The Best Manner of Seeking Forgiveness

Syed-ul-Istighfaar
اللهم أنت ربي لا إله إلا أنت ، خلقتني وأنا عبدك ، وأنا على عهدك ووعدك ما استطعت ، أعوذ بك من شر ما صنعت ، أبوء لك بنعمتك علي وأبوء لك بذنبي فاغفر لي ، فإنه لا يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت

"O Allah! You are my Rabb. There is no true god except You. You have created me, and I am Your slave, and I hold to Your Covenant as far as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge the favors that You have bestowed upon me, and I confess my sins. Pardon me, for none but You has the power to pardon."

Hadith:"He who supplicates in these terms during the day with firm belief in it and dies on the same day (before the evening), he will be one of the dwellers of Jannah; and if anyone supplicates in these terms during the night with firm belief in it and dies before the morning, he will be one of the dwellers of Jannah" (Al-Bukhari)

"And seek the forgiveness of Allah. Certainly, Allah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.'' (4:106)

No More Excuses!!

Perhaps some of you know that Sheikh Muhammad Alshareef came out with a DVD set called 'Time Traveler' where he teaches us how to make full use of our time and to even increase it. It's a great program. I got an e-mail from him today and I'll post part of it because I think we can learn from it.

Excuses (regarding worshiping Allah) are the habit of the people of Hellfire.
Allah tells us in the Quran:
67:10 They will further say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would not (now) be among the Companions of the Blazing Fire!"
Lesson: People who disobey Allah do not always flat out say 'no'. Instead, they make an excuse as to 'why' they can't worship Allah, for this reason or the other. Things like:
a. Eman hasn't entered my heart yet.

b. God is Merciful, and He doesn't need me to worship Him

c. If Allah shows me a personal sign, only then will I believe and follow Him

The bottom line is: No excuse - Worship Allah and do what Allah likes. That is our aim in life.
Implementation:
1. Ask yourself if there is some type of worship you feel you should be doing, but are not doing. Example: praying Sunnah prayers.

2. What is the excuse you give as to why you don't do it? Example: not enough time.

3. Today: just do it. Like, procrastinate procrastination and just do it!

4. At the end of the day, ask yourself, "So how did that feel?"

Tuesday March 16, in sha Allah, he's going to reveal the 2nd biggest excuse ever.

Guess what it is here!

Aminah Assilmi

Aminah Assilmi, a renowned scholar of Islam, passed away on March 5th in a car accident. I had the honor of meeting her when she had come to speak at our Musjid. I remember her being a tall, beautiful and very warm woman. People were standing in line to meet her. She gave me the longest hug :)
May Allah forgive her sins and admit her into Paradise. Ameen.
To Allah we belong, to Him we return.
I found some information on her which I think everyone should read. It's such an amazing and inspirational story. Read it here and here.