Ropes of Allaah..

As-salamu ‘alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatu, 

I pray that this all reaches you in a good state of Imaan and health. For the last little bit I had writers block, haha every time I tried to make a post I’d end up writing a whole blog then discarding it at the end but Alhamdulilah after hardship comes ease..so here goes nothing.

Have you ever looked at someone, locked eyes with a person and found yourself within the depths of there pupils? Have you ever felt complete around someone, like there was something you were missing within yourself that you found in someone else? Have you ever walked beside someone and felt a peace of mind? Felt like it couldn’t get any better? Has all of this ever been due to One reason? Has it ever been based on feesaabililah?

Wallahi there are some people that when I look at them I see Jannah through there eyes, there are people that whenever I’m around I can only imagine racing them to the doors of Jannah so we could achieve the ultimate goal together. There are individuals that by Allah I make dua for them to attain a higher level of Jannah than myself. There are people that I know when I’m around Allah is happy with me because the love Allah has for these people is so evident through the way they walk, talk and carry themselves. There is nothing that fills my heart with joy more then someone telling me that they love me for the sake of Allah, because what better love then for the sake of the one whom created love? 

I remember when I first started practicing I still hadn’t grasped the concept of loving someone for the sake of Allah, but once I did I realized that everyone, everything, that I had loved prior to this had been an illusion and was something that was bound to shatter. And I finally opened my eyes and grew based on the concept of loving someone feesabililah.

I hope and pray that whoever reads this, that whenever they catch a glimpse of me that they instantly remember Allah, and if they don’t that they stay far away from me. I hope that I push you every single day until you feel like your about to reach your breaking point to strive for Jannah. I hope I encourage you to do good and stay away from evil. I hope I act upon what I say and I lead you by example. I hope that whenever your low you can lean on me for support. I hope that when you lose your way that you can count on me to help you and be there for you. I hope that when you feel like you can’t, you look up at me and remember that you can and you will. I hope that when your around me you cannot wait to reach Jannah together, hand in hand, walking through the doors with the rest of the righteous people (hopefully sufyaan ath-thawree) I hope that when you look at me I become the coolness of your eyes and you find peace within me. I hope that within me you find a happy place, somewhere you run to, to escape insanity. I hope that in me you find a friend, for eternity.

If in me you do not find these things be the first of people to stay away from me, because someone who does not remind you of Allah is not someone who you want to be raised with on the day of judgement. Someone who does not remind you of Allah night and day is someone who does not have an ounce of goodness within them.

I leave you with this, may Allah allow us to become helpers of one another in our common goal of attaining jannah as He the Most High says in the Quraan, ”and hold firm to the ropes of Allaah and do not become divided.” may Allah strengthen us all and keep us firm on the truth. May He unite you with your loved ones in heaven, in which there are arrivals but no departures. May He grant you the patience to deal with all you have endured, and may He protect you from all evil and hasid.

One last benefit: Let us all take advantage of this blessed month of Dhul Hijjah, in which the rewards for your good deeds are weighed more heavy. Let us try and fast for the first 9 days, and not miss fasting on the day of arafat as that erases the sins from the previous year and year to come. Try and abstain from sining as much as possible this month and continue to pray Qiyam every night. The people before us used to tighten there belts (an expression which means to get really serious) and take advantage of this month! Wallahi do not be amongst the losers who miss out on the great rewards of this month as this is the month in which Allah completed His favour upon us (Al-Islaam) ❤

The other day my mom came to me and said, ”Hoyo, I was at the masjid and a couple of sisters were talking about your blog and I was so shocked that so many people read it and go on it.” Lool it was such a weird moment but jazakaAllahu khayrn to everyone who keeps updated, (y’all know who you are #stricklyscarlett!) may Allah raise you all in ranks and honour you all ❤