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A lovely article taken from Facebook; The Ideal Muslimah; www.AbdurRahman.org

Following is a compilation of Ahadîth that speaks of ways in which we can erase our sins, InshaAllâh!

Repenting

A servant [of Allâh's] committed a sin and said: O Allâh, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for sins. Do what you wish, for I have forgiven you. [Hadîth Qudsi]

O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it. [Hadîth Qudsi]

Abû Bakr radhiAllâhu `anhu reported:

“I heard the Prophet sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam saying: ‘Allâh forgives the man who commits a sin (then feels ashamed), purifies himself, offers a prayer and seeks His forgiveness.’ Then he recited the ‘ayyah: ‘And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allâh and implore forgiveness for their sins – and who can forgive sins except Allâh? – and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did. The reward of such will be forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever- a bountiful reward for workers.”‘ [al-'lmrân: 135-136]. [Abû Dawûd, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, al-Baihaqi, and at-Tirmidhî who calls it hasan.]

Performing Wudhû

Narrated Abû Hurayrah radhiAllâhu `anhu: Allâh’s Apostle sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said:

When a bondsman – a Muslim or a believer – washes his face (in course of ablution), every sin he contemplated with his eyes will be washed away from his face along with water, or with the last drop of water ; when he washes his hands, every sin they wrought will be effaced from his hands with the water, or with the last drop of water; and when he washes his feet, every sin towards which his feet have walked will be washed away with the water, or with the last drop of water, with the result that he comes out pure from all sins. [Sahîh Muslim]

Narrated Uthmân ibn AffânradhiAllâhu `anhu:

The Messenger of Allâh sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said: He who performed ablution well, his sins would come out from his body, even coming out from under his nails. [Sahîh Muslim]

Performing Prayer

Narrated Uthmân ibn Affân radhiAllâhu `anhu: “I heard Allâh’s Apostle sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam say:

When the time for a prescribed prayer comes, if any Muslim performs ablution well and offers his prayer) with humility and bowing, it will be an expiation for his past sins, so long as he has not committed a major sin; and this applies to for all times. [Sahîh Muslim]

Narrated Abû Huraira radhiAllâhu `anhu: “Allâh’s Apostle said,

“The congregational prayer of anyone amongst you is more than twenty (five or twenty seven) times in reward than his prayer in the market or in his house, for if he performs ablution completely and then goes to the mosque with the sole intention of performing the prayer, and nothing urges him to proceed to the mosque except the prayer, then, on every step which he takes towards the mosque, he will be raised one degree or one of his sins will be forgiven. The angels will keep on asking Allâh’s forgiveness and blessings for everyone of you so long as he keeps sitting at his praying place. The angels will say, ‘O Allâh, bless him! O Allâh, be merciful to him!’ as long as he does not do Hadath or a thing which gives trouble to the other.” The Prophet further said, “One is regarded in prayer so long as one is waiting for the prayer.” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Narrated Abû Hurayrah radhiAllâhu `anhu:

“The Messenger of Allâh sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said: He who purified himself in his house, and then he walked to one of the houses of Allâh for the sake of performing a fard (obligatory act) out of the Fara’id (obligatory acts) of Allâh, both his steps (would be significant) as one of them would obliterate his sin and the second one would raise his status. [Sahîh Muslim]

Attending the Jumu’ah Salâh

Narrated Abû Hurayrah radhiAllâhu `anhu: The Messenger of Allâh sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said:

Five prayers and from one Friday prayer to (the next) Friday prayer is an expiation (of the sins committed in between their intervals) if major sins are not committed. [Sahîh Muslim]

Narrated by Salman Al Farsi radhiAllâhu `anhu: The Prophet sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said,

“Whoever takes a bath on Friday, purifies himself as much as he can, then uses his (hair) oil or perfumes himself with the scent of his house, then proceeds (for the Jumua prayer) and does not separate two persons sitting together (in the mosque), then prays as much as (Allâh has) written for him and then remains silent while the Imam is delivering the Khutba, his sins in-between the present and the last Friday would be forgiven.” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Doing good deeds

Narrated Ibn Masud radhiAllâhu `anhu: A man kissed a woman and then came to Allâh’s Apostle and told him of that, so this Divine Inspiration was revealed to the Prophet sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam:

“And offer Prayers perfectly at the two ends of the day, and in some hours of the night; (i.e. (five) compulsory prayers). Verily, the good deeds remove the evil deeds (small sins). That is a reminder for the mindful.” (Qur’aan : 11.114) The man said, Is this instruction for me only?” The Prophet said, “It is for all those of my followers who encounter a similar situation.” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Performing Umrah and Hajj

Narrated by Abû Huraira : The Prophet sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said,

“Whoever performs Hajj for Allâh’s pleasure and does not have sexual relations with his wife, and does not do evil or sins then he will return (after Hajj free from all sins) as if he were born anew.” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Abdullah ibn Mas’ud radhiAllâhu `anhu narrated that the Prophet sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said:

“Alternate between Hajj and ‘Umrah (regularly), for these two remove poverty and sins just as the blacksmith’s bellows removes all impurities from metals like iron, gold and silver. The reward for Hajj Mabrur is nothing short of Paradise.” [Nasa'i and Tirmidhi, who regards it a sound hadîth ]

Narrated Abû Huraira radhiAllâhu `anhu: Allâh’s Apostle sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said,

“(The performance of) ‘Umra is an expiation for the sins committed (between it and the previous one). And the reward of Hajj Mabrur (the one accepted by Allâh) is nothing except Paradise.” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Saying ‘آmîn’

Narrated by Abû Huraira radhiAllâhu `anhu: The Prophet sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said,

“When the Imâm says ‘Aamîn’, then you should all say ‘Aamîn’, for the angels say ‘آmîn’ at that time, and he whose ‘آmîn’ coincides with the ‘آmîn’ of the angels, all his past sins will be forgiven.” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Fasting and performing prayers in the night of Qadr in Ramadân

Narrated by Abû Huraira radhiAllâhu `anhu: The Prophet sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said,

“Whoever fasted the month of Ramadân out of sincere Faith (i.e. belief) and hoping for a reward from Allâh, then all his past sins will be forgiven, and whoever stood for the prayers in the night of Qadr out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allâh, then all his previous sins will be forgiven .” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Sending salutations

Abû Talha Al Ansari radhiAllâhu `anhu said, “The Prophet, sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam, woke up one day cheerful and beaming. His companions exclaimed, ‘O Prophet of Allâh, you woke up today cheerful and beaming.’ He replied,

‘Yes! A messenger of Allâh, the Mighty and the Glorified, came to me and said, “If anyone from your ummah sends you a salutation, Allâh will record for him ten good deeds, wipe off ten of his sins, and raise him thereby ten degrees in rank, and He will return his salutation with a similar salutation”.’ [Ahmad] Ibn Kathîr considers this a sound hadîth ]

Being kind to animals

Narrated Abû Huraira radhiAllâhu `anhu: Allâh’s Apostle sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said,

“While a man was walking he felt thirsty and went down a well and drank water from it. On coming out of it, he saw a dog panting and eating mud because of excessive thirst. The man said, ‘This (dog) is suffering from the same problem as that of mine. So he (went down the well), filled his shoe with water, caught hold of it with his teeth and climbed up and watered the dog. Allâh thanked him for his (good) deed and forgave him.” The people asked, “O Allâh’s Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving (the) animals?” He replied, “Yes, there is a reward for serving any animate.” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Narrated Abû Huraira radhiAllâhu `anhu: Allâh’s Apostle sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said,

“A prostitute was forgiven by Allâh, because, passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover she drew out some water for it. So, Allâh forgave her because of that.” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Leaving grey hair

Amr ibn Shu’aib related on the authority of his father from his grandfather that the Prophet sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said,

“Do not pluck the grey hairs as they are a Muslim’s light. Never a Muslim grows grey in Islam except that Allâh writes for him, due to that, a good deed. And he raises him a degree. And he erases for him, due to that, one of his sins.” [Related by Ahmad, Abû Dawûd, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah] And Anas said, “We used to hate that a man should pluck out his white hairs from his head or beard.” [Sahîh Muslim]

Some simple supplications through which we can erase our sins, Insha’Allâh!

Narrated Abû Huraira radhiAllâhu `anhu: Allâh’s Apostle said,

“Whoever says, ‘Subhan Allâh wa bihamdihi,’ one hundred times a day, will be forgiven all his sins even if they were as much as the foam of the sea.” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Narrated Abû Huraira radhiAllâhu `anhu: Allâh’s Apostle sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said,

“Whoever says: ‘La ilaha illal-lah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahu-l-hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shai’in qadir,’ one hundred times will get the same reward as given for manumitting ten slaves; and one hundred good deeds will be written in his accounts, and one hundred sins will be deducted from his accounts, and it (his saying) will be a shield for him from Satan on that day till night, and nobody will be able to do a better deed except the one who does more than he.” [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]

Narrated Abû Hurayrah radhiAllâhu `anhu: Allâh’s Apostle sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said:

If anyone extols Allâh after every prayer thirty-three times [SubhanAllâh], and praises Allâh thirty-three times [Alhamdulillah], and declares His Greatness thirty-three times [Allâh hu Akbar], ninety-nine times in all, and say to complete a hundred: “There is no god but Allâh, having no partner with Him, to Him belongs sovereignty and to Him to praise due, and He is Potent over everything,” his sins will be forgiven even if these are as Abûndant as the foam of the sea. [Sahîh Muslim]

Abû Hurairah radhiAllâhu `anhu reported that the Prophet, sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam, said,

“If anyone sits in an assembly where there is much clamor and says before getting up to leave, “Subhanaka Allâhumma wa bihamdika, ashadu an-la illaha illa-anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayka” (Glory be to You, O Allâh, and I begin with declaring all praise is due to You, I testify that there is no god but You; I ask Your pardon and turn to You in repentance), he will be forgiven any sin that he might have committed while in that assembly. [Tirmidhi and Al-Baihaqi, (Kitab ad-D'wat Al-kabir)]

Mu’adh b. Anas radhiAllâhu `anhu reported that the Prophet, sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam, said,

“If anyone wears a new garment and says, “Alhamdu lillahillazi kasaabi hazaa wa razakabehi min ghairi hawlin minna walaa kuwwata” ‘All praise be to Allâh, Who clothed me with this garment and provided it for me, with no power or strength from myself’ Allâh will forgive all his previous sins.” [Abû Dawûd, At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Maajah]

A motivational article, for us who need some reminding at times. In Malay. Enjoy.

Kasih Sayang Allah Kepada Hamba-Nya

I am addicted. Especially to this version.

Saleem and Zamani makes me cair beb.

It’s seven days to raya! Mum told me, “This year I leave all the cleaning and decorating to you.” I replied, “You sure ah? Ok. Ok.” Upon the sight of the scheming look on my face, quickly she said, “But don’t buy new things!”

If it was up to me, I would throw all decorations out into the rubbish chute, and buy pillow/cushion cases and new curtains. I don’t think it’s happening. How I wish I have my own house!

At the last minute, the family will be wearing greeeeeeeen. It all started after I told (NOT complained) my grandma that I have only one raya dress this year. Seriously, I was not into having two or more baju raya, but my grandma over at JB thinks I should. After hours of walking in Geylang, I finally found one that I like (much to my mum’s relief, because her legs were already wobbling by the time we reached TKC).

After I bought mine, my mum suddenly wanted to buy new raya clothes for my dad and my brother (who NEVER asked for new clothes). She bought a slightly lighter tone from my baju, and later I found out that she has baju raya of the same colour she’s planning to wear this year.

So yeah. The whole family’s green. And the last time the whole family was so colour-coordinated was when I was in primary school. Yeeeh… now nobody’s going to mistake me for my brother’s wife this year.

One more day…. to my TP Driving test!!!! Berdegap degup jantung ku…. Pray for me that I’ll pass yea? InsyaAllah… Siti, kalau I pass, I drive you gi office, jadi you kena doa banyak-banyak. Hahaha.

A few weeks ago, I discovered that one of the legs of my bed was out of line, and thus it looked broken. Though it was a fixable case, I ‘exaggerated’ to my mum that my bed had collapsed, hoping that she’d say something like “Ok, let’s buy you a new bed.” and I’ll be the happiest girl in the world. But, being mothers, she instinctively knew I was exaggerating, and instead, she said, “Ok, nanti suruh baba betulkan.”

-_-”

Since I had been busy, I forgot about letting my dad know about the bed… when finally, I contemplated to have a room ‘make-over’ after I received the latest IKEA catalogue in the mailbox. (Oh, that catalogue always gives me the motivation to clean up my room.)

So yesterday, after buying a new photo frame, a few magazine cardboard boxes the store all the stuffs in my cupboard, I told my dad that I wanted to ‘make-over’ my room, I needed his help to move my bed, BUT I also needed him to fix my bed’s out-of-place leg. This was his reply.

“Yelah… macam mana katil tak roboh? Yang tido kat atas katil setiap malam kan anak gajah.”

%$#^%&&*(&%$*@!!!!!

I wanted to reply, “Anak baba jugak!” But I know I’ll still end up losing…

Anyway, I’ve always been a daddy’s girl, so he woke me up at 9am in the morning because he wanted to help me with the make-over. And not forgetting the bed.

Hehehehehehhehee. It definitely looks much different now, though I can’t say for sure if this new arrangement has created/reduced more space than before.

Then later, my mum came in to see my ‘new’ room, and said, “Kat blok opposite ada orang Melayu baru pindah tau. Jangan buat benda2 tak betol kat tingkap eh.” Immediately after than sentence, I intentionally waved vigorously at the direction of the opposite block, just to spite her. (Padahal I didn’t even know what/who I was waving at. Hah.)

Firstly, what kind of stupid things would I do at the window? And secondly, why did she tell me this only now? Why didn’t she tell me fourteen years ago when we moved in? *Rolls eyes*  

Whatever it is, I have concluded a few things:
1. If ever my family suggested to shift house, I will object strongly, because I just realized how much things I have in my room (they have been ‘hiding’ under my bed all this time.. and these things are not even mine!), and it’s appalling.
2. Spring-cleaning’s done, I don’t have to torture myself during the upcoming fasting month to clean my room. I just need to find a nice new bedsheet. Weeeee. Anybody wants to sponsor the wedding kind of bedsheet? Hahahahha. Just kidding. I want a Doraemon bedsheet. The pink colour one (yes, there’s Doraemon, in PINK). Forget it, I think I’ll just add that in my birthday list.
3. Next task, is to maintain the cleanliness of the room. It’s going to be a challenge. Anybody knows any anti-dust wallpaper?
4. Asking your parents to help clean up your room, or having your parents clean up your room without asking them to do it for the matter, creates an opportunity for them to snoop around your stuffs. What happened to me this morning was that my mum saw a spectacle box in my dressing table drawer. Before I could tell her to put it down, she happily opened it and it ‘vomitted’ out all the movie tickets for movies I have watched. Whahaha. And she went, “Ape ni?!” In fact she really didn’t know what those were… I ought to bring her out for movies one day.
5. My room can never look as close as those in the IKEA catalogue… Therefore, my dream is to make my own house like those in the IKEA catalogue….. that is when I get my own house la.

Now I feel like eating a donut. Ok, random.

HAPPY 44TH BIRTHDAY, SINGAPORE!!!!

I am afraid I am turning into someone I never planned to be. For those who intends to loyar buruk after reading that sentence, no, I am not turning into a boy.

However, because of this so-called ‘transformation’, I am slowly filled with hatred when triggered with this ’something’, that I can get pissed off easily. Like this morning. ’It’ happened in the train. This thing is EVERYWHERE, but today I was very near ‘it’.

Sorry, I can’t tell you what ‘it’ is. But in time to come, I want to try to control, reduce and hopefully vanish this hatred in me towards ‘it’. ‘It’s’ getting a little more intolerable… =S

I know this might be a little too impatient on my side, since today is Monday. JUST Monday.

But Friday please come quick, for I want to laze around after all I went through for the past week. I deserve a break. A 4-day break. =D

Woohoo!