Poem: Clear Signs Of Potential Gossipers And Those Who Enjoy Gossiping

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

💌 "Guess what, some people are saying bad stuff about you.", 

"So-and-so said this and that, but I hope they're not true.", 

And "Do you want to know what they said to describe you?" 

Are the kind of questions from someone who gossips too.

~•~

Signs of gossipers whom we should ditch for Allah's sake, 

As their jokes and lies cause our faith to deteriorate: 

They discuss others' faults, dismissing their own mistakes. 

To transmit fake news and rumors they don't hesitate.

~•~

People's words or acts that hurt them they're quick to restate 

And rant on their Facebook timeline as if it's a stage 

Where those whom they misunderstand are put on display, 

Confirming they're childish when they tarnish others' names.

~•~

More signs of those who may backbite about us someday: 

Loudly stating opinions on whatever they hate 

When their feedback won't help anyone in any way, 

Such as "he's not handsome." and "she gained a lot of weight!"

~•~

The mature who loathe gossip don't rewind nor replay 

Scornful, uncertain and pointless things that people say.

From the speech of wise Muslims: Advice, invites to pray, 

And "Fear Allah! Quit gossiping, as it's not okay.".

~•~

📖 Abdullah Ibn Amr RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: They mentioned a man in front of the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam and they said, "He only eats if he is fed! He only moves if he is made to move!" The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "You have backbitten him." They said, “We only said what is true about him.” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "It is enough sin to mention bad things about your brother."

In another narration, the Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "If what you said about him were not true, you would have slandered him."

Source: Musnad ‘Abd Allāh ibn Al-Mubārak 2

Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to Al-Mundhiri

📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Allah does not like for you to waste wealth, nor ask many unnecessary questions, nor spread gossip."

Source: Musnad Al-Bazzār 8463

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

📖 AbdurRahman Ghanm RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The best servants of Allah are those who remind you of Allah when they are seen. The worst servants of Allah and those who spread gossip, separating between loved ones, and causing misery to the innocent."

Source: Musnad Ahmed 17998

Grade: Hasan li ghayrihi according to Al-Arna’ut

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Poem: Love Your Husband Truly For Allah's Sake And Your Marriage Is Likely To Be Longer-Lasting

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

💌 If you married your husband mainly for his money, 

Your marriage wouldn't last if he got fired suddenly, 

If briefly he started struggling financially, 

And you have little patience to deal with simple means.

~•~

If you agreed to his proposal for his body, 

For your man's overall appearance and sex appeal, 

Can your fierce loyalty last long if Allah decreed 

His injury or if many surpass his beauty?

~•~

If his position and status is why you married, 

Can you guarantee to never leave him in case he 

Became the worst laughingstock in your community? 

Would you be strong enough to support him patiently?

~•~

If you married your soulmate so true love is achieved, 

Will you have the strength to stay faithful devotedly, 

Truly love him for Allah, accept Allah's Decree, 

And be fine with boosting your love to polygyny?

~•~

For a lasting marriage that, with Allah's Will, succeeds 

In both worlds, intend to marry for Allah Only. 

Deeds done to please Allah sincerely are more likely

To go on, despite brief setbacks and difficulties.

~•~

📖 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

Poem: Advice On How To React Rightly When A Sister In Islam Confesses To You About Confused Feelings

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

💌 "You don't get it, do you? You're the one I'm in love with. 

Each time you mention 'marriage', I feel brokenhearted. 

You pray I'll marry soon, when to you I'm attracted. 

Ever since I noticed your softer side, your kindness, 

And unique perspectives, you've pulled me like a magnet."

~•~

"For years I've had a thing for you too, but suppressed it 

Through acting distant so I wouldn't be distracted 

By how our similar traits to me were magnetic. 

I'd act on this crush, if it weren't prohibited. 

Welcome to dunya where we're differently tested."

~•~

What would you say if a sister in Islam confessed 

To you in a letter, face to face, or text message, 

About their feelings or feeling infatuated, 

And when they're asked to elaborate, they get nervous? 

Sympathize. Pray for them. Admit they're being tested.

~•~

Whether or not you feel the same way, kindly address 

That you love them back for Allah's sake, being honest, 

Tell them, "Lewd thoughts and fantasies which often visit 

Are shaytan's tricks and he wants us to flunk Allah's tests.

Never sacrifice your faith for a forbidden kiss." 

~•~

Remind them, "I love you too for Allah. Please know this, 

We're sisters whose souls with Allah's Will got connected. 

This link shouldn't turn to a haraam relationship 

Wrongly built on lust and shaytan's whispers destructive. 

Deeds that invite fitna should be left and avoided."

~•~

Advise them, "Love for Allah's sake must be moderate.

With yearning to chat with them daily don't be obsessed.

Be sisterly or brief, not flirty, when eyes connect.

Don't go overboard with long hugs, phone calls and visits. 

Pray to Allah that from zina you're both protected."

~•~

Reassure them with, "Allah already selected, 

Reserved and destined for you a spouse. Don't be upset. 

If it's not your Qadr that on earth you'd get married, 

Patiently await Jannah for your perfect marriage. 

Meanwhile, maintain Taqwa and patience to pass all tests."

~•~

📖 Abu Qatadah RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Verily, you will never leave anything for the sake of Allah the Almighty but that Allah will replace it (what you left for Allah's sake) with something better."

Source: Musnad Ahmed 22565

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

📖 Jabir RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Verily, what I fear most for my nation is the deed of the people of Lot (Prophet Lut 'alaihis salaam)."

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 1374

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Suyuti

Ibn al-Qayyim said, “Sodomy and adultery share in their immorality, for there is corruption in both of them that defies the wisdom of Allah's creation and commandment. Indeed, in sodomy is great corruption whose harms cannot be enumerated.”

Source: Al-Jawāb Al-Kāfī 1/164

📖 Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "A man should not look at the nakedness of another man, and a woman should not look at the nakedness of another woman. A man should not lie with another man under a single blanket, and a woman should not lie with another woman under a single blanket."

Source: Sahih Muslim 338

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim

Al-Nawawi said, “Likewise it is forbidden for a man to look at a beardless youth if he has a handsome appearance, whether he looks with passion or not, whether he is safe from temptation or he fears it. This is the correct and preferred opinion of credible scholars, as transmitted from Al-Shafi’i.”

Source: Sharḥ Al-Nawawī ‘alá Sahih Muslim 338

Poem: When Your Husband Disappoints You, Don't Forget His Kindness And The Good Times You've Had Together

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

💌 Marriage isn't easy, not something to take lightly, 

Specially if you don't see your spouse regularly, 

If your soulmate works in another city/country, 

Or your romance is more advanced - in polygyny.

~•~

When my husband doesn't answer my text instantly, 

I resist the urge to behave irrationally, 

Recalling he's a doctor who can get real busy, 

And rewinding sweet memories makes me feel relieved.

~•~

I recall how he mostly cooked for us previously, 

Aware I couldn't cook well, despite being twenty, 

How sometimes he'd feed me with his right hand, and how he, 

With Allah's Mercy, from bulimia he helped me heal.

~•~

I recall us discussing me writing 'Anaasheed', 

While he'd play the guitar, sing my words in harmony, 

And we'd form a duet. Nonetheless, Allah decreed 

That wouldn't work when He guided us to piety.

~•~

I remember the car rides he'd give when he was free, 

Showing us where he studied in elementary, 

Answering my weird questions before we'd go to sleep, 

And memorable times when he'd wipe away my tears.

~•~

I still remember how we played occasionally 

Badminton outdoors, in spite of me playing badly, 

How on the phone calls from Makkah he sounded happy, 

And how from most of his trips he'd bring home souvenirs.

~•~

Whenever my husband's absence and delays stress me, 

Three more things I recall, and doing so brings relief:

One - why I married? To please Allah the Almighty.

Two - virtues of patience. Three - after hardship comes ease.

~•~

📖 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-Tirmidhī 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

📖 Narrated Abu Sa`eed Al-Khudri RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: On Eid-ul-Fitr or Eid-ul-Adha, Allah's Messenger SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam went out to the Musalla. After finishing the prayer, he delivered the sermon and ordered the people to give alms (charity). He (SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said, "O people! Give (charity) alms." Then he went towards the women and said. "O women! Give (charity) alms, for I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hellfire were you (women)." The women asked, "O Allah's Messenger! What is the reason for it?" He replied, "O women! You curse frequently, and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. O women, some of you can lead a cautious wise man astray." Then he (SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) left. And when he reached his house, Zainab, the wife of Ibn Mas`ud, came and asked permission to enter It was said, "O Allah's Messenger! It is Zainab." He asked, 'Which Zainab?" The reply was that she was the wife of Ibn Mas'ud (RadhiAllahu 'anhu). He said, "Yes, allow her to enter." And she was admitted. Then she said, "O Prophet of Allah! Today you ordered people to give alms and I had an ornament and intended to give it as alms, but Ibn Mas`ud said that he and his children deserved it more than anybody else." The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam replied, "Ibn Mas`ud had spoken the truth. Your husband and your children had more right to it than anybody else."

Sahih Al-Bukhari 1462

In-book reference: Book 24, Hadith 65

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Vol. 2, Book 24, Hadith 541

Poem: Reminder To Respect One's Parents Even If They're Not Muslims Yet

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

💌 What's up with young Muslims who disrespect their old folks,

Being nice to their peers yet not doing what they're told

By their loving parents who took care of them before -

Teens talking back at them, whining, snapping, banging doors.

~•~

Funny how they're friendly with their classmates yet so mean

Towards their parents who nourished them in infancy,

Close with those their age, talking to them comfortably,

But in their parents' presence they hesitate to speak.

~•~

Don't they know after Allah's Command to worship Him

Comes the obligation to serve and love one's parents?

Allah Willed that it's through them we came to existence,

And the love which they showed us is for our well-being.

~•~

When our dearest parents raise their voice at us, they care.

They want to ensure we win and not turn to losers.

Being more experienced than us as they are older,

We ought to accept their advice as they know better.

~•~

No matter how much you want some things if they say no,

Specially if your desires go against Allah's Laws,

Obey them, leave the forbidden and don't feel at loss,

Sooner or later you'll learn they were strict out of love.

~•~

Fulfill your job to Allah the Almighty firstly,

Collect as many as you can of good deeds you'll need.

Let kindness to your parents on the Scales be heavy,

Along with Taqwa and good morals they used to teach.

~•~

The more smiles you give to them the more Allah loves you.

Mend them when they're wrong, guide them in what they say and do.

Do your utmost to serve your parents while you stay true,

If you're respectful, your children will respect you too.

~•~

🌻 Allah the Almighty says: "Your Rabb (Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) has decreed that you worship none but Him, and that you be good towards your parents. Whether one or both of them reach old age with you, do not say to them a word of annoyance (even as minor as disrespectfully saying "uff") and do not repel them, but rather speak to them a noble word. Lower to them the wing of humility for them, out of mercy, and say: 'My Rabb (Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala), have mercy upon them as they brought me up when I was small.'" [Surah Al-Israa 17:23-24]

📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: A man asked the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam “Who is most deserving of my good company?” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, “Your mother.” The man asked, “Then who?” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said “Your mother.” The man asked again, “Then who?” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, “Your mother.” The man asked again, “Then who?” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, “Your father.”

Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 5626

Sahih Muslim 2548

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