Now say 'NO' to these....

In the name of Allah The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful, Praise be to Allah The Exalted, The Almighty

Peace and blessings be upon The Prophet SAW, his family and his companions,

To my lovely sisters in Islam,

I pray to Allah SWT for your happiness and success in life both spiritually and physically.

As we have been exposed on to the list of 'YES'es in the last entry, I wish to add the list of 'NO's in your daily journal. Hopefully it will bring happiness to your spiritual and physical life, amin. They are as follow:

• No to wasting time in trivial pursuits, and love of revenge and futile arguments.
• No to giving priority to money and accumulation of wealth over one's health, happiness, sleep and peace of mind.
• No to seeking out other people's faults and back-biting about them, whilst forgetting one's own faults.
• No to indulging in physical pleasure and giving in to every whim and desire.
• No to wasting time with shallow people and spending hours in idle pursuits.
• No to neglecting physical hygiene and cleanliness in the house, and being disorganized at home
• No to haram drinks, cigarettes, narghile ("hookah pipes") and all foul things
• No to thinking of past calamities and dwelling on past mistakes.
• No to forgetting of the Hereafter and neglecting to strive for it, and to being careless of what will happen in the Hereafter.
• No to wasting money on haram things, being extravagant with regard to permissible things and falling short in acts of worship.

May Allah SWT protect us from these evil deeds. It is good to regularly recite the following dua':

"Allahumma arinal haqqa haqqan warzuq nattiba ahu wa arinal batila batilan warzuqnajti nabahu."
(O Allah! show us the Truth as Truth, and render us help to follow that; and show us falsehood as falsehood, and help us to avoid that.)

Until we meet again in the next entry, insyaAllah. Maasalamaa....

p/s: The input of the last two entries: Say YES to these.... & Think about it.... as well as this entry are collected from a book : You Can Be The Happiest Woman in the World: A Treasure Chest of Reminders by Dr. 'Aid al-Qarni, International Islamic Publishing House, 2005.