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July 23, 2015

“Maintaining a fasting routine after the month of Ramaḍān is a sign of an accepted Ramaḍān. This is because when Allāh accepts a servant’s good deed, He grants him the ability to follow it up with more good deeds.” Ibn Rajab in Laṭāʾif al-Maʿārif.…

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April 11, 2015

❝When you stand before the All-Knowing King at night [in prayer], then adopt the manners of a child; when the child does not get what he wants, he cries until he gets it.❞  Ibn al-Jawzī.…

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March 14, 2015

❝If something leaves you powerless and incapacitated, then repeat: ‘Lā ḥawla wa lā quwata illā billāh’ (translation: there is no might nor power except with Allāh), Allāh will make your matter easy.❞ Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn, in: Sharḥ Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn 5/522.…

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February 4, 2015

❝If the heavens and the earth were to collapse, the God fearing person will find a way out because Allāh says, ﴾And whoever fears Allāh – He will make for him a way out﴿.❞  ʿAbdullāh Ibn ʿAbbās.…

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When Your Duʿā is Delayed

February 3, 2015

When you’ve been asking Allāh for something for quite a long time and due to a ḥikmah (wisdom) that only Allāh knows, your request has been delayed. Then when you see another be given a similar blessing — one that you have been pining for and praying for, it might be natural for a person to feel a burn in their heart. A bitterness. A jolt of sadness, mixed with jealousy and envy (perhaps?). Some might go to the extent…

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December 17, 2014

❝Ibn Taymiyah was extremely diligent in helping others because he knew, the more he helped others, the more Allāh will help him.❞ Imām Ibn al-Qayyim…

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