The Purification of The Soul (A Heart Serene)

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Table of Contents

Topic Page Number
Virtues of Seeking Knowledge 4
Brief Introduction & Biography of Ibn Al-Qayyim 7
The Meaning and Categories of Worship 9
The Importance of Awareness 24
The Importance of Time
The Station of Accountability
The Station of Repentance
Avoiding the Plots of Peril
Major and Minor Sins
Crying out of the Fear of Allah
The Station of Allah-Consciousness
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The Station of Devotion 51
The Station of Vigilance 54
The Station of Perseverance 56


Brief Introduction & Biography of Ibn AlQayyim

Virtues of Seeking Knowledge

Some virtues of those who seek knowledge include:

Thirst and Struggle for Knowledge Increases its Sweetness

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One of the hadith scholars that Imam Bukhari (Rahmatullah 'alaih) took from, Hisham ibn Ammar
(Rahmatullah 'alaih), narrates a story that happened to him when he was 8 years old. He says, My father
sold a house of his for 20 Dinars so that I could go for Hajj (and study Islam). When I arrived in Madinah, I
went to the circle of Imam Malik. He was sitting amongst his students like a king. People would ask him
questions and he would answer. When I entered the crowd and my turn came up I said, Haddithnee (recite
to me)! He said, Rather you read. I said, No, you haddithnee! Imam Malik said, No you read! When I
talked back and argued, he got angry and said to another student, go with this boy outside and smack him
15 times! That student took me outside and smacked me 15 times with a stick and then brought me back
to Imam Malik. I said, you have Dhulm (wronged) me! My father sold his house so that I could come to you
and be honored by listening to your teaching and seek knowledge from you. And you smacked me 15 times
without any crime on my part, I shall not forgive you! Imam Malik then said, What is the expiation for this
Dhulm (wronging)? I said, You have to recite 15 hadiths to me, that is the expiation. So Imam Malik began
reciting the hadith to me until he completed 15. When he ended I told him, beat me more and read more
hadith to me. Imam Malik laughed and said, be off. (Reported by Al-Imam Al-Dhahabi in his book
Marifat Al-Qurraa al-Kibaar; Translation by Sheikh Muhammed Al-Shareef)
English Reference: http://www.khutbah.com/en/ed_know/why_study.php


The Reward

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Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah 's Apostle said, "Allah has some angels who look for those who celebrate the
Praises of Allah on the roads and paths. And when they find some people celebrating the Praises of Allah,
they call each other, saying, "Come to the object of your pursuit.' " He added, "Then the angels encircle
them with their wings up to the sky of the world." He added. "(after those people celebrated the Praises of
Allah, and the angels go back), their Lord, asks them (those angels)----though He knows better than them--
--'What do My slaves say?' The angels reply, 'They say: Subhan Allah, Allahu Akbar, and Alham-du-lillah,
Allah then says 'Did they see Me?' The angels reply, 'No! By Allah, they didn't see You.' Allah says, How it
would have been if they saw Me?' The angels reply, 'If they saw You, they would worship You more
devoutly and celebrate Your Glory more deeply, and declare Your freedom from any resemblance to
anything more often.' Allah says (to the angels), 'What do they ask Me for?' The angels reply, 'They ask
You for Paradise.' Allah says (to the angels), 'Did they see it?' The angels say, 'No! By Allah, O Lord! They
did not see it.' Allah says, How it would have been if they saw it?' The angels say, 'If they saw it, they would
have greater covetousness for it and would seek It with greater zeal and would have greater desire for it.'
Allah says, 'From what do they seek refuge?' The angels reply, 'They seek refuge from the (Hell) Fire.'
Allah says, 'Did they see it?' The angels say, 'No By Allah, O Lord! They did not see it.' Allah says, How it
would have been if they saw it?' The angels say, 'If they saw it they would flee from it with the extreme
fleeing and would have extreme fear from it.' Then Allah says, 'I make you witnesses that I have forgiven
them."' Allah's Apostle added, "One of the angels would say, 'There was so-and-so amongst them, and he
was not one of them, but he had just come for some need.' Allah would say, 'These are those people
whose companions will not be reduced to misery.'"
(Reported by Bukhari and Muslim)


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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who alleviates the
suffering of a brother out of the sufferings of the world, Allah would alleviate his suffering from the
sufferings of the Day of Resurrection, and he who finds relief for one who is hard pressed, Allah would
make things easy for him in the Hereafter, and he who conceals (the faults) of a Muslim, Allah would
conceal his faults in the world and in the Hereafter. Allah is at the back of a servant so long as the servant
is at the back of his brother, and he who treads the path in search of knowledge, Allah would make that
path easy, leading to Paradise for him and those persons who assemble in the house among the houses of
Allah (mosques) and recite the Book of Allah and they learn and teach the Qur'an (among themselves)
there would descend upon them the tranquillity and mercy would cover them and the angels would
surround them and Allah makes a mention of them in the presence of those near Him, and he who is slow-
paced in doing good deeds, his (high) descent does not make him go ahead. (Reported by Muslim)

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Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Mu'awiya went to a circle in the mosque and said: What makes you sit here?
They said: We are sitting here in order to remember Allah. He said: I adjure you by Allah (to tell me
whether you are sitting here for this very purpose)? They said: By Allah, we are sitting here for this very
purpose. Thereupon, he said: I have not demanded you to take an oath, because of any allegation against
you and none of my rank in the eye of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) is the narrator of so few
ahadith as I am. The fact is that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) went out to the circle of his
Companions and said: What makes you sit? They said: We are sitting here in order to remember Allah and
to praise Him for He guided us to the path of Islam and He conferred favours upon us. Thereupon he
adjured by Allah and asked if that only was the purpose of their sitting there. They said: By Allah, we are
not sitting here but for this very purpose, whereupon he (the Messenger) said: I am not asking you to take
an oath because of any allegation against you but for the fact that Gabriel came to me and he informed me

that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, was talking to the angels about your magnificence (Reported by
Muslim)
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It is He who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the believers that they would increase in faith along
with their [present] faith. And to Allah belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and ever is Allah
Knowing and Wise. (Surat Al-Fath 4)

-Iman increases with the mentioning of Allah (swt), and decreases with bad deeds

A Students Role

According to Ibn AlQayyims The Book of Benefits , there are 6 stages/etiquettes to knowledge:
Ask questions in a good manner
Remain in quiet and listen attentively
Understand {If you do not, then go back to the first etiquette}
Memorize what you learn
Teach what you learn
Act upon the knowledge that you learn {This is the most fruitful stage}

Biography of Ibn Al-Qayyim

This seminar is based on Ibn AlQayyims book: (Stations of the Travelers).

Full Name:
Shamsuddine Mohamed Ibn Abi Bakr Ibn Ayub

Nickname:
Ibn Qayyim AlJuwziyah
Qiyyam means attendent; Ibn AlQayyims father was an attendant of AlJuwziyah School

Birthplace:
Damascus, Syria

Birthdate:
1242

Notable Teachers:
Saifudeen AlHindi
Ibn Taymiyah aka Shaykh Al-Islam: Studied under Ibn Taymiyah for 16 years. After his teachers death, he
became the imam of AlJuwziyah School.


Students:
Ibn Rajab
Ibn Kathir: He [Ibn AlQayyim] was in constant worship and did a lot of tahajud. Ibn Kathir notes that Ibn
AlQayyim was a humble man who had fine manners and did not harbor ill feelings towards anyone. He was
also found in the state of remembrance (thikr) of Allah (swt) a lot.

Work:
Ibn AlQayyim had an intense love for literature. He was also known as a heart surgeon. His books
include: Provisions for the Hereafter ) ( , The Soul ) ( , A Collection of Wise Sayings
) ( , Garden of the Lovers ) ( , and The Key to the Abode of Happiness
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Death:
Ibn AlQayyim died at the age of 60 on September 23, 1350.

Why Purify the Soul?
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By the soul and the proportion and order given to it; and its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right
truly he succeeds that purifies it and he fails that corrupts it! [Surat ash-Shams: 7-10]

Our hearts get rusty and need to be polished
Studying Tazkiyah ) ( is like having a bloodless surgery
One learns how to constantly renew their iman ) (
Muslims nowadays are large in quantity but lack in quality
Once a person understands who and why they worship, they will taste the sweetness of iman


To Please or Not to Please? That is the Question
The Meanings and Categories of Worship

Definition of Worship:
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& hidden sayings & deeds. - Ibn Taymiyah as mentioned in his Fatawa

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I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me. I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I
ask that they should feed Me. Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
[Surat adh-Dhaariyaat:56-58]

Examples of Worship

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Thauban, the freed slave of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: He who visits the sick will reside in Khurfat-ul-Jannah until he returns. It was
said: Oh Messenger of Allah, what is this Khurfat-ul-jannah? He said: It is a place abounding in fruits.
(Reported by Muslim)

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Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) say: A
Muslim does not visit another sick Muslim in the morning except that seventy thousand angels will pray for
him until the evening, and a Muslim does not visit another sick Muslim in the evening except that seventy
thousand angels will pray for him until the morning (Reported by Al-Imam Al-Tirmidhi)

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Verily, Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, would say on the Day of Resurrection: O son of Adam, I was sick but you did not visit Me. He
would say: O my Lord; how could I visit Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He
would say: Didn't you know that such and such servant of Mine was sick but you did not visit him and were
you not aware of this that if you had visited him, you would have found Me by him? O son of Adam, I asked
food from you but you did not feed Me. He would say: My Lord, how could I feed Thee whereas Thou art
the Lord of the worlds? He said: Didn't you know that such and such servant of Mine asked food from you
but you did not feed him, and were you not aware that if you had fed him you would have found him by My
side? (The Lord would again say: ) O son of Adam, I asked drink from you but you did not provide Me. He
would say: My Lord, how could I provide Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He
would say: Such and such of servant of Mine asked you for a drink but you did not provide him, and had
you provided him drink you would have found him near Me.

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Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The messenger of Allah (may peace and blessing be
upon him) said: Smiling in the face of your brother is an act of charity; enjoining the good is an act of
charity; forbidding the evil is an act of charity; guiding a man who is lost is an act of charity; guiding
someone who has bad vision is an act of charity; and emptying water into the bucket of your brother is an
act of charity (Reported by Al-Imam Al-Tirmithi)

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Abu Dharr reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: In the morning charity is due from
every bone in the body of every one of you. Every utterance of Allah's glorification is an act of charity. Every
utterance of praise of Him is an act of charity, every utterance of profession of His Oneness is an act of
charity, every utterance of profession of His Greatness is an act of charity, enjoining good is an act of
charity, forbidding what is distreputable is an act of charity, and two rak'ahs which one prays in the
forenoon will suffice (Reported by Muslim)


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Abu Dharr narrates that some people from among the companions of the Prophet (may the peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him):
O Messenger of Allaah, the rich people will get more reward. They pray as we pray, and they fast as we
fast, but they give in charity from their excess wealth. He said, Has not Allaah given you things with which
you can give charity? Every tasbeehah (saying Subhaan Allaah (Glory be to Allaah)) is an act of charity.
Every Takbeerah (saying Allaahu akbar (Allaah is Most Great)) is an act of charity. Every Tahmeedah
(saying al-hamdu-Lillaah (praise be to Allaah) is an act of charity. Every Tahleelah (saying Laa ilaaha ill-
Allaah (there is no god but Allaah)) is an act of charity. Enjoining what is good is an act of charity.
Forbidding what is evil is an act of charity. Having intercourse (with ones wife) is an act of charity. They
said, O Messenger of Allaah, if one of us fulfils his desire, is there reward in that? He said, Do you not
see that if he does it in a haraam way he will have the burden of sin? So if he does it in a halaal way, he will
have a reward for that. (Reported by Muslim)

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Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The one who looks after a widow or a poor person is like a
Mujahid (warrior) who fights for Allah's Cause, or like him who performs prayers all the night and fasts all
the day." (Reported by Al-Bukhari)


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It is narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Ya'mur that the first man who discussed about Qadr (Divine
Decree) in Basra was Ma'bad al-Juhani. I along with Humaid b. 'Abdur-Rahman Himyari set out for
prilgrimage or for 'Umrah and said: Should it so happen that we come into contact with one of the
Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) we shall ask him a bout what is talked about
Taqdir (Division Decree). Accidentally we came across Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab, while he was
entering the mosque. My companion and I surrounded him. One of us (stood) on his right and the other
stood on his left. I expected that my companion would authorize me to speak. I therefore said: Abu Abdur
Rahman! there have appeared some people in our land who recite the Holy Qur'an and pursue knowledge.
And then after talking about their affairs, added: They (such people) claim that there is no such thing as
Divine Decree and events are not predestined. He (Abdullah ibn Umar) said: When you happen to meet
such people tell them that I have nothing to do with them and they have nothing to do with me. And verily
they are in no way responsible for my (belief). Abdullah ibn Umar swore by Him (the Lord) (and said): If any
one of them (who does not believe in the Divine Decree) had with him gold equal to the bulk of (the
mountain) Uhud and then, it (in the way of Allah), Allah would not accept it unless he affirmed his faith in

Divine Decree. He further said: My father, Umar ibn al-Khattab, told me: One day we were sitting in the
company of Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) when there appeared before us a man dressed in pure
white clothes, his hair extraordinarily black. There were no signs of travel on him. None amongst us
recognized him. At last he sat with the Apostle (peace be upon him) He knelt before him placed his palms
on his thighs and said: Muhammad, inform me about al-Islam. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon
him) said: Al-Islam implies that you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the
messenger of Allah, and you establish prayer, pay Zakat, observe the fast of Ramadan, and perform
pilgrimage to the (House) if you are solvent enough (to bear the expense of) the journey. He (the inquirer)
said: You have told the truth. He (Umar ibn al-Khattab) said: It amazed us that he would put the question
and then he would himself verify the truth. He (the inquirer) said: Inform me about Iman (faith). He (the Holy
Prophet) replied: That you affirm your faith in Allah, in His angels, in His Books, in His Apostles, in the Day
of Judgment, and you affirm your faith in the Divine Decree about good and evil. He (the inquirer) said: You
have told the truth. He (the inquirer) again said: Inform me about al-Ihsan (performance of good
deeds). He (the Holy Prophet) said: That you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him, for though you
don't see Him, He, verily, sees you. He (the enquirer) again said: Inform me about the hour (of the
Doom). He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: One who is asked knows no more than the one who is inquiring
(about it). He (the inquirer) said: Tell me some of its indications. He (the Holy Prophet) said: That the slave-
girl will give birth to her mistress and master, that you will find barefooted, destitute goat-herds vying with
one another in the construction of magnificent buildings. He (the narrator, Umar ibn al-Khattab) said: Then
he (the inquirer) went on his way but I stayed with him (the Holy Prophet) for a long while. He then, said to
me: Umar, do you know who this inquirer was? I replied: Allah and His Apostle knows best. He (the Holy
Prophet) remarked: He was Gabriel (the angel). He came to you in order to instruct you in matters of
religion. (Reported by Muslim)

When Abdullah Ibn Umar was approached by some saying that there are people out there that are
saying Allah (swt) does not know the future before it happens, he swore that those people are not
Muslims. He went on to mention the [above] hadith.

Ihsaan (That YOU worship Allah)
Linguistic Definition: to beautify things
Islamic Definition: to acquire the reality of Allahs watchfulness ) (

3 levels of Ihsan:
I. Ihsan in the intention
II. Ihsan in the action
III. Ihsan in performing the good deed

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Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "A prostitute was forgiven by Allah, because, passing by a
panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and
tying it with her head-cover she drew out some water for it. So, Allah forgave her because of that."
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
This woman would be categorized amongst the lowest level of Ihsan Ihsan in the intention


Difference between Ihsan and Justice:
Ihsan is when you give people more than their rights and you take less than yours
Justice is when you give people their rights and you take yours
Ihsan is better than justice

Categories of Ihsaan

1. Ihsan to ones self: It is important that a person takes care of him/herself. Neglecting ones self
will cause burnout. The body has a right over you. For example, mothers who give so much to their
families that they forget to take care of themselves.

2. Ihsan to the parents: In many ayahs of the Quran, tawheed is paralleled with the obedience to
parents:

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And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment.
Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff,"
and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word (23) And lower to them the wing of humility
out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small.
(Surat Al-Israa: 23-24)

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Abu Bakra said: The Prophet said thrice, "Should I inform you out the greatest of the great sins?"
They said, "Yes, O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "To join others in worship with Allah and to be
undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet then sat up after he had been reclining (on a pillow) and
said, "And I warn you against giving a false witness, and he kept on saying that warning till we
thought he would not stop. (Reported by Al-Bukhari)

Those who are undutiful to their parents do not enter paradise nor does Allah look at them on the
Day of Judgement!

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Ibn Umar may Allah be pleased with him narrates that the prophet may Allahs peace and
blessing be upon him said: There are three types of people whom Allah will not look at on the

Day of Judgment and three types of people who do not enter paradise: as for those who do not
enter paradise, they are he who is undutiful to his parents, the woman who imitates men, and the
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; as for those whom Allah does not look at, they are he who is undutiful to his parents,
the one addicted to alcohol, and he who continuously reminds others of his favors upon them.
(Reported by Al-Imam Al-Bayhaqee in his book The Branches of Faith)

What goes around, comes around -
However you treat your parents today, Allah will make your children treat you the same way in the future.
Be good to your parents because what goes around comes around.

How Grateful Are You?

Dua from your mom is a vehicle to Jannah
If your parents are alive go hug them and ask them to make dua for you; if your parents are dead
cry tears of blood because you no longer have this blessing.
When your parents die, a gate of Jannah will close for you.

3. Ihsan to the children: There are some children who are orphaned by lack of care from their
parents. It is the duty of parents to take care of their children and not to rely on the internet and
television to do the babysitting for them. When parents open up and educate their children, children
grow to be healthy and do not lose themselves.

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The Dayyuuth is one who approves of indecency and harm to be spread amongst his family members. The prophet was asked
about this type of people, and he replied that he is someone who does not do anything to protect his family members for harm or
vice ) ( so much so that he does not care who enters his house and interacts with his household. The
scholars have said that this label applies to any man who has no jealousy over his female family members (wife and daughters),
and thereby approves that indecency and immorality be spread amongst them. Al-Dayyuuth is someone who sees evil
spreading amongst his family members but does not forbid it. For example, Al-Dayyuuth does not mind if his wife or daughters
commit adultery, or if they wear indecent clothes, or if they have boyfriends.
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Carried you in womb: free
Nursed you: free
Cared for you when sick: free
Total: Love
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Cleaned Room: $10
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Story: A man came to Umar ibn Al-Khattab may Allah be pleased with him complaining about
his sons disobedience. So Umar ibn Al-Khattab may Allah be pleased with him summoned the
mans son and reprimanded him for being undutiful to his father and forgetting his fathers rights
upon him. Then the son said: Oh leader of the faithful, does a child not have rights upon his
father? Umar replied: Yes, indeed! The son said: What are they, oh leader of the faithful?
Umar replied: The father should carefully choose his sons mother, rightly select a name for his
son, and teach him reading and writing. The son said: Oh leader of the faithful, my father has not
done any of this: as for my mother, she is black slave previously owned by a fire-worshipper; my
father named me Jula ) ( which means beetle; and he has not taught me how to read or write
not even a single letter! Umar then turned to the man and told him: You came complaining
about your sons disobedience, yet you were undutiful to him before he was undutiful to you and
you harmed him before he harmed you! (This story was mentioned in the book Raising
Children in Islam Part 1 by Sheikh Abdullah Nasih Ulwan)

Some Questions to ask Yourself, as a Parent
How do you converse with your children? Do you talk with your children or at your
children? There is a big difference between the two
Do you set aside quality time to spend with your children?
Do you praise and encourage your children?
Is your relationship based on reprimanding your children?

Ways to Improve a Parent/Child Relationship:
Lead by examplemodel the behavior you expect from your child
Build emotions towards your children let your child hear the words I love you
Give your children advice and when doing so choose a proper time
Reduce excess blame, reprimand, and rebuke Example: When a child breaks
something and he confesses to he will get punished but when he lies he gets away from
the punishment
Make dua for your children and never curse them as a curse against a child can happen

Tips on Teaching Discipline
Start early in the process with discipline
Consult with your children (talk to each other and teach them how to make decisions)
Be consistent
Listen
Never lie
Apologize when you make a mistake
Never underestimate their intelligence
Use humor
Organize family gatherings


4. Ihsan in upholding the ties of kinship

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Worship Allah and join none with Him in worship, and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, Al-
Masakin (the poor), the neighbour who is near of kin, the neighbour who is a stranger, the
companion by your side, the wayfarer (you meet), and those (slaves) whom your right hands
possess. Verily, Allah does not like such as are proud and boastful (Surat Al-Nisaa 36)

Even in cases of divorce, one must treat the other party with Ihsan!
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The divorce is twice, after that, either you retain her on reasonable terms or release her with
kindness. (Surat Al-Baqarah: 229)
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Narrated Abdullah ibn AbuDhubab: Iyas ibn Abdullah ibn AbuDhubab reported the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) as saying: Do not hit Allah's handmaidens, but when Umar came to the
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and said: Women have become emboldened towards their
husbands, he (the Prophet) gave permission to hit them. Then many women came round the family
of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) complaining against their husbands. So the Apostle
of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Many women have gone round Muhammad's family
complaining against their husbands. The latter are not the best among you. (Reported by Abu
Dawud in his Sunan)

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Aisha said: The Prophet (may peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: "The best of you are
those who are best to their families, and I am the best of you to my family. And if your fellow
Muslim passes away, then only mention good about him" (Reported by Tirmidhi and graded by
Shuayb Al-Arnauut as having a Sahih chain of narration)


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Abu Hurairah narrates that the prophet peace be upon him said: The most perfect of believers in
faith are those most perfect in character; and the best of you are the best of you to your spouses.
[Reported by Ibn Hibban and graded by Al-Arnauut as having a hasan chain of narration]

5. Ihsan to the Islamic society
When someone greets you with salam, reply the salam back or with better
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When you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with what is better than it, or (at least) return
it equally. Certainly, Allah is Ever a Careful Account Taker of all things. (Surat Al-Nisaa: 86)

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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessing be upon him) observed:
You shall not enter Paradise so long as you do not affirm belief (in all those things which are the
articles of faith) and you will not believe as long as you do not love one another. Should I not direct
you to a thing which, if you do, will foster love amongst you: (i. e.) give currency to (the practice of
paying salutation to one another by saying) as-salamu alaikum. (Reported by Muslim)

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Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr: A man asked the Prophet, "What sort of deeds or (what qualities of)
Islam are good?" The Prophet replied, 'To feed (the poor) and greet those whom you know and
those whom you do not Know (Reported by Al-Bukhari)

Making salam to only those that you know is a sign of judgement day
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Ibn Masood said: The prophet peace and blessings be upon him said: One of the signs of the
Day of Judgment is that men will only give greetings (i.e. say Assalamu Alaikum) to those who they
know (Reported by Al-Imam Ahmed in his Musnad)

6. Ihsan to all mankind
For example, one must show Ihsan to orphans and demonstrate excellence, honesty, and care
when maintaining their wealth
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And do not approach the property of an orphan, except in the way that is best, until he reaches
maturity. And fulfill [every] commitment. Indeed, the commitment is ever [that about which one will
be] questioned. (Surat Al-Israa: 34)
Also, when debating with the people of the scripture (Jews and Christian), talk to them with Ihsan.
Only use the best of words and best of arguments.
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And do not argue with the People of the Scripture except in a way that is best, except for those
who commit injustice among them, and say, "We believe in that which has been revealed to us and
revealed to you. And our God and your God is one; and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him.
(Surat Al-Ankabut: 46)

Ihsaan can be found in everything
Patience
Divorced woman
People of the divine scripts
Arguments and conflict
More to be mentioned in the class

The rulings of worship are 5
1. Obligatory (Wajib) (Example: 5 daily prayers)
2. Recommended (Mandoob) (Example: Nafl Prayers)
3. Prohibited (Mahdoor) Haram

Example: Smoking Quran because it is agreed upon to be bad and harmful ) ( ; and in the
Quran, Allah states that everything that is bad and harmful is prohibited.
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Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have
of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is
wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves
them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him,
honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who
will be the successful. (Surat Al-Aaraaf: 157)

4. Disliked (Makrooh)

Example: Eating onions and going to the Masjid:

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Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) saying: He who eats of this
(offensive) plant, i.e. garlic, and sometimes he said: He who eats onion and garlic and leek, should
not approach our mosque for the angels are harmed by the same things as the children of Adam

5. Permissible (Mubah) (Example: eating, sitting, and walking)

We can worship Allah with our minds by thinking and contemplating
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And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith] * And in yourselves. Then will you not see? (Surat Al-
Dhaariyaat: 20-21)

Ibn al-Qayyim Categorizes Worship into 3
1. Worship of the heart
loving Allah, loving the Prophet, tawakel, patience, loving mankind, sincerity, being pleased with
Allah as your Lord, contemplating the creation of Allah
2. Worship of the tongue
thikr, greetings, dua, forbidding evil and supporting good, a good word
3. Worship of the physical faculties
Worship of the ears: listening to Quran, listening to lectures, listening to your
parents/spouse/children
Worship of the eyes: looking at nature, looking at the Quran, lowering your gaze, looking at
your family with love
Worship of the Hands: hugs, charity, eating with your right hand, defending
self/family/property, playing with children, tasbeeh, high fives!
Woship of the feet: walking to mosque, standing for prayer, hajj, visting the sick, walking
away from haram, walking to the park with children

Worshippers are divided into 4 categories
1. Those who pursue the hardest form of worship
Examples: fasting on a hot summer day; making wudu in cold water
2. Ascetics
Example: isolating and segregating oneself to make ibadah
3. Those who pursue beneficial acts of worship
Examples: helping the needy but not attending lectures to increase ones knowledge; giving dawa
but not memorizing Quran
4. Those who pursue specific acts of worship at the appropriate time
Examples: listening to lectures, making time to pray, making time to play, making time for ones
spouse creating a balance where everything has its own specific and appropriate time

Who is Allah?

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Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness
overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is
it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and
what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His
Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most
High, the Most Great. (Surat Al-Baqarah: 255)

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Say: He is Allah, the One! * Allah, the eternally Besought of all! * He begetteth not nor was begotten. * And
there is none comparable unto Him. (Surat Al-Ikhlas)

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Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): If there were other gods along with Him, as they say, then had
they sought a way against the Lord of the Throne. * Glorified is He, and High Exalted above what they say!
* The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein praise Him, and there is not a thing but hymneth
His praise; but ye understand not their praise. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving. (Surat Al-Israa: 42-44)

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is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to
grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is
there a deity with Allah ? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him]. * Is He [not best] who
made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed
between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allah ? [No], but most of them do not know. * Is He

[not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you
inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Little do you remember * Is He [not best] who guides you
through the darknesses of the land and sea and who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy? Is
there a deity with Allah? High is Allah above whatever they associate with Him. * Is He [not best] who
begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity
with Allah? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful.* Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows
the unseen except Allah, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected." (Surat Al-Naml: 60-65)
Why Do We Worship Allah?
It is His right upon us (i.e. his Haqq ). Doesnt the One who blessed you with your brain deserve
to be worshipped? Doesnt the One who cleanses you kidneys 36 times a day (without any
machinery and free of charge!) deserve to be worshipped? You are NOT doing Allah a favor when
you pray.

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Narrated Mu'adh bin Jabal: While I was riding behind the Prophet and between me and him and between
me and him there was only the back of the saddle, he said, "0 Mu'adh!" I replied, "Labbaik, 0 Allah's
Apostle, and Sa'daik!" he said, "Do you know what is Allah's right upon his slave?" I said, "Allah and His
Apostle know best" He said "Allah's right upon his slaves is that they should worship Him alone and not
worship anything else besides Him." Then he proceeded for a while and then said, "O Muadh bin Jabal!" I
replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle:, Sa'daik!' He said, "Do you know what is the right of the slaves upon
Allah if they do that?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "The right of the slaves upon
Allah is that He will not punish them (if they do that)." (Reported by Al-Bukhari)

It is soul food.
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"Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah: for without
doubt in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find satisfaction.(Surat Al-Rad: 28)
Ibadah is the solution for depression. When a person performs salah, wears hijab, fasts, etc. the
soul becomes nourished and satisfied.

It is a way to freedom and dignity. When one worships Allah, s/he becomes free from worshipping
their jobs, spouse and money.

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Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Let the slave of Dinar and Dirham of Quantify and Khamisa
(i.e. money and luxurious clothes) perish for he is pleased if these things are given to him, and if not,
he is displeased!" (Reported by Al-Bukhari)

It (worship) rescues people at times of calamity. Worship helps to elevate pain and solve ones
problems. For example, Ibn Taymiyah wrote volumes of fatawa books whilst in prison.

It is a way to Jannah. Seeing the face of Allah will be the ultimate pleasure of his servant.

How Do We Worship Allah?
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So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a
partner in the worship of his Lord. [Surat al-Kahf: 110]

There are two criteria for Ibadah to be accepted: Allah only accepts that which is pure and correct
Pure/Sincere: done only for the sake of Allah
Correct: done according to the Quran and Sunnah
Sunnah: Things the prophet did, said, and approved of
Note: The Quran NEEDS the Sunnah MORE than the Sunnah needs the Quran. Do not
misunderstand the Sunnah. Educate yourself before jumping to conclusions. For example: The
hadith that states la thikr fil safr ) ( does not mean to stop making thikr during
traveling. Rather it means that one does not need to pray sunan when traveling (except 2 before
fajr and witr). So in this context, the word Dhikr meant Sunnah prayers, not the remembrance of
Allah.


In Need of a Revitalizing Alarm?
The Importance of Awareness
The Station of Awareness

This is the first station in which the heart is awakened from its negligence. In this station the
alarming and stirring of the heart occurs from a state of sleepiness/heedlessness.

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Say: I exhort you only to one thing, that you rise up for Allah's sake in twos and singly, then ponder; there
is no madness in your fellow citizen (Muhammad); he is only a Warner to you before a severe
chastisement. [Surat Saba:46]

The awakening helps one realize the immensity of Allahs might in comparison to our extreme weakness,
and reflect on the innumerous gifts and blessings that Allah has bestowed upon us as well as our inability
to pay Allah back. With such realization, we have embarked on the first step of purifying our heart and are
now one step closer to achieving true servitude to Allah our Creator and Sustainer.

Consider the many great creations of Allah such as the angels, hellfire, etc

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not see and I hear what you do not hear; heaven has squeaked, and it has right to do so. By Him, in Whose
Hand my soul is, there is not a space of four fingers in which there is not an angel who is prostrating his
forehead before Allah, the Exalted. By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little, weep much,
and you would not enjoy women in beds, but would go out to the open space beseeching Allah".
[Reported by At-Tirmidhi and is graded as Hasan]

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Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "I was given permission to report about one of the
angels of Allah Almighty among the Throne-bearers that between his ear-lobe and his neck is the distance
of seven hundred years." (Reported by Abu Dawud in his Sunan and was graded as Sahih by Sheikh
Al-Albani)


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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The Hell would he brought on
that day (the Day of judgment) with seventy-thousand bridles and every bridle would be controlled by
seventy-thousand angels. (Reported by Muslim)

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Then I was taken up to the Frequented House and every day 70,000 angels visit it, never returning to it
aga.in, another [group] coming after them." (From the hadith of the prophet Muhammads Ascension to
the Heavens which was narrated by the companion Malik ibn Sasaah may Allah be please
with him Reported by Al-Bukhari)

Some of the angels of Allah spend their entire existence in Sujood (prostration), and then when
the Judgement is called they will raise their heads and say: Glory be to you, our Lord, we did
not worship you in a way befitting your Majesty (as mentioned in the hadith below reported by
Al-Bayhaqee it was graded as weak by Sheikh Al-Albaanee).

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Steps to Purify Ones Soul
To reach the station of awakening one needs to purify his/her soul. The punishment for sin is lifted from a
person by means of:
Repentance, disasters or calamities that efface the sins
Actively seeking Allahs forgiveness (istighfar ) . Every good deed replaces a bad deed and
every hardship is a means of expiating sins.
Expiation in the world of the Barzakh ) ( (the interval between death and the Day of
Resurrection).
Expiation in the land of the Mashar ) ( (place of gathering on the Day of Resurrection).

Various types of intercession on the day of judgment (that of the prophet Muhammed peace be upon
him, the angels, and the martyrs, etc )

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Narrated Abu Huraira: Some (cooked) meat was brought to Allah Apostle and the meat of a forearm was
presented to him as he used to like it. He ate a morsel of it and said, "I will be the chief of all the people on
the Day of Resurrection. Do you know the reason for it? Allah will gather all the human being of early
generations as well as late generation on one plain so that the announcer will be able to make them all-
hear his voice and the watcher will be able to see all of them. The sun will come so close to the people that
they will suffer such distress and trouble as they will not be able to bear or stand. Then the people will say,

'Don't you see to what state you have reached? Won't you look for someone who can intercede for you with
your Lord' Some people will say to some others, 'Go to Adam.' So they will go to Adam and say to him.
'You are the father of mankind; Allah created you with His Own Hand, and breathed into you of His Spirit
(meaning the spirit which he created for you); and ordered the angels to prostrate before you; so (please)
intercede for us with your Lord. Don't you see in what state we are? Don't you see what condition we have
reached?' Adam will say, 'Today my Lord has become angry as He has never become before, nor will ever
become thereafter. He forbade me (to eat of the fruit of) the tree, but I disobeyed Him . Myself! Myself!
Myself! (has more need for intercession). Go to someone else; go to Noah.' So they will go to Noah and
say (to him), 'O Noah! You are the first (of Allah's Messengers) to the people of the earth, and Allah has
named you a thankful slave; please intercede for us with your Lord. Don't you see in what state we are?' He
will say.' Today my Lord has become angry as He has never become nor will ever become thereafter. I had
(in the world) the right to make one definitely accepted invocation, and I made it against my nation. Myself!
Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Abraham.' They will go to Abraham and say, 'O Abraham! You
are Allah's Apostle and His Khalil from among the people of the earth; so please intercede for us with your
Lord. Don't you see in what state we are?' He will say to them, 'My Lord has today become angry as He
has never become before, nor will ever become thereafter. I had told three lies (Abu Haiyan (the sub-
narrator) mentioned them in the Hadith) Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Moses.' The
people will then go to Moses and say, 'O Moses! You art Allah's Apostle and Allah gave you superiority
above the others with this message and with His direct Talk to you; (please) intercede for us with your Lord
Don't you see in what state we are?' Moses will say, 'My Lord has today become angry as He has never
become before, nor will become thereafter, I killed a person whom I had not been ordered to kill. Myself!
Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Jesus.' So they will go to Jesus and say, 'O Jesus! You are
Allah's Apostle and His Word which He sent to Mary, and a superior soul created by Him, and you talked to
the people while still young in the cradle. Please intercede for us with your Lord. Don't you see in what state
we are?' Jesus will say. 'My Lord has today become angry as He has never become before nor will ever
become thereafter. Jesus will not mention any sin, but will say, 'Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone
else; go to Muhammad.' So they will come to me and say, 'O Muhammad! You are Allah's Apostle and the
last of the prophets, and Allah forgave your early and late sins. (Please) intercede for us with your Lord.
Don't you see in what state we are?" The Prophet added, "Then I will go beneath Allah's Throne and fall in
prostration before my Lord. And then Allah will guide me to such praises and glorification to Him as He has
never guided anybody else before me. Then it will be said, 'O Muhammad Raise your head. Ask, and it
will be granted. Intercede It (your intercession) will be accepted.' So I will raise my head and Say, 'My
followers, O my Lord! My followers, O my Lord'. It will be said, 'O Muhammad! Let those of your followers
who have no accounts, enter through such a gate of the gates of Paradise as lies on the right; and they will
share the other gates with the people." The Prophet further said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, the
distance between every two gate-posts of Paradise is like the distance between Mecca and Busra (in
Sham)." (Reported by Al-Bukhari)
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Namran ibn Utbah Al-Dhimaari said: We entered upon Umm Ad-Dardaa when we were orphans
and she said: Rejoice for indeed I heard Abu Ad-Dardaa say: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
said: The intercession of a martyr will be accepted for seventy members of his family. (Reported
by Abu Dawud in his Sunan)

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Those [angels] who carry the Throne and those around it exalt [ Allah ] with praise of their Lord and believe
in Him and ask forgiveness for those who have believed, [saying], "Our Lord, You have encompassed all
things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and protect
them from the punishment of Hellfire * Our Lord, and admit them to gardens of perpetual residence which
You have promised them and whoever was righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their offspring.
Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.* And protect them from the evil consequences [of
their deeds]. And he whom You protect from evil consequences that Day - You will have given him mercy.
And that is the great attainment. (Surat Ghafir: 7-9)

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Ibn Abbaas narrates that the Prophet said,
There is no Muslim man who dies and forty men who do not associate anything with Allah pray the
funeral prayer for him, but Allah will accept their intercession for him. [Muslim]

Expiation in the Hellfire.
Muslims who enter hellfire will do so because the process of cleansing did not occur enough.
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Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "When the people of Paradise have entered
Paradise, and the people of the Fire have entered the Fire, Allah will say.Take out (of the Fire)
whoever has got faith equal to a mustard seed in his heart.' They will come out, and by that time
they would have burnt and became like coal, and then they will be thrown into the river of Al-
Hayyat (life) and they will spring up just as a seed grows on the bank of a rainwater stream." The
Prophet said, "Don't you see that the germinating seed comes out yellow and twisted?" (Reported
by Al-Bukhari)

There will be people who pray and still enter Jahanam for cleansing. In Jannah the people who
come from hellfire will be known with the nickname the Jahanamayun.
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Narrated Anas: The Prophet said, "Some people who will be scorched by Hell (Fire) as a
punishment for sins they have committed, and then Allah will admit them into Paradise by the grant
of His Mercy. These people will be called, 'Al-JahannamiyyLin' (the people of Hell)." (Reported by
Al-Bukhari)

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Suhayb ibn Sinan ar-Roomi narrates the Prophet Muhammad said, How wonderful is the affair of the
believer, for his affairs are all good, and that does not apply for anyone except the believer. If something
good happens to him he gives thanks, and that is good for him; if something bad happens to him he bears it
with patience, and that is good for him. [Reported by Muslim]

The Clock is Ticking
The Importance of Time

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[Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy
of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful." * And return [in
repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be
helped.* And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord before the punishment comes
upon you suddenly while you do not perceive,* Lest a soul should say, "Oh [how great is] my regret
over what I neglected in regard to Allah and that I was among the mockers." * Or [lest] it say, "If only
Allah had guided me, I would have been among the righteous." * Or [lest] it say when it sees the
punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good." * But yes, there had come
to you My verses, but you denied them and were arrogant, and you were among the disbelievers. *And on
the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied about Allah [with] their faces blackened. Is there not in
Hell a residence for the arrogant? * And Allah will save those who feared Him by their attainment; no evil
will touch them, nor will they grieve] (Surat Al-Zumar: 53-61)

The highest degree of your awakening is the remorse over the time you have wasted and the moments you
have lost. The times you did not pray or the times you hurt your family will be times you will deeply regret.

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It was narrated from Ibn Masood t that the Prophet said, The son of Adam will not be dismissed from
before his Lord on the Day of Resurrection until he has been questioned about five things: his life and how
he spent it, his youth and how he used it, his wealth and how he earned it and how he disposed of it, and
how he acted upon what he acquired of knowledge. [Reported by at-Tirmidhi and is graded as Hasan
by Sheikh Al-Albani]

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O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah. And let every person look to what he has sent forth for the
morrow, and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what you do. [Surat al-Hashr:18]

Is what you have now worth meeting Allah? What did you do for tomorrow? Where did you spend
your power and energy?
Ibn Abbaas - narrates that the Prophet said: There are two blessings which many people do not
make the most of: good health and free time. [Reported by al-Bukhari]
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The Believers regret: time that was not fully given its right
The Disbelievers regret: thrown in hellfire
Parable of the King who would give all his wealth for five extra minutes of life.
Allah is AlWarith: He is the inheritor of all things.

Time is so important that Allah swears by it over and over again:
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By the dawn * And [by] ten nights * And [by] the even [number] and the odd * And [by] the night when it
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By the sun and its brightness * And [by] the moon when it follows it * And [by] the day when it displays it *
And [by] the night when it covers it (Surat Al-Shams: 1-4)

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By the night when it covers * And [by] the day when it appears (Surat Al-Layl: 1-2)

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By the morning brightness * And [by] the night when it covers with darkness (Surat Al-Duha: 1-2)

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So I swear by the twilight glow * And [by] the night and what it envelops *And [by] the moon when it
becomes full (Surat Al-Inshiqaq: 16-18)

Time is the measure of the elapsing of your life.

Want to know the Value of a .
Year? Ask a student who failed a year of school
Month? Ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby
Week? Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper
Hour? Ask two lovers who are about to meet

Miniute? Ask a person who missed his bus
Second? Ask a victim being saved from an accident
Mili-second? Ask an athlete who lost a 100 meter dash

SUPPLY VS DEMAND
You (the supplier) are faced with many demanders in this life (your wife, your husband, your children, your
boss etc.). Everyone wants a piece of YOU! Before learning about your priorities, you must understand
your values.

A jar is a metaphor of your life. The golf balls are the important things; things that if everything else was lost
and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your
job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else-the small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar
first, there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and
energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important. LESSON: Filter your
priorities by adding the right things at the right time.

Productivity Pyramid:
1. Identify Your Values: This is you mission statement in life. The things are non-negotiable. You
need such convictions because if you do not have values you cannot set goals (ex. Family, health,
faith, occupation etc.)
2. Set Your Goals: Be Specific. Include your value, role, and specific details. Example: Family-
Daughter- I am going to have dinner with my mom tonight at 8PM and we are going to talk about A
Heart Serene [see SMART goals below]
3. Plan Weekly: Increases productivity and accountability.
4. Act Daily

The main essentials of time management are:
Beating procrastination
Activity log
Action plans
Prioritized to do lists
Scheduling skills

The Four Quadrants of Goal Setting:
Personal
Professional
Financial
Health

The Three Main Types of Goals:
Short-term goals
Mid-term goals
Long-term goals


How to set your goals:
1. Know what you want
2. SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, realisitc, time bound
3. Strong desire
4. Visualization
5. Write your goals down
6. Take Action
7. Be persistent in achieving your goals
8. Be consistent
9. Make your goals exciting
10. Learn to earn one free month per year Sleep one hour less every day
That amounts to: 1 hour/day x 5 days/week x 52 week/year = 250 working-hours/year
250 working-hours/year 8 working hour/day = 31 days/year


Have You Weighed Your Deeds Lately?
The Station of Accountability

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So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it. And whosoever does
evil equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it. [Surat az-Zalzalah:7-8]

It is narrated that Umar ibn al-Khattab said,
Call your souls to account before you are called to account and weigh your souls (i.e. your actions) before
you are weighed for it will make the accountability easier for you tomorrow if you call your selves to account
today.
Before he would go to sleep, Umar would ask himself, what will you be telling Allah about your
day?

Do not belittle any good deed you do!

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Abu Dharr reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said to me: Don't consider anything
insignificant out of good things even if it is that you meet your brother with a cheerful countenance.

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[Yahya] related to me that Malik said, "I heard that a beggar asked for food from A'isha, umm al-muminin,
while she had some grapes. She told someone to give him one grape. He began to look in amazement.
A'isha said, 'Are you amazed? How many atoms' weights do you see in this grape?'" (Aisha was referring to
Sura Al-Zalzalah ayat 7). (Reported by Imam Malik in his Muwatta)

A persons first worst enemy, even before shaytan, could be his/her soul.

There are three types of souls:
1. Soul prone to evil ( ): This type of soul beautifies a sin to the person.
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And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon
which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful." (Surat Yusuf: 53)


2. Self-Reproaching Soul ( ): This type of soul blames a person for everything (good and
bad) that the person does.
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And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection]. (Surat Al-Qiyamah: 2)

This soul drives a person crazy. Once it is mastered however you move on to become a

3. Righteous Soul ( ) :
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[to Him] * And enter among My [righteous] servants *And enter My Paradise (Surat Al-Fajr: 27-30)

Cures to the diseased soul:
Ignore it: If you think of yourself as high/beautiful then you are prone to lose yourself
Dislike it: Compare the blessings of Allah to the sins you commit everyday
Be Skeptic: How do you know Allah will accept your ibadah? How do you know your ending is
good? How do you know you will be saved from hellfire?
Trick it: Perform Qiyam. Trick your soul by starting with only two ruka and once it becomes habit
start to increase the number of prayers

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Omar ibn Al-Khattab said: I swear by Allah, if animal tripped [in my reign], I would be afraid that Allah would
ask be about it saying: Why didnt he pave the road for it?
We can see how Omar ibn Al-Khattab would take himself into account before he is taken into
account by Allah!

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When Hammad ibn Salamah entered upon Sufyan Al-Thawri, he saw him crying. So Hammad said to him:
Rejoice oh Abu Abdullah, for you are heading towards Allah whom you have been hoping to meet and He
is the most merciful. Sufyan the Imam of asceticism, knowledge, piety, and God-consciousness said: I
ask you by Allah, O Hammad, do I look like someone who will escape the punishment of hellfire?!

(Even our great scholars were fearful for themselves; they never were safe from the plot of Allah;
they never considered themselves as having a one-way ticket to Jannah)

Omar ibn Abdul Aziz took an apple from his sons mouth when he was distributing the spoils of war
because he did not want to be taken into account by Allah for unlawfully taking an apple that belongs to the
Muslim population


A persons second main enemy is the shaytan. It is mentioned 13 times in the Quran that shaytan is the
humans enemy.

How does shaytan lead people astray?
Beautifies deeds for you: The shaytan starts with small trivial things and helps you increase a sin
step by step.
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And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muhammad]; then We seized
them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us]. * Then why,
when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became
hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing. * So when they forgot
that by which they had been reminded, We opened to them the doors of every [good] thing until,
when they rejoiced in that which they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were [then]
in despair. * So the people that committed wrong were eliminated. And praise to Allah, Lord of the
worlds. (Surat Al-Anaam: 42-45)

In the Quran, Allah warns the human not to follow the footsteps of the shaytan (not shaytan
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O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps
of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allah upon you
and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allah purifies whom He wills, and
Allah is Hearing and Knowing (Surat Al-Nur: 21)

Makes promises and threatens you:

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Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He
wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly gone far astray. * They call upon instead of
Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan. * Whom Allah has
cursed. For he had said, "I will surely take from among Your servants a specific portion. * And I will mislead
them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle,
and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah." And whoever takes Satan as an ally
instead of Allah has certainly sustained a clear loss. * Satan promises them and arouses desire in them.
But Satan does not promise them except delusion. * The refuge of those will be Hell, and they will not find
from it an escape. (Surat Al-Nisaa: 116-121)

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Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allah promises you forgiveness from
Him and bounty. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing. (Surat Al-Baqarah: 268)
The Right of Allah upon his servant in every act of obedience consists of 6 matters:
1. Sincerity in the action (for the sake of Allah alone)
2. Pure devotion to Allah in it
3. Following and imitating the prophet
4. Seeing and observing excellence in it
5. Seeing Allahs benevolence in it
6. Seeing ones shortcomings (in performing this action) after all of this


Rescuing Your Soul?
The Station of Repentance

After Muhasaba, comes Tawba (Repentence):
The righteous live with tawbah until the day they meet Allah
The one who does tawbah deserves to be habeeb Allah because Allah loves those who repent:
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Verily, Allah loves those who repent and those who purify themselves. [Surat al-Baqarah:222]
Tawbah is not meant only for the sinners and the elders. IT IS FOR EVERYONE.

Ibn AlQayim Says: When a servant repents and asks Allah for forgiveness, Allah will say Labayk Labayk
Labayk, My servant has come to me

Allah is happier with the repentance of His servant than a man on a camel who loses all his provisions in
the desert, thinks he is going to die, then suddenly finds his camel back in front of him with all his
provisions:
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Abu Hamza Anas bin Malik may Allah be pleased with him the servant of the messenger of Allah
peace and blessings be upon him said: Allah's Apostle peace and blessing be upon him - said, "Allah
is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than anyone of you is pleased with finding his camel
which he had lost in the desert" (Reported by Bukhari and Muslim)
And in a report by Muslim, Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Allah is more pleased with the repentance of a servant as he turns towards Him for repentance than this
that one amongst you is upon the camel in a waterless desert and there is upon (that camel) his provision
of food and drink also and it is lost by him, and he having lost all hope (to get it back) lies down in the
shadow and is disappointed about his camel and there he finds that camel standing before him. He takes
hold of his nose-string and then out of boundless joy says: O Lord, Thou art my servant and I am Thine
Lord. He commits this mistake out of extreme delight


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O ye who believe! Turn unto Allah in sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit from you your
evil deeds and bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not abase
the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run before them and on their right hands; they
will say, Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and forgive us! Lo! Thou art Able to do all things. [Surat at-
Tahreem: 8]
Repentance is beloved to Allah

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Say: O My slaves who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)!
Despair not of the Mercy of Allah, verily Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
[Surat az-Zumar: 53]
This is a message for those who think that Allah will never forgive them. Never despair from Allahs
forgiveness. He will forgive you and change your bad deeds to good deeds.

The ppeople of Musa wanted rain but person amongst them was a sinner so they were denied rain
Allahs mercy could stop amongst a nation of people because of 1 sinner
If there was a smell to sins, we would not be able to sit amongst one another
The danger of a sin is the persistence in committing it rather than the sin itself being committed

The reality of repentance is to:
Magnify the sin:
Think of it as something so grave.
Look at it with HD! Make it a big deal and not a minor thing.
When one small black drip continues to drip on the heart, eventually the heart will become
blackened.
Question your repentance:
Be Skeptic.
Check your heart in three instances: When reciting the Quran, at the time of isolation, and
during gatherings of Dhikr. If you are not moved by these three instances your heart may be
dead. According to Ibn Masud if a person is not moved by these three instances then you do
not have a heart.
A good sign of repentance is when a person feels bad and bitter about their sin.
Acquire protective jealousy:
When you see the rights of Allah transgressed (ex. If someone is abusing a Muslim sister) then
you should feel some type of bitterness.


Repentance must meet 5 conditions:
1. Sincerity to Allah, the Most High
2. Remorse for the sin that was
3. Ceasing to commit the sin immediately
4. Determination to not go back to doing that sin again in the future
5. The repentance should not occur before the time when its acceptance is terminated, either by
death or by the sun rising from the west.

Allah will forgive everyone except the one who brags about his sins:
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Salim ibn Abdullah narrates: I heard Abu Huraira say: I heard Allah's Apostle saying. "All the sins of my
followers will be forgiven except those of the Mujahirin (those who commit a sin openly or disclose their sins
to the people). An example of such disclosure is that a person commits a sin at night and Allah screens it
from the public; he then comes in the morning, and says, 'O so-and-so, I did such-and-such (evil) deed
yesterday,' though he spent his night screened by his Lord (none knowing about his sin) and in the morning
he removes Allah's screen from himself." (Reported by Al-Bukhari)


What Hold Does the Shaytan Have on You?
Avoiding the Plots of Peril

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Then your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder. For indeed, there are
stones from which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that split open and water comes out, and
there are some of them that fall down for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do. [Surat al-
Baqarah: 74]

The 7 traps of Iblees are:
The evil of Kufr and shirk
The evil of Bidah (innovations): bidah is more beloved than sins
The evil of Major Sins
The evil of Minor Sins
The evil of preoccupying with permissible things: he does not want you to get the bigger picture
The evil of preoccupying with deeds of lesser reward: go to the masjid and pray one salah instead
of attending an Islamic course over a weekend
The evil of deploying his enemies against you: your enemies are his soldiers

3 Types of Hearts:
Dead Heart : If your heart is sealed, then you are no different than animals perhaps more
misguided
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Sick Heart : A sick heart that is one that is full of distractions. It is possible to purify and
polish such a heart.
Healthy Heart : A healthy heart cries when it listens to the Quran and/or lectures. This type
of heart listens to the words of Allah and his messenger and obeys. This type of person is saleem.

2 Types of people:
Saleem AlFitrah : A person with a clean inclination who listens to and obeys Allah and his
messenger.
Al-Muaanid : A person who argues with the Quran and Sunnah is not convinced.

To benefit from a reminder, one would need to fulfill 3 conditions:
Be in dire need of a reminder: It is crucial to implement what you learn. If you do not, then you will
not benefit

Avoid scrutinizing the faults of the preacher
Ponder on Allahs promises and warnings

5 main diseases of the heart:
1. Intermingling
2. Wishful thinking: want to become something but not doing anything about it.
3. Holding to anyone other than Allah
4. Excess eating: Do not eat at least two hours before you go to bed. Have a glass of warm milk with
honey.
5. Excess sleeping

To reach the stage of admonition, a person needs to:
1) Learn from past lessons: To learn from past lessons one needs a sound intellect. For example,
Abu Bakr had sound intellect as he understood the prophet\s words when none of the other
companions could
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Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle addressed the people saying, "Allah has given option
to a slave to choose this world or what is with Him. The slave has chosen what is with Allah." Abu
Bakr wept, and we were astonished at his weeping caused by what the Prophet mentioned as to a
Slave ( of Allah) who had been offered a choice, (we learned later on) that Allah's Apostle himself
was the person who was given the choice, and that Abu Bakr knew best of all of us. Allah's Apostle
added, "The person who has favored me most of all both with his company and wealth, is Abu
Bakr. If I were to take a Khalil other than my Lord, I would have taken Abu Bakr as such, but (what
relates us) is the Islamic brotherhood and friendliness. All the gates of the Mosque should be
closed except the gate of Abu Bakr." (Reported by Al-Bukhari)

Al-Khawarij are an example of a people who did not have sound intellect, even though they
were known for their long prayers and extreme acts of worship. They killed anyone who did not
have their understanding of the Quran, and they killed anyone who supported Ali or Muawiyah
(they were called khawarij for this very reason they did not approve of human arbitration between
Ali and Muawiyah; but this was due to an unsound understanding of the Quran).

2) Be able to leverage the fruit of pondering: A person will not be able to do so until s/he meets the
following conditions is aware that death is near, meditates when reciting the Quran, and gets rid
of the 5 main diseases of the heart


Warning!!!
Major and Minor Sins

If minor sins accumulate, they may lead to major sins which lead to hellfire.

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If you avoid the great sins which you are forbidden to do, We shall expiate from you your (small) sins, and
admit you to a Noble Entrance (i.e. Paradise). [Surat an-Nisaa:31]
This ayah reveals to us that there are two types of sins
Kabair comes from the word kabeer which means big.

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Those who avoid great sins and Al-Fawahish except the small faults, verily, your Lord is of vast
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This ayah tells us that there are major sins and minor sins

Two Types of Kufr:
Disbelieving in Allah (major sin)
Al Riyaa or showing off (minor sin)

Some of the Major Sins are:
Not Praying:
There are two types Kufr Amali: people who believe in praying but are too lazy to and Kufr
Nifaqi: people who do not believe in praying at all
HADITH: the oath between muslims and the non believers is salah; the one who does not pray is a
kafir
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Two opinions concerning those who do not pray: 1) This person is not eligible for inheritance,
should not be buried in a muslim cemetery, and should divorce his wife 2) If s/he believes in
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Disrespect to parents
Homosexuality:
Just like the people of Lut, rocks from hellfire should be thrown at them. The hanafi opinion is
that they should be killed
Lying about Allah and His Messenger
Bearing false witness:
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Narrated Abu Bakra: Allah's Apostle said thrice, "Shall I not inform you of the biggest of the great
sins?" We said, "Yes, O Allah's Apostle" He said, "To join partners in worship with Allah: to be
undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet sat up after he had been reclining and added, "And I warn
you against giving forged statement and a false witness; I warn you against giving a forged
statement and a false witness." The Prophet kept on saying that warning till we thought that he
would not stop. (Reported by Al-Bukhari)
Drinking Khamr (wine)
Gambling
Stealing
Committing suicide:
Some scholars say that such people should not be prayed on.
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Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever purposely throws himself from a mountain and kills
himself, will be in the (Hell) Fire falling down into it and abiding therein perpetually forever; and whoever
drinks poison and kills himself with it, he will be carrying his poison in his hand and drinking it in the (Hell)
Fire wherein he will abide eternally forever; and whoever kills himself with an iron weapon, will be carrying
that weapon in his hand and stabbing his abdomen with it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he will abide eternally
forever." (Reported by Al-Bukhari)

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Narrated Sahl: During one of his Ghazawat, the Prophet encountered the pagans, and the two armies
fought, and then each of them returned to their army camps. Amongst the (army of the) Muslims there
was a man who would follow every pagan separated from the army and strike him with his sword. It
was said, "O Allah's Apostle! None has fought so satisfactorily as so-and-so (namely, that brave
Muslim). "The Prophet said, "He is from the dwellers of the Hell-Fire." The people said, "Who amongst
us will be of the dwellers of Paradise if this (man) is from the dwellers of the Hell-Fire?" Then a man
from amongst the people said, "I will follow him and accompany him in his fast and slow movements."

The (brave) man got wounded, and wanting to die at once, he put the handle of his sword on the
ground and its tip in between his breasts, and then threw himself over it, committing suicide. Then the
man (who had watched the deceased) returned to the Prophet and said, "I testify that you are Apostle
of Allah." The Prophet said, "What is this?" The man told him the whole story. The Prophet said, "A
man may do what may seem to the people as the deeds of the dwellers of Paradise, but he is of the
dwellers of the Hell-Fire and a man may do what may seem to the people as the deeds of the dwellers
of the Hell-Fire, but he is from the dwellers of Paradise." (Reported by Al-Bukhari)

Women imitating men and men imitating women
Not protecting ones self from urine:

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Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Once the Prophet, while passing through one of the grave-yards of Medina or
Mecca heard the voices of two persons who were being tortured in their graves. The Prophet said,
"These two persons are being tortured not for a major sin (to avoid)." The Prophet then added, "Yes!
(they are being tortured for a major sin). Indeed, one of them never saved himself from being soiled
with his urine while the other used to go about with calumnies (to make enmiy between friends). The
Prophet then asked for a green leaf of a date-palm tree, broke it into two pieces and put one on each
grave. On being asked why he had done so, he replied, "I hope that their torture might be lessened, till
these get dried." (Reported by Al-Bukhari)

Men wearing silk and gold:
It is halal for women as long as it is not used to show off (that is when it becomes haram).
Slandering modest and chaste women
Oppressing and transgressing others:
Treating children unfairly, beating your wife etc...
Giving and accepting bribes
Cursing
Showing Off
Marrying and then divorcing a woman thrice. She becomes forbidden to that person until she
marries (and lives with) another man with whom she consummates her marriage with
Learning to be called a scholar
Frequent Lying
Betraying Trust
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Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The signs of a hypocrite are three: Whenever he speaks,
he tells a lie; and whenever he promises, he breaks his promise; and whenever he is entrusted, he
betrays (proves to be dishonest)". (Reported by Muslim)

Breaking contracts
Bad conduct towards spouse
Offending and abusing other Muslims

Effects of committing sins:
The Prevention of Knowledge
Imam AlShafiee had such great memory that he used to cover one side of the book in order to
concentrate on one page at a time. One day a woman was walking and the air lifted her abaya.
The Imam happened to glance at her feet. He swore that after that day when he went to
memorize more knowledge he found it very difficult because of a (small) disobedience:
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The Prevention of Sustenance
The Prevention of Obedience
Disobedience weakens the heart & the body
Disobedience reduces the life span and destroys any blessings:
The intellect and brain become corrupt
The ill-effects of the sinner fall upon those besides him
The people of Musa (Banu Israel ) were denied rain because a man who insisted on
sins. They were granted rain only after he sincerely repented to Allah
Ibn AlQayyim says that as disobedience increases, the servants heart becomes sealed and
becomes like those who are heedless. They have the hearts but cannot feel, they have eyes
yet cannot see; they are like animals.
Sins cause corruption in the land
The favors of Allah cease

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Abu Hurayrah narrates that the Prophet said, Avoid the seven sins that doom one to Hell. They said, O
Messenger of Allah, what are they? He said, Associating others with Allah (shirk), witchcraft, killing a soul
whom Allah has forbidden us to kill, except when it is lawful, consuming Riba, consuming the orphans
wealth, running away from the battlefield, and slandering chaste, believing women who never even think of
anything touching their chastity. [Reported by al-Bukhari]

Does Your Heart Tremble?
Crying out of the Fear of Allah

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And when they listen to what has been sent down to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with
tears because of the truth they have recognized. [Surat al-Maidah:83]
When crying out of the fear of Allah, the crying washes the heart and softens it as well.
Crying is not a sign of weakness
Even the strongest of men used to cry: The Prophet, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman...
When Uthman used to recite the Quran he would cry so much that people would not be able to
understand what he is saying

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They only are the (true) believers whose hearts feel fear when Allah is mentioned, and when revelations of
Allah are recited unto them they increase their faith, and who trust in their Lord. [Surat al-Anfaal:2]

The Loss of Our Prophet
The greatest tragedy to ever occur was losing the prophet
When the prophet died some companions wouldnt believe it, some fainted, and one man even lost
his sight. Umar wanted to kill anyone who said that the prophet was dead. Fatima could not fathom
having to bury her father.
The prophet died leaning against Aisha. As she was caressing his head, the prophet would say
Oh Aisha, for the agony of death is true. ) , She continued to wipe
his sweating forehead with a wet cloth. She softened a miswak for him and began to brush his
teeth. When given the choice between living or dying (and meeting Allah), the prophet chose to die
and meet Allah the highest companion ) , .
When Abu Bakr uncovered his face, he said, Oh Prophet, you smell so good alive and dead.
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
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Abu Bakr also said, Whoever used to worship Mohammed, for he has died, but whoever worship
Allah, He is alive and does not die. (Reported by Al-Bukhari)
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The prophet died with one thing on his mind: HIS UMMAH ( ummati, ummati, he would
say)
What have we done to obey Allah and His Prophet? Lets stand up again and revive the Sunnah!


Types of Weeping:
The weeping of mercy
The weeping of fear
The weeping of love and longing
The weeping of joy
The weeping of pain (physical and mental pain)
The weeping of hypocrisy (so people can think that you fear Allah)
The weeping of the Mustajir (paying people to cry)

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Ismail ibn Zakariyya described Habeeb ibn Muhammad, who was a neighbor of his. He said, Every
evening I heard him weeping and every morning I heard him weeping, so I went to his wife and said, What
is the matter with him? He weeps in the evening and he weeps in the morning! She said to me, By Allah,
when evening comes he fears that he will not live till morning and when morning comes he fears that he will
not live till evening.

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It was narrated by Ibn Abbaas - that the Prophet said, Two eyes will never be touched by the fire of Hell:
an eye which weeps out of the fear of Allah and an eye which spends the night guarding in the cause of
Allah. [Reported by at-Tirmidhi]

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It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah said, There are seven whom Allah will
shade with His shade on the day when there will be no shade but His: a just ruler; a young man who grows
up worshipping Allah; a man whose heart is attached to the Masjid; two men who love one another for the
sake of Allah, meeting and parting on that basis; a man who is called (to commit sin) by a woman of high
status and great beauty and he says, I fear Allah; a man who gives in charity so secretly that his left hand
does not know what his right hand is doing; and a man who remembers Allah when he is alone and his
eyes flow with tears. [Reported by al-Bukhari]

Ibn Taymiyah says: He is not fearful to Allah the one who cries, wipes his tears, and does the same sin
again.

Ways to Cry and Soften Your Heart:
Reading/pondering over the meaning of the Quran
Regretting time and opportunities lost
Listening to lectures and speeches
Fearing a bad ending
Shaykh Kishik used to make dua asking Allah to bless him with a beautiful death; he dies
whilst making sujood to Allah.
Another man was obsessed with a woman whom he finally tracked down at a club. He
hopelessly bows down to her and makes sujood to her; he dies whilst making sujood to
another human being.
How you die is the same state you will be resurrected in.
Repenting at night while everyone is asleep, get up and ask/seek guidance from Allah
Think about your blessings
Sometimes we forget about what we have because we worry so much about what others
have. Think about what YOU have which others have not been blessed with and you will
be grateful


What Does Your Pulse Read?
The Station of Allah-Consciousness

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Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at
the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? [Surat al-Hadeed:16]
When are you going to repent and come forward?
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It is only those who have knowledge among His slaves that fear Allah. [al-Fatir:28]
The Ulumaa (scholars) have stronger fear because they learn and know more. They have
knowledge with respect to the religions, Allahs names, Allahs signs etc.
All this developed knowledge helps a person gain a increased degree of fear

The Degrees of Fear:
Fear of Allahs punishment:
The hellfire is Allahs greatest punishment.
It is seventy times hotter than the fire on this Earth.
Everything in hellfire is made of fire (i.e. the food a person will eat
Fear of Allahs scheme: Never feel secure against the plan of Allah!!
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Did they then feel secure against the Plan of Allah? None feels secure from the Plan of Allah
except the people who are the losers. [Surat al-Araf:99]

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Abdullah b. Amr b. al-'As reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Verily, the hearts of all the sons of Adam are between the two fingers out of the fingers of the
Compassionate Lord as one heart. He turns that to any (direction) He likes. Then Allahs Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: 0 Allah, the Turner of the hearts, turn our hearts to Thine obedience.
Fear of the bad ending:
Beware of following Shaytans footsteps (for he can make an obedient believer into a disbeliever).
Saying La Illaaha Illa Allah when dying is a sign of a good ending.
Fairuz (Abu Luluah Al-Majuusiyy ) had severe hatred for Umar Ibn AlKhattab. He
had a knife which he had poisoned for 40 days to kill Umar with. He went as far as stabbing 11
people and killing 7 people in order to get to Umar. When Umar was on his death bed, he woke up
and asked if the Muslims had prayed (instead of asking who had stabbed him). He did his wudu
and prayed. After his salah, he finally asks who had stabbed him. When he finds out he tells his
companions to put his face against the ground so that Allah may have mercy on him. He dies while
praying.

Fear is that which prevents you from disobeying Allah. [Saeed ibn Jubayr]

Can You Concentrate in Your Prayers?
The Station of Devotion

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Seek Allah's help with patient perseverance and prayer: it is indeed hard, except on those who are
humble. [Surat al-Baqarah:45]
Those who are devout and submissive to Allah will taste the sweetness of Salah
On the day of resurrection, the very first thing that a person will be questioned about is his Salah
The prophet peace be upon him ordered us to imitate his way of praying

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Narrated Abu Sulaiman and Malik bin Huwairith: We came to the Prophet and we were (a few) young
men of approximately equal age and stayed with him for twenty nights. Then he thought that we were
anxious for our families, and he asked us whom we had left behind to look after our families, and we
told him. He was kindhearted and merciful, so he said, "Return to your families and teach them
(religious knowledge) and order them (to do good deeds) and offer your prayers in the way you saw me
offering my prayers, and when the stated time for the prayer becomes due, then one of you should
pronounce its call (i.e. the Adhan), and the eldest of you should lead you in prayer. (Reported by Al-
Bukhari)

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Then I will come to them from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, and You
will not find most of them as thankful ones. [Surat al-Araaf:17]

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Successful indeed are the believers. Those who offer their Salat (prayers) with all solemnity and full
submissiveness. [Surat al-Muminoon:1-2]

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Narrated Abu Huraira: Once the Prophet entered the mosque, a man came in, offered the prayer and
greeted the Prophet. The Prophet returned his greeting and said to him, "Go back and pray again for you

have not prayed." The man offered the prayer again, came back and greeted the Prophet. He said to him
thrice, "Go back and pray again for you have not prayed." The man said, "By Him Who has sent you with
the truth! I do not know a better way of praying. Kindly teach me how to pray." He said, "When you stand
for the prayer, say Takbir and then recite from the Qur'an what you know and then bow with calmness till
you feel at ease, then rise from bowing till you stand straight. Afterwards prostrate calmly till you feel at
ease and then raise (your head) and sit with Calmness till you feel at ease and then prostrate with
calmness till you feel at ease in prostration and do the same in the whole of your prayer." (Reported by Al-
Bukhari)

When he goes to pray, Hatim AlIsum visualizes the kaba in front of him, the Angel of Death on
top, Jannah beside him, and hellfire underneath him. Then he cries out of fear that Allah will not
accept his prayer.

There are two things that help one develop Khushoo in the prayer:
Knowing who the person is standing before
Warding off all distractions

People are of 4 levels vis--vis the prayers:
1. One who is negligent
2. One who is struck by the whispers of the Shaytan
3. One who is engaged in Salah and struggle at the same time
4. The one whose heart is deeply immersed in the prayer

The majority of the scholars agree that there are fourteen pillars of prayer, eight obligatory parts, and 11
Sunnah parts of the prayer.

Hudayfah t used to say, Be aware of the Khushoo of hypocrisy. He was asked, What is the Khushoo of
hypocrisy? He said, When the body shows Khushoo but the heart does not.

Hammaad ibn Salamah said, "I have never stood up for prayer without imagining that the Hellfire is before
my eyes.

21 Points on How to Pray with Kushoo in Salah
1) Prepare oneself for Salah:
perfect your wudu
listen to the adhan
go early to the masjid
wear nice clothing
2) Move at a measured pace:
3) Do not pray so quickly as if you are pecking the ground like a crow
4) Interact with the ayah:
say ameen after fatiha because if your ameen coincides with the ameen of the Angels,
then your sins are forgiven
Change your voice when reciting Quran (for example when asking a question your tone
will change)
When you get to an ayah about hellfire, say: O Allah, I seek refuge with you from hellfire


5) Pausing:
go ayah by ayah
6) Recite with a rhythmic tone:
Pronounce each letter distinctly
Do not exaggerate and elongate the vowels
7) Beautify your voice:
8) Pray with a sutra
when praying face the sutra
Sutra should be 3 cubits tall
Sutra saves salah from being broken
Space for a goat to go through
9) Put the right hand on top of the left hand:
HADITH Sahih muslim
HADITH abu dawud; put hand on the chest
10) Look at the place of prostration:
eyes should be open
11) Move your index finger:
More powerful than hitting a shaytan with a powerful rock
12) Vary the duas and surahs:
This helps to break the automation of prayer
13) Seek refuge from the Shaytan
14) Dua in sujood:
make dua in sujood and in ruku to glorify Allah
In the fard prayers, dua should be made only in Arabic.
In Nawafil prayers, dua can be made in other languages
15) Remove anything that may be disruptive
16) Do not pray when food is being served:
17) Do not suppress the need to urinate or defecate:
18) Do not pray facing someone who is sleepy:
19) Do not turn away :
20) Suppress your yawn:
Suppress yawn using back of hand
21) Do not resemble animals:
Example: do not lie on the ground like a dog when making sujood (prostration)


Where can you hide?
The Station of Vigilance

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He knows what goes into the earth and what comes forth from it, and what descends from the heaven and
what ascends thereto. And He is with you (by His Knowledge) where so ever you may be. [Surat al-
Hadeed:4]

By understanding the meaning behind Allahs name Al-Raqib , one will be more fearful of
Allah.
Story of a girl whose mother told her to add more water to the milk so that their product increases
in quantity. The daughter says O mother, if Umar cannot see me how about Allah? Umar married
his son to her because she understood the meaning of Al-Raqib .
Story: Thabit Ibn Ibrahim who lived in Iraq was walking in a field and found an apple and took a
bite. He remembered that he had not asked for permission to eat it. Thabit traveled to meet the
owner of the apple to ask for forgiveness. The owner said he would forgive him under one
condition and that was for Thabit to marry his daughter who was deaf, mute, and blind. Thabit
agreed. When he met his new wife for the first time, he realized that she was not deaf, mute, or
blind. She told him that she only listens to halal, she only talks about the halal, and she only sees
that which is halal. Allah blessed them with a son named Abu HanifahThe fruit of two pious
people who knew the meaning of Al-Raqib !
Story: Nuh Abu Maryam owned a garden and had a man named Mubarak who worked for him.
One day he asked Mubarak to get him some grapes to eat from the garden. When Nuh tasted the
grapes he sent Mubarak to get another bunch because the ones he tasted were bitter and he
wanted the grapes to be sweeter. Mubarak brought back another bunch. Again, the grapes tasted
bitter and so Nuh sent Mubarak back for more grapes. When Nuh tasted the next bunch, they too
were bitter! Nuh became upset and asked Mubarak whether he knew the difference in taste
between the bitter grapes and the sweet ones. Mubarak confesses that he has never put a single
grape in his mouth before as he knew that Allah was watching! Mubarak soon marries Nuhs
daughter and they are blessed with a child by the name of Abdullah Ibn Mubarak the famous
scholar of Islam.

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Allah knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal. [Surat al-Ghaafir:19]

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And indeed We have created man, and We know what his own self whispers to him. And We are nearer to
him than his jugular vein (by Our Knowledge). [Surat Qaaf:16]

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And know that Allah knows what is in your minds, so fear Him. [Surat al-Baqarah:235]


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The Prophet advised Muadh, when he sent him to Yemen, O Muadh, fear Allah wherever you are, and
follow up a bad deed with a good deed, and it will wipe it out, and treat people in a kind manner. [Ibn Hajar]

Story: A teacher once gave each of his students a chicken and ordered them to kill the chicken in a place
where no one will see them. All of the students killed the chicken except for one student. When asked why
he did not do his homework the student remarked that he couldnt find a place where Allah is unable to see
him. Wherever he went, Allah was there watching.

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On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what
they used to do. (Surat AN-Noor: 24)

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That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify
about what they used to earn. (Surat Yasin: 65)

3 Methods of Watchfulness
1) Allah is watching you
2) Angels are recording everything you do and say
3) Consciousness an internal alarm that is built within you


Will You Weather the Storm with Patience?
The Station of Perseverance

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O Allah, reward me for my loss and compensate me with that which is better

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Allah loveth the steadfast. [Surat Aali Imran:146]
A message from Allah and His Prophet to those who experience a calamity, hardship or trial: Allah
LOVES you and He is WITH you so do not despair.

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O you who believe! Seek help in patience and as-Salat (the prayer). Truly! Allah is with as-Sabireen (the
patient). [Surat al-Baqarah:153]
Patience is restraint and confinement
You can complain to Allah but should not panic and curse
Do not say why me and I dont deserve this
Two Types of Togetherness:
o 1) General (Maiyah aammah
) with all people (kafir and believer). He is with

you in His Knowledge.
o 2) Specific (Maiyah Khaasa ) this is only applicable for the believers. Allah will
bless and support all that you do when you show patience.
Dua to make when facing a calamity: O Allah reward me for my calamity and compensate me with
which is better )
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When Allah is with you, no one can harm you and scare you; believe in Allah and He will help you.

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And those who are patient, We will certainly pay them a reward in proportion to the best of what they used
to do. [Surat an-Nahl:96]
The patient do not know exactly what Allah is going to give them but it will be something that they
will be certainly satisfied with.
The Benefits of the Patient Include:
o Ajr (Reward): Only Allah Knows what this is
o Special Welcome in Jannah:
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And those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend
from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will
have the good consequence of [this] home * Gardens of perpetual residence; they will enter them
with whoever were righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their descendants. And the

angels will enter upon them from every gate, [saying], * "Peace be upon you for what you patiently
endured. And excellent is the final home." (Surat Al-Rad: 22-24)

o Success:
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O you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you
may be successful (Surat Aal Imran: 200)

o Forgiveness:
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Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great
reward (Surat Hud: 11)

o A Good Sign:

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Musab ibn Sad narrates that his father said: I said: O Messenger of Allaah, which of the people are most
sorely tested? He said: The Prophets, then the righteous, then the next best, then the next best of people.
A man will be tested according to his level of religious commitment. If there is some solidness in his
religious commitment, he will be more sorely tested, and if there is some weakness in his religious
commitment the test will be lightened for him. A man will continue to be tested until he walks upon the face
of the earth with no sin on him. (Reported by Al-Tirmidhi)

There are 3 degrees of Patience:
1. Patience Billah ) ( : Patience is from Allah. Examples: praying qiyam, reading Quran,
attending lectures
2. Patience Lillah ) ( : Patience for Allah. This is also known as beautiful patience. Imam
Qurtabi explains that this degree of patience is patience of the love of Allah
3. Patience Maa Allah ) ( : Patience with Allah: Patience to conduct life through the rules
and commands of Allah

3 kinds of Patience:
1. Patience over obedience ( ) Highest level of patience. An example is attending A
Heart Serene
2. Patience over disobedience ( ) Example: The story of prophet Yusuf who is
patient against the traps of the ministers wife
3. Patience over calamities ( )

The degrees of those who are patient (as-Saabiroon ) are:
1. Saabir : one who shows patience
2. Mustabir : one who trains himself to show patience
3. Mutassabbir : one who is having difficulty in showing patience

4. Saboor : one having the greatest amount of patience
5. Sabbaar : one having the greatest amount of patience

The rewards of those who are patient:
Allah loves those who are patient
The togetherness of Allah is with those who are patient
Allah rewards those who are patient without measure

To acquire Sabr, one needs:
Truthfulness with Allah
Seeking reward from Allah
Awaiting Allahs relief
Ponder on Allahs blessings
Sincerity
Calamity even if a thorn were to prick you, it is an expiation of your sins.

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Anas narrated: The prophet peace and blessings be upon him said: Verily, if Allah loves a people,
He makes them go through trials. Whoever is satisfied, for him is contentment, and whoever is angry upon
him is wrath. [Reported by Al-Tirmidhi]

4 Categories of People who Deal with Sabr:
1. Curse and swear (why me??)
2. Patient (say nothing)
3. Pleased (happy and content to be trialed)
4. Thankful (O Allah, you are so merciful! You love me!)

Patience can also be divided into 5 categories of deeds:
Obligatory (wajib ) patience
Encouraged (mandoob ) patience
Forbidden (mahdhoor ) patience
Disliked (makrooh ) patience
Permissible (mubah ) patience

A Great Reward: When Abu Salamah died, Umu Salamah thought that she would never be able to find a
better husband and friend than Abu Salamah. She heard a hadith that if one is going through hardship to
make the dua O Allah reward me for my patience and give me which is better. Subhanallah, Allah gave
her someone much better than Abu SalamahShe soon became the wife of the Prophet.

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Umm Salama reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: If any Muslim who suffers
some calamity says, what Allah has commanded him," We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return; O
Allah, reward me for my affliction and give me something better than it in exchange for it," Allah will give
him something better than it in exchange. When Abu Salama died she said: What Muslim is better than Abu
Salama whose family was the first to emigrate to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). I then
said the words, and Allah gave me God's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in exchange. She said: The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) sent Hatib b. Abu Balta'a to deliver me the message of
marriage with him. I said to him: I have a daughter (as my dependant) and I am of jealous temperament. He
(the Holy Prophet) said: So far as her daughter is concerned, we would supplicate Allah, that He may free
her (of her responsibility) and I would also supplicate Allah to do away with (her) jealous (temperament).

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Table of Contents
Topic Page Number
The Meaning of Being Pleased with Allah, Islam, and the Prophet 4
The Degree of Hope 6
The Degree of Discipline 8
The Degree of Sincerity 11
The Degree of Modesty
The Degree of Reliance
The Degree of Remembrance
The Degree of Longing
The Love of Allah
13
15
18
20
23
The Degree of Happiness
The Degree of Alienation
The Station of Supplication
The End of the Journey
26
29
31
33
The Degree of Steadfastness 36

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True Self Realization
The Meaning of Being Pleased with Allah as my Lord, Islam as my religion, and Muhammad (SAW) as my
Prophet and Messenger

We can say la illaha illa Allah easily now, but we will be tested at the time of death whether we can say it
o If we didnt live by la illaha illala, we wont be able to say it at the time of our death

Hadith in which Abu Hurayrah (RA) narrates that the Prophet (SAW) said:
o Surely he has tasted the sweetness of Iman, he who is pleased with Allah as his Lord, Islam as his
religion, and Muhammad (SAW) as his Prophet and Messenger.
Iman has a taste you enjoy the sweetness of Iman

Are you pleased with Allah as your Lord?

You go the extra mile to show people you love in the dunya that you love them we are willing to sacrifice
so much for them
o Do you go that extra mile to show Allah that you love Him?
If you claim you love Allah, youll be willing to give anything and everything to Allah who created to you
If you say what is haram is halal, then you are not pleased with Allah as your Lord
If you dont pray, wear hijab, etc, then you are not pleased with Allah as your Lord
It should show when you are pleased with Allah as your Lord it should show in your actions and where
Allah is in your life
Where is Allah in your life?
o You can tell by looking at how you treat what Allah has made halal and haram - do you treat these
things as halal and haram?
When you supplicate, ask Allah alone; when you are afraid, be afraid of Allah alone; when you delegate
your affairs, delegate them to Allah alone; when you seek help, seek help from Allah alone
If your boss tells you Ill promote you, but you have to quit smoking, would you quit smoking?
o Were willing to sacrifice for people in the dunya
Do our actions really show that we are pleased with Allah as our Lord? What are we willing to sacrifice for
Allah

Are you Pleased with Islam as your Religion?

If someone were to come to our home, what is there that says Islam is our religion? What about our dress
and our actions say that Islam is our religion?
The sahaba used to give their full time for deen and part time for other things
o We give part time to the deen and full time to other things
This is why there is no more barakah in the things that we do
Where is deen in our life? Do you treat others with deen?
The deen teaches us to do things with ihsan with perfection, love and time
o Do you do things with ihsan?
If you are not pleased with Islam as your religion, you will never taste the sweetness of Iman
Every Muslim is like a diamond as long as a person has some Iman inside of them, you can polish the
outside when it becomes rusty as soon as you polish it, the sweetness of Iman comes out
Be proud of your religion and your identity live according to Islam and then youll be able to taste the
sweetness of Iman
Be one for One on one
o Be one be yourself; dont have many faces
o For One for Allah; do everything you do for the sake of Allah
o On one path on Islam
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Are you pleased with with Muhammad (SAW) as your Prophet and Messenger?

Surah Aali Imran, ayah 31
o Say, If you (really) love Allah, then follow me (ie. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Quran
and the Sunnah), Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
Very simple and clear if you claim you love Allah, follow the Quran and Sunnah and
Allah shall love you
If you love Muhammad (SAW), follow his footsteps, dont just say you love him without any action

3 things that prove you love Muhammad (SAW) following him in his:
o Sourah
The way he looked
o Seerah
In his actions and manners
o Saeerah
His inner feelings and intentions
Muhammad (SAW) didnt harbor any bad feelings toward anyone he had a
clear heart

Muhammad (SAW) said whoever hears my name and doesnt send blessings upon me is stingy
To see Muhammad (SAW) in a dream, live with the Muhammad (SAW) study his seerah, implement what
you learn and live your life accord to the Sunnah
o If you think of something so much, that is what youll see in your dreams
There is a hadith that says every nabi has one supplication that is automatically granted
o All the prophets used their dua except for Muhammad (SAW) he saved his dua for the Hereafter
to intercede on behalf of his ummah
Muhammad (SAW) is keeping his dua to be used for us on the Day of Judgment

Review and assess yourself and your actions are you pleased with Allah as your Lord, Islam as your religion and
Muhammad (SAW) as your Prophet and Messenger?

Surah Al Baqarah, ayah 165
o And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allah as rivals. They love them
as they love Allah. But those who believe love Allah more (than anything else).

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Look at the Bright Side
The Degree of Hope

- Never despair of the mercy of Allah
- Ar-Rajah hope
- Surah al-Isra, ayah 57
o Those whom they call upon hope for His Mercy and fear His Torment.
- Surah al-Ankaboot, ayah 5
o Whosoever hopes for the Meeting with Allah, then Allahs Term is surely coming, and He is the All-
Hearer, the All-Knower.
- Surah al-Baqara, ayah 218
o Verily, those who have believed, and those who have emigrated (for Allahs Religion) and have
striven hard in the Way of Allah, all these hope for Allahs Mercy.

The degrees of Iman are 3:
Love
Allah-consciousness (fear)
Hope

The 3 degrees are like the head and wings of a bird
o Always needs love love is the head
o The wings are hope and fear
o If a bird just has love and hope, it wont be able to fly well and will be an easy target for hunters
o If just has love and fear, it also wont be able to fly well and will be an easy target
o To be able to fly freely and peacefully, a bird needs the head and both wings we need love, fear
and hope

Hope is of 3 kinds:
1. Working righteousness and hoping for a reward
o Doing something and hoping for a reward
o Not remaining stagnant taking action
2. Repenting from a sin and hoping for a reward
o Asking Allah to accept your repentance and hoping for the reward
3. Hoping without performing
o This is the blameworthy kind of hope
o Wishful thinking without taking any action
o Not utilizing the skills Allah blessed you with
o We have the key to Jannah what are we doing to save others from the Hellfire?

Umar (RA) used to say I wish my mother never gave birth to me and I was a piece of hair in the chest of
AbuBakr (RA)
The sahaba had hope, but their hope was in parallel to their fear of Allah hope and fear go together
People say their heart is clean and hope in Allahs Mercy without doing anything, but they forget that Allahs
punishment is also very severe
People say Iman is in their heart, but true Iman is not only in your heart, it must also show in your words and
actions your words and actions must show that you are a believer
Iman Say by tongue, believe by heart and show by actions
o The hypocrites prayed with Muhammad (SAW), so they showed Iman with their actions, but in their
heart there were not believers need all 3
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Hadith in which Ana ibn Maalik (RA) narrates that the Prophet (SAW) said Allah says, O son of Adam, so
long as you call on Me and put your hope in Me, I will forgive whatever you have done, and I will not mind.
O son of Adam, even if you sins were to reach the clouds of the sky, then you were to seek My forgiveness,
I would forgive you and I will not mind. O son of Adam, if you were to come to me with an earth full of sins,
and you were to meet Me not associating anything in worship with Me, I will come to you with an earthful of
forgiveness.
o Regardless of what you have done, never despair of the mercy of Allah Allahs mercy
supersedes his wrath

As long as there is life, there is hope

Hadith in Bukhari in which Muhammad (SAW) said that from among the men of Bani Israel there was a man
who had murdered 99 people. He asked a monk whether Allah would forgive him and the monk said no, so
he killed the monk. The man went to a scholar and said he killed 100 people, can Allah forgive him? The
scholar said yes, but advised him to go to another land where the people were devoted to prayer and
worship. So he left for that land but death overtook him on the way. While dying he turned his chest towards
that village and so the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment quarreled amongst themselves
regarding him. Allah ordered the village towards which he was going to come closer to him and ordered the
village which he left to go far away, and then He ordered the angels to measure the distances between his
body and the two villages. When he was found to be one span closer to the village he was going to, he was
forgiven.
o Shaytan tries to discourage us from making tawbah so we despair and have no more hope, but we
should never lose hope in Allah
Allah just wants us to repent to Him and He is willing to forgive us

Jaabir ibn Abdillah (RA) narrated that Muhammad (SAW) said:
o None should die except while thinking well of their Lord.

Allah is:
o At-Tawwaab - The One who accepts repentance
o Al-Ghafur The One who forgives a lot
o Al-Ghaffar The One who forgives the sins of His slaves time and time again

Qabeelat Falaah 8

Boot Camp
The Degree of Discipline

Surah Al-Qalam, ayah 4
o Indeed you stand on an exalted standard of character.
Allah testifies that his Prophet (SAW) stands on exalted standard of character

Hadith in which Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was asked about the deed that would get people to heaven, he
said, Fearing Allah and adopting good moral character.

Hadith that says:
o The most perfect believer in faith is the one who is best in moral character. The best of you are
those who are best to their spouses in manners.

Hadith in which Abu ad-Darda narrates that he hear the Prophet (SAW) say:
o There is nothing in the balance heavier than the good morals. Indeed, the person of good morals
will reach by them the rank of the person of fasts and prayers.

Aisha (RA) was asked how Muhammad (SAW) was, and she said he was like a Quran walking on earth
o Muhammads (SAW) dealings, actions, sayings and behaviors were all from the Quran

The ideal Muslim character is distinct and balanced

The true Muslim is the embodiment of the Quran and the Sunnah

Muhammad (SAW) had so many good characters and behaviors

In Bukhari, Muhammad (SAW) said I was sent to perfect the noble characters

Examples of Muhammads (SAW) good character
o Would correct peoples behavior without pointing out or embarrassing the person
o Honest
o Patient lived in Mecca for 13 years before he left
o Turned his entire body to a person when he spoke to them
o Good to his neighbors
o Just
o Kind
o Treated everyone equally
o Modest
o Compassionate
o He made everyone believe they were his favorite
o Generous
o Kind to orphans
o Lowered his gaze
o Never hit anyone
o Had love for his Ummah
o If there was something wrong, he would get angry
o Content and pleased with what he had
o Polite
o Never criticized food
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o Treated all people equally
o loved to forgive
If Muhammad (SAW) loved to forgive, why do we find it difficult to forgive
You dont have to forget, have to forgive
o Brave and strong
One night in Medina, Abu-Bakr, Umar, Khalid bin Walid and they hear a noise and were
scared to check it out; by the time they came to check it out, Muhammad (SAW) had
already taken care of it and told him to go back to their homes

The pillars of good moral character:

Patience
Bravery
Chaste
Justice
o Abdullah bin Amr bin As had a race with a Christian Arab at the time of Umar (RA); the Christian
won the race, Abdullah took a stick and started beating up the Christian and oppressed him; the
Christian knew Umar (RA) was a just man and he travelled to see him and told him what
happened; Umar (RA) wrote a letter to Amr telling him to come and bring his son Abdullah with
him; in the court of Umar (RA), there was the Christian and the Muslim; Umar (RA) gave the
Christian a stick and told him to beat Abdullah up just as he beat him; after he beat him, he asked
him if he was done and he said yes; Umar (RA) told him now use the stick to beat his father
because his father didnt teach him good manners.

If you look for dignity in anything other than Islam, Allah will disgrace you
o This is what is happening to the Ummah today we have lost our dignity and we are looking for it
everywhere other than Islam

We need to be truthful with ourselves and with each other live with justice

The elements of bad moral character:

Ignorance
Oppression
o Stems from being arrogant and ostentation
Arrogance kibr in Arabic
Arrogance stems from egotism or overestimation of oneself and ones merit
think youre better than everyone else
The best cure for arrogance is to cultivate modesty
Ostentation (showing off) riaa in Arabic
The hidden idolatry the desire to show off
Not doing things for the sake of Allah, but so people will see you and praise you
The best cure is to check your intention before any action

To find out about your faults, you can:

Befriend a pious Shaykh through whom you can learn about the kind manners
o Let them be examples in their day to day lives, in addition to them teaching you
Befriend a trustworthy companion who can point out your faults to you with hikmah
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o E.g. Hasan and Husain taught a man how to make wudu properly indirectly they saw he was
making wudu incorrectly, so they asked him to come and see which one of them makes wudu
better; they made wudu exactly the same, but the man said that they both make wudu better than
him
o Fiqh of priorities when you tell people about Islam, use priorities
e.g. tell people about iman and salah before hijab and music
o To enjoin good and forbid evil, use 3 things the right time, the right place, the right words
o Take it easy on people, people are fragile and like glass; if youre not easy on them, you may break
them
Listen to what your enemies say about you
Intermingle with people and reflect about their bad character

The fruits of moral character (derived from hadith):

Good moral character is one of the most beloved things that will get you closer to Allah
When you have good moral character with people, people will love you and Allah will love you as well
Good moral character will elevate your level in Jannah
Good moral character turns an enemy into a friend
Good moral character will expiate your sins
Good moral character puts weight in your balance of good deeds
o Good moral character is the heaviest thing that will put weight in your balance
Results in Allah putting blessings in your offspring and your life
One of the things that can save you from Hellfire
You become habibullah
o The most beloved people in the sight of Allah are those who have good moral character
Will help you be close to Muhammad (SAW) in Jannah (Tirmidhi)

Change yourself NOW so that you follow Muhammad (SAW) in your words and actions!!

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Who Are You Trying to Please?
The Degree of Sincerity

Allah knows what your real intention is when you do anything
In the books of hadith, the first hadith is always that deeds are based on intentions
Need to check your intention before you start anything
Surah al-bayyinah, ayah 5
o And they have been commanded no more than this: to worship Allah, offering Him sincere
devotion, being true (in faith); to establish regular prayer; and to practice regular charity; and that is
the religion right and straight.
Ikhlas sincerity; to check you intention
o The Arabic word ikhlas means khalasa/khaloosan means something that is clear that you can
see through
Ikhlas something that is very clear that you can see through
Sincerity means that your inner is just like your outer
o Not 2 personalities or 2 faces just one person and who is sincere in their words, actions and
deeds
For an action to be accepted by Allah, there are 2 requirements
o Pure sincere intention
o Correct according to the Sunnah of Muhammad (SAW)
Ibn al Qayyim says that sincerity is the musk of the heart
Sincerity is the living element and foundation of success
Hadith in which the Prophet (SAW) said:
o Actions are only by intention, and every man shall only have what he intended. Thus he whose
hijrah was for Allah and His Messenger, his hijrah was for Allah and His Messenger, and he whose
hijrah was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage, his hijrah was for
that which he made hijrah.
Check your intention with everything you do
Example: When you come to an Islamic class, what is your intention?
Yahya ibn Abu Kathir said:
o Learn about intentions, for their importance is greater than the importance of actions.
Surah az-Zumar, ayahs 2 and 3:
o Verily, We have sent down the Book to you in truth: so worship Allah (alone) by doing religious
deeds sincerely for Allahs sake only. Surely the religion (i.e. worship and obedience) is for Allah
only.
Surah al-Kahf, ayah 110:
o So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none
as a partner in the worship of his Lord.

The Signs of Sincerity:

To have good intentions before starting a task
o Check your intention before you start any task make sure the task you are going to do is purely
for Allah
o Check you intention in the middle of the task
o At the end of the task, go back and renew your intention
E.g. Going to visit someone for the sake of Allah
Make the intention that you are visiting the person for the sake of Allah before
you visit
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While you are visiting the person, renew your intention
At the end of the visit, renew your intention that you only visited the person for
the sake of Allah
To perfect ones duty in private and in public
o Your inner is just like your outer
o Dont have 2 faces one for inside and outside
To welcome advice from friends
o Some people like to be given constructive advice a sign they are sincere
To be constantly mindful of ones shortcomings and to advise and wish others well
o Dont have hasd envy
To feel that your contribution is minimal compared to others
To love performing fajr, ishaa and night prayers

The Means of Attaining Sincerity:

Ar-Rakaba Allahs watchfulness; always be aware that Allah is watching you
Hadith in which Abu Hurayrah (RA) narrates that the Prophet (SAW) said:
o Three categories of people will be the first to be thrown into the Hellfire: a scholar who taught
people merely to be praised a scholar; a generous person who gave charity just to be called
generous; and a person who participates in Jihad to be recognized as brave.
These are all people who did not do things sincerely and purely for the sake of Allah

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More Modest Than a Virgin in Her Seclusion
The Degree of Modesty

Al-Hayee The Modest; a name of Allah
Al Hayaa adjective for modesty
Many of us are missing this quality
Muhammad (SAW) was more modest than a virgin in her seclusion
Modesty means freedom from vanity and showiness
Surah Al-Qasas, ayah 25
o So one of the two (daughters) came to him walking modestly
Surah an-Noor, ayah 30:
o Tell the believe men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo, Allah is Aware
of what they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of
their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their chests, and not to
reveal their adornment.
Lower your gaze and only intermingle out of necessity

10 types of Modesty:

1) Modesty upon sins:
- Shyness for committing sins Allah told you not to commit
- E.g. the modesty of Adam
o When Allah told Adam not to eat from the tree and then he went and ate from the tree; when he did
this, his clothes fell and his body was exposed and he ran modesty upon sins
2) Modesty upon shortcomings:
- The angels that rise from ruku will feel so modest and praise Allah and say we did not worship you as we
were supposed to
o Feel that they didnt give Allah his right by worshipping Him enough
3) Modesty upon knowledge
- The more knowledgeable you become, the more modest you will get
4) Modesty upon generosity
- Muhammad (SAW) was so modest, once the sahaba came to visit and he was so tired, but he was so
modest he didnt want to tell them to leave, so he just stood up and left
o He was too generous, too kind and too modest to tell the sahaba to go home
5) Modesty upon decency
- Some sahabiyyat, although modest and shy, used to ask Muhammad (SAW) directly personal questions
o Their modesty didnt preclude them from asking questions to Muhammad (SAW) to learn
6) Modesty upon despise
- e.g. Too modest to ask Allah for something; modesty upon yourself
7) Modesty upon love
8) Modesty upon enslavement
- Feeling the shortcomings of your worship
- Modesty upon ibadah not knowing if your ibadah is being accepted by Allah
o Being skeptical
9) Modesty upon dignity
- When someone does more than the soul deserves
- This type of modesty is from the Shaytan, e.g. feeling pride when you give sadaqa
10) Modesty upon ones self
- When you commit an action that downgrades you in the sight of Allah
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- Allah has elevated you and favored you upon many of His other slaves and you commit a sin - this
downgrades you in the sight of Allah
The 3 Degrees of Modesty:

Modesty that stems from the belief that Allah is watching you
o Allah is Ar-Raqeeb
Specific togetherness
o Allah is with the believers if you are a believer and patient and you know Allah is with you, you
feel so modest
From resorting to Allah alone
o To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return

Hadith in Bukhari Compare the brother in law to death
o Important to show modesty in front of brother in laws
Hadith in which Imran bin Hussain narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said:
o Modesty brings nothing but good. Modesty is part of Faith, and Faith is in Paradise. But
obscenity is part of hardness of the heart and hardness of the heart is in hell.
Hadith in which Ibn Masood (RA) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said:
o Be bashful before Allah according to His right to modesty before Him. They said, O Messenger
of Allah, verily we are shy, praise be to Allah. He said, That is not it. Modesty before Allah
according to His right to modesty is that you protect your mind in what it learns, your stomach in
what it ingests. And remember death and the tribulations attached to it. And whoever wishes for
the Hereafter leaves the adornments of this life. So whoever does all that is truly bashful before
Allah according to His right to modesty.

The Story of Sarah
- Allah gives us so many chances, when will we give Allah a chance
- We listen to so many lectures, listen to so many khutbas, read so many books when are we going to make
changes in our life and implement what we learn?
- Dont always think you have time to change later, change now

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Tie That Camel
The Degree of Reliance

Tawakkul putting your trust in Allah
When you say you cant find a job in any place except a place that does haram, you do not have tawakkul
When you take a job where they require you to take off your hijab, you do not have tawakkul

Imagine yourself in the Land of al Mashaar:

Allah will resurrect every person who has ever been created and gather them naked in this land; the jinn will
also be there
The angels from all of the Heavens surround this gathering; they are all waiting for Allah to come down and
start the hisab
As people wait, the sun will be on top of their head, some people will sweat so much they will drowning in
their sweat the Day will be equivalent to 50 000 years
Everybody will be so scared, e.g. the mother who is nursing her baby will drop him because she is so
scared
Allah will come down, carried in His throne by 8 angels
o Muhammad (SAW) said between the ears and shoulders of these angels is the distance between
Heaven and earth
o The angels are praising Allah as they carry Him
Allah says O my angels, I have been listening to you since I have created you, now its your turn to listen to
Me then the hisab will start
There are certain people who will die, be resurrected and go straight to Jannah they wont have to stand
and go through this process at all
o If you understand the station of tawakkul, you could be amongst them
There are 7 categories of people who will be put in the shade of Allah on the day when there is no shade
except the shade of Allah
o These people will still have to go through this process, but they are sitting under the shade and
waiting

Hadith in which Muhammad (SAW) said the nations were shown to me and I saw a prophet with one
follower; then I saw another prophet with one or two followers; then I was shown a multitude of people;
when I saw this, I said this is my ummah, but I was told these were the followers of Musa; then I saw a
bigger multitude and I was told these are your people, and amongst them, 70 000 of them will enter Jannah
with no t sab
The sahaba started talking about who these 70 000 people were
Muhammad (SAW) came and the sahaba told him they were talking about who the 70 000 were and they
wanted to know the qualities so they could be amongst them
Muhammad (SAW) described the qualities are:
o Those who do not seek ruqyah (incantations), practice cauterization, noor follow omens, but they
put their trust in their Lord.
Ukasha (RA) immediately Muhammad (SAW) to ask Allah to make me amongst them; Muhammad (SAW)
said that he is amongst them; another person asked Muhammad (SAW) and he said that Ukasha beat him
to it
o Ukasha took action we need to take action to become one of these people

Do not seek ruqyah
o Does not contradict the fact that when youre sick, take medicine, just dont put your trust in
medicine, put your trust in Allah
o Take medicine as the means, but put your trust in the Lord of the means
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o Go to the doctor when youre sick, but know that the doctor can do nothing for you
Put your trust in Allah and then seek the help of a doctor as the means through which
Allah will help you

Tawakkul use the means, but put your trust in the Lord of the means

Shifaa is in the hands of Allah then take means in the dunya
In jahilliyah, they would let the bird fly; if the bird flew right, it was a good sign to travel/do business; if the
bird flew left, it was a bad sign and they would just go back home and not do anything that day
o Superstition that we dont believe in because we put our trust in Allah

Surah al-Maidah, ayah 23
o And put your trust in Allah if you are believers indeed.
Surah at-Taghaabun, ayah 13
o And in Allah therefore let the believers put their trust.
Sura Aali Imran, ayah 159
o Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him).
Its easy to say that you put your trust in Allah, but do you really put your trust in Allah?
Surah at-Talaaq, ayahs 2 and 3
o And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from
every difficulty). And He will provide him from (sources) he could never imagine. And whosever
puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him.
Sometimes you think all the doors are locked, but you have to put your trust in Allah and
when the right time comes, it will happen
Allah will test you; give glad tidings to those who are patient and put their trust in Allah
Allah is the Provider
Allah says that your rizq is in His hands - doesnt mean you should sit in the masjid and
do nothing but praying; Muhammad (SAW) said his brother who works to support himself
is better
Take action and put your trust in Allah

If you believe Allah is Ar-Razak (the Provider) and you put your trust in Him, why do you deal with haram?
o When you do this, youre not putting your trust in Allah
You may think there is no other job that a job requiring you to do haram you can pass this test or fail this
test
o You have to put your trust in Allah
Allah says your rizq is under the hands of Allah; just as the words that come from your mouth, have no
doubt on this just put your trust in Allah

Hadith in which Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) narrates that the Prophet (SAW) said:
o If all of you were to rely upon Allah in the manner He deserves from you, then He would certainly
grant you provision as He provides it to the birds that depart hungry in the morning, and return with
a full belly at dusk.
Only if you put your trust fully in Allah
Anas ibn Malik (RA) narrates that the Prophet (SAW) used to say upon leaving his home:
o Bismillahi tawakkaltu alaallah, wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billah (In the Name of Allah; I
trust in Allah; there is no might and not power but in Allah)

Dont sit idle try, take action, make dua, but also put your trust in Allah and trust that He choose for you
It may be that you think something is the right thing for you, but Allah knows otherwise
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You only know what you can see, but Allah knows more and sees more try your best, and then put your
trust in Allah and let Him take care of you

Hatim al Asam wanted to go for Hajj and his wife told him he cant, who is going to provide for his family;
one of his daughters told him to go for Hajj, he is not Razak, Allah is Ar-Razaq; he went for Hajj and the
house ran out of food and water; they people in the house told the daughter this is because he went for Hajj;
she started crying and started reciting Surah at-Talaaq, ayahs 2 and 3
o You think your rizq is somewhere, but you dont know where Allah has put your rizq
The leader of the Muslim was walking by with his army; he went to the nearest home which was the house
of Al Asam; he asked whose house it was, and they said the house of Al Asam; he asked where he was and
they said he went for Hajj; he said it is their obligation to take care of his family in his absence; he took a
bag of gold and threw it at the house; the family was so happy, but Allah wanted more for them
The leader said whosoever loves me, you should do exactly as I did everyone started throwing bags of
gold in the house
The daughter was crying she said a small creation of Allah has looked after us and we have become so
rich, what about when Allah looks after us?

Hadith in Ahmad in which Muhammad (SAW) said about the 70 000 I asked Allah and Allah has promised
me 70 000 with no reckoning their faces are as bright as the moon; and I asked Allah for more than 70
000, and off of each one of the 70 000, another 70 000
o 4.9 billion to enter Jannah without hisab (70 000 squared) must have tawakkul to be amongst
them

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The Difference between the Living and the Dead
The Degree of Remembrance

The diff between the living and the dead - Those that remember Allah are alive and those that do not
remember Allah are dead
Surah al-Araaf, ayah 205
o And perform the dhikr of your Lord in you very soul with humility and without loudness in words in
the mornings and evenings and do not be of those who are unheedful.
Surah al Kahf, ayah 24
o And remember your Lord when you forget.
Surah Ta Ha, ayah 13
o And glorify the praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun, and before its setting.
Good times to do adhkar after fajr and after sunset
Good to do dhikr at all times cooking, driving, walking
For every SubhanAllah, Alhamdullilah of AllahuAkbar that you say, Allah plants a
tree for you in Jannah
o (Speaking of the wise men these are) such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining,
and consider the creation of the Heavens and the Earth, and say, (after deliberations) Our Lord!
Thou has not created this in vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us from the doom of the Fire.

Hadith in which Abu Hurayrah (RA) narrates that Muhammad (SAW) said:
o No people gather together in one of the Houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it
among themselves, except that Sakeenah (Tranquility) descends upon them, and Mercy envelops
them, and the Angels surround them, and Allah mentions them amongst those who are with Him.

Hadith in Bukhari that the example of the one who remembers of Allah and the example of the one who
does not remember Allah is the example of the one who is living and the one who is dead
o Khalid bin Walid understood this hadith in a battle he said he was going to fight the dead
because they didnt make dhikr of Allah
Dhikr of Allah is the polishing of the heart
Muhammad (SAW) said renew your Iman by saying la illaha illa Allah
o Iman gets rusty make dhikr, recite Quran to increase your Iman

Types of Dhikr:

Adhkar which have fixed timing
o E.g. When you wake up, go to sleep
Adhkar specified for certain actions
o E.g. Eating, drinking, putting your clothes on, intimacy
Adhkar which are unrestricted
o Can say these anywhere, e.g. istigfar
Hadith whosoever sticks to istigfar, Allah shall take his stress and anxiety and will provide for him in ways
he has never imagined
o Albani said this hadith is weak; another shaykh said it is sahih
Rizq money, spouse, health, friends, air, etc.

Hadith in which Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:
o Whoever of you performs wudu carefully and then affirms Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha illallaahu
wahdahu laa sharika lahu, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa Rasooluhu (I testify that
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there is no true Allah except Allah Alone, Who has no partners, and that Muhammad (SAW) is His
slave and Messenger), the eight gates of Jannah are opened for him. He may enter through
whichever of these gates he desires (to enter).

Saying la illaha illa Allah, in the sight of Allah, this is heavier than the universe and all it contains
On the Day of Judgment, your actions is what has weight
People who say la illaha illa Allah are more favored to Allah than some angels
Hadith in which Abu ad-Darda narrates that the Prophet (SAW) said:
o Shall I not inform you of the best of your actions, the most pure in the sight of your Master, the one
which raises your ranks highest, that which is better for you than giving gold and silver (in charity),
and better for you than your meeting your enemies, so that you strike their necks and they strike
yours? The companions urged, Of course, O Messenger of Allah, inform us! He replied, It is the
remembrance of Allah.

Ali (RA) said I contemplated the universe and I found that iron is the strongest creation of Allah; then when
he saw how iron melts when it touches fire, he said fire is the strongest creation of Allah; then when he saw
fire be put out by water, he said water is the strongest creation of Allah; then when he saw rain created by
clouds, he said clouds are the strongest creation of Allah; then he saw mountain block clouds/fog from
moving; then he saw a man standing on top of a mountain, then said man is the strongest creation of Allah;
then he said a man can only survive with a heart, so the heart is the strongest creation of Allah; then he said
a heart can only survive with the dhikr of Allah, so the dhikr of Allah is the strongest creation of Allah.

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Heart Strings
The Degree of Longing (ash-shawq)

Difference between I miss you and I long for you. Longing for someone means you are in need of that
person.
Surah al Ankaboot, ayah 5
o Whoever is looking forward to the meeting with Allah, then Allahs Term is surely coming and He is
the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.
Some people are longing to see the face of Allah

3 levels of longing:
Longing for Allah
o Longing to see Allah
Longing for Jannah
Longing to see Muhammad (SAW) and to be with Him
o If you were to see Muhammad (SAW) right now, what would you say to him? If you truly long for
him, you should know what you would say to him
If you want to thank Muhammad (SAW), also thank Allah for giving us the ability to thank
Muhammad (SAW)

Hadith in which Muadh ibn Jabal narrates that the Prophet (SAW) said:
o I ask You for the joy of seeing Your face and for the longing to meet You.
Ali ibn Abi Taalib (RA) said:
o The pleasure of giving pardon is followed by a praiseworthy outcome. The pleasure or taking
revenge is followed by the bitterness of regret.

Surah Ta Ha, ayah 84
o I hastened to You, O my Lord, that You might be pleased.
Surah al Anaam, ayah 76
o When the night covered him over with darkness, he saw a star. He said, This is my lord.
Ibrahim was longing to see a sign of Allah every time he saw a sign, he was thinking this
was his lord

Ibn al Qayyim says:
o Longing for Allah is one of the signs of love. Longing is the journey of the heart to its beloved.
Ash-Shawq, if exceeded, can lead to anger and thirst.
If this longing exceeds its limit, it may lead to anger
o No one should judge between two people when he is angry.

Anger

If Longing exceeds its limits it may cause anger
A man went to the masjid at the time of Muhammad (SAW) and started urinating; the sahaba started beating
him up; Muhammad (SAW) said to leave him and let him finish; he finishes, then Muhammad (SAW) tells
him this is a mosque, dont do that here; if you want to do that, go outside
o Muhammad (SAW) was angry too, but he knew how to manage that anger he used hikma

Not wrong to feel angry it is a normal and necessary emotion; one just has to know how to deal with it

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4 styles of anger management:

Open aggression
o Uses physical or verbal force to get rid of the anger
o Often leads to bigger problems and increased anger
o Research has shown these people often become more angry rather than less angry
Suppressed anger
o Choose to pretend that theyre not angry
o Ignore their feelings and the fact theyre angry, hoping their anger will just go away
o Instead of getting rid of the situation, people who adopt this style may develop diseases, e.g.
ulcers, headaches, stomach problems, etc. because the anger is still there
The anger is still inside them hasnt been dealt with
Passive aggressive
o Instead of dealing with their anger, they show aggression, but say theyre fine
o They want the other person to understand theyre angry and their feelings, but they wont admit to
them
They say theyre not angry, but they vent their anger into doing things hoping that youll
notice theyre angry
o This leads to major types of anger
Assertive problem solving
o The best style in terms of dealing with anger
o These people choose to pay attention to their feelings
o Know when they are angry and express their anger in a polite and assertive manner
o Seek to resolve problems in a mutual, agreeable way
o Use the ACTS technique
A ware
Aware of your anger signals, e.g. voice changes, hands shake, color of your face
changes, short of breath, muscles become tense
Control
Control your response, e.g. make wudu, make dhikr, sit down or lie down
Dont respond on the spot when youre angry
Talk
Use the WIN technique
o When always start with saying when
When you did something, said something
I felt tell them how you feel when they do that
E.g. I feel like you dont care about me, like you dont
love me
o Need
Never say I want you to do something, say I need you to
do/say something
Solve
Solve the problem negotiate a mutually agreeable solution to the problem
Never be stubborn there is always a solution to a problem

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Ways to limit the effect of anger:

Seeking refuge with Allah from the Shaytan
Keeping silent
Not moving
Following the advice of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
Knowing that if you do not become angry, Paradise will be yours
Knowing the high status and advantages offered to those who control themselves
Following the example of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) when he got angry
Knowing that resisting anger is one of the signs of righteousness
Listening to reminders
Knowing the bad effects of anger

Stress
Stress is your bodys response to things that trigger an emotional reaction in you
Happens as a result of lifes demands - everybody wants a piece of you, but there is only one of you and
you can only do so much and its hard to say no

If you want to travel to Allah, you travel using your heart that is the means

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Do you really love the Supreme Bestower?
The love of Allah

Parents would be upset if their kids got a bad grade on a test would you be as sincerely upset if your kids
missed a salah?
o If your kid gets a bad grade, you take steps to make them improve get a tutor, study more
What steps do you take when your kids miss a salah?
We claim we love Allah, but do we really?
The love of Allah is not sunnah, it is wajib an obligation
Surah Baqarah, ayah 165
o And those who believe have intense love for Allah.
If you abstain for food for a long time, you feel angry because you have a love of food
The love of Allah and Muhammad (SAW) should be more beloved to you than anything
The love of Allah should be like the air we breathe if we were to be prevented from this air we would die
Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 24
o Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have
gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you delightare
dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger, and striving hard in His cause, then wait until Allah
brings about His Decision (torment). And Allah guides not the people who are faasiqoon
(rebellious, disobedient).

Love is divided into 2 Types

Haram love
o The love that gets developed through dating because it was not developed correctly
o Ibn Taymiyyah said:
Improper love is a psychological sickness, and if it grows strong, it affects the body and
becomes a physical sickness, either as diseases of the brain, which are said to be
diseases caused by waswas, or diseases of the body such as weakness.
Halal love
o Love of Allah, Muhammad (SAW), your spouse, the believers, brothers and sisters, your kids

- Ibn al Qayyim says the love of Allah is the power of the heart, the sustenance of the soul, and the light
- Hadith in which Muhammad (SAW) said:
o None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his child, his father and all the
people.

General Love is of 3 Types

Natural love
o E.g. Love of food and water
Love based on mercy
o E.g. Love a mother to her children
Love based on friendship and acquaintance

To earn Allahs love:

Obedience
o Must obey His orders
Following the guidance of Muhammad (SAW)
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o Love Muhammad (SAW) by reviving the sunnah and mimicking him by sourah, seerah and
saeerah
o Allah says Say If you claim you love Allah, then follow the commands of Allah and the footsteps of
Muhammad (SAW)
o Compare our love of Muhammad (SAW) to the sahabas love of Muhammad (SAW)
Umm Habibas father was Abu Sufyan; he came to visit her and sat on the bedding of
Muhammad (SAW); she rushed to fold the bedding; he asked her which is more dear to
you, me or the bedding; she told him I love you, but you are a mushrik and this is the
bedding of Muhammad (SAW)
When Muhammad (SAW) used to make wudu, the sahaba used to rush to get the water
he used and put it on their bodies
o To love Muhammad (SAW) is not by words, it is by mimicking him and reviving his sunnah
Simple sunnahs visiting each other, treating your neighbors nicely, visiting the sick
Recitation of the Quran
o Sahih hadith a man used to love surah tawhid; Muhammad (SAW) asked him why he recites the
surah all the time; he said because he loves it; Muhammad (SAW) said to tell him that Allah loves
him as he loves this surah
Performing nawafil prayers
o Nawafil are superogatory prayers
o Muhammad (SAW) used to love superogatory prayers
o Hadith narrated by Abu Hurayrah (RA) that Muhammad (SAW) said:
Whosoever show enmity to someone devote to Me, I shall be at war with him. My
servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I
have enjoined upon him, and my servant continues to draw near to Me with
supererogatory works so that I shall love him. When I love him, I am his hearing with
which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes, and his
foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him,
and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate about
anything as much as I hesitate about [seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: he hates
death and I hate hurting him.
The nawafil you do earns you the love of Allah
Another narrations says When Allah loves you, He will tell Jibreel that I love so and so,
so love him; then Jibreel will love him; then Jibreel will command the other angels to love
him, and all the angels will love him; then the angels will call to all the people on the earth
that we love so and so, so love him; then all the people on the earth will love him.
These voluntary works will earn you the love of Allah
o If Allah loves you, He will protect you and assist you if Allah protects
you, nobody can harm you
o We underestimate the importance of the nawafil dhikr of Allah, recitation of Quran
o Strive to be people whose tongue is constantly moistened by the remembrance of Allah
Constant remembrance of Allah
Loving, visiting one another
o In Sahih Muslim, there is a hadith which says there was a man traveling to visit another man; he
was met by someone in the middle of the trip who asked him where hes going; he said hes going
to visit this person for the sake of Allah; he said he is just going to visit him for the sake of Allah
because I love him for the sake of Allah; the man said I am an angel from the heavens and Allah
sent me to tell you that He loves you just as you love that person for the sake of Allah
Being tested
o When you go through a trial, it is a sign that Allah loves you
Qiyaam al-Layl
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o Qiyaam al Layl enlightens your face and illuminates it
o Its like the icing on the cake
o This is the closest you can get to Allah
o It softens your heart
The gathering of Ilm
o Hadith sahih Man named Abu Iblis al Khawlani; he went to Syria and saw a man giving a lecture
in a masjid; the man was named Muadh; he listened the lecture, and at the end, he told Muadh,
Ive never seen you, but I love you; Muadh asked him if hes sure; he said yes; he asked him again,
and he again said yes, by Allah, I love you; Muadh says ok, glad tiding to you, I have heard from
Muhammad (SAW) who said Allah says I shall love those who love one another for the sake of
Allah, I shall love those who visit one another for the sake of Allah, I shall love those who sit
together for the sake of Allah.
o Hadith sahih Muhammad (SAW) said when one of you loves his brother, he should tell him that
he loves him for the sake of Allah
This is a sunnah we have abandoned
Pondering creation of Allah and His blessings
o Allah has blessed us with countless blessings
Repentance
o This earns you the love of Allah
When you do an act, do it with ihsan
o Hadith sahih Allah loves those when they do an act, they do it with ihsan
o Regardless of how trivial that act may be, when you do anything, give 100% of yourself and do it
with ihsan that will earn you the love of Allah
Allah loves those who purify themselves
o Keep yourself clean

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Dont Worry Be Happy!
The Degree of Happiness

We differ in so many ways, but we all want to be happy
How do we define happiness? Happiness for one person may not be happiness for others
Some people find happiness in the disobedience of Allah
Lots of people think they are happy, but theyre not
There are people that find happiness in being close to Allah in salah, Qiyam, in the dhikr or Allah, in being
with the believers
o Where do you find happiness?
When you are sad and depressed, do you think of Allah? Of salah?
Surah ar-Rad, ayah 28
o Truly in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest.
o They rejoice in what Allah has bestowed upon them of His Bounty, rejoice for the sake of whose
who have not yet joined them, but are left behind that on them no fear shall come, nor shall they
grieve
The praiseworthy happiness of the believers
Describes the believers who are meeting Allah and rejoicing on what Allah has bestowed
on you
Surah Yoonus, ayah 57
o O mankind! There has come to you a good advice from your Lord (i.e. the Quran, enjoining all
that is good and forbidding all that is evil), and a healing for that (disease of ignorance, doubt,
hypocrisy and differences) which is in your breasts, a guidance and a mercy (explaining lawful and
unlawful things) for the believers.
Surah Yoonus, ayah 58
o Say, In the Bounty of Allah, and in His Mercy (i.e. Islam and the Quran) therein let them rejoice.
That is better that what (the wealth) they amass.
Be happy that Allah has bestowed on us His deen, His rahma
We say la illaha illa Allah so easily there are so many people who cant say it, we should
be so happy and thankful that Allah has blessed us with this
Surah an-Nahl, ayah 97
o Whoever does right, whether male or female, and is a believer, We will make him live a good life,
and We will award them their reward for the best of what they used to do.
Surah al-Anaam, ayah 125
o Those whom Allah wills to guide, He opens their breast to Islam; those whom He wills to leave
straying, He makes their breast closed and constricted, as if they had to climb up to the skies: thus
does Allah (heap) the penalty on those who refuse to believe.
Ibn Masood:
o Allah has placed ease and happiness in certainty of faith and contentment. He has placed worry
and misery in discontent and doubt.
Bukhari:
o True enrichment does not come through possessing a lot of wealth, but true enrichment is
enrichment of the soul.

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There are 2 Types of Happiness
Blameworthy
o Surah al Qasas, ayah 76
Remember when his people said to him, Do not exult (with riches, being ungrateful to
Allah). Verily Allah likes not those who exult (with riches, being ungrateful to Allah).
Qarun came up in pride, and Allah split the earth beneath him and destroyed him
Commendable

To be Happy:
Think and thank
o Think of all the blessings that Allah has blessed you with and thank Him for it
o As simple as thinking and thanking Allah that He made the earth so that we can walk on it, despite
all our sins
Think if we had to pay $ for the air we breathe
Dont wait for anyone to thank you
o You are doing business with Allah, youre not doing business with people
o Imp sometimes to get recognition, but we often dont get that recognition, e.g. as a parent, a
spouse
We often dont get recognition because its part of the package
o Youll never be happy if you wait for people to thank you because people will never likely come and
do this
o Despite this, we should remember to thank people because those who do not thank people do not
thank Allah
Doing ihsan to others will bring you contentment and happiness
o Do ihsan to Muslims and non-Muslims alike
o Can be as trivial as a smile in the face of your brother
o Bringing contentment in the lives of others can make you happy
Fill your time with things that are beneficial
o Sometimes go through anxiety and depression because you have too much free time busy that
time with beneficial things
Belief in Qada and Qadr the whim and decree of Allah
o Dont regret over the past
Certainly, after hardship comes ease
o Trust Allah that after hardship comes ease dont despair
o It cant always be night - at some point the sun will rise
o When youre going through hardship, look at it like a cloud that is moving and it will be clear again
and youll move on
Turn a loss into a gain
o Be optimistic
o Think about what you want to see have a vision and be optimistic
o E.g. Ibn Taymiyyah wrote books in jail
o Be a winner wherever you are
o In bad situations, think about what you can learn from it
Dua
o Whenever you are going through difficulties, make dua
Whoever leaves something for the sake of Allah, Allah shall reward him with something that is better
o Hadith Qudsi in which a man lost his eye and Muhammad (SAW) said that Allah said that when My
servant goes through the test of Me taking his sight away, if he shows patience, I will reward him
with Jannah
Dhikr of Allah
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o Certainly it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts find ease
Dont envy anyone
o Envy burns your good deeds as fire burns wood
o Why would you envy anyone for what Allah has blessed him with?
have good feelings for that person and hope to be like him, but dont wish for the
blessings to be seized from that person
Prayers
o Muhammad (SAW) said you commit sins, then you pray fajr and it washes off all the bad deeds
you have done; then you commit sins, then you pray dhuhr and it washes off all the bad deeds; this
happens for each prayer; then when you pray ishaa, it will wash everything off, and then you will go
to sleep clean like a baby nothing will be written on you until you wake up the next day
Delegate your affairs to Allah
o Tawakkul put your trust in Allah
Dont carry the entire world on your shoulders
o Some people are always complaining about anything and are always sad
o Dont worry about everything in the world
o Dont forget the problems in the world, but make dua and praise Allah for what weve been blessed
with
Please Allah before anybody else
o Do everything you can do, but you can never please everyone
o If you choose to please Allah, youll be happy
Be content with what you have
o Doesnt mean you shouldnt seek perfection and excellence and strive for more
Muhammad (SAW) had the fastest camel nothing wrong with religious people being rich
or having nice things
Give to others
o Chinese proverb if you want happiness for an hour, take a nap; if you want happiness for the day,
go fishing; if you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune; if you want happiness for a lifetime,
help someone
o The happiest people are not those who get the most, they are those who give the most
Make sure Allah is happy with you

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Are You a Loner?
The Degree of Alienation

The people who follow the religion of Allah often feel the sense of not belonging because they choose to
follow the truth
Sometimes this feeling occurs within your own family or community
Muhammad (SAW) has given glad tidings to those strangers has given them great news
Be happy youre a stranger
Surah Hood, ayah 116
o If only there had been among the generations before you, persons having wisdom, prohibiting
(others) from Al-Fasad (disbelief, polytheism, and all kinds of crimes and sins) in the earth, (but
there were none) except a few of those whom We saved from among them.
except a few of those refers to the strangers
Surah Yoosuf, ayah 103
o And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly.
Surah Saba, ayah 13
o But few of My slaves are grateful.
People often ignore the blessings of Allah and do not look at what they have, rather they
focus on what they dont have

o
Hadith in which Anas ibn Maalik (RA) narrates that the Prophet (SAW) said:
o It is possible that a disheveled, dusty person, with not many belongings [literally, with two
headdresses], who is not noticed among the people, if he asks of Allah, Allah will fulfill his prayer.
o Indeed, order good and forbid evil until you see stinginess being obeyed, and desires being
followed, and this world preferred [over the next], and each person being deluded by his own
opinions. Then take care of yourself and leave the common people. For indeed, after you there
will be days of patience, where patience will be like holding onto glowing embers. Whoever is able
to do this will have the reward of fifty people that do like him. They asked, O Messenger of Allah,
the reward of fifty of them? He replied, The reward of fifty of you.

3 Types of Strangeness

Strangeness of the Muslim adherents
o A Muslim is a stranger in this world, but hes not afraid to be a stranger
o This is a praiseworthy strangeness
o Hadith in which Abu Hurayrah (RA) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:
Islam began as something strange and will revert to being strange as it began, so give
glad tidings to the strangers.
Strangeness of the adherents of the sunnah
o The beard and hijab are the origin, but now become a stranger because you choose to adhere to
the sunnah
o The Muslims are very few in number but they are like the white thread on a black bull they stand
out
o Dont care about the quantity of Muslims quantity has never been an issue in Islam, e.g. the
battle of Badr
o The issue is quality, not quantity
o Now we have the quantity of Muslims, but not the quality we are like the foam on the ocean
o We need to come together as one body as Muhammad (SAW) described in the hadith if one part of
the body feels pain, the entire body feels pain then we will see the dignity and victory from Allah
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Our segregation is making us weak
o Muhammad (SAW) said I wish to meet my brothers; the sahaba said arent we your brothers; he
said no, you are my companions, my brothers are those who will come after me and believe in me
Muhammad (SAW) also longs to see us
o Muhammad (SAW) said those who adamantly cling to the sunnah, the reward of one of them is the
equivalent of 50 sahabis
Strangeness in this world
o This is a praiseworthy strangeness

Qualities of the Strangers:

Hadith: Those who remain in the state of righteousness when the people are in a state of moral decay
Another narration which says Those who revive my sunnah when people rebuke the sunnah and introduce
bidaa

Some ways that Help Ward off Strangeness:

Adhering to Allahs rope
o Obedience to Allah
Reviving the Islamic brotherhood
o We cant do it alone, we have to do it together
o The segregation that is happening now is weakening us
Enjoining good and forbidding evil
o Use hikma
Endurance
o Patience and fortitude to face the crisis we are going through
Never despairing
o Allah has promised that Islam shall be victorious

How do you want to be remembered?
o Do something with your life that people will remember contribute and leave a legacy!

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The Weapon of the Believer
The Station of Supplication

Allah is Al-Mujeeb the One who answers the call of the needy
The day when all the doors are locked before you, you resort to Allah
The One who wants you to make dua to him
Surah Ghaafir, ayah 60
o And your Lord said, Invoke Me [i.e. believe in My Oneness (Islamic Monotheism) and ask Me for
anything] I will respond to your (invocation).
Just ask Allah He wants you to ask Him
Surah al Baqarah, ayah 186
o And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad (SAW)) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am
indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he
calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor). So let them obey Me and believe in Me, so that
they may be led aright.
Many ayahs that start with saying They ask you about ____, tell them __... except in this
ayah
When it says When My servants ask you O Muhammad, it doesnt say tell them, rather
Allah directly answers and says I am near, I answer the call of the needy.
The only requirement is that you have to believe in Allah and obey Him
Everyday billions of people supplicate to Allah Allah hears each of them and responds to the call of each
person because he is Al Mujeeb
o Allah loves it when we ask of Him - He gets upset when we dont ask
Hadith in Bukhari whosoever does not invoke Allah, Allah will become angry with that person
Hadith in Bukhari Dua is worship
Surah al Araaf, ayah 180
o And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah, so call on Him by them, and leave the
company of those who belie or deny (or utter impious speech against) His Names.

Ibn al Qayyim said:
o Dua is like a weapon, and a weapon is only as good as the person who is using it; it is not merely
a matter of how sharp it is. If the weapon is perfect and free of faults, and the arm of the person
using it is strong, and there is nothing stopping him, then he can lay waste the enemy. But if any of
these three features are lacking, then the effect will be lacking accordingly.

Conditions for Dua to be Accepted:

Ask Allah with His names and attributes
o Surah al Araaf, ayah 180
o When we ask things of people, we ask a certain way think of how we ask people for things
o Say bismillah walhamdullilah wasalatu wasalama wa Rasoolula prepare your dua
o Then ask with His names and attributes
o Muhammad (SAW) used to begin his dua by saying O Allah I ask you by every name that I know
and every name that I do not know.
o Have etiquette when you make dua
o Umar (RA) used to say my worry is not whether Allah will answer my dua, but my worry is that I ask
Allah the right way so that Allah will answer my dua
Obeying Allahs commands
Sincerity
Invoke Him using His Beautiful Names
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Praise and glorify Him
Facing the Qiblah
o A sunnah of Muhammad (SAW) - Umar (RA) went to see Muhammad (SAW) in the Battle of Badr;
he saw Muhammad (SAW) in the tent and he was facing the Qibla and raising his hands
Raising the hands
Repeating the duaa thrice
Al-Illhah (Invoke Him continuously)
o Have determination and persistence in your dua keep continuously asking Allah
o One of three things happen when you make dua:
Allah answers your dua on the spot
Allah wards off an evil that was meant to happen to you
Allah will store something for you in Jannah as a replacement to the extent that you will
wish that Allah didnt answer any of your duas
Dont doubt the duaa
o If you doubt the duaa you make, Allah will never answer your dua
o Muhammad (SAW) said make dua to Allah having no doubt in your heart that Allah will not answer
your dua; Allah does not answer the dua of an oblivious heart
o The best time to cry is when you are making dua
Seek the best times
o Last third of the night
o When it rains
o Friday between Asr and Maghrib one hour in this time
o Before breaking your fast
o Arafah
o Travelling
o In sujood
o When youre sick
o When delivering a baby
o Between adhan and Iqama
o Dua of a mother to her child
o In Ramadan
o Dua of the oppressed

If you want your dua to be accepted, seek halal
o Bukhari The man who is travelling and raising his hands invoking Allah, but he eats from haram,
dresses from haramhow can Allah answer the dua that comes from such a man
If you deal with haram, maybe that is why Allah doesnt answer your dua

Reasons Why Dua is Not Answered:

You know Allah, yet you do not obey Him
You recite the Quran, yet you do not act according to it
You know Shaytan, yet you have agreed with him
You proclaim that you love the Messenger of Allah (SAW), yet you abandon his sunnah
You proclaim your love for Paradise, yet you do not act to gain it
You proclaim your fear for the Fire, yet you do not prevent yourselves from sins

Qabeelat Falaah 33

The Final Stretch
The End of the Journey

When Imam Ahmed was dying, his son was telling him to la illa illa Allah and Imam Ahmed kept saying no,
no, no; he said Shaytan kept coming to him and telling him to accept other religions

Surah an-Nisaa, ayah 78
o Whosoever you may be, death will overtake you even if you are in fortresses built up strong and
high.
Surah ar-Rahman, ayahs 26 and 27
o Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish. And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honor will
remain forever.
Surah az-Zumar, ayah 30
o Verily, you (O Muhammad (SAW)) will die and verily, they (too) will die.
o Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in
full.
Surah al-Qasas, ayah 88
o Everything (that exists) will perish except Him.
Surah az-Zumar, ayah 42
o It is Allah that takes the souls (of men) at death; and those that die not (He takes) during their
sleep: those on whom He has passed the decree of death, He keeps back from returning them to
life) but the rest He sends (to their bodies) for a term appointed. Verily in this as Signs for those
who reflect.
Surah Ghaafir, ayah 39
o O my People! This life of the present is nothing but (temporary) convenience. It is the Hereafter
that is the Home that will last.
Surah al-Jumuah, ayah 8
o Say: Verily, the death from which you flee will surely meet you, then you will be sent back to
(Allah), then All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, and He will tell you what you used to do.
Hadith narrated by Abu Hurayrah (RA) in which the Prophet (SAW):
o The life span of my followers is between sixty and seventy. Very few of them do exceed this age.
o Always remember the Destroyer of pleasure.

We are scared to talk about death, but its the reality we all have to go through
Leverage all of the chances Allah gives you in the dunya take advantage of them in the dunya because
when you die, your soul will say give me another chance so I can do good deeds do good deeds now
If you are amongst the believers, youll see beautiful angels with bright faces when you die theyll help you
say la illaha illa Allah
If your are amongst the disbelievers, scary looking angels will come to take your soul when you die
o Think of how scared youll be at the moment of your death because you dont know which angels
are coming do good deeds now
When you die and are put in your grave, that is when your real life starts
This life is just a bridge to the real life
Hadith about Muhammad (SAW) sleeping on a straw mat which left marks on him he said the disbelievers
have the dunya and I have the akhira
The time in the grave for the believers will be like praying 2 rakats
The believer will feel no pain or harm in the grave they will see their place in Jannah
The disbelievers grave will crush him it will feel so tight on him
The grave is either a garden of heaven or a pit of hellfire
Qabeelat Falaah 34

Hadith in Bukhari in which Muhammad (SAW) was walking by a graveyard and heard people being
punished in their graves one used to engage in backbiting, the other used to not protect himself when
urinating

Causes of the Punishment of the Grave

Disobedience of Allah
Shirk
Hypocrisy
o Quran those hypocrites with many faces, they will be in the lowest part of Hellfire
Not taking care to avoid getting urine on oneself
Spreading malicious gossip among people
Lying
Sleeping and missing an obligatory prayer
Neglecting the Quran
Riba (interest)
Adultery and fornication
Eating haram
Dealing with haram

Salvation from the Punishment of the Grave

Crying out of the fear of Allah
Tawheed
Obedience of Allah
Observing the sunnah
Living with the sunnah
Salah
Obedience to the parents
Gathering of Ilm
Reciting Surah al Mulk before going to sleep
o Surah al Mulk comes and accompanies you in your grave
Pondering for a moment before going to sleep
o ibn al Qayyim says ponder every night before going to sleep about your life and yourself; if you are
a sinner, repent to Allah and then try to reconciliate between you and Allah accountability
o Umar (RA) used to do accountability before going to sleep every night would say O Umar, what
would you tell your Lord tomorrow?

Signs of a Good Ending

Saying la illaha illah Allah
o Muhammad (SAW) said whoever says this as their last words, they will be admitted to Paradise
Dying with sweat on their forehead
o Hadith: the believer dies with having sweat on his forehead
Dying on the day or night of Friday
o Hadith: There is not a Muslim that dies on a Friday but Allah saves him from the trial of the grave
Dying of the plague
o Hadith: The plague is martyrdom for every Muslim
Qabeelat Falaah 35

o Hadith: 5 are martyrs: the one who dies of a plague, the one who dies of an abdominal disease, the
one who dies of drowning, the one who is buried alive and dies, the one who is killed in the cause
of Allah
Dying by being crushed by a wall
Dying from being burned
Dying while giving birth
o Hadith - the woman who dies while giving birth is a martyr; her baby will drag her by the umbilical
cord to Jannah
Dying defending you religion
Dying while defending your wealth
Dying while doing a good deed
Dying in self defense

Qabeelat Falaah 36

How to Break Better Than Even
The Degree of Steadfastness Istiqama

Iman increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience
Surah Fussilat, ayah 30 and 31
o Verily, those who say, Our Lord is Allah (Alone), and then stand firm, on them the angels will
descend (at the time of their death) (saying), Fear not, nor grieve! But receive the glad tidings of
Paradise which you have been promised! We have been your friends in the life of this world and
are (so) in the Hereafter. Therein you shall have (all) that your inner-selves desire, and therein you
shall have (all) for which you ask.
2 interpretations of when these angels will descend:
Mujahid these angels will descend on them at the time of death to bring the
glad tiding and to help you say la illaha illa Allah and to help you remain
steadfast because you will be so scared
o If you are a person of belief, these angels will descend on you at the
time of death to bring you glad tidings
o They will tell you fear not, grieve not, but receive the glad tiding of
Paradise this person will know that they are amongst the people of
Jannah before they even die
o Youll be so happy and youll be able to say la illaha illa Allah you will
ask the angels who they are
Ibn Abbas these are the angels that will come to you at the time of resurrection;
you will wake up and youll be in the land of the Hereafter; everybody will be
resurrected and youll be so scared; these angels will come to you and say we
are your friends in this life, and in the Hereafter
Both interpretations are correct the angels come upon you twice; first at the time of
death, and then again at the time of resurrection
These angels will help you stay strong and stay in the state of steadfastness
because in the dunya, you stood firm to the deen of Allah and lived with Allah
and Muhammad (SAW) throughout trials and problems

Surah al-Ahqaaf, ayah 13
o Verily, those who say, Our Lord is (only) Allah, and there after stand firm (on the Islamic faith of
monotheism), and on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
Surah Ibrahim, ayah 27
o Allah will keep firm those who believe, with the word that stands firm in this world and in the
Hereafter. And Allah will cause to go astray those who are dhaalimoon (polytheists, wrongdoers,
etc.), and Allah does what He wills.
Surah al-Baqarah, ayah 25
o And give glad tidings to those who believe and do righteous good deed that, for them, will be
gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise).
Surah an-Nisaa, ayah 57
o But those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism) and do deeds of
righteousness, We shall admit them to Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), abiding therein
forever.
Surah al-Muminoon, ayahs 1 to 11:
o Successful indeed are the believers.
Those who offer their salat (prayers) will full solemnity and full submissiveness.
And those who turn away from al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil, or vain talk, falsehood, and all
that Allah has forbidden.
Qabeelat Falaah 37

And those who pay the Zakat.
And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual intercourse).
Except from their wives or (slaves) that their right hands possess for then, they are free
of blame. But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors.
Those who are faithfully true to their Amanat (all duties which Allah has ordained,
honesty, moral responsibility and trusts) and to their covenants.
And those who strictly guard their (five compulsory congregational) salawat (prayers) (at
their fixed stated hours).
These are indeed the inheritors who shall inherit the Firdaws (Paradise). They shall dwell
therein forever.

Hadith in which a man came to the Prophet (SAW) and said, Advise me, and he (SAW) said, Say, I
believe in Allah, and remain steadfast.
Umm Salamah (RA) narrates that he Prophet (SAW) said, O Controller of the hearts, make my heart
steadfast upon Your religion.
Abu Umamah (RA) narrates that the Prophet (SAW) said:
o I guarantee a house in Jannah for one who gives up arguing, even if he is in the right; and I
guarantee a house in the middle of Jannah for one who abandons lying, even when joking for the
sake of fun; and I guarantee a house in the highest part of Jannah for one who has good manners.

In Jannah, you shall have everything you desired all that you asked for
o In Jannah, its all about desire just desire it and it will come to you, you dont have to do anything
Hadith about the last man who enter Jannah Musa (AS) asked Allah who this man is; Allah said this is a
man who comes from hellfire and goes to Jannah, and then comes from Jannah and goes back to Allah and
says Jannah is packed and there is no room for me; Allah tells this man, would you like your
accommodation in Jannah to be equivalent to the greatest kingdom on earth (the kingdom of Sulaiman); the
man says yes; Allah says you have the same; Allah tells the man, would you like your accommodation in
Jannah to be twice the size of the greatest kingdom on earth; the man says yes; Allah says you have the
same twice; this goes on until Allah gives him his place in Jannah equivalent to 10 times the greatest
kingdom on earth
o This is the lowest man in Jannah
In a different narration, this man comes out from hellfire crawling and he looks back at Hellfire and says
Alhamdullilah that Allah has saved me from you and He has given me something that He has given to
nobody before me or after me (he doesnt know about the other people Allah has given Jannah to); as he is
going to Jannah, he sees a trees and says O Allah, get me closer to that tree; Allah says, if I were to get you
close to that tree, would you not ask me for anything else; the man says yes; Allah takes him closer; then he
sees a tree more beautiful that the first tree; he says O Allah, please get me closer to the 2
nd
tree; Allah says
didnt you say you wouldnt ask me for anything else; the man says yes, but he is overtaken by the beauty of
this tree; Allah forgives him and takes him close to the 2
nd
tree; then he sees a 3
rd
tree more beautiful than
the first and the second; then he says O Allah, please get me close to this and I wont ask you for anything
else; Allah takes him close to the tree and it happens to be close to the gates of Jannah; he hears the
people of Jannah; Allah asks the man if he wants his place in Jannah to be equivalent to the greatest
kingdom on earth; the man asked Allah are you fooling me?; Allah smiled and said Im not fooling you, I am
the All Powerful, I am Allah
o This is the last man to enter Jannah and this is the Mercy of Allah
Allah says he has prepared things eyes have never seen, ears have never heard, hearts have never felt for
his slaves in Jannah

Qabeelat Falaah 38

Means of Steadfastness:

Obedience to Allah
Turning towards the Quran
Studying stories of the Prophet (SAW) and the companions
o E.g. Bilal kept saying Ahad Ahad rather than other names of Allah because that was the only name
that would make the people torturing him mad he was enjoying the torture
Dhikr
Dua
Calling others to Allah
o Your nafs and Shaytan are your main enemies
o Shaytan is calling people towards evil, so if you call people towards good, you will be the enemy of
Shaytan and Shaytan will stay off your path
Befriending the righteous
o We are a mirror onto each other
o If I look at a friend, I should look at myself
Patience
Thinking about the reward and the delight of Jannah

The utmost pleasure of Allah is seeing the face of Allah does this even increases the beauty of people in
Jannah

The Gateways to Jannah:

Obedience of Allah
Pleasing Allah
o If Allah is on your side, you are the most successful person on earth
Tawbah
Dhikr
Accountability
Salah
Doing good deeds
Inviting towards Allah
Recitation of the Quran
Learning and teaching the Quran
Spreading salam
Visiting each other
Visiting the sick
Helping those need and in debt
Maintaining family ties
Good character
Managing your anger
Patience
Taking care of orphans
Making wudu
Dua after wudu
Building a masjid
Going to the masjid
Salah
Qabeelat Falaah 39

Fajr and Isha in the masjid
Going to Jumaa
Qiyam ul Layl
Fasting
Giving sadaqa
Steadfastness
Hajj/Umrah
Smile in the face of your brother
Safeguarding the tongue and private parts

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