A man asked one of the salaf, How much Quran should we read?

A man asked one of the salaf, "How much Quran should we read?"
He replied, "Equivalent to the amount of happiness you are looking for"

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Be Seekers of HIS Face inshaaAllah...

"And keep yourself (O Muhammad salAllahu alayhi wa sallam) patiently with those who call on their Lord (i.e. your companions who remember their Lord with glorification, praising in prayers, etc., and other righteous deeds, etc.) morning and afternoon, seeking His Face, and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, one who follows his own lusts and whose affair (deeds) has been lost.
Reference: Quran 18:28

Be seekers of His Face inshaaAllah...

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Sweetness of Faith/Iman

The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "There are three qualities, whoever has them will taste the sweetness of Iman:
- To love Allah and His Messenger (salAllahu alayhi wa sallam) more than anyone else;
- To love a slave (of Allah) only for (the sake of) Allah;
- and to abhor returning to infidelity after Allah has saved him from in as he would abhor to be thrown into the fire (of Hell)."

Reference: Al Bukhari and Muslim

Commentary:
1. In this hadith, the love of Allah signifies the sweetness of Iman.
2. The love of Allah and his Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wa sallam) is the cornerstone of the Faith. When it is said that this loveshould exceed one's love for everything else in the universe, it means that what is enjoined by Allah and His Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wa sallam) must be given preference over everything else, whether it it love for the wife, children, worldly interests, desires or whims. When there is a clash between the two, the former should be given preference over the latter.

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"And remember Allah much, so that you may be successful."

"And remember Allah much, so that you may be successful."
Reference: Surah Al-Jumah(62):10

Save your heels from the Hell-fire...

Narrated Muhammad ibn Ziyad:

I heard Abu Huraira saying as he passed by us while the people were performing ablution from a utensil containing water, "Perform ablution perfectly and thoroughly for Abul Qasim (the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam) said, 'Save your heels from the Hell-fire.' "
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 165

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Forward your Islamic knowledge inshaaAllah...

Forward your Islamic knowledge inshaaAllah...

The Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam said:
"One who guides to something good has a reward similar to that of its doer."
Reference: Saheeh Muslim vol.3, no.4665

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The Prophets Beautiful Lake Fount..

Narrated 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr
The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wa sallam) said,

"My Lake-Fount is (so large that it takes) a months journey to cross it. Its water is whiter than milk, and its smell is nicer than musk (a kind of Perfume), and its drinking cups are (as  numerous) as the (number of) stars of the sky; and whoever drinks from it, will never be thirsty."
Reference: Sahih al Bukhari

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Your heart is meant to have Allah in it..

Your heart is meant to have Allah in it.
Take Him out, and you will find yourself suffering from an irreplaceble emptiness...

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..and devote yourself to Him with a complete devotion."

"And remember the Name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with a complete devotion."
Reference: Quran 73:08

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Don't forget Surah al Kahf!

Don't forget Surah al Kahf!
The Prophey salAllahu alayhi wa sallam said, "Whoever reads Soorat al-Kahf on the day of Jumu'ah, will have a light that will shine from him from one Friday to the next."
Reference: Saheeh al Jaami', 6470

Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said in his Amaali: "In some reports it says 'the day of Jumu'ah' and in some reports it says 'the night of Jumu'ah.' They may be reconciled by saying that what is meant is the day which includes the night and vice versa."

Therefore the time for reading this Surah extends from sunset on Thursday to senset on Friday.

The beautiful thing about calling out to your Lord is that you don't always have to put your feelings into words..

The beautiful thing about calling out to your Lord is that you don't always have to put your feelings into words..

"And to Allah belong the east and the west, so wherever you turn yourselves or your faces there is the Face of Allah (and He is High above, over His Throne). Surely! Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knowing." -Quran 2:115

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