‎اللهم إن الطريق طويل، وليس معي إلا نفسي أرشدني بحكمتك

Surah Yusuf teaches us

- the closest of people can betray you

- broken hearts can be healed through love

- ease comes after hardship

- being sad doesn’t equal being ungrateful

- those who trust the plan of Allāh will win

- the people of patience have beautiful endings

Shaykh Mohammad Aslam

From Hadith Qudsi:

Allah the Almighty said: I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to him a cubit, and if he draws near to Me a cubit, I draw near to him a fathom. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed. [Hadith Qudsi 15]

A beautiful life does not just happen it is built daily by prayer, humility, sacrifice and hard work.

Your new life will cost you your old one. Release with no resistance. This is the price of ascension.

Oh Allah, don’t let me ever turn away from You, no matter how many trials and difficulties You test me with. Let these difficulties serve to make me a stronger Muslim and more sincere to You.

“If you loved her for her beauty, you’ll find who’s more beautiful than her someday. But if you loved her for her heart, you will love her even more day by day.”

Luqmān (rahimahullah) was asked how he achieved wisdom?

he said:

• Truthful speech

• Fulfilling trust and

• Leaving what does not concern me

[Muwatta of al-Malik (rahimahullah), 1859]

Allah will answer your prayers. And when He does, He will answer them in ways you could never even imagine. He will blow you away with the perfection of His plans and will leave you utterly speechless in the way He allows things to fall perfectly into place.

“Remember this: You will always have two choices. You can focus on the mistake. Or you can focus on the One who can fix it. You can focus on the problem, or on the One who can solve it. You can focus on the sin, or on the One who can erase it.”

— Yasmin Mogahed

Things you can pray for:

Our Ummah,  espcially those in bleeding and opressed countries including Syria, Gaza, Burma, Yemen, Nigeria. Do not forget our Ummah in underdeveloped countries like Pakistan, Mali, Somalia, Afghanistan, Haiti, Togo, Zambia, etc.

Pray for the sick, and the poor. Pray for the hungry, and the thirsty.

Orphans, those who feel lonely in this world. Pray for people with depression, suicidal thoughts, mental disorders.

For those who have less, and for those who have more (that they both may pass their circumstances with sweetness of Islam)

Your family

Guidance, mercy, health

To stay focused on Islam, and not to stray off.

A forgiving, humble, and non-judgmental heart.

Piousness 

Knowledge, and remembrance.

Those who have passed away, for Allah’s mercy upon them and the expiation of their sins.

Khushoo in salah

Sabr in times where we completely lose it.

To die only when we are worthy of entering Jannah

To be able to perform Hajj

Success in this world and the next

Forgiveness

Guidance of the youth

To be a better Muslim

Protection from the hell fire and from the torment of the graves

To have a chance to make things right for those who we have wronged

Your personal ambitions that are good for you

To be able to hear the stories of the prophets by the prophets themselves, to be able to discuss with the sahabas about the character of our prophet, to be able to eat and drink from the fruits and milk provided in Jannah. 

To be with our loved ones in Jannah

To be able to have tawakkul when things don’t go our way

Education to be provided to those who do not have the resources

All the pregnant women to have an easy delivery and a healthy baby

Our worship to be accepted

protection from shirk

Justice to those who have been oppressed, given pain, or accused wrongly

Our marriages to last in Jannah and for our marriages to be righteous

Obedient children who will be guided onto the beautiful path of Islam

Provisions for those who don’t have a ceiling, who don’t have a bed, who don’t have bread or water.

To guide those who are doubting Islam, and for our own doubts to be cleared

To be in the shade of Allah on the day of judgment and for our book of deeds to be in our right hand

Protection from laziness and cowardice

To be always be able to do what is right

To be able to control our anger

To do everything with sincerity and love

A heart free from hate, or envy.

To get closer to Allah

To be able make use of our short time wisely 

For everyone in the world, every person in every corner, to at least have some clean water

Pray for anything and everything (which is good for us). Pray for everyone.