Fardawsa Yusuf

Bismillaah Ever felt the world was going to collapse on your head and nothing you could do would help the situation? Like the pressure was being applied to you, and you were going to burst any second. You would think, "Wow, their having a bad day.. what did I do?" Or you think that everyone has a problem they need to fix...so when will they just get over it?" But you, you don't have anything to do with this mess of things. Ofcourse you didn't do anything wrong..or did you?  "One of the  Salaf  said,  “ I disobey Allâh to find its effect in the way my animal behaves and my wife. ”    Sometimes the effect of our evil deeds come right back to hit us in the face from those nearest to us. The disobedience we have done, no matter how small of big is thrown back at us in the most interesting of ways. And its usually from the family. You may think that they are the one with the problem. "Why do they have to lash their anger out on me? I didn't...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و سلم): أتي على الناس زمان القابض على دينه كالقابض على الجمر The Messenger of Allaah ( صلى الله عليه و سلم ) said: There will come a time when holding on to your Eemaan (belief) will be like holding on to hot coals {Tirmidhi}    Im afraid these times are now, and things only become more difficult as the days go on. Anyone doing what he can to preserve his deen is looked down upon, seen as weird, even socially outcast at times. How is that when a woman or man who chooses to follow the teachings of Islam correctly become abandoned and frowned upon? Are we all chasing the dunya? Has reputation and wealth become our gods?         What do you think of a woman who covers her face and body to protect herself from the eyes of strange men. To keep herself covered except to those who deserve to see her? In doing so, she has put her trust in Allah. Most people would think, "Well... how are you going ...

An old Australian Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of victoria with his young grandson. Grandfather was a really humble and wise man. That is why he was an inspiration of his grandson. Each morning when grandson woke up , he always found his grandpa already woke up and sitting at the kitchen table reading his  Quran  after praying his fajr. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could. One cold day both of them were following the same routine .After, grandpa got up to put some coal in stove . Meanwhile in a deep thought the grandson asked,   ‘Grandpa! I try to read the Quran just like you but I don’t understand it, and even if I do  understand anything I usually forget as soon as I close the book. What good does  reading the Qur’an do?’ The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied,  ‘Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.’ The ...

Zuhud: Renouncing worldly pleasures in order to gain the love of Allah  the authority of Abu Al-`Abbas Sahl Bin Sa`ad Al-Sa`idi, (radiyallahu`anhu), who said: A man came to the Prophet, (Sallallahu`alayhi wasallam), and said:  “O Messenger of Allah, direct me to an act which if I do it, [will cause] Allah to love me and people to love me.” Rasulullah, (Sallallahu`alayhi wasallam), answered: “Be indifferent to the world (worldly matters) and Allah will love you; be indifferent to what people possess and they will love you.” “Zuhud”  is an Arabic word and a vital concept in Islam. The English meaning is asceticism which means renouncing worldly pleasures, bieng indifferent to the world, in order to gain nearness to Allah. How the Salaf described Zuhud Ali ibn Abi Talib  (ra) said  "Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you." Ibn Taymiyyah  said Zuhud is to leave alone things which...

Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.

Aisha bint Al-Siddiq [RA] asked The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) , "what if I knew which night  Laylatul Qadr  was, then what should I say in it?" The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) replied, "Say: Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun  tuhibbul 'afwa  fa'fu 'annee `Oh Allah, you are the one who grants pardon, and you love to pardon, so pardon me.`

Bismillaah                Seeking Forgiveness and Repentence “ I said to them: ‘Ask Forgiveness from your Lord: Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving; He will (then) send rain to you in abundance, and give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens, and bestow on you rivers” (Surah Nuh, 10-12) Thanking Allah A means through which people are guaranteed an increase in the blessing bestowed upon them by Allah is the continual thanking of Allah for the present blessing that they have. “And (remember) when you Lord proclaimed: ‘If you are thankful, I will give you more (of My blessings), but if you are thankless (i.e., disbeliever), then verily, My punishment is indeed severe.’”  (Surah Ibrahim, 7) The Taqwa of Allah “… And whosover fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (of every diffuculty). And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. And whosoever puts his trust in ...

Bismillaahirahmaaniraheem  There is something greater than us. Happening around us. We are not the most important thing on earth. There is a world outside of our desires, outside of what we want and need. A Universe is being watched for us. Gaurded so the heavens don't fall upon us.   Everyday were plunged into darkness with no one among us to bring the sun back. We are all stuck in the darkness with no power to bring back light. Who is controlling the sun? Allah.    It is the light that we need to be able to see. Without it we stumble helplessly, desperately searching for the way. Our weakness is then exposed. Our need to be directed, guided, is evident. Is that not a sign? We need light to find the way. And Allah show us this sign. In the alternation of night and day. It is he that guides whomever he wishes to that light. And it is he that guides to the straight way. So it is he that we must ask for this guidance. And it is Allah on whom we rely. The ...

One of the most precious gifts Allah has given us. Our eyes. You will never know the real blessing of these two things unless you lose them. Allah has gifted us with them. We use them to see. To see the straight path, to see the crooked path. We can use them to bring others joy or sadness.   The eyes can leave a powerful impression on someone. Its a way for us to communicate, sometimes words arent even necessary when you use your eyes right. They can be used to show love for someone. The amount of time determines that. Hold your gaze for a while on your beloved and it communicates intense interest. Turn your eyes abruptly from them and its like a slap to the face. Especially if they depend on you emotionally. So use our eyes carefully.   If you ever want to compliment your wife, look at her. I dont meant quickly glance at her and then look away. No. I mean when she enters upon you look up and look into her eyes, and hold it. Hold it untill she looks away. Might be a little ...

 If there's anything one should be grateful for it should be the family Allah has given them. Allah gave us people that take care of us without us even asking for it. We came into to this world with nothing but a loving mother waiting to hold us in her hands. A mother that put her life into us. And even when were grown, she still loves us, doing whatever she can to make us smile, to cheer us up on a tough day. She's there to make us feel comfortable, she cant handle to see us in pain or misery. She would neglect herself just to give us what we need. And yet we are still ungrateful to her for all that she's done. Is it hard just to make her smile and laugh? Our fathers, may Allah have mercy on them, spend hours and hours to make ends meet for us. Even if they had the best of education, their willing to take a basic job to make sure we all get what we need. Everyday he comes home tired just wanting to rest. And the next day he goes out again, putting himself aside for our ...

Bismillaah   Its natural for women to become jealous when there's another woman in the picture. I mean she must be the centre of your heart. No one else can have that spot but her. Totally understandable. But sometimes we forget that he is a human being. And as a humans, he can love many things, not just one. He can choose whatever he likes. Because we are married to him, it does not mean we own him or have total power over him. We are just in his care and responsibility.    There may be benefits for a woman who's husband is married to another woman. She gets more time to herself, to spend with friends and family.  If he has young children, then there's cute children to have fun with. The two women can give each other emotional support and help each other out when needed.  I see no problem for a man who has children to marry again. If he's able to support both of them, why not?     He'd be doing good for the world because he'd be protecting the ...

Alhamdulillah, I live in a family of nine. Masha Allah is what anyone would say. I always wanted my future spouse and children to be the coolness of my eyes. But what about my current family? Can they be the coolness of my eyes too? So I thought and figured, hey why not, I'll just make dua. So I made dua, and perhaps my dua was accepted.   Last night one my sisters (and the ones Im taking about are all younger than me) felt inspired to make some changes in this month. And she called my other sister to discuss what needs to be changed. I was praying, but the amount of enthusiasm she had really distracted me, and I was more interested in what they were saying then what I was reading. I was soo impressed. My sister is young, and that was what made it all the more Masha Allah. So them having their meeting in the kitchen and discussing what they did so far in this month and what needs to be improved and their honesty as to their efforts were impressive to me. I just listened. What real...

Bismillaah   I really enjoyed the Khutbah during the last 4 minutes. Because then, that's when my heart really listened. If you ever want the hearts of the people to listen, we have to talk about the things they desire. In my case, Jannah caught my attention. People listen avidly when they listen to something that relates to them. If we want the people to be attached to the Allah, we must talk about spiritual things. Like what will happen in the hereafter, Hell, or Heaven, etc. Then when their hearts are attached to meeting Allah, and living in Jannah, then they will love Qur'an and do whatever commandments they gotta do.    Just like the first body of believers. Their hearts were attached the the next world, their faith was stronger because their focus was on the next world, no matter they had to endure, it was Allah's Good pleasure that they sought. Wasn't the first ten years of the call to Islam mainly about learning about who Allah is? And learning his attri...

Bismillaah Its day 12 of Ramadan and this is what I learned   Nafs  With shaytan bieng out of the picture, you get a nice, clear-cut image of who you really are. All the things that would have kept your nafs happy is gone. No food, no drink, no entertainment. All the things your nafs hates is there. Difficulty. Nafs doesn't like difficulty. It wants relaxation. It doesn't like to be controlled. It wants to control. All the set times to eat and not to eat. You don't like that. The night standing in prayer, you'd rather be asleep!      This month of Ramadan is a kind of spiritual training. Where we must bear with all the difficulty so that our nafs can be well equipped and ready for when the creature comes out to really mess us up. In the month Ramadan you find out your selfish, really selfish. You find out that your anxious, in fear of losing this, or someone taking that from you. You find out some pretty nasty characterist...

 In the Pleasure of Allah If anyone wants real beauty then he should seek Allah's Pleasure. You might ask, "well, how do you do that?" There's many ways to seek Allah's Pleasure, but the best way is through his book. The noble Qur'an. Sounds simple right? It is. So how does that work? How does this happen? I don't know but it happens. When it comes to the Qur'an you can do many things with it. There's the reading of it, Memmorizing of it, and the Implementing its commands. All of them add to your beauty both inward and outward.    Reading and Memmorizing it: You want flawless skin with little or no blemishes? Try to read it completely in one month every month. Not only does it keep your face fresh and smooth, but it keeps your heart clean. Our hearts rust, so we need a polisher and two things polish the hearts, the remembrance of death, and the Quran. So do it. Allah puts noor on a person's face when they constanty engage in ...

1.) Use your ‘Fitnah’ (beauty and overtures of allurement) to win the heart of your husband. All women have the ornaments that Allah blessed them with. Use the beauty Allah SWT has bestowed you with to win the heart of your husband. Dress up for your husband at home. Wear the colours and clothes that he likes to see you in and use makeup, perfume, jewellery - in short, whatever it takes to be attractive to him. From the early years, little girls have adorned themselves with earrings and bracelets and worn pretty dresses - as described in the Qur’an. Continue this tradition as a wife. Oh...and SMILE at him. Alot. He'll love it. 2.) Be sensitive to his moods, feelings and needs. For example, don’t start complaining or burden him with problems as soon as he comes home; rather, welcome him and make him feel good to be home. Imagine your husband coming home to a clean house, an exquisitely dressed wife, a dinner prepared with care, children clean and sweet smelling, a clean b...

Rasulallah saw said,  “Smiling in the face of your brother is charity.." Ever wonder why it's charity? That's because we are in need of if. When someone smiles at you, they give you a feeling of acceptance. You feel accepted, and appreciated. Its welcoming, it makes you feel really good, the fact that someone is happy to see you. It gives us pleasure to see that someone else is pleased by looking at us. That someone is pleased with us.  How fulfilling is that? Very satisfying.       As humans we have this emotional need to be acknowledged, to be appreciated. Even from those we can't stand. Its something we are desperately in need of. We also have this natural tendency to want to please others and have people pleased with us. And when someone shows us their not happy with us, for no understandable reason, we can't handle that and we show this by turning gears and showing resentment to him or her. You may get thoughts like, "how can they...