On a day like this, a Wednesday, from the most radiant of cities, from Masjid Al-Fatḥ, between Ḏhuhr and ʿAṣr, the most noble of Prophets ﷺ supplicated Allāh and Allāh responded. Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh said, “Thereafter, whenever a weighty and trying matter would burden me, I would pursue that hour to supplicate [Allāh] and I would always find an answer.” [Graded Ḥasan by Imām Al-Albānī, in: Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb.]…
Um Sulaym came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Rasūl Allāh, teach me words through which I may beseech Allāh.” The Prophet ﷺ replied, “You glorify Allāh (subḥān Allāh) ten times, you praise Him (Al ḥamdu lillāh) ten times, and you exalt Him (Allāh Akbar) ten times. Then you ask Him for whatever you need, for He responds, ‘I have fulfilled it, I have fulfilled it.’” [Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb, Imām Al-Albānī]…
Ever had that ‘gut feeling’ to do something right or to stop you from doing something wrong? Ever found yourself an audience to an internal debate when deciding between a wrong and a right; one pushing you towards wrong and the other pushing you towards right? In a Ḥadīth narrated in at-Tirmidhī: ❝The Shayṭān has some influence over the son of Ādam and the angel has some influence over the son of Ādam. The influence of Shayṭān is to remind…
❝ليس منا من لم يتغن بالقرآن❞ ❝Whoever does not recite Qurʾān in a pleasant tone is not from us.❞ [Al-Bukhārī] Scholars have two differing interpretations of this ḥadīth. The more widespread interpretation of this ḥadīth states that the person who does not recite the Qurʾān in a beautiful manner (to the best of his ability) is not from us. The other interpretation says that the person who does not SUFFICE himself with the Qurʾān–and by extension the sunnah—is not from us; من…