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Salaam @liz. How are you doing these days? Im still in the same situation. Just wanted to check on you. May Allah(سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) accept all your efforts on this night, in sha Allah (23rd of the month of Ramadhan where I am)

A Hadith Qudsi (a saying attributed to God) and is often paraphrased as: "If Allah loves a servant, He makes him concerned with three things: eating less, talking less, and sleeping less."

Salaam, Agha Mahdi Pooya's Quran Tafseer is available online as a PDF. You can access it through the following links: A Commentary on the Holy Qur'an (PDF version) - Available at Al-Hassanain Institute. Tafsir of Holy Quran - Surah 1 to 5 (PDF version) - Available at Islamic Mobility. Tafsir of Holy Quran - Surah 6 to 10 (PDF version) - Also available at Islamic Mobility. --------------------------------- These should be clickable: Appendix K: Complete Tafseer from Agha Mahdi Pooya regarding 53:1-4 - Available at Al-Islam.org: https://al-islam.org/imam-ali-noble-quran/appendix-k-complete-tafseer-agha-mahdi-pooya-regarding-53-1-47. Essence of the Holy Qur’an: The Eternal Light (PDF) - Available at Al-Islam.org: https://al-islam.org/printpdf/book/export/html/690825.

Salaam, I don't know much about the subject other than I've heard well-respected scholars state that it isn't simply the milk itself that should be of concern, rather it is the emotional spiritual and overall quality and state of the woman that produces the milk. He gave good references from high up urafa of the past about the dangers of having a wet nurse or using breast milk of a woman that has nasty spiritual traits, behavioral problems and other sorts of ills that you would not want transfered to your child. Keep in mind in islam, there is the exoteric side of things and there is also the esoteric side of things so Zahir and the batin, what I am speaking about here is the batini effect of using milk from a woman that has issues or even from a woman that you have no idea anything about her. If you want a more historical incident tied directly to the prophet himself, he refused milk from everyone except one specific woman in the community. Its been understood to be because she was very pure and a clean soul which was the only milk fitting to him. W/s

Salaam, yeah I have to agree with this brother because generally, intermittent fasting, even for multiple days in a row, like 3 days no food at all and only water,/tea/electrolytes etc can make you lose your appetite, but generally it does not cause weight gain. So yeah I think this is just your bodys specific response.

Salaam, there is Ayatollah Jawai amolis tafseer called Tasnim but is only available in Farsi.

Salaam, Another great series, alhamdulilah.

Salaam, If I remember correctly, there is no jurisprudential prohibition against doing it, however, from the spiritual aspect of it, you should not do it because it damages your soul. I can be wrong.. if I am, someone can correct me. But this is to the best of my knowledge.

Inspired by a fellow shia chatters poem:) O, Thou for whom my heart doth yearn so deeply, Yet, alas, it seems Thou art distanced from me by my worldly cares. How fervently I wish to be united with Thee, Nay, rather, to become one with Thee. Days and nights, in endless succession, pass by, And yet, my soul doth stray further and further from Thee. The very purpose of my life is to draw nigh unto Thee, Yet, as I grow older and death's dark shadow doth approach, I find myself drawn further still from thee. As the Persians lament, "Dust upon my head" For the misfortune that hath befallen me, to be so far from Thee In the midst of life's journey, if I persist upon this course unaltered, doth mean nearness and eternal bliss Shall be forever lost, a loss and sorrow beyond all reckoning and measure. Yet if I rise from this slothful abyss and cleave unto Thy guiding light, My soul shall be restored to walk the clear and righteous path, To dwell in Thy nearness, and to taste of Your sweet grace once more, As Thou hast promised: "Call on Me and I shall answer thee.

Salaam and thanks brother, i will check this out too!

As salaamun aleikum everyone, Long ago either I made a post or I responded to someone else's post regarding the salaat of repentance. I had posted it, but there were some mistakes so I am making this post to correct it The prayer of repentance (Salaatul Tawbah) is as follows: It is a 2, two-rakat prayer. Each 2-unit prayer has the same structure as a normal 2-unit morning salaat In each unit, recite: Fatiha (1X) Al Iklass (3X), Al Falaq (1X) and An Nas (1X) After completing the first 2-unit salaat, proceed with the second without turning away from the Qiblah or speaking with anyone; After completing the second salaat, again neither turn away from the Qiblah nor speak with anyone. Recite 70X: - as-tagh-firullaha rabbi wa atoobu ilayh (Recall one's sins while reciting this) (I seek forgiveness from Allah my Lord and return to Him) After as-tagh-firullah, say 1X: -laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billahi-l-'aliyyi-l-atheem yaa 'azeezu, yaa ghaffaaru, igh-fir-li thunoobi wa thunooba jamee'i-l-mu'mineena wa-l-mu'minaat (There is no change of state (force) and no power save through Allah, the most High, the All-Mighty. Oh most-Honourable One, Oh Forgiver (of my abundant sins), forgive me my sins and the sins of all believing men and women.) And then say 1X: -Fa innahu laa yagh-firuth-thunooba illa anta (For verily no one can forgive sins but You)

Salaam! Thanks very much for referring me to that site...when I went to save it as a shortcut on my phone it said there's an app for it so I'm going to check out the app and see what it's like but I already like what I found of the website so far! JazakAllahkheyr

Salaam everyone, So I've been using this app for many years now called iQuran (no, it's not an apple product, I don't know why it's called what it's called because I have an Android phone, not an Apple) Anyway, the translations from Arabic to English are horrible. I mean, the translations are so bad, in some cases they completely change the understanding and meaning of what the ayah says. The only reason why I have stuck with it this long, is because it allows you to search the English version of it for specific words. But I got to tell ya, that doesn't work out too well either because if you don't State the precise word that the makers of this app have translated in Arabic word into, it won't pull up the ayahs. It will just say "no result found"... So I'm basically looking for recommendations of simple apps that are searchable by keywords in the English format that also includes the Arabic for reference and in your opinion you have found to be good with regards the translation accuracy. That's all I need from it. I don't need tafseer or anything else. There are some really elaborate apps out there that get into how to recite and all the parts of speech of Arabic and I don't need all that. Just a simple app that I can use the search bar within the app to find particular ayahs related to my search term and that in your opinion, has a fairly accurate English translation. Geeze, the one i have is SOOOO bad, ugh... JazakAllahkheyr

Salaam sister, probably not anything that you don't already know. Keep protein intake high, complex carbs medium and stay away from simple carbs as much as possible. Also have an adequate water intake. There's not a lot we can do otherwise considering we just can't eat for X amount of hours. W/s

See ya