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That’s a long time! Longer than some of you have been alive, longer than some of you ever lived with your parents. Longer than some of you have ever lived in a single location.

When you look at the long journey you start to understand statements like:

“Don’t sweat the small stuff.”

“Honor his need for a man cave”

“Practice self-care”

“Go a little deaf in one ear”

When you think of a long journey together what you focus on changes.

You can focus on what matters and let smaller issues go easier.

You might treat each other nicer knowing a new partner isn’t coming along for the journey. This is it. You get these experiences.

You might laugh more, take more selfies together, and stop worrying so much how you look. These are the only moments you get so capture them. There is no perfect moment. And in twenty years you’ll wish you realized how beautiful you looked now.

You might stop more often for special moments and savor them while you can. Long journeys mean peaks and valleys.

Most importantly, because you never do really know whats around the bend you will pray more for each other. Because no matter how long the journey life is still short.

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“And on the Day when He shall gather (resurrect) them together, (it will be) as if they had not stayed (in the life of this world and graves, etc.) but an hour of a day. They will recognise each other. Ruined indeed will be those who denied the meeting with Allah, and were not guided.” (10:45)

Sometimes, He breaks our heart to make us whole. 

Sometimes, He send us pain so we can be stronger. 

Sometimes, He send us failure so we can be better. 

Sometimes, He send us illness so we can take better care of ourselves. 

“If you can be unknown, be so; it doesn’t matter if you are not known and it doesn’t matter if you are not praised. It doesn’t matter if you are blameworthy according to people if you are praiseworthy with Allah the Mighty and Majestic.”

*What’s the difference between Maghfirah (مغفرة ) and ‘Afuw (عفو )?* *Maghfriah*: is for Allah to forgive you for the sin but the sin will still be registered on your book of deeds. Maghfirah is Allah’s forgiveness for your sin but on the Judgment Day it will be written on your record, Allah will ask you about it but HE won’t punish you because of it

*'Afuw*: is for Allah to forgive you for the sin and delete it from your book of deeds as if it did not happen. ‘Afuw is Allah’s pardon for your sin, it will be completely erased from your record and Allah won’t ask you about it on Judgement day

*This is why our Prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said that, this is the best Duaa to make on Laylatul Qadr:*

*“Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun tuhibbul 'afwa fa'fu 'annee”* (Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and Tirmidhi)

*O Allah, You are The One Who pardons greatly, and You love to pardon, so pardon me.)“*

So make sure you read this dua all the time and as much as you can. Make it one of your daily athkaar. Imagine that you are standing on the day of Judgment being held accountable for your deeds, and you’re not guaranteed your entry to Jannah.

*Suddenly you find that you have mountains of Hasanat (rewards) in your record*

Do you know from where these mountains of rewards come from?

Because in the Dunya you kept saying : *”SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi SubhanAllah al ‘Adhim”*

_Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:_ *"Two words are light on the tongue, weigh heavily in the balance, they are loved by Al Rahman, (The Most Merciful. One):* سُبْحَانَ اللّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ ، سُبْحَانَ اللّهِ الْعَظِيمِ - *SubhanAllahi wa biHamdihi, Subhan-Allahi 'l-`adheem (Glory be to Allah, and Praise, Glory be to Allah, the Supreme)”* (📚Bukhari , Muslim)

Can you imagine how much your reward will be multiplied if you share this information about the virtue of this remembrance with your friends and they keep saying it *(SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi SubhanAllah Al Adheem)* because you guided them to do good?

*Be the One Who Guides Others to Good Deeds.*