Reflections For Myself

May Allāh ﷻ accept from us and the du'ā's mentioned by the Shaykh @reflectionsformyself

في رمضان جاهد نفسك قدر استطاعتك This Ramaḍān, strive against yourself as much as you can واغسل قلبك قبل جسدك And wash your heart before your body ولسانك قبل يديك And your tongue before your hands وافسد كل محاولاتهم لإفساد صيامك And destroy attempts to ruin your fast واحذر أن تكون من أولئك الذين لا ينالهم من صيامهم سوى العطش والجوع And be careful not to be from those who do not attain from their fasting other than thirst and hunger.

As soon as you realise that everything is truly controlled by Allāh you will be happier. You need to internalise it. Every little thing is controlled by Allāh so if something goes wrong, something will go right and if you're sad today, tomorrow you will be happier.

You really have to be there for yourself when your Imān takes a dip. I don't know of any self care as important and nurturing as the one where a person fixes that which is between them and their Lord. No one else will do that for you. It's on you. No one else knows what your days hold, or what sits in your heart of sadness or happiness. When you create a distance between you and the one who knows you so well, you throw yourself into a pit of loneliness. It's okay to have low days, or to slip. The greatest mistake isn't that you fall into error, it's human to do that. The greatest mistake is to lose hope in your own self, and to fail in picking yourself out of the pit. You have to regularly press reset for yourself. You have to monitor yourself and ensure you don't stray too far from those things that bring you life. You have to force yourself to prayer, to Qur'ān and to Dhikr till it once again becomes a part of who you are. And what is most beautiful is that so long as you do this your Lord is ever ready to accept your efforts. It's a journey that never ends, it's one that causes grazed knees from the amount of times you will fall then stand again. But you have to stand and you have to die upon it. @ b_mahmuud

If Allāh ﷻ didn't love you, He would never have let you fast the days of Ramaḍān and stand its nights. He only gifted you this because He wanted to forgive you.

"Remember, life is short. Use this opportunity to exert ourselves in the Ibadah of Allāh ﷻ to the best of our abilities. Ramaḍān will come and go. We need to enter Ramaḍān with the spirit of making Tawba and changing our lives." [Muftī Ebrahim Desai رحمه الله]

﷽ The action that has no sincerity in it! [beardedfella_____]

When passing by graves, it is as though the inhabitants are saying: “We were also just like you, walking casually in between graves & busy with issues of life. Soon you will just be like us, buried underground in nothing but a basic shroud.” كما أنتم كذا كنا، كما نحن تكونونا [Muftī Muḥammad Ibn Ādam]

Du'ā' when intending to fast + Du'ā' at the time of Ifṭār (In Ramaḍān, it is better to make niyyah in the night.)

اللهم يا رحمن يا رحيم ياذا المن والإكرام O Allah, O Most Beneficent, O Most Merciful, O Bestower of grace and honor بلغنا برحمتك رمضان let us reach Ramadan by Your mercy, شهر الخير والقرآن the month of goodness and the Qur’an, وأعنا فيه على الصيام والقيام and help us in it to fasting and standing in prayer, وحسن العبادة فيه فمنك التوفيق والإعانة والسداد and worship well in it, for from You is success, aid and repayment وإليك يُرجع الأمر كله علانيته وسره and to You the whole matter returns, openly and secretly [huraayrah]

Your nafs and desires are the biggest enemies in your life. The one who learns how to control it, will be saved from corruption and the one who is overpowered by it will be consumed by this world in a way that will destroy them completely. If the nafs can be tamed, you are considered to be the most courageous of warriors in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. For the greatest Jihad in the sight of Allāh ﷻ is the struggle one has in controlling their desires. Waki’ reported: Sufyan ath-Thawrī رحمه الله said, “I never dealt with anything more difficult on me than my own self. Sometimes it would be against me, and sometimes it would be for me.” (H‌ilyat al-Awliya‌) May Allāh ﷻ save us from the destruction of our own desires. Amīn Yā Rab. [aminabinteharith]

Sincerity Of Intention Shaykh-ul-Ḥadīth Mawlānā Salīm Dhorat حفظه الله

Allāh ﷻ tells us in the Qur’ān 6:54 “When those who believe in Our verses come to you, say to them, “Peace on you. Your Lord has prescribed for Himself mercy, so that if any one of you does an evil deed out of ignorance and thereafter repents and mends his ways, then (you will see that) He is Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful.” If Allāh ﷻ allowed us to seek his forgiven that means he wants to forgive us. Once we repent and dont indulge in that sin anymore, this is a sign from Allāh ﷻ that he has forgiven us. May Allāh ﷻ accept our prayers and forgive all of our sins. Āmīn ya rab [Israfoundation]

"Allāh is always looking out for you. He knows what’s best for you. You might think you’re going through an unwarranted tough patch in life but that may be a blessing in disguise for you. Good days will come. Just remember to say “Alḥamdulillāh ” through the bad days too".

Remedies for anxiety

The success of others doesn't equate to your failure. Every individual will have a unique quality that will give value to the people who are around him. There are enough people out there to benefit from the value you provide. Mawlānā Haaris Abdus Samad

Short Istikārah Du'ā'

Your spouse is a risq from Allāh. Like everything in life, have Tawakkul that this provision too will reach you when the time is right. - Mawlānā Ḥuzaifah Ṣāleḥ