Du’aa For Anxiety and Sorrow

‘O Allaah, I take refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debts and from being over powered by men.’

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Honor Their Struggles

One of the best ways to understand Islaam is to understand the Sunnah of the Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi wasallam and the way of his companions.  
Examine these exemplary lives of the past, look to the level of their ‘ibadaah, their certainty in the Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi  wasallam, the immense trials and tribulations they faced — all [...]

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The Heart’s Captivation and Imprisonment by Sin

And among its effects is that the disobedient (sinner) is constantly in the shackles of his Shaytaan and the prison of his shahwa (desires) and the chains/fetters of his hawaa (whims). So he is a captive, one who is imprisoned and who is tied up.
There is no captive in a worse state than [...]

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Pondering Upon Creation

 
Pondering upon the creation of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, upon the amazing variety of creation and the creation of man himself is a potent invigorator of faith. This is because the greatness of this creation points to the greatness of the Creator and His Omnipotence, its conformity and [...]

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The Perfection of Tawheed

Shaykh ul Islaam Ibn Taymiyah (Rahimahullaah) said: 
“The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah, the servant is left loving those He loves and what He loves, hating those He hates and what He hates, showing allegiance to those He has allegiance to, showing enmity to those He shows [...]

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Concealing Secrets

From the morals and manners of the Salaf was they would conceal the secrets of the people. They would say, “The hearts of the free are graves full of secrets.“
Nameemah (carrying tales) is to spread or relay to a third party or others some words which cause harm to the one from whom the words [...]

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Forgetting Allaah = Forgetting Oneself

From among the punishments of sinful acts are that they cause the servant to forget himself.  So, consequently when a person forgets his soul, he corrupts it, and then destroys it.  If one would ask, “How does someone forget himself if he does forget?  Which things does he remember?” Allaah the Most High has said, 
“And [...]

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True Poverty

WHO IS A POOR PERSON? 
 Prophet Muhammad (sal’ Allaahu ‘alayihi wa sallam) said: 
Do you know who is a poor person? A poor person in my community is someone who will come on the Day of Resurrection backed with prayers, fasting, regular charity, and pilgrimage, but also with a number of injustices to others, such as abusing [...]

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An Explanation of Tawheed ar-Ruboobiyyah (Oneness in Lordship)

As for Allaah’s Oneness in Lordship, then the (Arab) polytheists whom the Prophet was sent to affirmed and acknowledged it, but it was not enough to enter them into Islaam. So they affirmed that Allaah was the only true Creator, Provider, Giver of Life and Death, and Administrator of all affairs in this world, which [...]

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