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WHAT TO DO IN THE LAST 10 NIGHTS OF RAMADAN

by Asma bint Shameem Alhamdulillaah the long awaited last ten nights of Ramadhaan are here!Are you ready to spend these nights in worshipping Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala?Are you ready to give it your VERY BEST and get your sins forgiven?Yes! For sure Alhamdulillaah!🌷Aa’ishah Radhi Allaahu anhaasaid: “When the last ten days of Ramadhaan began, the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam would tighten his waist-wrapper, spend his nights in prayer, and wake his family.(al-Bukhaari 2024, Muslim 1174). So how to spend these beautiful nights so that Allaah will be pleased with us?🔺 Worship ALL TEN nights of this blessed month if possible, to be SURE to catch Laylatul-Qadr Bi idhnillaahi Ta’aala.

🔺Remember that Laylatul-Qadr starts at MAGHRIB time.

🔺Do NOT waste your time in unnecessary things. Rather take advantage of *EACH MINUTE and EACH SECOND*

🔺Prepare yourself:Get ready to worship Allaah in the best of forms by taking a bath, use miswaak, wear special clothes, and perfume yourself.

🍃 Ibn Rajab said:”Ibn Jareer said: They used to recommend to shower every night of the last ten nights and an-Nakhai used to shower in every night from them and he used to shower and use perfume in the nights which he hoped was laytul Qadr…[until he said]…Thabit said: Tamim ad-Daari used to have a hulla [type of clothing] which he bought for 1000 dinars and wore it on the night he hoped was laytul-Qadr. So like this, it is recommended in the night which it is hoped to be laytul-Qadr to clean oneself, adorn, use perfume, shower, wear good clothing as it is legislated for Jumu’ah and the Eids. Like this, it is legislated to wear adornment in all the prayers as Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala said:‎خُذُوا زِينَتَكُمْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ“O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes), while praying”[7:31]

🍃 Ibn Umar Radhi Allaahu anhu said:“Allaah has more right that you beautify yourself for him. It was also reported as a Hadeeth raised to the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam [Saheeh Jami no. 652]”(Lataaif al-Maarif pg. 189)

🔺Pray Qiyaam al-Layl. 🍃The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever stands [in prayer] in Laylatul Qadr out of true faith and seeking reward, then his previous sins will be forgiven for him.” (Al-Bukhaari 1901 and Muslim 759)

🍃Shaikh ibn Baaz said:“Its standing is done by way of the prayer and by making dhikr and by supplicating and reciting the Qur’aan and other than that from the aspects of good.”(Majmoo’ Fataawaa vol 15 p.426)

🔹Pray LONG rak’aat in your Qiyaam. You can do that even if you’ve not memorized the Qur’aan, by reading directly from the Mus-haf. Try to read much of the Qur’aan in in each rak’ah. This way you get BOTH, your Salaah as well as your Qur’aan recitation done. Also do LONG Rukoo and Sujood. Make your rukoo long by saying the various adhkaar proven from the Sunnah. Prolong your sujood by making LOTS of duaas in Arabic (and in your OWN language if you don’t know Arabic) and in your own words. Go SLOW and ENJOY your solitude with your Rabb. SAVOR *every moment* of it. Don’t be in a rush.

🔺Read Qur’aan with MEANINGS. PONDER and REFLECT. And try to UNDERSTAND what your Rabb is commanding you.

🔺Make a LOT of duaa. Beg. Cry. Implore. ASK whatever you want. He’s *listening*. He *knows* what’s in your heart. But He likes to *hear* it from you.

🔺Do lots of ISTIGHFAAR especially the duaa that the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam taught Aaishah radhi Allaahu anhaa. ‎اللهم إنك عفو تحب العفو فاعف عني“Allaahumma innaka afuwwun tuhibbul afwa fa’fu anni.”And don’t just “SAY” the words. “MEAN” it when you say...“O Allaah! Forgive me!REFLECT over your sins. And make sincere Taubah.

🔺Keep your tongue BUSY with DHIKR of Allaah while you’re driving to the masjid, preparing suhoor or any time you’re not reading Salaah or the Qur’aan. You can even LISTEN to the Qur’aan to take full advantage of the night.

🔺If you’re on your period, you can do ALL of the above except offer Salaah. And you can still read the Qur’aan in this state, as well. There’s no proof that a woman cannot read Qur’aan while on her menses. Just be careful not to touch it directly. Or you can use an electronic device instead.

🔺What about OTHER good deeds such as giving sadaqah, visiting the sick, or your family to keep up ties of kinship or other general good deeds?Although generally speaking, it is good to be extra generous in Ramadhaan, some of the scholars say that there’s nothing in the Sunnah that shows that the Prophet ﷺ specifically gave sadaqah or visited the sick or did other unspecified good deeds in the last ten day just because it’s Laylatul Qadr. The only thing that is proven from the authentic Sunnah is spending the night in prayer, reading Qur’aan and making duaa. That’s what the Prophet ﷺ did.

🍃 The scholars said:“What was narrated from the Prophet ﷺ concerning staying up at night during the last ten nights of Ramadhaan is that those nights should be spent in prayer and dhikr. Charity during Ramadhaan is better than charity at other times, but we do not know of anything in the Sunnah to indicate that giving charity in the last ten days is better. But the scholars stated that righteous deeds are better when done at times of virtue, and undoubtedly the last ten nights of Ramadhaan are better than any other nights, because Laylat al-Qadr is among them, which is better than a thousand months. Whatever the case, what is prescribed for the Muslim is to give a great deal of charity throughout Ramadhaan. The Prophet ﷺ was the most generous of people and he was at his most generous during Ramadhaan.”(al-Bukhaari 6, Muslim 2308)”(Islamqa Fatwa 37720)

🍃Someone asked Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen:“What is the ruling on specifying laylatul Qadr for giving a lot of charity?Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: “This is likewise from the acts of innovations. It [i.e. Laylatul Qadr] should only be specified for the night prayer.”

🍃 Shaikh Abdul Azeez Aal Ash-Shaykh said:“No doubt charity in Ramadhaan has virtue, but is Laylatul-Qadr specified for charity over the other nights? This is something we withhold from saying.”

🍃 Shaikh Salih al-Usaymee explains this and said:“The fourth subject is the author’s statement, ‘The actions which occur in it [i.e. Laylatul-Qadr] are better than the actions of one thousand months in which this night is not found’The article (ال) in the word ‘the actions’ (العمل) is for definiteness (عهدية) intending a specific action, which is mentioned in the statement of the Prophet ﷺ:‎مَنْ قَامَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِه‘Whoever established prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allaah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven’ [Agreed upon]It is standing the night in prayer, reciting the Qur’aan, and supplication in it;And NOT “unrestricted actions”.What occurs [from people] in terms of preferring to increase in various righteous good deeds on Laytul-Qadr is a “mistake” in the understanding of the intent of legislation of this night. Whoever observes these last ten nights in attempts to obtain the good mentioned in it by feeding the hungry, clothing a naked person, providing treatment for a sick person, giving charity to a poor person, being dutiful to a parent, being good to the neighbor, or tying the ties of kinship, then all of these actions are NOT the intent in regards to it. Whoever remains in the masjid in these last ten nights hoping to catch Laylatul-Qadr by establishing in it the prayer and the recitation of the Qur’aan and supplication, then he is in agreement with what the legislation commanded; Not the one who left off the prayer and recitation of the Qur’aan and turns towards increasing in good deeds like charity, Ihsaan, dutifulness to parents, tying the ties of kinship. This meaning is innovated [and] not known to the Salaf (may Allah have mercy upon them)”.

🔺So strive to do your best and keep yourself busy in the worship of Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala throughout the night.

🍃As Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: “Laylatul Qadr – in it the door is opened and the dearest are brought near and the discourse is heard and the reply is given and for those who apply themselves to endeavour; there is written within it an immense reward. Laylatul Qadr is better than a thousand months, so strive hard, may Allaah have mercy upon you in its pursuit. For this is the time for pursuit, and beware of negligence, for in negligence there is ruin.”(Majaalis Shahr Ramaadhaan p.255)May Allaah enable us to witness Laylatul-Qadr. May He enable us to worship Him in a manner that’s pleasing to Him, and accept from us. May He forgive us and our families and loved ones and save us all from the Fire of Hell. And Allaah knows best.

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The thing is... Israel admitted to this from the very beginning.

They said the confessions were obtained through 'interrogation' in the Shin Bet aka torture (Shin Bet is where they like to torture Palestinian prisoners for intel) so every country that cut funding to the UNRWA knew from the beginning that Israel was using false forced statements.

The famine in Gaza is partly due to this. Never forget that.

The thing is... Israel admitted to this from the very beginning.

They said the confessions were obtained through 'interrogation' in the Shin Bet aka torture (Shin Bet is where they like to torture Palestinian prisoners for intel) so every country that cut funding to the UNRWA knew from the beginning that Israel was using false forced statements.

The famine in Gaza is partly due to this. Never forget that.

Seeing footage of the aftermath of the flour massacre in Gaza is so painful

"Where is my daughter? Tell her I don't want flour anymore"

"My brother was shot holding a bag of flour. He kept holding on to it so they kept shooting him"

"Why does flour have to be stained with blood?"

Over 100 have been killed. Every single one of them hungry. Every single one of them has someone waiting for them to come back with the bag of flour.

Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war against innocent civilians. Israel ambushes starving Palestinians and shoots them. Israel is not fighting a war to defend itself. This is another episode of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The reason the establishment is so terrified of Aaron Bushnell's protest, is because they understand a point many of you seem to have missed

Aaron wasn't sending a message to the government (we know they don't care)

No, I think Aaron's message was meant for other service people like him. Because if the military refuses to participate in the genocide, it's over

And if you thought YOU were moved by Aaron's actions...

imagine how Aaron's unit is feeling right now

Mutinies have started for less

The exact moment every protest turns into a revolution, is when the army refuses to defend the establishment any longer.

And THAT was the message Aaron was sending out. How many units now are ready to reject orders? How low does their morale have to sink before they say 'enough!' How long until they stop pointing guns at the protestors outside, and run over and join them instead?

This is dangerous territory for a government that is hellbent on ignoring every crisis it creates

Anyone who reblogs this post will have their user written on a poster saying "We Stand With Palestine" that I hope to put up somewhere in the village I live in, or the town that the village is next to.

Anyone who reblogs this post will have their user written on a poster saying "We Stand With Palestine" that I hope to put up somewhere in the village I live in, or the town that the village is next to.

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its a Sunday and if I don't study even today, imma feel unhinged and under-confident this week too. I only blame my laziness and lack of motivation and discipline for my current state, Astagfirullah

He didn't know why, but he had humbly, passionately loved the light streaming down through that window. It was divine favor, truly pure—like the white body of a slain infant.

Yukio Mishima, The Frolic of the Beasts (trans. Andrew Clare)

EID 🐐🐐

IT WAS THE EID TODAYY YALL!!! im making a mandi rn and ill let you all kniow how it goes.

academic updates: didnt study for like a month and at this rate ill have to drop out of medschool, may Allah swt help me with self discipline and help me push my limits, anyways

sending loads of love to everyone out there!

24-6-2023

•have a HUGE seminar coming up today

• Gotta do a part of pathology, from immunity

•Water the plants before leaving for clg

•gitta be a better daughter

21-6-23

cant find the motivation or the energy to study

ik its all my fault and I'm not really blaming anyone but I REALLY CANT HELP MYSELF IN THIS SITUATION

I tried making to do lists

I tried finding a study partner to hold me accountable

my problem- i don't study unless and until I get anxious abt it or in rare occasions- if I'm deeply interested in the subject