Assalamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu Brothers and Sisters,
Narrated Muhammad bin Ka'b Al-Qurazi:
"I heard 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud saying: 'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "[Whoever recites a letter] from Allah's Book, then he receives the reward from it, and the reward of ten the like of it. I do not say that Alif Lam Mim is a letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter and Mim is a letter."
Updated on May 19, 2022 at 6:29 a.m.
THE MONTH OF VIRTUE
April 15, 2022
Some reminders mentioned in Khutbah by Imam Dr. Shaheed Coovadia for pondering:
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs,
˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺:
they used to sleep only little in the night,
and pray for forgiveness before dawn.
And in their wealth there was a rightful share ˹fulfilled˺ for the beggar and the poor. (51:15-19)
لَن تَنَالُوا۟ ٱلْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِن شَىْءٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ
You will never achieve righteousness until you donate some of what you cherish. And whatever you give is certainly well known to Allah. (3:92)