Ramadan 21, 1446

The Greatest of Sins

Seventy Sins that Allah Likes That We Forsake

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

The INTIMATE PARTS are home to two of the greatest of sins:

14- The Fourteenth Great Sin: Fornication

Fornication is one of the greatest of sins as it is an act that causes major damage to individuals and to the society and it eventually leads to demise. Ibn Abbas said: “The greatest of sins are calling associates with Allah… and fornication…”(1). However, fornication and adultery are of different types: there is the fornication of the eye, the hand and the tongue, and that includes any act leading to an increase in sexual desire and then to explicit fornication. All of these are considered as great sins but are not listed under the gravestones, except for explicit fornication. The Hadith narrates: “The fornication of the eye is the eyesight, and that of the tongue is speech”(2). The Hadith also relayed: “The eye commits fornication through unlawful looking, and the mouth does through kissing, and the hands as well through touching…”(3) in other words if any of those senses lead to sexual desire.

15- The Fifteenth Great Sin: Homosexuality

Homosexuality is one of the gravest sins. This act goes against the human nature. This does not only indicate the homosexuals but under this category are the acts of encouraging, standing for and sympathizing with homosexuals. Whoever is in such situation and is suffering from this abnormality may seek therapy and can be cured. It is worth noting that promoting LGBT’s civil rights is a crime against the society and is actually one of the greatest of sins and may lead to disbelief for whoever decides it is permissible. Anal sex is a great sin but is not listed under the greatest of sins like homosexuality. The Prophet  said: “Allah has cursed whomever does the act of the people of Lot, Allah has cursed whomever does the act of the people of Lot, three times”.(4)

Ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet  said: “Whomever you find committing the act of the people of Lot, kill the one doing it and the one to whom it is being done”(5). And another hadith narrated from Ibn Abbas that the Prophet  said: “A man does not fondle another man, nor does a woman fondle another woman”.(6)

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(1) Transmitted by Al Baihaqy in Suaab Al Iman, Hadith 287, Chapter of Banishment of People

after Resurrection- An Explanation of the Greatest and the Smallest of Sins and of Indecencies.

(2) Transmitted by Muslim in his Sahih from Abu Huraira, Hadith 2657, Chapter of Destiny, the

Share of the Son of Adam from Adultery.

(3) Transmitted by Ibn Bashran in Al Amali from Abu Huraira, Hadith 1321- the Share of the Son

of Adam from Adultery.

(4) Transmitted by Ahmad in his Musnad from Ibn Abbas, Hadith 2913- Th e Chapter of Banu

Hashim, Abdullah Ibn Abbas Ibn Abdul Muttaleb.

(5) Transmitted by Al Termethi in his Sunan, from Ibn Abbas, Hadith 1456- About Punishments-

The Punishment of Homosexuals.

(6) Narrated by Ahmad in his Musnad, from Ibn Abbas, Hadith 2773, Chapter of Banu

Hashim,Abdullah Ibn Abbas Ibn Abdul Muttaleb. 

Nutritious Recipe

from my kitchen with love

Su Böreği - Turkish-Style Layered Pastry with Cheese 🧀🥐

Ingredients:

• 1 package of phyllo dough (12 sheets) 🥖

• 1/2 cup melted butter or ghee 🧈

• 2 cups milk 🥛

• 2 large eggs 🥚

• 1/2 cup feta cheese 🧀

• 1/2 cup ricotta or mozzarella cheese 🧀

• Salt and pepper to taste 🧂

Instructions:

1. Preheat Oven 🔥Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).

2. Prepare Filling 🍽️Mix feta, ricotta or mozzarella, eggs, milk, salt, and pepper in a bowl.

3. Prepare Baking Dish 🍳Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with olive oil.

4. Layer Phyllo Dough 🍥Place one sheet of phyllo dough in the dish, brush with melted butter. Repeat for 5-6 sheets, brushing each with butter.

5. Add Filling 🧀Spread a thin layer of cheese filling over the dough.

6. Repeat Layers 🔁Add another sheet of phyllo, brush with butter, and layer with filling. Continue until all filling and phyllo dough are used.

7. Pour Milk Mixture 🥛Whisk remaining milk and eggs and pour evenly over the pastry.

8. Bake 🍳Bake for 35-45 minutes, until golden and crispy.

9. Let It Rest 🕒Let it rest for 15-20 minutes before cutting to set the layers.

Essential Tips:

• Avoid Dry Pastry: Brush each phyllo sheet with enough melted butter or ghee. 🧈

• Prevent Sogginess: Ensure the milk mixture isn’t too liquidy and bake at the correct temperature. 🍳

• Balancing Saltiness: Mix feta with ricotta or mozzarella to reduce saltiness. 🧀

• Even Layers: Press down gently between layers and bake at the right temperature to avoid separation. ⏳

Sahtain 😊

From One Seed to Seven Hundred: The Power of Giving

Honoring Mothers & Women: The Builders of Families, The Architects of Society 🌸

As we embrace Women’s Month and the beautiful season of spring, we are reminded of the incredible power of women—just like nature, they bring life, nurture growth, and create beauty in the world around them. Mothers, in particular, play a profound role in shaping families and strengthening communities. Their love, sacrifice, and wisdom plant the seeds of future generations, ensuring that society continues to thrive.

The Prophet ﷺ taught us the value of honoring and caring for women, and scholars have said:

"Whoever takes care of the women of his kinship, Allah will widen their provision and ease their affairs."

Caring for women is not just a responsibility—it is a means of barakah (blessing) in our lives, our wealth, and our communities.

At Mozaic, we believe in the empowerment of women through vocational training, giving them the skills and confidence they need to build a better future for themselves and their families. Through programs like sewing, culinary arts, and career development, we help women gain financial independence and a sense of purpose—allowing them to become active contributors to their communities.

This Women’s Month and Mother’s Day, let us celebrate the resilience, strength, and brilliance of women everywhere. Just as spring brings new beginnings, let’s give women the opportunities they need to bloom.

🌷 Join us in empowering women today. Your support helps refugee mothers and women rebuild their lives with dignity and purpose. https://mozaic.kindful.com/?campaign=1352842Happy

Happy Women’s Month & Mother’s Day to the incredible women who make the world bloom with love, strength, and hope! 💐

Du’a of the Day

دعاء للوالدين

1. اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ.

2. اللَّهُمَّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ.

3. اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِ أُمِّي وَأَبِي مِنَ الْحُزْنِ وَالْهَمِّ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ، وَارْزُقْهُمَا أَجْمَلَ مِمَّا يَتَمَنَّيَانِ، وَأَسْعِدْ قَلْبَيْهِمَا لِيَسْعَدَ قَلْبِي يَا كَرِيمُ.

4. اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِوَالِدَيَّ جَمِيعَ مَا مَضَى مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِمَا، وَاعْصِمْهُمَا فِيمَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِمَا، وَارْزُقْهُمَا عَمَلًا زَكِيًّا تَرْضَاهُ.

5. اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ لَهُمَا ذَنْبًا إِلَّا غَفَرْتَهُ، وَلَا هَمًّا إِلَّا فَرَّجْتَهُ، وَلَا حَاجَةً مِنْ حَوَائِجِ الدُّنْيَا هِيَ لَكَ رِضًا وَلَهُمَا فِيهَا صَلَاحٌ إِلَّا قَضَيْتَهَا.

6. اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ لَهُمَا حَاجَةً عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ غَيْرِكَ، وَأَقِرَّ أَعْيُنَهُمَا بِمَا يَتَمَنَّيَانِ لَنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا.

7. اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ وَالِدَيَّ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا، وَأَلْبِسْهُمَا لِبَاسَ الْعَافِيَةِ.

8. اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمَا فِي عُمْرِهِمَا بَرَكَةً تُهَنِّئُهُمَا بِهَا فِي مَعِيشَتِهِمَا، وَتُلْبِسُهُمَا بِهَا ثَوْبَ الْعَافِيَةِ فِي قُلُوبِهِمَا وَأَرْوَاحِهِمَا وَعُقُولِهِمَا وَأَجْسَادِهِمَا.

9. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ آخِرَ كَلَامِهِمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا "لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ".

10. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ نَسَائِمَ الْجَنَّةِ تَهُبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

11. اللَّهُمَّ كَمَا أَمْطَرْتَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ خَيْرِكَ، أَمْطِرْ عَلَى قُبُورِ مَنْ رَحَلُوا مِنْ سَحَائِبِ رَحْمَتِكَ.

12. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ قَبْرَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي رَوْضَةً وَبُسْتَانًا فِي نَعِيمٍ دَائِمٍ وَدَارِ خُلْدٍ تَحْتَ ظِلِّ الرَّحْمَنِ.

13. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَنْ يَمِينِ وَالِدَيَّ نُورًا، حَتَّى تَبْعَثَهُمَا آمِنِينَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ فِي نُورٍ مِنْ نُورِكَ.

14. اللَّهُمَّ أَفْسِحْ لِأَبِي فِي قَبْرِهِ مَدَّ بَصَرِهِ، وَافْرِشْ قَبْرَهُ مِنْ فِرَاشِ الْجَنَّةِ.

15. اللَّهُمَّ أَعِذْ أُمِّي مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَوَحْشَتِهِ.

16. اللَّهُمَّ مَلِئْ قَبْرَهُمَا بِالرِّضَا وَالنُّورِ وَالْفُسْحَةِ وَالسُّرُورِ.

17. اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَا مُحْسِنَيْنِ فَزِدْهُمَا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِمَا، وَإِنْ كَانَا مُسِيئَيْنِ فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمَا.

18. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَى وَالِدَيَّ، وَمِنْ أَقْرَبِ الْأَبْنَاءِ لَهُمَا، وَأَكْرِمْنِي بِحُسْنِ السُّؤَالِ لَهُمَا وَالْحِرْصِ عَلَيْهِمَا.

19. اللهم اجعل نسائم الجنة تهب عليهم يا أرحم الراحمين.

20. اللهم كما أمطرت علينا من خيرك، أمطر على قبور من رحلوا من سحائب رحمتك.

21. اللهم اجعل لهم في كل قطرة مطر راحة ومغفرة يا رب العالمين.

22. ربي بلل تربة من فارقونا بقطرات من خيرك.

23. اللهم بلل قبر والديّ من أنهار جنتك، واجعل لهما في كل قطرة مطر راحة ومغفرة يا رب العالمين.

24. اللهم أروِ قبور من انقطعت حيلتهم من هذه الدنيا يارب، واجعلهم من المكرمين المُنعمين.

25. اللهم ارحم من عجزت عقولنا عن استيعاب فراقهم، واجعل قبورهم نورًا وضياءً إلى يوم يُبعثون.

26. اللهم ارحم أبي وأمي وعوضهما عن كل ألم أصابهما بجنة عرضها السموات والأرض.

27. اللهم اجعل قبر أمي وأبي روضةً وبستانًا في نعيم دائم ودار خلد تحت ظل الرحمن.

28. اللهم اجعل عن يمين والديَّ نورًا، حتى تبعثهما آمنين مطمئنّين في نورٍ من نورك.

29. اللهمّ افسح لأبي في قبره مدّ بصره، وافرش قبره من فراش الجنّة.

30. اللهمّ أعذ أمي من عذاب القبر ووحشته.

31. اللهمّ املأ قبرهما بالرّضا، والنّور، والفسحة، والسّرور.

32. اللهمّ إن كان والديَّ محسنين فزدهم من حسناتهما، وإن كانا مسيئين فتجاوز عن سيّئاتهما.

33. اللهمّ أدخل أمي الجنّة من غير مناقشة حساب، ولا سابقة عذاب.

Du'a for Parents

1. O Allah, forgive me, my parents, and the believers on the Day of Reckoning.

2. O Allah, enable me to be grateful for Your blessing upon me and my parents, and to do righteous deeds that please You, and admit me by Your mercy among Your righteous servants.

3. O Allah, do not place even an atom's weight of sorrow or worry in the hearts of my mother and father, grant them better than what they wish for, and bring joy to their hearts so that mine may also be happy, O Most Generous.

4. O Allah, forgive my parents for all their past sins, protect them for the remainder of their lives, and grant them pure and righteous deeds that please You.

5. O Allah, do not leave for them any sin without forgiving it, nor any worry without relieving it, nor any need of this world that pleases You and is good for them without fulfilling it.

6. O Allah, do not make them dependent on anyone but You, and make them rejoice in seeing their wishes for us fulfilled in this world.

7. O Allah, heal my parents with a cure that leaves no ailment behind, and clothe them with the garment of well-being.

8. O Allah, bless them in their lifespan with a blessing that brings them comfort in their livelihood and clothes them with well-being in their hearts, souls, minds, and bodies.

9. O Allah, make their last words in this world be: "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."

10. O Allah, let the breezes of Paradise blow upon them, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

11. O Allah, just as You have poured Your goodness upon us, pour it upon the graves of those who have passed from the clouds of Your mercy.

12. O Allah, make the grave of my father and mother a garden and a meadow in eternal bliss and an everlasting home under the shade of the Most Merciful.

13. O Allah, place light to the right of my parents, until You resurrect them in peace, safe and secure in light from Your light.

14. O Allah, expand my father’s grave and stretch his sight, and lay his grave with the bedding of Paradise.

15. O Allah, protect my mother from the punishment of the grave and its solitude.

16. O Allah, fill their graves with satisfaction, light, spaciousness, and joy.

17. O Allah, if they were righteous, increase their good deeds, and if they were sinful, overlook their wrongs.

18. O Allah, make me among the most beloved to my parents, and the closest of children to them, and honor me with good treatment towards them and care for them.

19. O Allah, let the breezes of Paradise blow upon them, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

20. O Allah, just as You have poured Your goodness upon us, pour it upon the graves of those who have passed from the clouds of Your mercy.

21. O Allah, make each drop of rain for them a source of comfort and forgiveness, O Lord of the worlds.

22. My Lord, moisten the soil of those who have departed from us with drops of Your goodness.

23. O Allah, moisten the grave of my parents with the rivers of Your Paradise, and make each drop of rain for them a source of comfort and forgiveness, O Lord of the worlds.

24. O Allah, water the graves of those whose means have come to an end in this world, and make them among the honored and blessed.

25. O Allah, have mercy on those whom our minds cannot comprehend their separation, and make their graves light and brightness until the day they are resurrected.

26. O Allah, have mercy on my father and mother and compensate them for every pain they endured with a Paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth.

27. O Allah, make the grave of my mother and father a garden and a meadow in eternal bliss and an everlasting home under the shade of the Most Merciful.

28. O Allah, place light to the right of my parents, until You resurrect them in peace, safe and secure in light from Your light.

29. O Allah, expand my father's grave and stretch his sight, and lay his grave with the bedding of Paradise.

30. O Allah, protect my mother from the punishment of the grave and its solitude.

31. O Allah, fill their graves with satisfaction, light, spaciousness, and joy.

32. O Allah, if they were righteous, increase their good deeds, and if they were sinful, overlook their wrongs.

33. O Allah, admit my mother into Paradise without questioning her account, and without any previous punishment.

    
    

    Ameen