105 fans!

Mashallah!

Thankyou all for your support. Honestly, I'm so happy right now. 100 fans may not seem alot compared to the other groups out there, but for me, it's a great achievement and I'd like to sincerely thank every one of you for choosing to follow my blog. May Allah bless you all, accept all your duas and may we continue to help each other grow in becoming Professional Muslims.

Please spread the link to the blog and invite others to join this page. I'm not being greedy or anything but 200 fans would be awesome! (",)

Jazakallah!

Your fellow Professional Muslim x

The Power of Prayer...

Revolutionise Your Salaat

Jummah Mubarak y'all!

So, we pray namaaz numerous times a day and recite Surah Faatiha dozens of times daily but how many of us know the meaning behind this beautiful Surah?

Please take a moment to read and even memorise the translation below, it really will transform the way you pray your salaat. Mashallah, it worked for me and it will for you too, inshallah!

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

Praise be to Allah.

Lord of the Worlds, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Master of the Day of Judgement.

You alone we worship,

And to You alone we look for help.

Guide us to the straight path,

The Path of those upon whom You have bestowed favours,

Not those who have earned Your anger, nor those who have gone astray.

Duty to Parents

"Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or more attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honour. And out of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility, and say, "My Lord! Bestow on them Thy Mercy, even as they cherished me in childhood."

(Quran 17: 23-24)

What a beautiful quote, Mashallah! May Allah grant us all the knowledge to understand Islam and it's principle to be well mannered towards our parents... Aameen!

P.S. Jummah Mubarak y'all! (",)

Because We All Love a Bit of Gossip...

My friend Smiley posted this up on Facebook today. I found it quite inspiring and I think we could all learn a thing or two from it...

One day an acquaintance came to meet Zaid and said to him excitedly ,

"Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"

"Just wait a while", Zaid replied. "Before you tell me anything I would like you to go through a little test which I call the triple filter test".

"What's that?" asked the acquaintance.

"I will tell you", Zaid said. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you are going to say. That is why I call it the Triple Filter Test.

The first filter is `Truth.' Are you sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No", the man said. "Actually, I just heard about it."

"All right", said Zaid. "So you don't really know if it is true or not. Now let's us try the second filter, the filter of `Goodness'. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"

"No, on the contrary.."

"So", Zaid continued, "You wanted to tell me something bad about him but you are not certain it is true. You may still pass the test because there is one filter left; the filter of `Usefulness' . Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really..."

"Well", continued Zaid, "If you want to tell me what may not be true and is neither good nor useful, why tell it to me at all?"

Moral of the story:

He who repeats the ill he hears of another is the true slanderer.