If you haven't prayed your salah yet, do so, this book can wait but your obligations to Allah cannot.
Please keep me in your duas, and pray for the ummah.
"And they planned and Allah also planned and Allah is the best of planners."
(Quran 3:54)
Trust in Allah. No matter what happens, remember that your faith is the most important thing.
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Hamza's Pov :
-48 hours ago *IN INDIA*-
I groaned in frustration and put my face in my hands.
Was this project ever going to be completed?!
I was a software engineer, and CEO of a large tech company, (ALHAMDULILLAH for that), but the job came with a lot of stress.
Alhamdulillah, I took over my father's very successful tech company 5 years ago, when I was 18, now I'm 23.
Lately my job has been giving me a lot of stress and no sleep.
~notification~
I picked up my phone and I saw a message from my best friend Fayaz Malik:
Fayaz: Hey, I know this is really last minute but my little sister's nikkah is happening this weekend. Could your family fly over?
It had been months since I saw my best friend, and one of the rights of a muslim over another, is accepting invatations. (Al Bukahri and Muslim)
Me: Sure, Hasan (my younger brother; Age 20) and Hajira( my sister; age 19) have been dying to get out.
Fayaz: haha, excited to see you bro.
Me: You too.
Fayaz: You should lead a couple prayers while your over.
Me: InshAllah! but Why do you always ask me that everytime?
Fayaz: It's not like we have a hafiz around everyday, I mean there's Ayan Bhai but he's flying to India to finish his madrassa studies.
Me: Teekhay (ok), no problem.
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I had become a hafiz at 12,so had my siblings, my entire youth consisted of reciting the qur'an, and Alhamdulillah I was blessed with the honor of memorizing the entire book of Allah.
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For two weeks InshAllah I was going to be spending my time at Fayaz's.
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All this work was stressing me out, my phone read 1:00 pm. It was time for Zuhur (afternoon prayer), I needed to pray. I went to the bathroom and made my wudu (ablution for prayer), being mindful to take my time, *wudu is half of salah (prayer), and the key to jannah (paradise) is salah!*
I laid down my prayer mat in my room, closed my eyes before I said ALLAHUAKBAR (God is most great), putting my hands up, and starting my namaz (prayer).After Surah Fatiha (the opening of the Qur'an), I started reciting Surah Al-Waqi'ah (Surah 56 of the Quran):
(I attached the recitation above; this reciter has a very beautiful voice, Allahumma Barik)
إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَة - When the Inevitable Event takes place,(Quran 56:1)a few ayahs (sentences) later:
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The Way He Loved Me
SpiritualHe held my face in his hands. "My love for you it's-, it's indescribable, it's like trying to make the ocean into one drop or describing the beauty of the stars in a mere breath. It's infinite, unfathomable. I love you Ameera Siddiqui, I really do...
