How often do people keep knocking on someone’s door without respecting the inhabitants’ right to not respond? How many people don’t just call someone once, twice, or three times on the phone, but rather keep calling as many as twenty times, or even more? (“I can keep ringing if there’s no answer— it’s my husband!”) … Read more
You might know this, but do you really act on it? Making faces or gestures when seeing or talking about food you don’t like is a way of “criticizing,” so remind yourself and others to never dishonor food, whether by words or by non-verbal communication, and teach the children this important sunnah!
Putting on? Start with the right. Taking off? Start with the left!
Take a break and revive a sunnah! Anas radiyallahu ‘anhu said: “I pray as I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessing be upon him, leading us.” Thaabit radiyallahu ‘anhu said: “Anas used to do something which I do not see you doing; when he lifted his head from bowing (rukoo‘) he stood up … Read more
How long does this take? Exactly ten seconds! Use any tool available to remind yourself to do this when you wake up, until it becomes a habit. And really reflect on it as a weapon against Shaytan. Small action— huge rewards!
You might already know this, but do you really do it? The next time your thoughts start to spin while you’re praying, use this weapon from the sunnah with certainty, and combine saying ‘a’oodhu billaahi minash-shaytaanir-rajeem’ with spitting dryly to your left three times. We all have whispers in salah, but not many of us … Read more
Prevent the jinn from seeing your awrah by saying “bismillah” before entering the toilet or undressing.
Rinsing the mouth with water after fatty drinks (and foods) means you are reviving a sunnah! Water and siwaak: why? Al-‘Utahymeen said: The reason why the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, rinsed his mouth was because of the fat. It can be understood from this action that it’s legislated to rinse the mouth … Read more
