The Prophet(ﷺ) said:
"The water of Zamzam is for whatever it is drunk for." (Musnad Imaam Ahmad, 3/357)
Ibn Abbaas (rz) used to drink Zamzam water and say:
"O Allah! I ask you for beneficial knowledge, and plentiful sustenance and cure from every illness."
All the FOUR daughters of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wassalam had to return back to their father's house at some point in their marriages, He welcomed them back with open arms, listened to their plights and resolved it.
❝Whoever wants to know how much Allah loves him, let him look at how much of his time he spends obeying Allah.❞ — attributed to al-Hasan al-Basri رحمه الله
Rabbighfirli – My Lord, forgive me
Warhamni – Have mercy on me
Wajburni – Cover my shame
Warfa'ni – Raise my rank
Warzuqni – Give me sustenance
Wahdini – Give me guidance
Wa'afini – Make me healthy
Wa'fu'anni – Pardon me
Your money problems aren’t financial… they’re spiritual
• Surah Nuh: istighfar = “wealth and children”
• Surah Talaq: taqwa = “provision from where you never expected”
• Surah Ibrahim: gratitude = “I will increase you”
The formula is the Quran always
DO NOT BE ALONE WITH A WOMAN
Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī—may Allāh have mercy on him—said:
“Some of the Salaf say: ‘Do not ever be alone with a woman, even if it be for teaching her the Qurʾān.’”
[Tuḥfat al-Mujīb ʿalā Asʾilat al-Ḥāḍir wa-al-Gharīb, p. 252]
Someone asked RasulAllah ﷺ, “Which Muslim has the best Islam?”
He didn’t say the one who prays the most.
He said something that would make most of us go silent.
Ibn al-Jawzi said:
I swear by Allah, if a thinking believer were to recite
1. surah al-Hadeed,
2. the end of surah al-Hashr,
3. Ayah al-Kursi, and
4. surah al-Ikhlas
with reflection and contemplation, his heart would:
Even Musa عليه السلام had intrusive thoughts:
“What if they reject me?” “What if I can’t speak?” “What if they hurt me?”
(Qur’an 26:12–14)
But Allah didn’t tell him to “stop worrying” He said: “I am with you.” (20:46)
Your overthinking doesn’t disqualify you. Allah still chooses you.
Ibn Rajab رحمه الله said:
The best wife is the gentle, tender, clean, pious one who helps her husband in difficult times and does not do anything against her husband in difficult times.
[لطائف المعارف 1/164]
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀs (رضي الله عنهما) said:
“Soon there will appear devils who will sit with you in your gatherings, teach you matters of your religion, and narrate to you. Indeed, they are devils.”
Al-Bidaʿ by Ibn Waddãh (2/157)
Fir'aun killed thousands of baby boys, fearing the arrival of Mūsā (alayhis-salam).
Yet when Mūsā (alayhis-salam) came, it was Fir'aun who raised him under his own roof.
Allah's decrees always prevail. So put your heart at ease.
Allahumma barik li fi ma razaqtani waqini sharra ma qadayt.
O Allah, bless me in what You have provided for me and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed.
Abū Sulaymān al-Darāni said,
Whoever purifies his heart, his life will be serene accordingly and whoever debases his hearts, his life will be troubled accordingly. Whoever does a good deed in the night, will receive its reward in the daytime
Ya Allah, a wannan ranar Jumu’a, Ka sanya al’amuranmu su kasance daga sauƙi zuwa mafi sauƙi, daga alheri zuwa mafi alheri, kuma daga kyakkyawa zuwa mafi kyawu.
Ya Allah, Ka faranta zukatanmu da idanunmu da farin ciki, kwanciyar hankali, da albarka. Ya Ubangiji, Ka yi wa zukatanmu bushara da cikar buri da amsar addu’o’i.