Ramadan

heal him Ya Allah, ik he is hurting too. comfort his heart the way you comfort mine.

my last act of everything, is seeking for a forgiveness and forgive too. may Allah ease whatever journey that we were on. may Allah make our path easy. 🖤 حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل

Oh Allah grant me serenity

Muzz

Oh Allah forgive me and my parents and have mercy on us amen

Put in the work, trust Allah, and keep going. With faith, patience, and consistency, you will succeed Insha’Allah.

YOU ARE CALLED A MUSLIM… BUT DO YOU LIVE AS ONE?

You have a Muslim name.

But you don't pray.

You need Allah when you are desperate, but you forget Him when life is comfortable.

When you need help, you raise your hands.

When you are in danger, you call upon Allah.

When you want something desperately, suddenly you remember duʿāʾ.

But when everything is going well…

Where is Allah in your life?

Where is Ṣalāh?

Where is Qur'an?

Where is dhikr?

Where is repentance?

Where is obedience?

Allah says:

“Establish prayer for My remembrance.”
— Qur'an 20:14

And yet some people only remember Allah when they need something from Him.

Think about that.

You want Allah to answer your duʿāʾ…

but do you answer His call to Ṣalāh?

You want Allah to forgive you…

but do you want to leave the sins?

You want Allah to protect you…

but do you continue walking toward the things that destroy your īmān?

Allah and His Messenger ﷺ have given us guidance.

The Qur'an is available.

The Sunnah is available.

Scholars and teachers remind us.

People advise us.

Family members warn us.

Friends remind us.

And sometimes, instead of listening, we become angry.

“Stop judging me.”

“You're lying.”

“Who are you to tell me?”

But what if the person telling you the truth is actually trying to save you?

Don't hate someone simply because their advice makes you uncomfortable.

And don't accept every person who claims to be a scholar either.

Go back to evidence.

Go back to the Qur'an.

Go back to the authentic Sunnah.

Ask people of knowledge.

Learn.

Verify.

And then obey Allah.

Because one day, the opportunity to change will end.

Allah tells us about the regret of people who will ask for another chance:

“My Lord, send me back so that I may do righteousness in what I left behind.”
— Qur'an 23:99–100

But that second chance will not be given.

Imagine realizing the truth when you can no longer act upon it.

Imagine wanting one more Ṣalāh…

one more tawbah…

one more opportunity to give charity…

one more opportunity to say:

“Astaghfirullāh.”

But your record has been sealed.

So don't wait for death to make you serious about Allah.

And don't imagine that anyone else will be able to carry your responsibility for you.

Your family cannot live your life for you.

Your friends cannot worship Allah for you.

Your ancestors cannot save you from accountability.

And no jinn, devil or created being has independent power over you.

All power belongs to Allah.

So if you are worshipping other than Allah, depending upon other than Allah, or seeking supernatural help from beings Allah created—

stop and return to Allah.

Don't wait until the Day of Judgment to discover that the things you trusted could not benefit you.

Allah says:

“And fear a Day when no soul will avail another soul at all…”
— Qur'an 2:123

On that Day, you will stand before Allah.

Not with your friends.

Not with your followers.

Not with your social-media audience.

Not with your possessions.

You will answer for yourself.

So while you are still alive—

change.

Pray.

Repent.

Learn.

Open the Qur'an.

Leave the sins.

Make dhikr.

Ask Allah for forgiveness.

If you have fallen a thousand times, return to Him a thousand and one times.

Don't let Shayṭān convince you that you're too sinful to return.

You are still alive.

That means the door of tawbah is still open.

Don't wait until your soul reaches your throat before you finally say:

“Ya Allah, give me another chance.”

Use the chance you have right now.

Because death doesn't ask whether you're ready.

And when your time comes, people may cry for you, miss you and make duʿāʾ for you—but they cannot take your place before Allah.

So prepare yourself now.

Before the journey begins.

May Allah forgive our sins, guide us back to Him, make Ṣalāh beloved to us, protect us from shirk and every form of misguidance, grant us sincere tawbah, and give us a beautiful ending upon īmān and tawḥīd.

Āmīn.

Allah knows best.

WALLĀHI,

SOMETIMES I AM GENUINELY WORRIED ABOUT THE WAY WE ARE APPROACHING RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE TODAY.

Nowadays, someone gives a few reminders online and suddenly people are calling him:

“Shaykh.”
“Ustadh.”
“Mufti.”
“Scholar.”
“Dr.”
“Professor.”

And sometimes the person himself starts wanting people to call him those titles.

Why?

Is it because he genuinely has the knowledge and qualification?

Or because he likes the respect that comes with the title?

There is nothing wrong with honouring someone who has genuinely earned a scholarly title.

But don't seek a title that you haven't earned.

And don't let thousands of followers convince you that you are qualified to answer every question about Islam.

Ask some of these online personalities a difficult religious question and suddenly you hear:

“Let me check.”

“Search for it.”

“Google it.”

“Ask ChatGPT.”

“I saw it somewhere.”

SubḥānAllāh.

There is a place for technology.

Search engines, digital libraries, AI tools and translations can help someone find information.

But they are not substitutes for qualified Islamic scholarship.

Even AI can make mistakes.

Google can bring you unreliable information.

A random website can quote a weak or fabricated hadith.

A translation can miss important meanings or context.

And simply reading a Qur'an translation does not automatically give someone the ability to derive religious rulings.

Islamic knowledge requires verification, understanding and scholarship.

If you don't know, say:

“I don't know.”

There is no shame in that.

In fact, sometimes “I don't know” is a sign of knowledge and fear of Allah.

Don't give a fatwā because someone asked you a question.

Don't declare something halal or haram because you found one sentence online.

Don't quote a hadith without checking its authenticity.

Don't speak about Allah without knowledge.

Allah says:

«“Do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge.”
— Qur'an 17:36»

And Allah says:

«“Do not say about Allah what you do not know.”
— Qur'an 7:33»

And then there is another problem:

ATTENTION.

Followers.

Views.

Likes.

Comments.

Shares.

Subscribers.

Compliments.

People saying:

“Mā shā’ Allah, Ustadh!”

“Our Shaykh!”

“Our scholar!”

And suddenly the person is checking the numbers after every lecture.

“How many people watched?”

“How many shared?”

“Why didn't this one go viral?”

Wallāhi…

fear Allah.

Dawah is not supposed to become a performance.

Islam is not supposed to become a personal brand.

A reminder should not become:

“Look at me.”

It should be:

“Remember Allah.”

And we must be very careful with riyāʾ.

We cannot look into another person's heart and declare:

“You are showing off.”

Allah knows what is inside people.

But we can—and should—examine our own hearts.

Before you record:

“Why am I doing this?”

Before you post:

“Who am I trying to please?”

Before you enjoy the compliments:

“Would I still do this if nobody knew my name?”

That's a question that should make all of us uncomfortable.

Sometimes, do something good that nobody sees.

Read Qur'an without posting it.

Pray without telling anyone.

Give charity secretly.

Help someone without recording it.

Make duʿāʾ when nobody knows.

Because social media can count your followers…

but only Allah knows your intention.

And to those of us who consume Islamic content:

Don't follow someone simply because they speak confidently.

Check the evidence.

Ask qualified scholars.

Verify what you hear.

Learn your religion properly.

And to those of us who give reminders:

Fear Allah even more.

The more people listen to you, the greater the responsibility.

Don't be in a hurry to become a “Shaykh.”

Don't be desperate for a title.

Don't confuse popularity with knowledge.

Don't confuse confidence with scholarship.

Don't confuse followers with acceptance from Allah.

The internet can make almost anyone look like an expert.

But when you stand before Allah, followers won't answer for you.

Views won't answer for you.

Titles won't answer for you.

Allah will judge us according to the truth, our deeds and what was in our hearts.

May Allah protect this generation from ignorance disguised as knowledge.

May Allah protect our scholars and students of knowledge from arrogance and riya’.

May Allah give us beneficial knowledge, sincerity, humility and the courage to say “I don't know.”

And may Allah make our hidden deeds better than our public deeds.

Āmīn.

Wallāhu Aʿlam.

𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮’𝙨 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚

𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦.

Sometimes the hardest part isn't finding someone who loves you. Its finding someone whose way of loving makes you feel loved. Do you agree?