My New Life Resolution - After Ramadan
1. Seeking Knowledge
a. Filtering for proper and sound information (i.e. Allah, books, www, etc.)
b. Truth and facts -v- falsehood and lies
c. Reflecting.
2. Increasing good deeds
a. Taking advantage of the small deeds
b. Remaining consistent
c. Making a weekly commitment for at least one good deed with proper
intention, insha’Allah.
3. Da’wah
a. To my family/household = Setting an ‘example’
b. To youth in my community/Ummah = ‘Strength’ by truth/knowledge
c. To non-Muslims = Supporting positive ‘change’

And Allah SWT’s Plan supercedes all plans, I only ask His Guidance & His Help, without associating partners with Him. Allahumma Amiin.

I want to ask the speakers, how to have the courage to change?

And I forgot:

My resolutions are:

1) Be a better Muslim, doing more good deeds
2) To have a direct and indirect positive effect on ppl around me
3) To be the best that I can be..to bring out my potential

Just to give you a small taste

Salam

My new life resolutions have to do with my sleeping habits…

1- I want to go to bed earlier
2- I want to wake up for Qiyam
3- I want to stay up after fajr

Very difficult but necessary as I feel it will change a lot in my daily life, incha’Allah wa taala. I really want to train myself to control my sleep time…

Elhamdulillah, a good time for new life resolutions is ANY time, and especially immediately after Ramadan. So jazaakum Allahu khayr HalfDate for reminding us to do this.

My resolution is this:

* deliever an AMAZINGLY OUTSTANDING life planning seminar on October 26. to the audience that will feel TOTALY inspired to take their life to a whole new level

* use this experience as a spring board for a series of life planning seminars that will FLOOD communities in central and eastern Europe during 2009…

as salaam alaikum LaTanya. masha allah sister . i was so surprised to come across you and so happy alhamdulillah. a few years Before i reverted to islam, i actually lived with the ojibwa in canada for a while on a rez, i look back now and think that was part of my spiritual journey that got me to where i am now.

i would love to speak wth you more, im a sister by the way.

wow im so amazed, subhana allah.

xxx

As Salaamu Alaikum,

During Ramadan I received what I think was a message from Allah while reading the Quran. It was simply stated in Surah Barakah. Forgive and overlook in English. We must learn to forgive others as Allah forgives us and overlook their faults. I am working on this as my new life resolution. Keep me in your prayers.

Asalaamu Alaiakum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatu,
Masha’Allah, that was a great talk by sister LaTanya. Thank you for sharing your story with us sister, may Allah keep us all firm on this most straight and perfect path, ameen

Ma’Salaama

ِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Alhamdulillah! Jazakum Allahu Khayran for all who attended the first two events & were able to benefit, insha’Allah. Please stay tuned for event #3, insha’Allah. Patiently waiting to hear the brother’s story. I’m so happy for him, alhamdulillah!

AMIIN!!! (to all your du’aa’s).

Ya Allah! Make us of the righteous ones & give us companions that will take us away from Your Wrath and lead us to Your Pleasure & Paradise. AMIIN.

“By no means shall you attain Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, etc., it means here Allâh’s Reward, i.e. Paradise), unless you spend (in Allâh’s Cause) of that which you love; and whatever of good you spend, Allâh knows it well.”
[Surah: Âl-'Imrân (03); Ayah # 92]

Thank You HalfDate for your attention asking me the question via e-mail…

Before i forgot…EID MUBARAK !!

May Allah gives us blessed Ramadan. Amiin. And May He always bless us His guidances and Love

Sure, I’m sad Ramadan is ended. There are some things I wish I could turn back time and fix them. Some things that left regrets. May Allah pour His Mercy upon me.

as salaamu alaykum,

I would like to read Qur’an more and feel a stronger relationship with Allah wa ta’ala. I desire a deeper understanding of Qur’an and pure intentions. I would like to increase my ibad’ah as well.

MY SHORT TIME GOAL IS TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, THEN GO TO A GOOD COLLEGE, THEN GRADUATE COLLEGE. THEN FINALLY GET HIGH PAYING JOB AND DONATE TO THE POOR. ALSO MY OTHER GOAL IS TO DO ALL SALAT INCLUDING JUMA IN MY LIFETIME, I ALSO WANT TO LEARN ARABIC SO I COULD FINISH READING THE HOLY QURAN, INSALLAH! P.S I ALSO WANT TO GOOD DEEDS AND BE BUFF/STRONG MUSCULAR.

LIVE MY LIFE WITH LUCK, AND HAPPINESS. BUT NOT ONLY HERE.. IN THE AFTER LIFE ALSO INSHALLAH!

My short term goal is to get good grades in school. It is my dream that once inshallah I become a teacher I am going to help my parents and the poor. I want to be a better child to my parents. Our parents deserve much more than we think. Todays’ youth saddens me knowing how they disrespected their parents and don’t appreciate them. I want to be inshallah a good wife. Most importantly, I want to be a better of Allah (SWT).

All of us need to work in our Ikhlaq, for indeed the prophet (SWT) said the best of you are those who have the best of manners.

Forgive it is not an exact quote.

Salam Mualiekum

My goals:

is to purify my heart and my mind

to be able to read the Quran in arabic

to be able to help someone else achieve their goal…

(God Willing)

My goal is,
—-To pray Fajr prayer in Masjid on weekends.

Please pray for me in your Du’as

Wassalam

Austin, TX

ASSALAAM ALIKUM DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ISLAM.
I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THIS WEPSITE AND CONTACTING MY MUSLIM UMMAH AROUND THE WORLD. MY GOAL IS TO SPEAK THE TRUTH OF MY UMMAH NOT ONLY BY WORD BUT ALSO BY ACTION WITH WHAT ALLAH (SW)BESTOWED UPON ME. AS WE ALL KNOW IT REALLY HURTS A TRUE BELIEVER WHEN WE SEE OUR YOUNG BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO HAVE BEING WESTERNIZED AND TURN AWAY FROM THE GUIDANECE NOT BECOUSE THEY WANT TO BUT BECOUSE NOT HAVING A GOOD FRIEND THAT CAN REMIND THEM WHEN THEY FORGOT. SO WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?? I HAVE ONE QUESTION, CAN A MUSLIM SISTER GIVE DAWAH TO A MUSLIM BROTHER? PLEASE RESPOND ME VIA MY EMAIL INSHA’ALLAH. JAZAKUM ALLAH KHAIRA MAY ALLAH SHOWER HIS MERCY UPON ALL OF YOU WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS SITE. AND INSHA’ALLAH I WILL BE READY TO HELP WITH WHAT EVER I CAN…..

Fear Allah (S.A.W)
Be satisfied with what I have.
Worship Allah as if I see HIM.

Audhu billahi minashaytaan irRajeem.
Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem.
Asalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu.

hmmm….Short Term Goals?:
Insha’Allah t’ala……
To be on time! (Starting with each prayer).
To get organized (i.e. paperwork!, paperwork!, paperwork!)
Prioritize my daily tasks, to weekly, monthly, semi-yearly, & yearly.
Insha’Allah khayr.

Sincerer with Allah SWT so I can get His Mercy, Forgiveness, Love, & see His Face, insha’Allah.

……………………………………………all for the sake of Allah SWT, insha’Allah.

I love you all fisabilillah,
Sis. LaTanya
Asalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu.

Resolutions Post Ramadhaan….

1. Carry on with my memorisation and complete another 10 Juz by next Ramadhaan… (Ameen)
2. Seek more and more knowledge
3. Implement what I learn
4. Help more in the Da’wah activities that I am a part of…
5. Most important: Develop an outstanding relationship with my parents (its great as is) but take it to the NEXT LEVEL

I pray Allah swt gives all of you the success at achieving your post-Ramadhaan goals, Ameen Ya Rabb!

salam alaykum
as muslims may Allah help us through.you are doing great.just rushing to drop this,will comment prpperly later.
ma salam

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

My short term goals…

Insha Allah, I would like to enjoy the process of preparing gift for 70 orphans for this coming Eid-ul-Adha (Hajj).

Insha Allah, I can’t wait to take the gifts personally to them and share the joy of Eid with children who have little or nothing, and to make a difference in their lives by making them feel special with an individually packed and named gift at Eid.

May Allah make my intention sincerely only to please Him, Ameen.

Asalam Alaikum brothers & sisters,

My short term goal, is to establish myself financially, so that I may InshAllah help my muslim brethren thru whatever financial or intellectual knowledge I can utilize in order to empower the Ummah, May Allah accept my efforts although they’ll be a drop in the ocean.

JazakAllah

Salam Alaikum.

My resolution is to be consistent on the small things…
1. Praying my sunnahs with each salaah
2. Getting and keeping my house neat and tidy as a gift for my husband
3. Being a good teacher for my children and helping them grow in their deen each day
4. Exercising every day so I feel strong and healthy to do the good Allah wants me to do

Strengthen my faith
Pray more and be thankful for all the small things and blessings in my life, and find peace within myself.
And of course, as superficial as it may sound, just be a better person, student, daughter, friend and do the best that I can do.

Assalamualaikum everyone,
its been a while since i got a half date email, i was missing them!
Umm, so my goals now are:
>keep up the high levels of Taqwa present in Ramadhan,
>keep qadha fasts from Ramadhan in this blessed month of Shawwal,
>Keep praying all Salahs on time (this is my WEAKEST area),
>try not to waste too much time on the net, and reading an overload of books!
>do well in my GCSE’S (Insha’Allah) :s ,
And lastly, but probably most importantly:
>keep my en-suite squeaky clean!

Remember me in your duas please, as without them i dunno if i’ll be able to fulfill these…
Wassalam

can i advise anonymous who wants to do hifz?

Admin: Yes, you can. Just post it here as hifz advice.

assalaam alaikum

salamu alaikum 10resolutions
1. I want to pray my salah ontime right when the athan comes on
2. I want to pray all the sunnah salah
3. I want to pray 2 rakaa for woodu
4. I want to read quran every day with learning perfect tajweed
5. I want to memorize the quran from the last jozz
6. I want to fast mondays and thursdays, at least once a week
7. I really want to stop back biting i know every women suffers with that fitnah
8. I need to keep up with the housework and all the baby’s needs
9. I wanat to be a better mother and a better wife
10. I want to purify my niyyah and keep away from hidden shirk inshallah.
May Allah keep the ummah on the right path and make every effort count and love us and make us of those who are his best creation. AMEEEEEN

Asalaamualaykum warahmatullah

I have so many resolutions, subhanAllah, below are 5 I am trying to focus on and achieve then inshAllah will move on to others:

1. Read Quran every day, even if it be a line - to keep connection with the Quran
2. Try & pray more sunnah prayers, along side my fard of course
3. To make duaa before sleeping, and recommended Dhikr & Surahs,and reflect on my day each night,and to generally make duaa more and Dhikr Allah
4. Try & deattach myself from this world,and focus on the Akhirah,and focus on more important things in life - serving Allah,His Religion,etc
5. Most Importantly, purify my intentions and ensure what Im doing is for Allah and to earn His Pleasure and Reward

may Allah help us

salamou 3alaykom
All I want is my faith back
here is my story

In this Ramadan, I really wanted to do more for Allah, so I started reading Quran, praying the nawafel (extra prayers) and going to qiyam el layl and I was very happy. My du3a was like Allah I want to spend my hole life serving You. But in the last 15 days of Ramadan, I started having weird thinkings about Allah and Islam, like if God really existed and things like that. So I got really scared because I started doubting and thought this would cancel my faith and that I became a kafira. I went crazy in my head and I used to cry all the time but I couldn’t fell my faith in Allah like before. And what scared me more was the fact that all this happened in the month of Ramadan wich is a blessing month.

Now, 20 days after EID, I Don’t have these thinkings anymore, but I fell that I don’t have faith anymore. I force myself to believe in Allah, but I just don’t feel it anymore. Like before when I used to say InchAllah or Hamdoulillah, I really used to mean it, but today I doesn’t mean anything to me. I really want my faith back and please Help me. I’m trying to find what could I have done wrong to be punished like this. I have talked to my mother about this problem (she is a good muslim), and she said that faith comes and goes and this is maybe an ibtilaa (test) from Allah. I stick to the idea that Allah is Wadood and that he loves us and that one day, I will have faith again. But now, I’m like If I’m wrong and Allah exists, I’m going to hell because I’m a kafira because I doubt.

I hope that you have understood my problem, please help me before it’s too late. Sorry for my bad english actually it’s not my first language

Wa salamou 3alaykom wa rahmatou allahi wa barakatouhouback

Please let me know when i can buy my bookmark

Asalam O aliekum, my brothers and sisters in Islam
My short term goal at the moment is to persue a degree of Alim (Darse Nizami) from Jamia Ashrafia, Lahore, Pakistan which is a much respected school of the Hanafi fiqh.
Wish me luck as i will need it for the 3 year course which includes detail study of the Quran, Hadeeth and the Hanafi fiqh.
Jazakallahu Khairan

I plan to get an online degree on Islamic Studies & Law, inshAllah.

As-salamu aleykoom.
you know what they say: “Short-Term Goals Make Long-Term Champ” In near future I would like to become better muslim and person in generally. I would like to give more thought to my deen, do lot more within my dawa’ duties, loose 5kg, get regular tennis and gym, start writing my book These might not be that much ambitious, but then again, a journey of a hundred miles begins with single step.

all the best and Allah Ma3ak
Amina

Al salamu alaykum

I came from the list NapoleonOutlawed
Napoleon told me that you need to know some of my short term goals before you release his last online-event!

Some of my early intentions
I want to upload napoleons videos on youtube and other sharing websites, because I found many got positively affected by even videos. and some of people converted because of it. Al hamdullilah

So if I can put my hands on Mutah’s videos I will proceed my goal, and in this case I am asking some help!!

Other Goal, I am on working learning Quran, wish for me help in completing it and making me from ones who work with it

Thank you,
Al salamu Alaykum….

Bismillah.

To sister: RAHMA SELMI SAID

Waalaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,

A Sheikh once advised me the following things for removing waswas/doubts related to faith:

(1) Seek refuge in Allah constantly (Auzubillaahi minash shaitaanir rajeem).

(2) Whenever the doubts come (or even as a regular practice), repeat this: آمَنْـتُ بِاللهِ وَرُسُـلِه
Transliteration: “Aamantu billaahi wa Rusulih”
Translation: “I have believed in Allah and His Messenger”
InshaAllah you’ll feel calmer and the doubts will flee.

(3) Seek Allah’s forgiveness & whatever wrong thoughts enter your mind, you must renounce them. Means you should fight off the thoughts, not believe them. In your heart you must know that these doubts are only waswasa from shaitan and not at all true. So please keep asking Allah to forgive you & to protect you from the evil waswas.

(4) Make dua to Allah to renew your faith & to protect & preserve your eman.
Allah’s Messenger (peace & blessings of Allah be upon him) has said:
“Faith wears out in the heart of any one of you just as clothes wear out, so ask Allah to renew the faith in your hearts.”

(5) Recite Surah Falaq & Surah An-Naas often & in general do your best to adhere to the deen.

InshaAllah, you’ll find benefit in the above.

If you need a sister to talk to, or discuss this further, please feel free to take my Email address from the admin of this website & Email me.

Make Allah protect you!

Wassalam,
Sister P

salamo alikom wa rahmutullahi wa barakatuh ,

my goal is to keep learning my deen so that allah takes me nearer to him inshallah. and bee the best person i can with every living beeing in this world , this comes firts (the most important thing in my life)
then my second goal is to get as good grades i can in school because i want to be a doctor in the future inshallah.

my good protect you ,
jazaakom allahu khair wa barakallahu feekom.

assalam alaikom wa rahmatu allah wa barakatuh

Me and my twinsister Rima Klai is trying to invite Mutah Beale to Sweden, we have made contact with a larg organisaton in stockhoml and hope they will agree with uss and dicide to invite him, we are making dua so that Napoleon comes to Sweden, inshallah they get answered. ALLAH IS GREAT!
Yesterday i learned about the hijab, how we are going to wear it wright. And i realised wrong things i weared with the hijab, allhamduliallah now im going to shop clothes that Allah loves and want uss (the muslim sisters) to wear. I want to learn more about my deen, i want to learn the quran and i want to be a stronger muslim. And my work wisch is my studding, i want to get good grades.
This are some of my short term goals.

.As’salamu 3aleikom.My Goal is to win the plesure of Allah and in final in sha Allah the Heaven, Ya Rab help all muslim to get paradise.

Asalamu alaikum,

As long as my ultimate goal is to be in a place where those who succeed reside in forever- in endless bounty, any subsidary goal is alright. Here on earth, I have a dream to pursue medicine as well as insha Allah learn and preach the deen.

Ma’asalama

Assalammu’alaikum…

Bismillah. One of the hardest thing is the challenges that Allah puts along the way to test us, to see if the intention to change or to pursue that dream is lillahita’alah. Sometimes, these challenges make me want to give up and then I begin to question why I wanted to pursue it in the first place. But more importantly, the fact that Allah put that good thought in my head in the first place becomes the strongest motivation for me to go ahead with my plans.

Wallahua’lam.

i think it is trying to balacne time with your daily life. It is a hard thing to do.

Assalam’alaikum warah matul lahi wabar katuhu

Dear brothers and sisters.

I was always wondering, where to express what I really feel to do.

now alhumdulillah I got a chance to share.

thnx for this.

my dream is to bring people especially Muslims on one platform of Faith.

as I belongs to Pakistan where majority is illiterate.

what all i’ve felt when i went for doing some research is that most of the research has been available in english , arabic, farsi,which is more convinient.

my dream is to establish an institute, which provide and make people to come and learn the languages which can help them to do research and become literate by their own. and this should be free of cost.

but the whole pattern to teach this is to make people aware of ISLAM .

so they could see things under Islamic perspective.

the only fee which i wanted to ask for is to spread the message of Islam the way Prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h taught us to spread.. through different means.

In my view, media is the main source, through which we can take advantage.

due to less awareness among people about their rights in our society . specially where i live.. make them stay back.

this hesitation should be rectify to make them come up with new ideas and methods..

I hope my dream will come true..

Problem:

the only problem which i am facing is to convince people to help me in this project.

when I personally don’t feel that individually i could do this.. and inshaAllah one day by the grace of Allah i’ll be successful..

so all i need is your prayer and pray for me that Allah swt keep me on straight path..

fi aman Allah

jazakAllah khair

Our biggest challenge happens to be tackling our families..whether our dream revolves around deen or whether it be an academic dream, we all find our families are one of the biggest difficulties we face. Maybe it’s us being the ‘next generation’ and finding their ideas old and ancient…Nonetheless for myself and my friends, having to handle family is the biggest fear and challenge!

The most difficult thing about change for me, is break and creating new habits. I read a book that says that your habits create your life. I also, had a friend that told me that, “Old habits are just like a warm bed, easy to get into and hard to get out.” I am convinced that philosophies create your habits. And so does our perception on different things in life. Remember this…Your philosophy creates your attitude, your attitude creates your actions and your results creates your life!

As Salaamu Alaikum,

Some times we get in our own way. We are afraid of trying something new. Make excuses, etc. When we get past that phase we can do well. I am learning to trust in Allah for all I need.

ma salaam
Hadayai

salamu alaikum. when i learn something new about my religion, i rush to fallow it, but after a while i strugle with dealing with my nafs and feeling lazy, so i male dua so that may allah make this easy for me, and alhamdulillah he always does. may ALLAH reward us for all our efforts ameen.

Aslam alkum,
As a new convert not long ago i wanted to become the best as i could so i practice islam to the pinch of salt hehe i mean i did everything to make myself perfect in islam i would pray fard and sunnah and witr i would read 4 or 5 books on islam a day stay awake all night to learn qur’an and learn about islam on paltalk about 6 hours a day and everything you can imagine about islam i was doing then i found after about 3 months i just slowley stopped practicing i stopped praying i sleeping for longer hours and i really felt deppressed because i could not keep this lifestyle for long time. So then i make duaa’s and talk to sisters and watch islamic vidoes and nasheeds to help me feel bad thati have stopped and then i will make more duaa to allah (swt) and ask him to have mercy and peace upon me an my fellow brothers and sisters in islam then i will get up and say alahmdullilah, mashallah alah (swt) always listens and acts upon my duaa’s inshallah,

my adivce is for new muslims dont rush into being the best you can from the start take small steps to rich the top of the mountian because if you take big steps to get to the top your legs will get tierd and you wont have much intention to get to the top and want to give up but if you take your time and go slowly to get to the top and ask for help from allah (swt) then he can help you reach your goal but dont rush yourself because you wont be able to abtain your standers after a long time

so inshallah i hope everyone reflects upon this and think of this as a new start inshallah may allah bless me and all the muslims and muslimahs out there and help the non muslims open there hearts to he one who created them inshallah ameen

take care wa salam fatima xx

What sort of question should I ask???

Asalamu alakum all, i can say that one challenge that i face when trying to implement a change in life: is having a hard time leaving the ordinary. It so hard to change when your so comfortable.However, when you know that you have to make this change, you will strive and do all that it takes to make your change,and reach that goal. So, you can take it one day at a time and sooner the later your almost there.Therefore, it’s that much closer then your starting distance.

Asalamu Alaykum,

I would like to comment about sister La Taya’s story.

Mansha’Allah what a great story of hope. I’m trully happy for you La Taya and I ask Allah sw that he protects and keeps guiding you to the right path forever and always. It’s inspiring that you have defeated your struggle with alcahol…it gives me hope personally because my brother who I love dearly is struggling with Alcohol and drugs. There are a lot of times when the entire family almost loses hope and we just want to give up on him. It’s so hard and depressing to see how much someone close to you struggles with such disgusting things like alcahol and drugs but not have the power to make them just stop. To hear your story gives me so much hope and encouragement. I ask you and all other Muslims to pray for my brother and those who are on the wrong path and those who are struggling with inner demons and temptations…Insha’Allah one day I hope to see my brother say that he cannot even stand the smell of alcahol.

Wasalamu Alaykum Warahmatulahi Wabarakatu