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Acts of Worship

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Sincere Advice to an Unwilling Recipient | Daily Reminders

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Misery Loves Company | Daily Reminders

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Hold Yourself to Higher Standards | Daily Reminders

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Loving the World Too Much | Daily Reminders

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How You Act From A Place of Power | Daily Reminders

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When You Can't Be Broken or Bought | Daily Reminders

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Self Actualization and the One Who Needs No Praise | Daily Reminders

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Fleeing from Darkness to Allah's Light | Daily Reminders

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When the Prophet Sent People Home from the Masajid for Taraweeh | Daily Reminders

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The Bedouin Who Mastered His Praise with Two Words | Daily Reminders

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In that Moment, What Do You Say? | Daily Reminders

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Expanding and Blessing Your Wealth - Rizq Part 2 | Daily Reminders

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Two Things Allah Keeps Hidden From Us | Daily Reminders

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Gems of Seclusion | Daily Reminders

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Tapping into Allah's Treasure - Rizq Part 1 | Daily Reminders

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The Du'a That Answers Every Prayer & Removes Every Hardship | Daily Reminders

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Allah Provides for You | Daily Reminders

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'Oh Allah, Reduce My Pain But Not My Reward' | Daily Reminders

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Does God Ever Give Us Tests We Can't Handle? | Daily Reminders

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Uncertainty Tolerance | Daily Reminders

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Feeling Lonely and It's Getting Worse | Daily Reminders

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Do Not Wish to Meet Your Enemy in Battle | Daily Reminders

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Giving Empathy | Daily Reminders

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"What Have You Put Forth?" | Daily Reminders

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How to Observe the 15th Night of Sha'ban | Daily Reminders

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“To be spared and grateful is more beloved than to be tested and patient” | Daily Reminders

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Do Not Forget Who You Are | Daily Reminders

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Don’t Just Ask for the Loss to be Less, Ask for the Replacement to be More | Daily Reminders

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Seeing Allah's Majesty in Everything | Daily Reminders

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The Scholar Who Pretended He Couldn't Hear | Daily Reminders

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Falling Into Your Thoughts - Cognitive Distortion Part 1 | Daily Reminders

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The Shadows of My Worries | Daily Reminders

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A Means of Purification | Daily Reminders

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99 gods vs 99 names of one God | Daily Reminders

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Expressing Love for Those Around Us | Daily Reminders

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Assuming the Best of Allah | Daily Reminders

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Buying What You Want When You Feel Like It | Daily Reminders

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The Glass is Half Full | Daily Reminders

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Two Blessings that are Rarely Combined | Daily Reminders

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Building Our Faith with Consistency | Daily Reminders

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Finding the Positives During Hard Times | Daily Reminders

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Make Peace and Move On | Daily Reminders

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Not Going Back, but Growing Forward | Daily Reminders

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Maintaining a Positive Assumption of Allah During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Daily Reminders

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The Death of the Prophet & the Vision of Ibn Abbas | Daily Reminders

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Processing News and Seeking the One True Source of News | Daily Reminder

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The Role of Remembrance in a Crisis | Daily Reminder

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"Avoiding that which doesn't concern you” | Daily Reminders

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"When will life go back to normal?" | Daily Reminders

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To Put a Smile on the Face of your Brother or Sister | Daily Reminders

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Lightening Calamities with Conviction | Daily Reminders

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“To be spared and grateful is more beloved than to be tested and patient” | Daily Reminders

April 6, 2020 • Dr. Omar Suleiman

Sh. Omar Suleiman reflects on the idea of asking Allah for hardship in order to gain more reward. However it is a narrated that to be spared and grateful is better than to be tested and patient.

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