06 يونيو، 2010، الساعة 08:17 مساءً
Steps in physical and mental actions to become a better Muslim. The mental preparation is more important than the action. Reflect and contemplate on each item. These tips should benefit you in all aspects of your life, and make you a more competent person.
Steps
The action of foremost importance is prayer. See it as an introspective action, and attempt to derive tranquility from it. Concentrate. Rather than offering prayer reluctantly, find peace from it, as a break from your busy life.
Make sure that you read the Quran every day no matter how little. This is the speech of Allah, a guidance to you and all that exists. Have a relationship with the Quran. You can even read just a few lines and the translation before you go to sleep.
Who are your friends? Are they Muslims? Spending more time with knowledgeable and sincere people is a step in the right direction.
Be good to your parents.
Keep your cool, and treat people gently. Anger undoes faith.
Try to keep your indulgent instincts suppressed and find a Halal outlet for your urges. You cannot satisfy your desires anyway. 'If man is given a valley of gold, he will desire another'.
Sustain a sport. As well as keeping fit, you gain mental fortitude and willpower.
Be clean. Purity is half of faith. Know how to do ghusl and wudu properly.
When people ask you about Islam, dispel the media-myths. Clarify how Jesus (peace be upon him) is regarded in Islam. Smile.
Never miss a Friday prayer and try to pray at the masjid as much as possible.
Try to improve yourself in regards to Islam all the time. Make a goal, write it down and tell a friend.
Pray "ربي زدني علما" "rabbi zidni 'ilma" (my Lord increase my knowledge) and other du'as for improvement and guidance. Ask your sheikh to teach you a good du'a for you from the Sunnah.
See a good deed? Have a good idea? Do it! Now. Even picking up the trash around the masjid has reward in it.
Remember:
"On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
"Allah the Almighty said: 'I am as My servant thinks I am . I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed."
(Buhkari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah)
(Hadith Qudsi)
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