Husnul Niyyah

On the authority of Ibn Abbas (RadhiyAllahu ‘anhuma), from the Messenger of Allah (SallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam), from what he has related from his Lord is: “Verily Allah has written down the good deeds and the evil deeds”, and then explained it [by saying]: “Whosoever intended to perform a good deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended to perform it and did perform it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good deeds up to seven hundred fold, up to many times multiplied. And if he intended to perform an evil deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended it [i.e., the evil deed] and then performed it, then Allah writes it down as one evil deed.” [Reported by Bukhari & Muslim] This hadith points towards Allah (SWT) great blessings and generosity. Allah wants us to do righteous deeds and he rewards us for it even if it is just an intention. Alla...

  وَ إِذْ نَجَّيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُمْ بَلَاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ (Quran 2:49) And recall that We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh. They inflicted on you terrible persecution, killing your sons and sparing your women. Therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord.   وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ الْبَحْرَ فَأَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ (Quran 2:50) And recall that We parted the sea for you, so We saved you, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh as you looked on.   وَإِذْ وَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَأَنْتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ (Quran 2:51) And recall that We appointed for Moses forty nights. Then you took to worshiping the calf after him, and you turned wicked. Here in all these three ayahs Allah asks the people of Bani israel to recall their blessing , we have to understa...

    وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ As Abraham raises the foundations of the House, together with Ishmael, Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed You are the Hearing, the Knowing. (Quran 2:127) Allah reminds us that Ibrahim and Ismail (A.S) raised the foundations of the Sacred House, the Holy Ka’abah by the command of Allah. While they were building the House they were asking Allah to accept this deed of theirs as a deed exclusively done to achieve His pleasure. Many narrations speak of Adam (A.S) being the first to build the Ka’bah, however the most sound among these narration is mentioned in the hadith of Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-Aas (ra): The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) said, ‘Allah ( SWT) revealed to Adam and Hawwa: “Build for me a house.” So Jibreel (as) drew the lines and Adam began to dig while Hawwa would move the sand. When he hit the water, a voice called from belo...

  وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا لَا تَجْزِي نَفْسٌ عَنْ نَفْسٍ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَاعَةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ. And beware of a Day when no soul will avail another in the least, nor will any intercession be accepted on its behalf, nor will any ransom be taken from it, nor will they be helped.  (Quran 2:48)   A major reason for the degeneration of the Israelites was the corruption of their beliefs about the hereafter that since they were related to those venerable saints and pious men who had dedicated themselves entirely to the service of God in the past, they would be forgiven by the grace of those great men. They believed that once they had bound themselves firmly to those pious men, it would become impossible for Allah to punish them. Such false reliance made them negligent of true religious piety and enmeshed them in a life of sin and wickedness. Hence, as well as reminding the children of Israel of Allah's  favour  upon th...

يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds (Quran 2:47) We have already read a similar ayah before, and here also this ayah is specifically referred to Bani Israel. Allah asks the people of Bani Israel to recall the blessing he has bestowed upon them and he reminds them how he preferred them over the other nations. Here are some ways how Bani Israel were blessed:- 1. They were given the books in their own language. As we see that all the books that Allah had previously sent were sent to the people of Bani Israel in the language they can understand.  2. Allah sent many prophets among them eg. Musa AS ,Isa AS, Yahya AS ,Ibrahim AS etc . 3. They witnessed many miracles by Allah.  Prophet Musa AS himself was blessed with many miracles to make his people believe,  Prophet Suleman AS had jin...

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “ Part of the perfection of a person’s Islam is his leaving that which is of no concern to him ” A hasan hadith. Recorded by at-Tirmidhi and others in that fashion. This hadith nurtures a person to have proper manners and etiquettes especially when it comes to other people's affairs. Personal and private matters of our muslim brothers and sisters is not our concern unless and until a person is found committing a sin upon which it becomes incumbent upon us as a muslim to correct that person in a gentle and polite way or if the opposite person asks us for advise then it becomes his right that we guide him according to the Quran and Sunnah. But otherwise we meddle in other people's affairs for no reason. We ask a couple about when they are going to have a baby. We interfere into private lives when they never asked us to. We advise when...