Sahih International
Certainly will the believers have succeeded:
Sahih International
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -
All prophets had the same beliefs and morals, but laws were different for different ummahs
The Quran first discussed morals and toward the end of revelation, laws were revealed. We get introduced to laws before morals in this age. What's halaal haraam what's allowed/disallowed. The first generation of Quran learnt morals and beliefs first. Whatever Allah has given more priority in the Quran, we need to give more priority to while teaching our children.
Morals have more to do with the attitude with which we are doing things rather than the things themselves.
Those who have FAITH are indeed successful
Falaah is the person who cuts the harvest. Farmers get their paycheck once a year when the work's done. They have to sow the seed,till the soil,put fertilizer and instecticide and so on but all the hard work pays off only at the time of harvest. So Aflaha means to be successful after a long period of labour. This is a believer's attitude towards success.
Muslim is the one who does the bare minimum and follows the laws. Momin is one step higher than him and is strong in morals. Muhsin is the highest level. This is derived from Hadith Jibreel.
Consider the example of a student who just wants to pass and do the bare minimum. Then there is another student who wants to excel like a momin.There is a third student who puts his absolute level best out of the love of someone and to prove themselves to them and not just for grades. A Muhsin in Islam is the one who totally cares about Allah SWT and wants to do everything to please Him.
They are,during their prayers, fearful,humble,overpowered. Especially in their prayers but also outside their prayers. Our prayers are more like cardio exercises, a bird pecking on the ground, a hit and run. We are not concerned about the quality of our prayers. We just rush through them.
Tips for a better salaah:
Make wudu for every prayer
Make wudu slowly
Also pray the sunnah prayers before fard because it helps you warm up for fard and increases focus
Force yourself to recite slowly
Don't be so fast while going into ruku,sujood etc that you create a breeze but take your time
Space out your zikr while saying subhana rabbiyal azeem etc
Understand what you are reciting and APPRECIATE it
Feel your prayer
Now Allah describes the effect of prayer. These people stay away from useless talk and activity after they have heard the most beautiful message of Quran. Whatever input you give to yourself, similar output comes out. So it is really important what you expose yourself to. It's very important that you get busy and don't give yourself free time to kill. It makes you humble and disciplined. Most of us remain grownup babies and don't turn into adults. Turn into a man and take responsibility, start working! Stay busy.
They work on purifying themselves. Your personality is like an onion with a lot of layers. When you get into deen, you discover some flaw in yourself and then you manage to peel off that layer. Then you find another layer underneath and you work on that. This goes on and on and you keep fixing themselves. This is the process of cleansing.
Those who guard their privates.
Allah knows the stealing of the glances and what's inside your chest. Temptations are from the animal part of ourselves. And control of that temptations is from our rooh. When we let our animal instincts loose, we lose control. Don't be like those who forgot Allah so Allah made them forget themselves(their rooh). Sometimes people totally lose their human side. If you don't know how to control your eyes, forget the rest of you.
Don't be alone with your mobile devices and your internet. Whoever does not have haya/dignity, he may do whatever we like. It means haya is highly important and is the essence of good character.
Girls like to feel beautiful and to validate their beauty. They need to feel good about themselves. They dress up a certain way and display their beauty to get attention and validation. They lose dignity by doing this. Boys are like wolves and they say things just to make you feel good. You like them because they listen to you and give you compliments and pretend to understand you. He is not actually interested in you but he just wants to get his way with you and take advantage of you.
Girls need to toughen up and have a stern and firm voice when boys are around. The softer your voice, the more prolonged the conversation will be.
The people who hold themselves back,truly enjoy their marriage, The people who don't,destroy their dignity.
They constantly watch over their promises. Even protecting our own dignity and the dignity of our families is a trust. Protecting our parent's trust is also part of keeping promises. When you say yes to something, it is like a promise. Guard your commitments. Guard yourself when you are on your own. Trusts are different from promises. Promises are something you made yourself. Trust and amanah is something that was entrusted to you and you were supposed to do them. They don't require promises. E.g. following the laws or meeting deadlines, or fulfilling huqooq ul ibaad. Everything is an amanah. Even our time is an amanah. Amanah does not need to be spelled out like a promise. You should know how to fill in the blanks yourself. You should know what is expected of you.
Guard your prayers. Schedule your life around your prayers. The prayers are the pillars and not an inconvenience. Pillars never move. The walls and the furniture around can be moved, but the pillars stay where they are. You cannot purposefully leave prayers and then make up for them together at the end of the day. Don't sleep late and miss Fajr. Sleep on time or don't sleep at all. Don't risk missing salaah. Take the necessary precautions. Take a stand for your prayers at work. Do not be embarrassed to pray in front of others. Do not be afraid of others. Praying in public is very liberating and empowering.
These people will inherit Jannah tul firdous. Allah created a house in jannah for every single human being. Allah hopes that all human beings will reach the highest level of Jannah. The believers who enter Paradise will inherit those homes that belonged to them or to others who never showed up.
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