where is my Stand with Allah
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise be to Allah, and prayers and greetings upon our prophet Muhammad and his family and companions.
The prophet (SAW) said Allah will repent upon whoever repents before the sun rises from the west [reported by Muslim from the Hadith of Abu Hurairah]
As Muslims nothing prevents you from repenting, even if your sins reach the sky or fill the whole earth. As long as the human is in this life, the door of repentance is open. We are living a battle between the call of faith in our heart, and the call of desire that is guided by Shaitan in our heart.
Ibn Abayaomi (RH) Said:” The battle between truth and Falsehood is as old as mankind himself’’
Praise be to Allah the Exalted who has retained in our heart some of the light of faith and beautified good deeds to us.
But this light is weak, because the darkness of sins, which are the blowing of Shaitan, has weakened this light. This is why it sometimes shines, making our conscience awake a little, only to extinguish again and we return to committing sins.
I will clarify to you the illness that you are suffering from, then I will describe the treatment, so please read this with reflection and interest, may Allah benefit us from it.
Dear Readers, the heart is the place of will in the human; sometimes it wants good, and sometimes evil, and the body parts are nothing but soldiers that obey the heart according to what it desires.
May Allah continue to preserve our teacher Ibn Abayaomi (RH) who has taught us so much, made us to know that…on quote
” The difference between religious people and yourself is that the hearts of the former firmly want good, so their body parts obey this will and are thus persistent in obeying Allah the Exalted. As for yourself, your heart knows good and evil, and differentiates between good and bad deeds, but it cannot want good, so you find that it wants desires even though it knows they will harm it, so it commands the body parts so they obey it, but what is the reason?. The reason is that the hearts that are immune to Shaitan easily want to do good because these hearts are healthy and strong. On the other hand, in hearts that Shaitan can enter and wonder in freely, Satan can easily achieve making the heart want sins, after he has made them look attractive to the heart, because the latter is ill and full of satanic germs”.
Please send the forgiveness of Allah on this teacher of mine, my father who both have left this deceitful world. May Allah forgive them and other Muslims their shortcomings..Amin
For some people, Shaitan only briefly enters their hearts owing to the strong immunity surrounding them. For example, those who commit minor sins then quickly repent from them, and those are the ones about whom Allah (SWT) has said (interpretation of the meaning): {The pious ones, when a visitation from Shaitan afflicts them they become mindful, then lo! they see.}.
There are some people whom Shaitan never comes close to their hearts, as they are like the sky, which is guarded from devils by flames; likewise their hearts are guarded from devils.
The Prophet (SAW) has said about this heart white like a smooth rock not harmed by temptation as long as the heavens and earth exist [reported by Muslim from the Hadith of Huzaifah (RA)]. Shaitan has entered the hearts of other people and has dwelled there and created a nest for himself in which he lays his eggs and hatches them. So he has controlled these hearts, commanding them to do forbidden desires, so their hearts want these desires and command their body parts to commit them and they indeed do that. This is because Shaitan has found hearts that have no immunity, their doors open, weak and ill owing to committing sins, and this is why Allah the Exalted has said about this type (interpretation of the meaning) {Satan has gained the mastery over them, so he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah}.
Because the zhikr (remembrance) of Allah is immunity from Shaitan, Shaitan has made them forget it in order to control and drive their hearts, which their body parts will then follow.
The heart is not immunized from Shaitan except with the zhikr of Allah the Exalted, and it does not have the strength to want good except by doing good deeds.
Shaitan does not defeat the heart unless it is inattentive of the zhikr of Allah the Exalted and weak because of committing sins and vice.
And now, after you have known the reason why your heart does not obey you in wanting to do good and avoid sins, and cannot preserve its righteousness, the treatment is in the following medical prescription. Take it and maintain it as its results are guaranteed -Allah willing - if you preserve it honestly; it’s the antidote to the unseen venom of Shaitan.
1. Maintain the five prayers in congregation, especially the fajr prayer and never miss it. Allah the Exalted says {and the fajr reading, for the fajr reading is witnessed} i.e. the fajr prayer is witnessed by angels.
2. After the fajr prayer remain in the masjid to read the Quran, do zhikr until sunrise, and then offer 2 rakahs 10 minutes after sunrise.
3.Say subhanallah wa bi hamdihi,subhanallah li azeem,one hundred times a day at any time in the masjid or house, whether walking, sitting, in the car, etc. This zhikr wipes out sins.
4. Ask forgiveness of Allah one hundred times each day, saying astaghfirullah wa atoobu ilayh (I ask forgiveness of Allah and I repent to Him), once again at any time you wish and in whatever condition you are in.
5. Say this zikr: la ilaha illa Allahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahulmulku wa lahulhamdu wa howa ala kul shayin qadeer (there is no god but Allah; He has no partner; He has the possession and praise, and He is capable of everything) one hundred times each day at any time you wish and in whatever condition you are in. It doesn’t necessarily have to be said in the mosque. The prophet (SAW) maintained these zhikrs, as they are the life of the heart and its indispensable nutrition.
6. Between Maghrib and Ishaa remain in the masjid and do not leave it, and recite as much as you can of the Quran while concentrating.
7. You should totally avoid going to places where there is vice, as you are in quarantine in order to restore health to your heart, and the medicine (good deeds) will not benefit you if you induce disease (sins) into your heart during the treatment period.
8. Continue this program for at least a month: living with the Quran reciting it with consideration, and acting upon what is in it; spending time alone for long hours for the zhikr of Allah the Exalted. The proof of doing this for a month is that the prophet (PBUH) ordered that by saying “Recite the Quran in a month, in 25 days, in 10 days, in 7 days” [Bukhari & Muslim from the hadith of Ibn Omar].
9. If the environment in which you live does not support you in applying this program then change the environment: abandon bad friends, and avoid places in which you spend your free time if they encourage you to commit sins, and if you can travel to far places for example to follow this program then do it.
10. Donate part of your money as a form of repentance to Allah the Exalted, as secret charities are seen only by Allah the Exalted. In the authentic hadith “Secret charities extinguish the anger of the Lord” [narrated by ibn Hibban from the hadith of Anas].
11. Try to perform umrah with the intention of renewing your faith and cleansing your past with the water of this blessed trip. The prophet (PBUH) said A umrah causes forgiving of sins since the previous umrah, and an accepted hajj has no reward other than paradise [Bukhari & Muslim from the hadith of Abu Hurairah (RA)].
12. If you owe anything to others return everything, and do not retain anything you will be accounted for, as a form of repentance to Allah.
13. Ask Allah every night during period prior to fajr with this supplication Rabbi inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathiran wa la yaghfir uzunuba illa Ant, faghfir lee maghfiratan min indik warhamni, inaka Anta Alghafoor Urraheem (My Lord, I have oppressed myself a lot and only You forgive sins, so forgive me a forgiveness from You and have mercy upon me, You are Most Forgiving, Most Merciful), and also Allahuma alhimni rushdi wa qini shar nafsi(O Allah, grant me my the right way and protect me from the evil of myself), as the prophet (SAW)has taught these two to some of his companions
In addition, perform a lot of istighfar and supplication, as the third part of night is a time of acceptance of supplication.
This is your prescription, and one month is not necessarily the period required, as change might appear on you before that, or you might need more than a month in this quarantine. The goal is to expel Shaitan from the heart and clean his traces and dirt and the filth that he has placed there, as this is the reason behind the weakness of your heart and its incapability of wanting good and doing good deeds, and its quickness to follow desires.
So if health returns to your heart and you become fit and strong when it comes to the zhikr of Allah the Exalted, immune from the cunningness of Shaitan, then you may slightly reduce this program to the extent that you can withstand, as the prophet (SAW) said “You should do what you can withstand” [Bukhari & Muslim from the hadith of Aisha (RA)], unless you can withstand more than this, for in this case you should increase doing good as long as your heart loves good deeds.
These faithful duties are the levels as considered by Allah: the more a servant does, he ascends in the levels of piety. The best things to perform are what Allah has prescribed upon you (obligatory forms of worship). You will notice that things have changed in a surprising manner, as long as you maintain the prescription I have given you, and you will find yourself hating to commit sins and your heart not wanting them, looking at them with inferiority and disdain. You will also like good deeds and feel enthusiastic about them, and feel their good taste in your heart. The secret behind this change is that you have treated you heart with the zhikr of Allah the Exalted and good deeds until your heart has become healthy wanting good and loving it after it was ill, wanting evil and sins and loving them. Allah, the Truth and Exalted says:"{but Allah has endeared the faith to you and has made it seemly in your hearts, and He has made hateful to you unbelief and transgression and disobedience; those are the followers of the right way)".
By grace from Allah and as a favour; and Allah is Most Knowing, Most Wise} and Allah knows best. The right information given here is from Allah; if wrong found, it is from me. I ask Allah Almighty to protect us and you from errors and from all that displeases him. I conclude my praising by "Alhamdulillahi rabbil-alameen" - Praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds.
Allahumma infa`ni bima `allamtani wa `allamni ma yanfa`uni! Meaning (OH ALLAH! Make useful for me what You taught me and teach me knowledge that will be useful to me).
May Allah continue to Guide and Guard us aright. Amin
Wa Salaamu Alaikum Waramotullahi Wabarakatuhu
Allahu Mustahan
The prophet (SAW) said Allah will repent upon whoever repents before the sun rises from the west [reported by Muslim from the Hadith of Abu Hurairah]
As Muslims nothing prevents you from repenting, even if your sins reach the sky or fill the whole earth. As long as the human is in this life, the door of repentance is open. We are living a battle between the call of faith in our heart, and the call of desire that is guided by Shaitan in our heart.
Ibn Abayaomi (RH) Said:” The battle between truth and Falsehood is as old as mankind himself’’
Praise be to Allah the Exalted who has retained in our heart some of the light of faith and beautified good deeds to us.
But this light is weak, because the darkness of sins, which are the blowing of Shaitan, has weakened this light. This is why it sometimes shines, making our conscience awake a little, only to extinguish again and we return to committing sins.
I will clarify to you the illness that you are suffering from, then I will describe the treatment, so please read this with reflection and interest, may Allah benefit us from it.
Dear Readers, the heart is the place of will in the human; sometimes it wants good, and sometimes evil, and the body parts are nothing but soldiers that obey the heart according to what it desires.
May Allah continue to preserve our teacher Ibn Abayaomi (RH) who has taught us so much, made us to know that…on quote
” The difference between religious people and yourself is that the hearts of the former firmly want good, so their body parts obey this will and are thus persistent in obeying Allah the Exalted. As for yourself, your heart knows good and evil, and differentiates between good and bad deeds, but it cannot want good, so you find that it wants desires even though it knows they will harm it, so it commands the body parts so they obey it, but what is the reason?. The reason is that the hearts that are immune to Shaitan easily want to do good because these hearts are healthy and strong. On the other hand, in hearts that Shaitan can enter and wonder in freely, Satan can easily achieve making the heart want sins, after he has made them look attractive to the heart, because the latter is ill and full of satanic germs”.
Please send the forgiveness of Allah on this teacher of mine, my father who both have left this deceitful world. May Allah forgive them and other Muslims their shortcomings..Amin
For some people, Shaitan only briefly enters their hearts owing to the strong immunity surrounding them. For example, those who commit minor sins then quickly repent from them, and those are the ones about whom Allah (SWT) has said (interpretation of the meaning): {The pious ones, when a visitation from Shaitan afflicts them they become mindful, then lo! they see.}.
There are some people whom Shaitan never comes close to their hearts, as they are like the sky, which is guarded from devils by flames; likewise their hearts are guarded from devils.
The Prophet (SAW) has said about this heart white like a smooth rock not harmed by temptation as long as the heavens and earth exist [reported by Muslim from the Hadith of Huzaifah (RA)]. Shaitan has entered the hearts of other people and has dwelled there and created a nest for himself in which he lays his eggs and hatches them. So he has controlled these hearts, commanding them to do forbidden desires, so their hearts want these desires and command their body parts to commit them and they indeed do that. This is because Shaitan has found hearts that have no immunity, their doors open, weak and ill owing to committing sins, and this is why Allah the Exalted has said about this type (interpretation of the meaning) {Satan has gained the mastery over them, so he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah}.
Because the zhikr (remembrance) of Allah is immunity from Shaitan, Shaitan has made them forget it in order to control and drive their hearts, which their body parts will then follow.
The heart is not immunized from Shaitan except with the zhikr of Allah the Exalted, and it does not have the strength to want good except by doing good deeds.
Shaitan does not defeat the heart unless it is inattentive of the zhikr of Allah the Exalted and weak because of committing sins and vice.
And now, after you have known the reason why your heart does not obey you in wanting to do good and avoid sins, and cannot preserve its righteousness, the treatment is in the following medical prescription. Take it and maintain it as its results are guaranteed -Allah willing - if you preserve it honestly; it’s the antidote to the unseen venom of Shaitan.
1. Maintain the five prayers in congregation, especially the fajr prayer and never miss it. Allah the Exalted says {and the fajr reading, for the fajr reading is witnessed} i.e. the fajr prayer is witnessed by angels.
2. After the fajr prayer remain in the masjid to read the Quran, do zhikr until sunrise, and then offer 2 rakahs 10 minutes after sunrise.
3.Say subhanallah wa bi hamdihi,subhanallah li azeem,one hundred times a day at any time in the masjid or house, whether walking, sitting, in the car, etc. This zhikr wipes out sins.
4. Ask forgiveness of Allah one hundred times each day, saying astaghfirullah wa atoobu ilayh (I ask forgiveness of Allah and I repent to Him), once again at any time you wish and in whatever condition you are in.
5. Say this zikr: la ilaha illa Allahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahulmulku wa lahulhamdu wa howa ala kul shayin qadeer (there is no god but Allah; He has no partner; He has the possession and praise, and He is capable of everything) one hundred times each day at any time you wish and in whatever condition you are in. It doesn’t necessarily have to be said in the mosque. The prophet (SAW) maintained these zhikrs, as they are the life of the heart and its indispensable nutrition.
6. Between Maghrib and Ishaa remain in the masjid and do not leave it, and recite as much as you can of the Quran while concentrating.
7. You should totally avoid going to places where there is vice, as you are in quarantine in order to restore health to your heart, and the medicine (good deeds) will not benefit you if you induce disease (sins) into your heart during the treatment period.
8. Continue this program for at least a month: living with the Quran reciting it with consideration, and acting upon what is in it; spending time alone for long hours for the zhikr of Allah the Exalted. The proof of doing this for a month is that the prophet (PBUH) ordered that by saying “Recite the Quran in a month, in 25 days, in 10 days, in 7 days” [Bukhari & Muslim from the hadith of Ibn Omar].
9. If the environment in which you live does not support you in applying this program then change the environment: abandon bad friends, and avoid places in which you spend your free time if they encourage you to commit sins, and if you can travel to far places for example to follow this program then do it.
10. Donate part of your money as a form of repentance to Allah the Exalted, as secret charities are seen only by Allah the Exalted. In the authentic hadith “Secret charities extinguish the anger of the Lord” [narrated by ibn Hibban from the hadith of Anas].
11. Try to perform umrah with the intention of renewing your faith and cleansing your past with the water of this blessed trip. The prophet (PBUH) said A umrah causes forgiving of sins since the previous umrah, and an accepted hajj has no reward other than paradise [Bukhari & Muslim from the hadith of Abu Hurairah (RA)].
12. If you owe anything to others return everything, and do not retain anything you will be accounted for, as a form of repentance to Allah.
13. Ask Allah every night during period prior to fajr with this supplication Rabbi inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathiran wa la yaghfir uzunuba illa Ant, faghfir lee maghfiratan min indik warhamni, inaka Anta Alghafoor Urraheem (My Lord, I have oppressed myself a lot and only You forgive sins, so forgive me a forgiveness from You and have mercy upon me, You are Most Forgiving, Most Merciful), and also Allahuma alhimni rushdi wa qini shar nafsi(O Allah, grant me my the right way and protect me from the evil of myself), as the prophet (SAW)has taught these two to some of his companions
In addition, perform a lot of istighfar and supplication, as the third part of night is a time of acceptance of supplication.
This is your prescription, and one month is not necessarily the period required, as change might appear on you before that, or you might need more than a month in this quarantine. The goal is to expel Shaitan from the heart and clean his traces and dirt and the filth that he has placed there, as this is the reason behind the weakness of your heart and its incapability of wanting good and doing good deeds, and its quickness to follow desires.
So if health returns to your heart and you become fit and strong when it comes to the zhikr of Allah the Exalted, immune from the cunningness of Shaitan, then you may slightly reduce this program to the extent that you can withstand, as the prophet (SAW) said “You should do what you can withstand” [Bukhari & Muslim from the hadith of Aisha (RA)], unless you can withstand more than this, for in this case you should increase doing good as long as your heart loves good deeds.
These faithful duties are the levels as considered by Allah: the more a servant does, he ascends in the levels of piety. The best things to perform are what Allah has prescribed upon you (obligatory forms of worship). You will notice that things have changed in a surprising manner, as long as you maintain the prescription I have given you, and you will find yourself hating to commit sins and your heart not wanting them, looking at them with inferiority and disdain. You will also like good deeds and feel enthusiastic about them, and feel their good taste in your heart. The secret behind this change is that you have treated you heart with the zhikr of Allah the Exalted and good deeds until your heart has become healthy wanting good and loving it after it was ill, wanting evil and sins and loving them. Allah, the Truth and Exalted says:"{but Allah has endeared the faith to you and has made it seemly in your hearts, and He has made hateful to you unbelief and transgression and disobedience; those are the followers of the right way)".
By grace from Allah and as a favour; and Allah is Most Knowing, Most Wise} and Allah knows best. The right information given here is from Allah; if wrong found, it is from me. I ask Allah Almighty to protect us and you from errors and from all that displeases him. I conclude my praising by "Alhamdulillahi rabbil-alameen" - Praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds.
Allahumma infa`ni bima `allamtani wa `allamni ma yanfa`uni! Meaning (OH ALLAH! Make useful for me what You taught me and teach me knowledge that will be useful to me).
May Allah continue to Guide and Guard us aright. Amin
Wa Salaamu Alaikum Waramotullahi Wabarakatuhu
Allahu Mustahan
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