Daily Azkar for protection from any unexpected affliction

Daily Azkar for protection from any unexpected affliction [recite 3 times]

بِسْمِ الله الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ ا سْمِهِ شَيْئٌ فِي الأَ رْضِ وَ لاَ فِي السـَّماءِ وَ هُوَ السَّمِیعُ العَلِيمُ

Bismillaahil-lathee laa yadhurru ma'as-mihi shay'un fil-'ardhi wa laa fis-samaa'i wa Huwas-Samee 'ul- 'Aleem .

In the name of Allah, with Whose name nothing on the earth or in the heavens can cause harm, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing

(Recite three times) Related by Aboo Daawud (#5088) from ‘Uthmaan bin ‘Afaan (may Allah be pleased with him), and its wording is: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Whoever says three times; In the name of Allah, with Whose Name nothing on the earth or in the heavens can cause harm, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, he will not be afflicted with an unexpected affliction until he reaches the morning, and whoever recites it three times upon entering the morning he will not be afflicted with an unexpected affliction until he reaches the evening.” Shaykh al-Albaanee (may Allah have mercy upon him) authenticated it in Saheeh Abee Daawud (#5088). And it was narrated by Abaan bin ‘Uthmaan said: I heard ‘Uthmaan bin ‘Afaan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah said: “There is not a slave who recites three times in the morning of every day and in the evening of every night; In the name of Allah, with Whose name nothing on the earth or in the heavens can cause harm, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, and have anything harm him.” And Abaan had been afflicted with a bout of paralysis when a man began staring at him so Abaan said to him,” What are you staring at? Did I not inform you of the narration however I had not recited the supplication the day Allah carried out over me what is from His Divine Decree?” Related by atTirmidhee (#3388) and Ibn Maajah (#3869), at-Tirmidhee said: It is Hasan Saheeh and al-‘Alaamah Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy upon him) agreed with its grade in Tuhfat-ul-Akhyaar

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The last 2 ayahs of Surah Baqarah

آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِهِ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ ۞ لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

'Aamanar-Rasoolu bimaa 'unzila ilaihi mir-Rabbihi walmu'minoon, kullun 'aamana billaahi wa malaa'ikatihi wa Kutubihi wa Rusulihi, laa nufarriqu bayna 'ahadim-mir-Rusulihi, wa qaaloo sami'naa wa 'ata'naa ghufraanaka Rabbanaa wa 'ilaykal-maseer. Laa yukallifullaahu nafsan 'illaa wus'ahaa, lahaa maa kasabat wa 'alayhaa mak-tasabat, Rabbanaa laa tu'aakhithnaa 'in naseenaa 'aw 'akhta'naa, Rabbanaa wa laa tahmil 'alaynaa 'isran kamaa hamaltahu 'alal-latheena min qablinaa, Rabbanaa wa laa tuhammilnaa maa laa taaqata lanaa bihi, wa'fu 'annaa, waghfir lanaa warhamnaa, 'Anta Mawlaanaa fansurnaa 'alal-qawmil-kaafireen.

The Messenger believes in what has been send down to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. They say: "We make no distinction between any of His Messengers," and they say: "We hear, and we obey. (We seek) Your Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the return." Allah burdens not a person beyond what he can bear. He gets reward for that (good) which he has earned, and he is punished for that (evil) which he has earned. Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error. Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us. Our Lord! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Pardon us and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Protector, and help us against the disbelieving people.

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "If somebody recited the last two Verses of Surat Al-Baqara at night, that will be sufficient for him." [Ref: Sahih al-Bukhari 5009]

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THE STORY OF ADAM AND IBLIS | Tafseer Ibn Katheer

ALLĀH points out to the Children of Adam the enmity of Iblis towards them and their father before them, and rebukes those who follow him and go against their Creator and Master. It is HE who created them from nothing and sustains and nourishes them by HIS kindness, yet they still took Iblis as their friend and declared their enmity towards ALLĀH.

 

So ALLĀH says: 

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَإيِكَةِ 

And (remember) when WE said to the angels,

 

meaning all the angels, as was mentioned in the beginning of Surah Al-Baqarah:

 

اسْجُدُوا لاِدَمَ 

Prostrate yourselves unto Adam,

 

a prostration of respect and honor, as ALLĀH says:

 

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـيِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـلِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَـلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ۞ فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُواْ لَهُ سَـجِدِينَ 

And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels, "I am going to create a human (Adam) from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud. So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him the soul which I created for him, then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him. (15:28-29)

فَسَجَدُوا إِلاَّ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ 

So they prostrated themselves except Iblis. He was one of the Jinn;

 

meaning, his original nature betrayed him. He had been created from smokeless fire, whereas the angels had been created from light, as is stated in Sahih Muslim where it is reported that A'ishah, may ALLĀH be pleased with her, said that the Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ said:

 

خُلِقَتِ الْمَلَيِكَةُ مِنْ نُورٍ وَخُلِقَ إِبْلِيسُ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ وَخُلِقَ ادَمُ مِمَّا وُصِفَ لَكُم 

 

The angels were created from light, Iblis was created from smokeless fire, and Adam was created from that which has been described to you. 

 

When matters are crucial, every vessel leaks that which it contains and is betrayed by its true nature. Iblis used to do what the angels did and resembled them in their devotion and worship, so he was included when they were addressed, but he disobeyed and went against what he was told to do. So ALLĀH points out here that he was one of the Jinn, i.e., he was created from fire, as HE says elsewhere:

أَنَاْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ 

I am better than he. YOU created me from fire, and You created him from clay. (38:76)

 

Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: "Iblis was not one of the angels, not even for a second. He was the origin of the Jinn just as Adam, upon him be peace, was the origin of mankind."

{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}

#ibnkathir #Kahf (18:50)

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If you’re living without sunnahs and sunnah prayers

If you’re living without sunnahs and sunnah prayers  Advice:

If you’re living without sunnahs and sunnah prayers, and without praying witr and dhuhā prayer, and without reciting anything from the Qur'ān and without reciting morning and night adhkār, and without seeking knowledge, and without fasting sunnah days, and without sadaqah, and without any work for the akhirah, 

then do not be surprised if you lose happiness and peace of mind in your life, and don’t be surprised of standing in the ākhirah empty handed while those around you get called, 

so one of them can enter from the door of Al-Rayyān (for fasting) or the door of prayer, and the other from the door of Sadaqah, and the other from the door of maintaining the ties of kinship, or the door of Jihad. 

Your salary of years builds you houses in dunyah, and the sunnahs build you a house in Jannah. So take care of your sunnah deeds, for they will be your saviours in ākhirah!

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MAN’S DESIRE | Man Was Created Weak

Ĥujjat al-Islām Abū Ĥāmid Muĥammad al-Shāfiýī al-Ghazālī [450-505 AH / 1058-1111 CE] writes in Iĥyā’a Úlūm al-Dīn:

❝Qatādah stated regarding the meaning of His statement, 

❛And do not place upon us that burden which we cannot bear❜: It is lust. 

And from Íkrimah and Mujāhid that they said regarding the meaning of His statement, 

❛And man was created weak❜: That he cannot abstain with regard to women.

And Fayāđ ibn Nujayĥ said: When the member of a man becomes erect, two thirds of his intelligence depart.

And some of them say: A third of his Dīn departs.

And in a rare tafsīr of Ibn Ábbās,

 وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَب, 

he said: Erection of the male member. 

And this is an overwhelming catastrophe when it is stirred up; 

neither the intellect nor the dīn can repel it, and alongside it being fit for being an impetus for the two lives, as has been mentioned, 

it is the strongest of tools of Shayţān against Banī Ādam, and to this he ﷺ indicated by his saying: 

❛I have not seen anyone more deficient in intellect or dīn [than you women], the mind of even a resolute man might be swept away by one of you.❜ 

And that is due to the arousal of lust. 

And he ﷺ stated in his Duáā:

❛O Allāh, I seek refuge in you from the evil of my hearing, and my sight, and my heart, and the evil of my semen [i.e. lust].❜ 

And he said: ❛I ask you to purify my heart and protect my private part.❜ 

Thus, that which RasūlAllāh ﷺ sought refuge from, how is laxity permitted in that for other than he?❞

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Beyond Material Repayment: A Mother's True Wishes for Her Child

Islamic Perspective on Honoring Your Parents

A lovely message with so many lessons 💌

Parents expectation from their child.

Mother:

I fought with death when I was giving birth to you. I spent sleepless nights when you were sick and crying. I never ate without feeding you first. I bore so many pains to bring you to the stage that you are in today.

How will you repay me my child?

Child:

When I grow up, I will find a good job and earn lots of money for you so you can enjoy the pleasures of this world.

Mother:

Your father is doing this already and I do not expect this from you too. By the time you are earning I will be old and will not be in need of any worldly luxuries.

Son:

I will find a pious lady and marry her so she can cook for you and take care of you.

Mother:

That is not her duty my son and neither should you marry for that reason. It is not compulsory on her to do any service to me, neither do I expect this from her. Your marriage should be for you, a companion and a comfort for you as you go through this journey of life.

Child:

Tell me mother how can I repay you then?

Mother:

(With tears in her eyes) Visit or call me often. A mother only requires this much from you while she is alive. 

Then when I die give me your shoulder and bury me. 

Whenever you perform prayers, supplicate for me. 

Give out in charity for me. 

Remember your every good deed will benefit me in the hereafter so be good and kind always. 

Fulfill the rights of all those around you. 

The sleepless nights and pains I took to bring you up was not a favour to you but was for my Creator. He blessed me with you as a beautiful gift and as a means for me to attain His pleasure. Your every good deed becomes my repayment.

Will you do it my child...?

Child: (Cannot speak and had tears in his eyes)

Read, Reflect and Introspect.

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Maintaining Taqwa After Ramadan: Staying Away from Sins

Stay Away from Sins

One of the major goals of Ramaḍān was taqwā. Fasting should have trained us to control our nafs and stay away from sins. Yaḥyā b. Muʿādh (raḥimahullāh) said, “Whoever seeks forgiveness with his tongue but his heart is still insistent upon sin, and his intention is to return back to the sin after Ramaḍān, then his fasting has been rejected and the door of acceptance has been closed in his face.”

Even if our additional voluntary deeds sometimes slip, we should not compromise on two things: 

(1) the obligatory deeds 

(2)and staying away from sins. 

And if we do commit sins, we should be quick to repent.

We should identify specific sins and beg Allah to protect us from them. E.g. O Allah, just as you protected my tongue from backbiting in Ramaḍān, protect me from it throughout the year. O Allah, just as you protected me from watching ḥarām in Ramaḍān, protect me from it throughout the year.

“O the one who completed Ramaḍān in the best manner! Don’t change thereafter in Shawwāl!” - Ibn al-Jawzī (raḥimahullāh)

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Maintaining Righteousness After Ramadan: Signs of Acceptance and Humiliation

SIGNS OF GOODNESS AND HUMILIATION

"I wonder whether the one who during Ramadān was fasting, reciting and reading Qur’an, giving and spending in charity, praying at night, making du’aa’, will he be like that after Ramadān, or will he follow another path, I mean the path of the Shaytān, so that he commits sin and does things that anger the Most Gracious, Most Merciful? If a Muslim continues to have the patience to do righteous deeds after Ramadān, this is a sign that his fasting has been accepted by his Lord, the Most Generous, the Bestower of blessings. If he fails to do righteous deeds after Ramadān, and follows the ways of the Shaytān, this is a sign of humiliation, meanness, lowly status and being deprived of the help of ALLĀH."

{Advice After Ramadān, Islamqa Questions and Answer #10505}

The pious and sincere believer will strive to fear and obey ALLĀH at all times, persisting in his taqwa and always striving to do good. A small action done constantly and regularly is better than a greater action which is done occasionally or done for a certain period then never performed again. ALLĀH's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The best deeds are those done regularly even if they are few." {Ibn Majah #4240}

How beautiful were the words of Al-Junaid Al-Baghdādī, "If a man worships ALLĀH for one thousand years, and then he turns away from him for one moment, then what he missed in this moment is more than what he gained ˹in the one thousand years of worship˺" {Awakening From The Sleep of Heedlessness, pg. 31}

Our righteous predecessors were very conscious of their time and spent every minute in the obedience of ALLĀH. Janeed bn Muhammad was busy reciting the Qur’an and panting with his breath in his dying bed. His children said: ‘You are exerting too much pressure on your person!’ He answered: ‘And who is more deserving to exertion than me?’

Al-Aswad bin Yazīd (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) used to pray Qiyāmu-layl for the most part of the night. Some of his friends advised him to have some rest, and he said: ‘It is the rest of the Hereafter I’m seeking with my night prayers.’

This is the fulfilment of the words of ALLĀH:

وَٱعۡبُدۡ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ یَأۡتِیَكَ ٱلۡیَقِینُ

And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (i.e., death).

{Al-Ḥijr: Verse 99}

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