Essentia

Shaykh Omar Suleiman

Originally found on: beautifulpatienceforever

Allahumma tawaffani wa anta radin ‘anni.

Bismillahi rahmani raheem.

Lately I find myself drifting. Lost in a sea of my own thoughts. Swept away in the goings on of my day to day. I think I lost my way, somehow. I think I lost my sense of direction.

Everything seems to slip away from me. All the things I try to hold onto. All the people. All the time. All the thoughts in my head, that I try my hardest to write down. Everything is going away from me. Slipping; quiet and easy.

And I am tired. Yaa Allah, I am tired. The storms inside me have taken their toll on my soul. My spirit is worn. I cannot do this thing alone, anymore. I cannot carry all of this weight, on my body.

I need a place to lay all my worries down. A friend to share all my tears with. I need a confidant to tell all my secrets to and a guardian to get all of my guidance from.

One who I can trust with all of my affairs. One who is Al-Karim, Al-Hakim and Al-Wadud. (The Generous, The Perfectly Wise and The Loving One).

God is above all human imperfection, if you make a mistake, repent, and repeat the mistake, don’t think God has forsaken you. Repent again. And again. And again. And again.

It was said to [The Prophet’s grandson] Al-Hassan: “Is not the servant [of God] ashamed of sinning and then repenting, and then sinning again and then again repenting?”

He [Al-Hassan] said: “Satan wants exactly that. Never stop making repentance.”

Salam all :) Below are a few links to help you if you are looking to learn how to pray/make wudu. As someone who needed to learn how to pray some time ago, it does take time, effort, and patience when memorizing all that needs to be done, but inshAllah with the help of Allah (swt) it becomes easier with time and you learn quickly. A suggestion is to make a booklet to study from, this will take time putting together but it will help nonetheless. You can study from this at anytime and maybe it even put it in front of you while praying to follow, just turning the pages, till you memorize it all inshAllah. For example: Open up Microsoft Word and for each prayer (fajr, duhur, asr, maghraib, isha) write down what to do step by step with images of the position you are supposed to be in.

Example:

-(Say 3x) Subhana Rabbi Al Ala (Glory be to my Lord, the most High)-

-(Say) Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)-

-(Say) Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)-

Make sure to indicate what rakah you are memorizing when doing this (if you decide to make a booklet to study from, which inshAllah you can pass onto someone else that would like to learn how to pray). This will take time, but inshAllah this will help you to memorize it all and pray.

Downloadable/printable prayer guide as described above:

Prayer guide with images

Prayer guide without images

Instructions for performing Muslims Prayers

-These prayer guides were created by Taraneh. Jazakallahu khair for sharing them, may Allah bless you for each time someone benefits from your work and effort. :)

How to make wudu (along with hadiths):

Click

How to pray:

Fajr

Duhur

Asr

Maghraib

Isha

Beneficial Articles/Videos Regarding Salah:

Salah: Your Focus in the Age of Distraction

Humility During Prayer

WATCH: Distractions During Salah

WATCH: How Shaytan tricks good Muslims

WATCH: I’m a Muslim, but I just can’t pray

WATCH: Nourman Ali Khan on Salah

Seorang suami mengadu rezekinya asyik sempit. Semua serba tak cukup. Terasa dunia ni sempit. Dah usaha macam-macam. Semua cara dah buat. Hati pun resah dan rasa nak marah jer. Kenapa ye ustaz?

Abang ada ibubapa lagi ke? Mak ayah saya dah tiada. Abang ada isteri tak? Ada ustaz. Saya ada 3 orang anak.

Saya beri 2 kunci rezeki dan ketenangan datang dalam hidup kita. Sayang dan jaga isteri dengan baik. Dan jaga solat. Sebelum mula kerja solat 2 rakaat. Nak buat apapun. Minta pada Allah dulu.

Dia diam termenung. Kemudian dia cakap betul ke rezeki kita ada kaitan dengan isteri. Jawab saya bagaimana keberkatan nak datang dalam hidup kita jika menyedihkan dan menyakitkan orang yang setia dan berkorban tinggalkan keluarganya untuk bersama kita. Sangkaan dan isi hati mereka doa yang kuat untuk kita.

Silaturrahim asbab rezeki terbesar. Allah janji rezeki dan umur berkat dengan jaga silaturrahim dan menyambungkannya.

Jika kita sakitkan kucing atau tipu kucing pun kita akan rasa hidup ini tak tenang kerana kita sedang buat salah. Inikan pula isteri kita.

Saya lihat dalam hidup ini semua orang yang bahagia dan berjaya bermula bila mereka bahagia bersama isteri mereka. Saat kita mula menipu, menyakitkan, menyusahkan pasangan, hidup jadi serba tak kena.

Cuba abang mulakan dengan buat baik terhadap isteri. Mencintai dan menghargainya.

Tak lama dia jumpa saya. Katanya ya Allah rezeki saya bertambah. Semuanya jadi mudah dan lapang. Hati saya tenang. Bila saya betulkan silap saya. Saya jaga hatinya dan hargainya. Saya buat apa yang dia suka.

Silaturrahim membuka pintu rezeki, inikan bersama isteri kita yang tercinta.

Dulu pernah seorang pekedai dia rasa kedainya dibuat orang. Kena sihir. Dah buat macam-macam. Tapi tetap rugi. Dia jumpa saya. Saya kata padanya abang ada buat buruk kepada isteri tak?

Jawabnya ye ustaz. Saya tipu isteri saya. InsyaAllah saya betulkan. Selepas itu rezekinya mencurah-curah.

Ramai orang kaya raya hidupnya jadi sempit dan tak tenang kerana lupa diri dan menyakitkan hati orang tersayang amanah Allah.

Sebenarnya bersyukur dan menghargai ibubapa, isteri dan anak-anak itulah rezeki paling besar.

-Ustaz Ebit Lew