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Narrated Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه‎: I heard Allah’s Messenger ﷺ saying, “There is healing in black cumin for all diseases except death.” [Sahih Bukhari: Book 76, Hadith 11]

Jabir رضي الله عنه‎ reported Allah’s Messenger ﷺ as saying: There is a remedy for every disease or ailment, and when the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with the permission of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. [Sahih Muslim: Book 39, Hadith 95]

Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه‎ reported Allah’s Messenger ﷺ as saying: There is no disease for which Nigella seed does not provide remedy. [Sahih Muslim: Book 39, Hadith 120]

Stop talking trash about other people:

“O you who have attained to faith! Avoid most guesswork [about one another] - for, behold, some of [such] guesswork is [in itself] a sin; and do not spy upon one another, and neither allow yourselves to speak ill of one another behind your backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, you would loathe it! And be conscious of God. Verily, God is an acceptor of repentance, a dispenser of grace!” - The Holy Qur'an [49:12]

Stop saying you’ll do something, but not do it:

“Most loathsome is it in the sight of God that you say what you do not do!” - The Holy Qur'an [61:3]

Stop talking when you’re angry:

“When one of you is angry, he should be silent.” - The Prophet [Al-Adab Al-Mufrad]

Stop thinking that God won’t accept your repentence:

“Even if your sins reached up to the clouds in the sky, I would forgive you.”- Hadith Qudsi [Sunan al-Tirmdhi]

Stop pretending that God won’t forgive you from your sins so you don’t start fresh:

“Why would God cause you to suffer [for your past sins] if you are grateful and attain to belief - seeing that God is always responsive to gratitude, all-knowing?” - The Holy Qur’an [4:147]

Stop telling the other gender to lower their gaze, lower it yourself, that includes online:

“Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and to be mindful of their chastity: this will be most conducive to their purity - [and,] verily, God is aware of all that they do… And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and to be mindful of their chastity.” - The Holy Qur'an [24:30]

Stop being mean to those who have wronged you:

“Excellence is being kind to those who are evil to you.” - Prophet Eisa (Jesus) [Tafsir ibn Kathir]

Stop forgetting to pray to God when times are tough, here, Dua of Desperation: رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ Rabbi inni limaa anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqeer [28:24]

Stop neglecting to put what you learn into practice:

“Who are the learned? Those who practice what they know.” - The Prophet [Bukhari]

Stop procrastinating and work hard:

“The believer dies with sweat on his brow.” - The Prophet [Tirmidhi]

Stop envying other people:

“Beware of envy, for envy consumes good works as fire consumes wood.” - The Prophet [Abu Dawud]

Stop chasing things that you know aren’t good for you:

“…it may well be that you hate a thing the while it is good for you, and it may well be that you love a thing the while it is bad for you: and God knows, whereas you do not know.” - The Holy Qur’an [2:216]

Stop forgetting that God is testing you with hardships:

“Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: ‘We believe,’ and will not be tested?” - The Holy Qur'an [29:2]

“And most certainly shall We try you by means of danger, and hunger, and loss of worldly goods, of lives and of [labour’s] fruits. But give glad tidings unto those who are patient in adversity -” - The Holy Qur'an [2:155]

Stop forgetting that God knows you can get through these hardships:

“God does not burden any human being with more than he is well able to bear” - The Holy Qur'an [2:286]

“God does not burden any human being with more than He has given him - [and it may well be that] God will grant, after hardship, ease.” - The Holy Qur'an [65:7]

“Seek closeness [to God] and be steadfast.. in all that afflicts the believer there is atonement, even a thorn that pricks him.” - The Prophet [Tirmidhi]

Stop taking your free time and health for granted:

“Two favors that many of the people squander are health and free time.” - The Prophet [Tirmidhi]

Stop fooling yourself into thinking that those sins you do lead to better things than what God can give:

“There is nothing that you leave out of God-consciousness [taqwa] except that God will compensate you with something better” - The Prophet [Ahmad]

Stop forgetting that God remembers those who do good:

“O son of Adam, I do not forget the person who disobeys Me, so how can I forget someone who obeys Me?” - Hadith Qudsi

Stop finding excuses to not give money in charity:

“A man said: ‘O Messenger of God, which kind of charity is best? He said: ‘Giving charity when you are in good health, and feeling stingy, hoping for a long life and fearing poverty.”’ [Nasa'i]

“[O believers,] never shall you attain to true piety unless you spend on others out of what you cherish yourselves;” - The Qur'an [3:92]

Stop waiting for God to make a change you need to make:

“Indeed, God will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves.” - The Holy Qur'an [13:11]

Stop forgetting to pray for your parents, here, the Dua for parents:

[rabbi irhamhuma kama rabbayanee sagheera] “My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small” [17:24]

Stop thinking that being young doesn’t matter, of the protected people on Youm Al-Qiyamah it includes:

“a youth who grew up with the worship of God” - The Prophet [Bukhari]

Stop pretending that wealth and worldly stuff is a reward from God, they’re tests:

“and know that your worldly goods and your children are but a trial and a temptation, and that with God there is a tremendous reward” [8:28]

it helps you memorize through repetition and allows you to test yourself too, I’m trying to memorize Surah Mulk within the next 2 weeks inshAllah with it 

Finally had time to bookmark 20 page intervals in my Qur'ān. So that in shā Allāh I will complete the Qur'ān during blessed month of Ramadān. 

The plan is to read 20 pages a day, for 30 days. But to split 20 pages into 4 pages after/or before each prayer. That way it will be more manageable, rather than reading 20 pages in one go. Also I recommend to read the English translation of the 20 pages you read each day! And the tafsir so that we can really understand and appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the speech of our Lord❤️ and bi’tihnillāh implement the Qur’ān in our lives. 

“We sent it (this Qur’ān) down on a blessed night [(i.e. the Night of Al-Qadr) in the month of Ramadān — the 9th month of the Islamic calendar]. Verily, We are ever warning [mankind that Our Torment will reach those who disbelieve in Our Oneness of Lordship and in Our Oneness of worship]”

[al-Dukhaan 44:3] 

“There has come to you Ramadān, a blessed month which Allāh has enjoined you to fast, during which the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed, and the rebellious devils are chained up. In it there is a night which is better than a thousand months, and whoever is deprived of its goodness is indeed deprived.” 

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Narrated by al-Nasaa’i, #2106 and Ahmad #8769. classed as saheeh by al-Albāni in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 

“Whoever spends the nights of Ramadān in prayer out of faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.”

‘Uqbah bin ‘Aamir al-Juhani (radiallaahu ‘anhu) said:

“We were sitting in the masjid reciting the Qur’an; then the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) entered and gave us the salaam, and we returned him the salaam…”

Shaykh al-Albaani (rahimahullaah) comments:

“I say: this hadeeth has some fiqh (understanding), which is that it is legislated to give the salaam to the one who is sitting and reciting the Qur’an. So in it, there is a refutation of the one who holds that that is disliked, which – along with being a mere opinion – opposes this hadeeth and the generality of his (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) statement:

‘Spread the salaam amongst you.’ [Saheeh Muslim #54]

And if it has been authentically established that the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) had silently approved [from the word iqraar, i.e., silent approval] the Companions’ (actions) when they gave him the salaam while he was praying in Masjid Qubaa’, and he replied to them by a gesture with his noble hand, [Saheeh Abi Daawood #860] then all the more reason why it is legislated to give the salaam to the one reciting the Qur’an outside the prayer; and the reply then will be verbal, not a gesture, as is obvious to the people of understanding. And this was the opinion of (Imaam) an-Nawawee (rahimahullaah).”

It has become increasingly important to learn about the life of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), considering the misinformation surrounding his life and the history of Islam in general. Understanding the life of the Prophet not only gives the setting in which the Qur’an was sent down, but it allows the worshiper to understand the practical application of the religion as a whole. I’ve decided to compile a list of sources on his life to help people to learn about the final and beloved prophet of God. After reading the Qur’an or a translation, you should begin learn about the life of the Prophet (pbuh). This list is in no way comprehensive, but it’s a start. 

Books:

In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad by Tariq Ramadan [Thematic life of the Prophet—this book is a very good start.]

Muhammad: Man and Prophet by Adil Salahi

Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet by Karen Armstrong 

The Life of Prophet Prophet Mohammad by Leila Azzam & Aisha Gouverneur [Very short and comprehensive. Read this for just an overview]

The Sealed Nectar by Sheikh Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarkpuri [A pretty lengthy read but very comprehensive.]

Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources by Martin Lings [Be weary of this book; it’s a good read, but it has some fabricated narrations. i.e. the portion about Zeinab in the book. It’s a good and easy read, however, which is why I included it.]

Movie:

The Message

Audio:

Seerah Podcast by Sheikh Abdul Nasir Jangda

Seerah of the Prophet Mohammad by Sheikh Yasir Qadi

Blog:

Destination Jannah Seerah Notes [A list of notes from Sheikh Abdul Nasir’s Podcast. These are incredible.]