“If you want to rectify your heart, or want to see betterment in your child or companion—or whoever it is for that matter, then direct them to places where the Qurʾān is recited and direct them to be in the company of the Qurʾān. Allāh will then cause them to become better, whether they are willing to it or not.” Imām ash-Shāfiʿī, in: ḥilyat al-awliyāʾ 9/123.…
(My Lord, expand for me my chest; and ease for me my matter.﴿ Ṭāhā:25-26 The first part helps you overcome inner hurdles (worries, fears, anxieties, qualms…), the second part removes your outer hurdles (difficulties, road blocks, rejections,…) and thus bringing about your matter in a graceful manner. Increase in this duʿāʾ.…
One of the most difficult forms of patience is being patient with the unknown and the uncertain; when you don’t know what’s going to come, when you don’t know the ‘whys’ for whatever that’s happening, when you need definite answers but you’re left with questions and doubts… And this is why al-Khiḍr said to Prophet Mūsā, before accepting his request to impart sacred knowledge, ﴾And how can you have patience about a thing which you know not?﴿ al-Kahf:68 Bright side:…
Ibn Rajab in Laṭāʾif al-Mʿārif categorises the one who fasts into two. The first, he says, is the one who leaves his food, drink and desires, for the sake of Allāh, and by doing so, he hopes for a compensation in Jannah. This is the one who has struck a deal with Allāh, and Allāh says, ﴾Indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.﴿…