Ramaḍān – Day 14 A human being’s salvation depends on his state at the time of death. He will enjoy eternal comfort, should he be blessed with the gift of ḥusn al-khātimah, otherwise he will taste boundless punishment. Ḥāḍrat ʿUbādah Ibn Ṣāmit رضي الله عنه narrated from the Prophet ﷺ, “He who loves to meet…
Ramaḍān – Day 13 Remember the favours of Allāh upon you and how they surround you from above and below — indeed, from every direction. Health, safety, nourishment, clothing, air, and water — these all point to the world being yours, yet you do not realise it. You possess all that life has to offer,…
Ramaḍān – Day 12 O people, there comes upon you a great month, a most blessed month, in which lies a night greater in worth than one thousand months. Allāh has made compulsory fasting in this month and has decreed wakefulness at night sunnah (tarawīḥ). Whosoever tries drawing nearer to Allāh by performing any nafl…
Ramaḍān – Day 11 Most Scholars of the early generations were poor; needless it is to say, then, that they did not have beautiful houses or nice cars. Yet, despite this, they led fruitful lives, and they benefited mankind, not by some miracle, but because they used all that they were given, and spent their…
Ramaḍān – Day 10 Two great reciters of the Qur’ān, Imām Yazīdī and Imam Kisā’ī were once in the presence of Hārūn Ar-Rashīd, when the time for ṣalāh arrived. They decided that Imam Kisā’ī would lead the ṣalāh. During the course of his recitation of Sūrah al-Kāfirūn, he stammered for a moment. When they had…
Ramaḍān 1441: Day 09 Supplicate to Allāh ﷻ with an earnest heart. Supplications and prayers are not lip service. Duʿā refers to asking and begging with full concentration and devotion. Spare a moment from your daily 24 hour activities and then wholeheartedly pray to Allāh ﷻ with full conviction of your duʿā being accepted by…