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Do you want to enter Paradise? You shall answer in affirmative: Yes, and you shall ask in amazement, how? What is the price? Look at livelihood, does it come down from the sky? If you do not go for it like Paradise which requires endeavor and seeking, you shall not get it.

When Rabi`ah ibn Ka`b (may Allah be pleased with him) asked for the company of Allah's Messenger in Paradise, the Messenger (peace be upon him) said to him: "Help me against yourself with frequent prostrations."

Allah (Exalted be He) says: "This is the Paradise which you have been made to inherit because of your deeds which you used to do (in the life of the world)."  [Surat Az-Zukhruf: 72]. Verily, Allah calls you to enter the abode of Peace [i.e., Paradise]. Allah (Glory be to Him) says: "Allah calls to the home of peace (i.e. Paradise, by accepting Allah's religion of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds and abstaining from polytheism and evil deeds)."  [Surat Yunus: 25].

Let it be known that the satisfaction of Allah with you is greater than Paradise. "But the greatest bliss is the Good Pleasure of Allah."  [Surat At-Tawbah: 72].

Then comes the looking to the honorable face of Allah whom we ask not to deprive us of seeing His Face by His Grace. It was reported in the authentic Hadith (the Hadith of seeing Allah): (By Allah, Allah did not give them something better to them than looking at His Honorable Face).

So, when they see the face of Allah, they forget the bliss they used to live in; do not you want to see the honorable face of your Lord?!

O Lord, grant us from Your Favor and Mercy!

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When you surf the Internet let it be known that you shall dive into a deep sea that contains goodness and pearls like the one who sells musk. It also contains prickles and snakes that will destroy your heart by placing a black dot therein like a blacksmith. Moreover, the Internet contains whales and sharks that can cast you into destruction and loss, so beware and put the fear of the Creator before your eyes because the one who fears Allah is always safe.

If you commit a mistake, ask for Allah's Forgiveness and do not neglect the fear from Allah. Let it be known that feeling the glory of Allah and hoping for His Reward and Paradise is the cause for not going too far in lusts and doubts.

Sahl ibn Sa`d narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Beware of minor (evil) deeds for minor evil deeds are like the example of a group of people who camped in a valley and a person brought a bunch of wood and that brought a bunch of wood to cook their bread, and minor sins are destructive." "And the Book (one's Record) will be placed (in the right hand for a believer in the Oneness of Allah, and in the left hand for a disbeliever in the Oneness of Allah), and you will see the Mujrimun (criminals, polytheists, sinners, etc.), fearful of that which is (recorded) therein. They will say: Woe to us! What sort of Book is this that leaves neither a small thing nor a big thing, but has recorded it with numbers! And they will find all that they did, placed before them, and your Lord treats no one with injustice." [Surat Al Kahf: 49].

Allah's Saying: "And they will find all that they did, placed before them." [Surat Al Kahf: 49] written down in their records of deeds. "And your Lord treats no one with injustice." [Surat Al Kahf: 49].

The reward of the person who does righteous actions shall not be reduced.

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The meaning of serenity in Salah?

The definition of serenity in Salah is that organs go back to their normal position during bowing down and prostration.

In other words: Slowness and giving every pillar of Salah its due right, so when you bow down, give it its due right such as the straightness of the back and pronouncing glorification, and likewise when lifting from bowing down and in prostration.

Serenity is a pillar and the proof to that is the Hadith of the man who used not to complete his bowing down and his prostration. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to him: "Go back and perform Salah for you actually did not perform Salah."

It is a famous Hadith that was reported by Al Bukhari and Muslim. The scholars call it: "The Hadith of the one who did not perfect his Salah."

The meaning of counting serenity one of the pillars of Salah is: The one who does not ascertain serenity in his Salah, his Salah becomes null and void. Therefore, one of the most important things that we have to pay attention to is to perfect our Salah. The Prophet (peace be upon him) saw a man who did not straighten his back after lifting from bowing down and prostration, thereupon he said: "O Muslims, there is no reward for the Salah of the one who does not settle his spine when bowing and prostrating." [An authentic Hadith]. Hudhayfah saw a man who offered Salah without perfecting it, so he said to him: How long do you perform Salah in this condition? He said: 40 years. He said: If you die while performing such Salah, you shall die not following the Sunnah of Muhammad (peace be upon him).

This is serenity which is a pillar of Salah and whoever leaves it, his Salah shall be null and void.

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`Amr ibn Al `As (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "No one was dearer to me than Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and none was more respectable than him in my eyes. So bright was his splendor that I could not gather enough courage to look at his face for any length of time. If I were asked to describe his feature, I would not be able to do so because I have never caught a full glimpse of his face." [Reported by Muslim]. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) commanded them, they hastened to execute his commands, when he performed ablution, they would fight to take the remnant of his ablution, and when he spoke, they would lower their voices in his presence without staring at him out of reverence to him.

The proof of loving the Prophet (peace be upon him) is to follow him in all his words and actions, resort to his actions and words in all life affairs, and to stick firm to his guidance. As for paying attention to appearances, setting parties and ceremonies for fixed days then indulging into pleasures all year long, all these are imitation to the enemies of Allah: The Jews, the Christians, and the Rafidites who busy themselves with following their desires not for loving the Prophet (peace be upon him).

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How many men and women who mixed together and were victims of a pervert word or laugh?! Therefore, Allah (may He be Exalted) forbade mixture in all legislations. Allah (may He be Exalted) says in the story of Moses (peace be upon him): "And when he arrived at the water of Madyan (Midian) he found there a group of men watering (their flocks), and besides them he found two women who were keeping back (their flocks). He said: What is the matter with you? They said: We cannot water (our flocks) until the shepherds take (their flocks). And our father is a very old man. *So he watered (their flocks) for them, then he turned back to shade, and said: My Lord! Truly, I am in need of whatever good that You bestow on me! * Then there came to him one of the two women, walking shyly. She said: Verily, my father calls you that he may reward you for having watered (our flocks) for us. So when he came to him and narrated the story, he said: Fear you not. You have escaped from the people who are Zalimun (polytheists, disbelievers, and wrong-doers)." [Surat Al Qasas: 23 - 25].

Ponder over Allah's Saying: "Then there came to him one of the two women, walking shyly." because she was raised on bashfulness.