I begin with the Name of Allaah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
It is the day of Arafah, a great day, a day full of virtues, a once in a year day. Take full advantage of this opportunity and bounty from Allaah. Solidify your Tauheed and eschew Shirk. #Arafat
"This day, those who disbelieved have given up all hope of your religion, so fear them not, but fear Me. This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion." Q5:3
(This day, those who disbelieved have given up all hope of your religion;) Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas said that the Ayah means, "They gave up hope that Muslims would revert to their religion (shirk).''
Ibn Jarir al-Tabari in his Tafseer of Qur'an 5:3 said, "Ibn Juraij said it was revealed on the day of Arafah, on a Friday, when the Prophet ﷺ looked (at the gathering) & saw none except those who worshipped Allaah Alone (Monitheists), he did not see a single Mushirk (polytheist)
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"Ibn Mas‘ood RA said: Fear of Allaah is sufficient indication of knowledge. Lack of fear of Allaah is due to a person’s lack of knowledge of Him. The most knowledgeable of people are those who fear Allaah the most..." Tareeq al-Hijratayn
"If a person knows Allaah, he will feel more shy before Him, will fear Him more and love Him more. The more his knowledge increases, the more his shyness, fear and love of Him increase." Ibn Mas'ud RA
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “There are seven whom Allaah will shade with His shade on the Day when there will be no shade but His… and a man who remembers Allaah when he is alone and his eyes fill with tears.” Bukhari & Muslim
I begin with the Name of Allaah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
As strange as this might sound, what we have today of loudspeakers echoing from masaajid especially during Fajr, Maghrib&Isha is not appropriate Islamically. Islam prevents us from causing annoyance to others and that we should try as much as possible not to inconvenient others.
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I begin with the Name of Allaah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
“Verily, the number of months with Allaah is twelve months (in a year), so was it ordained by Allaah on the day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein…”Qur’an 9:36
“So set you (O Muhammad) your face towards the religion (of pure Islamic Monotheism) Haneef (worship none but Allaah Alone). Allaah’s Fitrah (i.e. Allaah’s Islamic Monotheism) with which He has created mankind. No change let there be in Khalq‑ill...." Qur'an 30:30
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “Every child is born in a state of fitrah (the natural state of man, i.e., Islam), then his parents make him into a Jew or a Christian or a Magian.” Bukhari and Muslim.
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “Allaah said: ‘I created My slaves as haneefs (believers in pure monotheism), then the Shaytaan misled them from their religion; he forbade them what I had permitted to them&commanded them to associate others with Me..." Sahih Muslim
I begin with the Name of Allaah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
If your motivation is Jannah, you will wake up every morning striving to be a better person simply because your goal is not attainable in this world. You have to die first before you can make it to Jannah. Hence, you will have no reason to stop striving until you die a Muslim.