AbdurRahman

*AN EDUCATIVE AND INSPIRING STORY*  “My boss drove a luxury car everyday and it was my duty to greet him and to open the gates for him, as I worked as a watchman in his villa. But he never responded back to my greetings. One day he saw me opening the garbage bags outside the villa in search for any leftover food. But, as usual he never even looked at me, it was like as if he never saw anything! The very next day I saw a paper bag at the same place, but it was clean and the food inside was covered well.  It was fresh and good food like someone had just brought it from the supermarket.  I didn't bother as to where it came from, I just took the paper bag and I was so happy about it. Every day I found this paper bag at the same place with fresh vegetables and all that we needed for home.  This became my daily routine. I was eating and sharing this food with my wife and kids.  I was wondering who this fool could be?! To forget his paper bag full of fresh food everyda...

﷽ *Let's Change Our Mindsets About Marriage* *Episode 156* *"MY WIFE, I AM SORRY"* He woke up in the morning and found her praying. He heard her praying for him.He stared at her. It has been a long time since he has seen her praying. For the past few months, they have been arguing. Last night, they had a nasty fight.He went to the kitchen in a hurry to prepare himself breakfast. These past days, she hasn't been cooking for him. Shock on him. He found breakfast already set at the table. He ate. He went back to the bedroom, to prepare for a shower. She left the shower. "Good morning. Have a blessed day" she said as she entered the bedroom and he left for the bathroom. After his shower, all dressed up for work; he found his wife at the kitchen, eating breakfast in peace. She was looking at some funny videos on her phone and giggling. He looked at her then walked out the door. The last look he had of her before he left was of her at peace. That last look disturb...

﷽ *HISNUL MUSLIM ('Fortress Of The Muslim' Or 'Citadel Of The Believer')* *Episode 94* *DU'Ā WHEN MOUNTING AN ANIMAL OR ANY MEANS OF TRANSPORT* بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَناَ هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، اللَّهُ أكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أكْبَرُ، سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَاَّ أَنْتَ Bismillaah , Alhamdu lillaah . Subhaanal-lathee sakhkhara lanaa haathaa wa maa kunnaa lahu muqrineen. Wa 'innaa 'ilaa Rabbinaa lamunqaliboon . Alhamdu lillaah, alhamdu lillaah, alhamdu lillaah, Allaahu 'Akbar, Allaahu 'Akbar, Allaahu 'Akbar, subhaanakal-laahumma 'innee dhalamtu nafsee faghfir lee, fa'innahu laa yaghfiruth-thunooba 'illaa 'Anta. In the Name of Allah. Praise is to Allah. Glory is to Him Who has provided this for us t...

﷽ *First Hadīth Of The Day* حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي  بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ  عُقْبَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ـ  رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ رُئِيَ وَهُوَ  فِي مُعَرَّسٍ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ بِبَطْنِ الْوَادِي قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّكَ  بِبَطْحَاءَ مُبَارَكَةٍ‏.‏ وَقَدْ أَنَاخَ بِنَا سَالِمٌ، يَتَوَخَّى  بِالْمُنَاخِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يُنِيخُ، يَتَحَرَّى مُعَرَّسَ  رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ أَسْفَلُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ  الَّذِي بِبَطْنِ الْوَادِي، بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الطَّرِيقِ وَسَطٌ مِنْ  ذَلِكَ‏.‏  Narrated Musa bin `Uqba:                         Salim bin `Abdullah's father said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said that while resting in the bottom of the valley at  Muarras in Dhul-Hulaifa, he had been addressed in a dream: 'You are verily in a b...

﷽ *Surah An-Nisa, Verse 143:* مُّذَبْذَبِينَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ لَا إِلَىٰ هَٰؤُلَاءِ وَلَا إِلَىٰ هَٰؤُلَاءِ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ سَبِيلًا (They are) swaying between this and that, belonging neither to these nor to those, and he whom Allah sends astray, you will not find for him a way (to the truth - Islam).   *COMMENTARY* If we choose evil deliberately and double our guilt by fraud and deception, we do not deceive Allāh (Sub-haanahu wata'aala), but we deceive ourselves. We deprive ourselves of the Grace of Allāh, and are left straying away from the pain. In that condition who can guide us or show us the Way? Our true and right instincts become blunted: our fraud makes us unstable in character; when our fellow-men find out our fraud, any advantages we may have gained by the fraud are lost; and we become truly distracted in mind. ﷽ *Surah An-Nisa, Verse 144:* يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَتُرِيدُو...

THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Ahad, 7th day of Dhul Qa'adah (Sunday 28th June, 2020). *_HUGE DOWRIES/MAHAR, AN OBSTACLE TO MARRIAGE CONTINUES_*. Bismillah.  Let's continue from the reminder yesterday; please note that our parents errors in delaying our marriages are not a chance to commit crimes against our souls.  The command to maintain chastity, for those who cannot afford to get married is to be found in the verse in which ALLAH , may HE be exalted, says: “But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until ALLAH enriches them from HIS bounty”[an-Noor 24:33]. Sheikh At-Tabari (may ALLAH have mercy on him) said: ALLAH , may HE be exalted, says: “But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations]” which means let those who cannot afford to marry refrain from doing that which ALLAH has forbidden to them of immoral deeds, until ALLAH enriches them from His vast bounty and expands His provision to them. ...

﷽ ➖➖➖ *TRIAL OF THE GRAVE* ➖➖➖ *The deciding factor* ➖➖➖ We often hear of the Trials in the grave and how important the grave is in terms of our progression to Jannah in Al Akhirah, *but how important really is the grave?* _ Uthmaan رضي الله عنه used to pass by graves and weep and the people enquired _'Ya Uthmaan why is it when Al Akhirah (Jannah, Jahannam) is mentioned you do not weep, but when you remember the graves you weep?'_ He رضي الله عنه replied *_'The grave is the first stage in Al Akhirah, if it is easy then the rest of the stages will be easy, if it is difficult and tormenting then the rest of the stages will be the same'_* [Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2308] _ The grave is where our Soul is tested. Everyone will answer and what they answer depends solely on what they did in their lives. A man who didn't worship Allah ﷻ nor did he practice Islam, how could he say My Rabb is Allah ﷻ and My Deen is Islam?  A man who strove to please his Nafs and his desires and becam...

﷽ *Let's Change Our Mindsets About Marriage* *Episode 155* *MARRIAGE IS NOT FOR SMALL MINDS* (Copied) I used to interpret the saying "Marriage is not for small boys" to mean small boys in terms of age, until I visited a female mentor that has been in marriage for 67 years. I asked, so what is the secret of your over 67 years in marriage? You see, if a married lady keeps on nagging in the house, she pushes the spirit of her husband from the home. If you make the man unhappy, you make the house uncomfortable. So, I married without high expectations from my husband but simply to make him happy always. Yes, for the past 67 years, I would be the first to get up from bed and the last to go back to bed. I bath the kids, do devotions with them, prepare breakfast for my husband and boil hot water for him to bath. I iron his clothes he would take to work, kiss him and wish him the best in his daily endeavours. I asked my old woman, so then what does the man do in return? She laughe...

﷽ *HISNUL MUSLIM ('Fortress Of The Muslim' Or 'Citadel Of The Believer')* *Episode 93* *DU'Ā FOR FORBIDDANCE OF ASCRIBING THINGS TO OMENS* اللَّهُمَّ لَا طَيْرَ إِلَاَّ طَيْرُكَ، وَلَا خَيْرَ إِلَاَّ خَيْرُكَ، وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ Allaahumma laa tayra 'illaa tayruka, wa laa khayra 'illaa khayruka, wa laa 'ilaaha ghayruka. O Allah there is no portent other than Your portent, no goodness other than Your goodness, and none worthy of worship other than You. REFERENCE: Ahmad 2/220, Ibn As-Sunni (Hadith no. 292). {To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...} "And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers." (Qur-ān 51:55)

﷽ *First Hadīth Of The Day* حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ  يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ  عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم  أَنَاخَ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ فَصَلَّى بِهَا‏.‏ وَكَانَ  عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ‏.‏  Narrated Nafi`:                         `Abdullah bin `Umar' said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made his camel sit (i.e. he dismounted) at Al-Batha' in  Dhul-Hulaifa and offered the prayer." `Abdullah bin `Umar used to do the same.  Sahih Bukhari  (Hajj (Pilgrimage)) Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1532 In-book reference : Book 25, Hadith 20 ﷽ *Second Hadīth Of The Day* حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ  الْمُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ  نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ  رَسُولَ اللّ...

﷽ *Surah An-Nisa, Verse 141:* الَّذِينَ يَتَرَبَّصُونَ بِكُمْ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ فَتْحٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ قَالُوا أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ وَإِن كَانَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ نَصِيبٌ قَالُوا أَلَمْ نَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَنَمْنَعْكُم مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَاللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَن يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا Those (hyprocrites) who wait and watch about you; if you gain a victory from Allah, they say: "Were we not with you," but if the disbelievers gain a success, they say (to them): "Did we not gain mastery over you and did we not protect you from the believers?" Allah will judge between you (all) on the Day of Resurrection. And never will Allah grant to the disbelievers a way (to triumph) over the believers. *COMMENTARY* The methods and motives of Hypocrisy are thoroughly unmasked here. It has no principles, but watches for an opportunity to turn any event to its own advantage. If battle is joined between two incons...

THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum As-Sabt, 6th day of Dhul Qa'adah (Saturday 27th June, 2020). *_HUGE DOWRIES/MAHAR, AN OBSTACLE TO MARRIAGE_*. *Bismillah* Unfortunately, the huge demand of money and so called *Leefe* or clothing for women from young men by some parents has become the main obstacles to get married these days which is against the recommendations of the Prophet Muhammed sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Some parents are failing to know that hasten to offer their daughters out for marriage causes lots of fitnah or trials to the family with possibilities of our young and growing sisters falling into Zina or fornication which is now widespread in our communities today.  To all parents, please note that our children are a trust from ALLAH and we are accountable for their smooth upbringing till they attain adulthood. If we manage them well till they get married off our hands Alhamdulillah but if we put obstacles on their ways with huge demands of things from brothers before the...

A poor man always think the rich man made his wealth out of luck And the rich man believes the poor is poor because he is lazy A young lady who got married very early thinks ladies who are finding it hard to get married have bad character A man who just graduated and gets a job immediately thinks he is smarter than others While a woman who just got married and start giving birth sees "barren" women as people who lived a wayward life and probably have "occultic" husbands who sacrifices their babies. If only the poor knew the price the rich paid to get to the top and if only the rich knows the battles ,challenges that the poor is going through, none will ever form a theory about each other. If the poor can't appreciate the rich man's success let him mind his business if it is easy to be rich he wouldn't have been poor. And if the rich won't help the poor grow at least he should not kill the spirit of a struggling man If only you know what people endure...

﷽ *Let's Change Our Mindsets About Marriage* *Episode 154* *DEAR SISTERS,* If you loved someone and didn’t get married to him and he get married to someone else. Then don’t be in a relation with him, cut off all your contacts with him. He’s just playing with your emotions and it doesn’t matter how much he try to convince you that he still loves you, don’t get into his trap.He’s cheating his wife while being in contact with you, how can you think he will be sincere with you in future and displeasing Allah also.So better for you to be patient and make dua that Allah give you a pious spouse Insha’Allah! Ameen Free yourself from negative people. Spend your time with people who really care about you. Choose friends who make your day a little brighter. Life is too short to spend it with people who suck the life out of you. When you free yourself of negative people, you are free to be you. {To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...} "And keep reminding, because reminding benef...

﷽ *HISNUL MUSLIM ('Fortress Of The Muslim' Or 'Citadel Of The Believer')* *Episode 93* *DU'Ā FOR RETURNING A SUPPLICATION AFTER HAVING BESTOWED A GIFT OR CHARITY UPON SOMEONE* وَفِيكَ بَارَكَاللَّهُ Wafeekabaarakallaahu. And may Allah bless you. REFERENCE: Ibn As-Sunni (Hadith no. 278). {To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...} "And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers." (Qur-ān 51:55)