So bringing happiness to your mother is one of the greatest reasons for gaining success from Allah, and one of the greatest things that will help you, with the Mercy of Allah in your journey to a Successful Life and After-Life. The few things that could bring your mother happiness could be a phone call where she would be happy just to hear your voice, or if you're able to drive.. treat her like a queen and don't let her ever touch the wheel of the car.
A man came to Ibn Abbas and told him that he killed someone. He said: "O cousin of Rasul Allah, can I repent?" Ibn Abbas replied: "is your mother alive?" the man said, "No." Ibn Abbas said: "O son of my brother, increase asking forgiveness, and in good deeds."... So when Ibn Abbas left, his student Ata' Bin Yassir, asked him, "O cousin of Rasul Allah, I saw that you asked about his mother?" Ibn Abbas said, : "BY ALLAH, I DO NOT KNOW A MORE BELOVED AND CLOSER ACTION TO ALLAH THAN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS TO YOUR MOTHER"..
2. Not one day should pass you that your eyes don't go through the Quran, even if you read part of an ayah (verse). This is a thousand times better for the life of the heart than what you see from movies.
3. Have shame from your Lord, that you start or end your day and didn't pray night prayers (qiyam al-layl) if only 3 rakats. Face the Qiblah, and Pray to Allah 3 Rakats or 2 Rakats with your free will, no one will force you and its not Obligatory. Make it a provision for you in this world, and provision for you in the grave, and provision for you the day you meet Allah in the Hereafter. Allah says in the holy book, "And worship Him a portion of the night and glorify Him through the Livelong Night (76:26)". The Prophet (SAW) used to say in his sujuud "O Allah, I seek refuge with your Pleasure from your Anger, and in your Forgiveness from your Punishment, and I seek Refuge in You from You.. Cant count your Praises, You are as you have Praised yourself."
We all have seen the Pleasures in the West, and how people act towards it. May Allah protect us all from the forbidden pleasures, even the pleasures that are allowed, because THERE IS NO PLEASURE EVER GREATER THAN THE PLEASURE OF THE SUJUUD TO ALLAH. Allah has said to his Prophet (SAW) : "And put your trust in the All Mighty and Merciful, who sees you when you stand up to pray and your movements in prayer amongst those who Prostrate." So that it's known that it doesn't compare to any pleasure from one situation.
Let's say someone died on an action he was prostrating to Allah in his prayer. He will be washed prostrating to his Lord, Prayed on while he's prostrating to his Lord, Put in the grave prostrating to his Lord and on the Day of Resurrection, He will be Resurrected prostrating to his Lord. There is no Noble way to be in front of your lord better than in Sujuud to him saying "Glory be to my Lord, The Most High." Glorifying his Creator, and knowing with all certainty that Allah does not need him, but seeks a means to Allah through his prostration to him closer to Allah .
"If Allah Brings you closer to Him, and Loved you. Allah will make Everything in this Life Easy for You."
This is a lecture from Shaykh Saleh Maghamsi, and I enjoyed it so much that I had to narrate it to whoever reads this.
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