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29/03/2025

28/03/2025

Some of the many virtues of ṣalawāt mentioned in the Qur’ān and Sunnah are:

1. Follow the Command of Allah
Allah (subḥānahū wa ta‘ālā) says,

“Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings (ṣalāh) to the Prophet. O you who believe, invoke ṣalāh upon him, and send your salām (prayer for his being in peace) to him in abundance” (33:56).

If a person was to send ṣalawāt upon the Prophet ﷺ equivalent to his every breath, he will still not have fulfilled his right. – Ibn al-Qayyim (raḥimahullāh)

2. A Solution to Your Problems

“Know that no Muslim servant sends abundant ṣalawāt on Muḥammad ﷺ, except that Allah illuminates his heart, forgives his sins, puts his heart at ease, and makes his matters easy. Send abundant ṣalawāt, so that Allah will make you from the followers of his path, make you act upon his sunnah; and make him ﷺ our companion in Paradise.” – Ibn al-Jawzī (rahimahullah)

3. Closeness to the Prophet ﷺ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The closest of people to me on the Day of Judgement will be those who send the most ṣalawāt upon me” (Tirmidhī).

4. Repels the Description of Being a Miser
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The miser is the one in whose presence I am mentioned, but he does not send ṣalāh upon me” (Tirmidhī).

5. An Honorary Mention of You & Your Father to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Send blessings upon me frequently, because Allah has assigned an angel for me by my grave. When a person from my Ummah sends blessings upon me, the angel says to me, ‘Muḥammad, indeed so-and-so, the son of so-and-so has just sent blessings upon you”’ (Daylamī).

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Allah has angels who travel around the earth conveying to me the salām of my Ummah” (Nasā’ī).

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25/03/2025

No matter how burdened we may feel by past mistakes, Allah’s mercy is vast, and sincere repentance (tawbah) can wipe our slate clean. However, repentance is not merely about regret—it must be coupled with a firm resolve to change and an active pursuit of good deeds, which help counteract past wrongs.

Allāh affirms this in the Qur’ān (11:114): "Establish Ṣalāh at both ends of the day, and in the early hours of the night. Surely, good deeds erase bad deeds. That is a reminder for the mindful." This verse highlights the transformative power of worship and righteous actions in purifying the soul.

Ma’ariful Qur’ān elaborates that sins can indeed be forgiven through good deeds, as the Prophet ﷺ advised: "After a bad deed, follow it with a good one, and it will erase its evil." (Musnad Aḥmad) Similarly, Sayyidnā Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ instructed him to immediately perform a good deed after committing a sin to expiate it.

One of the most beautiful acts of repentance is Ṣalāt al-Tawbah (the Prayer of Repentance). As mentioned in Ḥadīth, when a believer sins, performing wuḍū and offering two rakʿāt of voluntary prayer with sincerity can lead to Allah’s forgiveness (Musnad Aḥmad, Ibn Kathīr).

May Allāh accept our efforts, grant us the strength to turn to Him in repentance, and fill our lives with righteous actions. Āmīn Yā Rabb.

24/03/2025

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Indeed Īmān wears out in the heart just as clothes wear out — so renew your īmān” (Ṭabarānī).

Īmān is like a tree. If it isn’t tended to, it will wither and die. It has to be constantly watered with beneficial knowledge, righteous deeds and the remembrance of Allah. Likewise, for it to grow into a strong healthy tree, it has to be protected from pests and weeds. In other words, we have to protect our hearts from sins, desires, and doubts if we want our īmān to be strong.

We cannot take our īmān for granted, especially in this era of trials (fitan). The Prophet ﷺ said, “Hasten to good deeds before being overtaken by trials that are like parts of the dark night. A man would be a believer in the morning and become a disbeliever in the evening, or he would be a believer in the evening and become a disbeliever in the morning. He sells his religion for a worldly gain” (Muslim).

Although this era of temptation is a tough test, the reward for staying firm in it is immense. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Indeed, ahead of you are days of perseverance (ṣabr), in which perseverance will be like grasping a hot coal. The one who does good deeds in these days will have the reward of fifty men whose actions are like yours” (Tirmidhī).

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