Islamic Daily Reminder

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Al-Khamis, 13th day of Safar (Thursday 1st October. 2020).  UNLAWFULLY EARNED MONEY IS LIKE WASHING YOUR DIRTY CLOTHES WITH WINE or ALCOHOL. BismilLah.  Our beloved Messenger of ALLAH (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “If a man earns by sinful acts and gives it in charity or an act of kindness or spends it in the way of ALLAH, ALLAH will throw him into Hell after collecting everything.” [From the book Ihya Ulum Id-Din by Imam Ghazali, ALLAH be please with him and forgive his sins. Aameen).  A charitable person only pleases ALLAH (subhana wa ta’ala) if he performs charity for the sake of ALLAH (subhana wa ta’ala) with halaal income. If a person performs charity to please ALLAH (subhana wa ta’ala) with it, he should know that ALLAH is not pleased with ill-gotten money. ALLAH is not pleased with our first violating HIS prescribed laws to earn money and then spending some of that money in causes delineated by HIM. That's an insult to ...

  THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Arba'a, 12th day of Safar (Wednesday 30th Sept. 2020). BismilLah. اللّهـمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّـي لا إلهَ إلاّ أَنْتَ ، خَلَقْتَنـي وَأَنا عَبْـدُك ، وَأَنا عَلـى عَهْـدِكَ وَوَعْـدِكَ ما اسْتَـطَعْـت ، أَعـوذُبِكَ مِنْ شَـرِّ ما صَنَـعْت ، أَبـوءُ لَـكَ بِنِعْـمَتِـكَ عَلَـيَّ وَأَبـوءُ بِذَنْـبي فَاغْفـِرْ لي فَإِنَّـهُ لا يَغْـفِرُ الذُّنـوبَ إِلاّ أَنْتَ . [البخاري 7/150] آميــــــــــــــن يارب العالمين Allaahumma 'Anta Rabbee laa 'ilaaha 'illaa 'Anta, khalaqtanee wa 'anaa 'abduka, wa 'anaa 'alaa 'ahdika wa wa'dika mas-tata'tu, 'a'oothu bika min sharri maa sana'tu, 'aboo'u laka bini'matika 'alayya, wa 'aboo'u bithanbee faghfir lee fa'innahu laa yaghfiruth-thunooba 'illaa 'Anta. O ALLAAH, You are my Lord, none has the right to be worshipped except YOU, YOU created me and I am Your servant and I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can, I take re...

  THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum ath-thalaatha, 11th day of Safar (Tuesday 29th Sept. 2020). MISSING JUMUĀH DUE TO LECTURES OR Work ETC . BismilLah. It's important we understand as Muslims that Jumu‘ah prayer is obligatory for the able-bodied Muslim man, and that staying away from it without any efforts not to miss it is a grave sin. What is required is to be very keen to attend this prayer regularly, for it is a weekly prayer and weekly Eid for the Muslims, the greatest and best of the days of the week. So it is not permissible to be heedless or negligent about it. Almost all Scholars who qualify for Issuing Fatwas has said that: Jumu‘ah prayer is an individual obligation (fard ‘ayn); it is not permissible to miss it because of working hour or study, and the like. ALLAH, may HE be glorified, says “And whoever fears ALLAH - HE will make for him a way out And will provide for him from where he does not expect” [at-Talaaq 65:2-3]. From this verse it's clear that we must ma...

 THE DAILY  REMINDERS. Yaum Al-Ithnayn, 10th day of Safar (Monday 28th Sept. 2020). TRUTHFULNESS LEADS TO PEACE OF MIND. BismilLah.  Our beloved Messenger of ALLAH sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, a true action leads to the path of virtue, and virtue paves the way of a person to paradise, and this person continues to speak the truth until, in the sight of ALLAH, he is named as-S’iddiq (the Truthful). Lying, on the other hand, leads to vice, and vice leads to indecent acts and a person goes on lying until, in the sight of ALLAH, he is called a liar (Bukhari, 116). This shows that truth brings peace of mind, but falsehood disturbs the mind. When the mind is disturbed as a result of vice, there is no way an individual can achieve peaceful coexistence with another brethren. This is also related to interpersonal transactions: A sale agreement is revocable until the buyer and seller part company. If they tell the truth and disclose everything relevant to the transaction, it bec...

THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Ahad, 9th day of Safar (Sunday 27th Sept. 2020). ARE WE PRACTICING THE SUNNAH BY MOUTH OR ACTION? . BismilLah. * _ Keeping silent when Angry _ * : The Messenger of ALLAAH (peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) said: "If any of you becomes angry, let him keep silent." (Reported by Imaam Ahmad, al-Musnad, 1/329; see also Saheeh al-Jaami’, 693, 4027). This is because in most cases, the angry person loses self control and could utter words of kufr (from which we seek refuge with ALLAH), or curses, or the word of divorce (talaaq) which would destroy his home, or words of slander which would bring him the enmity and hatred of others. So, in short, keeping silent is the solution which helps one to avoid all that. This is not new to almost all readers BUT  do we implement this knowledge in our daily lives? I guess I'm right to say NO including myself, That's why ALLAH commanded us to remind each other regularly so that it can motivat...

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum As-Sabt, 8th day of Safar (Saturday 26th Sept. 2020). HOW CAN WE BENEFIT FROM FORGIVING OTHERS. BismilLah.  Earning ALLAH’s pleasure; When we are preoccupied with the wrongs others have committed against us, we lose focus of one of the most beautiful ways to get closer to ALLAH. The Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “There was a merchant who used to extend credit to people. If he found one of his customers to be in difficulties he would say to his assistants: “Forgive them their debt, perhaps ALLAH will forgive us.” ALLAH did forgive him.” [Bukhari/Muslim].  There is a direct correlation between the ways we treat others and how ALLAH (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) treats us. We all know the Prophet’s (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) famous saying “Have mercy on those on the earth, and the One in heaven, ALLAH will have mercy on you” [Tirmidhi]. Of course, ALLAH (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) is incomparably greater and more merciful than us. Theref...

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Jumuat, 8th day of Safar (Friday 25th Sept. 2020). MONITORING OUR INTENTIONS FOR ANYTHING WE DO. BismilLah.  Sheikh Abu 'Ubayd said, "The Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam, collected all the affairs of the Hereafter in one statement, 'Whosoever introduces into this affair of ours that which is not part of it, then it is rejected,' and all the affairs of this world in one statement, 'Verily actions are by intentions.' Place them in every chapter." Imam Abu Dawud said: "I looked into the hadith of the Musnad (i.e. of imam Ahmad) and it consisted of 40,000 ahadith. Then I looked again and (found that) the 40,000 ahadith revolved around 4 ahadith: The hadith of Nu'man ibn Bashir,' The halal is clear and the haram is clear'; The hadith of 'Umar, 'Verily actions are by intentions'; The hadith of Abu Hurayrah,'Verily ALLAH is pure, and does not accept except that which is pure. And inde...