Safety from Hidden shirk

A Dangerous Disease

There are two diseases which a very few people are saved from. Even the pious are caught up in it. They are:
*Gheebat
*Shirk-e-Khafi (minor shirk)--doing things for show. 

More faster and deeper than a black ant crawling on a black stone on a black dark night Riya kari {to do things for show} comes into a person. It enters so subtly; in everything. A man might just mention to his wife that he gave a R10 to a poor beggar. He wants her to praise him, that's all. Riya kari is very very hidden and is a very dangerous disease. A person himself doesn't know. He sells his A'maal for little praise.

Until you don't come in the company of the pious you won't get sincerity. 

So Abu Bakr RadhiyAllahu anhu asked Rasoolullah SallAllahu alayhi wa sallam as to what is the way out(how to be saved from this?)Rasoolullah SallAllahu alayhi wa sallam taught Him a Dua so that we may be saved from the little of it and from the lot of it, from the big of it and from the small of it.

اللَّهُمَّ اِنِّي اَعُوْذُ بِكَ اَنْ اُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَ اَنَا اَعْلَمُ وَ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا اَعْلَمُ

"O Allah, I seek protection in You from that I ascribe partners to You knowingly and i seek forgiveness from You for those things which i do not know"

Sometimes nafs overpowers you and you do want praises. Sometimes you do it knowingly and sometimes you don't even realise.

A person who reads this regularly will have guranteed safety from shirk, inshaAllah Make sure to make it a point to read this Dua every day.

May Allah Ta'ala grant us the Taufiq, Aameen.

Great Days

Great Ibaadaat for these Days

We have now entered into the blessed days of Thul-Hijja. Most Hajees are in Ihraam now, we are to copy them in a way--we should not cut nails or remove hair till our Qurbaani is made.

Allah Ta'ala does not love to be worshipped more in any other days, than in theses first ten days of Thul-Hijja. Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abbas (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, “There is no virtuous deed carried out in any day of the year that can be equal to the reward of (that  virtuous deed) carried out in these ten days of Dhul Hijja”. The Sahabah asked, “Not even Jihaad?” Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) replied, “Not even Jihaad, except for the one who endangers his life and wealth (in Jihad) and does not return with anything (i.e. the Jihad carried out in the ten days of Dhul Hijja is more virtuous than Jihad during the rest of the year except for that Mujaahid  
who gains martyrdom)

The greatest wazifa for these days is the fourth kalima in abundance. All the Ambiyaa (alayhimusalaam) would read it. In a Hadeeth--the Ibaadah for these days is the recitation of the third Kalima.

Each fast during these first 10 days of Thul Hijja is equal to one year's fast. If you can not keep all then try your best to keep the fast of the ninth of Thul-Hijja, as sins of one past year and one future year are forgiven. 

The reward of the Ibaadah in these nights are equal to the reward of Ibaadah of Laylatul Qadr. Minimum Ibaadah--read Esha and Fajr Salaah with Jamaat. Try and perform Tahajjud after the Esha Salaah. Try performing Salaatut Tasbeeh.

May Allah Ta'ala grant us the ability, Aameen.