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May this hold month [of Ramadhan] strengthen your Imaan, erase your sins, purify your heart, [and] bring you happiness.
“And why should I not worship Him (Allah Alone) Who has created me and to Whom you shall be returned.”
SuperMuslims: Welcoming Ramadan
This blessed month is a great opportunity for goodness, blessing, worship, and obedience of Allah (SWT). It is a great month, a noble season, a month in which rewards for good deeds are multiplied and in which committing bad deeds is more serious than at other times. The gates of Paradise…
Ramadan Self Improvement Checklist
Check out this awesome Ramadan Checklist, print, stick it & get benefit from it.
The idea is to put something new for this upcoming Ramadan. Imagine if we did each and every one of them everyday.
Anyway, if you find some of the stuff too basic or easy you can always edit it.
One more thing, this is not only beneficial for us on the month of Ramadan but we may also use it all year round (except for the special activities like Taraweeh of course).
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Beneficial Islamic Websites
These are just a few of many very beneficial websites to increase you in Islamic knowledge.
- Islamqa.com
- sayingsofthesalaf.net
- authentictranslations.com
- Albaseerah.com
- al-athariyyah.com
- fatwaislam.com
- troid.org
- miraath.net
- salafipublications.com
- alifta.com
- moderationinstitute.com
- studyislaam.org
- abdurrahman.org
- aqidah.com
- tawhidfirst.com/monotheism
- sunnahpublishing.net
- authenticstatements.com
- assahaaba.com
- salafyink.com
- manhaj.com/manhaj/
- salafiaudio.com
- (in arabic) rslan.com
- kalamullah.com
- qurantracker.com
- islamicemirate.com
- myfiks.org
- calltoislam.com
- fatwa-online.com
- understand-islam.net
- sunnahonline.com
- Rawdah.org
- Tafsir.com
- quraan.com
- alghurabaa.org
- salafitalk.net
May you all benefit from them; if you have any to add, feel free. I`d love to add to this list.
Hijab
“Remember that by wearing hijab you are not saying to others ‘I am Islam’, but simply that ‘I am a Muslim’, meaning – I am someone who is trying to follow this religion, who accepts it as truth, sees beauty in it and hopes to beautify myself with it. I remember a quote attributed to Yusuf Islam: “Islam is not a state of being but it is a process of becoming,” – becoming more, become better, striving to reach that state of perfect submission and connection with Allah Most High, and May He help all of us achieve that, ameen.”
What is Ikhlas?
Ikhlas is to do everything, internal and external, only desiring the pleasure of Allah. It is to forget the eyes of the people, and whether they view your deeds or not, with the only thing on your mind that Allah is watching you. There are beautiful verses in the Qur’an in this regard, where Allah describes the Abraarin Jannah:
“They [are those who] fulfill [their] vows and fear a Day whose evil will be widespread. And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive, [saying], “We feed you only for the countenance of Allah. We wish not from you reward or gratitude.” (Qur’an, 76:7-9)
Imam al-Ghazali said that if you want to know whether something you did was purely for the sake of Allah or not, you should test your reaction when someone acts ungratefully. Do you feel self-righteous, like you were doing the person a favor? Do you feel angry that they did not appreciate your work? It may not mean that your act was ostentatious, but it points to the fact that it was not solely for the sake of Allah. We were expecting, at the very least, recognition and respect from the person as a result of the good we did to them.
We all know the famous story of the prostitute who was rewarded with Paradise for giving a dog water – but what truly got her into Paradise? Was it just that simple act? It could not have been, because as we mentioned above, there are scholars, martyrs and charitable people who will be thrown in hell because they were insincere. But she was helping the dog for Allah only. Look at how your intention elevates your deeds. This is why the scholars have said that it is the most important act of worship of the heart – to have the driving force of your acts be to please Allah.
