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.

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Note: Don't Accept A Guy's Marriage Proposal If He Does Any Of These 9 Things

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful 
🗒️ If a guy knowingly does at least two of these things, then it may be wiser for a Muslimah to reject his marriage proposal: 
1] If it is obvious that he does not take his Salah seriously, and he frequently lacks the courage to take initiative to pray inside the Masjid, or if it is one of his bad habits to deliberately delay praying the obligatory prayers. 
2] If it is clear that he has zero interest in learning more about Islam and he doesn't bother attending any Islamic lecture eagerly. 
3] If he has publicly made fun of any Muslimah for her decision to wear the niqab or if he has previously joked about Muslim men who choose to keep their beards long.
4] If he is already married, with or without children, while he is currently jobless and obviously struggling financially. Your level of faith (Imaan) and patience (Sabr) should be extremely high if you're willing to stay married to this kind of man.
5] If he insists that you both "run away to a different city or village" and he wants an "elopement wedding" - that you marry him in secrecy, without the presence of your mother and/or father as well as other relatives. 
6] If he confirms that many of his belongings are bought on credit while he owes several individuals a large amount of money, and this indebted guy wishes to give your mahr dowry later at an unspecified date 
Inn-sha-Allah in the future. 
7] If it is known that he had multiple divorces while his ex-wives complain about how he is generally unkind, unfair and consistently unavailable (physically and emotionally).
8] If he is intentionally disrespectful towards his mother and any of his sisters or other female relatives. 
9] If there is established evidence of him struggling from being addicted to drugs or intoxicants, and he takes pride in his addiction (online and offline).
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📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "If someone (a true Muslim) proposes marriage to you whose religion and character satisfies you, then you should accept it. If you do not do so, there will be trials on the earth and the spread of corruption."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 1084
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani
📖 Aisha RadhiAllahu 'anha narrated: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, should women be asked for their consent (permission) before marriage?” The noble Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Yes." I said, “Indeed, sometimes a virgin is too shy to speak when asked.” The beloved Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Her silence (not resisting nor complaining) is her consent (evidence that she is okay with the marriage proposal)."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6547
Sahih Muslim 1420
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Note: Seven Signs You Are Not Materialistic

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful 
🗒️ Seven signs that you're not materialistic at all while your minimalist lifestyle is a blessing/virtue: 
1] As your parents' child, or as your husband's grateful wife, and as a friend or guest, you are "easy to please". You're not self-entitled nor obnoxiously demanding. Expecting people to constantly shower you with gifts and freebies is foreign to you.
2] You're absolutely incapable of feeling jealous whenever you notice others enjoying supposedly glam and luxurious lifestyles. In fact, you probably feel sorry that many of those whom Allah the Almighty destined to become affluent are too insecure, inwardly unhappy or selfish to not bother giving a portion of their wealth to the needy and destitute. 
3] You try your best for Allah's sake to avoid excessive consumerism and overspending. 
4] You have no guilt whatsoever in reusing items which are reusable and wearing the same outfit you wore in the past or recently. 
5] You're a nonchalant expert at never comparing your current situation and journeys to others' circumstances and unique life stories. You'd rather focus on thanking Allah the Most Kind for all the favors which He Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala chose to bestow upon you than worrying about what this person and that stranger are doing with the income which Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala gave them as an obvious test.
6] You always make sure that you don't have a single debt. 
7] You're not offended, not one bit, when some relatives, strangers or acquaintances describe you as "boring", "cheap", "old-fashioned", "poor" or "unfashionable", aware that whatever lame remark they hurl at you could be a reflection of their insecurities or undeniable dissatisfaction with themselves - in actuality they lack the ability to be as confident and contented as you are.
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📖 Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "There is no envy but in two cases: A man whom Allah (The Almighty) has given wealth and he spends it rightly in Allah's Way, and a man whom Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) has given wisdom and he acts upon it and teaches with it."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 73, Sahih Muslim 816
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 poor Muslims will enter (Jannah) Paradise before the rich (ahead of the wealthy believers) by half of a day, the length of which is five hundred years."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2354
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani 
📖 Abu Dharr RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "O Abu Dharr, do you say an abundance of possessions is wealth?" I said 'yes.' The Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Do you say a lack of possessions is poverty?" I said 'yes.' The Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam repeated this three times, then he said, "Wealth is in the heart and poverty is in the heart. Whoever is wealthy in his heart will not be harmed no matter what happens in the world. Whoever is impoverished in his heart will not be satisfied no matter how much he has in the world. Verily, he will only be harmed by the greed of his own soul."
Source: Al-Mu’jam Al-Kabīr 1618
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

Note: Seven Things Which Disappoint A Lot Of Narcissists

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

📝 Narcissists are like deluded spies who desperately wish to see your wrong reactions every time they flaunt their ugly lack of morals and take pride in their immature actions. Seven things which narcissists despise and regard as disappointing: 
1] When you withhold from them sycophantic compliments while intentionally avoiding paying attention to whatever they want you to notice just to trigger you to feel "jealous" (their new look, pointless YouTube channels, and pretentious selfies which they frequently upload on social media etc.). 
2] When you don't bother asking them personal questions about themselves in which they're granted bragging opportunities (such as "well, how did your trip go? Which hotels did you and your family stay at? Who did you network with? What's the story behind your name 'Yafayka Liyra'?" etc.)
3] When they know that you haven't asked about them after they've been away or absent from work or school for a significantly long period of time, particularly if you can sense they'll probably just invent another lie.
4] When they're "playing hard to get" or acting arrogantly aloof online and offline while you're actually uninterested in building any connection with them. 
5] When you don't care enough to ask them "so how come you left the group chat?" after they fled from an online conversation, since with or without them there really isn't considerable difference.
6] When you faithfully continue loving the special souls for Allah's sake, including your parents and husband, whom they eagerly wanted you to quarrel with and abandon. 
7] When you make it very clear that you're not envious of their tests and blessings at all. One evidence of you not harboring envy is your admirable maintenance of integrity and good manners even around toxic individuals like them.
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📖 Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "No one who has the weight of a seed (or atom) of arrogance (kibr) in his heart will enter (Jannah) Paradise." Someone said, "But a man loves to have beautiful clothes and shoes." The Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Verily, Allah (The Almighty) is Beautiful and He (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) loves beauty. Arrogance means rejecting the truth and looking down on the people."
In another narration, the Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "No one who has the weight of a seed of faith (Imaan) in his heart will enter Hellfire."
Source: Sahih Muslim 91
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim 

Monday, July 3, 2023

Tips: Some Telltale Signs Of An Envious Person And How I Deal With Jealous People

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


📜 Question: Enumerate some undeniable signs that a person intensely envies you? And how would you, as an INTJ, cope with such types of envious people?
📝 Answer: Some telltale signs that an insecure person feels terribly envious of you, whether they are a family member, colleague, classmate, teacher or an acquaintance: 
1. It is evident that they generally treat most of your mutual acquaintances with courtesy while they behave towards you rudely and disrespectfully. 
2. They fail to give you proper eye contact most of the time and smiling at you genuinely is an enormous challenge, since your overall presence significantly activates unpleasant feelings of extreme envy. 
3. You seldom receive compliments from them or whenever you express joy, with gratitude to Allah the Almighty, they give you the silent treatment and act aloof.
4. They do whatever they can to copy and emulate you not out of admiration but in order to reach your level, or to surpass you, or to ensure that you don't appear or feel special at all. 
5. Little by little they try to "steal" some of your close friends possibly via gossip or they regularly attempt to exclude you from their outings and group conversations (online and face to face). Seeing you upset or left out somehow alleviates their suffering endured through envying you.
✅ What I do once I figure out that an insecure person feels awfully envious of me: 
1. Refuse to be affected by their infantile actions and misconduct. 
2. Refrain from emulating their lousy lack of good manners. 
3. Avoid them for Allah's sake as much as possible, since their tendency to surrender themselves to shameful envy simply shows they're untrustworthy. 
4. Actively and deliberately stay away from checking any of the content they post on social media. I don't bother following users with potential to stir up drama or fitna. 
5. Let them know that while I am entirely aware of their jealous emotion and ridiculous resentment against me, I'm not jelly (jealous) of them in any way by still treating them politely, confidently demonstrating fairness and empathy.
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📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Faith and envy (Imaan) do not combine within a (true Muslim) believing servant."
In another narration, the Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Greed and faith (Imaan) are never combined in the heart of a (true Muslim) servant."
Source: Sunan Al-Nasāa’ī 3109
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani 
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Look at those below you and do not look at those above you (in terms of worldly "joys"), for it is the best way not to belittle the favors of Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala)."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6125
Sahih Muslim 2963
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, "There is no envy but in two cases: A man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it rightly (for Allah's sake), and a man whom Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) has given wisdom and he judges and teaches others with it."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 73 
Sahih Muslim 816
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, "Beware of envy, for it devours good deeds just as fire devours wood or grass."
Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4903
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Suyuti

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Note: 7 Takbeeraat in the first Rak'ah and 5 in the second Rak'ah during the Eid prayer

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


☑️ Reminder regarding the Eid prayer:
🔲 7 Takbeeraat in the first Rak'ah
🔲 5 Takbeeraat in the second Rak'ah (each person praying must recite Surah Al-Fatiha in every Rak'ah then listen to the Imaam reciting the next Ayaat)

❌ Avoid talking unnecessarily and browsing around your phone when the Khutbah after the Eid prayers is ongoing.

💎 Continue saying as many Adhkaar and Du'a as you can during the days of Tashreeq especially:
"Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar. 
Allahu Akbar. 
Laa ilaaha ilAllah. 
Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar. 
Wa LillaahilHamd."

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