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AlhamduliLlah
Assalaamu alaykum
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ALL TAKEN FROM ‘AMEENA’S RAMADAN DIARY’
‘Heart Focus’ Week
· Make Tawbah Nasooha
· Listen to Islamic lectures. Choose a scholar and topic that you feel will motivate you and get your heart into the right state
· Read Islamic books about self development and purifying the heart
· Do your best to pray all your Salah on time
· Ensure that you pray the sunnah al-mu’akkadah rak’at with your five daily fard prayers
· Actively focus on improving your kushoo’ in salah by spending more time on it and concentrating on what you are saying.
· Allocate time to doing tasbeeha and istighfar, especially after salah.
HOW TO MAKE TAWBAH
Tawbah consists of three parts: Knowledge, repentance and determination
Knowledge: If you have knowledge of Islam then you will recognise your sins and understand why they are harmful for you and know what the punishment is if you continue to do those sins. You must also have sincere faith and devotion to Allah, because if you know that something displeases/angers Him then you will feel bad about doing it.
Repentance: Once you understand that the sins you have done are harmful and that you have earned Allah’s displeasure, then you will feel bad about having sinned. You will feel deep regret and remorse, even grief at having committed those sins.
Determination: When you feel so bad about doing those sins, then you will refrain from doing them and be determined never to do them again, especially if you know what the harmful effects and punishment are for those actions.
If you have committed a sin involving taking away someone else’s rights, then you must return those rights and ask forgiveness from that person also. (Adapted from Imam al-Ghazali, Ihya Ulumuddin, translated by Maulana Fazlul Karim, Taj Company, 1982, Vol. 4)
TIPS TO HELP YOU STAY AWAY FROM SINS:
· Stay away from the places of sinning
· Keep yourself in the company of those who remember Allah
· Keep your hands busy with useful work and your tongue busy with remembrance of Allah
· Understand the harmful effect of sins and read about the punishment for sinning
· Remind yourself about the rewards from doing good deeds, both in this life and in the hereafter
May Allah keep our hearts seeking for his knowledge, and May He bless and protect all of our families.
I received this in a mail and wanted to share it
wa :salam2:
ALL TAKEN FROM ‘AMEENA’S RAMADAN DIARY’
‘Heart Focus’ Week
· Make Tawbah Nasooha
· Listen to Islamic lectures. Choose a scholar and topic that you feel will motivate you and get your heart into the right state
· Read Islamic books about self development and purifying the heart
· Do your best to pray all your Salah on time
· Ensure that you pray the sunnah al-mu’akkadah rak’at with your five daily fard prayers
· Actively focus on improving your kushoo’ in salah by spending more time on it and concentrating on what you are saying.
· Allocate time to doing tasbeeha and istighfar, especially after salah.
HOW TO MAKE TAWBAH
Tawbah consists of three parts: Knowledge, repentance and determination
Knowledge: If you have knowledge of Islam then you will recognise your sins and understand why they are harmful for you and know what the punishment is if you continue to do those sins. You must also have sincere faith and devotion to Allah, because if you know that something displeases/angers Him then you will feel bad about doing it.
Repentance: Once you understand that the sins you have done are harmful and that you have earned Allah’s displeasure, then you will feel bad about having sinned. You will feel deep regret and remorse, even grief at having committed those sins.
Determination: When you feel so bad about doing those sins, then you will refrain from doing them and be determined never to do them again, especially if you know what the harmful effects and punishment are for those actions.
If you have committed a sin involving taking away someone else’s rights, then you must return those rights and ask forgiveness from that person also. (Adapted from Imam al-Ghazali, Ihya Ulumuddin, translated by Maulana Fazlul Karim, Taj Company, 1982, Vol. 4)
TIPS TO HELP YOU STAY AWAY FROM SINS:
· Stay away from the places of sinning
· Keep yourself in the company of those who remember Allah
· Keep your hands busy with useful work and your tongue busy with remembrance of Allah
· Understand the harmful effect of sins and read about the punishment for sinning
· Remind yourself about the rewards from doing good deeds, both in this life and in the hereafter
May Allah keep our hearts seeking for his knowledge, and May He bless and protect all of our families.
