#umaralkhattab

Would you like...?

🌸 Would you like to attain Allah's Protection? ❛Whoever prays the morning (Fajr) prayer, then he is under the protection of Allah 'azza wa jalla.❜ [Sahih Ibn Majah 3946]

🌸 Would you like to be close to Allah? ❛A servant becomes nearest to his Rabb when he is in prostration (in salaah). So increase supplications while prostrating.❜ [Sahih Muslim 482]

🌸 Would you like to be distanced from the Hellfire? ❛Whoever fasted a day for the sake of Allah, then Allah distances between him and the Hellfire by 70 years.❜ [Sahih al-Bukhari 2840]

🌸 Would you like to attain the rida of Allah? ❛Allah is pleased with His servant who says 'Alhamdulillah' while taking a morsel of food and while drinking.❜ [Sahih Muslim 2734]

🌸 Would you like for your scales to be heavy with khayr? ❛There are 2 expressions which are very easy for the tongue to say but very heavy in the scale, and are very dear to Ar-Rahman. They are: Subhana Allahil-'azim and Subhana Allah wa bihamdihi.❜ [Sahih al-Bukhari 6406]

🌟 ❛Verily, those who like that {faahishah} should be propagated among those who believe, they will have a painful torment in this world and in the Hereafter. And Allah knows and you know not.❜ [Surah an-Nur 24 :19]

In general, the word {faahishah} means lewdness, indecency, or a shameful act, and the Qur'an specifically refers adultery and liwaat as {faahishah}. When we carefully read the aayah, we'll realize that Allah ta'ala says:

❛Those who LIKE faahishah to spread ... will have a painful torment.❜ And not: ❛Those who DO and spread faahishah ... will have a painful torment.❜

The aayah isn't about someone who spreads faahishah, but it's referring to the one who LIKES the spreading of faahishah.

You know that TV show, where the host says: "You ARE the father!" And people would laugh watching it, thinking it's amusing. This is actually an example of the person mentioned in this aayah, because this show *is* talking about illicit acts, about faahishah, and it spreads into our homes. And that person likes it, enjoys it.

Sometimes a person loves listening to gossips about someone else's scandals. Or gets angry when a certain TV show or a movie that has elements of faahishah got cancelled, or some of those scenes got cut out.

Allah says those who like the spread of faahishah will have a painful torment both in this dunya and in the akhirah. Allah says there is a punishment even for just *liking* it!

Subhana Allah, that's really scary! Because sometimes we do this unknowingly. So it is from the Rahmah of Allah ta'ala that the next immediate aayah, He says:

🌟 ❛And had it not been for the Grace of Allah and His Rahmah on you, [He would have hastened the punishment upon you]. And that Allah is full of kindness, Most Merciful.❜ [Surah an-Nur 24 : 20]

Faahishah can corrupt one's imaan, and break down families and communities. We really need to take these matters seriously, and speak against the spreading of faahishah regardless of what people may say.

Whenever Allah addressed the Prophet salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam, He ta'ala did not address his lineage, nor his wealth, nor his status, nor how he looked.

But He ta'ala said:

🌟 ❛And verily, you (O Muhammad) are on an exalted standard of character.❜  [Surah al-Qalam 68 : 4]

So remember that your worth depends upon your character.