With regard to the time between the adhaan and iqaamah, du’aa’ is encouraged at this time and it is mustahabb.

“O people! A great and blessed month has approached you, a month containing a night better than a thousand months. Allah has made fasting in its days an obligation and prayer in its nights a (recommended) voluntary act

It is fitting for a student that he begins with memorization of the Book of Allaah -since it is the greatest of the branches of knowledge and that which should be placed first and given precedence.

A beautiful poem about lowering the Gaze.

Is it permissible to (Insult) someone, but in my own heart and secretly, Am I sinning if I do that?

Actions are only by intention, and every man shall only have what he intended.

Those who have Tawakkul do not abandon material resources, the ‘tying of the camel’, as it were. We all know the Hadith in which the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said to the Bedouin who had left his camel without tying it, to ‘tie your camel and place your trust in Allah’. The people of Tawakkul know the balance between action and trust in Allah (The Most High).

I have involved myself in a great deal of sin...I do not pray most of my Prayers in the mosque...I have never completely fasted the month of Ramadaan!

Should one make a vigorous start, or take a gradual approach until it is established and then add more after a while, or should he follow the saying, “When your wind blows, then make the most of it”?.

Many people think that they have a vision but in reality they have nothing. Countless brothers and sisters consult me regarding key decisions in their life. My answer has always been and continues to be, ‘if you had a clear vision of what you want to be or what you want to do, you would not ask such questions!’

‘I said after leaving you four sentences three times - if you were to weigh them against what you have said today up until now, they would outweigh them: Subḥānallāh wa biḥamdihi ‘adada khalqihi wa riḍā nafsihi wa zinata ‘arshihi wa midāda kalimātihi’

Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children.

There is nothing more to chasing after wealth than the wastage of a person's noble life for that which has no value.

Lusts were granted in abundance to humans, but those who believed in the unseen turned away from them! while those who follow their lusts were caused to regret.

“I have not left behind me any fitnah (temptation) more harmful to men than women.”

...he surpassed the leaders of the Angels and hence became two levels better than the Angels and two ranks above them. None knows the extent of these two ranks or the nobility of those two levels except for the One Who honoured the Seal of the Prophets...

Support each other in implementing the advice of the man who the shayateen fear and the final prophet s.a.w said ''if there were to be a prophet after me, it would have been Umar (r.a)''.

The meaning of Tawhid is not restricted to Tawhid al-Rububiyyah: the belief that Allah alone is the creator of the worlds as thought by the people of theological rhetoric

The harm that sins cause to the heart is comparable to the differing levels of harm that various types of poison cause to the body.

Through the congregational prayer the Muslims attain mutual love, respect and brotherhood

The Straight Path is the path of Allah which He has put in place to lead mankind to Him; there is no path to Him other than this one which He appointed upon the tongues of His Messengers.

A deep reflection on Surah Al-Qaf that contains many gems for the reader.

Ibn al-Qayyim mentions ten ways in which a person can save himself from the harm of envy.

It has been strongly encouraged to say this supplication in the prayer to the extent that some of the Salaf and later scholars were of the view that it was obligatory to repeat the prayer if the person did not say it in the final tashahhud...

O one who claims to be a believer yet works the deeds of the deniers...What has led you to be considered one of the liars in the sight of Allah?