My brothers and sisters, winter is approaching and it is very harsh in Palestine. Hundreds of thousands of our brothers in Palestine do not find anything to protect them from the pain of winter.

Among them are women and children, and who do they have after Allah besides you? So, Allah, Allah, [i.e. I urge you to] donate to them through secure and safe means, according to the system of each country, and do not belittle anything of goodness!

And do not forget your refugee brothers from Syria in Turkey and Jordan.

Seek blessings in life through two things

Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله :

If a person has Taqwa of Allah as much as he is able, Allah will help him attain that which he loves.

Have Taqwa of Allah as much as you are able. You will find that Allah will open up for you that which you love.

📖 Recording

Increase in sending blessings upon him ‎ﷺ

Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله:

The third means to remove the consequences of sins is righteous deeds which expiate sins.

Like the expiation prescribed for one who has intercourse during the day in Ramadàn, or the one who divorces his wife by zihar, or the one who commits some actions which are forbidden during Hajj or who fails to fulfill some of its obligations, or the one who hunts during Hajj.

Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله :

The Prophet ‎ﷺ said, "Follow up an evil deed with a good deed and it will erase it." Righteous actions are an eraser. Some of the scholars call righteous actions purifiers, meaning: by way of righteous actions, the person purifies himself from sins.

Whenever the action occurs, the expiation becomes mandatory. These expiations are ways to remove sins or shortcomings, it is hoped that the expiation will remove the consequences necessitated by the sin. Some scholars say that the expiation does not completely remove the sins consequence unless accompanied by repentance.

The correct statement from the scholars is that the expiation is a deterrent before the sin occurs, while it is restoration after the sin occurs. The expiation deters the people from committing the sin but if the people commit the sin, then the expiation repairs the errors they committed.

When the person knows that having sexual intercourse during the daylight hours of give in Ramadan will result in this major expiation, it will prevent him from having sexual intercourse during those hours. And when the desire to commit an act is strong, the deterrent to commit the act is stronger.

📖Explanation of the concise advises of Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah by Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhayli pg 47&48

Comfort Lies in 3 Things: Fewer Sins, Less Food, Less Speech

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَى نَبَيِّنَا مُحَمَّد

Allahumma salli wasalim alaa nabi’yyina Muhammad

O Allah, let Your Blessings come upon our Prophet Muhammad.

If you want Allah to bless you ten times, remove ten of your sins, and elevate you ten degrees, send blessings upon the Prophet ‎ﷺ once.

If you want Allah to bless you a hundred times, remove a hundred of your sins, and elevate you a hundred degrees, send blessings upon the Prophet ‎ﷺ ten times.

And so on, whenever you send blessings upon him ‎ﷺ, multiply it by ten without any limit.

The Prophet ‎ﷺ said:
“Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah will bless him ten times, remove ten of his sins, and elevate him ten degrees.”

And this is not specific to Fridays, but on Fridays, it is more virtuous.

Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله:

The second means to remove the consequence of sins is seeking forgiveness without repentance. Surely, Allah may forgive the person, answering his supplication, even if he does not repent. If he combines repentance and seeking forgiveness, then this is more complete.

Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله :

Seeking forgiveness means to request forgiveness, because in the Arabic language the letters س, ا, and ت indicate a request. Forgiveness from Allah means for Allah to conceal the sin of the person and to remove the sin's consequence from him.

The Prophet ‎ﷺ said that Allah said: “O My slaves, you sin night and day and I forgive all sins, so seek My forgiveness. I will forgive you.” (📖Sahih Muslim)

The point of reference here is that seeking forgiveness is mentioned in the text alone, without repentance.

Is there a difference between seeking forgiveness and repentance, or do they mean the same thing?
Answer: There is a difference between the two. This is from a number of angles:

1 The time for repentance has an expiration, whereas the time for seeking forgiveness does not elapse or expire. For this reason, forgiveness is sought for the deceased after their soul has left their body; they have died and been buried. But no one can repent for the deceased. Thus, repentance does not continue after the soul leaves the body.

2 Repentance can only come from the sinner, whereas seeking forgiveness can come from the sinner and other than him. Therefore, a person can seek forgiveness on behalf of another, while no one can repent on behalf of another person. No one can repent on behalf of the children or their parents, but they can seek forgiveness on their behalf. And the angels seek forgiveness for humans. This shows that there is a difference between repentance and seeking forgiveness.

📖Explanation of the concise advises of Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah by Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhayli pg 41&42

Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله:

From the mercy of Allah is that He will not burden you if you are having wiswas (in severe cases) and you fall into anything haram."

Ustadh Faris Hammadi said:

“One man is unsure if he did wudhu or not - for him I tell him: “whatever is in your head ignore it, and go pray” because even if he didn’t do wudhu he is excused. Why? Because he is ill.”

📖 Explanation of an-Nawawi’s 40 Hadith.

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/88IZnzdQ0rM?si=jZIPD5GyPO2s1PpQ (35mins 36seconds)