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“Take Your Portion of Seclusion”

The acquirement of knowledge or the improvement of one’s condition.”

The same message can be found in many of the Salaf’s narrations wherein they warn from heavily mixing with the people and encourage seclusion. Of course this is not to say we should abandon our friends or family! But we should be balanced. We should make time for them and also for ourselves; time to remember Allah without any distractions, time to take ourselves to account for good and bad deeds.

Khushoo` and Beautification of the Prayer

Uqbah bin Aamir (ra) said: The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said: “There is no person who performs wudhoo, beautifying his wudhoo, then prays two rakahs concentrating therein with this heart and face except Paradise becomes obligatory for him.”[1]

Hook Up with Allah, Allah will Hook You Up

Before I got married, I was given unsolicited advice on how to change in order to make myself “more appealing” to brothers. Sisters would voluntarily tell me I should be more outgoing when with men, dress more attractively to get their attention and stop being as involved with Islamic activism so I would not scare [...]