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[30 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed: #61 Control your tongue

“And backbite not one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting). And fear Allah. Verily, Allah is the One Who forgives and accepts repentance, Most Merciful.” (49:12)

“Not a word does he (or she) utter, but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).” (50:18)

“When thou seest men engaged in vain discourse about Our signs, turn away from them unless they turn to a different theme. If Satan ever makes thee forget, then after recollection, …

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[29 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed: #60 Manage your anger

3:134 (Y. Ali) Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for Allah loves those who do good;

The good deed and the evil deed cannot be equal. Repel (the evil) with one which is better (i.e. Allâh ordered the faithful believers to be patient at the time of anger, and to excuse those who treat them badly), then verily! he, between whom and you there was enmity, (will become) as though he was a close friend. 41:34

Narrated Abu Huraira(RA) Allah’s Apostle …

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[28 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed:#59 Reply to someone that sneezes

Narrated Anas bin Malik: Two men sneezed before the Prophet. The Prophet said to one of them, “May Allah bestow His Mercy on you,” but he did not say that to the other. On being asked (why), the Prophet said, “That one praised Allah (at the time of sneezing), while the other did not praise Allah.” Bukhari 8:73:240
Narrated Al-Bara: The Prophet ordered us to do seven (things) and forbade us from seven (other things): He ordered us to pay a visit to the sick, to follow funeral possessions, to …

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[27 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed: #58 Be modest

24:30 (Y. Ali) Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.
24:31 (Y. Ali) And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their …

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[26 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed #57: Have good manners

And say to My servants (that) they speak that which is best. (17:53)
Abu Darda’ reported that the Prophet of Allah, upon him be peace, said, “Nothing is weightier on the Scale of Deeds than one’s good manners.”(Bukhari)
Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet of Allah (saaws) said, “And what is most likely to send people to Paradise? Being conscious of Allah and good manners.”(bukhari)
Abd Allah ibn ‘Amr …

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[23 Oct 2009 | One Comment | ]
Good Deed: #56 Read Surah Kahf on Jumah

The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, ‘Whoever recited Surah al Kahf in the same manner in which it was revealed, it will serve for him as a light on the Day of Judgement, from his domicile to Makkah. And whoever recited the last ten verses, and it happens that the Dajjal should appear after that, Dajjal will not be empowered over him’. [Hakim 1/564 & Dhahabi]
Abu’d-Darda’ reported that the Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, “Anyone who memorises ten ayats from the beginning of Surat al-Kahf (18) will be …

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[22 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Good Deed: #55 Recite last 3 Quls regularly

Abdullah bin Khubaib (Radhiallaho anha) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said to me,”Recite Surat Al-Ikhlas and Al-Mu`awwidhatain (Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas) three times at dawn and dusk. It will suffice you in all respects.” [Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi]. Riyad-us-Saliheen – Hadith No : 1456.
Imam Ahmad has recorded a narration in his Musnad that a person came up to the Messenger of Allah (Sallalahu ‘Alyhe Wa Sallam) and said, “I love this Surah [Al-Ikhlas] immensely.” The Holy Prophet (Sallalahu ‘Alyhe Wa Sallam) replied: “Your love for it will …