I love you for His Sake

And then I remember what u said about how U used to make duaa for a good wife n I start to smile Cuz I remember the pure heart U have

So now I'm tryin to get closer to Allah so He can always bless our marriage ... Empty time comes with emptiness

I been makin duaa for Allah to give me chances to learn beneficial knowledge , to bring me closer to Him and His signs and messages have been appearing non stop humdAllah wether it's a quote or a youtube lecture I come across .. All sooo so relevant to my duaa answers subhanalah

N I wana c how I can incorporate that spiritual high into OUR life

I dnt know how but I'll make duaa for Allah to guide me n He will inshAllah ...

And then I almost forgot to read my daily 2 pages of quran ( new routine I used to do last year ) so I'm reading and I come across this aya and it brought so much relief HumdAllah


The key is to keep doing good and Allah will protect you from fear and sadness Ameen

When I increase in good actions I feel the Baraka in all parts of my life ... So many ppl I helped before I got engaged to U told me how they used to make duaa for me for a good hausband ... Syrian lady, Taybbah the mom of 3 wheel chair girls , sheikh Hassan

And then you came 💚💚💚 a duaa answered not jus from my own duaa but from those who loved me for the sake of Allah and that is a pure love I wana presvere and always build on

The Corrupted Heart, Tazikiyah, Omar Suleiman Notes

Out of three types of hearts most people fall into the sick heart


There are things that cause the heart to become ill and things that prolong the healing

The heart is pure in the beginning , you are born with a pure heart


Ibn Taymiah says the causes of sickness are:

1.Pursing your empty desires of a person = Al Shahwat
2. The doubtful matters   =Al Shubhat

Ibn Tayimah
"Once a person begins to pursue his shahwat he will fall into al shubhat"

If you are in pursuit of your desires you will find the wrong fatwas

The 4 poisons

1. Unnecessary talking...most wrong actions come from the tongue

purification of the heart is dependent upon purification of the tongue

every time you talk you take a risk

hasad al lasn- harvest of the tongue

the two openings, the mouth and private part lead to the hell fire


The Prophet was asked, what is the way to survival
The Prophet said,
1.Hold on to your tongue, guard it
2. Let your house suffice you, become a place of comfort
3. Cry for your wrong actions

May Allah protect us from nadam and fadeha of our tongues

From the good character of the Muslim is to avoid talking about others or peoples business

Hassan Al Basri said, when Allah said He created everything with purpose


Allah created two gates to the tongue, the teeth and the lips...so that a person can restrain his tongue

2. The Unrestrained glance ..becoming attracted to what you see, other gender, or sin with admire

The Prophet said,  whoever lowers his eyes for Allah He will find a refreshing sweetness which he will find on his heart on the Day he meets him.

When a man is seeing a women, shyatan sits on her chest and beautifies her to the one looking, and when she turns away the shyatn beautifies her

The gaze does distract us from Allah

The eye has a direct connection to the heart, so when the eye becomes corrupt it enters the heart

Letting the gaze roam freely cloaks in the heart in darkness but when you lower it , it cloaks the heart in light
When a person turns away from that it will allow the heart to be light

there is a connection between the diet and ibadah

3. Keeping bad company

every category of tazikayah there is a mention of good friends and a good environment
their company is like food you need it to keep up
then there is the company that you have to interact with and you should have a relationship with them to help them, outreach to them give dawah, but do not consistently be around them




 

Surat AlQasas, Story Of The Three Winners And The Story of Prophet Musa

Part two of reflections on the winners...I hope this one reaches the families as there is a amazing lesson 

I  found a huge connection between the story of Prophet Musa within Surat Al Qasas ( which means stories) to the story of the three winners....http://quran.com/28...I only know detials of this Surah because of a tafsir class I took with Noman Ali Khan called Story Night...

The stories within the Quran are here to teach us lessons within our own lives and our own stories.

There are some main characters in this Surah and essentially story which reminded of me of Deah, Yusor, Razan, and the mothers.

Prophet Musa reminded me of Deah.

 Prophet Musas sister reminded me of Razan.

The girl who got married to Prophet Musa reminded me of Yusor.

The strength of Prophet Musas mother reminded me of the parents.

The Pharaoh reminded me of the NC Pharaoh...

The story starts with Pharaoh who used to slaughter baby boys...aya 4

The power Allah gave to the Pharaoh and his inheritors (aya 6) reminded me of the power of media, politics but subhanAllah at the end of the Surah we begin to see how this power did not save them from the punishment of Allah and Allah tells us "Look at how was the fate of the wrong doers" (aya 40) 

Allah talks alot about the mother of Musa..He mentions her grief , sadness, and her stregth..this  reminded me of Deahs mother..and all the parents.

Allah begins to tell us the story of Prophet Musa and his mother in aya 7 when she had to leave her son in the river but Allah tells her not to fear or grieve and He promises her that he will be returned to he as a messenger..

And then in aya 10 Allah tells us something amazing, He tells us that the heart of Prophet Musas mom was empty and that if it wasnt for Him and the strength He instilled in heart she would have been shattered...(details below of how Noman describes the pyschology behind connecting with Alah, shattered hearts, amazing) 

Another character mentioned within in this Surah is Prophet Musas sister ( aya 12)

There is also a love story within this Surah ...

This love story within aya 23 when Prophet Musas offers his help to two girls which ends up in a proposal from their girls father aya 27 "He the father said, I wish to marry you to one of my daughters .." 

Allah ends this Surah with aya 88 describing the ultimate purpose of our lives which is to serve Allah,the ultimate success  which is to meet Allah, and that ultimate end .. our return to Him 

"And call not, besides Allah, on another god. There is no god but He. Everything (that exists) will perish except His own Face. To Him belongs the Command, and to Him you will be returned."

Here are some detailed notes on those ayas about Prophet Musas mom stregth, amazing SubhanAllah

http://hudawritess.blogspot.com/2013/12/nomanalikhan-story-night-story-of.html

"cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers."

Noman described this aya as ..Musas mom is so scared but she still feeds the baby, she still puts the baby in the river.

Allah will give you the emotional strength to overcome the hardest times.

strength is from belief in Allah, there are no gurnatees that this basket is safe.

Allah tells her "don't be afraid" and when the basket is so far away from her, Allah tells her " Don't be sad"

When you are a true believer and connected with Allah He will give you the strength to overcome hardships others cannot overcome.

Allah says, "We guarantee to bring him back to you"

The only thing she has is the trust of Allah.

And then Allah tells us of Prophet Musas mom in aya 10,

"And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers"

Nouman beautifully described this aya to us...he said that 

Musas mom is still waiting for Musa, Allah tells us that Musas mom has psychological strength so she doesn't shatter her heart.

This teaches us that we will go through tough times, will get hurt.

Allah is giving us a gift, in this aya (10),  a shattered heart, He can put together, you just need to connect to Allah.

This is a psychology that is needed in our lives.

Our Three Winners, The ForeRunners,AlSabqoun.. Dr.ElFahymoui Notes

 

فَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنَّ الْعَيْنَ تَدْمَعُ، وَالْقَلْبَ يَحْزَنُ، وَلاَ نَقُولُ إِلاَّ مَا يَرْضَى رَبُّنَا، وَإِنَّا بِفِرَاقِكَ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ لَمَحْزُونُونَ ‏

 

When the Prophet Muhammad’s (S.A.W.) own son died, he said: “ The eyes are shedding tears and the heart is grieved, and we will not say except what pleases our Lord, O Ibrahim ! Indeed we are grieved by your separation."

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I never got to write my notes from the first Young Adults event at NHIEC in Dec with special guest Dr.Islam ElFahymoui...and subhanAllah looking at them now they are relevant to the whole theme of how the NC Muslims were called "Our Three Winners"

And if you think about this title you can take it from so many angles...but in the situation of these three we know for sure that the three winners refers to their win in this world and inshAllah the next because of all the good they gave in this world

Dr.Islam ElFahymoui said, 

 

" Compete for the afterlife not this fleeting dunya (world)...This dunya is not for competition and if you understand this concept you will be relaxed within this world. 

There is a aya in Surat Al Al Waqiah about the "Alsaqboun" The Winners...And the "Muqabuin" The Close Ones ..AlMuqarbun is the status of those who are close to Allah...those who won in dunya

They won't have judgment on the Day of Judgment ...they will have a peaceful judgment

"And the forerunners, the forerunners 

Those are the ones brought near to Allah

We are so attached to this dunya that we don't appreciate hardships. Everyone in this room is experiencing a difficulty or hardships. The more Allah loves you the more eman you have the more tests you have but with more eman comes more sakina (peace). " Dr.Islam ElFahymoui.

My thoughts ....

For me , when I read or hear of people like this I can't help but smile with tears. It's a feeling only the believers can understand , the feeling of sorrow but peace subhanAllah. Today will mark the Janzah of AlSabqoun...of those who rushed to Allah and surely they are on thier way to Him in rejoice....their janza will most likely be as big as Eid...their janza represents a Eid as they meet their Lord in happiness inshAlah...

When I think of the NC Muslims I never meet, I think of other legends I never meet from my own community Fatima Kasem, Rehab Al Buri, Mustafa Khalifa...And these people were all remembered for the things the Prophet taught us to hold on to the most the love of Allah ( which results in the love of the people ), excellent character, service to others and bright light smiles....

SubhanAllah the amount of comfort the Quran gives when one deeply reflects and re reads the ayas about the benefit of good deeds, death and how dunya is

Reading ayas like this make me smile as I reflect upon all that's happening

"And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do" The Quran

 

These three NC Muslims were not remembered because of they had...

The hausabnd was not remembered for his t car, or that apartment...the wife was not remembered because of what dress she wore for her wedding a few weeks ago...the young Sister in law was not remembered for her favorite brand..all three were remembered for things they can take to Allah...their good deeds, their love for others, services to others, Sadiaqya Jarya that is currently tripling subhanAllah....I love how their last name was "barakat" May Allah place lots and lots of barakat in this gain for the ummah....they are a motivation and we should smile and use their legacy to inspire us to follow their footsteps, the footsteps of our Prophet who was of the best character and a legend who brought the words of Allah into action subhanAllah.

 

The first legacy I heard about in my life time that I never meet was Fatima Kasem from NJIT...for some reason my Islamic School at the time decided to take us to her janza...I had NO idea who she was but I remember how FULL ICPC was as if it was Eid that's how her beloved Omar described it...everyone in NJ would learn of her "devastating " story of dying of cancer pregnant with a future baby to her new husband  but that was the beginning of inspiration for me . She was remembered for her smile, her character and her contributions to her community.

Another legacy I never meet but heard of was Rehab Al Buri who also passed of cancer at a young age in the midst of her love story. I started reading her blog and I would get inspired. 

Once again another legend who was remembered for her smile, character, and contributions to her community.

Our most recent legend from NJ was Br Mustafa Khalifa, another man I never meet but was so inspired by all of those lives he inspired, his janza was also as big as Eid Prayer subhanAllah ...and if you think deeply upon everything Allah tells us in the Quran...about how this dunya is just a "maata" something temporary a means to do good....when you start to deeply reflect upon these ayas describing what this world is, you will really start to believe that the prayer of janza can be just as joyous as Eid...subhanAllah 

And now once again I learn of Muslims I never meet in my life who are influencing me once again to give all I can....