tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48638746568117620242024-03-05T00:52:35.429-05:00'An 'Abaadan Shakoorah.."Indeed We showed him the way (to understanding and insight for distinguishing between the Truth and falsehood) whether he (now) becomes thankful or continues to be ungrateful."--Surah Al-Dahr,Verse 3.An Abaadan Shakoorahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13255928426206770671noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863874656811762024.post-64022992425787420452013-07-28T05:02:00.003-04:002013-07-28T05:05:33.670-04:00Ramadan Reflection #5<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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An Abaadan Shakoorahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13255928426206770671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863874656811762024.post-29332041887945502992013-07-28T04:48:00.001-04:002013-07-28T04:49:47.099-04:00Ramadan Reflection #4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><i>Reported Abu Hurairah (radhiAllaahu anhu): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales, and do not count others' faults, do not spy, do not be envious of one another, do not desert (cut your relation) with one another, and do not hate one another. And be brothers (as Allaah had ordered you)." </i></b></span><b style="color: purple;">[Bukhari and Muslim]</b></span></div>
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An Abaadan Shakoorahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13255928426206770671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863874656811762024.post-26108642650189055112013-07-23T03:02:00.000-04:002013-07-23T03:02:48.402-04:00Surah Waqiah by Ibraheem Al-Jibreen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">So I haven't updates this blog in months *cries*. I've been thinking about doing so for a while now. Considering that it is Ramadan, I figured what better time to hop back on that bandwagon than now inshaAllaah? Seeing that this blessed month is the perfect time for renewal and to start afresh, here's me 'seizing the opportunity' inshaAllaah.</span></div>
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SubhaanAllaah. How many times do we find ourselves actually focused on either our own recitation or the Imaam's? Allaah being so Merciful has enjoined 5 daily prayers on us to worship. That's 5 down from 50. Are we so easily distracted that we cannot take a few minutes out of our day to SOLELY focus on worshipping Him? Why is it that we can focus our attention on anything else if need be, but when it comes time for Salaah, we have a million things besides the ONE that matters, racing through our minds?<br />
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An Abaadan Shakoorahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13255928426206770671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863874656811762024.post-57172356661608867172012-12-02T06:21:00.000-05:002012-12-02T06:21:09.453-05:00Tackling Low Emaan..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So I've been meaning to just sit down and jot down some ideas on how to increase our emaan in times of low emaan. Of course as human beings, we do experience dips in emaan every now and then. It all depends on how we pick ourselves back up. The main thing is to realize and acknowledge that we are at a low-point. Once we acknowledge this, Insha'Allah we can take steps to recover from it. Some ways in in increasing our emaan may be:<br />
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<li>Attend Islamic lectures or classes (This, I personally find is always a big booster)</li>
<li>Fast the sunnah fasts of Monday and Thursday</li>
<li>Fast the 'White days' or the 14th, 15th, and 16th of each Islamic month.</li>
<li>Be sincere with your deeds (niyaah/intention)</li>
<li>Must, must, must keep the waajib (obligatory) prayers going.</li>
<li>Maybe read the seerah of our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him)</li>
<li>Why not read about all the Prophets (peace be upon them all)</li>
<li>Make du'a. Lot's and lot's and lot's of du'a to increase our emaan and make us better Muslims</li>
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So the following is some information about these blessed 10 days that are soon coming to an end, from a sister's halaqa (amazing halaqa btw, mashaAllaah).<br />
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<em>Ibn 'Abbaas (radhiAllaahu anhu) reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: <br />There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allaah than these ten days." The people asked, "Not even Jihaad for the sake of Allaah?" He (peace be upon him) said, "Not even jihaad for the sake of Allaah, except in the case of a man who went out to fight giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing." --Reported by al-Bukhari, 2/457)</em></div>
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<em>Aa'isha (radhiAllaahu anha) narrated that our Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "There is no day on which Allaah frees more people from the Fire than on the day of Arafat. He comes close and expresses His pride to the angels saying, 'What do these people (the Hajis) want?'" --Sahih Muslim</em></div>
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<em>When the Messenger of Allaah (peace be upon him) was asked about the fasting on the Day of Arafat, he said: "It expiates the sins of the previous year and that of the following year." --Sahih Muslim</em></div>
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<li><strong>Khatm-ul-Qur'aan - </strong><em>Or at least read more than you normally do; Look up the english version </em><em>of <strong>Surah Al-Hajj.</strong></em></li>
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<li><strong>Good Deeds in General </strong><em>- Smile, give sadaqa, reconcile with family memebers and old friends, forgive others. If you can't seem to do any good deeds for some reason, make du'a to Allaah, and at least <strong>ABSTAIN FROM SINNING</strong>.</em></li>
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<em>May Allaah accept our repentance and reward all those performing Hajj. *Ameen*</em></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><i>"If you avoid the major (part) of what you have been forbidden (to do), We will cancel out for you your (other) evil deeds and will admit you (to Paradise) with a noble entry."</i></span></span></b></blockquote>
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Not fasting on a Day of Ramadhan without excuse</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">07. Not performing Hajj, while being able to do so</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">08. Disrespect to parents</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">09. Abandoning relatives</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">10. Fornication and Adultery</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">11. Homosexuality(sodomy)</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">12. Interest(Riba)</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">13. Wrongfully consuming the property of an orphan</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">14. Lying about Allaah and His Messenger (peace be upon him)</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">15. Running away from the battlefield</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">16. A leader's deceiving his people and being unjust to them</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">17. Pride and arrogance</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">18. Bearing false witness</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">19. Drinking Khamr (wine)</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">20. Gambling</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">21. Slandering chaste women</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">22. Stealing from the spoils of war</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">23. Stealing</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">24. Highway Robbery</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">25. Taking false oath</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">26. Oppression</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">27. Illegal gain</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">28. Consuming wealth acquired unlawfully</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">29. Committing suicide</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">30. Frequent lying</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">31. Judging unjustly</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">32. Giving and Accepting bribes</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">33. Woman's imitating man and man's imitating woman</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">34. Being cuckold</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">35. Marrying a divorced woman in order to make her lawful for the husband</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">36. Not protecting oneself from urine</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">37. Showing-off</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">38. Learning knowledge of the religion for the sake of this world and concealing that knowledge</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">39. Bertrayal of trust</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">40. Recounting favours</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">41. Denying Allaah's Decree</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">42. Listening (to) people's private conversations</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">43. Carrying tales</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">44. Cursing</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">45. Breaking contracts</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">46. Believing in fortune-tellers and astrologers</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">47. A woman's bad conduct towards her husband</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">48. Making statues and pictures</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">49. Lamenting, wailing, tearing the clothing, and doing other things of this sort when an affliction befalls</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">50. Treating others unjustly</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">51. Overbearing conduct toward the wife, the servant, the weak, and animals</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">52. Offending one's neighbour</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">53. Offending and abusing Muslims</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">54. Offending people and having an arrogant attitude toward them</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">55. Trailing one's garment in pride</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">56. Men's wearing silk and gold</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">57. A slave's running away from his master</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">58. Slaughtering an animal which has been dedicated to anyone other than Allah</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">59. To knowingly ascribe one's paternity to a father other than one's own</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">60. Arguing and disputing violently</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">61. Witholding excess water</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">62. Giving short weight or measure</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">63. Feeling secure from Allaah's Plan</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">64. Offending Allaah's righteous friends</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">65. Not praying in congregation but praying alone without an excuse</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">66. Persistently missing Friday Prayers without any excuse</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">67. Unsurping the rights of the heir through bequests</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">68. Deceiving and plotting evil</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">69. Spying for the enemy of the Muslims</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">70. Cursing or insulting any of the Companions of Allaah's Messenger (peace be upon them all)</b></span></div>
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An Abaadan Shakoorahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13255928426206770671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863874656811762024.post-30283753460240663002012-08-15T08:54:00.002-04:002012-08-15T09:05:50.027-04:00The Night of Power..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a night in the month of Ramadhan which is better than a thousand months (83 years, 4 months). This night is called Laylatul-Qadr. The Revelation of the Qur'aan started in the month of Ramadhan and specifically on
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Prophet (peace be upon him) described the morning after Laylatul-Qadr so that the Muslim may know which day it is. He (peace be upon him) also advised what is most appropriate to recite during this blessed night.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Aisha (radhiAllaahu anha) reported that she asked the Prophet (peace be upon him), "O Messenger of Allaah! If I knew which night is the night of power (Laylatul-Qadr), what should I say during it?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) advised her to recite: <strong><em><span style="color: #bf9000;">Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun tuhhibul 'afwa fa' fu 'annee." </span></em></strong></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“With my veil, I put my faith on display — rather than my beauty. My value as a human is defined by my relationship with God, not by my looks. I cover the irrelevant. And when you look at me, you don’t see a body. You view me only for what I am: …a servant of my Creator. You see, as a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to the King.” </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Such a beautiful excerpt from a very well written article subhaanAllaah. You can find the rest of the article </span></em><a href="http://www.suhaibwebb.com/ummah/women/a-letter-to-the-culture-that-raised-me/" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></em></a><em><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> inshaaAllaah. </span></em></div>
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Here's a random post. I am absolutely in love with this nasheed at the moment. The munshid is Nassir Al-Saeed who is also a Qari, subhaanAllaah.<br />
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