Poem: Three Tricks Of shaytan To Interfere With Your Friendships

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful

💌 Three tricks of shaytan to interfere with your friendships: 

One - instilling pride in your heart so you can't forgive, 

Spoiling you with unjust thoughts so you tend to suspect, 

Driving you to feel insecure so you get jealous, 

And confusing you so real friends cannot be trusted.

~•~

Suspicion, one of shaytan's tools, can produce hatred, 

Misleading you to questioning honest friends' motives, 

Getting disappointed when some of their acts upset, 

Whilst they were busy or struggling with their own tests. 

Pious friends breaking up can breed sorrow and unrest.

~•~

Two - shaytan's other trick is playing with people's hearts, 

Ruining innocence and designing messed up art. 

When he spots souls who love for Allah, this foe can start 

Intense feelings of attraction wherein fitna sparks, 

So a more rebellious form of zina is embarked.

~•~

The deceitful devil can distort sisterly love 

And switch admiration into an addicting crush, 

So when they're behind closed doors, they're lured into vile acts, 

Assuming since they can't get pregnant, they won't get caught -

They just "care about each other". Yeah, a bit too much.

~•~

Three - Another trap of shaytan to break connections 

Between striving Muslims is excessive attachment, 

Clinging to Allah's servants with high expectations, 

And when one moves away or they're no longer living, 

The other considers suicide from deep depression.

~•~

Loving people more than Allah is a huge problem.

Gradually it may resemble polytheism, 

If instead of trusting Allah, you prefer your friends, 

With prayers delayed due to fruitless interactions, 

And pursuit of Allah's Love becomes a mere option.

~•~

So shaytan can't get in the way of worthwhile friendships,

Love purely for Allah to keep the bond protected, 

Be each other's mirrors, exchange Islamic knowledge,

And pray for one another in Du'as wholehearted 

Till you reach Jannah where hearts don't need to be tested.

~•~

📖 Mu'adh Ibn Jabal RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "Allah the Exalted said: 'Those who love each other for the sake of My Glory will be upon pulpits of light and they will be envied by the prophets and the martyrs.'"

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2390

Grade: Sahih

📖 Anas Ibn Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever has three traits within himself will find the sweetness of faith: One who loves Allah and His Messenger (the Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) more than anything else, one who loves a servant only for the sake of Allah, and one who hates to return to unbelief after Allah has saved him, just as he hates to be thrown into the fire."

Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 16, Sahih Muslim 43

Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim

📖 Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Each one of you has a devil-companion from the jinn over him." They said, “Even you, O Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Even me, yet Allah helped me against him until he embraced Islam. He does not order me to do anything but good."

Source: Sahih Muslim 2814

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim

📖 Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Verily, shaytan has influence with the son of Adam and the angel has influence. As for the influence of shaytan, he promises evil and denies the truth. As for the influence of the angel, he promises goodness and affirms the truth. Whoever finds this goodness, let him know that it is from Allah and let him praise Allah. Whoever finds something else, let him seek refuge in Allah from the accursed shaytan." Then, the Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam recited the verse, 'shaytan threatens you with poverty and commands evil, but Allah promises you forgiveness and favor from Him.' (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:268)"

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2988

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Verily, Allah has pardoned my nation for what occurs within themselves, as long as they do not speak of it or act upon it."

Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6287

Sahih Muslim 127

Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim

Ibn Al-Qayyim said, “Know that passing thoughts are not harmful. Indeed, they are only harmful if they are sought after and engaged. For a thought is like a passerby on the road; if you ignore him, he will depart from you.”

Source: Al-Jawāb Al-Kāfī 1/157

Poem: Advice To Those Who Regularly Pray Fajr Late

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful

💌 Advice to those who regularly pray Fajr late, 

Who, when the Adhaan is called, tell themselves "Later. Wait. 

Some more minutes. Let me rest." and purposely delay 

Praying to Allah - the purpose of why we were made:

~•~

How come when it comes to earning income, online games, 

Weddings, gatherings, buying items that are on sale, 

And obtaining freebies, your energy escalates, 

Yet when it's time to pray, you often procrastinate?

~•~

Is people-pleasing more important than Allah's Grace? 

You hate to disappoint people yet you're not afraid 

Of showing up late for Allah Who sees you always?

Attain Allah's Love through Taqwa, Tawbah and strong faith.

~•~

Yes, your sleep and dreams are serene but they don't equate 

With the solace gained in striving to seek Allah's Face.

Yes, your body is tired and you worked hard yesterday, 

But Allah's Wrath is worse if His Laws are disobeyed. 

~•~

Train yourself to sleep early or try to stay awake, 

Have roosters as pets or appoint a loved one to wake, 

Say the Adhkaar before sleeping, and anticipate 

Praying Qiyaam Al-Layl and Fajr for Allah's sake.

~•~

📖 Jarir Ibn Abdullah RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: We were with the Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam and he looked at the full moon one night. The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Verily, you will see your Lord (Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) just as you see this moon. There will be no crowd to cover your vision. Thus, If you are able not to miss the prayer before the rising of the sun and its setting, then do so." Then, the Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam recited the verse, 'Glorify your Rabb (Allah the Almighty) with praises before the rising of the sun and before its setting." (Surah Qaaf 50:39)

Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 529

Sahih Muslim 633

Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim

📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "shaytan (the devil) ties three knots on the back of your head while you are asleep. On every knot he puts the saying: 'The night is long, stay asleep.' When you wake up and remember Allah, one knot is undone. When you perform ablution, the second knot is undone. When you pray, the third knot is undone and you will wake up feeling energetic with a good heart; otherwise, you will wake up lazy with a mischievous heart."

Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 1091

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Bukhari

📖 Zayd Ibn Khalid RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Do not curse the rooster, as it wakes you up for the prayer."

Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5101

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Nawawi

📖 Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, which deeds are the best?” The Messenger of Allah SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Prayer on time." I said, “Then what, O Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Good treatment of your parents." I said, “Then what, O Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "That people are safe from your tongue (from deliberately telling lies, gossiping, backbiting, manipulating, deceiving etc.)."

Source: Al-Mu’jam Al-Kabīr 9687

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The first action for which a servant of Allah will be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers. If they are in order, he will have prospered and succeeded. If they are lacking, he will have failed and lost. If there is something defective (lacking) in his obligatory prayers, then Allah the Almighty will say: 'See if My servant has any voluntary prayers that can complete what is insufficient in his obligatory prayers." The rest of his deeds will be judged in the same way."

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 413

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "No prayer is more burdensome to the hypocrites than the dawn (Fajr) and evening ('Ishaa) prayer. If they knew the blessings in them, they would come to pray even if they had to crawl."

Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 626

Sahih Muslim 651

Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim

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