Elabdool

You must learn to enjoy life without needing an audience to see that you are enjoying life

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

In the case of Nigeria, no sane person should call for RevolutionNow when the legitimate means to select the leader is well known by everyone which is election. If you want to revolt, your vote is your revolt, get your PVC, step out and vote. Your power lies there.

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

@BichiMahmoud Are they still reliable sir?

[Joseph Brendan @Joe_brendan_]

Here is an example of a quality life

1. A reliable car. Note that it must not be expensive. A reliable Kia will give you a quality life than an unreliable G Wagon.

Go after cars that won't make you spend 10 days every month with the mechanic with 25% of your income burning out monthly

2. A good house. Rent or build houses that are well lit. Well ventilated. It must not be a mansion.

A well lit and well ventilated 2 bedroom with dry walls will give you a quality life than a 7 bedroom mansion with a pool that is poorly lit, poorly ventilated with wet walls.

3. Quality Food And Water. Install a solar water treatment plant, and eat olive oils, natural butter, nuts, home made yogurt etc.

Always ordering food from God knows where because the turkey is peppery will save you time but won't save your health. Treat food as medicine. Be slow and strict with it. Bath clean and drink clean water. You'd not easily fall sick.

4. Except it's an emergency. Regular Medical checkups will save you from wahala. With 10k naira in a place like Abuja, you will check your eyes fully in a solid private hospital. Full body check up in a solid private hospital can be gotten for 60k naira. In some cases, less.

Quality life is easy and sometimes straightforward. Flashy is not always quality.

[Fatima Saleh @Meenerl4]

THINGS TO BE AVOIDED DURING RAMADAN

1. Don’t sleep during the day and pray all night. By doing this, you are converting the day into night and the night into day, which is not the purpose of fasting.
2. Avoid being lazy and inactive during the day.
3. Don’t waste time playing games during the day. Rather, please Allah by increasing in your worship of him.
4. Avoid having iftar parties. Ramadan wasn’t meant to be a food extravaganza.
5. Don’t ask your wife to spend Ramadan in the kitchen. Eat something light and quick - she isn’t a Biryani woman.
6. Spend the last 10 days worshipping Allah rather than trying to prepare for Eid! A day that is better than a thousand months is in these last 10 days. You can't afford to miss this.
7. Don’t stay awake the full night. Your body has a right over you, and when it wants rest, then rest.
8. Avoid excessive socializing after tarawih.
9. Avoid shopping a lot in Ramadhaan.
10. Don’t eat the full night.
11. Don’t loiter around at night rather than worshipping Allah.
12. Eid does not require loads of preparation. Don't fall into this trap! Keep it simple, and it will be blessed.

May we witness this forthcoming Ramadan with sound health - Ameen....

Common mistakes in Ramadhan:

Common Mistakes During Ramadan:

1) Focusing on food to the extent that people begin to worry about eating more than actually fasting. This also goes along with spending tons of money on Iftars even though a person does not need to eat that much food.

2) Making Suhr way before Fajr. Some people eat Suhr a few hours after Tarawih or Isha Salah, and this is wrong. It should be eaten closer to the time of Fajr.

3) People don't make Niyyah [intentions] to fast for Ramadhan. This is something in the heart and does not need to be verbal. Also, it only needs to be done once, at the beginning of Ramadhan, and not every single day.

4) If you find out late that Ramadhan started, you should stop eating and fast for that day, making that day up after Ramadhan/Eid ends.

5) Many people don't think you pray Tarawih on the first night of Ramadhan. They believe you pray it after the first day you actually fast. They forget that the Islamic calendar runs on the moon, and the maghrib is the start of the new day.

6) Many people believe if you eat or drink on accident this breaks your fast. This is false. If you do this on accident, then you continue fasting and do not need to make up the day.

7) Some people take the opinion that if they see someone eating or drinking, they should not remind the person that he/she is fasting. According to Shaykh Bin Baz [ra], this is incorrect, and it is an order from Allah for us to ordain the good and forbid the evil. Thus, we tell the person because we are forbidding the evil this way.

8) Many sisters believe they can not use Hennah while fasting. This is incorrect. They are allowed to use it during Ramadhan.

9) Some people believe that when you are cooking, you can not taste the food to see if it has the right spices/flavours. This is false and allowed in Islam as long as the person cooking is not eating the food. Rather, they can taste it to see if it needs salt or more spices.

10) Many people think you can not use a Miswak or toothbrush during Ramadhan. This is false, for the Prophet [saw] used to use a miswak during Ramadhan. Also, you CAN use toothpaste; the reasoning by the scholars is that the Miswak has flavour. Thus, toothpaste is okay to use [if you are not eating it].

11) Some people make the Fajr Adhan early. They do this so people will stop eating before Fajr and not invalidate their fast. This is wrong and something we should not do.

12) Some people make the Maghrib Adhan late. They do this so people will start eating late, just in case Maghrib has not come in yet. This, too, is wrong, and we should not do this.

[Slim @onu_slim]

Someone from Tennessee asked me how he could handle his mortgage....so I put this out since I am none American. But I hope it's insightful just like how its helping him.

If you want to pay off your mortgage faster, think in math, not emotion. A $250,000 mortgage at 7% for 30 years costs about $1,663 monthly. Over 30 years, you’ll pay roughly $598,000 total. That’s about $348,000 in interest alone. The bank makes more than the house costs.

Now here’s the shift. Add just $300 extra monthly toward principal. Your new payment becomes $1,963. That small 18% increase can cut about 7-8 years off your loan and save roughly $90,000–$110,000 in interest.
Switching to biweekly payments is another silent weapon. Instead of 12 payments yearly, you make 26 half-payments. That equals 13 full payments per year. One extra payment annually can reduce a 30-year mortgage to about 25-26 years without feeling the pressure.

If you receive a $5,000 bonus yearly and apply it directly to principal, that’s $50,000 extra in 10 years. Because interest is calculated on the remaining balance, every lump sum reduces future interest exponentially, not linearly.

Mortgage freedom is not about luck. It’s about reducing principal faster than the schedule designed for you. The bank profits from time. You win by shortening it.

I hope this helps someone

[Fadeelah (Mrs.) @The_Fadeelah]

A colleague was just telling me how he paid for his brother’s visa application and still had to send transport money so he could even get to the embassy.

Coming from a poor background doesn’t end when you “make it.” It just means your success carries more people. You’re not walking alone; you’re lifting a whole house behind you.

Some people see pressure, while we see responsibility, love, and survival.

[INALEGWU @tchaloyi]

The reason they captured everything is simple: they understood something about us that we refuse to admit about ourselves.

They know that most of us don't think beyond our own pockets. They know that once you settle a man's immediate problem, he will look the other way while you burn down the neighbour's house.

They know that we are not wired to think collectively. We think in households, not communities. In "me and my family," not "us and our future."

That's why every elite and oligarch is either wearing the badge or quietly nodding from the corner. Because the system rewards the selfish and punishes the principled. If you stand for the people, you stand alone. But if you stand for your cut, you stand with everybody who matters.

Look around. The same people shouting about bad governance yesterday are the ones defending it today. Not because things got better, but because their own slice of the national cake finally arrived. Once their generator is running, they don't care that the national grid has collapsed. Once their children school abroad, the rest of una fit stay here dey suffer.

And this is why we can never unite for anything. You cannot build a common cause with people who are fundamentally transactional. Almost everyone is waiting for their turn to chop. Most are forming a revolution until their own brown envelope lands.

The party didn't capture the country by force. Instead, the people sold it to them, one personal interest at a time. And we will continue to sell it as long as we value what we gain today over what our children will lose tomorrow.

When the house is on fire and each person is only saving their own mattress, don't be surprised when everyone ends up sleeping outside.

INALEGWU.

[aʍɨռu @Ibn_aaminu]

Be the spouse you want. If you want a spouse that lowers their gaze, lower your gaze. If you want a spouse that dresses modestly, dress modestly. If you want a spouse that prioritizes deen, prioritize your deen, You attract what you give off.

[INALEGWU @tchaloyi]

Let me show you a growth strategy most people never learn, but the ones who do quietly pull ahead in life.

It's called the "Plus, Minus, Equal" principle.

Everywhere you go, life is arranging people into three roles around you. Plus. Equal. Minus. You don’t announce it. You don’t plan it. It just happens.

A minus is someone who is still learning. They need guidance, clarity, and exposure. This could be you when you’re starting out. Nothing shameful about that. Minus is where everyone begins. The mistake is thinking that minus is a permanent identity. It’s not. It’s a training ground.

An equal is someone running at your speed. Same level of hunger, same struggles, same questions. You exchange ideas, push each other, argue, laugh, and compare notes. Equals help you stay sane and sharp. Too many people surround themselves only with equals and wonder why their life feels stagnant.

A plus is someone ahead of you. They’ve seen what you haven’t. They’ve made mistakes you’re about to make. Being around them compresses time. Ten years of lessons can enter your head in one conversation, if you’re humble enough to listen.

Now here’s where the real strategy comes in.

For real growth, you need all three at the same time.

You need a plus to learn from, so you don’t keep guessing.
You need someone to walk with, so you don’t feel alone.
You need a minus to teach, so you don’t forget what you know and so your growth sticks.

This is how growth compounds.

When you only have a plus, you feel small and intimidated.
When you only have equals, you get comfortable.
When you only have minuses, you become arrogant and stagnant.

Nigeria makes this principle very clear if you observe well.

Some people are angry at life because they refuse to learn from anyone, yet they want results. Some are stuck because all their friends think exactly like them. Some don’t grow because they never help anyone behind them (this is common with some people who gatekeep knowledge in Nigeria) and life quietly stops trusting them with more.

Growth is movement.
From minus to equal.
From equal to plus.
And then pulling someone else up as you climb.

Once you understand this, you stop blaming people and systems so much. You start arranging your life better.
Who do you learn from?
Who you walk with.
Who do you help?

That small adjustment alone can change the direction of your life forever.

INALEGWU.

[INALEGWU @tchaloyi]

A teacher once gathered young men in a village and said, “You say you want to work. You say you want to grow. You say you want to feed your families.”
The people nodded.

Then the teacher gave them sandals and said, “With these, you can move faster.”
But he did not give them books.
He did not teach them a skill.
He did not give them land to farm or tools to build.

So the people rejoiced and celebrated over the sandals. They wore them proudly. They defended the teacher anytime someone asked questions.

After a few years, their sandals were worn out. Nothing had changed. They were still begging at the same junctions, just arriving faster.

Meanwhile, the teacher sent his own children to distant lands to learn how the world works. When they returned, they did not wear sandals. They rode horses and sat in high places, ruling over the same people who once celebrated footwear.

And the teacher said to the people, “Show gratitude always. Now is the time to support my children as they sit on the throne. Did I not give you sandals?”

INALEGWU.

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

@the_beardedsina The shapeless amoeba

[Àgbà John Doe @jon_d_doe]

Some of you, the only time that you receive a call from your siblings or relatives, is when they want to ask you for financial help.

They don't just randomly call you, to say that they want to check on your wellbeing.

I will excuse your parents or guardians in this thread.

They're your parents, and you're supposed to be the one calling them, far more than they should be calling you.

As a young man or woman in a relationship.

This is something alot of you may be taking for granted, or have not paid close attention to.

It's not good to be emotionally lonely, when you're building your life or career.

You need that one person that you'd call to speak to, at least once a day or in few days.

Someone you can trust a great deal, & someone that is building with you.

Someone that you'd share your good news with, when you pass that professional exam, or you achieve a major task in your life.

Typically, this period is between the ages of 26 to 30.

I need every young legitimate hardworking man or woman to think critically about this.

Yesterday, I said that most married women who are happy in their marriage, are the ones that met their husbands when they had nothing significant to their name.

And it's true for the most part.

A lot of things can happen in marriage that, if your spouse is not someone that you started life with, & knew him or her to a very large extent, you'd not have patience, or you'd not be so kind to him or her.

Learn not to ruin your young relationship with greed, unnecessary pride or deceits.

Learn that the young girl that you're dating today, & you think she's not beautiful or classy enough for you, is also growing.

And that she will not be like that forever.

Diamonds are not shinny when they're first discovered.

As a young man living alone & working hard, you need a girlfriend.

She's mostly going to be the only one that would be buzzing your phones everyday, & waking you up with loving messages.

You also need someone that can quickly help you reach out to your family, should anything happen to you.

If you keep staying alone, & saying that you don't need a girlfriend because you're "chasing the bag", you'll not understand what it means to have a wife as soon as possible.

And before you know it, you're in your 30s, & now too busy to even date properly.

You'll find yourself doing what you should have done long ago.

And marriage will start to scare you, because almost every lady that you'd meet will want to leech on you, & you may not even be able to trust them.

For you young ladies, my honest prayer for you is that when you genuinely want to commit to a man, may God not bring a deceitful and greedy man your way.

Because some men do not even know what they want.

Just vibes and inshallah with coins in their pockets.

Thinking that they have arrived.

Once you sense that he is not leading you right, lies unprovoked, a bet addict, a fraudster & doesn't speak like someone who wants to marry a wife early, please stop wasting your time with him.

Leave his stupid life alone, & look for responsible men elsewhere.

Let oloshos deal with him.

End.

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

You must learn to enjoy life without needing an audience to see that you are enjoying life.

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

Key Points:
A sign of Fitnah is the rise of incompetent, corrupt influencers discussing serious matters.

Experts and scholars will be sidelined while entertainers or fools guide public opinion.

This leads to the collapse of societal order.

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "There will come to the people years of treachery... and the Ruwaibidah will speak." It was asked, "Who are the Ruwaibidah?" He said: "The foolish/vile man speaking on public affairs." Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah 4036

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

Modern excuses cannot legitimize interest; the prohibition encompasses all forms of guaranteed fixed return on loans.

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

Usury/Interest (Riba)
War with Allah

Jabir (RA) narrated: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the consumer of Riba (interest/usury), the payer, the scribe, and the two witnesses. And he said: 'They are all equal (in sin).'" Reference: Sahih Muslim 1598

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

Key Points:
Interest is not just a sin for the lender; the borrower, the accountant, and the witnesses are all complicit.

Dealing in Riba is considered a declaration of war against Allah and His Messenger.

It exploits the needy & concentrates wealth destroying social welfare

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

@DumbMoneyHunter 💯

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

That quiet consistency is a powerful way to live in His pleasure.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 6464, 6465; Sahih Muslim 783; Riyad as-Salihin 143

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

Small but Consistent
Daily Micro-Worship Inside a Busy Working Life

‘Aishah (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“The most beloved of deeds to Allah are those that are most consistent, even if they are small.”
Applied to work and remembrance

[Elabdool @Elabdool]

during breaks, while waiting for builds or uploads—and you’ve built a life where work and worship walk together.

Allah loves this steady rhythm of turning back to Him; it shows a heart that doesn’t forget its Lord, even while typing, teaching, selling or serving.