This is one of my favorite things about dua. I like that it’s like sharing a secret between me and Allah. Only Allah knows what I whisper to Him or ask of Him in my heart. I can open up about my deepest feelings, regrets, and hopes; and I know that I am sharing all of this with the best confidant.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) heard this man calling out to Allah with this mind-blowing dua; and this is truly a mind-blowing dua, I might even have difficulty translating it to be honest with you. But this man calls upon Allah and he says:
In order to build a personal connection with the Quran, a very unique activity is to write your own thoughts, reflections, and action items BASED on the tafsir that you read.
There is a special type of barakah that happens at the early morning. A tip for some of you that the fajr time is a time when most of the people in the household are sleeping. So those mothers who are working at home, perhaps working from home with...
It is this training which makes a man a perfect Muslim. Prayer reminds him of his covenant with God, refreshes his faith in Him, and keeps the belief in the Day of Judgment alive and ever present before his mind’s eye. It makes him follow the Prophet and trains him in the observance of his duties.
How can I be committing all of these sins and I pray? That's disrespectful, or that makes me a hypocrite. Pray. Allah says the prayer will take you away from sin. Sometimes people say, “look let me straighten my life out and inshallah I'm going to start praying!
Prayer beads are more than something to keep idle hands busy or to dangle from the rear-view mirrors of cars; they are used as a tool by which Muslims perform the dhikr, or pronouncements in remembrance of Allah as instructed by the Holy Quran.
Allah descends to the lowest heavens in the last third of the night and He asks: “Is there anyone repenting that I can accept their repentance? Is there anyone seeking forgiveness that I can forgive them? Anyone asking Me anything that I can give them?
Too often, we think that we should read the Noble Quran for at least one whole hour. If you are not in the habit of reading regularly, this is too much. Start off with just five minutes daily. If you took care of step one...
Various narrations indicate that when the Quran is completed, mercy descends, that people’s prayers are accepted and thousands of angels are present that say ‘Ameen’ to the supplications that are made at this time.
The purpose of I’tikaf is to focus on our Lord; it’s to direct our hearts to our Lord; to be in a state of dhikr, to be in a state of constant remembrance of Allah; to be in a state of reflecting upon what we should be reflecting upon…
The level of worship, here, is to show distress; it is when you ask Allah to really feel that you are lost of every other means but His help. He mentioned in the Quran: Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him...
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