If only you knew the magnitude of the effect of saying ‘jazāk Allāh khair’ (may Allāh reward you with goodness) then you would have increasingly said it to one another. ʿOmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, in: رواه ابن أبي شيبة ١/٤٣٦…
﴾And whoever is blinded from remembrance of Ar-Raḥmān – We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.﴿ az-Zukhruf:36 A heart void of remembrance of Allāh is easily penetrable by and pliable to the whisperings of Shayṭān. A person becomes acceptant of bad company when his heart is parched for Dhikr.…
People who make “bad duʿāʾ” or wish ill for themselves or others — even as a joke, are nothing but ignorant of the Might of Allāh. If you understood how quickly even the most seemingly impossible things you ask for are answered, you’ll never dare make a joke of it. Allāh is over ALL things capable. If you understood this āyah, you will never think – let alone utter – a bad duʿāʾ for anyone. Nor will you ever give…