Assalamu alaikum warahmatuLlah wabarakatuHu.
Today's check-in is a simple journalling prompt - How is your heart?
Here are a few more journalling prompts to further help you;
“My best Ramadan is one where….”
“I would like to show up this Ramadan as …”
“ This Ramadan, I would like to be ….”
“What Ramadan means to me is…”
Also, here are some recommendations to help you:
RESOURCES ON TAZKIYATUN NAFS
BOOKS (courtesy: @roadtoihsan)
1 - The Devils deception [Ibn Jawzi]
2 - Essay on the heart [Ibn Taiymiyyah]
3 - Weakness of Faith [Muhammad Salih Al Munajjid]
4 - Diseases of the heart and their cures [Ibn Taimiyyah]
5 - Disciplining the Soul [Ibn Jawzi]
VIDEOS
1. Spiritual Cardiology by Abu Mussab Wajdi Akkari
2. The Believer's guide to a heart revival in 2022
3. Tazkiyyah Retreat 2019 by Dr Haifaa Younis
4. Purification of the heart. Signs of a pure heart by Dr Haifaa Younis
ARTICLES.
1. 9 Ways To Purify Your Heart With the Remembrance of Allah
2. Forty Hadith on Purification of the Heart
3. Purification of the Heart and Soul in Islam | Tips from Quran and Sunnah.
Ramadan is fast approaching. If you haven't, it's time to start seriously preparing your body and soul for the blessed month.
اَللَّهُمَّ سَلِّمْنـِيْ إِلَى رَمَضَانَ وَسَلِّمْ لِـيْ رَمَضَانَ وَتَسَلَّمْهُ مِنِيْ مُتَقَبَّلاً.
‘O’ Allāh, keep me safe until Ramadān, keep Ramadān safe for me, & accept it from me.’
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Your sister in faith,
Nusaybah.