Eid Mubarak from me and my family to yours.

May the spirit of Eid draw us nearer to our cherished ones, fortifying the ties of companionship.As we rejoice in Eid, let's keep in mind the same significance of compassion, magnanimity, and reconciliation. May your homes be filled with laughter and your hearts with love. And lastly, may Allah ﷻ accept our good deeds and grant us the everlasting happiness. Ameen Sum Ameen.✨🤍

Best Regards.

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Narrated `Aisha رضي الله عنها:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Search for the Night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan."

—Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 32, Hadith 4

اَفَمَنْ يَّمْشِيْ مُكِبًّا عَلٰي وَجْهِهٖۤ اَهْدٰۤي اَمَّنْ يَّمْشِيْ سَوِيًّا عَلٰي صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيْمٍ

"Who is ˹rightly˺ guided: the one who crawls facedown or the one who walks upright on the Straight Path?"

—Al-Mulk 67:22

We all as Muslims try our best to pray the five obligatory Salahs! Now as important that is, we must strive to attain a deeper connection with Allāh ﷻ in our prayers by knowing the meaning of our utterances. So here is the translation of the DUA which we begin our prayer with.

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ

“Glorious You are O Allah, and with Your praise, and blessed is Your Name, and exalted is Your majesty, and none has the right to be worshipped but You.”

Let's be mindful of our duas, recitation in our prayers. In Sha Allah, Allāh ﷻ will be pleased with our efforts.

If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to. And he will be betrayed by it.❞

— Ibn Al-Qayyim (raḥimahullāh)

Ya Allāh ﷻ, please make me dependant on YOU only. You're my Rabb, my Lord, my Peace. Don't make me walk on any road that takes me farther away from you, leaving me all astray. Make me independent of everything. You, your love, your nearness, your promises suffice me.

اللهم لا تجعل رمضان يمر كالريح. قُدِّر لنا التطهير، غيّرنا للأفضل، اغفر لنا ذنوبنا، وقربنا إليك

𝘠𝘢 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘢𝘩, 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘶𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶.

اللهم لا تجعل رمضان يمر كالريح. قُدِّر لنا التطهير، غيّرنا للأفضل، اغفر لنا ذنوبنا، وقربنا إليك

𝘠𝘢 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘢𝘩, 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘶𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶.

Anytime you see a goodness in me, it's all because of the MERCY of Allāh ﷻ that He ﷻ has chosen me to be committing these acts. Whether it's patience, kindness, steadfastness, intelligence, good character, justice— the list goes on. It's always Allah's mercy. It's the only truth. Any achievement you see of mine is already decreed by Allāh ﷻ. Nothing is in my hand and nothing will be. Even the choice of my Sajdah is already been decided by my Lord ﷻ up there. Subsequently, it opens a new door of gratitude since nothing could ever be possible without Him ﷻ. Allāh ﷻ the Lord of the WORLDS. Not just the life which is born on earth, the lives of the millions of worlds which are incomprehensible to our limited mind. Yet, Allah ﷻ is the most Merciful towards me! It's very good to be reminded of your position and humble yourself before "Al-Malik".

Hazrat Ali (رضي الله عنه) reported:

A slave who had made a contract with his master to pay for his freedom, came to me and said: "I am unable to fulfill my obligation, so help me." He said to him: "Shall I not teach you a supplication which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught me? It will surely prove so effective that if you have a debt as large as a huge mountain, Allah will surely pay it for you. Say:

اللّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ، وَأغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّن سِوَاك‏َ

"(O Allah! Grant me enough of what You make lawful so that I may dispense with what You make unlawful, and enable me by Your Grace to dispense with all but You)."

—Riyad as-Salihin 1486

One of the greatest virtues of praying Taraweeh in the mosque, behind the Imam.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:

"Whoever prays Qiyam with the Imam until he finishes, Allah (SWT) will record for him the Qiyam of a (whole) night."

—Sunan an-Nasa'i 1605

SubhanAllah! Indeed, Allāh ﷻ is THE MERCIFUL.

It was narrated that 'Aishah (R.A) said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَ عُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ

"O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I have done and from the evil of what I have not done yet."

—Sunan an-Nasa'i 5526

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and the hope of reward will be forgiven his previous sins.”

—Sunan Ibn Majah 1641

Now who doesn't want their sins to be forgiven? To be one of the residents of Jannah. To reside under the shadows of trees, to enjoy the flowing rivers. For us to attain the biggest success of this world and the Hereafter which is undoubtedly Jannah, it is essential to work for it. This longanimity of fasts, insatiable thirst, will all be rewarded in the best way possible. May Allāh ﷻ allow us to be the one entering "Rayyan" —one of the eight gates of Heaven for the people who observed fasts only for the sake of Allāh ﷻ.

Ameen Sum Ameen 💜

مبارك عليكم الشهر الفضيل يا أهل التوحيد ☾

جعلنا الله وإياكم ممن صام الشهر وفاز بالعتق والأجر وأدرك ليلة القدر

𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩 ﷻ 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦.

آمين

😭😭😭

Sometimes I fear that I haven’t sacrificed enough for the deen, when I hear stories of brothers and sisters who left everything in the dunyah for Allah’s pleasure and reward, they turned a blind eye on everything and focused on one goal, The paradise Allah has prepared for the righteous… I fear that the promises I made to my righteous friends to meet in Jannah will never come true, and they’ll wait for me there but not find me, I fear that once my actions are weighed, my neglect overpowers my counted good deeds, which I don’t even know if Allah has accepted from me… I fear that my intentions were never pure and any act of worship I believe was for Allah, I made it instead for the sake of fame and prestige, I’m scared of always being happy and always getting what I desire, what if this a punishment from Allah with which he distracts me from his worship and attaches me to the worship of myself ? I fear Allah and his punishment, but then I remember that as big as my fear is, so is my hope for his mercy and reward, for Allah’s mercy overpowers his anger… oh Allah grant us a death worthy of a sincere pious believer with your mercy, even though we’re far from that, for you are the all merciful upon your lowly servants.

This world isn't permanent. These worries aren't permanent. These moments of happiness aren't permanent. These sorrows aren't permanent. These achievements aren't permanent. These sicknesses aren't permanent. These failures aren't permanent. Your life isn't permanent. My life isn't permanent.

You know what is permanent? The unlimited mercy of Allāh ﷻ. The Throne of Allāh ﷻ. The Forgiving attribute of Allāh ﷻ. The immeasurable love of Allāh ﷻ. That out of all the creation of this universe, we are his favorites. That we are created in our best mould by the One and Only Fashioner. Al Mussawir.

So, close that distance between your face and the ground and completely submit yourself into His ﷻ will and decree. Your life is going to change for the best. And In Sha Allah, your Hereafter will thank you for this change.

Indeed in the remembrance of Allāh ﷻ, the peace of every creature relies. I have noticed that whenever I keep my heart and mouth moist in the remembrance of my Lord— my anguish, worries and anxiety rolls over as if it never existed in the first place. Not that the problem has forever wiped its existence, and not that it is impossible for my Rabb to make it happen, but the way I approach it now changes the entire plot.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهَ

أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهَ

أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهَ

Keep repeating this dhikr like a chant. Ask for forgiveness whenever you can. Acknowledge that all human beings are born to err, and our Lord ﷻ loves to forgive us. Indeed, he is Al Gafoor.