Ramadan 20, 1446
- Raghad Bushnaq
- Mar 20
- 9 min read
Updated: Mar 25
The Greatest of Sins
Seventy Sins that Allah Likes That We Forsake
Building on the last blog about The Greatest of Sins ….
The HANDS are home for two of the greatest of sins
12- The Twelfth Great Sin: Stealing
Stealing has been prohibited in the Quran, and the verse indicating this prohibition is: ﴾Cut off the hands of thieves, whether they are male or female, as a punishment from Allah for what they have done and a prevention of stealing. Allah is Almighty and
Wise﴿(1). The two Sahihs and other references mentioned that the Prophet said: “Allah has cursed the thief, he steals an egg and his hand is off , and he steals a rope and his hand is cut off ”. (2)
Al Aamash said: “They used to consider those eggs as the iron eggs, and that rope as worth a few dirhams.” Abu Huraira may Allah be pleased with him also narrated that the Prophet said: “The fornicator is not a believer at the moment of fornication, nor is the drinker of intoxicants at the moment of drinking, nor is the thief at the moment of theft ”.(3)
13-The Thirteenth Great Sin: Murder: Killing a Soul Unlawfully
Killing a soul unlawfully is one of the gravest sins, and that includes spreading calamity and crime through social media, encouraging violence and transmitting hate that leads to killing based on race and sectarian differences. Allah said: ﴾Whoever kills a believer deliberately, he shall be rewarded with eternal Hell. Allah will condemn him and reject him, and prepare for him a terrible punishment﴿. (4) Abu Saeed and Abu Huraira narrated that the Prophet said: “If the inhabitants of the heavens and earth all gathered and shed the blood of a believer, Allah would cast them all in hellfire” (5)
Al Bara’ Bin Aazeb narrated that the Prophet said: “The destruction of the world is easier on Allah than the unlawful killing of a believer”.(6)
Abu Huraira relayed that the Prophet said: “He who throws himself from a mountain and kills himself will be in Hellfire falling down into it and remaining therein for eternity and forever, and he who drinks poison and kills himself would sip this poison in Hellfire where he is doomed for eternity and forever, and he who kills himself with a rod of steel would be continually thrusting it in his stomach in Hellfi re where he is doomed for eternity and
forever”.(7)
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(1) Al Maeda: 38.
(2) Transmitted by Al Bukhari from Abu Huraira, Hadith 6401, Chapter of Limitations, the
Curse Of a Thief ”.
(3) Transmitted by Al Bukhari in his Sahih from Abu Huraira, Hadith 2475, Chapter of
Injusticeand Anger, Taking without Explicit Permission.
(4) Al Nisaa: 93.
(5) Transmitted by Al Termethi in his Sunan from Abu Saad Al Khedri and Abu Huraira, Hadith
1398, Chapter of Blood Money, Rulings on Shedding Blood.
(16 Transmitted by Ibn Majah in his Sunan, From Al Bara’ Bin Aazeb, Hadith 2619, Chapter of
Blood Money, the Solemnity of Killing a Muslim Unjustly.
(7) Transmitted by Al Bukhari in his Sahih from Abu Huraira, Hadith 5778, the Chapter of
Medicine, Drinking Poison as Medication and the Dangers from it.
Nutritious Recipe
from my kitchen with love
Kabab Hindi 🍅🥩
Kabab Hindi is a delicious and hearty Middle Eastern dish made with seasoned minced meat, tomatoes, and fragrant spices, baked to perfection. You can serve it with vermicelli rice and green pepper 🍚🌶️ or Saj/Lavash bread with green pepper 🫓🌶️ for a complete meal.
Ingredients 🛒
For the Kabab Hindi:
1 lb ground beef or lamb 🥩
1 large onion, finely diced 🧅
2 large onions, sliced into "wings" 🧅 (for base sauce)
3 large tomatoes, diced 🍅
3 cloves garlic, minced 🧄
1 green bell pepper, sliced 🌶️ (for garnish)
1 tablespoon tomato paste 🍅
2 tablespoons olive oil 🫒
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon paprika 🌶️
1 teaspoon salt 🧂
A dash of ground cardamom ✨
½ cup water or beef broth 🥣
¼ cup pine nuts (optional) 🌰 (mixed into the meat or used as garnish)
Fresh parsley for garnish 🌿
For the Vermicelli Rice:
1 cup basmati rice 🍚
¼ cup vermicelli noodles 🍜
1 ¾ cups water or broth 🥣
2 tablespoon ghee or oil 🧈
½ teaspoon salt 🧂
For Serving with Saj/Lavash Bread:
Saj or Lavash bread 🫓
Sliced green pepper 🌶️ (for serving)
Instructions 👨🍳
Step 1: Prepare the Kabab Hindi
Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C).
Sauté the Onions: Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the sliced onions (wings) and cook until soft and slightly golden.
Add Tomatoes & Sauce Base: Stir in the diced tomatoes and tomato paste, cooking for 5 minutes until the tomatoes break down into a thick sauce. Add ½ cup water or beef broth and let it simmer.
Prepare the Meat Mixture: In a bowl, mix the ground meat with finely diced onions, pine nuts (if using), black pepper, cardamom, paprika, and salt.
Shape the Meat: Form the meat into small oval-shaped patties and place them over the tomato sauce in the baking dish.
Bake: Cover with foil and bake for 25-30 minutes until the meat is cooked through and the flavors blend.
Garnish: Top with fresh parsley and extra toasted pine nuts before serving.
Step 2: Prepare the Vermicelli Rice 🍚
Toast the Vermicelli: In a pot, heat ghee or oil over medium heat. Add vermicelli noodles and sauté until golden brown.
Cook the Rice: Rinse the basmati rice and add it to the pot. Stir for a minute, then add 1 ¾ cups of water or broth and salt.
Simmer: Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes until the rice is tender.
Fluff and Serve: Let it rest for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
Step 3: Serving Options 🍽️
🔹 With Vermicelli Rice: Serve the Kabab Hindi over the vermicelli rice with extra sliced green pepper on the side.
🔹 With Saj/Lavash Bread: Dip the Saj or Lavash bread, eat fresh green pepper slices, with it and taste the delicious wrap-style meal.
Sahtain! 😋
A comforting and flavorful meal for any occasion!
From One Seed to Seven Hundred: The Power of Giving
🌙 Giving in the Last 10 Nights: Seeking the Blessings of Laylatul Qadr 🌙
As we enter the last 10 nights of Ramadan, we expose ourselves to the greatest opportunity of the year, Laylatul Qadr, the Night of Decree. Allah tells us in the Qur’an:
"Laylatul Qadr is better than a thousand months." (Surah Al-Qadr 97:3)
That’s over 84 years of worship, a lifetime of rewards in just one night! Every prayer, every act of kindness, and every charity given on this night is multiplied beyond our imagination.
This night is not only about rewards, but it is a night of peace:
"Peace it is until the emergence of dawn." (Surah Al-Qadr 97:5)
The peace of Laylatul Qadr is not just in the heavens but descends upon our hearts, homes, and communities. In a world filled with hardship, anxiety, and instability, we are in dire need of this peace, on an individual, family, and societal level.
One of the most powerful ways to seek this peace is through giving. The Prophet ﷺ said:
"The best charity is that given in Ramadan." (Tirmidhi)
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May Allah accept our worship, our fasting, and our charity, and grant us the honor of witnessing Laylatul Qadr. 🤲💖
Du’a of the Day & Night
حزب النصر لأبي الحسن الشاذلي
اللهم ببسطوة جبروت قهرك، وبسرعة إغاثة نصرك، وبغيرتك لانتهاك حرماتك، وبحمايتك لمن احتمى بآياتك، نسألك يا الله، يا سميع، يا قريب، يا مجيب، يا سريع، يا جبار، يا منتقم، يا قهار، يا شديد البطش، يا من لا يعجزه قهر الجبابرة، ولا يعظم عليه هلاك المتمردة من الملوك والأكاسرة، أن تجعل كيد من كادني في نحره، ومكر من مكر بي عائدًا عليه، وحفرة من حفر لي واقعًا فيها.
ومن نصب لي شبكة الخداع اجعله يا سيدي مساقًا إليها، ومصادًا فيها، وأسيرًا لديها.اللهم بحق كهيعص، اكفنا هم العدا، ولقهم الردى، واجعلهم لكل حبيب فدى، وسلط عليهم عاجل النقمة في اليوم والغد.اللهم بدد شملهم، اللهم فرق جمعهم، اللهم قلِّل عددهم، اللهم فلَّ حدهم، اللهم اجعل الدائرة عليهم، اللهم أرسل العذاب إليهم، اللهم أخرجهم عن دائرة الحلم، واسلبهم مدد الإمهال، وغل أيديهم وأرجلهم، واربط على قلوبهم، ولا تبلغهم الآمال.
اللهم مزقهم كل ممزق مزقته لأعدائك انتصارًا لأنبيائك ورسلك وأوليائك، اللهم انتصر لنا انتصارك لأحبابك على أعدائك، اللهم لا تمكن الأعداء فينا، ولا تسلطهم علينا بذنوبنا.
حم، حم، حم، حم، حم، حم، حم، حُم الأمر، وجاء النصر، فعلينا لا ينصرون. حمعسق حمايتنا مما نخاف. اللهم قنا شر الأسواء، ولا تجعلنا محلاً للبلوى، اللهم أعطنا أمل الرجاء وفوق الأمل.
يا هو، يا هو، يا هو، يا من بفضله لفضله يُسأل، نسألك العجل، العجل، يا هو، يا هو، يا هو، يا من بفضله لفضله نُسأل، نسألك العجل، العجل. إلهي الإجابة، إلهي الإجابة، إلهي الإجابة.
يا من أجاب نوحًا في قومه، يا من نصر إبراهيم على أعدائه، يا من رد يوسف على يعقوب، يا من كشف الضر عن أيوب، يا من أجاب دعوة زكريا، يا من قبل تسبيح يونس بن متى، نسألك اللهم بأسرار أصحاب هذه الدعوات المستجابات، أن تتقبل منا ما به دعوناك، وأن تعطينا ما سألناك، وأنجز لنا وعدك الذي وعدته لعبادك المؤمنين:
"لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين".
انقطعت آمالنا وعزتك إلا منك، وخاب رجاؤنا وحقك إلا فيك، إن أبطأت غارة الأرحام وانقطعت، فاقرب الشيء منا غارة الله.
يا غارة الله جُدي السير مسرعة في حل عقدتنا يا غارة الله.
عدا العادون وجاروا ورجونا الله مجيرًا.
وكفى بالله وليًا، وكفى بالله نصيرًا، حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل، ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم.
استجب لنا آمين، آمين، آمين.
فقطع دابر القوم الذين ظلموا، والحمد لله رب العالمين.
The Victory Litany (Hizb al-Nasr) by Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili
O Allah, by the might of Your overwhelming power, by the swiftness of Your victorious aid, by Your divine jealousy for the violation of Your sanctities, and by Your protection of those who seek refuge in Your verses, we ask You—O Allah, O All-Hearing, O Near One, O Answerer, O Swift One, O Compeller, O Avenger, O All-Conquering, O Severely Punishing One, O You who are never hindered by the tyranny of tyrants nor overwhelmed by the destruction of rebellious kings and emperors—make the plot of those who plot against me fall upon them, turn the schemes of those who scheme against me back upon them, and let the pit dug for me be the very trap in which they fall.
Whoever sets a deceptive trap for me, let them be led into it, ensnared within it, and imprisoned by it.
O Allah, by the mystery of Kaf-Ha-Ya-‘Ayn-Sad, protect us from our enemies, meet them with destruction, and make them a ransom for those we love. Strike them with swift punishment today and tomorrow.
O Allah, scatter their unity, O Allah, disperse their assembly, O Allah, diminish their numbers, O Allah, blunt their weapons, O Allah, turn the tide against them, O Allah, send torment upon them, O Allah, remove them from Your mercy, deprive them of respite, bind their hands and feet, seal their hearts, and never grant them their hopes.
O Allah, tear them apart as You have torn apart Your enemies in victory for Your prophets, messengers, and saints. O Allah, grant us victory as You grant victory to Your beloved ones over their enemies. O Allah, do not let our enemies overpower us, nor grant them authority over us due to our sins.
Ha-Meem, Ha-Meem, Ha-Meem, Ha-Meem, Ha-Meem, Ha-Meem, Ha-Meem—The decree is sealed, victory has arrived, and they shall not prevail over us. Ha-Meem-‘Ayn-Seen-Qaf—our shield from what we fear.
O Allah, protect us from misfortunes, do not make us a target for tribulations, and grant us hope beyond our aspirations.
O Hu, O Hu, O Hu! O You who is asked by virtue of Your grace, we ask You: haste, haste! O Hu, O Hu, O Hu! O You who is asked by virtue of Your grace, we ask You: haste, haste!
O Lord of response! O Lord of response! O Lord of response!
O You who answered Noah in his people’s midst, O You who granted victory to Abraham over his enemies, O You who returned Joseph to Jacob, O You who removed Job’s suffering, O You who answered the supplication of Zechariah, O You who accepted the praise of Jonah son of Matta, we beseech You, O Allah, by the secrets of those whose prayers were accepted, to accept from us what we have prayed for, to grant us what we have asked, and to fulfill Your promise to Your believing servants:
"There is no god but You, Glory be to You, truly I was among the wrongdoers."
Our hopes are severed except by You, our reliance is cut off except upon You. If the aid of creation is delayed and connections are severed, then the closest aid to us is the aid of Allah.
O Divine Aid, come swiftly to untie our bonds, O Divine Aid!
The oppressors have transgressed, they have wronged, and we turn to Allah as our Defender.
Sufficient for us is Allah as a Guardian, sufficient for us is Allah as a Helper.
Allah is enough for us, and He is the Best Disposer of affairs. There is no power nor strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.
Answer us, Ameen, Ameen, Ameen!
Thus, the wrongdoers were cut off, and all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
Ameen
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