ʿIkrimah رحمه الله said:
"Everyone gets happy and gets sad, but you should turn your happiness into gratitude (to Allah) and your sadness into patience (sabr)."
[Ibn Kathir, Tafsir of Al-Hadid: 23]
Ubayd Allah bin Umar narrated, that he (Abu Hazm) said:
“Two things, if you were to act upon them you would achieve the goodness of this world and the hereafter - and I will not be long winded.”
It was said to him: “And what are they?”
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:
"Shall I not tell you who will be forbidden from the Fire? Every gentle, soft-hearted and kind person."
📚: Reported by Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī.
Ibn al-Qayyim حمه الله said:
“Sadness weakens the heart, slackens determination, and weakens one’s will. There is nothing more beloved to Shaytān than the sadness of the believer.”
[Tariq al-Hijratayn (2/607)]
Umar ibn Khattab رضي اللّه عنه said,
"I am at peace no matter the state I wake up in whether it's one I welcome or one I wish to avoid. Because goodness is not found in what I love or in what I detest. It is found in what Allah decrees."
[Ibn Abi al Dunya al Faraj Pg. 36]
@Favwontmiss I answered before reading the comments and im please to see that orange is in fact the clear winner. Im also avoiding a task by being on here. Let me go focus on July 😐
@JoFromSWPhilly@MoreForYou_CLE Clevelander here with so many thoughts.😂 Like, why are you soft? Pull up. It's not THAT bad💀🤭 then I recall my time visiting daughter in a 'decent' area surpringly not far from Kensington and I 100% feel more safe there. In both places you'd be ok depending on what youre into
Ibn ʿUthaymīn رحمه الله said:
There are two ways of seeking Allah's forgiveness:
First: By asking for it directly with your words, such as saying, "O Allah, forgive me," or "Astaghfirullāh."
Second: By performing righteous deeds that bring about forgiveness, as the Prophet ﷺ said:
"Whoever says, 'Subḥānallāhi wa biḥamdih' one hundred times in a day will have his sins forgiven, even if they are as abundant as the foam of the sea."
Conditions to follow when making dua:
First praise Allah as He deserves, then salawat upon prophet ﷺ in the beginning, in the middle and at the end.
The prophet ﷺ said,
“Do not treat me like the water skin of the rider. The rider fills his water skin and then puts it down. Then, he picks up his possessions. Then, if he needs to drink, he drinks and if he needs to perform ablution, he performs it. If not, he leaves it. Rather, mention me at the beginning of your supplication, in the middle of it, and at the end.”
Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd said,
“The best category of sending blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ is at the beginning of the du’aa’, in the middle and at the end. It is like wings for the du’aa’ with which it soars up to the clouds of the sky.”
(Tasheeh al-Du’aa’ (p. 23)
The second condition is sending blessings upon him at the beginning and end of the du’aa’.
The third condition is sending blessings upon him at the beginning.
Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
“Verily, the supplication is suspended between the heavens and the earth. Nothing ascends from it until you send blessings upon your Prophet, ﷺ.”
[Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 486
Grade: Sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to external evidence) according to Al-Albani]
It’s important that you send salawat upon the prophet ﷺ when make dua to get response.
Ibn ‘Ata’ said,
“Supplications have pillars, wings, means, and times. If one completes its pillars, it becomes strong. If he conforms to its wings, it flies into the sky. If his supplication corresponds to its times, it succeeds. And if he takes its means, it is favoured. Its pillars are the presence of heart, etiquette, submission, humility, and the heart’s attachment to Allah and detachment from intermediary means. Its wings are sincerity. Its time is the early (pre-dawn) morning. Its means are prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ.”
May Allah accept all of our supplications.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “No one upon the earth says;
• Laa Ilaaha Illaallaah • Wallaahu Akbar • Walaa Ḥawla Walaa Quwwata Illaa Billaah
Except that his sins will be expiated from him even if they were to be (abundant) like the foam on the surface of sea.”
[رواه الترمذي ٣٤٦٠ ، حسنه الألباني]
Note: The mentioned Ḥadeeth speaks of expiation of minor sins, as for major sins they require sincere repentance.
imām ibn al-qayyim -raḥimahullāh- said:
if a servant reaches the morning and then reaches the evening while his only concern is nothing but Allāh, Allāh takes care of all his wants and needs for him.
- al-fawāʾid p.310
Did you know Every time a Child asks Allah to forgive their parents, Allah raises the rank of the parents in Paradise??? SubhanAllah Make sure you’re praying for your parents even if they are not with you in this duniya..
ibn al-jawzī (رحمه الله) said:
"endure the nights of hardship, because if you look through the eye of patience you shall see the dawn of reward. indeed, the lofty ranks can be attained only by undergoing hardship! did you not notice the thorns growing beside the roses?"
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
"There is nothing more beneficial for the heart than dealing kindly with people, and loving good for them.
[Madarij as-Salikin, 2/511]
Sh. Ibn Baz رحمه الله:
It is not permissible for a Muslim to hate life and despair of the relief and goodness that is with Allah.
Rather, it is obligatory for him to be patient with what he faces from the decrees of Allah.
Fatawa of the Permanent Committee Ifta (25/398)
Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله said:
"My son, do not let your past carelessness make you lose hope of achieving good, for many people have come back to wakefulness after long sleep."
📚: Awakening From the Sleep of Heedlessness, p. 58