“It has been written upon the one who fell in love with this religion that he either becomes a fugitive, prisoner or a martyr”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “O Abu Umamah, what is the matter that I see you sitting in the mosque while it is not time for prayer?” He said, “O Messenger of Allah, I am compelled by anxiety and debts.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Shall I not teach you a word to say by which Allah Almighty will relive your worry and complete your debt?” He said, “Of course, O Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet said, “Say in the morning and evening: O Allah, I seek refuge in you from worry and sadness. I seek refuge in you from weakness and laziness. I seek refuge in you from cowardice and miserliness. And I seek refuge in you from being overwhelmed by debt and the tyranny of men.”

Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1555

No person says this, believing in it and expecting Allah’s cure from it except that Allah will relieve his distress and aid him in his debts.

Ibn Muflih (rahimahullah) stated:

**Among the rights of a Muslim over another Muslim are that:

• he cover his faults,

• forgive his mistakes,

• have mercy for his errors,

• overlook his missteps,

• reject his backbiting (not backbite him),

• always give him sincere advice,

• preserve (remember) his good traits,

• guard his covenants,

• answer his invitations,

• accept his guidance,

• repay his gifts,

• show gratitude for his favors,

• assist him in the best manner (with an open heart),

• fulfill his needs,

• intercede for his problems,

• respond to his sneeze,

• refuse his misguided advice,

• protect him

• and not take him as an enemy,

• support him against his oppressors,

• restrain him from oppressing others,

• not surrender him,

• not abandon him,

• and to love for him what he would love for himself

• and to hate for him what he hates for himself.**
[Ibn Muflih (rahimahullah), al-A‌da‌b ash-Shar’i‌yah, 1/290]

Brother and sister, be aware and be cautious
We are less than a month away from the blessed month of Ramadan.

Know may Allah have mercy on you, that the shaytan will try his best the weeks/days before ramadan to be on you, because he knows soon he is gonna be chained up.

He will try to make fitna between you and your brother/sister, make you loose a lot of time, distract you from dhikr, make you go
into debate and arguments unnecessarily, just so you can enter ramadan in a bad mood
Know your enemy, the enemy of Allah ﷻ and your enemy.

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In my limited experience whenever I have seen a Muslim choose someone because of a certain trait while compromising on deen.

That very trait has become a test in their married life and was eventually lost.

Let me explain...

▪️Marrying for money while compromising on deen. Money doesn't always stay the same...

▪️Marrying for beauty while compromising on deen. You stop finding that person beautiful..

▪️Marrying for Youth or Khandaan/lineage while compromising on deen. The khandaan becomes the reason of stress.

And inversely I have seen marriages flourish where a spouse was chosen based on deen.

▪️They chose deen and overlooked the financial struggle. Eventually the couple got rich.

▪️They chose deen and overlooked looks and went for someone with Qubool surat (not khoobsurat) attraction was there but the spouse wasn't their "dream girl or boy" and now I see deep love and passion between those couples.

▪️They chose deen over lineage and Khandaan and now people want to marry their sons and daughters into the khandaan they have built because it's built on the beauty and solidarity of deen.

While there is no "sure" way of knowing someone's character or "piety". Investigate, involve elders, counselor and always choose and give preference to deen.

Everything else is secondary and everything else will follow in the life of a couple who truly put Allah at the forefront of their lives.

🤲 May Allah guide us and help us prioritize deen in every aspect of our lives - Aameen!
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Imām ῾Uthmān b. Sa῾īd al-Dārimi ῾ (رحمه الله) said:

❝He (Allāh) says in many ayāt that which confirms that He is above His Throne and above His Heavens, so He is like this with no doubt about it.

So when He informed us that He is with every —secret conversation, we say: His Knowledge and Sight is with them, and He Himself is above the Throne in totality as it is described.❞

📚 [al-Radd ῾alā al-Jahmiyyah | 44]

He, (رحمه الله) briefly goes into detail elsewhere where he says:

❝So He, with His Perfection, Majesty, Greatness and Splendour, is above His Throne, above His Heavens and above all creation, in the highest Makān (place), the purest place whereby there is no creation —there whether human or Jinn.❞

📚 [Naqd ῾alā Bishr | 170]

He continues on in refutation of the false Ta’wīl of the Jahmiyyah saying:

❝Woe to you! Is there anything that Allāh has not Istawlā (seize power over) upon for Him, in your claim, to have singled out the Throne for it from that which is between the Heavens and Earth?! -And do we know from the weight of a small ant in the Heavens and on the Earth that Allāh is not the owner of nor is in His Power for Him to have singled out the Throne by seizing power over it from among other things?!❞

📚 [Naqd ῾alā Bishr | 171]

You don't need anyones approval to walk away. I'll always support those brave people who kept their integrity sky high and never compromised fearing what's coming tomorrow. If you're brave enough to say goodbye to an unhappy relationship, Allah will reward you with so much better. There are nice beautiful souls men and women out there that you haven't met yet, there's so much they can offer, you can build yourself with someone new and get anything you want starting where you are now. They're waiting for a person like you (true believer) wishing and willing to release and give everything they have been withholding and you have wished for, because similarly like you they have meet the toxic mean people who never deserved that side of their's and they were intelligent enough not to pour honey in dirt.

We need to constantly and uninterruptedly remember Allah with our tongue in private and publicly, in our meditations in our mind and heart, with our limbs, intentions and deeds at the highest possible value our body can create and push the limits of it over and over while holding it as the dearest and most precious thing we have... conscious of never being able to fully be grateful for such a blessing. No matter how much we break the limits and increase in this, wAllahi in akhirah we will say "we haven't worshiped Allah as He truly deserves". We shouldn't lose focus from this. It is more important than our soul.