I sent a message to a dear friend of mine: ‘Any chance of a call?’ So he responded
Tag: bless
Pray before you are prayed upon
“I want to pray.” [This is] the wish of one of the elderly, [currently] in intensive care. [As per the old adage] “as you were raised, you shall grow old.”
Sincere and genuine reliance upon Allaah alone
at-Tawakkul (having a good expectation and trust) upon Allaah [alone] is the culmination of [one’s] eemaan.
And he would supplicate [to Allaah, saying]
The power of supplication
I entered upon al-Jarraah, and he raised his hands, and [likewise] the leaders [around him too] raised their hands – and they remained [like this] for a long while. He (al-Jarraah) then said to me
So I asked Allaah for more than that
I drank some [Zam Zam water] once, whilst I was [just] beginning my studies in hadeeth, and asked Allaah to bless me with [strength of memory of] the calibre of ath-Thahabee in memorising hadeeth.