam, said:“The best day the sun rises over is Friday; on it Allah created Adam. On it, he was made to enter paradise, on it he was expelled from it, and the Last Hour will take place on no other day than Friday.”[Ahmad and At-Tirmizi].

The Day of Jummah is full of rewards and virtues as mentioned by our beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam that Any Muslim who dies during the day or night of Friday will be protected by Allah from the trial of the grave. [At-Tirmizi and Ahmad]. Giving in charity during this day is more virtuous than any other day. Ka'b, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger, Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam, said: "Charity given during the day of Jumu'ah is greater (in reward) than any other day." Hell is fired-up during every day of the week except Friday, as a mark of honor and respect for the day of Friday.

There are some easy deeds which if performed on the day of Friday will bring rich rewards. Whenever it is Friday please don't miss the opportunity to perform following special deeds.

Social Life Sunnah

1. To greet with salaam is one of the great Sunnahs for a Muslim. Rasulullah Sallalahu Alayhe wasallam has laid a lot of emphasis on this. It increases love amongst people. Salaam should be made to every Muslim whether one knows him or not (Bukhari). Salaam is an Islamic right and to know the person is not a requirement.

2. It has been mentioned in the ahadith of Bukhari and Muslim that once Rasulullah Sallalahu Alayhe wasallam passed by a group of children and he (Sallalahu Alayhe wasallam) made salaam to them, hence we deduce that it is Sunnah to make salaam to children as well. (Muslim)

 3. The Sunnah method of making salaam is that one should say verbally. To make salaam with the wave of the hand, the nod of the head or the indication of the finger or to answer to the salaam in this manner is against the Sunnah. If salaam is being made from far then one should make salaam verbally as well as with the hand. (Mishkaat)

 4. When meeting a fellow Muslim, then it is Sunnah to shake hands with him after Salaam. (Mishkaat)

5. When joining any gathering, one should sit wherever a place is found. To make others stand up and to sit in their place is Makruh (disliked) and a sin. (Bukhari, Muslim)

6. When a person comes to meet you move a little even though there is ample place. This is also Sunnah and through it, the one arriving will feel honoured. (Zaadut‐taalibeen)

 7. If there are three persons together, it is not permissible for two persons from amongst them to engage in any conversation separately without the third person being able to hear. The third person may become suspicious and feel hurt. To hurt the feelings of any Muslim is a great sin. (Muslim)

8. When going to somebody’s house one should take permission before entering. (Mishkaat)

9. When yawning, it is Sunnah to prevent it as far as possible. (Bukhari). If the mouth cannot be kept closed despite making an effort to do so, then place the back of the left hand over the mouth.

First Ever Dua Made By A Human

The story of Adam (alayissalam) is of course well known to all of us. After Allah (swt) created Adam and told the Angels and Jinn to bow to him, Iblis refused.

Fast forward to the expulsion of Adam, Hawaa, and Iblis from Jannah after they ate from the tree, we learn about the first Dua ever made by a human. It is indeed the first human Dua ever recorded.
First and foremost, the fact that Adam (alayissalam) immediately responded and made Dua to Allah (swt) and asked for forgiveness, demonstrates why Adam (alayhissalam) is superior to Iblis. Adam (alayhissalam) acknowledged his mistake and made Dua to Allah (swt) for forgiveness, while Iblis was too arrogant to do the same. Rather, Iblis accused Allah (swt) of misguiding him.

Iblis said: “Because you have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.” [7:16]

Worshipping Allah (swt) while being penitent and repentant is a sign of being a good Muslim. And turning away from Allah (swt) and refusing to worship or make Dua is a sign of arrogance. That is why simply making Dua is a sign of imaan.

Secondly, we see in the story of Adam (alayhissalam), is that Adam asked for a religious, spiritual need. He begged for forgiveness acknowledging that if Allah (swt) did not have mercy upon him, there would be no hope for him. In contrast, the Dua Iblis eventually made was for a long life that lasted until the Day of Judgement. He didn’t care for what came after. 

The key emphasis on the Dua of the believer is religion and spirituality; it is connecting with Allah (swt); it is Allah’s mercy, forgiveness and blessings. Whereas the primary Dua of those who do not have that connection is of this world alone.

Those who focus on the Dunya alone without focusing on the Akhira at all will not get any share in the afterlife.

Thirdly, both Adam (alayhissalam) and Iblis reached out to Allah (swt), and Allah (swt) in the end actually gave them both what they wanted. And this is from the Generosity and Nobility of Allah (swt). Allah (swt) answers the Dua even of Iblis, even of those who are arrogant. Out of Allah’s infinite Generosity, Allah (swt) answered the desperate call of the most despicable and hated creature.  So how can anybody despair in calling out to Allah when prayer of Iblis was answered?

Fourthly, we learn from the Dua of Adam (alayhissalam) the etiquettes of Dua. The first etiquette of Dua is to use the Names of Allah, to ascribe Perfection to Allah and to ascribe imperfection and deficiency and sins to oneself.

The essence of Dua is humility to come to Allah in a state of humbleness recognizing you need Allah and that is the essence of Imaan. And the height of arrogance is to ask as if you don’t need. You need Allah (swt) for each and every issue and each and every prayer. So when our father Adam (alayhissalam) is asking, you can quite literally tell how desperate he is, how much he needs Allah (swt). If You don’t do this Oh Allah, if you don’t have Mercy then there is no hope for me.

Imagine that desperation. This pure sincerity is begging from the depths of your heart. The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said, “Allah does not answer the Dua that comes from a heedless heart.” A heedless heart is simply opening up the book of Dua and reading as a simple ritual without concentration. Allah does not care about the air you expel from your lungs, Allah cares about your actual sincerity and your intention from the heart.

Don't Lower Your Standards, Raise Your Dua

Wudhu Ke Farz

There are 4 Farz in Wudhu
note: If a FARDH is left out the wudhu 
will be incomplete.
The items that are fardh in WUDHU:
1. Washing the 'face' from the
... 'forehead' to the lower portion of the
chin and from one ear lobe to the
other.
2. Washing of both the arms including
the 'elbows'..
3. Doing masah of a Quarter of the
'head'..
4. Washing of both the feet including
the 'ankles'..

Wudhu Ke Faraiz

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Question : Wudhu Mein Kitne Faraiz Hai?
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