Questioner: I want to ask you about [the periods of] slackness [a person goes through], its causes and the cure for it, because a person sometimes feels weakness in his [practice of the] religion?
“أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: “الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ.” قُلْنَا: لِمَنْ؟ قَالَ: “لِلَّهِ، وَلِكِتَابِهِ، وَلِرَسُولِهِ، وَلِأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ “The religion is Naseehah (sincerity, advice).” The people said, “To whom?” The Prophet ﷺ replied, “To Allah ﷻ and to His Book and to His Messenger and to the Leaders of the Muslims …
مِنْ حُسْنِ إسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ Part of the perfection of one’s Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him. 1 — Messenger of Allah ﷺ Reported by at-Tirmidhi #2318 and many others. Imam Ibn Hajr included it in Bulugh al-Maram #1273 (English pg. 471 Pub: …
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, إنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوْ امْرَأَةٍ يَنْكِحُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إلَيْهِ”. Surely, all actions are but driven by intentions and, verily, every man shall have …
Sūrah al-Fātiḥah is also named the Mother of the Qurān and it precisely summarizes the whole of the Qurān: Sūrah al-Fātiḥah includes affirmation of Tawhid in all of its various categories Tawhid ar-Rububbiyyah: Meaning Oneness of Allah’s Lordship, contained in His saying, “Lord of the Worlds”. (مَـالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ) Tawhid …
Alhumdulilāh is a statement to show gratitude and is the most superior way to thank Allah. It means, “All praise and thanks are due to Allah“. There are number of aḥādith that show us the great virtue of expressing Alhumdulilāh:
There are number of aḥādith explaining to us the great virtue of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah سبحانه و تعالى said, “I have divided the prayer between Myself and My servant equally and My servant shall be granted what he asked for.” Therefore when the servant says, …