One can make an increase in the power of his soul to the utmost degree, by Allah's leave, if one desires to do so

All of a person's moral values, character, the characteristics unique
tohim, his moods, pleasures and abilities are all shaped in the soul.
If a person so wishes, and by Allah's leave, he can greatly increase
his power of the soul.
What must a person do to increase the power ofthe soul?
How does increasing thepower of the soul benefit a person?
A person can only take the maximum delight from all forms of blessing,
physical or spiritual, by raising the power of the soul. That person
will interpret every matter he encounters, at all times and in all
places, by reflecting and employing his conscience and reason. And he
will strive to giveevery delight and blessing its just due. And in
return for that person's sincere endeavors, Allah will cause him to
experience deep joys at every moment of his life. Loving, being loved,
being a friend and confidant, feeling respect, feeling mutual trust,
enjoying the beauties created for human beings by Allah and all the
blessings of this world, both great and small, these things are like a
bottomless treasure for such a person, filled with deep delights. For
believers, the depth that Allah creates in the soul with this fervor
and these emotions are matchless and incomparably greater than the
technical delights enjoyed by other people.
How can a person increase the power of the soul?
Increasing the power of the soul has no limits. If one is determined,
uses one's will properly and exhibits patience, then one can achieve
an undreamed of depth of faith and moral virtue. One can obtain a
force and richness of soul one had never known or experienced before.
Having taken that decision, there are certain steps a person has to
take in order to give depth to his soul, improve his moral valuesand
enhance his character:
Making the Body and Soul obedient: One must first of all establish
specific objectives and show oneself that one can stick to them, no
matter how hard that may be, and impose one's will on one's earthly
desires, both body and soul. One must prove to oneself that one can
make no concessions on translating a matter one has decided on into
reality, demonstrating power of will and not giving up. The
objectivesone determines at this stage may be physical actions, such
as to go on a diet for a certain amount of time, exerciseregularly or
to be very industrious. The important thing here is for the person to
become used to displaying will power, sticking to a decision and not
giving up, even if it seems difficult. It is to make his body
obedient.
Using the Power of the Will: Once a person has become disposed to
training, he must start imposing his will on the soul as well as on
the body, and must use his will power to the fullest extent in order
to do that. He must again set himself various targets and convince his
brain to carry them out. These may be objectives such as never to be
irritable, to use a pleasant tone ofvoice or to speak clearly and
comprehensibly.
A person may intend to keep his body and soul at a most effective and
industrious level. He maydecide to adopt a joyousstate of mind, to
look positively at and think the best of everyone andto make that new
mindset his new lifestyle. He may intend to improve the peace and
happiness of those around him and to live by a perspective that thinks
more of others than of himself. And as a result he may oblige his body
and soul to implement all these decisions.
How does increasing thepower of the soul benefit a person?
By Allah's leave, mercy and help, a person can increase the power of
his soul very quickly, even within just a few days, by behaving in a
careful and determined manner, and can enjoy great results. Every time
he achieves a result he must set a new intentionand thus attain a
deeperstate of soul and a more profound power of the soul. Some of the
many benefits he will enjoy when the power of his soul is enhanced
are:
- It is Instrumental in Establishing a Close Bondwith Allah : Every
increase in the depth of the soul will be instrumental in having a
better knowledge and appreciation of Allah, loving our Lord with a
greater love and passionand fearing Him with an even greater awe. It
will permit the person to better understand the delights created by
Allah,to see the deep signs of these more clearly and to love them
even more.
- It will Establish Profound Peace and Happiness in the Soul: In
addition, both the person concerned and everyone else around him will
delight in the changes taking place in his soul. He will experience
the peace and delight that comes from having a more positive state of
mind regarding life, the world, events and other people. As a result
of the excellent moral virtues he lives by, Allah will install a love,
affection and respect and warmth toward that person in other people's
hearts.
- It will Be Instrumental in His Being More Virtuous : If a person
wishes he will have the means to strive to improve himself. In the
same way, he also has the means to be a highlyvirtuous person and,
even more, to possess very lofty moral values. There are no obstacles
that will stand in a person's way. As Allah says in one verse, "So
have fear of Allah, as much as you are able to,..." (Surat
at-Taghabun, 16). Therefore, a person has a responsibility to do all
in his power and achieve the best possibleresults. Someone who feels a
deep fear and love of Allah in his heart can, with the strength
imparted by that faith and by Allah's leave, achieve a most perfect
level of moral virtue.
- One Can Properly Appreciate the Blessings of This World : Someone
who uses his mind and reason to enhance the power of his soul can see
the detail in all the blessings set before him.The depth and detail of
the effect established in such a person's soul whenever he
encountersany blessing will be proportionate to his understanding.
This applies to every blessing in this world. The delights bestowed by
an attractive person, a pretty view, a finely decorated work of art,
lovely music, an impressive design, a cuteanimal, the matchless
flavors in foods or the way a well prepared table pleases the eye
areall directly proportionate to the power of one's soul.
- One Will Greatly Enjoy One's Spiritual Blessings: Very deep feelings
go along with love, respect, loyalty and devotion, affection,
compassion, friendship, sharing confidences, being patient with
someone because one loves them, faithfulness to those oneloves,
considerate of others, tolerance, modesty, forgiveness, honesty,
honoring and supporting the other person, and trusting andbacking them
up. Someone who enhances the power of his soul will look at these
feelings with great delight and enjoy the fervor they establish in the
soul to the very greatest extent.
The greatest benefit from increasing the power of the soul will become
apparent in the Hereafter
In addition to the benefits in this world that come from increasing
the power of the soul, Allah will also, insha'Allah, create the finest
blessings in the Hereafter for His servants who honestly and
determinedly strive for His approval. Allah describes in the Qur'an
the blessings He will bestow on His faithful servants in the
Hereafter. In paradise, people will be created free of all flaws,
weaknesses and imperfections and in such a way as to be able to
satisfy all their desiresinstantaneously. The power of soul they
acquire in this world willbe increased still further in the Hereafter,
and by Allah's leave the delight they take from the blessings in
paradise willreach the very highest levels, insha'Allah:
"Race each other to forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden as wide as
the heavens andthe earth, prepared for the people who have fear:"
(Surat al-'Imran, 133)
Allah has bestowed a most perfect power of soul on people. The
delights, benefits and comfort are different forpeople who increase
thepower of their souls and make proper use of it.
One can measure the depth of the soul by asking oneself questions:
Allah places beauties of all kinds at human beings' disposal in the
life of this world. However, he has made the question of who enjoys
which blessing how much dependent on their deep reflection and
reasoning in the light of faith. And this important truth applies to
all physical and spiritual blessings in this world. By Allah's leave,
a person can measure the depth in his soul by asking himself a few
questions and can enhance the power of his soul still further by using
his will and reason. One must ask oneself the following questions:
• Do I enjoy every blessing in this world to the greatest possible extent?
• Or are there dimensions of flavor andprofound feelings and delights
I am unaware of?
• Are there beauties in my life I pass by unaware of?
• What could I gain or lose by adopting a completely different
perspective that will lead me to live in a totally different world?
• Or what have I gained so far by thinking superficially and lookingat
things simplistically, never exerting any effort at all?
• If I can taste delights I have never known from the blessings I
possess, why should I not strive to acquire such a perspective?
It must not be forgotten that one can only derive the maximum level of
delight from all forms of physical and spiritual blessing through
"faith."To have faith means "to think." A person will reflect on all
matters andat all times and places, using his reason and conscience.
And he will strive to give every delight and blessing its due. In
return for such a person's sincere endeavors, Allah will bestow deep
delights at every moment of his life.Loving, being loved, being a
friend and confidant, feeling respect, feeling mutual trust, enjoying
the beauties created for human beings by Allah and all the blessings
of this world, both great and small, these things are like a
bottomless treasure for such a person, filled with deep delights. For
believers, the depth that Allah creates in the soul with this fervor
and these emotions are matchless and incomparably greater than the
technical delights enjoyed by other people.

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How should a surgeon pray when the times for prayer are close together in the winter?.Dought & clear - ,

about prayer whilst doing surgery or afterwards. I work as a doctor
and the day is very short in Canada during the winter; Maghrib comes
at 5 p.m. Hence the time between the prayers is very short and I do
not know how the surgeon can do his work when this time is very short.
Hence I think it is better to make the prayers up afterwards. What is
your opinion on that?
Praise be to Allaah.
It is obligatory to offer the prayers on time as enjoined by Allah,
may He be exalted, and it is not permissible to delay them except in
the case of an excuse that make itpermissible to put prayers together.
Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Verily, the prayer is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours"
[an-Nisa' 4:103].
Being careless about the prayer and delaying it until the time for it
is over without any excuse is a major sin, because Allah, may He be
exalted,says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Then, there has succeeded them a posterity who have given up As-Salat
(the prayers) (i.e. made their Salat (prayers) to be lost,either by
not offering them or by not offering them perfectly or by not offering
them in their proper fixed times, etc.) and have followed desires. So
they will be thrown in Hell"
[Maryam 19:59].
Ibn Mas'ood (may Allah be pleased with him) said concerning the word
ghayy (translated here as "Hell"): This is a valley in Hell which is
very deep and foul.
The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever
fails to pray 'Asr, his good deeds will be rendered invalid." Narrated
by al-Bukhaari,553.
With regard to putting together Zuhr and 'Asr, and Maghrib and 'Isha',
at the time of the earlier or later prayer, that is permissible in the
case of excuses that have been defined by the scholars, one of which
is so as to alleviate hardship and difficulty. This is appropriate in
thecase mentioned here. If the doctor is afraid that if the surgery
takes a long time and when he has finished, the time for'Isha' prayer,
for example, will have ended, then he may put Maghrib and 'Isha'
together at the time of the earlier prayer, and offer them at the time
ofMaghrib. If he is going to start surgery before the time for Maghrib
begins, and he will finishbefore the end of the time for 'Isha', then
he may delay Maghrib and put it together with 'Isha' at the time of
the later prayer, after he hasfinished doing surgery. The same applies
with regard to Zuhr and 'Asr.
The evidence for that is the report narrated by Muslim (705) from Ibn
'Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of
Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) put together Zuhr and
'Asr, and Maghrib and 'Isha', in Madeenah when there was no fear and
no rain. According to the hadeeth of Wakee' he said: I said to Ibn
'Abbaas: Why did he do that? He said: So that his ummah would not
besubjected to hardship.
Whenever there is difficulty and hardship, it is permissible to put
together Zuhr and 'Asr, and Maghrib and 'Isha'. With regard to Fajr,
it cannot be put together with anything else before or after.
Prayer is extremely important, and it is a serious matter. It is the
first thing for which the individual will be brought to account, so
itis essential to pay attention to it and offer prayer regularly and
on time.
We ask Allah to help and guide you.

Wants to Fornicate Because He's Out of Patience.

implore you, as I can no longer take it; I have been patient for the
last ten years, praise be to Allah. I pray and fast, butevery time I
propose to awoman, it fails…I want to fornicate! I want to fornicate!
I want to fornicate! I supplicate but there is no response,what do I
do? I cannot take it.
Praise be to Allaah.
First:
We will be frank with you just as you were frank with us; have you
written to us for permission to fornicate?!We do not have the power to
grant anyone permission to sin againstAllah; and do you want us to
issue a verdict making that major immorality permissible?! No Muslim
can do that; fornication/adultery is one of the major sins forwhich
Allah has prescribed punishment by lashing or stoning to death. There
are also other rulings such as onenot being allowed to marry a
fornicator until he repents and the perpetrator of such a sinhas been
threatened with a severe punishment in the hereafter. The Prophet (may
the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) informed us of some of
the punishments; Allah gathers the fornicators/adulterers in Hell in a
naked state and the flames of the fire reach them and the great cries
of their voices are heard.So we possess no authority to grant
permission for such an immorality nor can we issue a verdict which
would allow such an immorality.
Second:
We promised to be frankwith you as you were with us; so let's assume
that the one who reached this stage of desperation and hardship was
your sister or your mother – may Allah forbid – and she wished to do
as you do, what would your position be toward such a wish and request?
We know your response andaren't waiting for it – weare simply bringing
yourattention to the repulsiveness of what you are requesting.
Leave it and look at something else; there may be many youth out there
with the same desire to fornicate and they might be respectable like
yourself,and they are desperate and can't stand it any longer and the
woman they wish to fornicate with happens to be yoursister or your
mother (may Allah forbid); so what do you say to that?We know your
response to this as well and are not waiting for it. So know that if
we were to permit this immorality for you, we would have to permit the
very same for your sister or motherand if we were to permitthis
immorality for you, we would also have to permit others to do it with
your sister or mother and there is no way this pure Sharee'ah
(religious law) would allow such a thing. The honour of your sister
and mother is preserved by the sharee'ah and protected by the Divine
rulings. Whoever transgresses them will face the evil consequences and
punishment in this world and the next. Do you see how this pure
sharee'ah came to preserve and protect your family's honour? Sohow do
you expect us to desecrate the honour of women and say to you: "do it
and there's no objection"?
This example we have given you was given by the best and most
honourable of people and the one who was most knowledgeable of his
Lord, the Exalted; he was the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him). He said it to a youth whocame to him requesting
permission to fornicate; he said to him "Are you pleased with it for
your mother? Are you pleasedwith it for your sister?" We hope you
understand that we onlywanted to make you aware of the ugliness and
repulsiveness of what you have asked and desired. The honourof people
is not left open for people to desecrate according to their desires,
rather it is preserved by the pure sharee'ah. The previously mentioned
hadeeth (prophetic narration) along with valuable commentary onit was
mentioned in its entirety in the answer toquestion 52467 .
Third:
Dear questioner, do you think that by committingthe immoral act of
fornication – may Allah protect you from it and purify you of ever
fallinginto it – you will have satisfied your desire andbe at ease? If
you think so then you have made agrave error; rather doing that ugly,
immoralact of fornication is the beginning of bitter consequences in
this world and the next. Zina (fornication/adultery) combines the
foundations of evil; lack of religiousness, loss of scrupulousness,
corruption of chivalry, lack of self-respect, betrayal, lack of shame,
lack of self-censorship and no disdain for the unlawful. From the evil
effects is: the anger of the Lord, blackness and darkness of the face,
darkness of the heart and extinguishing of its light, tightening of
the breast and its constriction and much more. We have mentioned the
many consequences in the answer to question number 20983 so please
refer to it.
Fourth:
Dear questioner, let us ask you, why do you pray and fast? We have
agood opinion of you so we figure you will say it's because Allah
ordered you to do so and prohibited you fromleaving it. Similarly we
say to you that Allah, the Exalted, has made it an obligation for you
to protect your private partand forbade for you zina. We don't doubt
for a moment that you believe Allah is watchingyou as you pray and so
you focus during it and are calm and try to pray as your Prophet (may
the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) taught you. Similarly,
Allah, the Exalted, would be watching over you if you were to engage
in that immorality! If your belief that Allah sees youdrives you to
perfect your prayer, then we believe that same belief will drive you
to abstain from committing the immoral act of zina because we think
well ofyou. And we think you know this is not the way to thank your
Lord, the Exalted, for having bestowed upon you the favour of Islam
and for having granted you good health and well-being; this is not the
way you show gratitude for such great favours.
Fifth:
Dear questioner, you failed to realize that if you were to be patient
and anticipate reward from Allah in the face of this desperation and
difficulty you would be rewarded by Allah. This is the way believers
react in the face of difficulty and when good comes their way they are
grateful to theirLord, Mighty and Exalted.Only the believer behaves in
this way; he is patient in times of difficulty and grateful when good
comes to him. You will find the effects of all this – Allah willing –
in terms of full rewards on your scale the day you meet your Lord, the
Exalted, when you will be most in need of even one good deed. See the
answer to question number 71236 for in it you will find an explanation
of how the believer reacts to trials.
Sixth:
You also seem to fail to realize that whatever supplications you made
were not in vain and you are wrong in your claim that they were not
responded to; there are three possibilities in response to one's
supplication: Allah may grant you exactly what you request
immediately, or He may avert an evil/harm from you similar to what you
requested or He may delay that for you in the form of rewards you
willfind when you meet Him. But you thought that realizing your
supplication was only in having your desire fulfilled and so you
claimed that Allah did not answer your prayers,which is undoubtedly a
clear error. As long as one is supplicating to hisLord, he is engaging
in agreat act of worship wherein he shows his need for and humility
before his Creator. One of the most common methods employed by the
shaytan to prevent a slave from du'a (supplication) is to makehim want
immediate results and so he becomes impatient and leaves du'a.
Ibn Battal (may Allah have mercy on him) said:"Some said: A slave only
expects immediate results if his intention behind the du'a is to
attain what he is asking for. So if he does not getwhat he wants, du'a
becomes burdensome for him. A person's intention when making du'a
should be: supplication to Allah, asking of Him, always feeling in
need of Him, never parting from being subservient, feeling the essence
of servitude and being obedient." End quote
For the conditions of theanswered du'a see the answer to question
number 13506. Also see the answer to question number 5113 for those
things which are barriers to having du'a accepted. For some of the
etiquettes of du'a see the answer to question number 36902. And see
the answer to question 22438 for places and times when du'a is
accepted.
Seventh:
After all this, it is as though we hear you saying: "I do not want
tocommit zina." And that iswhat we expect of you as in reality you did
not write us to get permission to commit anact of immorality because
you know with certainty that we do not have that authority. If you
really wanted to do it, you have done so without writing us because we
are not watchers over you and you are not under our rule that you need
to take our permission if you indeed wanted to do this. We are certain
that you just wanted to complain to your brothers about some of what
you are going through and you wanted them to offer some advice and
guidance and admonishment so you would not commit an immoral act. And
here we are standing by you, encouraging you to be patient in the face
of thetrial Allah has sent your way in terms of delay in marriage. And
we congratulate you for safeguarding your religion all these years. We
also believe that you are capable of safeguarding it for longer than
that if you seek the help of your Lord, Exalted and Mighty.
We advise you not to give up hope in the Mercy of Allah, the Exalted,
and to exert an even greater effort in searching for a righteous wife
and to have a stronger connection with your Lord through acts of
obedience and righteous deeds.
We ask Allah to make faith dear to you and beautify it in your heart
and to make disbelief, corruption and sin hatedto you and to place you
among the rightly

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Islamic Stories - , Dry udders of goat becomes full with milk by the touch of Rasulullah

During the Migration of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to Medina, the Prophet
(SAW) with his companions travelled until they reached to solitary
tents belonging to a woman called Umm Ma'bad Al-Khuza'iyah. She was a
gracious lady who sat at her tent-doorwith a mat spread out for any
chance traveller that might pass by the way. Fatigued and thirsty, the
Prophet (Peace be upon him) andhis companions wanted to refresh
themselves with food and some milk. The lady told them that the flock
was out in the pasture and the goatstanding nearby was almost dry. It
was a rainless year. The Prophet (Peace be upon him), with her
permission, touched its udders, reciting over them the Name of Allah,
and to their great joy, there flowed plenty of milk out of them. The
Prophet (Peace be upon him) first offered that to the lady of the
house, and he shared what was left with the members ofthe party.
Before he left, he milked the goat, filledthe container and gave it to
Umm Ma'bad. Later on, her husband arrived with slender goats hardly
having any milk in their udders. He was astonished to see milk inthe
house. His wife told him that a blessed man passed by the way, and
then she gavedetails about his physical appearance and mannerof talk.
Here Abu Ma'bad realized on the spot that the man was the one whom
Quraish were searching for and asked her to give full description of
him. She gave a wonderful account of his physique and manners, to
which we will go in detail later in the process of talking about his
attributes and merits.
Abu Ma'bad, after listening to his wife's account, expressed a sincere
wish to accompany the Prophet (Peace be upon him) whenever that was
possible, and reiterated his admiration in verses of poetry that
echoed allover Makkah to such an extent that the people therein
thought it was a jinn inculcating words intheir ears. Asma', daughter
of Abu Bakr, on hearing those lines, got to know that the two
companions were heading for Madinah . The short poem opened with
thanks giving to Allah having given them (the Ma'bads) the chanceto
host the Prophet (Peace be upon him) for a while. It then gave an
account of the bliss that would settle in the heartof the Prophet's
companion whosoever he was; it closed with aninvitation to all
mankindto come and see by themselves Umm Ma'bad,her goat and the
container of milk that would all testify to the truthfulness of the
Prophet (Peace be upon him).