Surat ArRad

I think I found my favorite track in my Quran CD, the last track ends with my all time favorite aya which I have a picture of in my room,

Those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest.

 

The other ayas in this track include this I started crying when I heard the thrid one..

13:22

 

 

And those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home -

13:23

 

 

Gardens of perpetual residence; they will enter them with whoever were righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their descendants. And the angels will enter upon them from every gate, [saying],

13:24

 

 

"Peace be upon you for what you patiently endured. And excellent is the final home."

Summer Come

Sometimes when I drive I find myself in the middle of a beautiful scenery. Today while driving to the Arabic Grocery store I took a new turn and I found myself on this beautiful hill where you can see lots of high trees, subhanllah amazing. I wanted to take a picture but it wouldnt be safe..

I think one of the best parts of being Muslim is the ability to contemplate on Allahs cretaions such as the trees,sunset, the ocean. I cant wait until the nice wether kicks in and I can start going to the beach again. As dirty as the Jersey shore may be its still a beauty I love to contemplate upon.....oh yea for all of those people who think "hijabis" cant swim with full hijab, thats false because I have done it all my life, from waterparks to beach if you are determined to wear it you will...

Seaside Heights NJ Janurary 2012

Highlands State Park 2011

Nothing like waking up to a big vernda viewing the ocean subhnallah amazing reminder of dunya but also akhirh
Atlantic Ocean 2011

Cape May NJ 2011

Parents.

2:83

....."Do not worship except Allah ; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakah." ...

Parents I cant even write from how many emotions I feel when I think of them...One thing I want to perfect: my manners with my parents..we can never makeup for what they have done for us, the best we can do is be kind to them and constnaly make this duaa for them:

Its All About Character

Its not what you say or how much you know, its how you make the person feel.

Today I attended a lecture about the love for the Prophet by the awesome sheikh Wisam Sharif .

I will never forget his amazing Quran recitation in the Ilm Fest 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM0ZHW_QWh4

"Wisam Sharieff taking people on a very intimate journey to the hereafter
 with his powerful recitations of surah Taha"

So what did Wisam say?

Correcting people was not a chacterstic of the Prophet, it was about how he made the people feel.
He had a personal realtionship with everyone .The Prophet acted with good character.

Touching, cute, beautiful stories that show theProphets personal relationship
with differnt groups of people.

Story One -Hassan and Husayn- The Prophets Grandkids

The kids went out when they weren't supposed so the Prophet asked where are they? And then he went outside and he found them holding each other in a corner scared of a snake that was in their way. The Prophet spoke to the snake and it moved out of the way. Then he took them both and carried them kindly home. He did not yell or mistreat them, but he treated them with kindness.

Story Two-The Necklace

The Prophet was sitting amongst his wives, and he showed them a beautiful necklace. He said I will give it to the one who is most beloved to me. He paused for a moment and then he said teasingly I will give it to my granddaughter.

Story Three-Drunk Guy Prays

There was a man who had a drinking problem and he told the Prophet he wants to go to the masjid. The man would go to the masjid and leave his alchol bottle outside the door, he would pray in state of being drunk. The Prophet allowed this and he never scolded the guy. Slowly the guy moved away from his problem, and finally the Prophet noticed he was improving in his prayer. The Prophet asked him what happen? The man said I broke all of the bottles.

Notice the Prophet never told the man dont enter the masjid, or stop, he indirectly helped him by acting kindly. It was about how he made him feel.

My comments:

The key is not in your words, but it is your actions and the way you make people feel.

If you yell at the kid who runs around the masjid during prayer the kid will never like you or even listen to you (Grandsons story)

Everyone jokes, even the Prophet ( Necklace story)

If you scare people away by telling them this is haram and that, they will never feel welcomed to your masjid. If you scold them for the way they dress they will think of how you made them feel not what you said. If you yell at the girls talking in the masjid during salat, you will only gain hate not love. (Drunk man story)

Im Busy: Really?

How many times have you used this excuse: "Im busy"...now how many times were you really busy? I know ive done this before..I was thinking about this concept of  being busy after reading this,

I've learned that "being busy" is just another way to say you'd rather not.

If someone wants you in their life, they will find time. Always.

There is no one busy in this world, it's always about priorities.

 You will always find time for the things you feel important.

I tried to connect the second quote to the life of the Prophet, and you will find the Prophet lived in this state of mind. He was never to busy to serve Allah, his followers,companions, nor his family memebers, he was always there for them. He was able to have a balance in making time for all of them. How many times do we ignore the needs of our family & friends because we think we are to busy? How many times do we find ourselves to busy to make salat?

Visiting The Sick-Hidden Blessings & Lessons

The Prophet said, "Every Muslim has five rights over another Muslim (five duties for another Muslim): to return the greetings, to visit the sick, to accompany funeral processions, to accept an invitation, to respond to the sneezer."

You dont realize how important these duties are until you practice them, and today I was able to experience the blessing of fulfilling my duty of visiting a sick Muslim.

"Visiting the sick is from the clearest signs of such mutual love, mercy and empathy. More than that, visiting the sick is a major responsibility that every single Muslim is duty-bound to fulfill"

At first I was telling my friend how visiting someone sick is going to be hard, and a reality check, but subhnallah I left this visit with lots of lessons. We went to visit our old islamic high-school teacher, a mother of two young ones and a convert of 8years who was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis disease http://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclerosis/default.htm

Lesson 1: Being Around Good Company: Gossip Free Fun Conversations

She did not complain at all about her disease, nor did she speak of it, we talked about almost everything except her disease (until I asked her how was she feeling). Another thing that me and my friend both noticed was not once did we backbit or gossip during our two hour visit. There were three other convert sisters present with us. I realized the blessing of being around good people. Our conversation was gossip free, and the whole time we were laughing and enjoying each others company; in a hospital room.

She loved having us there, and all she wants is company, not a bunch of flowers and chocolate.This is why the Prophet put so much emphasis on visiting the sick by making it a right. This why there is so much blessings behind visiting the sick,afterall, why would you not want to visit the sick after hearing this:
Prophet Says:

"No Muslim visits the sick Muslims in the morning, except that sevety-thousand angels, sent Salat upon him until the evening, and he does not visit at night except that seventy thousand angels sent Salat upon him until the morning, and there will be a garden for him in Paradise."

Lesson 2: Accepting The Hardship With True Sabr-Patience:
The Power of Having Yaqyn-Certainty in Allah

One thing I loved was the way she was accepting this sickness. I told her about Eslam Elfahoumuis lectures which were focused on how to deal with hardships, and sabr (See earlier posts).

Her response was (not exact but what I remember),

"AlhumdAllah this sickness is a blessing, because Allah can be using it to remove my sins, preserve me a place in Jannah,

or even punish me  so that I wont have to be punished in the Hell-Fire. Allah is merciful."

All I can think is this is exactly the attuide or results of thoe who you have sabr-patience,  and certainty in Allah-yaqyn (see earlier posts). She is the example of the person Eslam Fahymoui is trying to get us to think like, a person who accepts bad situations and looks at them with an eye of gratefulness, not depression. A person who truly accepts what Allah has bestowed upon them, a person who looks at hardships as a lesson or possibly a blessing. A person who understands Allahs wisdom. A person who understands the meaning of " Surely with difficulty is ease 94:5". She mentioned this aya during our conversation and she said " after every difficulty comes ease". I told her how I learned that aya the same way, but recently I learned from various speakers such as Yasmine Moghed, that it doesnt say "After" but the Arabic word Maa which means "With" subhnallah. I still dont understand how it is "with".

Lesson 3: Looking At Everything As A Dawah Opportunity

This sister said she tries to be friendly with everyone on her floor, and all the nurses know her and she loves it because she said she looks at this as a form of dawah. My last posts was about "Silent Dawah", and as she spoke about being kind and friendly with everyone she meets, all I can think is "Silent dawah in action". Even upon checking in at the lobby, we only said her last name, and the security automatically knew her first name. While I was realying this story to her, she said alot of people were surprised at how many people had visited her already. I told her its a great dawah opportunity because they can see how much Muslims care for one another, and how diverse we are, after-all I was sitting with a Arab, African-American, and Hispanic, and yes we are all Muslims. Dawah is not all about giving out Qurans, but rather how you treat people, and your overall actions. Treat everyone you meet with kindness and who knows they may come to ask you for a Quran.


Lesson 4: We All Belong To The Beautiful Family Known as "Ummah"

We didnt visit her because we are friends or we are family but because we are all apart of this one larger family that goes by the first name: Ummah.

Upon leaving one thing we spoke about was the diversity of her visitors as I said in the sentence above there was two Arabs, two African Americans, and one Hispanic in the room. We spoke about how amazing our ummah is, and how this is only a blessing. I told her if you werent Muslim I would probably never even be here right now (actually all of us).

The thing that connects us is the fact that we are Muslims, and we understand the meaning of hadith mentioned in the very beginning of this post...

And finally, please keep her in your duaa inshallah,
afterall she is apart of your family to.

As alullah al-'azheem rabb al-'arsh al-'azheem an yashfeeka
I ask Allah the Supreme, Lord of the magnificent throne to cure you

Expect the Unexpected, Prepare Through Sabr -(Mix of E.Fahymoui Lecture)

Pink-My Ideas ;Black- Eslam Fahymoui notes

We all know that we dont know what our future beholds. We should always expect the unexpected, because only Allah knows.

Think of three words when the calimity appears: Yaqyn, Patience, Knowledge

Today's lecture was focused on Sabr: Patience



The secret to patience is knowledge (In Allah) Which will build on your yaqyn-certnaity.

What is sabr (patience)?
It is one of the most important charcterstics of Islam, and it is mentioned the most in the Quran-over 90 times.

Do you think you can enter Jannah before Allah tests you with sabr?

The purpose of life relies in the first two ayas of Surat AlMulk. "Who has created death and life, that He may test you which of you is best in deed. And He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving"

Yolo all the way, because there is no doubt You Only Live Once, but you only live once in the dunya so you can get ready for your next life; the akhria. The equal opportunity of this life is not in wealth, or health, but its in your chance to prepare for the afterlife. Everyone has an equal chance to pass this test called, life so that they may get to the next.

Prepare your soul by remembering Allah all day everyday, thank Him when the days are good, and bad as well, because in the end only He has control.Dont forget Him in times of wellness and health, when life's going well and expect the unexpected because you never know.


Get ready for that calamity, so when it strikes you can get through it. Only patience and yaqyn (certainty in Allah) will help you out of the sorrow you wil go through. Sometimes these tests
are only meant to bring you closer to Allah. So when you feeel alone, remind yourself you are not alone. Allah is waiting for you, He put you away from the people so you can come to Him.


" Calamity is a test of your sincerity and faith. Stress and worries are found in doubt and peace of mind is found in certainty. Peace and happiness is not in the absence of trials and tribulations its the finding of faith in Allah in your trials and tribulations" -Abdulbarry Yayha.

When I read these quotes, all I can think is  this is like a summary of "Eslam Fahymouis lecture, and what he has been teaching us this a whole time.

Someone you know will die during your lifetime, Allah says be patient.
You got two choices once the calamity strikes, you can suffer and become depressed or have Patience" and hope and know that Allah feels this is what is best. There is a hidden blessing in the trials you face. If you internalize this idea that you experience some sadness for your own benefit, you will never face anxiety and depression."

Subhanallah right after this lecture, I was told about two calamities. First they made an annocment that one of the guys father had died two hours ago, all I can think is this guy is blessed. He just came out of a lecture which was totally focused on how to deal with calmities.

Prepare yourself by strengthen your yaqyn-certainty in Allah, which comes from patience
(see other posts about yaqyn to learn more).

Sabr cures both of the main diases of the heart- doubt and desire and love fo this dunya. Yaqyn and sabre can fix your dunya problems.


 How do you achieve this beautiful gift of patience? The secret of patience is knowledge

Knowledge of Allah,  will increase your patience, which will increase your yaqyn, which will increase everything else in between (khusho,tawkal, shukr). 
I would like to think of this life as some type of math problem, theres always a solution, all you need is the proper formula to pass. It may be hard sometimes, but you gota keep on practicing until you get it right.


Along with the annoucment of the guys dads death, as I am driving home my friend texts me saying that our former high school teacher (Muslim mother of two) was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a disease which can effect your speech, vision, and muslce movement. All I can think is I want to get the message of todays lecture to her. And then I text my other classmate, and she says the other day our teacher was crying because she couldnt see. I remembered a saying I learned today:

 Allah says , " If i try my servent with blindness and you are patient I will replace it with Jannah". Subhanlllahhh

Be Kind Just Like the Best of Mankind

 

One of my favorite characteristics of the Prophet is this:

"I have not seen any man smiling more than the Prophet"

"The Prophet never spoke to anyone unless he was smiling"

It is for this reason you will always find me smiling.

You dont understand how much I adore this characteristic.

 Today during my student ambassador open house job training , the trainer said something I will never forget, he said ,

"People will not remember what you have or what you did but how you made them feel."Students who come to the open house will not remember the way the campus looks, but they will remember the way you made them feel."

Along with that he encouarged us to always smile.Subhnallah, 

 everything they were saying in todays training session about smiling, being kind, and welcoming is stuff I already learned from my Prophet Muhmmad. Smiling means good deeds  & chairty for me.

Our Prophets main purpose of his Prophethood, was summarized in one statement he made:
 

 "I have been sent to perfect the noble qualities of character"

 

These words are life lessons, they teach us how to live our life.

He left us with these words of advice which are being used basically in business,universities, nurses , and almost every career field you can think of. If you dont have noble qualities such as the simple smile, people wont listen to you.

 

I was once taught in a dawah lecture,

"Be an ambassador of Islam thourgh your manners and character"

 

"The foundation of Islam is laid on generosity and benevolence"

"We were sitting in the company of the Prophet and some people cam and asked the Prophet Who among His slaves is dearest to Allah? He replied "One who has the best moral character".

 

 

 

Aqim Salatak! Get Up To Pray

Recite that which has been revealed to you of the Book and keep up prayer; surely prayer keeps (one) away from indecency and evil, and certainly the remembrance of Allah is the greatest, and Allah knows what you do. - Surat Al-Ankabut 45

 

 

"Get up for your prayers"

 

I never realized what this aya meant until I heard this in a lecture, Eslam Elfahymoui said,

"If you are doing bad things and you feel the prayer has not stopped you from committing this sin than this is a problem. It means you are not performing the prayer properly because Allah guarantees in the aya (above) that if you pray you will stay away from what is forbidden"

 As I related the lecture to my friend, she said this is probably why we feel like we sin more when we cant pray (girls cannot pray when they have thier time of the month). I dont know if every girl gets that feeling of "low eman" when she is on the prayer vacation, but I know I feel differnt when I dont pray. I feel like sinning is easier, and more common. The prayer truly helps you stay away from that which is forbidden. Another thing he said is that"There is no doubt you will die in between two prayers". When I heard this I thought, imagine I die when I cant pray?Imagine my last prayer was like five days ago, and I didn't pray it the best I can? This is just a great way to appreciate the prayer subhnallah, humdallah for this "vacation". It made me realize how much salat has done to keep me in check..

 

Aqim Salatik, Motvitional Video, this never gets old <3

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yWfV1S93oU

 

Unbalanced -Hope & Fear

"The head of a bird is like the love for Allah, the left wing is the hope in Allah and the right wing is the fear in Allah,they have to be balanced in order for the bird to properly fly"

We need a balance between fear and hope ; two very strong but parell feelings that are complimentary. I never realized how important it was to have a balance between these two feelings until yesterday.  Yesterdays lecture (check last post) I attend had a focus on attaining khushoo and about how much of your salat will be accepted. I kept reflecting on it because after the lecture I felt a sense of fear (which is good) but I felt a lost of hope.Subhnallah now I understand why we have to have a balance between these two very strong feelings.

I realized the lecture gave me enough fear to try to better my salat, but it didnt give me enough hope.

Those depressing,low emanic, "shytanic" thoughts of oh this is hard, and oh my salat is probably not being accepted have been in my head ever since I left the lecture.I know we gota go through these feelings of up and downs in our eman, but at the same time I know we have to try to bring it back up. I am really hoping his next lecture will include some aspect of hope.

 Before an school exam, you study in hope of passing and in fear of failing. You study hard because you want to pass, but you still fear that you might fail. I think the quote above realtes to this idea..

I dont know what to say because I need advice this time from you the readers...but while writing this post i came across this sami yusuf "Make me stronger" song for the first time

kind of describes my current feelings

"Help me find my way. My Lord show me right from wrong, give me light make me strong, i know the road is long, make me strong...Sometimes it gets to much i feel that ive lost touch i know the road is long make me strong..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCaGmHE_NtE&feature=related

E.Fahyomui Lecture Notes In Diagrams



Khusho and Sabr are special fruits you work to grow and this will increase your yaqn-certainty.

The tree is yaqyn-certainty. The fertilizers are khusho and sabr.

If you have yaqyn-certainty in Allah you will have

1. Khushoo 2. Sabr 3. Takwal 4. Shukr

The secret to success is in having, "Sabr and Salat"

And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the (khusho) humbly submissive to Allah

 -Quran 2:45

O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer.

 Indeed, Allah is with the patient

-Quran 2:153

 

 

There is no doubt you will die in between two prayers. 

If you pray correctly you will meet Allah with a pure heart.

Inshallah

Visit To Wadi Rum & Other Places ; Subhanallah

You will notice my blog picture is that of a desert (btw the girl walking in the pic is not me!)
This picture is very special, because it is from a special place I visited, Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan.

During our family vaction to Jordan in 2008 I was dreading the idea of going to Wadi Rum, and I think  I even cried when I realized I would be sleeping in a tent in the middle of a desert. I thought the beach was going to be the best part of the trip but I was wrong. There is nothing that compares to the beauty of this desert. I never saw so many stars in my life, the pinkish rocks, and  I have never seen a sunrise so bright. My trip to Wadi Rum will be a memeory I will always remeber. Subhanllah it was truly amazing. I would love to visist all over again. This would be a great place to blog at and  contmeplate upon Allahs creations.
Here are more pictures of that trip..

AllahuAkbar

The tent I was dreading but later fell in love with. No accomadtion can match this.
 Subhanallah the comforts of a simple bed in a tent.
The beauty surronding was the best part.

Baba and cousin. I love this picture looks so unreal!

What an amazing view to wakeup to. Forget about the modern buidlings of dunya.
This is the beauty of  the simple life.

Walking barefoot on the cool sand at night was amazing.
Forget high class relaxaition spas.

This picture is special, because this is a group of orphans who were taken on a this trip for fun.
I think they had like some type of itkaf, it was really inspiring.

Historic City of Petra- Named Amongst Worlds Seven Wonders

Aqaba Beach- Never seen water  so blue (comparing to Jersey Shore lol)

Locals: Amman I loved waking up to this view...

And finally Jersuleam, May Allah alaways protect you Masjid Al-Aqsa <3

Prince Charming Prophet Muhammed;He was the Man

"As fitnah becomes more common finding your spouse becomes harder"

Where are all the good guys at? Thats was the conversation of me and my friend today. This is the conversation lots of Muslim girls have, and also same for the guys. As she had to meet a potential suitor, she tells me something that grabs my attention. She asked him the golden question (I look at it as a golden question!) of "Do you pray", his reply? No and he laughs it off...

It seems like we cant even find suitors with the minimum: Prays 5 times a day, all day,everyday..

I am re-typing my post , Prince Charming Prophet Muhammed;He was the Man

Nov 2011

When I think of prince charming i think of a special man..his name is Prophet Muhmad he was the best of mankind. I like to think of him as the real prince charming. He got a sunnah men these days really need to follow, and women need to follow his princess Khadjah. He was always pleasing Allah, he never did wrong. He even did the dishes! Yup thats my kind of man.. I understand a regular man cannot achieve the state of this amazing man, but it would be nice if you men tried.

He was not rich in mal (wealth) but rich in religion, this is what made him the man.

My type of man is the one who follows the best of mankind:Prophet Muhmad. The man who knows how to be a true romantic by taking the raslous advice. The man who loves his wife, tells her shes pretty, and appreciates everything she does, wakes her up for fajr, and loves her the way Prophet Muhmmad loved Khadjah. The man whos not afriad to give zakat to the poor and he spends on his wife, the man who prays all his prayers on time even if it means leaving the mall early, the man who truly follows the best of mankind. Man I can go on and on with a descirption of my kind of man, but let me make this easy for you, my kind of man is Prophet Muhmmad, he was the best of mankind.

We read Romeo & Juielt (well not me) but I wonder why we never take some time to look into the best romance story of all time: Prophet Muhmmad and Khadjah, he loved her even after she died. Why dont we take ideas from our very own model for romance. Why dont we take our Prophets advice that he has left on romance? Theres no shame, after all he is the one who taught us "The best of you are those who are best to their wives".

Minor Car Accdient, Calamity, Allahs Lessons Tests and Blessings

I leave the mosque in anger, and I try to remind myself of the Prophets advice, "La taghdb" dont be angry, but this time I allowed shyatn-devil to win. I left the girl at the masjid, and I decided I wouldn't take her home because I was mad.

As I speed out of the parking lot in anger I have a bad guilt feeling, my heart tells me go back, dont leave her but shytan-devil tells me go home alone. In a matter of less than a block, I find myself on the curb. I have just made a very minor car accident . At that moment I realize I was wrong for leaving this girl.

At that moment I am still angry, but I realize I cannot go home alone. Allah is telling me go back, and that YOU are not in control. He is showing me his power over me. At that moment I realize I had no control of avoiding that minor accident, I had no control of choosing my road. It is only Allah who has control, but not just at that moment, but rather this whole time, He has always been in control. Only Him, not me.

I find myself making a U-Turn to get back to my friend who is still waiting for me. I realize this whole experience is all a calamity. I got mad and I acted rude, and I ended up on the curb. Allah is teaching me a lesson, and I realize its okay, because Allah says,

See they not that they are tried once or twice every year
(with different kinds of calamities, disease, famine, etc.)? Yet, they turn not in repentance, nor do they learn a lesson (from it). -9:126

I remember the conversation I had earlier today with my friend about how Allah only tests the believers with calamities, and that if you are not getting calamities than that is a problem.

I remember what Eslam Faymoui saying:

"You can interpert everything in your life. You got into a car accident? Look back into your day, who did you displease or disobey?

I remember the lesson he has been trying to teach me this whole time, I remember his emphasis on the word, yaqyn- certainty. And I realize I am very far from this state, and I have alot to work on. If I had yaqyn, I would have no fears after my calamity. I wouldn't think of "the scares" I might have created, and the fear of passing by that curb again.

I realize yaqyn is the only way to get out of a calamity in peace.

"If you truly believe that Allah is in control of everything you will never be depressed"-E.Fahymoui

If I have yaqn Allah will give me the following 5 (According to E.Fahymoui)

1. Patience 2. Takwal 3. Shukr 4.Khusho

If i have yaqn I will believe that no matter what turn I took, or what time I left, I wasnt going to be able to avoid that accident because,

No calamity befalls on the earth or in yourselves but is inscribed in the Book of Decrees (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz), before We bring it into existence. Verily, that is easy for Allah. -57:22

SubhnAllah, today during E.Fahymouis lecture I was thinking about a blessing I was going to write about. I never thought I would write about a calamity.

Now that I have given you the story of  the calamity, I want to give you the blessing I have experienced today. Actually the calmity, is a blessing! But heres what I wanted to talk about today, about khusho.

For the past week or so my salats level of khusho has been really bad, you know that feeling as if  you are praying without your heart? I have been making duaa to Allah to give me khusho because I once read if you want khusho then ask Allah! Humdallah I got my answer through Eslams lecture today. His topic of focus was khusho. All I can think is alhumdallah, Allah is answering my duaa. What did I learn? That without certainty- yaqyn, I will never be able to truly achieve khusho. So it is not exctally khusho I have to work on but rather it is yaqn. Whats his advice? Learn Allahs 99 names. And that now I have to always ask Allah for two things, khusho and yaqyn, inshllah.

I know this post was long but I think I learned alot of lessons from this calamity. I want to end with the following aya,

Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "Truly! To Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return."-2:156

I Need Yaqyn-Certainity ; Notes From Lectures

Dr. Esalm AlFahymouis ICPC Sunday Lectures:

There are 2 main sickness or disease of the heart
1. "Doubt in Allah-no certinaity-yaqyn"
2. "The love of this world"

He termed envy,jealous, and etc as symptoms of the these two main sickness.

Example: You will have envy if you dont have certainty in Allah. The one who envy's doubts Allah's wisdom.

One way to fix this problem of doubt is by learning Allahs names by truly applying them in your life and every situation you overcome.

What is yaqn-certainty?

We have to believe that Allahs knowledge is very vast and beyond our level. He knows that which we dont know. You want dunya, but Allah wants for you the Jannah. The belief of qada and qadr, is that you believe that Allah has knowledge over everything. That Allah has already wrote down everything in the book called, 'Protected tablet". Allah says, "There is no trial that has happen except that it was already written in a book". You have to accept that something was going to happen and you couldn't change it. Also that Allahs will is all encompassing of everything. Nothing can happen except by Allahs will.


Fruits of Certainty (today's topic):

You cant have these charcterstics without certainty- yaqyn

1. The one with yaqyn gets the gift of sabr-patience
2. Tawkal: trust in Allah, if you have yaqyn this tawkal will come automatically
3. Shukr -Gratefulness
4. Khusho

Khusho in prayer-

The shyatn says he will come to us during our prayers from the front,back,left and right. But why not top and front?
The top is a column light which connects you to Allah, because salat comes from the word sila which means connection. The bottom is your sujdu

In surat Al-Mumimn The first charctesrtic is khusho in  ayas 1-2 , "Certainly will the believers have succeeded:They who are during their prayer humbly submissive with khusho"

The last charcterstic, is also khusho aya 9 " And they who carefully maintain their prayers with khusho"

How can we achieve khusho?

Haytham a scholar said,
1. I get up to pray after making perfect wudu
2. I make the takbeer
3. I imagine the kaba in front of me
4. I imagine paradise on my right, and the sirat under my feet
5. I imagine the angel of death waiting by my side to take my soul as soon as I end
6. I imagine the prohet watching me pray
7. I fill my heart with fear from Allah and I ask Him for what I want
8. I say salaam, but I dont know if Allah has accepted my prayer.