Ramadan GoodDeed Cookbook - Recipe 6: Chocolate Moose

Bismillah:

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Recipe 6: Chocolate Moose

A man asked the Prophet pbuh "Who is most worthy of my love and respect?"

The Prophet pbuh replied, "Your mother." The man asked, "And then who?" The Prophet pbuh again answered, "Your mother." The man asked one more time and received the same answer. When the man asked the question a fourth time, the Prophet pbuh answered, "Your father." [Bukhari & Muslim].

And Allah swt says: "Verily, Allah loves those who repent and those who purify themselves."[Surah Al-Baqarah:222]

[How about a challenge to incorporate both the hadeeth and ayaah?] Compete with your mother and see how many times you will say “Astagfarulla” in the day. Cultivate this as a habit and help each other to attain the pleasure of Allah. SubhanAllah what an amazing way to spend time with your mother, seek forgiveness, have fun and attain the love of ALLAH.

Just like chocolate is essential to the moose, our parents are the essential LIFE ingredient to entering Jannah.;-)

[Take 60 seconds…] Do something special today to make your mother smile. Take her for a walk; ask her how her day has been. And if you are brave enough take up the challenge? Or simply record a thankyou message in the history of time by leaving a thankyou note/dua/ comment below.

[Complete the sentence] "My mother is..."

Ramadan GoodDeed Cookbook - Recipe 5: Bread ‘n’ Butter Pudding [pronounced butta]

Bismillah. 

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Recipe 5: Bread ‘n’ Butter Pudding [pronounced butta]

Want to get billions of hasanaat (rewards) from Allah in just a few seconds? Just make du'aa to Allah to forgive your brothers & sisters in Islam!

’The Prophet sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam said: “Whosoever seeks forgiveness for the believing men and the believing women, Allah will record for that person – equivalent to every believing man and believing woman – a good deed.” [Tabarani]

SubhanAllah how easy is that? How Merciful is Allah swt to His slave. DUA is the bread n butter for a MUSLIM - it is the essence of ibaadah!

“O ALLAH HELP & FORGIVE ALL THE MUSLIMS IN BURMA”
“O ALLAH HELP & FORGIVE ALL THE MUSLIM IN SYRIA”
“O ALLAH HELP & FORGIVE ALL THE MUSLIMS ALL OVER THE WORLD…”

[Take 60 seconds…] And say a HUGE Ameen sincerely for the sake of Allah! And remember them in your duas, before you open your fast, in qiyam, at suhoor and why not just make dua right now?

The Art of Asking

Remembrance has greater merit than supplication. This is because remembrance is adulation of God Almighty by the beauty of His attributes, His gifts and His names; while supplication consists in the servant asking God for something he needs. And what is this compared to that? Thus, it is stated in a hadith: 'To someone too busy with My remembrance to supplicate Me, I give what is more excellent than what I give to those who ask.' [Muslim]

This is also why the preferred form of supplication begins with praise and adulation for God, then gives blessings upon His Prophet and, finally, asks for what one needs. This follows a hadith from Fudala Ibn Ubayd. When the Messenger of God heard a man in worship supplicating God without praising Him and without invoking blessings upon His Prophet, he remarked, 'This one has rushed things.' Then he called the man over and said to him or someone else [who was with them], 'When one of you offers the prayer, let him begin with adulation for his Lord Almighty, then let him ask for blessings upon the Prophet. After that, let him ask for what he wants.' [Ahmad, Tirmidhi]

Compiled From:
"The Invocation of God" - Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, p. 120