"Do the little things. In the future, when you look back, they'd have made the greatest change." — Nike Thaddeus
When the Prophet’s (sallallahu alahi wasllam) daughter, Fatima (radhi allahu anha) complained about the hardship of serving the family, grinding corn and blisters on her hand, the Prophet taught his daughter a Dhikr, and said, “It is better for you than a servant.”
This is what he taught her;
Subhan Allah, 33 times,
alHamdulillah, 33 time,
and Allahu Akbar, 34 times
- before going to bed.
See, Saheeh al-Bukharee (vol. 8, book:75, no: 330)
Dhikr gives you strength; such that you can do with Dhikr what you cannot do without it!
Imam Ibnul-Qayyim writes in al-Waabil al-Sayyib (p. 77) under benefit no 61;
“The one who persists in doing that will find strength in his body that will make him independent of the need for a servant.”
One of the most beautiful narrations I’ve ever read, regarding tawakkul🍃🍃✨✨✨✨🍃🍃
May Allāh increase us in Tawhīd!
:قال الإمام ابن الجوزي رحمه الله تعالى
متى رأيت تكديرًا في حال فاذكر نعمة ما شُكرتْ أو زلة قد فُعلتْ
[صيد الخاطر، صـ٤٩]
Al-Imām Ibnul-Jawzī, raḥimahullāh said:
“Whenever you see [yourself in] a difficult situation then remember a blessing that was not shown gratitude for or a mistake that was made.”
[Ṣaydul-Khāṭir, pg.49]
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Al-‘Allāmah Ibn Bāz - may Allāh have mercy on him - said:
“Difference in age between the husband and wife is not an impediment; whether he is older than her or she is older than him, it is not an impediment. The only thing that is important is that she is religious. If she is religious then take her even if she is older than you.”
📖 [Fatāwā Nūr ‘alad-Darb 20/137]
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“This (ring) distracted me from you (ie: his Companions he was with) all day, shifting my gaze from it to you (and back again).” “ شغلني هذا عنكم منذ اليوم، إليه نظرة، وإليكم نظرة. Then he threw (the ring) away. ثم رمى به. يعني الخاتم ”. Reported by al-Nasāʾī, Ibn Ḥibbān in his Ṣaḥīḥ, Aḥmad on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with him) that: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took a ring and put it on, أخرجه النسائي (2/295) وابن حبان في “ صحيحه ” (رقم 1468 - الموارد) وأحمد (1/322) من طريق عثمان بن عمر أنبأنا مالك بن مغول عن سليمان الشيباني عن سعيد بن جبير عن ابن عباس “ أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم اتخذ خاتما فلبسه، Then he ﷺ said: (the above). ثم قال: (فذكره). I say: The isnād (ie: chain) is ṣaḥīḥ upon the conditions of (al-Bukhārī and Muslim). قلت: وهذا إسناد صحيح على شرط الشيخين. Muḥammad Nāṣir ʾl-Dīn al-Albānī, Silsilah al-Aḥādīth al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3/189 #1192 محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، السلسلة الصحيحة ٣/١٨٩ #١١٩٢ https://shamela.ws/book/9442/1886 Telegram: https://t.me/aljadwal Tumblr: https://al-jadwal.tumblr.com
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
{بدائع التفسير ٨٨/٢}
Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) said,
"Then your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder..."
[سورة البقرة (٢) : ٧٤]
Al Baghawī (رحمه الله) said,
وإنما لم يشبهها بالحديد مع أنه أصلب من الحجارة, لأن الحديد قابل اللين, فإنه يلين بانار [...] والحجارة لا تلين قط
"and Indeed He [Allah] did not liken it [i.e, the hardening of the hearts] to Iron even though it is harder than stones, because Iron is susceptible to softness [i.e, structural change] For Indeed, it softens with fire [...] and stones do not soften ever."
[معالم التنزيل في تفسير القرآن (تفسير البغوي)]
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إن موسى (عليه السلام) كان يقول في دعائه
Indeed Mūsā (عليه السلام) used to say from his supplications
اللَّهُمَّ لَيِّنْ قَلْبِي بِالتَّوْبَةِ، وَلَا تَجْعَلْ قَلْبِي قَاسِيًا كَالْحَجَرِ
"O' Allah soften my heart with tawbah [repentance] and do not make my heart hard like a stone."
[كتاب الزهد لأحمد بن حنبل]