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]…
If there is one lesson our dīn repeatedly teaches, it is that Allāh treats you the way that you treat others, especially the ones who are below you. This teaching is so consequential that it is almost as if you are given a choice of how you want to be treated by Allāh in this life and in the Next simply by your treatment of those around you. …
For some weeks, I’ve been working with a classical book of tafsīr. I’ve been reading and re-reading and then repeating the process over and over again in order to understand and hopefully internalise the scholar’s words. It wasn’t until I reached a segment where he had listed some aḥādīth of Rasūl Allāh ﷺ that I found my self subconsciously evaluating myself. I found myself thinking, reflecting and then resolving. …
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…