Why do we obey Allah?
Allah is our creator, thus, he knows what is best for us. He would never tell us to do anything that harms us, but would tell us to do things that benefit us. Even if we don't immediately see its benefit or harm, it doesn't mean there isn't one.
Not sleeping on your stomach, slaughtering meat the halal way, not drinking alcohol, fasting, the physical benefits of prayer... I could go on and on. The prophet (peace be upon him) and companions at their time didn't know any of these benefits, they just did them because Allah asked them to. Now, 1400 years later, we are discovering medical and psychological benefits of so many things we are asked to do as muslims. By just obeying Allah, muslims were healthier than non muslims more than a thousand years ago. And not only were they healthier, they went through a golden age. Society was brilliant, families were happy, muslims were at the top of their field in science, math, geography, etc. It was bliss. All that from simply obeying Allah.
Now, we muslims are screwed because we just don't bother with what Allah told us to do anymore. Some people say this is a punishment for us because we're sinning, but I think it's simply because we're not reaping the benefits of sticking to Allah's command. May he help us all. Hope that answers your question.
Laylat Al-Qadar
In this night, we ask for forgiveness because it is said that this night is worth a thousand months in terms of good deeds and prayers.
That is because our ancestors used to live for hundreds of years, but we currently only live for decades, so we have that annual night to pray in and compensate for our short lifetime.
May Allah bless and forgive everyone
Are you scared of the day of judgement?
It is better to have fear than not to have it at all.
Ive learned that only the hypocrites consider themselves perfect believers, while believers are worried.
★ Reminder ★
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “Whoever stays up and prays on Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.” This Hadith indicates that it is prescribed to observe Laylat al-Qadr by spending the night in prayer.
Out of faith means believing in ...its virtue and in the reward for that & the hope of reward means by seeking the pleasure of Allah.]
The night of Al-Qadris better than a thousand months.Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said: “Seek Laylat al-Qadr among the odd numbered nights of the last ten nights of Ramadan.” & Say: "Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibb al-‘afwa... fa’affu ‘anni" (O Allah, You are forgiving & You love forgiveness, so forgive me).
What if?
What would you do if you only had one more day to live?That day might be today, treat it like your last. Those good deeds you had on your 'wish list' turn them into actions today. Those sins you keep committing, stop them today. Repent for them today. Do not delay it. Those people you are angry with it, forgive them today. For you are not promised tomorrow. May Allah guide us.
Ameen!
Think before you act!
Bismillah Al Rrahman Al Rahim
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.
He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence....
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The day passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.
The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there."
Albak Henayen Ya Naby
Beautiful song
What to do when you are made fun of because you are muslim?
People always say stuff like don't blow us up, or jesus hates muslims, or all kinds of cruel things. The main question is WHY?
We also believe in Adam and Eve, we all believe in God I think we should all be happy together as a community and not publicize muslim as enemies.
Doesn't God say have peace with all?
I know in the Quran it does!
Subhanallah
Tree doing ruka facing Qaba
Tsunami destoys everything except mosque
Sabhan Rab el 3aala
Flood Saved Mosque
Allah Gives us alot of hints to open our eyes on how powerful he is!
Mom knows everything!
At 8 years old: Mom knows alot
At 12 years old: Mom doesn't really know everything.
At 14 years old: Mom is so annoying.
At 16 years old: Mom doesn't exist.
At 18 years old: Moms old fashion.
At 25 years old:Mom maybe knows about this.
At 35 years old: I wonder what mom thinks about this.
At 45 years old: Before we decide lets as mom about this.
At 55 years old: I wish mom was here to ask about this.
Life is short and passes us by so fast lets keep are moms close to us as much possible because you never know when her time is or maybe when your time is,for your time might be before hers.
Does Allah love everyone?
{And He is the Forgiving and Loving}
Yet love must be expressed in action; otherwise it's just a word without meaning. For example: A man may say to his wife "I love you" and then may treat her badly. Does he love her?
Love between humans and God follows the same principle of actions consistent with words. It must mean obedience from us to God — as His grateful creation — and mercy from God to us as our loving Creator.
One day the Holy Prophet (s) was walking with his companions when he saw a mother bird with her babies in a nest. The mother bird was feeding the small ones some worms. So tender and gentle were her actions, that the companions were awe-struck at this display of love. The Prophet (s) smiled and said, "Are you surprised at the love this mother bird has for her babies? Let me inform you that Allah loves His creatures, the human beings seventy times more than this mother!"
People everywhere in the world obtain their sustenance from Allah regardless of their beliefs. Many evil people are even very rich because Allah gives them good things in this life, although He knows that they have not earned safety in the hereafter.
On the other hand, believers who follow through with good deeds receive special blessings from Allah: happiness and contentment in this life — even in the midst of trials and tests — and reward in the hereafter for holding on to their faith under pressure. Allah loves them because they have shown their love to Him practically.
Allah gives a person a lifelong opportunity to turn away from sin and disobedience, and to choose the right path in order to receive His forgiveness. Those who commit evil are hurting themselves in this life and the next. However, Allah's forgiveness has no limits and the only condition is asking for it:
{O My slaves (mankind) who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgives all sins. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.}
Forgiving sins and accepting repentance is a manifestation of God's love. He is absolutely just and fair to the minutest detail, so everyone gets exactly what they deserved, plus extra measures of compassion, mercy, and forgiveness.
Prophet Muhammad said, "Allah said: 'O son of Adam! I shall go on forgiving you so long as you pray to Me and aspire for My forgiveness whatever may be your sins. O son of Adam! I do not care even if your sins should pile up to the sky and should you beg pardon of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam! If you come to Me with an Earth-full of sins and meet Me, not associating anything with Me in worship, I will certainly grant you as much pardon as will fill the earth"
On the other hand, our expression of love for God is being completely obedient to Him in order to gain His love and mercy. The Qur'an says what means:
{If you love Allah show it in your conduct and obey Allah and His Messenger, for obedience of His Messenger is the obedience of Allah.}
"Heaven is at your Mother's feet"
As we all know that Islam is a religion that respects the woman and gave her all her rights and from those rights is how to be treated when she is a mother.
Islam ordered us to respect and treat our parents and never to shout at them for any reason,ordered never to disobey them except when they order us to do something that is forbidden by God and still we must treat them kindly and respect our relationship with them.God also put our obedience towards parents as a second priority after his almighty obedience to express how important it is,and also told us that our good deeds will not be accepted unless our parents are all satisfied with us.Islam gave the first priority of obedience to the mother application to the saying(Hadith)of prophet Mohammed(PBUH)that says:
Prophet Mohammed answered him "your mother",
He asked "then who?"
He(PBUH)answered"your mother"
Asked agin"then who?"
He (PBUH)answered "your mother"
Asked "then who?"
Mohammed answered(PBUH)"your father".
2-The pain the mother bears during the delivery.
3-The breast feeding.
4-Who bears us when we are sick and stay up late for us? Mothers.
5-Mothers have more patience on their children more than anybody else.
Many and many reasons that makes mothers in a very high status in Islam as Mohammed(PBUH)told us anther(Hadith)that says " Heaven is under Mothers' feet".See how high and respectable the mothers are that God put the heaven under their feet?
We all know that we may have conflicts or disagreements with our mothers but Islam still order us that we must have the better part of the relationship and have mercy on them even if they give us hard times,they bared us alot and got tired from us alot as the Holy Quran versus said"oh God, have mercy on them as they brought me up when I was little."Thats how Islam ordered us to deal with our parents and especially our mothers.
When our mothers prayed for us it is one of the accepted prayers from God that's because God knows it is true and pure, so we must try to make all our mothers prayers good for us and I believe that no mother could pray a bad prayer for her son whatever he did, because that's how the mother is.
And an important point is that our lives are short and our mothers are too,so we must take advantage of every second we are with them because Mohammed (PBUH) told us a (Hadith) that says:
"When somebody's mother dies,an angel call him in the upper skies and tell him
"oh son of Adam(call his name),the first one and last one that loves you is died" and then all the angels feel sorry for him/her."
So you must all use the chance to collect good prayers and warm hugs from our mothers before you are called in the upper skies.
As personal experience I feel very sad if I hurt my mother or if I do anything that upsets her,because I have so much respect for her I regret it the next second it happens.(May Allah (SWT) and my mother forgive me. We just dont realize how special they are until they leave us.
Please brothers and sisters make the most of it by being their for your mothers and by respecting them.
Earn as much as hasanat (good deeds) as you can.
Just saying these words Allah (SWT) rewards you with many beautiful things in jannah (heaven) and Allah even takes sins away and replaces them with Hasanat (good deeds).
Everyone should take advantage of this and earn as much as good deeds as they can and say
Al humduallah.
Judge me by what is IN my head, not what is ON my head!
Muslims wear a Hijab because it presents who they really are, it enables people to get to know them through who they are as a person inside rather than on the outside, not because they don't want to get attention from men, but because they want to be represented as them selfs and not as a sex-symbol.
A Muslim woman who covers her head is making a statement about her identity. Anyone who sees her will know that she is a Muslim and has a good moral character. Many Muslim women who cover are filled with dignity and self esteem; they are pleased to be identified as a Muslim woman.
Covering up isn't unfair to women, I'd say we are blessed to be able to wear hijab and I don't see it as a burden at all! Why do many women today feel they have to dress so sexually to get attention? Inner beauty is much more important, so I really don't understand why a few non-Muslims feel Hijab is so wrong?
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A covered person still talks the same, acts the same, They are who they are. Hijab doesn't change ones personality.
The only reason females wear Hijab is because, believe it or not, Islam wants to take care of women and not make them be objects of sexual desire, or any desire in fact on how they look.
The hijab shouldn't be forced as it is a big decision to a lot of people. In Islam we're not allowed to push or force anything onto anyone and we Muslims believe that everybody has equal rights and the rights to make their own decisions.
People who wake up angry or in a bad mood should really appreciate Allah and thank Allah for waking them up.
Al-hamdu lillahil-lahi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhin-nushur
In a way, being asleep is like being dead; we are not aware of what is happening around us when we sleep. Saying this little prayer when we wake up reminds us that it is Allah who gives us night and day, makes us sleep and wake up. We show our gratitude to Him for giving us another day to live. This prayer also reminds us that just Allah wakes us up each morning, He will bring us all back to life after death on the Day of Judgement.
