بسم الله. ربي زدني علما. امين

بسم الله. ربي زدني علما. امين
May Allah the Almighty grant us more beneficial knowledge, accept our good deeds, forgive our mistakes, protect us from fitna, and join us with the righteous believers in Jannatul Ferdaus. Ameen.

Friday, May 19, 2023

Poem: One Sign That You've Married A Good Man - He Can Make You Laugh Easily

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful 
💚 If some were to ask me "Exactly how do you know 
That Allah the Almighty has upon you bestowed
And gave you a good spouse whose love inspires you to grow 
Spiritually in both ways obvious and not yet shown?"
That I married a good man - I'll tell you how I know: 
~•~
I know that Allah the Most Wise has indeed blessed me 
With a good man as my soulmate as he frequently
Strives to worship Allah and very regularly
Prays in the Masjid, tries his best to meet all my needs, 
And he's an expert at making me laugh easily.
~•~
Yes, that's one way I determine that my dear hubby 
Is one of Allah's gifts as my spouse successfully
Makes me smile and giggle even if most may perceive
Him as "corny". He's perfect, cute and funny to me.
My zawj is a remedy when stress and sorrow greet.
~•~
For sure I believe that Allah the Most Wise bestowed
Upon me a good spouse because from within I know 
That loving him for Allah's sake has helped my faith grow. 
With him I've learned to be more patient, without remorse, 
And through our marriage I prefer Jannah, not this world. 
~•~
📖 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, (Sujood) prostration is not lawful to anyone other than Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala."
Source: Mirqāt Al-Mafātīḥ 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 
📖 Thawban RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The best wealth is a tongue that remembers Allah, a grateful heart, and a believing wife to help one in his faith."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 3094
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Tips: Some Red Flags Of Social Media Influencers Whose Posts Must Not Be Followed

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful 
🗒️ Some red flags or warning signs that a "social media influencer" or evidently popular female user on a social networking site isn't the most ideal person to follow online nor feel inspired by, even if they claim to be "Sunni", "Salafi" or "Athari" etc. 
1] They frequently upload selfies and group photos, brazenly showcasing their beauty and flashy adornments for all viewers to eye on. 
2] Indirectly they endorse excessive consumerism and materialism by regularly uploading pictures of the gourmet meals and unreasonably expensive beverages they enjoy outdoors, as though they're attempting to broadcast how much they can afford and how they seem to find this dunya strangely "appealing".
3] Apparently they're outspoken and readily enthusiastic about delivering lectures in front of both males and females, while persistently voicing out their opinions regarding a wide variety of topics, without having attended actual/formal Islamic education or Arabic language classes in the past. 
4] They appear to be okay with listening to music and unnecessarily mingling with male non-mahrams. Whether they're married or single, you oftentimes notice their overly "approachable" / "friendly" comments on a lot of the posts of some brothers in Islam, not necessarily to correct an error nor to ask an important question but usually communicating in a playful manner as though they are "close friends". 
AstaghfurAllah Al-'Atheem.
5] They're one of those females who make it obvious that they insecurely oppose or despise polygyny, encouraging many Muslim wives to instantly consider regrettable divorce instead of striving to have patience for Allah's sake, putting sincere effort to understand one's spouse and trying to patiently see the virtues in how Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala has allowed capable and responsible Muslim men to remarry (and be married to up to four legal wives). 
The kind of content which you permit yourself to absorb on a regular basis can in multiple ways impact your values and beliefs. 
As much as possible, for Allah's sake, distance yourself from anybody whose actions and statements have potential to negatively affect your 'Aqeedah or cause your faith Imaan to decrease.
~•~
📖 Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "I have left you with two matters which will never lead you astray, as long as you hold on to them: The Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet (Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam)."
Source: Al-Muwaṭṭa’ 1661
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Ibn Abdul Barr
📖 Abu Najeeh Al-’Irbaad ibn Saariyah (RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: The Messenger of Allah SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. So we said, “O Messenger of Allah! It is as though this is a farewell sermon, so advise us.” He (SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said, “I advise you to have Taqwa (fear) of Allah, and to listen and obey [your leader], even if a slave were to become your ameer (someone authorized to lead). Verily he among you who lives long will see great controversy, so you must stick to my Sunnah and to the Sunnah of the Khulafaa ar-Raashideen (the rightly guided caliphs), those who guide to the right way. Cling to it (the Sunnah) stubbornly [literally: with your molar teeth]. Beware of newly invented matters [in the religion], for verily every bid'ah (innovation) is misguidance.”
[Abu Dawud]
It was related by At-Tirmidhi, who said that it was a good and sound hadeeth.
Hadith 28 
40 Hadith An-Nawawi
📖 Abdullah Ibn Amr RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "What comes over my nation will surely be what came over the children of Israel, step by step until if one of them fornicated with his mother, one from my nation would do the same. Verily, the children of Israel split into seventy-two sects and my nation will split into seventy-three sects. All of them will be in Hellfire except for one sect." They said, “Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Those who follow my way and my companions."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2641
Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to Al-Albani
📚 Some of the English-speaking Salafi/Sunni speakers who call towards the Qur'an and Sunnah of the noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam. Try to research and listen to their lectures on YouTube attentively:
Abbas Abu Yahya
Abdul Hakeem Mitchell
Abdulillah Lahmami
Abu Adam Jameel Finch
Abu Hafsa Kashiff Khan
Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis
Abu Humayd Saalim
Abu Idrees
Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq
Abu Khadeejah Abdul Wahid
Abul Hasan Malik
Abu Muadh Taqweem Aslam
Abu Muhammad Al Maghribi
Abu Talha Dawud Burbank
Abu Uways
Anas Waters
Anwar Wright
Hamza Abdur Razzaq
Hassan Somali
Moosaa Richardson
Mustafa George
Raha Batts
Rasheed Barbee
Rayaan Barker
Sa'eed Rhana
Umar Quinn
Uways at-Taweel
🧾 List of Arabic-speaking scholars of today whose Islamic lectures we can benefit from:
- Imām Abdul-Aziz Ibn Bāz
- Imām Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani
- Imām Muhammad Ibn 'Uthaymīn
- Imām Muqbil bin Hādī Al-Wādi'i
- Imām Ahmad An-Najmī 
- Shaykh Sāleh Al-Fawzan
- Shaykh Hassan ibn 'Abdul-Wahhāb Marzooq Al-Bannā
- Shaykh Sālih Al-Luhaydān
- Shaykh 'Abdul-Muhsin Al-'Abbād
- Shaykh Rabi' ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
- Shaykh 'Ubayd Al-Jābiri
- Mufti Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azīz Āl-ush-Shaykh
- Shaykh Sālih Āl-ush-Shaykh
- Shaykh 'Abdullāh Al-Bukhari 

🔊 From the methodology of the salaf (speaker: brother in Islam, Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis): 
➡️ Part one:
➡️ Part two:
➡️ Part three:

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Note: Encouragement To Fast The Sunnah Fasting 6 Days Of Shawwaal After Completing The Obligatory Fasts In Ramadan

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

🗒️ Inn-sha-Allah on Thursday 11th May is the 20th of Shawwaal here in the Philippines. 

You may combine two intentions Inn-sha-Allah to fast two kinds of Sunnah fasting: Six days of Shawwaal and fasting every other Monday and Thursday to earn multiple rewards for striving to follow the noble example of the beloved Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam for Allah's sake. 

When it comes to fasting Sunnah / voluntary fasts, you can make your niyyah intention to fast even after the Adhaan of Salat Al-Fajr or during the daytime as long as you didn't eat or drink anything before intending to fast the Sunnah fast, and you're allowed to break your voluntary fasting if some individuals invite you for a meal or gathering while fasting a voluntary fast then intend to fast on another day. 

About 9 days Inn-sha-Allah remaining until the beginning of Dhul-Qi'dah.

📖 Abu Ayyub RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and then follows it with six days of fasting in the month of Shawwal, it will be as if he fasted for the entire year."
Source: Sahih Muslim 1164
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Poem: To Critics Who Blurt "Insults" So My "Feelings" Get "Hurt"

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful 
🗒️ Quick note to critics who want my "feelings" to get hurt, 
Who think they look "cool" when they describe me with "insults" 
Like "you're nasty", "ugly", "you're so poor you can't afford
Branded clothes", "stinky weirdo" and other absurd words, 
While I believe they want me "hurt" so they feel less worse: 
~•~
Admit it. You only want my "feelings" to get hurt 
Because you're the one who's emotionally disturbed, 
You're the one who's suffering, you've probably been hurt 
By someone or sad bashers in the past so you blurt
Out rude remarks so you're not the only one who's hurt.
~•~
Or you're jealous. And blurting insults is like a sword
Which you pull out each time envy intensely disturbs 
Your heart that gets tainted by pride when you try to hurt
Others so you feel less emotionally disturbed. 
You target those whom you envy so you feel less worse.
~•~
Strange how you attempt to get even with unkind words, 
Spreading awful vibes so you're not the only one hurt 
Like a worm that wants its foes to transform into worms 
Or slugs as it envies any life form that can work 
And live more productively than it on planet earth.
~•~
SubhanAllah Al-'Atheem. I understand you're hurt. 
Stupidity or sadness inspires you to insult 
Others so you feel less emotionally disturbed. 
Your "offensive" words are like pacifiers you hoard 
To soothe hurt ego since good morals you can't afford.
~•~
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day (the Day of Judgement), let him speak goodness or remain silent. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his neighbor. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest."
In another narration, the Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam, "Let him not harm his neighbor."
And in another narration, the Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Let him uphold family ties."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 5672
Sahih Muslim 47
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, "The strong believer is more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, but there is goodness in both of them. Be eager for what benefits you, seek help from Allah, and do not be frustrated. If something befalls you, then do not say: 'If only I had done something else.' Rather say: "Allah has decreed what He wills." Verily, the phrase 'if only' opens the way for the work of shaytan."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2664
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim 

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Tips: 9 Things Which Social Media Must Never Let You Do

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

🗒️ Nine things which you must never let social media cause you to do / do not allow browsing around social media to: 
1] ...to delay praying the obligatory prayers on a regular basis. 
2] ...to frequently distract you from accomplishing your goals, completing assignments and focusing on more important priorities etc. 
3] ...to make you question or doubt your self-worth so you start assuming that you're not "good enough", "valuable" or "living a truly meaningful life" while the main purpose of us being created by Allah the Almighty is to worship Only Him Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala instead of trying to constantly satisfy the ego, our wants and desires. 
4] ...to make you feel that you're not required to join those who attend actual Islamic classes or listen to beneficial Islamic lectures because skimming through "Islamic quotes" and brief "reminders" online is already considered seeking authentic knowledge of Islam. 
5] ...to compel you to become "instant besties" or "close friends" with anybody whom you meet due to feeling "lonesome" or desperately wanting to "fit in" with particular groups of individuals who share the same interests. Be very careful with your selection of trusted companions, since the type of people you choose to network with can significantly affect your attitude, beliefs and decision-making. 
6] ...to incite you to act like a nosy spy, resentfully stalking user accounts whom you despise or secretly envy, wasting much of your lifetime observing how strangers live their lives while you neglect your own responsibilities and actions which Allah the Most Wise may interrogate you about on the Day of Judgment. 
7] ...to force you to copy ridiculous trends or carry out nonsensical acts, craving drama, people's approval and an increase in the number of your "followers" or "secret admirers". We're on earth, a temporary platform of different trials, to serve only our Creator Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala, not to become enslaved by people's expectations nor to accumulate fans, minions and "loyal advocates". 
8] ...to bring about doubts regarding whether or not your spouse, family, relatives and friends or acquaintances actually like you whenever some of them don't respond to most of your messages in a timely manner or you notice that not all of them consistently react to many of your posts. It is possible for several loved ones to wholeheartedly care about your well-being without needing to broadcast their affection for you on social media 24/7.
9] ...to demotivate you and discourage you from continuously striving to do whatever good deeds you can do for Allah's sake whenever you stumble upon negative news, receive criticism or witness that not enough individuals are working as dedicatedly as you. Sincerely do what you believe can lead you closer to Allah's Love without expecting everybody in this world to be your cheerleader.
~•~
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The strong believer is more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, but there is goodness in both of them. Be eager for what benefits you, seek help from Allah, and do not be frustrated. If something befalls you, then do not say: 'If only I had done something else.' Rather say: "Allah has decreed what He wills." Verily, the phrase ‘if only’ opens the way for the work of shaytan."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2664
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim