Ramadan 18, 1446

The Greatest of Sins

Seventy Sins that Allah Likes That We Forsake

Building on the last blog about The Greatest of Sins ….

Four of the greatest of sins are committed by the TONGUE:

5- The Fifth Great Sin: Perjury, Witnessing Wrongfully

Perjury is the act of witnessing wrongfully and lying to achieve a certain evil purpose such as harming a soul or taking money unlawfully or permitting a prohibition or prohibiting a permissible. Perjury means lying under oath in front of a ruler or a manager while knowing it is wrong. This entails a lot of damage in rights and justice and it means to help wrongdoers and giving moneys and rights to undeserving parties. It also entails lack of security as it encourages crime and corruption with such evil help. (1) 

Allah said: ﴾Do not follow what you do not know; for the ear and the eye and the heart shall all be called to account﴿. (2)

Another proof of this is what has been relayed by Al Bukhari and Muslim (wording of Al Bukhari) from Abi Bakr may Allah be pleased with him that the Prophet  said: “Should I not inform you about the gravest of the major sins?” and the companions said yes O Prophet of Allah! And he said: “Associating anyone with Allah, the killing of a person, and disobedience to parents. Then he sat upright aft er he was leaning down and further said: O and the false testimony and he kept repeating the latter until we wished he would stop.” (3)

6- The Sixth Great Sin: Taking a Wrongful Oath

Taking a Wrongful Oath using Allah’s Name in lies and deception. It is an oath that dips the person in sin for it is usually done in order to overtake unlawful monies, or wrongly accusing a person, or to escape punishment. Islam repeatedly imparts truthfulness and honesty. The Prophet  said: “Allah decrees Hell Fire and debars Jannah for the one who usurps the rights of a believer by taking a false oath." One man asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Even if it should be for an insignificant thing?" He said, “Even if it be a stick of the Arak tree (siwak stick).”(4) The Prophet also said: “The gravest of sins are associating anyone with Allah, the disobedience to parents, the killing of a person, and the wrongful oath.”(5) It is called a dipping oath because of how deep it drags the sinner in Hell for intentionally and knowingly using Allah’s Name  in lies and deception.

7- The Seventh Great Sin: Defaming Innocent Chaste Men and Women

Defaming Innocent Chaste Men and Women and creating gossip that tarnishes their reputation without producing four witnesses. This means speaking ill of people and accusing them of fornication and illicit relationships without providing four witnesses to the claims. This includes the swearing and cursing that attack people’s honor or the honor of their mothers or sisters. Abu Huraira relayed from the Prophet  the saying: “Avoid the seven great destructive sins." and people asked, "O Allah's Messenger! What are those?" He answered, "To associate partners with Allah; to practice sorcery; to kill the life which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause (according to Islamic law); to eat up usury (Riba), to consume the property of an orphan; to give one's back to the enemy and fleeing from the battlefield at the time of fighting and to accuse chaste women who never even think of anything touching chastity and are good believers." (6) Believers should therefore stay away from using foul language and accusations and defaming others as these acts cause harm and injustice.

8- The Eighth Great Sin: Sorcery and Witchcraft

This includes resorting to sorcerers and witch craft ers for any reason or excuse, as the end does not justify the means in any way. Sorcery is one of the gravest of sins, and it always results in harm to the doer and to the requester even after a while. Allah  said: ﴾A sorcerer shall never thrive, come whence he may﴿(7)

The Prophet  said: “Avoid the seven great destructive sins."and people asked, "O Allah's Messenger! What are those?" He answered, "….and sorcery...”.(8) And whether the motive of the witchcraft is to separate couples as Allah said in the Quran: “by which they caused discord between man and wife”(9) or whether the motive is apparently benevolent such as wives complaining to a witch craft er about the lack of love of her husband and asks him to produce a formula to increase his love to her, this all is still one of the gravest sins. In fact,

sorcery and witchcraft is only possible through collaboration with devils who oft en require grave payback such as denying his faith in Allah .

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(1) Reference to Al Munthiri, Abdul Athim Ibn Abdul Qawi, the Book of Al Targhib wa Al Tarhib Inspiriting and Disheartening in the honorable Hadith, hadith 1, Chapter of Destiny Disheartening Perjury.

(2) Al Israa: 36.

(3) Transmitted by Al Bukhari in his Sahih, From Abi Bakra, Hadith 2654, Chapter of Testimony-About Perjury.

(4) Transmitted by Muslim in his Sahih from Abu Umama, Hadith 256, Chapter of Faith-

Usurping Rights with a False Oath.

(5) Transmitted by Al Bukhari in his Sahih, from Abdullah Ibn Amr, Hadith 6675, Chapter of

Faith, Faith and Oaths- the Dipping Oath.

(6) Transmitted by Al Bukhari in his Sahih from Abu Huraira, Hadith 6857, Chapter of Limits,

Defamation of Chaste Women.

(7) Taha: 69.

(8) Transmitted by Al Bukhari in his Sahih, from Abu Huraira Hadith 6857, Chapter of Limits,

Defamation of Chaste Women.

(9) Al Baqara: 102.

Nutritious Recipe

from my kitchen with love

Umm Ali Dessert – Egyptian Bread Pudding ✨🍮

A rich and comforting dessert, Umm Ali is a traditional Egyptian delicacy made with flaky pastry, nuts, milk, and cream, baked to golden perfection!

Ingredients:

✅ Base:

• 1 pack puff pastry (or croissants, or phyllo dough) 🥐

• 3 cups milk 🥛

• 1 cup heavy cream (for extra richness) 🍶

• ½ cup sugar 🍚

• 1 tsp vanilla powder 🌿

• ½ tsp cinnamon (optional) 🌿

✅ Toppings & Fillings:

• ½ cup chopped nuts (almonds, pistachios, pines, cashews, walnuts, or hazelnuts) 🌰🥜

• 1 cup raisins 🍇

• ¼ cup pitted dates

• ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk (optional for extra sweetness) 🥄

Instructions:

1️⃣ Prepare the Pastry:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).

• Bake the puff pastry until golden and crispy (about 15 minutes). Let it cool, then break it into pieces and place it in a baking dish.

2️⃣ Prepare the Milk Mixture:

• In a saucepan, heat the milk, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon over medium heat until warm (do not boil).

• Pour the warm milk mixture over the baked pastry pieces, ensuring they are well-soaked.

3️⃣ Add the Toppings:

• Sprinkle the nuts and raisins evenly over the dish.

• Drizzle with sweetened condensed milk for extra creaminess (optional).

4️⃣ Bake the Dessert:

• Pour extra heavy cream on top for a rich golden crust.

• Bake at 400°F (200°C) for about 15-20 minutes, or until golden and bubbly.

5️⃣ Serve & Enjoy:

• Let it cool slightly before serving.

• Garnish with more nuts and a sprinkle of cinnamon if desired.

• Serve warm and enjoy this heavenly, creamy, and crunchy dessert! 😍🍮

Perfect for gatherings, Eid, or any special occasion! 🎉🥄

Sahtain!

From One Seed to Seven Hundred: The Power of Giving

Building on our last blog about The Economic Strategy of Umar ibn Abdul Aziz ….

2. The Revival of Islamic Welfare: A Holistic Economic System

Beyond individual salaries, Umar II revived and expanded Islamic welfare programs that had been neglected by his predecessors. His system ensured that no one remained in need, as the state played a central role in wealth distribution.

Key Welfare Policies Implemented by Umar II

1. Rebuilding the Zakat System: A Solution to Poverty

   • Umar II revived zakat as a structured government policy, ensuring that it was:

     • Collected fairly from those eligible.

     • Distributed efficiently among the poor.

   • He forbade hoarding of wealth, urging zakat collectors to seek out beneficiaries instead of waiting for them to ask.

2. State-Sponsored Business Support for the Poor

   • Umar II recognized that long-term prosperity required empowering the poor economically.

   • Instead of just giving financial aid, he allocated capital and resources to help people start businesses, farming, and trades.

   • He invested in interest-free loans, particularly for farmers and small traders, allowing them to grow their income.

3. Public Infrastructure to Support Economic Growth

   • He built wells, roads, and markets, ensuring rural communities had access to trade and employment.

   • Agricultural land that was left uncultivated was offered to farmers with government support, increasing food production.

4. Eradication of Begging and Financial Desperation

   • The efficiency of Umar II’s economic policies was so profound that in some regions, zakat collectors could not find anyone eligible for zakat because poverty was eliminated.

   • A report from his administration stated:"No one remained in need to accept charity."

How Can We Apply This Today?

✔ Strengthen zakat and sadaqah programs by making them part of structured community initiatives rather than random donations.

✔ Establish NGO-backed microfinance projects to support small businesses.

✔ Invest in rural and urban infrastructure to create jobs and economic opportunities.

✔ Ensure zakat collectors actively seek out and help those in need, rather than waiting for applications.

Applying These Principles Through Mozaic’s Work

At Mozaic, we don’t just offer financial aid—we create structured pathways to financial independence. Inspired by the principles of zakat and sustainable giving, we focus on long-term empowerment rather than one-time assistance.

✅ Structured Support for Refugees & Families in Need instead of random donations, Mozaic assesses the needs of refugee families and individuals, then develops a personalized financial and social support plan.

✅ Professional Development for Sustainable Livelihoods Your support helps us provide career workshops, vocational training, and mentorship programs to help refugees and newcomers gain skills, find jobs, and become self-sufficient.

✅ Building Economic OpportunitiesBy investing in Mozaic’s career pathways program, you’re not just giving charity—you’re helping someone build a future, start a business, or secure stable employment.

📢 Be Part of the Change! Support Mozaic’s Professional Development Program today and help individuals move from dependency to dignity. Every dollar you give is an investment in someone’s future!

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Du’a of the Day

• اللهم إني أسألك الثبات في الأمر، والعزيمة على الرشد، وأسألك موجبات رحمتك، وعزائم مغفرتك، وأسألك شكر نعمتك، وحسن عبادتك، وأسألك قلبًا سليمًا، ولسانًا صادقًا، وأسألك من خير ما تعلم، وأعوذ بك من شر ما تعلم، وأستغفرك لما تعلم، إنك أنت علام الغيوب.

• اللهم ثبتني واجعلني هاديًا مهديًا.

• اللهم كما أحسنت خلقي، فأحسن خلقي.

• اللهم زدنا ولا تنقصنا، وأكرمنا ولا تهنا، وأعطنا ولا تحرمنا، وآثرنا ولا تؤثر علينا، وأرضنا وارضَ عنا.

• اللهم اغفر لي، وارحمني، واهدني، وعافني، وارزقني.

• اللهم لك الحمد كله، لا قابض لما بسطت، ولا باسط لما قبضت، ولا هادي لمن أضللت، ولا مضل لمن هديت، ولا معطي لما منعت، ولا مانع لما أعطيت، ولا مقرب لما باعدت، ولا مباعد لما قربت، اللهم ابسط علينا من بركاتك، ورحمتك، وفضلك، ورزقك، اللهم إني أسألك النعيم المقيم الذي لا يحول ولا يزول، اللهم إني أسألك النعيم يوم العيلة، والأمن يوم الخوف، اللهم إني أعوذ بك من شر ما أعطيتنا وشر ما منعتنا، اللهم حبب إلينا الإيمان وزينه في قلوبنا، وكره إلينا الكفر والفسوق والعصيان، واجعلنا من الراشدين، اللهم توفنا مسلمين، وأحينا مسلمين، وألحقنا بالصالحين غير خزايا ولا مفتونين.

• اللهم إني أسألك عيشة نقية، وميتة سوية، ومردًا غير مخزٍ ولا فاضح.

• اللهم متعني بسمعي، وبصري، واجعلهما الوارث مني، وانصرني على من يظلمني، وخذ منه بثأري.

• اللهم اغفر لي، واهدني، وارزقني، وعافني، أعوذ بك من ضيق المقام يوم القيامة.

• اللهم إني أعوذ بك من غلبة الدين، وغلبة العدو، وشماتة الأعداء.

• اللهم قني شر نفسي، واعزم لي على أرشد أمري، اللهم اغفر لي ما أسررت، وما أعلنت، وما أخطأت، وما عمدت، وما علمت، وما جهلت.

• اللهم إني أسألك إيمانًا لا يرتد، ونعيمًا لا ينفد، ومرافقة محمد ﷺ في أعلى جنة الخلد.

• اللهم أعنا على ذكرك، وشكرك، وحسن عبادتك.

• اللهم حاسبني حسابًا يسيرًا.

• اللهم قنعني بما رزقتني، وبارك لي فيه، واخلف علي كل غائبة لي بخير.

• اللهم جنبني منكرات الأخلاق، والأهواء، والأعمال، والأدواء.

• اللهم إني أسألك خير المسألة، وخير الدعاء، وخير النجاح، وخير العمل، وخير الثواب، وخير الحياة، وخير الممات، وثبتني، وثقل موازيني، وحقق إيماني، وارفع درجاتي، وتقبل صلاتي، واغفر خطيئتي، وأسألك الدرجات العلا من الجنة.

• اللهم ألف بين قلوبنا، وأصلح ذات بيننا، واهدنا سبل السلام، ونجنا من الظلمات إلى النور، وجنبنا الفواحش ما ظهر منها وما بطن، وبارك لنا في أسماعنا، وأبصارنا، وقلوبنا، وأزواجنا، وذرياتنا، وتب علينا إنك أنت التواب الرحيم، واجعلنا شاكرين لنعمك مثنين بها عليك، قابلين لها، وأتممها علينا.

• اللهم رب السماوات ورب الأرض، ورب العرش العظيم، ربنا ورب كل شيء، فالق الحب والنوى، ومنزل التوراة والإنجيل والفرقان، أعوذ بك من شر كل شيء أنت آخذ بناصيته، اللهم أنت الأول فليس قبلك شيء، وأنت الآخر فليس بعدك شيء، وأنت الظاهر فليس فوقك شيء، وأنت الباطن فليس دونك شيء، اقضِ عنا الدين وأغننا من الفقر.

• اللهم إني أسألك علمًا نافعًا، وأعوذ بك من علم لا ينفع. اللهم ألهمني رشدي، وأعذني من شر نفسي.

• اللهم رب جبرائيل، وميكائيل، وإسرافيل، أعوذ بك من حر النار، ومن عذاب القبر.

• اللهم طهرني من الذنوب والخطايا، اللهم نقني منها كما يُنقى الثوب الأبيض من الدنس، اللهم طهرني بالثلج والبرد والماء البارد.

• اللهم ارزقني حبك، وحب من ينفعني حبه عندك.

• اللهم انفعني بما علمتني، وعلمني ما ينفعني، وزدني علمًا.

• اللهم إني أعوذ بك أن أشرك بك وأنا أعلم، وأستغفرك لما لا أعلم.

• اللهم فقهني في الدين.

• اللهم إني أسألك الجنة وأستجير بك من النار.

  
  

• O Allah, I ask You for steadfastness in my affairs, determination in righteousness, the means to attain Your mercy, the certainty of Your forgiveness, gratitude for Your blessings, excellence in worship, a sound heart, a truthful tongue, and the best of what You know. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You know, and I ask for Your forgiveness for what You know, for You are the Knower of the unseen.

• O Allah, keep me firm and make me a guide who is guided.

• O Allah, as You have perfected my creation, perfect my character.

• O Allah, increase us and do not decrease us, honor us and do not disgrace us, give us and do not deprive us, favor us and do not favor others over us, be pleased with us and make us content.

• O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, grant me well-being, and provide for me.

• O Allah, all praise belongs to You. None can withhold what You grant, and none can grant what You withhold. None can guide whom You have led astray, and none can mislead whom You have guided. None can give what You have withheld, and none can withhold what You have given. None can bring near what You have set afar, and none can set afar what You have brought near. O Allah, spread upon us Your blessings, mercy, bounty, and sustenance. O Allah, I ask You for the everlasting bliss that never ceases or diminishes. O Allah, I ask You for bliss on the Day of Poverty and security on the Day of Fear. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You have given and what You have withheld. O Allah, make faith beloved to us and adorn it in our hearts, and make us detest disbelief, wickedness, and disobedience, and make us among the rightly guided. O Allah, let us die as Muslims, live as Muslims, and be joined with the righteous, neither disgraced nor tempted.

• O Allah, grant me a pure life, a righteous death, and a return that is neither disgraceful nor scandalous.

• O Allah, let me enjoy my hearing and sight and make them my heirs. Grant me victory over those who wrong me and take my revenge from them.

• O Allah, forgive me, guide me, provide for me, and grant me well-being. I seek refuge in You from the distress of the Hereafter.

• O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the burden of debt, the oppression of enemies, and the gloating of foes.

• O Allah, protect me from the evil of my own self, and guide me to the most righteous path in my affairs. O Allah, forgive me for what I have concealed and what I have made known, for my mistakes and my deliberate actions, for what I know and what I am ignorant of.

• O Allah, I ask You for unwavering faith, endless blessings, and the companionship of Muhammad ﷺ in the highest levels of Paradise.

• O Allah, help us to remember You, to be grateful to You, and to worship You in the best manner.

• O Allah, make my reckoning easy.

• O Allah, grant me contentment with what You have provided me, bless it for me, and grant me something better in place of whatever I have lost.

• O Allah, keep me away from immoral character, desires, actions, and diseases.

• O Allah, I ask You for the best supplication, the best prayer, the best success, the best deeds, the best reward, the best life, and the best death. Strengthen me, increase the weight of my good deeds, perfect my faith, raise my ranks, accept my prayers, forgive my sins, and grant me the highest ranks in Paradise.

• O Allah, unite our hearts, mend our relationships, guide us to the paths of peace, save us from darkness into light, and keep us away from all forms of immorality—both apparent and hidden. Bless our hearing, our sight, our hearts, our spouses, and our children. Accept our repentance, for You are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful. Make us grateful for Your blessings, praising You for them, accepting them, and completing them upon us.

• O Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth, and the Lord of the Mighty Throne, our Lord and the Lord of everything, the One who splits the grain and the seed, the One who sent down the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an, I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything under Your control. O Allah, You are the First, and there is nothing before You. You are the Last, and there is nothing after You. You are the Most High, and there is nothing above You. You are the Most Near, and there is nothing beyond You. Settle our debts for us and free us from poverty.

• O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, and I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit. O Allah, grant me wisdom in my affairs and protect me from the evil within myself.

• O Allah, Lord of Jibreel, Mika'il, and Israfil, I seek refuge in You from the heat of the Fire and the torment of the grave.

• O Allah, purify me from sins and mistakes. O Allah, cleanse me from them as a white garment is cleansed from dirt. O Allah, purify me with snow, hail, and cold water.

• O Allah, grant me Your love and the love of those whose love benefits me with You.

• O Allah, benefit me with what You have taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase me in knowledge.

• O Allah, I seek refuge in You from associating anything with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do unknowingly.

• O Allah, grant me deep understanding of religion.

• O Allah, I ask You for Paradise, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire.

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  Ameen