Chapter 22

Did you know?

1. God listens to the pleads of wives.

“God has indeed heard (and accepted) the statement of the woman who pleads with thee concerning her husband and carries her complaint (in prayer) to God: and God (always) hears the arguments between both sides among you: for God hears and see (all things).” Quran 58:1

So don’t air your complaints or grouses to others who can’t help you, as that might make matters even worse. Do not publish your complaints on Facebook or any other social networks as marriage sanctity is scared and a wife should never reveal secrets of the marriage to outsiders. We shouldn’t be airing our dirty laundry in public.

4. The merit of performing one solat in Masjidil Haram is equivalent to one hundred thousand prayers, the benefit of performing one solat in my mosque (Masjidil Nabawi) is equivalent to one thousand prayers and the benefit of performing one solat in Masjidil Aqsa is equivalent to five hundred prayers.” (Ahmad and Ibn Majah)

9. Insha Allah comes from the Surah Al-Kahf verse 23-24

“And never say of anything, "Indeed, I will do that tomorrow”-

Except (when adding), "If Allah wills." And remember your Lord when you forget (it) and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."

10. How to take wudhu or ablution is from Surah Al-Maidah verse 6

“O you who have believed, when you rise to (perform) prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janabah, then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allah does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.”

11. Solat will save us from the torture in the grave. Prophet s.a.w said “When a corpse has been buried and those who attend his funeral have yet to return home, the Angels Munkar and Nakir will appear before him. If the person is a good Muslim, all of his good deeds will protect him - his solat will approach his head, his zakat to his right, his fasting to his left and his other good deeds will move to his legs such that nothing can get near him until Angels have to question him standing from afar.”

Trying to be Muslim

by Norhafsah Hamid

(page 124-127)