Poem: Three Signs That Your Marriage Is A Gift And Blessing From Allah The Almighty

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

💌 Three signs that indicate your marriage is a blessing, 

Full of barakah, a love journey wisely destined, 

And by Allah the Most Wise your romance was written, 

So you and your spouse thank Allah, without regretting, 

For making you each other's soulmates with contentment:

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One: Though you and your husband don't have many children, 

Or if you married late, or you frequently miss him 

Since he works far away and can't see you as often 

As you both would want, or he doesn't have high earnings, 

You can afford to wait and patience isn't tiring.

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His frequent absence, wide age gap, distance, employment 

And your profession making matters more challenging, 

Current low income, and other tough situations, 

Don't lead to doubting the reasons why you married him, 

But you're content, and won't question Allah's selection.

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Two: Another sign that your love is filled with blessings 

Is clear improvement in you both, as striving Muslims. 

Loving each other for Allah has sweetly enhanced 

Your empathy, Sabr, gratitude, and resilience, 

While past misdoings, for Allah, have been abandoned.

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One another you encourage to be determined 

In doing good deeds to please Allah such as praying, 

Fasting, reading the Qur'an, wearing modest clothing, 

Learning about Islam, advising, and mentioning 

Each other's names in loving Du'as/supplications.

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Three: Feel ever grateful that Allah the All-Knowing 

Blessed your marriage if this love brings you closer to Him, 

If it protects you from fitna and forbidden flings, 

And despite several souls catching your attention, 

You stubbornly persist in loving your dear husband.

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You know your spouse is a blessing if he's inspiring, 

If his good qualities inspire yours to be strengthened, 

And if you have improved ever since marrying him, 

As his soulmate, and one of Allah's faithful servants, 

A blessed wife who strives for Jannah with dedication.

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📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "If a woman prays her five prayers, fasts her month of Ramadan, guards her chastity, and obeys her husband, she will enter Paradise from any gate she wishes."

Source: Sahih Ibn Hibbān 4252

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "If I were to order anyone to prostrate to another, I would have ordered a wife to prostrate before her husband."

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 1159

Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to At-Tirmidhi

Ali Al-Qari said, "That she prostrates to her husband is due to the number of his rights over her and her difficulty in maintaining gratitude for them. This rhetorical point conveys the obligation of the wife to obey her husband in his rights. Indeed, prostration is not lawful to anyone other than Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala."

Source: Mirqāt Al-Mafātih 5/2125

📖 Abdullah ibn Amr RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The world is enjoyment and the best enjoyment in the world is a righteous wife."

Source: Sahih Muslim 1467

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim

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Note: Only One Intention Is Required When It Comes To Fasting Obligatory Fasts

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

📜 Question: If Monday falls on one of the white days (13th, 14th and 15th of the month) or one intends to fast to make up for the missed obligatory fasts, is it permissible for me to intend to fast the Sunnah fasting on Mondays, combined with fasting on the three white days, or the fasting of compensation, or to combine all three together?

📝 Answer: If the fasting is an obligatory one (fasting to compensate for any of the missed obligatory fasts in Ramadan), then it is necessary to have only one intention, to perform it as an obligatory fast. As for voluntary/Sunnah fasts, then Alhamdulillah, you can combine the intention of fasting Sunnah fasts if Monday falls on one of the three white days. As for the obligatory fast (fasting in Ramadan), it is a must to have only niyyah/intention (you cannot combine the intention of obligatory deeds with voluntary actions), whether you fast on a Monday or any other day. 

If the Muslim has some obligatory fasts which they couldn't fast in the previous Ramadan (due to monthly period, pregnancy, or an illness), they must strive to complete their fasting before they fast a voluntary/Sunnah fast (without combining their intention to fast the obligatory fast with another niyyah for Sunnah fasting). 

Performing the obligatory deeds take precedence over the voluntary ones. 

[Note: You can Inn-sha-Allah earn additional rewards if you intend to fast Sha'baan Sunnah fasting with another niyyah to fast on a Thursday or Monday following the Sunnah of the beloved Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam. If some of your obligatory fasts are lacking, focus on completing them before fasting the first days of Sha'baan and before Ramadan returns. 

Allah the Almighty knows best.]

From the Fataawa of sheikh AbdulAziz Ibn Baz (May Allah have mercy on him. Ameen.)

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📖 Umar Ibn Al-Khattab RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Verily, deeds are only with intentions. Verily, every person will have only what they intended. Whoever emigrated to Allah and His Messenger, his emigration is for Allah and His Messenger (SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam). Whoever emigrated to get something in the world or to marry a woman, his emigration is for that to which he emigrated."

Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 54 

Sahih Muslim 1907

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

https://binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/15441/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF

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https://youtu.be/7wqts2mEfco

Note: It Is Allowed To Fast Sunnah Fasts Even If One's Niyyah/Intention To Fast Is Made After The Fajr Prayer

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

📜 Question: Does fasting a voluntary/Sunnah fast (like on Mondays, Thursdays, in Sha'baan and six days of Shawwaal) require a fixed niyyah/intention prior to its performance? Or is it possible for the Muslim to intend to fast a Sunnah fast any time of the day, if he or she did not eat nor drink anything after Salat Al-Fajr?

📝 Answer: There is no problem in this. It is not a condition to fix one's niyyah/intention when it comes to a voluntary/Sunnah fast. If the person woke up in the morning without eating and drinking anything, then he or she can make the niyyah/intention to fast a Sunnah fast, as it was mentioned in a Hadith in which the noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam entered upon 'Aisha RadhiAllahu 'anha one day asking if there was anything to eat. When she said no, he SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam responded with, "in that case, I am fasting." 

Therefore you can fast starting from any time of the day as long as you did not do anything beforehand which would invalidate a fast (such as eating, drinking, having intercourse with one's spouse in the morning etc.) 

As for the obligatory fast in Ramadan, then it is mandatory to fix one's niyyah/intention before wanting to fast on a day in Ramadan, before the Adhan of the Fajr Salah. Yes.

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📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The deeds are presented on Monday and Thursday. Thus, I love for my deeds to be presented while I am fasting."

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 747

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

📖 'Aisha RadhiAllahu 'anha narrated: The Messenger of Allah SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said to me one day, “O Aisha, do you have anything to eat?” She said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have nothing.” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, “Then I am fasting.”

Source: Sahih Muslim 1154

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim

Al-Nawawi said, “In this is evidence for the view of the majority, that it is permissible to form an intention to voluntarily fast during the day before the setting of the sun.”

Source: Sharḥ Al-Nawawī ‘alá Sahih Muslim 1154

https://binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/12156/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A9

Tips: Although There Are Some Sins You Sometimes Commit, Continue Seeking Allah's Forgiveness And Doing Good Deeds To Serve Him.

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

📋 Do not stop obeying Allah the Almighty and doing good deeds for His sake, just because you cannot stop doing certain evil deeds and you feel as if mixing good with bad makes you a hypocrite, but rather continue doing good deeds sincerely to serve Allah the Most Forgiving until you stop commiting sins. And if you are unable to stop carrying out particular wrongdoings, then at least never quit seeking Allah's Forgiveness and doing righteous deeds for His sake. 

Be careful not to fall into shaytan's tricks, deception and vile whisperings (waswaas).

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📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, if you did not sin, Allah would replace you with people who would sin and they would seek forgiveness from Allah and He would forgive them."

Source: Sahih Muslim 2749

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim

📖 Anas Ibn Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "All of the children of Adam are sinners, and the best sinners are those who repent (seek Allah's Forgiveness and reform themselves)."

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2499

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Suyuti

https://mjustsharingislam.blogspot.com/2020/09/note-allah-is-most-forgiving-dont-doubt.html