Think Good

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A lady sat next to the taxi driver while all the seats were empty in the back..
She’s the wife of the taxi driver

A man with a long beard walked past a masjid while the people were praying, and he didn’t enter to pray..
He had prayed in another masjid where they pray immediately after the adhaan

You sit next to someone and say salam, but they didn’t reply back..
Easy, they didn’t hear you

A friend from college declines an invitation to go out for coffee..
He’s not miserly but he sees how much sweat his father puts into his work in order to send him some money every month..

Most of the time, we only see part of the picture, so imagine the rest of the picture in a positive way in order to not wrong others. Think good about the people and you will be at ease.

One of the righteous people said: If I see someone with alcohol dripping from his beard, then I’ll say perhaps it spilled on him. And if I see him on top of a mountain saying, ‘I am your lord most high’ (أنا ربكم الأعلى), then I’ll say he’s reciting an ayah from the Quran.

One of the righteous people said: By Allah, it’s already difficult for the slave to know his full intention when doing anything, so how can he go about taking hold of other people’s intentions? Subhan’Allah.

Always give excuses for others and think good about them, and say perhaps he has an excuse that we don’t know.

- unknown

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Here I Am

All night, a man called “Allah”

Until his lips were bleeding.

Then the Devil said, “Hey! Mr Gullible!

How come you’ve been calling all night and never once heard Allah say, “Here, I am”?

You call out so earnestly and, in reply, what?

I’ll tell you what. Nothing!

The man suddenly felt empty and abandoned. 

Depressed, he threw himself on the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

In a dream, he met Abraham, who asked,

“Why are you regretting praising Allah?”

The man said, “I called and called, 

But Allah never replied, “Here I am.”

Abraham explained, “Allah has said,

“Your calling my name is My reply.

Your longing for Me is My message to you. 

All your attempts to reach Me

are in reality My attempts to reach you.

Your fear and love are a noose to catch Me.

In the silence surrounding every call of “Allah”

Waits a thousand replies of “Here I am.”

- Rumi 💘

~via Dunia Shuaib

Ramadhan

Here is a compiled list of idea to prepare your family for the month of Ramadan

:
1) Put a goal for you and your family to be finished by the end of the month; for example, completing the Quran. 

2) Before the month comes, prepare and provide all means to reach your goal.


3) Prepare yourself and your family members mentally, physically, psychologically, and spiritually to receive the blessing month.


4) If you want your wife to join you, please do not burden her with too many invites for breakfast.


5) Prepare your children to join you in congregational prayer in mosques; including Taraweeh.


6) Delegate the responsibility for giving a mini lecture to each of your children.


7) Prepare your family to devote some of their time for helping others.


8) If you have a chance, take your children with you in seclusion (Itikaf).


9) Train your children to enjoin good and forbid evil.


10) If possible take your children for a Umrah trip in the blessed month.


11) Gather your family around after Fajr prayer daily for a Tafseer lesson.


12) What a goal on each family member to improve one manner towards their behavior.


13) Provide an alternative Halal fun competition to alleviate boredom.


14) Give a gift bag to each family member that includes a helpful booklet; for example, Fortress of a Muslim.


15) Have a story night on a weekly basis where you tell them about one of the victorious battles in the history of Islam.


16) Have a competition between family members about who knows most about the companions (The Sahabah) R.A.


17)Ask your family members who is their favorite reciter and place it in the car.


18) Encourage every family member to donate whatever they have extra as an act of charity.


19) Encourage every family member to use their time wisely by remembering Allah and making Thikr.


20) Prepare your family members to use their senses in the obedience of Allah.


21) Emphasize the fact that we left what was lawful so how can we do what is unlawful.


22) Train your children to look after the needy and run errands for the respected elders.


23) Train your children not to stay up late at night and waste their time but to be prepared for the late night meal and early Morning Prayer.


24) Make sure the members of the family gets involved in preparing the breakfast.


25) Make sure you teach your children 

did the Lord of Ramadan is the Lord of the whole year.


26) Remind them about the secrets of the month of Ramadan.


27) And finally remind your family of the ultimate goal of being together in heaven (Jannah).


Ramadan Mubarak to you and your loved ones…
Please don’t forget us in your dua’a.
Jazakum Allahu khyra 
m

Alaa Elsayed


Director of Religious Affairs 
Islamic Center of Canada/ISNA

Tips

Pesan seorang Murabbi,

"Bila kita selalu sakit, maka rajinlah berpuasa. 

Bila kita berwajah gelap, rajinkanlah diri untuk berqiamulail (tahajjud). 

Bila kita punya hati yg sempit, maka banyakkan membaca Al-Quran.

Bila kita terlalu susah untuk bahagia, solatlah tepat pada waktunya. 

Bila emosi kita sering terganggu, rajinkan berwudhuk dan ber-istighfar. Bila hati dan jiwa kita gelisah, banyakkan berdoa dan bersukan (beriadah). 

Bila kita dalam keadaan stress atau tertekan, seringlah membaca 'La haula wala quwwata illa billah'. 

Dan apabila kita merasa rezeki kita teramat sempit, maka perbanyakkanlah bersedekah.."

Adab doa

Manners of Supplication

1. Supplication should start with, “Bismillah…In the name of Allah, Praise is to Allah, and Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon the Messenger of Allah and should end with (Peace and Blessing be upon the Messenger of Allah).”

2. Supplication should be performed secretly and with a present (sincere) heart. Allah (SWT) said: “Invoke your Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer) with humility and in secret, He likes not the aggressors.” (Qur’an 7:55)

3. Supplicate Allah (SWT) with humility and express your need of Allah (SWT). He said: “Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds, and they used to call on Us with hope and fear, and used to humble themselves before us.” (Qur’an 21:90)

4. Insist to Allah (SWT) in your supplication by repeating it many times.

5. Invoke Allah (SWT) by His Names and Attributes. He said: “And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah, so call on Him by them.” (Qur’an 7:180)

6. Supplicate Allah (SWT) by mentioning the righteous deeds you have done. Narrated Abdullah bin Umar (Ra), that he heard Allah’s Messenger (SAW), saying “Three men, amongst those who became before you set out until night came and they reached a cave, so they entered it. A rock slithered down from a mountain and blocked the entrance of the cave. They said: “Nothing will save you from this except that you supplicate to Allah (SWT) by mentioning the righteous deeds you have done, etc.” (Bukhari and Muslim)

7. Admit your sins during your supplication. Allah (SWT) said: “Dhan-Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger, and imagined that We shall not punish him. But he cried through the darkness (saying): La ilaha illa Anta (none has the ,right to be worshiped but You) Glorified be You, Truly, I have been of the wrongdoers.” (Qur’an 21:87)

8. Repeat each sentence of your supplication three times. From the long Hadith narrated by Ibn Masaud (Ra), and when the Prophet (SAW) finished his Salat, he raised his voice and supplicated on them and when he supplicated, he supplicated three times….” (Muslim)

9. Face the Qiblah (Mecca) during your supplication. Narrated Abdullah bin Zaid (Ra): “Allah’s Messenger (SAW) went out to his praying place to offer the Salat of Istisqa (rain) He invoked Allah (SWT) for rain and then faced Al-Qiblah and turned his upper garment inside out.” (Bukhari)

10. Raise your hands while supplicating Allah (SWT) as in the Hadith of Abu Musa (Ra): when the Prophet (SAW) had finished from the battle of Hunain, he said “the Prophet (SAW) asked for water, performed ablution and then raised his hands saying ‘O Allah forgive Ubaid Abi Amir.” (Bukhari and Muslim)

11. Be in the state of Purity during your supplication. (See the previous Hadith)

12. When making supplication for others, start with yourself first then include others. Allah (SWT) said about Noah (AS) “My Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer) forgive me and my parents and him who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women..” (Qur’an 71:28)

13. Do not be aggressive when you are supplicating Allah (SWT) such as asking Him to make you a prophet and you know there will not be a prophet after Mohammed (SAW) or make you live for ever and you know every one will die.

14. Remember to include your parents in your supplication (if they are Muslims only or they died on Islam but if they are alive and they are non believers, you can not supplicate Allah (SWT) to have mercy on them or forgive their sins, you are only allowed to ask Allah (SWT) to guide them to the right path “Islam” )

15. Be patient. Do not expect an immediate response from Allah (SWT) although this could happen. But if it does not, then you should be patient and continue supplicating Allah (SWT) until you see the results. Narrated Abu Hurairah (Ra): Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said: “The invocation of anyone of you is responded to by Allah (SWT) if he does not show impatience by saying; ‘I invoked Allah (SWT) but my request has not been granted.’” (Bukhari and Muslim)”

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