“The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months.” (Qur’an 97:3)
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Ramadan Day 24: Getting distracted by shopping for Post-Ramadan to pull you from Laylat Ul Qadr
24th of Ramadan
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*Heart Illness: Anger*
Anger is from the things that corrupt the heart and the soul, it pushes the person out of the circle of balance and mildness.
Anger in its natural form is good, like the anger when seeing evil, or seeing the sanctities being violated.
When The Blessed Prophet (saw) was asked for advice he said: (do not get angry).
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man said to the Prophet (saw) , “Advise me! “The Prophet (saw) said, “Do not become angry.” The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet (saw) said in each case, “Do not become angry.”
Source: (https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6116)
If someone gets angry, then Islam gave some solutions to this problem, the most important steps are:
To think about the rewards of holding back anger, Allah says:
“Be gracious, enjoin what is right, and turn away from those who act ignorantly.” (Qur’an 7:199)
To mention the name of Allah so that no evil comes out of him, which would cause the anger of Allah
To seek refuge from the devil when he gets angry, and it’s preferred to sit if he was standing, and to lay down if he was sitting, after that to perform Wudu’ if that doesn’t help.
*The Amulet of the Religion*
The amulet here is the protection or the cause of safety.
It’s by allying with the righteous(walayah), dissociating the sinners(Bara’ah) and to remain ambivalent from those you are unsure of (Wuquf).
This is the protection by strengthening the links between the righteous, by advising each other and helping each other, so Walayah is like a spiritual bond between believers, until the believer dislikes for his brother what his dislikes for himself, and to have his best interest like he wants his best interest, and that is why the prominent feature of believers in Walayah is enjoining good and forbidding evil, as Allah said:
“The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakāh and obey Allāh and His Messenger. Those – Allāh will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.” (Qur’an 9:71)
The way this protection works is:
For the believers: They find a safe zone to return to. A place of comfort where they are helped to do good and discouraged from doing evil. They are assisted in the matters of this life and the hereafter.
For the sinners: They feel like an outcast in the believers community and that the earth has closed in on them. So they would have to either have some self accountability and return to the truth or they would have to find a more fitting environment for them, and in both cases the community would be safe from their evil.
To learn more about Walayah & Bara’ah (a very important teaching in Islam) kindly see the following:
*Prayer Invalidation*
There are some things -you should- that invalidate the prayer.
They are either related to the psychological state: or related to actions.
Psychological state:
Apostasy
If the intention is cut or changed
Hypocrisy
Loss of mind
Intentionally thinking of things outside the prayer
In relation to actions like:
To leave a pillar of the prayer
To repeat a pillar
Playing around, eating or drinking
Talking
May Allah Guide the Ummah.
May Allah Forgive the Ummah.
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