The Power of Wudu

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said,
“When a Muslim, or a believer, washes his face (in the course of Wudhu), every sin which he committed with his eyes, will be washed away from his face with water, or with the last drop of water; when he washes his Hands, every sin which he committed by his hands will be effaced from his hands with the water, or with the last drop of water; and when he washes his feet, every sin his feet committed will be washed away with the water, or with the last drop of water; until he finally emerges cleansed of all his sins.”
[Sahih Muslim 475]

HOW TO PRAY 10 JUMMAH ON 1 FRIDAY

How many Jummah salat can we pray on a single Friday? Answer, no more than one. However, here is a way that will get you reward of praying more than one Jummah on any given Friday.

Prophet Muhammed (s.a.w) said:
Whoever invites towards (the path of) guidance shall receive a reward equal to the rewards of those who follow him without this decreasing anything from their rewards. (Sahih Muslim)

Using this formula, if you invite 9 of your friends to offer Jumah with you and they respond to your call then you will get the reward for your own Jummah plus nine additional Jummah prayers. You can increase the number by as many as you want!

How great is Almighty Allah who has made earning for the hereafter very easy.

“And whoever guides others towards good is equal to the doer of good.” (Tirmidhi)

A qualified medical worker from overseas emigrated to Canada to live a better life. This Muslim brother had a beard. He applied to many different places for a job and was called for interviews. Though he was highly qualified for the jobs, the interviewers hesitated to hire him because of his beard. One by one, he was rejected from all the companies. One interviewer actually mentioned to him indirectly that his beard was an obstacle to getting the job. Trully, it was a big test for him from Allah.

Hopeless and exhausted, the brother decided to remove the obstacle, which was to shave off his beard. Then he returned to that company and requested for another interview. When the interviewer saw him without a beard this time, he refused to give him the job again. The brother became confused and asked to know the reason. The interviewer said “If you are not faithful to your God, how will you be faithful to us?”

This true incident was narrated to us by a friend who personally knows this brother, however, his identity will remain private. In reality, obeying the commandments of ALLAH does not bring failure. In the beginning, we may face various problems, but the end results will be very sweet.

“The Messenger of ALLAH, may ALLAH send peace and blessings upon him, ordered us to trim closely the mustache and leave the beard as it is (that is grow the beard).” (Reported in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.)

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When a bird is alive, it eats ants. When a bird is dead, ants eat the bird.
So, time can turn at any time.

Don’t devalue anyone in your life.
You may be powerful now but time is more powerful than you.

One tree makes a thousand match sticks, but one match stick can burn a thousand trees.

Do good and good will follow.

Olives are pressed to get oil, fruits are squeezed to get juice, flowers are crushed for perfume.
These are some of the methods used to get goodness out of things.
So when you feel pressured in life it’s just GOD trying to get the best out of you.

1. Before standing up for Prayer, try to deal with all the minor urgent matters which demand your attention. If you are pressed by hunger, eat first; if you are pressed to attend to the call of nature, relieve yourself; if you are the parent of an infant, feed him or her, or keep him or her busy.

2. Perform your wudu’ (ablution) well, paying due care and attention.

3. Approach the Prayer with zest and passion as if it is the last prayer in your life before dying. Actually the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us that we could do nothing in this world that could ever surpass Prayer in merit and excellence.

4. Visualize that in your Prayer you are going to have a special audience with ALLAH, Lord of the worlds, and that you are enjoying a direct communion with Him—which, in fact, is true.

5. Think of the Prayer you are performing as if it were the last Prayer of your life. In fact, it could very well be the last one, since no one is given a guarantee that he would live to perform another Prayer.

6. Picture the scene of the Last Day when people will be lined up into two groups, one destined for Heaven, and another for Hell, and ask yourself where you would be placed.

7. Focus your mind on what you are reading in your Prayer and recite simple suurats that you understand it’s meaning and ponder on the meaning whiles u recite.

8. If, in spite of your best efforts, your mind is still wandering, seek refuge in ALLAH and bring your mind back to Prayer.

9. Pray to ALLAH and beg Him to grant you true the joy of concentrating in your Prayer and protection against the wanderings of your mind.

10. Place your eyesight to the one spot where you will be making your sujuud while you recite and avoid taking your eyes from that spot.