Does Allah answer myprayers?

We know that Allah answers all the prayers of the believers. This can
be in 4 ways:
1- Getting what we ask for!
2- Getting something as good or better!
3- Being spared somethingbad that would have happened otherwise.
4- Being rewarded on the day of Judgment with a much greater reward
than what we were asking for on earth.

Does Allah see us?

Allah sees us and knows everything about us. He knows us better than
we know ourselves. There is not a leaf on a tree that blows away, or
stays in its place except that He knows it. There is not a dry spot,
nor a wet spot, nor a grain in the depths of the earth except that
Allah knows it.

Can we see Allah?

Allah is not like the sun. Anyone can see the sun. But Allah is the
most beautiful. Nothing is as beautiful as Allah. Actually looking at
Allah is the greatest pleasure of the people in Paradise. This
pleasure Allah does not give anyone but the believers.

What does it mean tobelieve in Allah?

To believe in Allah means to believe in total perfection, and uniqueness.
It means to believe in His prophets because they are His, and He sent
them. We can not pick and choose. A Muslim must believe in all the
prophets of Allah.
It means to believe in the Angels! We must love them all. We cannot
hate an Angel say, for example, Michael to whom rain and the
vegetation of the Earthare attributed or Gabriel towhom revelation
(bringingdown the scriptures to the prophets) is attributed.
It means to believe in Allah's predestination of good and bad.
It means to believe in the last day: The day of Judgment.

Does Allah look like us?

No, Allah is perfect. Heis not like any of His creations. He has told
us that He has hands, eyes, a face, and feet, but all of these
attributes are befitting to His might and glory. A Muslim does not say
a single thing about Allah other than what Allah says about Himself.
Allah is Perfect and Unique.

Who is Allah?

Allah means God. It is a personal name, which Allah calls Himself in
the Quran. That is where it originates. It can also be found in an
Aramaic copy of the Bible, and even Christian Arabs say Allah.

Which Surah has the second most repeated ayah? and how many times is it repeated?

SURAH RAHMAN which is repeated31 times...!!
and ALLAH knows the best...!!

2a] Allah Is The Rich, You Are The Poor

2a]
Youhave forgotten that you will pass through the Siraat with the
intense Fireof Hell underneath you. You are unaware of the thrashing
that awaits you in your grave by the angels of Allah. Hot stones of
Jahannam for you to walk on, herbage bitter than aloes, foul putrid
meat to eat, your lips to becut by coarse scissors, getting trampled
under the feet of the people of Pharaoh, cutting your ownflesh from
the sides to eat it, scratching your chests and faces with brass nails
-all this awaits you if you do not pay the Zakah, if you fornicate,
devour usury, slander others, backbite, or malign people's honor.
This is just the grave, Hell is yet to come!
"…the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if theybut knew." (Quran: 68/33)

2] Allah Is The Rich, You Are The Poor:-http://aydnajimudeen.blogspot.com/

2]
This is a fact that none can escape, yet you go after the treasures of
the world and renounce the Lord of Truth.
"Know that the life of this world is but a play and a passing delight
and a beautiful show, and the (cause of) your boastful) vying with one
another, and (of your) greed for more and more wealth and children."
(Quran: 57/20)
Look at this world with the eyes of your heart, youwill find it ugly
and loathsome; look at it with your physical eyes and it will lure you
to the side and slaughter you.
Be content with whatever Allah has decreed for you. Fear Allah in your
innermost being. Implement His commands.Once your heart complies with
the Divine Decree, theLord of Truth will grant you from sources you
never imagined:
"And whosoever is conscious of Allah, He will make a way for him to
getout (from every difficulty). And He will provide him from (sources)
he never could imagine. And whoever puts his trust in Allah, then He
will suffice him. Verily, Allah will accomplish His purpose. Indeed
Allah has sent a measure for all things." (Quran: 65/2-3)
Beg of His mercy; turn to Him with a heart full of sincere repentance.
"O you who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance." (Quran: 66/8)
Stand before your Lord with humility, implore the Dispenser of Grace
by His Most Beautiful Names and Attributes of perfection. If He
fulfills your wish, increase in your gratitude and servitude to Him.
If Hedenies your request, then succumb to the Divine Decree of the
All-Wise witha submissive heart. Do not argue or object to His will.
Always remember:
"…Allah knows and you know not." (Quran: 24/19)
Allah disposes of everything as He wills, andcommands as He wills:
"He is not to be questioned about what Hedoes, though they are subject
to His questioning." (Quran: 21/23)
If wealth and happiness are destined for you, they will come to you at
their appointed time according to the Divine Decree of Allah, the Lord
of the heavens and the earth. Do not be greedy but be moderate because
you willreceive all that was written for you. If you do so, you will
earn the displeasure of the All Mighty, and lose all spiritual comfort
in this life. Maalik Ibn Deenaar once said: "If you want to acquire
true knowledge of Allah, the All Mighty, then consent to His
management and planning. Make not your mind and desire, passion or
will associates to Him."
O you of sound health but weak heart! Wake up and run to your Creator
with repentance on your tongue, tears in your eyes, and sincerity in
your heart.Cry before Him, before others cry for you. Make haste, O
heedless one!
"Has not the time come forthe hearts of those who believe to be
affected by Allah's Reminder…?" (Quran: 57/16)
Remove the veils of darkness that have corroded your heart. Adornit
with His fear and love.
Do you not fear the moment when you will stand before your Lord? There
will be no screen between Him and you, noran interpreter to translate
for you. And your Creator will question you. You will find nothing to
your left nor to your right but the blazing Fire of Hell. Do what the
Prophet of Allah advised you, if you truly fear Allah:
"…So let each of you protect himself against Hell-Fire, be it even
with half a date - and if he findsnot, then with a kind word."
You are the servant, He is the Master. Prayers come from you, answers
come from Him. Abstinence comes from you, protection comes from Him.
Repentance comes from you, acceptance comes from Him. Go towards him
walking, He will come to you running.
Make your deeds pure for His sake alone, and He will extend His mercy
to you. Upload His religion, and Hewill extend His bounty to you.
Follow the Sunnah of His beloved, and He will extend His love to you.
Look forward to your meeting with Allah. It will be very soon. Sooner
than you can imagine! Make preparations for this meeting. Get rid of
the love of this world from your heart; free it from everything other
than the Lord of Truth. Do not buy the world and pay with the
hereafter as a price. Donot sell the hereafter to acquire this world.
"…Shall We tell you who are the greatest losers in whatever they may
do? Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they
thought they were acquiring good by their deeds…" (Quran: 18/103-104)
The Most Wise did not create you to gratify your base desires and
passions, nor did He create you for fun, amusement, eating, drinking,
sleeping, or having sex!
"I have created the Jinns and the humans solely to worship Me." (Quran: 51/56)
But you are so heedless as if you have drunk the elixirof immortality.
You think that the Angel of Death will never squeeze your soul out of
your body?
:->

1a] I Would Like to Repent, But!...http://aydnajimudeen.blogspot.com/

1a]
But, as the boy was walking an enemy took hold of him, tied him and
carried him away to the land of the enemies. There his master treated
him exactly in the opposite manner. So that whenever the boy
remembered his father and his treatment, his eyes swelled with tears,
and the heart with pain. He was in this condition of ill-treatment at
the hands of his enemies, when their caravan happened to pass by his
father's place again. As he looked around he found his father standing
nearby. He ran to him andthrew himself at him crying "My father! My
veryfather!". His master followed him and was trying to pull him away,
but the boy clung to his father, refusing to let him go. What do you
think of this father? Do you think he will abandon him to the enemy,
refusing to take back the child? If not,then what is your opinionof
the Lord whose love of His creation is greater than the love of a
father for his child? When a slave of His runs away from his enemies,
and throws himself at the threshold of His door, rolling down in dust
before him, saying: "O my Lord! Have mercy upon him who has no one to
show Mercy save You, no Helper save you, no refuge save You, no
Saviorsave You, I am Your slave,in Your need, dependent on You, beggar
at Your door, You are the refuge, with You is the shelter, there is
refuge but with You, nor escape from You except to You" then surely
the Lord is not going to turn him back empty handed.
Come along then. On to the good deeds, to virtuous living, in the
company of the righteous,steering yourself safe from deviations after
the right direction, and misguidance after guidance. And Allah is with
you./

1] I Would Like to Repent, But!...http://aydnajimudeen.blogspot.com/

1]
Dear brother! O slave of Allah! Allah has opened the door of
repentance, sowhy should you not enter? "Repentance has a door whose
span is the distance between East and West," says a hadith; (and in
another version "its span is the distance traveled in 70 years" ). "It
will not be closed until the sun rises from the West."
Listen to the call of Allah: "O My slaves! You sin morning and evening
and I forgive all your sins. So call on Me, I will forgive you all
your sins."
Allah extends His Hands inthe night to forgive the sinner of the day
and extends His Hands in the day to forgive the sinner of the night.
And He loves to hear excuses. So why don't you turn to Him?
How beautiful are the words of the repenting man who says: "I
beseechYou O Lord, in the name of Your honor, and (by) my ignominy
that You have mercy on me. I beseech You in the name of Your Strength
and my weaknesses. Your Self-sufficiency andmy dependence. To you I
submit my sinning, guilty forelock. You havemany slaves apart from me.
But I have no Mastersave you. There isn't anyrefuge but with You nor
escape from You except to You. I plead You O Lord, in the manner of
the pleading of a destitute, and entreat You in the manner of a
broken, downtrodden man. I beseech You in the manner of a blind man in
fear. This is a supplication, O Lord, from one whose head isbowed down
before your Majesty, whose nose is in the dust, whose eyes are filled
with tears and whose heart has submitted."
Consider this story:
It is reported by a trustworthy man of the past that as he was passing
through a street he saw the door of a house open. A woman came out
with a child who was crying and pleading while she was pushing him
out. She left him outside the house and slammed the door shut in his
face. The child left the door and walked a distance. Then he stopped,
looked about, began to think, and not finding any other place but his
own house where he could take shelter nor anyone who would care for
him as his mother would, he returned to his house dejected, sad. He
found the door shut. He sat at the sill, put his cheek on the
threshold and slept with tear marks on his cheeks. He was in this
state when the mother opened the door. When she saw him in this state
she could not control herself. She bent down, grabbed him to herbosom,
began to kiss him and say in tears: "Oh my boy! My dear child! My very
soul! Where were you? Didn't I tell you not to disobey me? Do my
bidding, and don't force me to punish you, while I hate to do that."
Then shecarried the child back and closed the door behind her.
That is the story of a mother and a child: the story of disobedience,
punishment, return, forgiveness and unbound love. But the Prophet,
salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, has told us that: "Allah loves His
creation more than a woman does her child." In fact, there is no
comparison between the love of a mother for her child and that of
Allah whose Mercy encompasses everything. Allah, azza wa jall, is
immensely pleased with aman when he repents andturns to Him. And we
shallnever be deprived of anything by a Lord who ismore pleased with
the repenting man, than that man..
"..who was traveling through an arid land. Hedismounted and took
shelter under a tree seeking some rest. He lay there with his beast,
loaded with food and water, at his side. But when he awoke, lo! The
beast was gone! He began to search for it frantically. He climbed a
hill but couldn't see a trace of it. He climbed another hill and still
no trace of it. Finally, when hunger and thirst overtook him, he said,
'Let me go back to the tree, and lay down thereuntil death overtakes
me.' So he went back to the tree, and lay there with eyes closed - in
total despair. And lo! As he opened his eyes and raised his head,
there the beast was, right before his very eyes, with all the food and
water loaded on it intact! He rushed to it and picked up its halter.
(Can you imagine his happiness) But lo! Allah is happier with a man
when he turns to Him seeking His forgiveness, than the man who found
his beast when he had lost all hopes."
Know it, my dear brother, that true repentance of every sin also
brings with it humility and devotion to Allah, and that pleading of a
penitent is very dear to Allah. So that what follows after repentance
is obedience of a greater degree to the extent that sometimes Satan
regrets that he enticed him into that sin at all. That is why you
willsee that those who repentbecome very much changed personalities.
Allah does not abandon a man who comes to Him a penitent. Compare the
situation with that of a father who used to look after his son with
great love and care, providing him with the best of clothing, food and
toys. Then one day the father sent him on an errand.
:->

Repentance (tawbah) from stealing--on returning items anonymously

I find it extremely difficultto go back to those whomI had stolen from, nor can I ever confess to them in order to gain their forgiveness. What shall I do?
It is not necessary for you to face the embarrassment of informing them yourself, or offering compensation in person. You can send their dues to them say, bymail, or through another person without revealing your identity. You can also place it in their sight without their knowledge, or say to them if you haveto go in person that"someone" - who doesn't like to reveal his name - says this is your property. In short, the important thing is to return to the people their property.

Repentance (tawbah) for a thief from stealing

How does a thief repent?
If what he has stolen is still in his possession it should be returned to the owner. If it has been used or disposed of, then an amount equivalent to its value should be returned to the owner--unless the owner is willing to forgive.

Repentance (tawbah) - on compensating for acts of worship deliberately neglected in the past

I have neglected many rights of Allah in the past, such as prayers,
fasts, and zakah. Am I required to repeat them or compensate for them?
As far as the five daily prayers are concerned, thepreferred opinion
is that the repetition or compensation (or what is known as qadaa' in
Arabic), is not obligatory for the reason that prayers are obligatory
at a particular time, and once that time has elapsed, there is no way
to offer them. However one ought to seek Allah's forgiveness and offer
as many nawafil (voluntary prayers) as possible.
As for fasting-yes, if a person was a Muslim at the time they became
obligatory and he did not fast, then their performance is required,
accompanied by feeding of a poor Muslim for everyday of fast that was
not observed during previous years. What is required is always a day
for a day-no more, no less.
Example 1: A person did not fast three days of Ramadan of the year
1400 A.H., and five days ofRamadan of the year 1401 A.H., all out of
negligence. He must now fast 8 days, and feed eightpoor Muslims in
compensation.
Example 2: A girl reached puberty in the Ramadan of the year 1400 A.H.
but out of shame and modesty did not inform anyone of her
menstruation, and, rather,continued fasting say for eight days of her
period. Thereafter, she repented. She would then be required to redo
eight days of fasting.
It may also be pointed out here that this is the predominant position.
A minority opinion is that the ruling for fasting is the same as that
for the prayers, i.e., there is no qadaa' (making up) for fasting in
the case of a person who did not fast and did not have a valid reason
for not fasting.
As for he who did not offer the obligatory zakah, it is necessary for
arepentant to them for all previous unpaid years, forit is, from one
angle, Allah's right, while from another, the poor people'sright.

Ruling on praying on clothes that have got cathairs on them

I have a few cats at home and because of that, someof my clothes
happen to have their fur on it(whether I realize it or not).A friend
told me that her religious teacher told her that if we pray when
theres more than 3 cat furon our clothes, our prayer would not be
accepted. Is there any sources (Quran/hadith) talking about this?
Praise be to Allah.
Cats are pure (taahir) and not impure (najis), because of the report
narrated by Abu Dawood (75), at-Tirmidhi (92), an-Nasaa'i (68) and Ibn
Maajah (367) from Kabshah bint Ka'b ibn Maalik, that Abu Qataadahcame
in when she had prepared water for Abu Qataadah to do wudoo'. Acat
came and drank from the water, and he tilted the vessel for it so that
it could drink. Kabshah said: He saw me looking at himand said: Do you
find it strange, O daughter of mybrother? The Messenger of Allaah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "They (cats) are not
impure, they are of those who go around amongst you."
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood and elsewhere.
At-Tirmidhi said, commenting on it:
This is a saheeh hasan hadeeth, and this is the opinion of most of the
scholars of the Companions of the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him), and of the Taabi'eenand those who came afterthem,
such as ash-Shaafa'i, Ahmad and Ishaaq. They did not see anything
wrong with water that a cat has drunkfrom.
End quote.
As-San'aani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: In this explanation
there is an indication that Allah has made them like servants in that
they are very close to the people of the household and spend a lot of
time with them. Therefore Allah has made things easy for His slaves by
ordaining that cats are not impure, so as to avoid hardship. The
hadeeth indicates that cats and water that they have drunk from are
pure (taahir)
End quote from Subul as-Salaam, 1/24
If water from which a cat has drunk is pure, then it is more apt that
its hair should be pure too. Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on
him) said:
In the case of all animals, the ruling on their skin, hair, sweat,
tears and saliva is the same as the ruling on water from which it has
drunk, with regard to whether it is pure or impure.
End quote from al-Mughni, 1/46
In fact the correct view is that the hair of all animals, whether they
may be eaten or not, is pure (taahir), as was stated by Shaykh
al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him).
All hair, feathers and woolare pure (taahir), whether they are from
the hide of an animal whose flesh may be eaten or an animal whose
flesh may not be eaten, and whether the animal is alive or dead. This
is the scholarly view that is most correct.
End quote from Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 21/38
He also said:
The way hair lives is comparable to the way plants live, and not the
way animals live; it develops, it is nourishes and grows like plants
thathave no senses and cannot move by free will. It does not die when
the animal dies, therefore it does not become impure (najis) when the
animal dies.
End quote. Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 21/98
It is well known that cats move a great deal, coming and going, so
there can be no doubt that some of their hair is shed, because of
their moving about in the house and rubbing against the furniture and
so on. We know nothing about the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him) takingprecautions to avoid it or instructing others to do
so, in addition to the fact that he said, "They are notimpure." Thus
it is known from the above that cat hairs are pure (taahir) andthat it
does not matter if some of their hairs get onto your clothes, whether
that happens when you are praying or otherwise.
With regard to the teacher saying that if anyone prays with more than
three cat hairs on their clothes, their prayer will not be accepted,
this is an unacceptable statement, because there is no evidence for
it. Rather the evidence is to the contrary, as stated above.
But we should draw your attention to the fact that keeping cats in the
house may lead to transmission of some diseases, according to what
Allah wills, so it is essential to take precautions in that regard and
pay attention to the necessary measures.
And Allah knows best.

Does Allaah accept a person’s repentance every time he sins and repents, even if he does that many times?

For how long does Allaah forgive a person's sin? If he repents and
seeks forgiveness from his sin, then goes and commits the same sin
again, then he seeks forgiveness again then commits the same sin
again, and so on – does Allaah forgive him or does that means that he
is not sincere towards Allaah, especially if he repeats that sin after
a short while, but he does not stop seeking forgiveness?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Allaah says (interpretationof the meaning):
"And those who, when they have committed Faahishah (illegal sexual
intercourse) or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allaah and ask
forgiveness for their sins; — and none can forgive sins but Allaah —
and do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know.
136. For such, the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens
with rivers flowing underneath(Paradise), wherein they shall abide
forever. How excellent is this reward for the doers (who do righteous
deeds accordingto Allaah's Orders)"
[Aal 'Imraan 3:135-136]
Ibn Katheer said:
The words "and do not persist in what (wrong) they have done" mean:
they repent from their sins and quickly turn to Allaah, and they do
not persist in their sin, rather they give it up, and if theydo that
again they repent to Him.
Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 1/408.
It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: I heard theProphet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "A person committed a sin and
said: 'My Lord, I have sinned; forgive me.' His Lord said: 'Is My
slave acknowledging that he has a Lord Who forgives sins and punishes
for them? I have forgiven My slave.' Then as much time passed as
Allaah willed, then he committed a sin and said, 'My Lord, I have
sinned; forgive me.' His Lord said: 'Is My slave acknowledging that he
has a Lord Who forgives sins and punishes for them? I have forgiven
Myslave.' Then as much time passed as Allaah willed, then he committed
a sin and said, 'My Lord, I have sinned; forgive me.' His Lord said:
'Is My slave acknowledging that he has a Lord Who forgives sins and
punishes for them? I have forgiven My slave,' – three times…"
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 7507; Muslim, 2758.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) included this hadeeth under
the heading: "Acceptance of repentancefrom sins even if the sins and
repentance happen repeatedly."
He said in his Sharh:
We have already discussed this issue at the beginning of the Book of
Repentance. These ahaadeeth clearly point tothat, and even if the sin
is repeated a hundred timesor a thousand times or more, and he repents
each time, his repentance will be accepted and his sin will be erased.
And if he repents once from them all, his repentance will be valid.
Sharh Muslim, 17.75.
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali said:
'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Azeez said: O people, whoever commits a sin, let
him seek the forgiveness of Allaah and repent, and if he repeats it,
let him seek the forgiveness of Allaah and repent, and if he repeats
it, let him seek the forgiveness of Allaah and repent, for it is like
chains around the neck of man, and doom lies in persisting in it.
What this means is that a person will inevitably commit the sins that
it is decreed he will commit, as the Prophet (peace andblessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: "The son of Adam's share of zina is decreed
for him, and he will inevitably come to that…" But Allaah has given
him a way out fromthe sins that he falls into and He erases them by
means of repentance and seeking forgiveness. If he does that then he
will escape from the evil of sin, but if he persists in hissin he will
be doomed.
Jaami' al-'Uloom al-Hakam, 1/165.
Although Allaah hates sin and warns of punishment for it, He does not
want His slaves to despair of Hismercy. He likes the sinner to seek
His forgiveness and repent to Him, but the Shaytaan likes it
whendespair fills a person's heart and prevents him from repenting and
turning to Allaah.
It was said to al-Hasan al-Basri: Would not any one of us feel ashamed
before his Lord to seek forgiveness from his sin then go back to it,
then seek forgiveness then go back to it? He said: The Shaytaan would
like you to feel that way; never give up seeking forgiveness/

Mullah Nasruddin

As Nasruddin emerged form the mosque after prayers, a beggar sitting
on the street solicited alms. The following conversation followed:
- Are you extravagant? asked Nasruddin.
- Yes Nasruddin. replied the beggar.
- Do you like sitting around drinking coffee and smoking? asked Nasruddin.
- Yes. replied the beggar.
- I suppose you like to goto the baths everyday? asked Nasruddin.
- Yes. replied the beggar.
- ... And maybe amuse yourself, even, by drinking with friends? asked Nasruddin.
- Yes I like all those things. replied the beggar.
- Tut, Tut, said Nasruddin, and gave hima gold piece.
A few yards farther on. another beggar who hadoverheard the
conversation begged for alms also.
- Are you extravagant? asked Nasruddin.
- No, Nasruddin replied second beggar.
- Do you like sitting around drinking coffee and smoking? asked Nasruddin.
- No. replied second beggar.
- I suppose you like to goto the baths everyday? asked Nasruddin.
- No. replied second beggar.
- ... And maybe amuse yourself, even, by drinking with friends? asked Nasruddin.
- No, I want to only live meagerly and to pray. replied second beggar.
Whereupon the Nasruddin gave him a small copper coin.
- But why, wailed secondbeggar, do you give me, an economical and pious
man, a penny, when you give that extravagant fellow a sovereign?
Ah my friend, replied Nasruddin, his needs are greater than yours.
One day Nasruddin went to a banquet. As he was dressed rather
shabbily, no one let him in. So he ran home, put on his best robe and
fur coat and returned. Immediately, the host came over, greeted him
and ushered him to the head of an elaborate banquet table. When the
food was served, Nasruddin took some soup with spoon and pushed it to
the his fur coat and said, - Eat my fur coat, eat! It's obvious that
you're the real guest of honor today, not me!
One hot day, Nasruddin was taking it easy in the shade of a walnut
tree. After a time, he started eying speculatively, the huge pumpkins
growingon vines and the small walnuts growing on a majestic tree.
- Sometimes I just can't understand the ways of God! he mused. Just
fancy letting tinny walnuts grow on so majestic a tree and
hugepumpkins on the delicate vines!
Just then a walnut snapped off and fell smack on Mullah Nasruddin's
bald head. He got up at once and lifting up his hands and face to
heavens in supplication, said:
- Oh, my God! Forgive myquestioning your ways! You are all-wise. Where
would I have been now, if pumpkins grew on trees!