#wudhu time then bed
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ᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ʙʟᴏꜱꜱᴏᴍ [ᴋɪ ᴋʜᴜꜱʜʙᴜ]
genre: fluff, oc tw: none pairing: inaaya x felix on wattpad
khushbu
\ khuh-sh-booh \
(in Urdu)[noun]; fragrance; sometimes a name.
translation: “ki khushbu” means “fragrance of”
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Her head fell off the bed, her hand knocking off the glasses on the side table.
Inaaya opened her eyes grudgingly, an alarm ringing fading in and out. She groped for the snooze button with numb, heavy fingers. Turning, a warm arm under her shirt tightened around her waist. A voice muttered, “Come back…”
Inaaya looked over her shoulder, detangling the arm that belonged to a mop of hair hidden under their shared duvet. She stared at Felix, remembering the reason for her waking up before the sun had risen.
It was time to pray Fajr.
She emitted a soft chuckle—waking up before Felix was a rare occurrence, he was typically the one coaxing her out of bed.
Yawning, Inaaya fell back on his chest—which was surprisingly warm—stretching the sleep out of her muscles. Felix mumbled something, dragging the blanket closer, and swinging a leg on her.
She shook him, “Get up, it's time for Fajr.”
He buried his head in the pillow, “Minute more…”
Shaking her head, Inaaya made her way to the bathroom, washing up and making wudhu quickly. The chilly water dripped on the cold floor.
She walked up to her husband, fingers reaching out to sweep away his blue-gray bangs when they touched his skin. Inaaya frowned and splayed her fingers on his forehead.
It was burning hot, excessive sweat making hair stick to his skin.
She shook Felix hard, “Oi, wake up,” The more she shook him, Inaaya realised how feverish he was.
“Lixie, you have a fever. Wake up” she spoke insistently, running a hand through his soft hair.
“I'll wake up,” he drawled in a raspy voice, “It's not a fever, it's just hot—”
“It's the middle of January, Park.” Inaaya huffed, pulling him up, his body leaning on hers for support. His usual, comforting smell of vanilla enveloped her.
His hands ‘coincidentally’ found the hem of her shirt, fingers drawing circles on her skin. “Okay, maybe I am a little sick—”
“He admits it!”
“—but I can take care of myself.”
Felix smiled against her cool skin as she huffed—, “I'm going to get the thermometer so shut up and don't go back to sleep,”
The quiet house echoed with the soft padding of footsteps as Inaaya returned with the thermometer in hand and stuck it in his mouth, paying no heed to his muffled protests.
Rolling her eyes at Felix, she played with his hands absent-mindedly, waiting.
Taking it out, “You're hot.”
“I know, Angel, but this isn't the time.”
“Bevkoof— I'm talking about your temperature,” She whacked his head.
“Ah, yes, keep calling me an idiot,” he smirked.
Slight warmth bloomed on her cheeks as she grumbled, pushing her bangs back, “Always flirting,”
Felix's eyes drooped slightly, “If it was up to me, every time would be a time to flirt,”
The mercury lowered on the thermometer stuck in water, “Anytime when your temperature isn't 103 degrees,”
“Take this, pray, and go to sleep, sunshine.”
The man slumped into her arms, yawning, “I'm sick. I don't wanna get up.”
“What happened to you not being sick?” She raised an eyebrow, throwing the blanket away.
“When did I say that?” His hand found her nape, tangling in her hair as he pulled her closer—the feather-light weight of his lips on hers.
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The sun was unusually bright and the blanket he was under smelt like apples.
He stretched his legs, a weight on them shifting.
Felix opened his bleary eyes, wincing at the sudden light. Patting the blanket, his fingers entangled in a soft nest of hair.
A body was curled next to his legs, hair covering her face. Inaaya's hand was scribbling on a piece of paper, in what seemed to him, a very uncomfortable position.
A cough bubbled out of his throat.
Inaaya bolted up, dark eyes wide akin to a deer while Felix hacked his lungs out. Reaching beside the bed, she stuffed a glass of water in his hands.
The water offered little to no comfort as it traveled down his scratchy throat, and the bright sun was not helping his teary eyes.
The weight from his legs lifted as his wife jumped out of the room, coming back holding a bottle and a spoon.
Golden syrup—glowing by the light shining through—made its way onto the spoon that Inaaya soon stuck in his mouth. Sweetness swamped his taste buds, the stickiness of the honey providing a soothing layer over the scratchiness.
Felix held out the spoon, playfully glaring at Inaaya.
She raised an eyebrow, “Well? Did it help?”
“Why would honey help—”
“Park, I swear if you do this with me right now.”
"What?" He dragged out the word, blinking innocently. “I’m just saying that it's just honey, how’s that supposed to help?” The sentence sounded like a lie even to him but he wouldn't admit that to her.
She snatched the spoon from him, wagging it at him, “I booked a doctor's appointment.”
His head snapped up, “What? Why, I'm fine.”
“You are not fine, you are sick. Your temperature is literally 103.”
“C'mon, I’m not that sick. It’ll go away anyways,”
She stared at him, “If you’d have gone along, we’d get tteokbokki and donuts on the way back,” Inaaya shrugged and turned, “But I guess not,”
“Wait, no—” He grabbed her wrist, pulling her by her waist. She let Felix drag her back, hands splaying on either side of him, “I”ll come, but only if you promise that we’ll get tteokbokki.”
“Oh, now you agree,” She smirked, the kind of smirk that made him want to kiss her till she flushed, “You have an hour to get ready, I’ll help,”
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Inaaya pulled into the parking lot, and looked over at Felix, who was sleeping with the window supporting his head. A small spot of drool was on his lips. She chuckled.
Light shined on him, a sun spotlight for the sunshine boy. His eyelashes cast a shadow on his freckled skin.
The sight made her heart happy; the fact that they trusted each other and were comfortable enough to do this—the domestic feeling of just taking care of the other.
Felix mumbled something in his sleep and stretched slightly. She reached over to release his belt, shaking him awake. His eyes opened as he slurred, “Moon, you're here.”
Inaaya restrained a laugh, “Where else would I go? Home without you?”
“I don’t know. You smell like apples,” He tightened his grip on her arm, snuggling it like a stuffed toy.
"Wanna go home, love?" She ran a hand through his hair.
The scent of vanilla wafted through the air.
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Felix woke up to the smell of apples.
Again.
Everything was hazy: his thoughts, his surroundings, even his sense of smell seemed all over the place.
He yawned, eyes aching, and turned—a body was next to him. Felix blinked and registered the sensation of a damp cloth on his forehead. He glanced up at the person and was immediately lured into her eyes—the familiar and comforting ones, deep enough for him to fall in them like a black hole, to stare at them for the rest of eternity.
“Lover boy, you good?” Her voice held a tinge of amusement. Inaaya removed the cloth, dunking it in a bowl that had been set on a table.
Felix shut his eyes, wriggling closer to her.
She felt safe. As if her being with him solved every problem in the world.
His vision shattered when his head started pounding like someone was beating a drum right next to him. “Ouch,” A mutter, as he buried his head in her hands.
“Head hurts?”
“How’d you know?”
“You talk in your sleep.”
Felix turned red, thoughts swarming on whether he’d accidentally said something stupid, “Weren't we at the doctor’s, or was that a dream?”
Inaaya’s face lit up with a bright smile, obvious that she was trying not to laugh. “Yeah, you fell asleep and then I had to drag you upstairs while you were delirious.”
He groaned as she giggled, “I’m glad you find my misery amusing,”
Her near-black eyes danced, “Yeah, it's very entertaining.” She got up from the bed, the phone dropping from her lap.
Felix already missed her warmth.
“Didn't you say we would get tteokbokki and donuts?”
“The doctor gave you medicines, take them,” She called from the other room,
“Inaaya.”
“You fell asleep, how could I get anything?”
He gasped dramatically, half sitting up, “But you promised,”
“The medicine, Park.”
“I don't care about the—”
Inaaya popped her head in the room to glare at him, “Do you want me to stuff it down your throat?”
Felix huffed indignantly, “You promised to get me food,”
She raised an eyebrow and stepped into the room, holding two packets and two strips of medicine.
Eyes widening, he made a grab at one of the packets. Inaaya sidestepped, raising the arm holding the food, “Medicine first or I’m hiding it,”
The food hung in the air tantalizingly, “Gimme the meds,”
She grinned victoriously, put the food on a table outside, and came back holding a glass of water. Felix popped the pills in his mouth as he got up, grimacing as the bitter taste spread across his tongue.
Inaaya dragged him to the living room, demanding that he eat on the table. Wincing at the lights blaring in his eyes, he sank into the soft cushions, plate in hand.
“Where are you going?” Saying nothing, she disappeared into the room and returned with a heavy blanket in hand. The other sofas produced creaks as she moved them to create a square bed-like corner. She smiled, motioning Felix to sit down, “Wanna watch something?”
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Ten minutes later, Felix’s nose was buried in her hair—her shampoo filling his senses. His sinuses hurt too much for him to stare at the TV screen, the blue light felt like it was burning a hole in his eyes.
She sat leaning on one side with him lying on her—practically trying to merge into her—while she stared at the screen, intently watching the movie. The scene filled him with adoration for this life they’d managed to make for themselves, the amount of weight this one, simple scene carried.
Inaaya's love was the love one would give to the moon; happiness within the melancholy, harsh at first sight but soft and caring on the second, the kind of love that wouldn't be talked about but would always be there—quietly being nurtured.
He hummed, one hand behind her and the other drawing shapes on the curve of her waist.
She had one hand intertwined with his, the other tucked between them both.
Felix's hand kept circling until his eyes closed, slipping into dreamland—all while inhaling Inaaya's perfume.
The one that smelt like home, the apple blossom-scented one.
a/n: we need a ship name.
i'm actually proud of the book cover lol
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As a university student with a pretty full schedule, I find it very hard to sleep early/wake up for Fajr. Do you have any tips that could help? 😭
this is understandable. here are some tips:
start slow and at least wake up on the weekends first. the Prophet ﷺ said that the best of deeds are those which are done consistently, even if it is little (source).
if your lessons/classes aren't at the same time every single day, try and wake up for fajr on the days you start a little later on
don't eat too late. eat around maghrib time or a few hours before you go to bed. the stomach shouldn't be full at the time of going to sleep, because it affects the heart greatly and it makes a person lazy. think of when you've had such a big meal - you feel sleepy, right? if you go to sleep in this state, your body is going to want to sleep for such a long time and it'll be difficult to wake up in the morning. even if spiritually, your soul wants to get up, your body and soul affect each other so your body will weigh you down and make is difficult for you to wake up if it's in this lazy state. so, if you eat dinner a few hours before you sleep, your body won't be in this lazy state and it'll help you wake up Insha’Allah. and eat healthy too, avoid unhealthy, fatty, heavy foods.
affirm it in your heart and mind that you will wake up for fajr. you need the intention and if you really tell your mind that you definitely are waking up for fajr, you most likely will. renew your intentions every night and sincerely picture yourself waking up for fajr and you will! Insha’Allah.
revolve your life around salah, not the other way around. so, if you usually do some tasks in the evening, like studying for eg, do them after fajr instead and sleep in that time to prioritise salah. doing work after fajr is really such a great time and i actually find it to be the most productive time of day tbh!
pray and make du'a before you sleep asking Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ to help you. tell Him you really want to and need His help
avoid using phone before bed. i'm sure you've heard this before but the blue light from our screens decreases our melatonin levels. melatonin is a hormone that affects our sleep cycle and the higher our melatonin is, the better our sleep will be.
read before bed - this one helps me fall asleep quicker/earlier as it winds me down and makes me feel relaxed and sleepy
nap throughout the day if you can! helps you feel less sleepy throughout the day
do dhikr before you sleep too. the condition in which a person goes to sleep generally stays with them all night so if you sleep in a state of remembrance of Allah, you're bound to wake up remembering Allah and your body will help you get up. you will also clean your heart by doing so
sleep with wudhu for the same above reasons
if it's really really hard and you genuinely are struggling, choose a day of the week to begin with. if i have an early class, at 9am for eg, i'm gonna wake up early anyway so why not wake up just a bit earlier for Allah? make it a weekly habit with that day and start with that then gradually add more days of the week you'll wake up and Insha’Allah, eventually, you'll wake up all the time.
I hope this helps! I pray Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ makes it easy for you to wake up for fajr, Ameen. just remember that salah is most important and prioritise that. if you really strive to please Allah, He will naturally make it easy for you. just do your part, He will do his.
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Based on this post, but i dont want to bother the op. Yes instead of on Violence update im doing this with Adam instead!
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What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/restaurant)
-Adam wish he could just order tea--an entire big jug of tea, not those fancy little cups of tea--without it being a conversation starter every damn time.
-For religious reasons he's not actually supposed to drink any alcoholic drink However, if someones buying for him, that's just a whole other story.
What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)
- He's used to waking up during dawn, washing his face and arms and feet (typical wudhu routine), and then shower if he must. With cold water. (not sane)
- shaves because this guy cannot grow any decent hair
- likes smelling awesome
- most hygienic man in a medieval european setting
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What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)
- He's generally more privileged where he came from. His most expensive (personal) purchases is always of clothes
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Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory)
- The scars on his back is mostly from one incident where the (Obsidian) military made an example of him. That's his entire driving force baybeeeee
- not gonna get into it too much because I think it's rather tasteless without proper context
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When was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.)
- this guy only cries during sex!!!!
- not negatively though it's just the one time he lets all guards down
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Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)
- He's a middle child, with quite some gap between him and his older sisters (two).
- causes a lot of envy because his dad favours him the most despite him being pretty unremarkable as a kid
- everyone also smells the queer in him
- closest to his younger sister who he takes care off since she's a baby
- also his youngest brother, but the kid is in that phase™ where he pretends to not like anyone
- quite abrasive relationship with his one-year-younger brother and respectful but distant one with his elder sisters
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Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)
For indoors and official wear it has to be these
For riding and on the fields he wears some tailor made boots. No more traumatically uncomfortable standard military boots!
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Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)
- Back home he gets a small homey building of his own, made of wood, handmade ornate carpet and fabric art hanging on the walls. But he spends time here less often. His hiding place is his friend's small cottage in the middle of nowhere.
- just a bed and noncohesive decor everywhere because this is where he stores all his emotionally important stuff (gifts of wood carvings and ugly fabric art from his sister).
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What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.)
- love-hate relationship with Eid (because family gathering)
- he seems to enjoy sightseeing in any Rhodolite festivals
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What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.)
- a well hidden unexpected KNIFE
- box of tobacco and rolling paper plus matches
- some fragrance sometimes
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Shout out to @kissmetwicekissmedeadly for showing me the post with this set of questions!
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get to know me ask game :)
Thanks for tagging me Hazel!! (we're on a first name basis now, right?) @bienmoreau
RULES: bold the ones that are true and tag people to do it.
APPEARANCE
Blonde hair // I prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // I have one or more piercings // I have at least one tattoo // I have dyed or highlighted my hair // I have gotten plastic surgery // I have or had braces // I sunburn easily // I have freckles // I paint my nails (would love to but most nail polishes aren't breathable which makes it impossible to make wudhu) // I typically wear makeup (and by that i just mean eyeliner) // I don't often smile // I am pleased with how I look // I prefer Nike to Adidas (i wear neither) // I wear baseball hats backwards (don't wear caps)
HOBBIES AND TALENTS
I play a sport (archery & mma) // I can play an instrument // I am artistic // I know more than one language (still learning but i can hold a basic convo) // I have won a trophy in some sort of competition // I can cook or bake without a recipe // I know how to swim // I enjoy writing // I can do origami // I prefer movies to tv shows // I can execute a perfect somersault // I enjoy singing // I could survive in the wild on my own (maybe back when i was in cub scouts but uncertain now) // I have read a new book series this year // I enjoy spending time with friends // I travel during work or school breaks // I can do a handstand (almost there!)
RELATIONSHIP
I am in a relationship // I have been single for over a year // I have a crush // I have a best friend who I've known for ten years // my parents are together // I have dated my best friend // I am adopted // My crush has confessed to me (does it count if we were 11?) // I have a long distance relationship // I am an only child // I give advice to my friends // I have made an online friend // I met up with someone I have met online (not yet but i'd love to some day!!)
AESTHETICS
I have heard the ocean in a conch shell // I have watched the sunrise // I enjoy rainy days // I have slept under the stars // I meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // I enjoy the smell of the beach // I know what snow tastes like // I listen to music to fall asleep // I enjoy thunderstorms // I enjoy cloud watching // I have attended a bonfire // I pay close attention to colors // I find mystery in the ocean // I enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favorite season
MISCELLANEOUS
I can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // I am the mom friend // I live by a certain quote // I like the smell of Sharpies// I am involved in extracurricular activities // I enjoy Mexican food // I can drive a stick shift // I believe in true love // I make up scenarios to fall asleep // I sing in the shower // I wish I lived in a video game // I have a canopy above my bed // I am multiracial // I am a redhead // I own at least 3 dogs (nah i'm a cat person loves, currently have 4)
tagging these ppl (only if u want to, that is) and whoever else would like to do this!
@pashminabitch @seamayweed @cumberbatchedandproud @yalldownbad @crfmanoellaaaa and @nubreed73
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السلم عليكم
I always have nightmares , I never have normal dreams , I hate my nightmares, what should I do ?
Salat is the most powerful kind of worshiping. It’s the only way we connect to Allah SWT. Make sure we have prayed Isha’ prayer before sleep and as addition we can do sunnah prayer to specifically asking protection from bad dreams and nightmares.
Wudhu is an act to keep ourselves clean from najs and dirt. Wudhu can act as a shelter to push aside all the bad things that may come while we were sleeping. There are hadith that said whoever Muslim takes wudhu before going to sleep, Angels will look after them through the night.
According to the Prophet, reciting the last three verses in Islam, as well as ayatul Kursy. they will give us protection until the morning falls.“When you lie down on the bed, read the verse of Kursi until it is finished (thoroughly) because then Allah will always take care of you and Satan will not approach you until morning.” Bukhari)
What to Do After Having Nightmares
After we wake up from a scary nightmare, here are what we can do:Spit Three Times to the Left. Right after we had the nightmares, our Prophet (peace be upon him) commanded us to spit the breath three times to the left. Left direction is a dirty place, just like how dirty and hated Satan is.
Don’t Tell Anyone About the Dream. Nightmares shouldn’t be shared with anyone. What we had in our dream could scare other people as well and they might have a nightmare because of our story.
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I’m considering getting close to my step dad again. If you knew what I went through with him growing up you might raise an eyebrow but he’s a changed man. I know he is. I can feel it.
He was a strict religious teacher to me. I wore a hijab but wasn’t allowed to take it off. I was supposed to pray 5 times a day. I fasted for 30 days during Ramadan. We went to the mosque regularly for religious programs. I wasn’t allowed to date. I had an early curfew when I was allowed to go out with friends that were approved of by him and my mother. I regularly rebelled and got in trouble for it. I snuck out of the house, smoked weed, and drank alcohol when they weren’t around. I did as much as I could get away with without getting caught like any other teenager. I know that just because I rebelled doesn’t mean I was oppressed but understand that I grew up in a family that didn’t practice any religion at all. They all drank, celebrated fun holidays like Christmas and New Years, dressed freely and didn’t have to cover themselves head to toe like I did, they dated and had a romantic life.
A lot of my teen years were dedicated to living a secret life or at least trying to. It was really hard to hide things from my mom and step dad. I realized I was gay when I was around the age of 13. It started with a 6th grade friendship. She was muslim too. She wore a hijab too. She was in the same grade as me and went to the same school as I did. We hung out at recess. One day she hooked arms with me and pulled me closer to her and I liked it. I really liked it. A little too much. I didn’t really put the pieces together until a month later while I was in bed trying to fall asleep. In the middle of the night it hit me like a train. I cried. A lot. I think I went through all the stages of grief under that blanket that night, got to the end of the seven stages and went back to the start to start over again. Most of what I remember was the denial though. I loathed the possibility of being gay to the point that I put it in a box, locked it, and buried it deep inside me while selling myself the idea that my crush was a boy I kissed in the 4th grade. (It was a sloppy kiss that disgusted me but at the same time made me reflect deeply about my own maturity.) I closed my eyes and replayed that kiss over and over again telling myself I liked it even though I didn’t.
It had only been almost a year since my mom married him but I knew something bad would happen to me if it came out that I was gay. I knew it was forbidden in Islam. When I was in high school, I took an art class and my art teacher was gay. I told my step dad that my art teacher was gay and he called him a faggot. I kept a straight face but inside I was scared. He went even further to tell me a story about a detective who was trying to solve a mystery. In short the mystery was solved by the detective figuring out the sexuality of a suspect by the way he looked at his nails, fingers fanned out in from to him instead of fingers bent forward down to the palms. I was horrified. I couldn’t tell if he was messing with me or not. If he wanted a reaction of out me I didn’t give it to him because I didn’t want to be suspected of being gay myself, although I think he already knew. It was that day onward that I never looked at my nails in front of him again. He was a really intelligent man. It was too risky.
Another time, I was left at home alone while my step dad went out to run some errands for work. The expectation of me was that I said my prayers while he was gone. He came back from work that day and asked me if I did and I said “Yes”. He went to the bathroom and a second later swung the door open and called me over. “Did you pray?” “Yes” “Did you make wudhu?” “Yes” “If you made wudhu, why is the sink dry? I’m gonna ask you one more time. Did you make wudhu?” “No” “Did you pray?” No” “Then why did you lie to me and tell me that you prayed when you didn’t?” That night we sat down for 3 hours in the living room as I got reprimanded for lying, I was yelled at, cornered by both my parents, and made to feel afraid so that the fear of God would never let me lie again even though it wasn’t God I was afraid of, it was my parents. The evidence betrayed me. From that day forward, I learned from my mistake. There had to be proof of what I was telling them and as the year went by I got good at manufacturing proof so that I could do whatever the hell I could get away with.
Years went by and the more my mother fought with him the more resentful of him she grew. It wasn’t until my mom got a more stable and higher paying job that she decided to leave him. Today my mother deems him a narcissist but narcissists lack the awareness to be humble. If you ask me I consider him humble enough to change. It’s been 10 years since my mom left him. There were days when I missed him. Aside from all the fear of him I felt, I loved him too and I grew attached him. So when the opportunity arose to meet with him for lunch I took it. “I wasn’t prepared to help you with the problems you had back then but now I feel more experienced and confident,” he said to me over lunch 3 weeks ago. He told me how he’s pulled away from the Pakistani community and given more of his time to community projects like Naseeha, a muslim run organization for muslims with mental health issues in crisis. He also helps a lot of troubled youth. When I say troubled youth I mean the ones that are constantly getting arrested and thrown in jail for drug charges and the like. On the ride home from lunch he asked me, “Do you still pray?” “I’m not as steadfast as I used to be.” “There’s many ways to get into heaven, prayer is just one,” as if to say that I’m not a bad person for not praying which was progress for him. I have hope for us. The kind that doesn’t compromise who he really is or who I really am.
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Listening: Put Your Dreams to Sleep, Deepset
I think it was last week when I came across an ustaz explaining on instagram about dreams after we've fallen asleep. Most of the time, our dreams can just be a play in our sleep, but it can also be an actual sign to something. BUT, a dream can only be a real premonition or an answer to your prayer if it fulfils ALL of the 5 criteria below and nothing less;
1. You were in a state of wudhu before going to bed;
2. NOT in a state of major hadath;
3. Happened late at night. The nearer to Subuh, the better;
4. You could recall EVERY SINGLE THING that happened in that dream, and;
5. You woke up IMMEDIATELY after it ended.
Interesting kan?
Most of the time I dream of silly things like owning a pet cow lol & whenever I had silly dreams like that, I like to draw whatever little of it that I could remember because it’s funny (to me) haha.
Funnily enough, as much as Im obsessed about owning a pet chicken, I never dream of such a thing! 😂
Ah haven't doodled for so long..
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Guide to Qiyamullail - What, Why and How To Perform It
Qiyamullail literally means standing during the night or, in this case, standing and performing prayers to Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala)
Guide to Qiyamullail Night Prayer
l be free from any harm and viruses.
Make istighfar
After finishing your night prayer, complete it with your most sincere istighfar. In Surah Ali Imran between verse 15 to 17, Allah mentioned that “For those who fear Allah will be gardens in the presence of their Lord beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and purified spouses and approval from Allah” to a few groups of people, and one of those that Allah highlighted are “those who seek forgiveness before dawn”
الصّابِرينَ وَالصّادِقينَ وَالقانِتينَ وَالمُنفِقينَ وَالمُستَغفِرينَ بِالأَسحارِ
˹It is they˺ who are patient, sincere, obedient, and charitable, and who pray for forgiveness before dawn
WHAT IF I FIND IT HARD TO WAKE UP FOR QIYAMULLAIL?
In a hadith, the Prophet s.a.w. said:
“Whoever gets up at night and says:
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ. الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّه
And then says: “O. Allah! Forgive me,” he will be forgiven. Or if he makes du’a to Allah, he will be responded to and if he performs ablution (and prays), his prayer will be accepted.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari)
In this short hadith, there are multiple merits that we can achieve. First, we can utter the above mentioned Dhikir. Secondly, we can make our Dua and thirdly, seek His forgiveness.
If you find it hard to get out of bed, this Zikir is the best to start with. You can recite the Zikr even when you don’t have your Wudhu (ablution) or while still lying in bed.
And if we have the extra boost, why not continue with the night prayer or better known as Qiyamullail? Wouldn’t we want all our sins to be forgiven and our Dua to be answered?
Once we are used to waking up at night for spiritual devotion, let us take this opportunity to wake up in the middle of the night to perform Qiyamullail.
May this article inspire us to get closer to Allah by doing Qiyamullail. Let set some time, perhaps before we have our Sahur to perform the night prayer. May we be among those whom the Prophet s.a.w. mentioned:
مَن قَامَ رَمَضَان إِيمَانًا وَاحتِسَابًا، غُفِر لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنبِهِ
“Whoever prays during the night in Ramadan out of sincere faith and seeking its reward from Allah, will have all of his previous sins forgiven.”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari)
And Allah knows best.
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Revised
Guide to Qiyamullail - What, Why and How To Perform It
Qiyamullail literally means standing during the night or, in this case, standing and performing prayers to Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala)
Guide to Qiyamullail Night Prayer
l be free from any harm and viruses.
Make istighfar
After finishing your night prayer, complete it with your most sincere istighfar. In Surah Ali Imran between verse 15 to 17, Allah mentioned that “For those who fear Allah will be gardens in the presence of their Lord beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and purified spouses and approval from Allah” to a few groups of people, and one of those that Allah highlighted are “those who seek forgiveness before dawn”
الصّابِرينَ وَالصّادِقينَ وَالقانِتينَ وَالمُنفِقينَ وَالمُستَغفِرينَ بِالأَسحارِ
˹It is they˺ who are patient, sincere, obedient, and charitable, and who pray for forgiveness before dawn
WHAT IF I FIND IT HARD TO WAKE UP FOR QIYAMULLAIL?
In a hadith, the Prophet s.a.w. said:
“Whoever gets up at night and says:
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ. الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّه
And then says: “O. Allah! Forgive me,” he will be forgiven. Or if he makes du’a to Allah, he will be responded to and if he performs ablution (and prays), his prayer will be accepted.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari)
In this short hadith, there are multiple merits that we can achieve. First, we can utter the above mentioned Dhikir. Secondly, we can make our Dua and thirdly, seek His forgiveness.
If you find it hard to get out of bed, this Zikir is the best to start with. You can recite the Zikr even when you don’t have your Wudhu (ablution) or while still lying in bed.
And if we have the extra boost, why not continue with the night prayer or better known as Qiyamullail? Wouldn’t we want all our sins to be forgiven and our Dua to be answered?
Once we are used to waking up at night for spiritual devotion, let us take this opportunity to wake up in the middle of the night to perform Qiyamullail.
May this article inspire us to get closer to Allah by doing Qiyamullail. Let set some time, perhaps before we have our Sahur to perform the night prayer. May we be among those whom the Prophet s.a.w. mentioned:
مَن قَامَ رَمَضَان إِيمَانًا وَاحتِسَابًا، غُفِر لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنبِهِ
“Whoever prays during the night in Ramadan out of sincere faith and seeking its reward from Allah, will have all of his previous sins forgiven.”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari)
And Allah knows best.
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Hello fellow hoomans, how is everyone holding up? I just washed my face for the first time in 12 days, and that's a side of crippling anxiety that nobody talks about, but I also washed my face three consecutive times using three different cleansers and that's a side of OCD that nobody talks about.... And by washing my face I mean like really washing my face using a washing gel or a cleanser because I still do splash water on it while performing wudhu multiple times a day Alhamdulillah but it doesn't feel like washing it..
ANYWAYS, I just think we should share more about the dark sides of anxiety and/or depression that people feel rather ashamed of, because mental illness is to be acknowledged and normalized rather than hidden and repressed. I was hitting a low wave, I wouldn't even leave my bed for days, and that is okay, it passed, I got up now, I went out today, I washed my face using a cleanser (or three) today, and I even applied a moisturizing cream afterwards. I am extremely proud of myself. I am a fighter. I am a hero. I am human. And so are you. So keep holding on.
#maybe the next step would be to reply to text messages who knows#umut var#prsnl#mental health awareness#normalize not finding energy to wash your face when you're not okay#mental health#anxiety#depression#ocd
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How to increase my iman? I need advice please
- Pray your salah on time.
- Make wudhu before each salah even if you didnt nullify your wudhu. Also be in a state of wudhu when going to bed.
- Learn the meaning of what your reciting and saying in salah if you dont know yet.
- Keep your tongue busy with dhikr. To the extent it becomes moist, again make sure you know the meaning of what you're saying.
- Connect with the Qur'an. Gradually try to increase how much you read of it. Make sure to read in a language you understand.
- Pray your salah in congregation if able to.
- Try to maximize your khushoo in salah. The other point about knowing what you're reciting helps in this.
- Prolong your sujud when praying alone, make lots of duaa in sujud.
- Do a good deed that's only between you and Allah, no matter how small it is. Make it for the sake of Allah.
- Make sincere repentance for your specific sins.
- Recite your morning and evening adkhar.
This is what I find helps me increase my imaan the most. Try to do 1, 2, 3 or however much of these that you can, that you're not already doing and try to gradually do it and it may help.
May Allah keep our hearts firm upon His Religion
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Jujutsu Kaisen characters during Ramzan || random headcanons|| part 2
note: before i start, i would like to clear out that these are just some things which happen in my house and may differ from your culture. this is just how i would imagine the jjk characters to behave during ramzan. hope you enjoy! this is part 2 and is a continuation to this post. feel free to add more in the reblogs.
-5/10/2021
part 1- nobara, itadori, megumi, gojo
part 2- inumaki, panda, maki, yuta, nanami
Inumaki Toge
before i start writing about him , i want you to know that i've been obsessed with him recently. he's such a cute little baby!!!!!
toge, megumi, yuta, nanami and noritoshi are all similar during ramzan.
they're all really chill during ramzan, never willingly missing out on fasts.
now coming back to toge, he starts ramzan very excitedly and is really good for the month.
no pranks, no swearing even in onigiri ingredients.
he prays on time, 5 times a day.
he doesnt attend taraweeh though. just prays at home smh
onigiri for iftar. oh and, he helps his mom set out the table
now, i imagine toge as someone who would fast regularly for a few days but then fall sick from low blood pressure or something of that sort. (me)
he's forced to leave a few of his fasts so that his body can recover. i can imagine him being all pouty, arms crossed, not looking at anyone because he wasn't allowed to fast.
"no inumaki, i'm not going to wake you up for sehri. you won't be fasting tomorrow."
"OKAKA"
oh and sometimes if he uses his cursed speech too much his throat starts bleeding and that automatically causes his fast to b r e a k.
it takes him a while to register what's happening when awoken for sehri.
he and yuta bought a drone and they tried it for the first time on Eid. He vlogged the whole thing for his youtube channel.
2. Maki Zenin
very grumpy while fasting
the type to not talk to you while fasting because it will cause her mouth to dry up.
i dont know why but i imagine her someone who cooks the iftar for everyone. people who complain about the iftar being too less get boinked on the head itadori
she might come off as a cold heartless bitch but i think she can be quite caring and loving to people she cares for.
like in the evening when the iftar is done, she goes around making everyone drink enough water so that they dont get dehydrated. especially inumaki since he's a baby
if someone accidentally misses sehri, she doesn't let them fast the next day because they "might fall sick."
hates it when she herself falls sick or gets her period. her mood becomes tenfold worse.
she doesn't practice much while fasting because yeah... try fasting daily and then try to do anything, forget physical activities.
oh this isnt ramzan related but she takes off her glasses for wudhu, performs her namaz and forgets where she's kept them.
first to wake up on eid. she might not show it but she's excited alright?
she has the best eid outfit and i stand by that.
switches out her glasses for contacts for a day because nobara insisted.
nobara takes lots of her pictures on eid but maki doesnt let her post any
puts her differences aside and wishes mai "eid mubarak" but thats about it.
3. Yuta Okkotsu
the perfect boy squad
wakes everyone for sehri and is very patient with them. isnt he just awesome?
helps out in the kitchen though he might not be very good at it. its the thought that counts
recitation everyday!!
Often he finds himself humming songs (subconsciously) and then he's just "No, No, it's ramzan!!" and then shuts up.
"why do all artists release such good songs during ramzan. this is a hate activity."
has to try everything served for iftar. he'll eat a little of everything.
nanami tells him to eat more because he's more on the lean side and if he doesn't eat enough, he might fall sick like toge.
while fasting, he often gets tired but never shows it.
one day, he was a bit late for sehri. He got immensely nervous and drank too much water. that made him feel super uncomfortable and uneasy. bottomline, he threw up. homie missed a fast smh.
i can just imagine him taking out the seed of his dates before hand. its like a little game he plays with himself. how neatly can you take out the seed of the date without actually splitting it?
not ramzan related but he spends time with megumi just talking. i feel like he and megumi have a very cute brothers relationship and yuta is someone megumi trusts and respects a lot.
they dont want to backbitch but they sit together and complain about how annoying gojo is.
they go to taraweeh together.
he has a canon sister and like megumi, he cooks for her when she's not fasting
i can imagine him totally adorable on eid. his white kurta and a big wide smile SO ADORABLE
he had been saving money for a while to buy a drone. he finally had enough to buy it but toge decided to pitch in last minute and they bought one of a higher quality.
he sometimes makes halal jokes which are stupid but funny. (like these) (on a side note, YAQOOB IS SO CUTE!!!! HE GIVES OFF IMMACULATE YUTA VIBES)
yasha your favouritism is showing-
i need to shut up about him.
4. Nanami Kento
he's the dad abbu
he's very strict during ramzan. no music. no tv. nothing.
has a strict daily routine that he follows. it's not like he's going to sleep in to reduce the fasting pressure and all. if he normally started his day at 7, ramzan would be no different.
very diligently balances prayers and work. like he goes to work everyday but he still has enough to pray and stuff.
27 day taraweeh with megumi and yuta
always has a tasbeeh on him. (reminds me of my nani pls-)
eats the same thing for sehri everyday (this is basically canon so)
throws a mini tantrum when iftar is a bit different. like okay mr grumpy, you havent eaten or drank anything in the past like 16 hours. shut up and eat?
makes sure that gojo doesn't skip his fast. wakes him up drags him out of bed for sehri on time everyday.
one day gojo was chanting la haula wala quwwata and nanami just went "don't repeat it too many times, you'll disappear." [the way i said this to my father and he didnt even understand]
makes sure the kids eat enough during iftar. doesnt want anyone to get sick.
if one of the students fall sick, he makes sure they eat enough and takes their medicines on time. he's so caring i'm melting
he's the type pf person who eats a little bit, drinks some water, performs his maghrib namaz and then eats.
he has to keep gojo in check. confiscates his phone and blocks websites and stuff lol. he doesnt trust gojo and i dont either tbh
helps out in the kitchen!!!!!!
he wont you let you eat till you say grace. it's "ittedekimasu" in japanese right?
severe headaches and stiffness in ramzan but doesn't show it at all. let's nothing come in between him and his fasts.
takes pictures of his iftar everyday for a 30-day day challenge
doesn't get the hype for eid but buys himself an expensive gold sherwani anyways.
EIDI!!!!
gives everyone lots of eidi because he's well paid and wants the children to be happy.
5. Panda
he's a panda
he doesn't fast
he can cry tho
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@krezin this is for you!
the way i belted this out with zero motivation. plus ramzan's almost over and i wanted to put this out before that. part 3 with the other adults/kyoto gang?
#jujutsu kaisen#jujutsu sorcerer#jujutsu stroll#jujutsu kaisen headcanons#jujutsu kaisen hcs#jjk#jjk x reader#jjk x you#nanami kento#maki zenin#inumaki toge#yuta okkotsu#panda#nanami kento hcs#headcanons#yuta okkotsu headcannons#yuta okkotsu x reader#ramzan#muslim#jujutsu kaisen crack
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Muslim baba hc for UB but sahoor addition
suhur huh? 👀 (I don't eat suhur but I'll do my best)
A: They set an alarm for it. They don't eat much, just some bread and za'atar or something. They also make sure the rest of the team wakes up and sternly reminds them all of Fajr prayer as well.
F: They did not go to sleep in the first place so they are awake by the time Fajr comes around. In spite of that, they will have suhur at the last possible moment. Most likely to have potato chips for suhur while N cringes in the background.
N: They are the team parent who shows up in your room with a sandwich and a glass of milk/water and then gently reminds you to do wudhu for Fajr before going off to eat their own suhur. They will have the most luxurious suhur and eating with them is a delight.
M: They are asleep. They don't find it very necessary to eat suhur. If they have to wake up, they'll have a water bottle by their bed that they'll drink from.
#twc#ava du mortain#adam du mortain#twc a#felix hauville#farah hauville#twc f#mason#morgan#twc m#nat sewell#nate sewell#twc n#Muslim ub#Ramadan#paptalk#ayla 💖#withbeautyandrage#twc headcanons
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My confession.
I've been thinking about this for a while, also if I should write it. I know some of the things will be controversial to some believers, and especially to some Muslims.
So if you're easily upset incase people don't believe exactly the way you think they should please stop reading.
Let's get started then.
I currently struggle with my belief. I know many will say this is normal. It goes up and down. I've even said this to friends many times myself. And I belief this to be true.
I haven't done my 5 daily prayers for a long time. It feels like a task, like a burden. The wudhu, changing into/putting on prayer clothes, setting up the chair (my knees wont allow me to do it normally) and finding the right direction. I feel ashamed and embarrassed that I'm still not able to say all of alfateha in Arabic, and I'm scared to ask anyone, and so much else I don't know how to with prayers.
I'm aware that most may seem these "obstacles" as nothing,but due to my physical size and mental issues they become massive to me - actually performing wudhu is a task for me physically, I'm about 140kg and not very agile.
I feel like I have no one to talk to this about (I mean in real life, not online). The times I've attempted visits the mosque have resulted in panic attacks, one time so badly that if I had been physically capable I would have quite literally run from there.
I have prayed so many times that Allah would help me have the strenght and self-discipline to loose weight so I could pray Salah the right way. Last year Ramadan triggered my eating disorder. Recently I had the thought "if only I had the courage to end this", this was during a very heavy depressive period,which was sparked because of mental stuff but also faith related. I will not commit suicide I could never hurt the people around me like that.
I have a possibly strange concept of God, friend of mine say I sometimes sound like Buddhist. One of the things I didn't understand when I first returned to Christianity was how he could allow so many different denominations. I found my answer in the free will we had been given.
He understands that we are different, he wants us to be different, to not be clones,and therefore there also needed to be several ways to reach him.
To me God is the ultimate unquestionable unconditional love. And when I looked at all the major religions, the core of them are all the same ... Love.
Deep inside I believe the reason we see so many different religions is for the same reason. We are all different and we need different paths to reach to him.
But it makes me question my path. And I'm afraid of that question.
Or maybe I'm not so much afraid of the question, maybe not even the answer. I'm afraid of not being taken serious, especially because of the lack of community of any real kind. Or even just close by friends (aside my friend here) who are religous/spiritual who can understand this journey. Because of my family. How they may roll their eyes and not take it serious because they don't understand it. Understand belief I mean.
The two times I've felt the most happy in my faith was in Texas, where I visited a friend, the pastor, and his family, who had led me back to God. Him and his son had gone to bed and I sat up most night chatting with his wife. I got to feel perfectly normal with my thoughts and joys about God.
The other time was in Jordan. It was again that feeling of being normal. That of course God is real, of course we rejoice at this and thank Him for all he has given us. It just felt natural.
I know I belong with God, but I feel insecure if i choice the right path to reach him.
/Friday, 18th of June 2021
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🌙 Sunnahs Around Sleep Time 🛌
✅ Sleep right after ‘Isha & avoid useless talk
✅ Do Wudhu before Sleeping💧
✅ Dust your Bed 🛏
✅ Lie Down On Your Right 🛌
✅ Put Right Hand Under Your Right Cheek ✋🏻
✅ Read Sleeping Adhkār 💬
✅ Make Masnūn Du’as Before Sleeping
✅ Recite the Masnūn Surahs & Ayahs b4 Sleeping 📜
❓Do you know which Surahs & Ayahs one should recite before going to sleep 😴
According to the authentic ahādith, these are the ones
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📜 Ayat al-Kursiy
📖 4 Qul Surahs
📜 Last 2 Ayahs of Surah al-Baqarah
📖 Surah al-Mulk
📜 Surah al-Sajdah
📖 Surah al-Israa'
📜 Surah al-Zumar
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A great benefit of staying at home due to #Covid19:
Salat Al-Layl (Night prayer or Tahajjud prayer)
How amazing to start now (if we haven’t already) & make it a regular practice. It’ll be a positive outcome of Corona!
Useful tips:
1. It’s 11 Rokas (units), 5x2 and 1 by itself. But, we don’t have to do all if we can’t. We can do 9, 7,5,3 or just 1.
2. It can be done standing, sitting or even on our backs in bed (by moving head). All it needs is wudhu.
3. Best time is before fajr. It can be done after midnight, or in fact as soon as we finish Isha prayer!
4. Can be done as qadha too next day.
5. Can be done whilst walking!
6. If you have qadha salah to make up, do that as it’s wajib, however have the intention that if you didn’t have qadha you would have prayed Salat Al-Layl. You’ll get the reward inshallah, as actions are judged by intentions. Also, even if you have qadha, do the 1 Ruka witr salah too.
7. You don’t need to recite all the recommended dikr. The more you do the better but it shouldn’t put you off.
You’ll find benefits and way of performing it below.
Please encourage yourself and support your family to perform Salat Al-Layl. You will NOT regret it!
Benefits of Salat Al-Layl:
1- Reaching a praiseworthy position
2- Making atonement for sins
3- Reaching high ranks
4- Warding off punishment
5- Bringing honor
6- Lessening fear in the grave
7- Bringing happiness
8- Bringing health and removing pain from the body
9- Leaving it shall prevent one’s sustenance
10- Leaving it causes wretchedness
11- Causing a source of Divine pride
12- Enlightening the face and giving good smell to the body
13- Making one’s temper good
14- Removing sorrows
15- Improving one’s sight
16- Making one’s stop on the Day of Judgment short
17- Turning the grave into a garden of paradise
18- Enlightening one’s grave
How to perform Salat Al-Layl:
Salatul-Layl is made up of 11 (eleven) Rak’ats
The first 8(eight) Rak’ats are prayed as normal (like morning prayer) in pairs of two Rak’ats each with the niyyah of Nawafilatul-Layl.
The next 2(two) Rak’ats are prayed (like morning prayer) with the Niyyah of 'Salatul Shaf’a'
The remaining 1(one) Rak’at is prayed (as below) with the Niyyah of 'Salatul Witr.'
After Niyyah and say Takbiratul Ihram Recite the following surah:-
- Surah Al-Hamd - Once
- Surah Ikhlas (Qul Huwallahu Ahad) - three times
- Surah Qul-Audhubi Rabbil Falaq - once
- Surah Qul-Audhubi Rabbin Naas - once
Then, pray for forgiveness of forty [40] people who are either dead or living in the following manner:
اَللّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ ل
Allaahummagh Firli… (Name)
O Allah, forgive (Name)…
Continuing with the Qunoot, while still raising the left hand, recite the following Istighfar seventy [70] times:
اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّهَ وَ اَتُوْبُ اِلَيْهِ
Astaghfirullah wa Atuubu Ilayh
I seek forgiveness of Allah and I turn to Him
Still continuing further while raising the left hand, recite the following Dua seven [7] times:
هذَا مَقَامُ الْعَآئِذِ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ
Haadhaa Maqaamul 'Aaidhi Bika Minannaar
This is the position of one who seeks refuge in You from the fire [of Hell]
Continuing yet further while still raising the left hand, recite three hundred [300] times: -
اَلْعَفْوَ
Al-'Afwa
(I ask for) forgiveness
Complete the Rukuh and Sujood and end the prayer with Salaam
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TAFAKKUR: Part 115
Ablutions: A Divine Prescription for Cleanliness: Part 1
Washing our hands has become one major way to protect ourselves from Covid-19. However, ablutions have always had a central place in the practices and beliefs of many religious traditions. Christians perform baptism with water, in amounts varying from small sprinkles to larger vessels, to bring about purification, cleanliness, revival, and rebirth. Jesus’ washing the feet of his disciples as narrated in the Gospel makes the washing of feet an important practice in Christianity to promote cleanliness and is still carried out to this day. The Jewish tradition also has many instances of ablution where water is specifically used to promote cleanliness, including washing hands to reclaim or preserve purity and mikveh in which the feet or whole body is immersed in water.
The Islamic ablution, also known as “wudhu,” contains 24 washing movements to be carried out several times a day for the five daily prayers. If performed for all five prayers, it would consist of about 120 repeated actions as Muslims washed parts of their body.
A lover must undertake the required preparation to cleanse and beautify oneself before meeting with their Beloved. Likewise, a believer is required to wash specified parts of their body to stand before God in supplication, as instructed in Chapter Maidah of the Qur’an, verse 6: “O believers, when you stand for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and wipe your heads, and wash your feet up to the ankles. If you are unclean, bathe and purify your bodies fully. But if you are ill or in the middle of travelling or … you cannot find water, then take wholesome dust and wipe your faces and hands with that. For God does not wish to burden you, rather He desires to purify you and to complete His blessing and favor upon you so that, perhaps, you may be grateful” [5:6].
The spiritual cleansing that the act of wudhu provides is highlighted by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in numerous hadiths, or prophetic sayings, which has been collected under The Book of Purification. While water literally cleans the face and limbs, with every pure intention to do wudhu, the water droplets that meet the body also wash away the minor sins that were committed by the hands, mouth, face, ears, and feet. The famous hadith that “cleanliness is half of faith” [Sahih Muslim, 223] can be interpreted as applying primarily to doing wudhu in one translation [Wudhu: Fiqh, Rules, Purification and Blessings, Qadri]. Therefore, to perfect the faith, to be cleansed of our mistakes continuously, God has given us a simple mechanism through which to be purified and recalibrated countless times in a day.
Many of us perform this pattern of washing with little thought. It has become a routine that we seldom consider a medical protection that we apply to our body. Besides its effects on the soul, washing also has wonderful effects on the body. Over fourteen hundred years ago, the Prophet (pbuh) advised ablution before going to bed. Interestingly, yoga experts in recent years have also started to encourage the washing of the legs, hands, arms, eyes, and the mouth before sleep with cool water for a deeper undisturbed sleep. This is not surprising considering the relief that comes with the touch of water on a busy day.
Three of our principal systems benefit from wudhu; the circulatory system, the immune system, and the electrostatic balance of the body. In this way, the health benefits from the ritual of washing are threefold…
Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a magnificent circuit of blood vessels between the heart and the tissues that make up every other system of the body. The systemic circulatory system circulates oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues around the body and back to the heart, whilst the pulmonary circulatory system transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs for detoxification and returns clean blood to the heart. The correct functioning of the blood vessels, which act as wires that connect our major organs, are essential to the efficiency of this circuit. These vessels divide into thinner branches called arterioles which in turn split into smaller capillaries which surround the cells of the body. The vascular resistance generated by blood vessels is overcome by the blood pressure generated by the heart to enable blood flow. Over time (due to ageing, or a diet high in fat), our blood vessels often harden and become constricted meaning that the heart has to work harder to overcome increased vascular resistance to maintain steady blood flow. The vessels in the limbs are the most peripheral to the heart and thus the most vulnerable to the process of hardening and narrowing over a long period.
The application of water in our daily routine “exercises” these blood vessels by alternately contracting and dilating them. Water can act as an agent of temperature gradients, thereby affecting the thermoregulatory response of the cutaneous circulation. When hot, water ensures that vessels in the limbs dilate, and when cold, that they contract. In this way, water ensures the flexibility of vessels distant from the heart, forcing nutrients deposited in tissues as a result of poor circulation back into the bloodstream through a temperature gradient.
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