Islamic Reminders

"Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurʾān. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it." — ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه [Al-Khatib, Iqtida’ Al-‘Ilm Al-‘Amal no. 109]

💫 Sayyid al-Istighfār: The Best Prayer for Seeking Forgiveness Narrated Shaddād ibn Aws رضي الله عنه: The Prophet (ﷺ) said "The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allāh is: اللهم أنت ربي، لا إله إلا أنت ، خلقتني وأنا عبدك، وأنا على عهدك ووعدك ما استطعت أعوذ بك من شر ما صنعت أبوء لك بنعمتك علي، وأبوء بذنبي، فاغفر لي فإنه لا يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت The Prophet (ﷺ) added. "If somebody recites it during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise." [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6306] Transliteration: Allāhumma anta rabbī, lā ilāha illā ant, khalaqtanī wa-anā ʿabduk, wa-anā ʿalā ʿahdika wa-waʿdika mā’istaṭaʿt, aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣanaʿt, abūʾu laka bi-niʿmatika ʿalayy, wa-abūʾu laka bidhanbī, fa’ighfir lī, fa-innahu lā yaghfir al-dhunūba illā ant. Translation: O Allāh, You are my Lord, there is no God but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I abide by Your covenant and promise (to honour it) as best as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil that I have committed. I acknowledge Your favor upon me, and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for surely none can forgive sins but You.

Iran's foreign minister says the country is not currently negotiating with the US to end the war and "does not intend" to do so. Abbas Araghchi's comments came as US President Donald Trump's press secretary said talks were "ongoing" and "productive". Araghchi said the US had been sending ideas via mediators - at one stage appearing to refer to a 15-point plan the US is reported to have passed to Iran. Without explicitly rejecting the plan outright, the foreign minister repeated some of the arguments earlier outlined by an unnamed Iranian official in a five-point counter-proposal.

An 18-month-old Palestinian child, Karim Abu Nassar, was reportedly subjected to severe abuse by Israeli forces in central Gaza, allegedly to pressure his detained father into giving a confession. The incident occurred near Al-Maghazi camp, where the child and his parents were stopped while attempting to buy basic necessities. Eyewitnesses say the father, Osama, was separated from his son, forced toward a military checkpoint, and detained after being interrogated. During this time, the toddler was allegedly held and physically abused for several hours. Reports claim he was burned with cigarettes, pricked, and injured with metal objects while his father was forced to witness the ordeal. After approximately 10 hours, the child was returned to his family through the International Red Cross at Al-Maghazi market. Medical assessments confirmed visible injuries, including burn marks on his legs. His father remains in detention.

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Muslims perform Eid prayers near to Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano 🇮🇩

💫 Sayyid al-Istighfār: The Best Prayer for Seeking Forgiveness Narrated Shaddād ibn Aws رضي الله عنه: The Prophet (ﷺ) said "The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allāh is: اللهم أنت ربي، لا إله إلا أنت ، خلقتني وأنا عبدك، وأنا على عهدك ووعدك ما استطعت أعوذ بك من شر ما صنعت أبوء لك بنعمتك علي، وأبوء بذنبي، فاغفر لي فإنه لا يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت The Prophet (ﷺ) added. "If somebody recites it during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise." [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6306] Transliteration: Allāhumma anta rabbī, lā ilāha illā ant, khalaqtanī wa-anā ʿabduk, wa-anā ʿalā ʿahdika wa-waʿdika mā’istaṭaʿt, aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣanaʿt, abūʾu laka bi-niʿmatika ʿalayy, wa-abūʾu laka bidhanbī, fa’ighfir lī, fa-innahu lā yaghfir al-dhunūba illā ant. Translation: O Allāh, You are my Lord, there is no God but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I abide by Your covenant and promise (to honour it) as best as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil that I have committed. I acknowledge Your favor upon me, and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for surely none can forgive sins but You.

Eid Mubarak! May Allāh accept our fasts and ibadah, and may He forgive us for our sins.

Saudi Arabia announced the crescent for Shawwāl was not sighted this evening, therefore Eid ul-Fitr will be on Friday 20th March 2026. #islam #muslim #eid #ramadan

اللهم انك عفو تحب العفو فاعف عنّي Allāhumma innāka ʿafūwwun tuḥibbul ʿafwa fa-ʿfu ʿannī Oh Allah, You are the Most Forgiving, and You love forgiveness, so forgive me

Narrated by Ubādah ibn aṣ-Ṣāmit رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Whoever gets up at night and says: 'Lā ilāha illAllāhu, waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamdu, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shaiʾin qadīr. Alḥamdulillāhi wa-SubḥānAllāhi wa-Lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāhu w-Allāhu Akbar wa-Lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata ʾillā bi-llāh.' لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير الحمد لله وسبحان الله ولا اله الا الله والله اكبر ولا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله (None has the right to be worshipped but Allāh. He is the Only One and has no partners. For Him is the Kingdom and all the praises are due for Him. He is Omnipotent. Praise be to Allāh and Glory be to Allāh, and There is no God but Allāh, and Allāh is Greatest And there is neither Might nor Power Except with Allāh). And then says: Allāhumma-ġfirlī اللهم اغفر لي (O Allāh! Forgive me). Or invokes (Allāh), he will be responded to, and if he performs ablution (and prays), his prayer will be accepted." [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1154]

At least 400 people have been killed and 250 injured after Pakistan launched an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan authourties say the Pakistani military regime violated Afghanistan’s airspace and targeted a drug rehabilitation, resulting in the death and injury of addicts who were undergoing treatment. Pakistan dismissed the claim as “false and aimed at misleading public opinion”, saying it only targeted military installations in Kabul.

Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and a long standing supporter of US President Donald Trump publicly posted his resignation letter saying: “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation”. He then stated that the war was started due to “pressure Israel and it’s powerful American lobby.”

حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل [ḥasbunā -llāhu wa-niʿma l-wakīl] Allah is Sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer of affairs

The Israeli occupation forces plan to keep Masjid al-ʾAqṣā closed through Eid ul-Fitr and beyond. The masjid has been forcibly closed for over two weeks during Ramaḍān, denying Muslims from praying in one of Islam's holiest sites.

Duʿāʾs to recite on Laylat ul-Qadr ⬇️ ➡️ اللهم إنك عفو تحب العفو فاعفو عنا [Allāhumma innāka ʿafūwwun tuḥibbul ʿafwa fa-ʿfu ʿannā] Oh Allāh, You are the Most Forgiving, and You love forgiveness, so forgive us. ➡️ ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار [Rabbanā ātinā fīd-dunyā ḥasanatan wa-fīl-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa-qinā ʿadhāban-nār] Our Lord, grant us good in this world, and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Fire ➡️ رب إني لما أنزلت إلي من خير فقير [Rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīr] My Lord! I am indeed needy of whatever good You may send to me ➡️ ربنا هب لنا من أزواجنا وذرياتنا قرة أعين واجعلنا للمتقين إماما [Rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā waḏurriyyātinā qurrata aʿyunin wa-jaʿalnā lilmuttaqīna imāmā] Our Lord, give us joy in our spouses and offspring. Make us good examples to those who are aware of You ➡️ رب هب لي من الصالحين [Rabbi hab lī mina-ṣāliḥīn] My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous ➡️ رب ارحمهما كما ربياني صغيرا [Rabbir ḥamhumā kamā rabbāyanī ṣaghīra] My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small. ➡️ رب اجعلني مقيم الصلاة ومن ذريتي ربنا وتقبل دعاء [Rabbi jʿalnī muqīma-ṣalati wamin dhurriyyatī, rabbanā wataqabbal duʿāʾ] My Lord! Make me and those believers of my descendants keep up prayer. Our Lord! Accept my prayers. ➡️ ربنا اغفر لي ولوالدي وللمؤمنين يوم يقوم الحساب [Rabbana igh’fir lī waliwālidayya walil'mu'minīna yawma yaqūmul ḥisāb] Our Lord! Forgive me, my parents, and the believers on the Day when the judgment will come to pass. ➡️ رب زدني علما [Rabbi zid’nī ʿil'ma] My Lord, increase me in knowledge. ➡️ ربنا تقبل منا إنك أنت السميع العليم [Rabbanā taqabbal minnā innaka anta -samiʿu -lʿalīm] Our Lord! Accept this from us. You are indeed the All-Hearing, All-Knowing ➡️ رب لا تذرني فردا وأنت خير الوارثين [Rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa-anta khayru wārithīn] My Lord, do not leave me childless, while you are the best of inheritors ➡️ اللهم إني أسألك العافية في الدنيا والآخرة [Allāhumma inn-ī ʾasʾalu-k al-ʿāfiyah fī dun’yā wal-ākhirah] O Allāh, I ask You for my wellbeing in this world and the next ➡️ رب اشرح لي صدري ويسر لي أمري واحلل عقدة من لساني يفقهوا قولي [Rabbi-ish’raḥ lī ṣadrī wayassir lī amrī wa-uḥ’lul ʿuq’datan min lisānī yafqahū qawlī] My Lord! Uplift my heart for me, and make my task easy, and remove the impediment from my tongue so people may understand my speech. ➡️ ربنا وآتنا ما وعدتنا على رسلك ولا تخزنا يوم القيامة إنك لا تخلف الميعاد [Rabbanā waātinā ma waʿadttanā ʿalā rusulika walā thuk’zinā yawmal qiyāma - innaka lā tukh’liful miʿād] Our Lord! Grant us what You have promised us through Your messengers and do not put us to shame on Judgment Day - for certainly You never fail in Your promise. ➡️ لا اله الا انت سبحانك اني كنت من الظالمين [Lā ʾilāha ʾillā ʾanta subḥānaka ʾinnī kuntu mina ẓ-ẓālimīn] There is no god except You, glorified are You! I have indeed been among the wrongdoers. ➡️ اللهم اكفني بحلالك عن حـرامك، وأغنني بفضلك عمن سواك [Allāhummak-finī biḥalālika ʿan ḥarāmika, wa ʿaghninī bi faḍlika ʿamman siwāk] O Allāh, suffice me with what You have allowed instead of what You have forbidden, and make me independent of all others besides You.

Indeed, it is We Who sent this [Qurʾān] down on the Night of Decree. And what will make you realize what the Night of Decree is? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. That night the angels and the Spirit descend, by the permission of their Lord, for every decreed matter. It is all peace until the break of dawn. [Sūrah al-Qadr]