Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī was asked, “Where do you find relief?” He replied, ❝In a prostration after negligence and in repentance after sinning.❞…
﴾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…
Ramaḍān is (almost) here. And though we largely neglect to prepare for this great month, (“Prepare? Oh we don’t eat much any way” …), I thought of putting forth a brief emergency plan – for those who like myself were enamoured by Dunyā and genuinely neglected to draw up a plan of action when time was on our side. The Plan: The plan is based on how the ṣaḥāba would recite the Qurʾān; they would recite with Tadabbur (which should be…