Tumbled Thoughts On American Muslim Life

Hope

أمة محمد صلى الله تعالى عليه وسلم أمة الرجاء

The Ummah of Muhammad, may God the Exaulted send prayers and blessings on him, is the Ummah of hope. It is for this reason I am an optimist: Not out of some individual code of ethics but because the Best of Creation was hopeful and inspired so many with hope.

Prophetic Love: A Look At Obedience to Prophet Muhammad →

The Fiqh of 9 to 5

عن أبي مالك الأشعري قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم إذا ولج الرجل بيته فليقل اللهم إني أسألك خير المولج و خير المخرج, بسم الله ولجنا و بسم الله خرجنا و على الله ربنا توكلنا ثم ليسلم على أهله

On the authority of Abu Malik al-Ash’ari, the Prophet said, ‘When a man leaves his home he should say, “O’ God, I ask you for a good entrance and a good exit. In God’s name we enter and in God’s name we leave and upon God our Lord we have placed our trust.” He should then give salaams to his family”.’ - Related in Sunan Abu Dawud, 5096.

“Idha walaja al-Rajul baytahu falyaqul: ‘Allahumma, Inni as’aluku khayra al-mawlij[a] wa khayra al-makhraj[i]. Bismillahi walajna wa bismillahi kharajna wa ‘ala Allahi rabana tawakkalna’.”

It can be a tough gig working a nine to five. Some of us do more than that. But it’s a blessing to have a house and home to come home to. So I write this down as a little means of increasing adab/manners and dhikr/awareness and ‘ibadah/worship by keeping the Prophet’s words close to our breasts, hearts and tongues. So the next time you leave to the j-o-b with that certain boss [ugh…] remember this du’ah, God willing, and great your family with some Prophetic love.

What Can You Do With A Man Who Has Been Guided?

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم من قال إذا خرج من بيته بسم الله توكلت على الله لا حول و لا قوة إلا بالله تعالى يقال له كفيت و وقيت و هديت و تنحى عنه الشيطان فيقول لشيطان آخر كيف لك برجل قد هدي و كفي و وقي

The Messenger of God, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him, said: ‘He who says upon leaving his house —’In the name of God—, I have put my trust in God, there is no strength or power save in God,’ it is said to him —’All requirements have been met for you, you have been protected, and you have been guided; the devil turns away from him and says to another devil —’What can you do with a man who has been guided, whose is satiated, and who has been protected?’

Related by Abu Dawud via al-Kalim al-Tayyib by Ibn Taymiyya

Importance of the Neighbor

والذي نفسي بيده ! لا يؤمن عبد حتى يحب لجاره ما يحب لنفسه

“By The One Who owns my soul! None of you shall be a servant/’abd until he or she loves for his or her neighbor until he loves for himself.”

A saying of the Prophet Muhammad as narrated by Anas Bin Malik in Sahih Muslim.