Between Prayers

Between Prayers

Everything posted to @between.prayers.daily, kept here as text you can read, search and check. From The Sins We Stopped Seeing.

"Indeed, prayer restrains from immorality and wrongdoing." Sūrah al-ʿAnkabūt 29:45. Source on the card — verif▮▮The Prayer We Rush"So woe to those who pray — those who are heedless of their prayer." Sūrah al-Māʿūn 107:4–5. Source on the car▮▮The Prayer We Rush"There is no envy except in two: a man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the right way, and a ma▮▮ComparisonA new series starts today. Allah keeps telling us to look at things. Not to think about them — to look. At a c▮▮"...and from the evil of an envier when he envies." Sūrah al-Falaq 113:5. Source on the card — verify it.▮▮Comparison"And do not wish for that by which Allah has caused some of you to exceed others." Sūrah an-Nisā' 4:32. Source▮▮Comparison"And do not backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would detest▮▮The Tongue"They have hearts with which they do not understand, and eyes with which they do not see, and ears with whichGhaflah: The Sleep of the Heart"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent."Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6018"None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 13"Their reckoning has drawn near for mankind, while they, in heedlessness, turn away."Ghaflah: The Sleep of the HeartNot everyone is on Instagram. A card you want to send to a parent, or to a friend who left the app years ago,"Written upon the son of Adam is his share of zinā, which he will inevitably reach: the zinā of the eyes is th▮▮Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2658a"No — rather, the stain has covered their hearts from what they used to earn."When Sin Stops Feeling Like SinNot whether you prayed. Whether you were present in it. The numbers on these cards are an illustration, not a▮▮The Prayer We RushTen seconds is nothing. Forty times a day is nothing. Ten years is the part nobody multiplies. The numbers on▮▮The Gaze and the FeedWe were never built to notice a small sin multiplied by a lifetime. A sin small enough to overlook is the one▮▮This is the one you may be committing at this moment, while reading, without any action on your part at all. T▮▮Money That Isn't CleanSuspicion manufactures a fiction and then files it as a finding. The numbers on these cards are an illustratio▮▮How We Treat PeopleEvery one of us now owns a broadcasting station, and it is never switched off. The numbers on these cards are▮▮The PerformanceTruth is what makes it backbiting rather than slander. That is the whole difficulty. The numbers on these card▮▮The TongueThe mountain and the fly. Same sins — what separates the two men is only what the sin looks like from inside.The Minor Sins That Aren't Minor"And is there anything that topples people into the Fire upon their faces except the harvests of their tonguesJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2616A carousel cannot do arithmetic. Six sins are on the page now — the glance, the rushed prayer, the name that c▶"Say: O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah."Nobody has ever added it up. Not the glance you did not plan. Not the prayer you rushed. Not the name that cam▮▮"O ʿĀ'ishah, beware of the deeds deemed insignificant, for they have a pursuer from Allah."Sunan Ibn Mājah 4243"Allah is more joyful at the repentance of His servant than one of you who comes upon his camel, having lost i▶Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6309"Do you know who the bankrupt one is?" They said: "The bankrupt among us is one with no money and no property.▶Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2581Backbiting became conversation. Ribā became a payment method. Riyāʼ became a post. The lowered gaze became a s▶"The believer sees his sins as though he were sitting beneath a mountain, fearing it may fall upon him. And th▶Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6308"This religion is ease, and no one makes the religion a matter of harshness except that it overcomes him. So bṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 39"I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the sudden glance, and he commanded me to turn my gaze away."Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2159a"Two blessings in which many people are cheated: health, and free time."Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6412"Whoever makes others hear of his deed, Allah will make others hear of him. And whoever shows off, Allah willṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6499"You do deeds that are finer in your eyes than a hair, which we used to count, in the time of the Prophet ﷺ, aṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6492"Do you know what backbiting is?" They said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "It is your mention▮▮Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2589Some sins stopped feeling like sins. Not the ones you lie awake over — those are being handled, the discomfort

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Chapters

Chapter 1When Sin Stops Feeling Like Sin1 postedChapter 2The Minor Sins That Aren't Minor3 postedChapter 3Ghaflah: The Sleep of the Heart3 postedChapter 4The Tongue4 postedChapter 5The Gaze and the Feed2 postedChapter 6The Performance1 postedChapter 7Comparison1 postedChapter 8Money That Isn't Clean0 postedChapter 9The Prayer We Rush0 postedChapter 10How We Treat People0 postedChapter 11Tawbah: The Door That Doesn't Close2 postedChapter 12Ikhlāṣ: Getting the Root Right0 postedChapter 13Istiqāmah: Small and Steady1 posted