| A Day in the Life of a Muslim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Have you recited, during the day, anything from the Book of Allah? * Have you preserved the Adhkaar (Remembrances) and the Awraad (Sections of the Qur'an) after every prayer? * Have you guarded the fixed Sunnah prayers before and after each obligatory prayer? * Have you been fearful and humble during your prayers, and aware and attentive of what you have said within them? * Have you remembered Death and the Grave? * Have you brought to mind the Last Day with its terror and distress? * Have you asked Allah three times that He should enter you into Paradise? For whomever asks Allah that He should enter him into Paradise, Paradise will say: "O Allah! Enter him into Paradise!" * Have you sought refuge with Allah from the punishment of the Fire? For whomever does that, Hellfire will say: "O Allah! Protect him from the Fire". * Have you read anything from the ahadith of the Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? * Have you considered about keeping yourself away from the people of sin and evil? * Have you attempted to keep away from too much laughter and joking? As too much it hinders one from the Remembrance of Allah. * Have you wept out of the Fear of Allah the Exalted, the Mighty? * Have you recited the Adhkaar of the morning and the evening? * Have you sought forgiveness from Allah for your sins? * Have you asked Allah for martyrdom with sincerity? For the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: "Whomever asks Allah for martyrdom with sincerity, Allah will make him reach the level of the martyrs even if he dies in his bed." * Have you supplicated to Allah that He should establish your heart firmly upon His Deen? * Have you tried to find the hours when supplication is most likely to be answered and called upon Allah in them? * Have you bought new Islamic books from which you may understand and implement the Deen? * Have you sought forgiveness for the believing men and the believing women? For in every mu'min and mu'minah there is good for you. * Have you thanked Allah for the blessing of Islam? * Have you praised Allah for the blessings of hearing, seeing, feeling, understanding and all the rest of His innumerable favours? * Have you spent, during the day, upon the poor and needy? * Have you avoided becoming angry for your own sake, and attempted not to become angry except for the sake of Allah the Bless, the Almighty? * Have you tried to avoid glory and greatness for yourself? * Have you visited your Brothers and Sisters in Faith? * Have you supplicated to Allah for your family, your brothers, your sisters, your neighbors and those whom you keep contact with? * Have you been supportive of your parents? * Did you say, when afflicted with a calamity: "To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return"? * Have you called upon Allah with this supplication: "O Allah! I seek refuge in You from associating partners with You while I am aware of it and I seek forgiveness from You from what I do not know"? For whomever says that, Allah will take away from him major and minor shirk. * Have you done good to your neighbors? * Have you tried to cleanse your heart from pride, showing off, hatred and envy? * Have you feared Allah concerning how you obtain your livelihood, food, drink and clothes? * Have you repented to your Lord with sincere repentance at all times from all of your crimes and sins? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Brother and Sister Muslim! Answer all of these questions with sincere speech and action so that you may be of those who are successful and of those who will be Winners --- Insha'Allah! And with Allah is Success, and peace and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family, wives, companions and whomever follows them in righteousness until the Last Day! Ameen! ***Source from : http://www.muslim-answers.org/*** |