tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18418093982549663432024-02-07T15:55:07.393-08:00.:LIGHT upon LIGHT - نور على نور :.“Light upon Light! God doth guide whom He will to His Light.” (An Nur: 35)Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-18980557256740434432013-08-16T03:52:00.001-07:002013-08-16T03:52:29.544-07:00We miss all of you<br>Bismillah..<br /><br>This thought came to my mind today;<br /><br>Zaid al khattab radhiyallahu 'anhu(r.a) had superseded Omar al khattab(r.a) in accepting islam and died as martyr.. and Omar r.a. had not, before him.<br /><br>Indeed, by Allah's greatest plan, Allah The All Knowing spared him (Omar al khattab r.a.) for the ummah. The people of his time were blessed to have him as the caliph. And blessed his pious predecessors, like Omar abdul aziz.. and we muslims today benefit a lot from them.. <br /><br>Allahuakbar. Indeed, Allah knows best and He has the best of interests for His believing slaves.. Allahuakbar..<br /><br>O'self, be truthful to Allah, His Messenger Muhammad salallahu 'alayhi wasalam and to Islam..<br /><br>Ya rabb, increase us in imaan, taqwa and righteous deeds. Aameen..<br /><br>Ya rabb, gather us all in jannah. Grant us jannatul firdausil A'la. Aameen..<br /><br>We truly miss all of you, the best generation of Islam.. We truly do..<br />Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-87760377138077034622013-06-21T05:16:00.001-07:002013-06-21T05:16:55.364-07:00Attributes of a True Friend -- by Mufti Ismail Menk (SL Lecture Tour, De...Bismillah!<br />
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Sharing this. Very wise advice shared on what kind of companies should we have :)<br />
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InshaAllah..<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nUoe2tf3h2E" width="459"></iframe>Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-60455947926491256962013-06-19T05:39:00.001-07:002013-06-19T05:39:57.843-07:00Frustrated Muslim Youth Crys Out * Extremely Emotional * MUST WATCH!The reality of today's world :'(<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/joweN7gDNu8" width="480"></iframe>Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-53460374717765879132013-06-17T03:04:00.001-07:002013-06-17T03:04:16.380-07:00A True Love Story ᴴᴰ ┇ Thought Provoking ┇ By Sh. Karim Abu Zaid ┇ TDR ┇You see, it is Allah who puts the pure love in each other's heart,<br />
So it is up to Allah now that He preserves and increase the love towards one another.<br />
All that we have to do is to obey HIM..<br />
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If we are not-yet married, observe our relationships with the opposite gender, do not go beyond the limits set by Islam.<br />
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If we are to get married, choose spouse based on religion on top of other reasonable reasons of attraction..<br />
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If we are married, support one another , strive to please Allah in all deeds..<br />
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May Allah grant us a blessed marriage in dunya and bless us with Jannatul firdausil a'la..<br />
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Aamin.<br />
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Posting this. BismillahUmm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-73720693111869039972013-06-15T16:43:00.000-07:002013-06-15T18:21:50.581-07:00Love Letter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">“if you love me, don’t confess your love to me, this won’t please me and will keep me away! love words don’t attract me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">If you love me, wait for me and I will knock on your door in the right time. Don’t give me privileges which I don’t deserve. Keep me away from you, and I will approach you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">Don’t love me, for I want you ignorant in love. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">I want to teach you love when the right time come and you will be my Halal, only when we are joined together under our Creator’s satisfaction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">Don’t tell me what you feel, don’t give me from your time, don’t push me to lose you. I am a man who won’t accept to see the one he loves committing sins or to live a forbidden love behind the back of her family. I don’t want her to feel guilty and don’t want her heart to suffer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">Put limits to me that I won’t cross, kill me inside you so I won’t grow to kill you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">I want you innocent, chaste, pure. I want you dear, not easy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">And then, Only then, I will face everything and will be ready to go through difficulties to get you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">How could I be a faithful man to you when I try to break your chastity? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">How would I be faithful to you if I push you to betray your family? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">To love you means to protect you, to preserve you not to kill what is beautiful in you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">Don’t be easy because then, I may not value you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">Don’t love me now, so I won’t hate you! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.890625px;">My heart wants you and doesn’t want to lose you. </span></span></div>
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Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-65523445701608645172013-04-21T04:08:00.001-07:002013-04-21T04:08:10.235-07:00[Crying] Don't Delay Marriage by Mufti MenkI'm crying, too. SubhanAllah.<br />
When the doors to halal are made hard upon their entrance, this makes the doors to what is haram to open wider. Allahul musta'an<br />
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May Allah increase in blessings in our scholar's life in dunya and akhira.<br />
May Allah increase our iman, taqwa and perseverence in holding to this religion, in doing things which are pleasing to Allah and refraining ourselves from what HE is displeased with, in the best possible manners as taught by our Beloved Prophet Muhammad salallahu 'alayhi wasalam and his companions as well those who are rightly guided..<br />
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AaaminUmm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-279644458771189492013-04-16T00:41:00.002-07:002013-04-16T01:43:05.509-07:00Let It GO and RECLAIM Your Heart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>LET GO. IT WILL COME BACK IF IT IS YOURS</b><br />
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Let go of that which you desire if it competes with your love to Allah. Let it go for HIS sake. Then believe me it will return to you. Allah will bring it back to you in a better form or you will get something better. Be patient. Reclaim your heart from the creation and return it to The One Who Deserves it most- The Creator.<br />
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Learn to love Allah most,<br />
Depend on Allah alone,<br />
Given everything, every blessing around you as a mean for you<br />
to love and obey Allah better.<br />
The 'tools' to worship HIM better.<br />
Thank Allah for giving these 'tools' to depend on HIM better.<br />
Not to depend on the 'tools'.<br />
Tools should be hold tight in your hands to be used to its fullest,<br />
not to be kept in your heart.<br />
For the heart should be the holder of your belief, love, trust, hope on HIM,<br />
a side of real attachment to rebuild in its purest form.<br />
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And i will say, keep space for fear in there too,<br />
Fear for leaving a place for false attachment to reside.<br />
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The more you depend on people,<br />
The more they will shun away from you.<br />
WHY?<br />
Because it's a nature of a human being to be dependable on something or someone,<br />
Allah created you and I and all people such a way.<br />
But it's a great mistake to depend on the creation instead of The Creator.<br />
It is out of HIS wisdom that HE created you such a way,<br />
Because HE wanted you to keep turning and depending on HIM<br />
in all situations..<br />
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But remember, depending on HIM for HIS supports requires you to take all necessary means,<br />
to use all necessary tools- to qualify you to HIS support and help.<br />
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Use the tools to reach to the source of HELP,<br />
and the source of all help is from Allah.<br />
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The one who learns to depend on HIM, learns the true essence of INDEPENDENCE.<br />
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<b>IT'S THE SAME LORD, IN CASE YOU AND I FORGOT</b><br />
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Do you think the same Lord that divided the red sea for Musa (a.s) when behind him was a super-powerful army approaching to kill him and his people, and there was no hope it seemed from the eyes of his followers;<br />
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The same Lord that saved Yunus (a.s) who was trapped in the belly of a whale when no one heard him crying for help from his All-Merciful and Loving Lord,<br />
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The same Lord that commanded the fire to cool off, from burning Ibrahim (a.s) when he turned to Allah alone, when Angel Jibreel offered his service but he refused for wanting none others but Allah to help, with all his trust on HIM,<br />
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The same Lord that changed the staff Musa (a.s) leaned and depended on to a snake which now could harm him instead of supporting him,<br />
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The same Lord that elevated the status of Muhammad (s.a.w) over all of HIS creations after all the tests, trials and hardships befallen upon him, trials upon trials which were out of one layman could ever afford to be in,<br />
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The very same Lord.. Their Lord.. Ours<br />
Do you think HE, Allah would ever leave them? Leave us?<br />
Do you think, now, Allah would not be able to HELP us to go through the test,<br />
To SUPPORT us throughout the journey?<br />
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Allah was the same Lord that helped these chosen people out of the greatest tests a human being could afford to bear.<br />
Do you think this same LORD couldn't help us out of our daily worries and daily affairs?<br />
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HE was the same Lord that gave these chosen people (may peace and blessings be upon them) tests upon tests.<br />
And HE was the same Lord that helped them out of these tests.<br />
So the same Lord who gives you a test today WILL definitely HELP YOU OUT, too.<br />
All you need to do is to RETURN to HIM.<br />
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These are not just 'stories' that you hear and say, "Oh, another inspiring stories"<br />
and you walk away not taking lessons from.<br />
These are stories for us, for purpose.<br />
You and I can relate to these stories.<br />
You and I indeed are tested by Allah in this life.<br />
You and I are in fact in dire need of Allah..<br />
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Did these prophets lose hope? No.<br />
So we shouldn't lose hope, too.<br />
Never lose hope.<br />
Keep your trust, belief and faith firm.<br />
Return to Allah.<br />
HE's there for you..<br />
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*Lessons from '<b><i>Reclaim Your Heart</i></b>' with Yasmin Mogahed, 15th April 2013, Martrade Exhibition Centre*</div>
Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-22158632443256291942013-03-27T22:03:00.001-07:002013-04-07T07:05:47.918-07:00Who are YOU?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I listen to music, I call myself Muslim.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I participate in haram festivals, I call myself Muslim.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I don’t even know how to pray properly, I call myself Muslim.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I shave my beard and take off my hijab, I call myself Muslim.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">... ... My sense of clothing is revealing, I call myself Muslim.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">My income is haram, I call myself Muslim.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I backbite with my friends, I call myself Muslim.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I don’t even end the night off with Qur’aan rather I watch movies but I call myself Muslim.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">We do not read and understand what ALLAH is written for us. instead we read text messages sent by our friends We call ourselves muslim.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Sounds familiar?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Think about it: Was this the life of the Prophet Muhammad [sallallahu alaihi wasallam]?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Is this what the Qur’aan describes as a believers life?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">IS THIS REALLY A MUSLIM?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Turn to ALLAH Worry about AKHIRAH.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Do not enjoy the fake enjoyment of this world. We are ummah of the prophet sallalahu alaih wasallam live life like how he lived. Offer namaz, understand Qur’an, be humble. Give zakah stay away from shirk and bad deeds.</span></span></span><br />
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Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-79001522055753780332013-01-04T23:40:00.002-08:002013-01-04T23:40:37.983-08:00Eyes: THE Windows of The Heart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was asked. "If i were a guy, having female 'friends' in my fb profile, what would i do?.."</div>
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*Eyes blinking for a moment, two, three..*</div>
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Seriously, i couldn't think of any answer for that.</div>
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Why?</div>
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Because i'm not a guy :)</div>
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But i do have an answer for being a MUSLIM woman..<br />InshaAllah..</div>
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(Wallahi i'm struggling to become better, i'm no better than any of you who reads my post now)</div>
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I remember taking few days back in few years ago, to decide and finally take the initiative to REMOVE all brothers from my fb profile for few solid reasons, i must say.(Well, our situation may be VERY different here, so pls understand that this is based on my self-inspection and self-analyze to what i believe the best for myself :) )</div>
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<u><i>THE few reasons:</i></u></div>
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1. I was distracted with the comments of the brothers on my wall post- seriously, UNNECESSARY comments from them as i see it. I was like, 'ehem, i'm dealing with my sisters here, why are you here?...'</div>
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2. Guess i 'distracted' some of the brothers (I mean, seriously, why would some of them commented almost on all pics that i posted? Mm.. Didn't they have better things to do than updating my posts? Tho' they might be doing this to other people too, i didn't agree they did it here in my profile. Seriously, i didn't want to be one of the reasons for them wasting their time on fb) :(<br /><br />Not to mention LOADS of messages i received from them PRIVATELY in my inbox. </div>
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Praising, amazed by my posts and sharings over the fb... <br />All ignored.</div>
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Then... over a period of time, they started to ask me questions.. </div>
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Urgh.. Was that necessary? Didn't they have GUY friends to ask?.. (0_o)</div>
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3. I really appreciate PRIVACY with my female friends, my family and close friends, i don't need these brothers to look at my profile on this. You know how unfriendly fb was back then- not much options you have to control your profile, unlike today, you can set custom/private, etc..</div>
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4. Some brothers enjoy sharing their pics. Eemm.. I'm trying to lower my gaze here (OFFLINE social life as well as ONLINE in social networking- Ukhty, fear Allah...) So, having them in my profile wasn't a help to lowering my gaze, NOT AT ALL.</div>
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At first, i added them thinking that it might ease my dakwah work since i have to deal with them on some programs, but naa... NO NEED TO. I've dealt with them enough offline. And now online? No no no.. I don't want to spend more of my time with you guys. Once our jobs are done. <i>Khalas</i>, they all end there. Alhamdulillah..</div>
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All in all, i don't need the unnecessary attention. Such an unnecessary distraction that unnecessarily took my time, and theirs.. :/</div>
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Some of you might think, </div>
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"Why am i making such a BIG fuss out of this?"</div>
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Some may even ask,</div>
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"What's the big deal?"</div>
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Ohho. Hold on..</div>
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Free-mixing over the internet (especially in fb where everything is POSSIBLE),</div>
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Unrestrained and limitless posting and sharing,</div>
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Unrestrained glances/gazes over the unfiltered contents, </div>
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The disgusting advertisements,</div>
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And more to list.....</div>
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THEY MAKE A GREAT DEAL HERE, when it comes to the matters of the heart.</div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;">Eyes--> Heart--> Iman--> Akhlaq</span></div>
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Haram things- disturbed/distressed/distracted/restless heart- weak iman/desentized to sins- fall short in performing ibadah/easily sinning (Wa'iyadzhubillah!)</div>
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Uhuh. They are all INTER-related.</div>
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I remember listening to a lecture on lowering gaze in islam, the scholar mentioned that "The eyes are the windows of our hearts".. Whatever that passes through our eyes will go down to the heart. If we do not observe our gazes, do not restrain them from looking to what Allah and HIS messengers salallahu 'alayh wasalam had prohibited, our heart may becomes sick and if ignored, it may get corrupted.</div>
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Read Madarij as Salikin written by Ibn Qayyim al Jawzi- Our muslim scholar on matter related to the science of the heart, things related to our faith/iman..<br />Learn the arrows of syaithan, their traps to mislead, distract and corrupt the sons of Adam (It's us !) from our main prupose of life..</div>
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Learn the Quran and ahadeeth, teachings of Prophet Muhammad salallahu 'alayh wasalam and the footsteps of the companions radhiyallahu 'anhum, the beautiful examples set by the wives and believing women in the past whose life testified and witnessed in history to be successful..</div>
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Listen to lectures of our scholars today on this kind of issues that they address them in a way relevant to our lives..</div>
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<u><span style="color: lime;"><b>Story of Yusuf 'alayhi as salam (a.s)</b></span></u></div>
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SubhanAllah, i'm amazed with the story of Prophet Yusuf a.s who was mentioned in a sound hadeeth that he was given the beauty of the world (A very handsome prophet), used to COVER HIS FACE whenever dealing with women.</div>
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What?! Haha. That was my impression. A man covering his face from women?</div>
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Yea.. Think about it. He was taken as a slave in his YOUNG age, being a slave, who would care about him much. But he knew what fitna had he brought to the wife of Al-Aziz (as mufassirin said she had started to seduce and get his attention since the beginning but ended up forcing him to commit zina. BY FORCE- because she was ignored by Yusuf a.s).. So he knew he had the 'killing' look. He did his part to help other women to lower their gaze by covering his face, he knew he was gifted by Allah the 'killing' look. Amazing eyh?<br /><br />*No wonder the friends of the wife of al aziz cut their fingers for the FIRST time seeing Yusuf a.s.. They never saw him before ! Wooaa.. He really took gooood care of himself. Amazing! MashaAllah!*</div>
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<u><span style="color: lime;"><b>Story of Imam Asy Syafi'e rahimullah</b></span></u></div>
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And talking about the consequences of NOT lowering the gaze, remember imam asy syafi'e used to complain to his teacher (Waqi' if i'm not mistaken) that his memory was getting weak.. What did the teacher told him?</div>
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ABANDON SINS.. </div>
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And the sin that caused him to have weak memory was just by accident ! He accidently looked to a woman's leg as the wind blew and exposed small part of her leg. SubhanAllah !</div>
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How about us?.. :(</div>
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More articles, video lectures and books that discussed on this and related matters by our scholars.</div>
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Do take time to learn from all these materials.. :)</div>
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Alhamdulillah. Feel so peaceful now..</div>
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*Sigh of relief*</div>
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Umm Teem</div>
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Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-34800665738749013722013-01-02T06:02:00.001-08:002013-01-02T06:02:23.257-08:00I'm at peace now (;<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ya Rabb..<br />I feel so much peace now.<br /><br />Alhamdulillah :)<br />
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*Keep duty to Allah*<br />
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*Allah will take care of you*<br />
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*Allah will not leave you*<br />
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*The moment you realize it takes you AWAY from Allah, that's when you CUT the rope*<br />
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I mean it, CUT the rope.<br />
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*A believer ALWAYS stays away from sins. Once fell into one, repent :) *<br />
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*HE breaks to build the NEW you. Do not look back. Persistent. Stay true to HIM*<br /><br /><br />
With so much love and peace,<br />
Umm Teem</div>
Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-17230512787962182232012-12-30T19:23:00.000-08:002012-12-31T04:11:28.333-08:00Twins of Faith 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hmm.. I really don't know how to begin...</div>
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But, SUBHANALLAH..</div>
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The talks yesterday were AMAZING.</div>
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MashaAllah. Tabarakallah..</div>
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We learned many new things, as well as 'reminded' of learnED lessons.. </div>
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SubhanAllah.. To compare to HIS VASTNESS of knowledge, of course, the knowledge we learned was INsignificant-nothing to the eyes of Allah, The One whose knowledge occupies more than 7 seas.. But to us human beings with limited knowledge and capacity, it was A LOT to digest and implement. A LOT enough to hold us accountable in the day of judgement, in front of Allah.. (Scary~)</div>
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Seriously,</div>
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What's better than talking, learning about Allah?</div>
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HIS attributes: MERCY, love, forgiveness.. </div>
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HIS promises: Rewards in Jannah, severe punishments in hellfire, the day of judgement, life in dunya and grave..</div>
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Allahuakbar..</div>
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Amazing how HE is being PATIENT with us even though we forget HIM sometimes, even sinning, disobeying HIM (YA Rabb, i'm ashamed of myself thinking of this. Pls conceal them in this dunya and herafter).. A man could get tired of us when we keep doing something he dislikes. Yes, understood. I mean, who would want to be there when we terribly frustrate and disappoint others? Even if it was by accident, who would be patient enough for the second-third-fourth-infinity-times? (Wa 'iyadzhubillah, may Allah beautify our akhlaq and make us patient and reward us). I can understand that. And we-ourselves get devastated too when we keep falling into committing the same mistakes, the same sins tho' we've tried so hard.. Then we get tired sometimes to keep moving, going. And there were times, we quit, gave up, as we see people around us had also given up on us.. Yes, it's painful. No one's around to hold you, nor to help you to put the broken parts and pieces of you all together-again.</div>
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But guess what? Allah, al Ghafuur and ar Rahim never gets tired of us. Nor does HE abandones us. HE will never leave us as long as we keep trying, no matter how hard it is to keep going. HE forgives and forgets.. </div>
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It puts me to tears to see a mother, with a smile, encouraging her small child to keep standing on her feet to learn to walk. And every time this child fell, she held her hands to stand again, and let her go-NOT TO abandon her, but to let her learns on her own while she assists and waits patiently.. The small child must have given up few times, but because this small innocent child knows her mother is THERE for her to support and help, she pushes herself further to keep trying ! </div>
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Now, how about Allah? The One who spreads only 1% of HIS mercy on this earth, the same kind of mercy that HE showed through this mother, is now keeping with HIM another 99% ?!</div>
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Ya Rabb.. Let us not fall into despair.. Pls have mercy upon us all...</div>
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All this clears your mind, your thoughts..</div>
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Which we hope to lead us to act righteously..</div>
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Aiming for HIS mercy and to be able to meet, talk, see HIM..</div>
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Talking about who Allah IS.. SubhanAllah.. It breaks me!</div>
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Ya Allah, i feel so dumb. Astaghfirullah..</div>
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Why do we keep forgetting You?</div>
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What puts us away from Your remembrance?</div>
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What hinders us from worshiping you well?</div>
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What stops us from getting up in the middle of the night and cries to you, begs you for Jannatul firdausil A'la?</div>
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Why are we soooo distracted?</div>
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*Boy oh boy. Am angry with myself*</div>
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YOU ARE SLEEPING.</div>
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Look at yourself.</div>
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Look at your progression in terms of your deen.</div>
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Look at how you live your life.</div>
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Look at how you spend the blessings Allah gives you.</div>
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What are you doing??</div>
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(Yes you! Who writes this!)</div>
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I had a hard-BIG slap in the face when Syaykh Abdurrahman Green told us how we youth today had been wasting our time on facebook, tweets and other social networking- how we are not using our time to maximum to benefit our dunya and akhira- not reaching our FULL potential. And he addressed our attitudes- taking our youth, all the blessings for granted. (Shame on you, ya ukhty) He continued saying, for certainty, we will regret in our older age for wasting our time and not spending equal(or more) time striving to learn Islamic knowledge as much as we are eager to learn secular knowledge..</div>
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Yes, FB and tweets are fun but don't waste our time there when we can actually spend our time for something beettteeeer which promises us GREATER rewards! Use them wisely, as ONLY a tool to achieve our LONG-TERM goals..</div>
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And all the engaging talks on the lives of habeebuna Muhammad (salallahu 'alayh wasalam) and his companions (radiyallahu 'anhum). We learned GREAT lessons from their lives! And you just can't have enough of them. They seemed so REAL to me, so dear.. SubhanAllah.. As if i was witnessing what they were doing...</div>
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Ya Rabb.. How much i miss them..<br />
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Hm.. Not my first time attending all these iman-boosting talks, seminars, courses and conferences tho'.. </div>
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"How much have i implemented knowledge learned in my life?<br />
How much have i benefited myself, my family and people around me with the knowledge i have?"</div>
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Ya Rabb, make us all among people of action like Prophet Muhammad (salallahu 'alayh wasalam), his companions, wives and all the people of the first generation of Al-Quran..<br />
May Allah grant us eagerness to learn and live by the teachings of Al-Quran and As-Sunnah solely for HIS sake, to search for HIS countenance (face) in the day of judgement..</div>
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Amin..</div>
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Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-57002647811829338272012-12-25T17:36:00.002-08:002012-12-25T17:42:49.021-08:00Ya Rabb.. I learn my lesson..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Assalamu'alaykum..</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Hope all of us are in the best state of iman and health.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c; line-height: 18px;">May Allah guide us and keep assisting us in HIS guidance.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c; line-height: 18px;">May Allah help us to keep our intention right, pure, sincere for HIS sake</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c; line-height: 18px;">and that our action is in accordance to the teachings of Prophet Muhammad salallahu 'alayh wasalam..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Aaaaamin. :)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I had a thought shared via fb today. So i was thinking of sharing it here, too.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I realize such a not-so-cute (trying to avoid using 'stupid' here LOL) mistake i made for not clarifying things before making a decision. Btw, on what basis did i make the decision upon- on assumptions?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Astaghfirullah.. Fear Allah ukhty.. :( </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">We might think </span><i><span style="color: cyan;">event x</span></i><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"> happens there, when </span><span style="color: cyan;"><i>event y</i></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"> is actually taking place. The problem comes when we don't clarify on what's really going on there.. And the danger comes when we start to believe on the <i>should-be-justified-and-clarified</i> assumption we made..</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Trust me, things are usually A LOT different than what we assume or think.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Be truthful to yourself by asking and clarifying.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c; line-height: 18px;">Don't make a judgement and assumption beforehand..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Avoid suspicion now, as we might fall into backbiting later..</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c; line-height: 18px;">Wa na'uzhubillah..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اجْتَنِبُواْ كَثِيراً مِّنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ وَلاَ تَجَسَّسُواْ وَلاَ يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضاً أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتاً فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ وَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ رَّحِيمٌ</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion; indeed some suspicion is sin. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother You would hate it. And have Taqwa of Allah. Verily, Allah is the One Who forgives and accepts repentance, Most Merciful..</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">(Al-hujurat:12)</span></span></span></div>
Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-4884864687089978902012-12-24T21:01:00.003-08:002012-12-30T19:26:34.396-08:00HE breaks to make<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Bismillah..<br />
<br />
Assalamu'alaykum...<br />
<br />
I'm writing this with a crying heart..<br />
But, i'm very proud to say that;<br />
At least,<br />
i'm writing this with a heart of full tawakkul on HIM..<br />
<br />
Yes. Full tawakkul on Allah.<br />
InshaAllah<br />
<br />
Letting go a thing that is very dear to you..<br />
Which you once thought you possessed it.<br />
Which you thought it was ALL yours..<br />
<br />
That's the mistake i made.<br />
To think it was ALL mine.<br />
Good.<br />
Now HE takes it back.<br />
HE breaks it.<br />
To make you realize you own NOTHING.<br />
It was ALL HIS.<br />
<br />
Ya Rabb, why didn't i see this?<br />
<br />
Waiting for HIM to break<br />
to come to realize this?<br />
How frustrating is that?<br />
Needing Allah to 'knock' your head out<br />
to come to realize this?<br />
Uhuh, how shameful is that?<br />
<br />
Ya Rabb, i must have been so heedless,<br />
for not paying attention to this;<br />
that i let a person to take place in this sick heart.<br />
SICK heart, which in need of ALLAH even more.<br />
<br />
Ya Allah, pls forgive me.<br />
I'm letting this go for Your sake.<br />
Pls don't forsaken me.<br />
<br />
Guide our way.<br />
Mend our heart.<br />
Place mercy.<br />
Increase blessings.<br />
<br />
*You will never realize how much a blessing means until you lose it*<br />
<br />
I can understand now how Muaz (radiyallahu 'anh) felt when he had to depart from most beloved person to his heart (and ours inshaAllah), Prophet Muhammad salallahu 'alayh wasalam.. To go to Yemen. He was crying all his way to Yemen.. He was a man in hurt- pain to leave..<br />
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Pls remember me in your du'a,<br />
Pls make dua that Allah will gather us all in Jannah, close to these beloved people, the first geberation of Al-Quran..<br />
And that Allah will save us from the fitan of the grave and hereafter, away from hellfire..<br />
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Aamin.<br />
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Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-87585232116449936752012-12-14T03:59:00.003-08:002012-12-14T04:00:10.097-08:00Marriage In The Shade of Al Quran<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Bismillah..<br />
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Assalamu'alaykum 'O beoble (people) :)<br />
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Here interesting notes, interesting enough to be shared, inshaAllah :<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">[Marriage]</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"This ummah will never get straight if the marriages don't start right" -Da'ee Ahmed Moait</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Human beings by nature love who benefits them. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">If the hearts are full of the love of this dunya, the aim for marriage will be solely for dunya.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">If the hearts are full of the love of Allah and Rasulullah (salallahu 'alayh wasalam), the choice will be easier- no distraction)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">You choose: Do you </span><br />
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want to get married to be CURSED by Allah?<br />
Or to be BLESSED by Allah?<br />
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Marry a person who can bring you closer to Allah.<br />
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Marry for the sake of Allah.<br />
Share the love of Allah.</div>
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Don't tailor-make your destiny.<br />
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Ask Allah, have iman.<br />
Believe in HIS choice.<br />
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Be a believer, Allah will give you someone HE loves</div>
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"Get married, to support, not to burden each other"</div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">"Your husband (or wife), is your JANNAH or JAHANNAM"</span><br />
<i><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br />'Marriage in The Shade of Al Quran' by Daiee Ahmed Moait</span></i></div>
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Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-22564766990012530592012-10-31T18:47:00.001-07:002013-01-04T17:01:21.164-08:00RM5? Wallahi it was nothing !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had an intention this morning to do sadaqah.<br />
<br />
But..</div>
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"Where can i ever find a miskin or a faqir here in my university?.."<br />
<br />
Recalling on a tafseer i had on Juz 'Amma, Allah encourages us to give to the poor, needy, not just anyone around us- our friends or family members who are well fed and sustained..<br />
<br />
I stepped out of my room, made the dua and still having the lecture on stories of ahadeeth fresh in mind (yet to be digested by the level of the understanding of the heart). I was listening to it while getting ready to class. It was talking about sadaqah and death..<br />
<br />
Ever wondered, why people hate death so much? In fact, many try to avoid the fact that everyone shall one day die..</div>
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<br />
A muslim scholar during the time of Umayyah once explained how can a person think of or love death when their pursue in their whole life is building their dunya forgetting akhira. And how can they ever love death , return to akhira and meet Allah when all these will just destroy what they are accumulating and building in dunya?<br />
<br />
Let me put it this way:<br />'We work soooooo hard to build this dunya, destroy the akhira.<br />Now, how can we possibly leave what is built to what is destroyed?' (Re-quoting the speaker)<br />
<br />
:/<br />
<br />
Wallahi, we haven't worked hard enough to build a castle in Jannah.<br />
Not hard enough to compare to our strive, our effort in building a castle in this dunya !<br />
<br />
Ok. Make sure i strive harder for the akhira more than what i'm working on for the dunya. So that i feel nothing to leave what i have in this dunya while feeling so excited to get what's there in the hereafter ! InshaAllah will work on this, harder.<br />
<br />
.... Then i realized i gotta walk faster, couldn't afford to lose the bus as i couldn't walk to the kuliyyah, it's too far. I couldn't walk much- a ni'mah that Allah took away from me recently, good health. SubhanAllah..<br />
<br />
As i was trying to cross the road, i saw the bus, it was about to leave soon!<br />
<br />
And yea, it did, right after i crossed the road........!<br />
<br />
Aaaaa........ (T_T)<br />
Ok. Stop complaining. Be EARLIER next time. InshaAllah..<br />
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Saw a taxi passed by right in front of me.<br />
I wasn't late tho but i dun want to b waiting for uncertainty- when will the next bus arrive? Allahua'alam.</div>
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I stopped the taxi.<br />
He asked me where to go.<br />
The uncle (driver) looked a bit reluctant when i said to my kuliyyah.</div>
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But he somehow let me in.<br />
It was then i discovered that he was in rush too !<br />
And he reminded me to make sure i have small change..<br />
I opened my purse and as i'd expected, i didn't have any :(</div>
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The uncle was very kind, he said that i don't have to pay anythg then, he'll just send me.<br />
Wallahi, that was't helping, i felt HORRIBLE.<br />
Taking his time for free?<br />
Oh no.<br />
No no no..<br />
<br />
We reached the place and i told him to wait for just a moment and rushed to nearest shop to get a smaller change.<br />
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I knocked the window, he opened it and i handed RM5 note to him.<br />
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"Uncle, just take this, i don't have any smaller money. Pls. Gotta rush to class"<br />
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He happily, excitedly shouted "This is a lot ! Oh thank you !"</div>
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(Our conversations were in Malay- here translated)</div>
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A lot?</div>
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I was so shock to his response.</div>
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Wallahi, RM5 is a lot?</div>
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I needed to pay him only RM3.10 actually, but really, i had only few RM50 notes with me.</div>
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While walking to my class, i was crying, thinking how insignificant RM5 is to compare to what Allah had prepared in the hereafter to HIS faithful and obedient servants..</div>
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RM5</div>
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Ya Allah, i regret. </div>
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Next time i should just give the RM50. What's there to be afraid of to lose? :(</div>
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Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-59818707944443493332012-10-19T11:03:00.002-07:002012-12-30T19:29:09.890-08:00Stay away !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was so amazed with the hadeeth shared by ustaz in our halaqah tonight, when he mentioned hudzhaifah once explained to Umar the great fitan which will be faced by the muslims one day (Read: muslims here is referrring to us) involving wealth, family, children and more..<br />
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Then i started to realize how much have i been distracted with so many things in life.<br />
So distracting that i realized some of them bring me away from Allah.<br />
<br />
None contributing to my knowledge.<br />
None strengthening my iman.<br />
Nor increasing my taqwa..<br />
<br />
Most severe, none of these 'few' draw me closer to Allah and the teachings of my beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw/pbuh)..<br />
<br />
I admit, i myself being tested with one (or more- yet for me to realize/ discover) of these great fitan.<br />
<br />
Advice to myself: cut all the ropes to all these useless 'rubbish' in life. :(<br />
<br />
Allahul musta'an.<br />
<br />
May Allah protect me from things that displease HIM.<br />
May Allah give us strength to act upon what HE is pleased with, the most.<br />
May Allah forgive all of our sins.<br />
Amin.<br />
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<i>Khalas, No more.</i><br />
<i>I want things to be pleasing to Allah, even if they appeared desirable.</i><br />
<i>Allah's and HIS messenger's pleasure is my PRIORITY. </i><br />
<i>InshaAllah..</i></div>
Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-83632876074170777992012-09-19T02:47:00.003-07:002012-09-19T02:47:55.845-07:00The YOUTH. Yea, YOU<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Bismillah..<br />
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Sharing this heart-moving article written by our great and beloved scholar (may Allah bless his soul. Amin)<br />
As if he understood us well, subhanAllah.<br />
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May Allah make us all among the 1st type of youth.<br />
Amin.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kalamullah.com/youth01.html">Dilemma Facing The Youth</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><b>A glance at the youth</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;">If we closely exam the the youth, it will be possible for us to conclude that the youth are generally of three types: Rightly guided youth, deviated or perverted youth and youth who are confused (between evil and good).</span></blockquote>
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Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-87620106428006244252012-09-11T05:57:00.001-07:002012-09-19T03:13:31.453-07:00Who's approval?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
How happy a person may be for having his/her parents' approval of the spouse to be..<br />
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So happy that he/she may feel like telling and sharing the news with everyone !</div>
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Btw, why wouldn't he?<br />
Why wouldn't she?<br />
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After all this while,</div>
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After all the struggles he/she might have had, to convince the parents to understand and accept...<br />
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Who wouldn't he or she feel happy? :)</div>
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AS i was pondering, i was thinking to myself this;</div>
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if that person could be so happy to have the MOST important person's approval to what is so dear to his/her heart, HOW ABOUT ALLAH? How would we feel if we get the approval from HIM to all that we do?</div>
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SubhanAllah.</div>
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Have i made this my 'THE-most' thing to be concerned of?..</div>
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Allahuakbar.</div>
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The best approval and most-worthy one to seek for- Allah's approval.</div>
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Does Allah approve this?</div>
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Does Allah like this for me?</div>
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Is Allah happy with me?<br />
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Oo Allah, let our concern be seeking your pleasure-the most. Amin..</div>
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Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-59005565843398707352012-08-20T02:54:00.001-07:002012-08-20T02:54:34.777-07:00Brother Eddie from "The Deen Show" Exclusive in-depth interview at Andal...Assalamu'alaykum!<br />
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EID MUBARAK!<br />
<br />
I got so inspired with his story.<br />
Hoping that it will do so to you too!<br />
InshaAllah :)<br />
<br />
With so much love and PEACE<br />
Umm Teem <3 p="p"><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NFLyLinKk0Y?fs=1" width="459"></iframe></3>Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-16833925716916713402012-08-05T02:33:00.001-07:002012-08-05T02:33:34.052-07:00Mufti Menk - Fight The Shaitaan! || Funny*Wudhu? Check.<br />
Awrah properly covered? Check.<br />
Al-Quran brought? Check.<br />
More and more and more in the Ramadhan-to-do list. BIG check.<br />
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Ok. I'm ready. InshaAllah!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2NCZgSl1jlk?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-55083976652723626012012-07-11T06:47:00.001-07:002012-07-11T06:58:43.429-07:00Knowledge - Mufti Menk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: white;">Bismillah...</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">[KNOWLEDGE]</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It's a great blessing to acquire beneficial knowledge.</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Also a TEST.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">A test for scholars and students of knowledge to practice and teach.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: white; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">A test for layman to respect the knowledge these people have (at least) if one couldn't have respect towards them.<br />
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We sometimes easily condemn scholars for their shortcomings, especially in regards to their worldly affairs. They are human beings, too. Our job is to advice, help and support them in worldly matter which they are lack of (if there's any).<br />
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Don't overlook the fact that they are blessed and chosen by Allah to have the religious knowledge. Not everyone is blessed with sound knowledge these people have.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: white; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">*Ever wondered how can Prophet Muhammad (s) who was illiterate has most knowledge? SubhanAllah..*</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: white; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">WATCH THIS :)</span></div>
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Ya Rabb..<br />
Please forgive us for our heedlessness.<br />
A sin of ours doesn't worth a distance it creates between You and us ya Allah..<br />
Guide us and please have mercy upon us.<br />
It's Your mercy that brought us here today..<br />
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<br />Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-46381518511595662692012-05-14T22:58:00.001-07:002012-06-12T09:52:01.573-07:00Oo Allah, I'm So Sorry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"I'm not gonna do that again!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With full determination, telling myself that last night. And alhamdulillah, i did it- removed -hoping to leave it for the sake Allah, and hoping that Allah will replace it with something better. inshaAllah..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It all started last night, after the talk, on our way back, few dear sisters of mine started singing hindi's song.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gotta break it, or else we all mighht get carried away from the remembrance of Allah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So i started reciting few aayat from The Quran loud enough for them to hear.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Crazy thing to do but it worked. *yezza*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then a friend who walked beside me paused. Others continued walking in front of me, still not noticing.. Huhu</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"How do people recite Al-Quran with rythm?" she asked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I startled. Thinking of what to answer her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Leave music. Read more Quran. Get used to listening to more than one qari" i answered her simple..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In my head, recalling my struggle leaving music few years ago, alhamdulillah. Allah gave me strength to do so, and it was made easy upon me by the mercy of Allah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Listening to music take up so much time. We read less Quran than listen to music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"It's hard, i know, but that's the test. You wanted to leave what displeases HIM and turn to what pleases HIM, ask Allah to make it easy upon you, but of course, you should expect HIM to test you a bit.." I said to her, with an encouraging smile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Guess i have to hang around more with you girls.." She seemed to be in deep thought, lost in her own world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Understood her feelings, i said "We all need each other, to improve.."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Both lost in our world of thoughts, walking straight to masjid. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*we went to pray for isyak pretty late. Hate it. Guess they are all tired of hearing me complaining "Hey we haven't prayed!* every less than 10 min throughout the night after the talk ends! Heee.. Done it with purpose. Yea we were the committees for the program but we should really rush to prayers. Sorry girls, i couldn't stand waiting..Huhu*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In Masjid:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everyone's pushing each other to become imamah to lead the prayer. Fine. For more rewards, i gave in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*humm.. common scene..*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Ukhty, recite 'nuurun 'ala nuur'.." A friend requested. SubhanAllah. i miss that ayah..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The prayer went on until.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. <i style="background-color: cyan;"><span style="color: #444444;">Light upon light</span></i>. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things.." [An-Nuur: 35]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Erk?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then the ayah hit me..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">" . <b><i>Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills</i></b>. And Allah presents examples for the people, and<b><i> Allah is Knowing of all things..</i></b> "</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Allah.. it's by your mercy that i'm standing here today. By your mercy that you guided me to here today. SubhanAllah..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Felt so ashamed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How could we sinning after all these blessings bestowed from HIM upon us?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Felt so ashamed. Shouldn't we? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Standing in front of HIM, The Merciful One and Forgiving, concealing our sins in people's eyes that they see only good things from you?. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thinking of the sins we committed not wanting people to know, but forgetting HE KNOWS?..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Allahuakbar.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I knew exactly the one i did. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That's the moment i realized and told to myself, "i'm not gonna di it again. Ever."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">InshaAllah..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The prayer continued to 2nd rakaah until..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 40px; line-height: 52px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لاَ تَفْعَلُونَ </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do</span>"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Most hateful it is with Allah that you say that which you do not do.."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How can we tell people not to do somethg but we are the one who's committing it. Hey, again, Allah knows aite? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*Haaaa... I felt like the ayah spoke directly to me.. (T__T)*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oo Allah.. I'm so sorry. I promise i will not do that again. Plz give me patience and replace it with something better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jannah isn't cheap. It has a PRICE needing us to pay. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But i'm buying. Trying to reach the price.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">InshaAllah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"<i>We are yet to make Allah's happy with us</i>" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Syaykh Tawfique Chowdury-Twins of Faith Dec 2011 Conference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oo Allah, please be happy with me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Protect me from things that You hate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Grant me taqwa.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Grant me furqaan..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic'; font-size: 40px; line-height: 52px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">يِـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ إَن تَتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّكُمْ فُرْقَانًا وَيُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">"O you who believe! If you obey and fear Allah, He will grant you Furqan, and will expiate for you your sins, and forgive you; and Allah is the Owner of the great bounty" [Al-Anfal:29]</span></div>
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`Furqan': `criterion between truth and falsehood'. (Muhammad bin Ishaq)</div>
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Certainly, those who have Taqwa of Allah by obeying what He ordained and abstaining from what he forbade, will be guided to differentiate between the truth and the falsehood. This will be a triumph, safety and a way out for them from the affairs of this life, all the while acquiring happiness in the Hereafter. They will also gain forgiveness, thus having their sins erased, and pardon, thus having their sins covered from other people, as well as, being directed to a way to gain Allah's tremendous rewards,<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"</span></blockquote>
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Excerpts of aayat of Al-Quran above are taken from <a href="http://www.qtafsir.com/">http://www.qtafsir.com</a><br />
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*Deactivated FB temporarily- to rest*</div>Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-38530749107884678252012-03-26T21:14:00.000-07:002012-03-26T21:33:32.002-07:00'ROJAK' post to remind the heedless-me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bismillah!<br />
(Konon semangat)<br />
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Assalamu'alaykum.. (Jawab penuh: Wa'alaikumussalam wrm wbt= more rewards)<br />
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Emo sekarang: Rasa KOSONG. Teruknya!!<br />
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Time2 ni la iman nak jatuh menjunam..... Mcm xda tanda nak naik. Hish. Dah bape hari dah ni.<br />
EMPTY!<br />
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"Assalamu'alaykum fai.. Kaif haluk? Nak mtak nasihat dr sahabat lama kalau x keberatan.. :)"<br />
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Tit tit. (mesej masuk. Uhuk. HP 'comel'. Bunyi pun comel la. Ayah x kasi beli HP mahal+canggih. My uncle called me 'Gadget Destroyer'. Huhu)<br />
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Alih perhatian dari novel di tgn-'Versus' by hlovate ke HP comel. (Erk.Ape la demam tetiba bc novel. X lyn sgt tp novel ni bgus gak. Mcm bule relate byk dgn watak2 dlm novel ni.. MACAM bule relate.. Ni yg rasa mcm nak salahkan sorang rommate ni, baik betul dia kenalkan novel ni! Dah tu diri sendiri tanya, konon nak survey novel best utk kakak. Alih2 diri sendiri melekat)<br />
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Sahabat lama: ,"Wa'alaikumussalam. Alhamdulillah (Di dlm hadis Qudsi, riwayat Ahmad, Allah berfirman. Allah berfirman "Wahai anak Aadam, jika engkau mengingat Aku dlm dirimu maka Aku akn mengingatimu dlm Diriku..")<br />
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Tit tit. (Lagi mesej masuk)<br />
"Rasulullah (saw) membezakan manusia di dalam hadisnya yg berbunyi org yg berzikir dgn org x berzikir ibarat org hidup dan org mati..' Ibn Taymiyah r.a. berkata "zikir bg seorg mukmin, bgaikan ikan dan air. Bgmanakah keadaan ikan bila ia dipisahkan dgn air?"<br />
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Fuh. Pedih. Direct masuk hati.<br />
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Tit tit. (More messages coming in-inbox penuh.Uhuk)<br />
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"Rujuklah kembali pd al-quran..surah ali imran yg bermula dri ayat 133 & seterusnya"<br />
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Apa lagi. Mana translation Quran!!<br />
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"Dan bersegeralah kamu mencari ampunan dari Tuhanmu dan mendapatkan surga yang luasnya seluas langit dan bumi yang disediakn bagi orang-orang yang bertaqwa (ayat 133)<br />
...........dan (juga) orang-orang yang apabila mengerjakan perbuatan keji atau menzalimi diri sendiri. (segera) mengingati Allah, lalu memohon ampunan atas dosa-dosanya, dan siapa (lagi) yang dapat mengampuni dosa-dosa-dosa selain Allah? Dan mereka tidak meneruskan perbuatan dosa itu sedang mereka mengetahui..(ayat 135)"<br />
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Tetiba teringat kat Syaykh Reda Bedeir last time dtg Malaysia bagi talk: "Rush to The Forgiveness of Allah"<br />
Haaaa... Macam tahu je apa masalah hati ini sekarang. Macam dah terjawab. (O Allah, sorry!)<br />
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Tit tit. (Ada lagi)<br />
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"Hati yg resah & gelisah, boleh jadi kerana ia merindukan pda Allah namun dihalangi dgn perbuatan maksiat yg dilakukan xpa disedari.."<br />
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"Jagalah matamu krna itulh pintu yg paling luas & paling mudah utk dimasuki anasir maksiat..kesannya akn memberi tempias pd hati..sentiasa menjga hati dgn perbykkan istighfar yg benar.. halusi mknanya.. yakini dgn hati yg tawadu' memohon pd Allah.."<br />
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Hmm.. Tawadu... Ya Allah! Adab dgn Allah pun x settle lagi. Ibadah hati..<br />
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Balas: "SubhanAllah.. Xtaw nak ckp pe. *hati tesentuh. Rindukan peringatan*"<br />
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Ye. Sebak sgt. Rindukan hati yg dulunya sentiasa 'basah' , hidup mengingati Allah.<br />
Sekarang? Lain. Mungkin terlalu sibuk dgn hal duniawi yg melalaikan..<br />
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"Org yg beriman itu sunatullahnya akn terus menerus diuji Allah. bgmana mungkin kamu dikatakan beriman jika tidak diuji.. (29:2-3)<br />
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Sebak. Sahabat bilik sorang ni pulak baca Al-Quran gaya ala2 Ziyad Patel. Dah macam 'background music', cuma bukan music, skali Quranic Recitation da.. Haru.....<br />
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Tit tit. (Mesej masuk lagi)<br />
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"InsyaAllah, setiap mukmin itu memerlukan peringatan..dan Allah itu Maha Pengampun & Maha Penyayang pada hamba2Nya.. (39:53 & seterusnya) Sama2lah kita saling memperingati.."<br />
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InshaAllah..<br />
InshaAllah..<br />
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My mood now: Malu. Malu dengan Allah..<br />
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Pikir.. Pikir..<br />
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"We are yet to make Allah happy with us"<br />
-Syaykh Tawfique Chowdury (TOF Conference, Malaysia. Dec 2011)<br />
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Ya Allah, pelihara hati ini.<br />
Ya Mu'min, I wana have sound and and healthy heart. Amin.<br />
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A post for the now-heedless me.<br />
Allahu yahdina.<br />
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With so much love and peace,<br />
Umm Teem.</div>Umm Teemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06823444218316094767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841809398254966343.post-62483900653653930812012-02-09T09:17:00.000-08:002012-09-11T06:02:31.682-07:00When times were bad<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When times were bad..<br />
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Who was the FIRST that you turned to?<br />
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When times were HARD..<br />
And that you needed someone to HOLD to,<br />
to COMFORT you..<br />
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Who was the first that you turned to?<br />
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Can you recall?<br />
Who?<br />
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My dear brothers and sisters,<br />
Never forget Allah in times of ease.<br />
So that HE may be with you in times when you need HIM most.<br />
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So,<br />
was it Allah who you turned to, FIRST?<br />
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May nothing become CLOSEST and DEAREST to you except Allah.<br />
And HIS messenger, Muhammad ibn Abdillah salallahu 'alayh wasalam.<br />
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Amin.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic'; line-height: 52px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِى يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">"Say (O Muhammad), 'If you really love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.." </span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">(Ali 'imran: 31)</span></div>
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And Allah knows best.</div>
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