SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET(SalAllahu alayhi wasalam)

Sunnahs of Our Prophet Muhammad (SalAllahu alayhi wasalam)

Sunnahs of Eating:
* Sit and eat on the floor. * Spread out a cloth on the floor first before eating. * Wash both hands up to the wrists. * Recite "Bismillah wa'la barakatillah' aloud. * Eat with the right hand. * Eat from the side that is in front of you. * If a morsel of food falls down, pick it up, clean it and eat it. * Do not find fault with the food. * When eating, sit with either both knees on the ground or one knee raised or both knees raised. * Clean the plate and other utensils thoroughly after eating.. * By doing this, the utensils make dua for one's forgiveness. * Recite dua after eating. (Al hamdu lillahi lazi atamana saqana wo jaalna minal musalamin) * After meals wash both the hands. * Eat with three fingers if possible. * One should not eat very hot food. * Do not blow on the food. * After eating one should lick his fingers.

Sunnahs of drinking:
  * A Muslim should drink with the right hand. Shaytaan Drinks with the left hand. * Sit and drink. * Recite "Bismillah" before drinking. * After drinking say "Alhamdullilah" . * Drink in 3 breaths removing the utensil from the mouth after each sip. * Do not drink directly from the jug or bottle. One should pour the contents into a glass first and then drink.

Sunnahs of Sleeping:
  * To sleep in the state of Wuzu. * To make the bed yourself. * Dust the bed thrice before retiring to bed. * One should change into some other clothes (e.g.pyjamas ) before going to sleep. * It is Sunnah to sleep immediately after Isha Salaah . * To apply surmah in both the eyes. * To brush the teeth with a miswaak. * To sleep on the right hand side. * To sleep with the right palm under the right cheek. * To keep the knees slightly bent when sleeping. * To face Qiblah.if possible. * To recite Surah Mulk, before sleeping. * To recite Ayatul Kursi . * To recite Surah Ikhlaas, Surah Falaq and Surah Naas before sleeping 3 times and thereafter blow over the entire body thrice. * Recite Tasbeeh-e-Fathima before sleeping.(33 Subhan Allah, 33 Alhamdulillah & 34 Allahu Akbar). * To recite the dua before sleeping. (Allahumma bismika amutu wa ahya) * To wake up for Tahajjud Salaah .


Sunnahs on Awakening:

* On awakening rub the face and the eyes with the palms of the hands in order to remove the effects of sleep. * Thereafter recite the dua on awakening. (Al hamdu lillahi allazi ahyana badama amatana wo ilaihunushur) * On awakening cleanse the mouth with a miswaak..


Sunnahs when wearing clothes:

* Rasulullah (S.a.w.) loved white Clothing. * When putting on any garment Rasulallah (S.a.w..) always began with the right limb. * When removing any garment Rasullallah (S.a.w.) always removed the left limb first. * Males must wear the pants above the ankles. Females should ensure that their lower garment covers their ankles. * Males should wear a "topee" or turban. Females must wear scarves at all times. * When wearing shoes, first wear the right shoe then the left. * When removing them first remove the left and then The right.


Sunnahs of the Toilet :

* Enter the toilet with your head covered. * To enter the toilet with shoes.. * Recite the dua before entering the toilet.(Allahumma inni auzbeka minal qubs wal qabaes) * Enter with the left foot. * To sit and urinate. One should never urinate whilst Standing. * To leave the toilet with the right foot. * To recite the dua after coming out of the toilet ( i.e.. Ghufranaka ) * One should not face Qiblah or show his back towards the Qiblah. * Do not speak in the toilet. * Be very careful of the splashes of urine (being unmindful in this regard causes one to be punished in the grave). * After relieving oneself, to cleanse oneself using water.


Sunnahs of the Home:

* To recite the dua before entering the home. * To greet those that are in the house with " Assalaamu Alaikum ". Even though it may be your own house. * To announce ones arrival by coughing, greeting, etc.


Other Sunnahs of High Importance:
* Using a miswaak is a great Sunnah of Rasulullah (S.a.w.) One who makes miswaak when making wuzu and thereafter performs salaah will receive 70 times more reward. It will also enable one to easily recite the kalima at the time of death. * To take a Ghusl bath on a Friday. * To apply itar (applies to men only).. * To show mercy to those that are younger than you. * To respect your elders. * It is sunnah to ponder over Allah Ta'ala and His Creation. * For men to keep a beard that is one fist in length. * To visit a Muslim when he is sick. * To be good towards ones neighbour. * To meet a Muslim with a cheerful face. * To care for the poor and the needy. * To keep good relations with all your relatives. * To honour a guest even though he may not be of a very high position. * To greet all Muslims by saying " Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu" . * To keep the gaze on the ground whilst walking.. * To speak softly and politely. * To command people to do good. * To forbid them from doing evil. * To carry ones shoes in the left hand. * To make wuzu at home before going to the Masjid. * To enter the Masjid with the right foot. * To leave the Masjid with the left foot. * To recite some portion of the Quran Shareef daily. * To be hospitable towards one's guest.... * To exchange gifts with one another. * To make dua to Allah Ta'ala for the fulfillment of one's needs in what ever language one desires. * To consult with one's parents, teachers or elders before doing any work. * To respect one's parents.

The Grave has a message for us!

Listen very very carefully!

Oh Son of Adam: I remembered you again
today....Did you remember me???
Listen!!!!

I am full of Darkness so bring with you The
Light of Salaah

I am a place full of Fears so bring with you
the peace of Tilawat-e-Quran

I am full of Snakes and Scorpions so bring
with you the Sunnah of our Beloved Prophet (S.A.W)

I am full of Fire so bring with you tears
fallen from ALLAH’S fear

I am full of Punishment so bring with you the
reward of Charity or Sadaqah

Don’t forget me as I am eagerly awaiting your
arrival....

YA ALLAH. Forgive our sins. Save us from the punishment in the grave and
from the hell fire∙And let us prepare for the Questions in Graves Guide us and keep us on the right path∙

(A.A.M.E.E.N)

What Else Matters...??

I’m Sorry...

I’m sorry I don’t have the most perfect skin...
I’m sorry I don’t look like a Victoria Secrets modeL...
I’m sorry I don’t have the best style...
I’m sorry I’m not tall...
I’m sorry I’m not perfectly skinny- 5’7 nor 100 pounds...
I’m sorry I have stretch marks here and there...
I’m sorry I have bad hijab days...
I’m sorry that I’m plain...
I’m sorry my eyebrows aren’t thin and perfectly trimmed...
I’m sorry my face isn’t caked in make-up...
I’m sorry that I can never meet society’s standards...


But You Know What???

I don’t need to care about society’s criteria...
I don’t need people to tell me I’m beautiful...
I don’t  need compliments to make me feel better... 
I don’t need a superficial love that can’t withstand a stretch mark here or chub there...
I don’t need to keep sinking into a never ending pit of low self-esteem...

Because I looked to Allah, and He told me the perfect recipe to be Beautiful...
Not just temporarily, but Forever... 

“And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,…” [25:63]

“And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate {25:67]

“And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allah with [accepted] repentance. And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity. And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind. And those who say, “Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous.” Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace.” [25:71-75]

Ya Allah, when the world criticizes me a million times over...
Ya Allah, when the world keeps telling me hurtful things...
Ya Allah, when the world keeps pushing “ugly” at me...
Give me the courage to hold firm to Your Deen.

Ya ALLAH, as long As I'm Beautiful To You, Nothing Else Matters...
  Ya ALLAH, even when everyone leaves my side, let me take comfort in the fact that...

"You are closer to me than my jugular vein" [Qur'an 50:16]

Questions In Grave !! Are we ready.....??

The trials of the grave that we ask Allah (saw) to save us from... Aameen...

All Praise be to ALLAH.

• Firstly:

When the son of Adam dies and his soul departs and he is placed in his grave, then he is in the first stage of the Hereafter, because the grave is the first of the stages of the Hereafter.

It was narrated that Haani’ the freed slave of ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan said: when ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affaan stood by a grave he would weep until his beard became wet.

It was said to him, “You remember Paradise and Hell and you do not weep, but you weep because of this?” He said, “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘The grave is the first of the stages of the Hereafter; whoever is saved from it, whatever comes afterwards will be easier for him, but if he is not saved from it, what comes afterwards will be worse for him.’” And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “I have never seen any scene but the grave is more frightening than it.” (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2308; Ibn Maajah, 4567; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 1684).

• Secondly:

The two angels who are charged with questioning come to him and ask him what he used to believe in in this world, who was his Lord, what was his religion and who was his Prophet. If he gives a good answer, that is good, but if he does not answer them they inflict a severe and painful beating on him.

If he was one of the righteous, angels with white faces come to him, but if he was one of the evildoers, angels with dark faces come to him. This is the fitnah or tribulation that he suffers.

It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to say,

‘Allahumma inni a’oodhu bika min al-kasali wa’l-haram wa’l-maghram wa’l-ma’tham. Allahumma inni a’oodhu bika min ‘adhaab al-naar wa fitnat il-naar, wa fitnat il-qabri, wa ‘adhaab il-qabri, wa sharri fitnat il-ghina wa sharri fitnat il-faqair wa min sharri fitnat il-maseeh il-Dajjaal. Allahumma ighsil khataayaaya bi ma’ al-thalji wa’l-baradi wa naqqi qalbi min al-khataaya kama yunaqqa al-thawb al-abyad min al-danas, wa baa’id bayni wa bayna khataayaaya kama baa’adta bayna al-mashriqi wa’l-maghrib

(O Allah! I seek refuge with You from laziness and old age, and from debts and sins; from the torment of the Fire and from the tribulation of the Fire, and from the tribulation of the grave and the torment of the grave, and from the evil of the tribulation of wealth, and from the evil of the tribulation of poverty, and from the evil of the tribulation of the Dajjaal (Antichrist). O Allah! Wash away my sins with the water of snow and hail, and cleanse my heart from sin as a white garment is cleansed from filth, and put a great distance between me and my sins, as great as the distance You have made between the East and the West).”

(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6014).

Ibn Hajar said:

The phrase “from the tribulation of the grave” means the questioning of the two angels.

Fath al-Baari, 11/177.

And al-Mubaarakfoori said:

“The tribulation of the grave” means confusion when answering the two angels.

Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi, 9/328

• Thirdly:

With regard to the questions that the angels will ask in the grave, this is explained clearly in the following hadeeth:

It was narrated that al-Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for the funeral of a man from among the Ansaar. We came to the grave and when (the deceased) was placed in the lahd, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sat down and we sat around him, as if there were birds on our heads (i.e., quiet and still). In his hand he had a stick with which he was scratching the ground.

Then he raised his head and said, “Seek refuge with Allah from the torment of the grave”, two or three times. Then he said, “When the believing slave is about to depart this world and enter the Hereafter, there come down to him from heaven angels with white faces like the sun, and they sit around him as far as the eye can see. They bring with them shrouds from Paradise and perfumes from Paradise.

Then the Angel of Death comes and sits by his head, and he says,

‘O good soul, come forth to forgiveness from Allah and His pleasure.’

Then it comes out easily like a drop of water from the the mouth of a water skin. When he seizes it, they do not leave it in his hand for an instant before they take it and put it in that shroud with that perfume, and there comes from it a fragrance like the finest musk on the face of the earth.

Then they ascend and they do not pass by any group of angels but they say, ‘Who is this good soul?’ and they say, ‘It is So and so the son of So and so, calling him by the best names by which he was known in this world, until they reach the lowest heaven.

They ask for it to be opened to them and it is opened, and (the soul) is welcomed and accompanied to the next heaven by those who are closest to Allah, until they reach the seventh heaven.

Then Allah says: ‘Record the book of My slave in ‘Illiyoon in the seventh heaven, and return him to the earth, for from it I created them, to it I will return them and from it I will bring them forth once again.’

So his soul is returned to his body and there come to him two angels who make him sit up and they say to him,

Angel : ‘Who is your Lord?’

Person says : ‘Allah.’

Angel : ‘What is your religion?’

Person says : ‘My religion is Islam.’

Angel : ‘Who is this man who was sent among you?’

Person says : ‘He is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).’

Angel : ‘What did you do?’

Person says : ‘I read the Book of Allah and I believed in it.’

Then a voice calls out from heaven,

‘My slave has spoken the truth, so prepare for him a bed from Paradise and clothe him from Paradise, and open for him a gate to Paradise.’

Then there comes to him some of its fragrance, and his grave is made wide, as far as he can see.

Then there comes to him a man with a handsome face and handsome clothes, and a good fragrance, who says, ‘Receive the glad tidings that will bring you joy this day.’ He says, ‘Who are you? Your face is a face which brings glad tidings.’

He says, ‘I am your righteous deeds.’ He says, ‘O Lord, hasten the Hour so that I may return to my family and my wealth.’

But when the disbelieving slave is about to depart this world and enter the Hereafter, there come down to him from heaven angels with black faces, bringing sackcloth, and they sit around him as far as the eye can see.

Then the Angel of Death comes and sits by his head, and he says,

‘O evil soul, come forth to the wrath of Allah and His anger.’

Then his soul disperses inside his body, then comes out cutting the veins and nerves, like a skewer passing through wet wool. When he seizes it, they do not leave it in his hand for an instant before they take it and put it in that sackcloth, and there comes from it a stench like the foulest stench of a dead body on the face of the earth.

Then they ascend and they do not pass by any group of angels but they say, ‘Who is this evil soul?’ and they say, ‘It is So and so the son of So and so, calling him by the worst names by which he was known in this world, until they reach the lowest heaven. They ask for it to be opened to them and it is not opened.”

Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recited (interpretation of the meaning):

“for them the gates of heaven will not be opened, and they will not enter Paradise until the camel goes through the eye of the needle”

[al-A’raaf 7:40]

He said:

“Then Allah says, ‘Record the book of My slave in Sijjeen in the lowest earth, and return him to the earth, for from it I created them, to it I will return them and from it I will bring them forth once again.’ So his soul is cast down.”

Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recited the verse (interpretation of the meaning):

“and whoever assigns partners to Allah, it is as if he had fallen from the sky, and the birds had snatched him, or the wind had thrown him to a far off place”

[al-Hajj 22:31]

He said: “Then his soul is returned to his body, and there come to him two angels who make him sit up and they say to him, ‘Who is your Lord?’ He says, ‘Oh, oh, I don’t know.’ They say, ‘What is your religion?’ He says, ‘Oh, oh, I don’t know.’ Then a voice calls out from heaven, ‘Prepare for him a bed from Hell and clothe him from Hell, and open for him a gate to Hell.’ Then there comes to him some of its heat and hot winds, and his grave is constricted and compresses him until his ribs interlock. Then there comes to him a man with an ugly face and ugly clothes, and a foul stench, who says, ‘Receive the bad news, this is the day that you were promised.’ He says, ‘Who are you? Your face is a face which forebodes evil.’ He says, ‘I am your evil deeds.’ He says, ‘O Lord, do not let the Hour come, do not let the Hour come.’”

Narrated by Abu Dawood, 4753; Ahmad, 18063 – this version was narrated by him. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 1676.

The correct view is that the two angels will only question the deceased in his grave about matters of Tawheed (monotheism) and ‘aqeedah (belief).

This is quite clear.

May ALLAH SWT save us from the torment of grave and unite us in His Jannathul Firdaus...
Aaameen...

Things that bring the love of ALLAH SWT...

Ibn Qayyim RA said that there are ten things that bring about the love of ALLAH SWT...

1) Recitation of the Qur’an with reflection and with understanding of its meanings.

2) Seeking closeness to ALLAH by performing voluntary deeds after having performed obligatory ones, for that leads one to the highest levels of love.

3) Remembering ALLAH during every situation - with one’s time, heart and deeds, one’s share of that love is to the degree of one’s share in that remembrance.

4) Preferring what He loves to what you love when your desires are strong.

5) Allowing your heart to reflect on His Names and Attributes.

6) Reflecting on His many favors and blessings, both the apparent ones and hidden ones, for that leads to His love.

7) Having your heart softened as it is worshipping ALLAH.

8) Being alone with Him in worship when He descends during the last third of the night. And this means to invoke Him, to recite His Speech, to stand with all sincerity and with good manners and with good submission, and then to end that with repentance and with seeking His forgiveness.

9) Sitting with those who are truthful in their love of ALLAH.

10) Staying away from all that creates barriers between the heart and ALLAH.

"Say (O Muhammad to mankind): "If you (really) love Allah, then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic monotheism, follow the Quran and the Sunnah), Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Quran: 3:31)