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October 9, 2014

❝Allāh has given you SO much without you asking for any of it, do you think He will withhold from giving when you ask Him?!❞ [Paraphrasing Imām Ibn al-Qayyim r.a.]…

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August 18, 2014

❝Allāh did not mention the mistakes of past prophets to humiliate them but He mentioned these mistakes so that YOU do not lose hope in repentance.❞ al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, in: Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī 9/147…

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August 1, 2014

❝A person does not turn his heart towards Allāh except that Allāh turns the hearts of the believers towards him and enriches him with their love.❞ Harim b. Ḥayyān, in: Siyār Aʿlām an-Nubalāʾ 4/49…

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July 21, 2014

❝Don’t delay an answer to your duʿāʾ by blocking its path with sins.❞ Yaḥya b. Muʿādh, in: Shuʿab al-Īmān 2/54…

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July 13, 2014

❝Earnestly persist in making duʿāʾ, for the door is bound to open for the one who persists in knocking.❞ Abū ad-Dardāʾ, in: شعب الايمان للبيهقي ٥٢/٢…

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June 14, 2014

❝The twelve months of the year are like the twelve sons of Prophet Yaʿqūb. And just as Prophet Yūsuf was the most beloved to Yaʿqūb, the month of Ramaḍān is the most beloved to Allāh. And just as Allāh forgave the eleven brothers by the duʿāʾ of one; Yūsuf, He can forgive your eleven months of sins by your duʿāʾ in Ramaḍān.❞   — Imām Ibn Jawzī, in: بستان الواعظين ورياض السامعين، مجلس ١٣…

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