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Abu Bakr’s Secret
An Inspiring Model of Humility and Kindness
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🤲 Make Du’a for Malek🤲
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Ya Allah, Most Merciful and All-Knowing, grant Malek clarity and guidance in his path and decisions. Illuminate his heart with Your light and draw him closer to You in all that he does.
Increase his love and appreciation for his parents and siblings. Strengthen their bonds with kindness, compassion, and understanding, and let his actions bring them joy and unity.
Ya Allah, make Malek a sincere worshipper who remembers You in every moment. Fill his heart with devotion and humility, forgive his shortcomings, and shower him with Your infinite mercy.
Grant him barakah in his life, health, and provisions, and let him find success and contentment in this world and the Hereafter.
Ameen.🤲🏽
Do good deeds, unseen by others, for the gaze of Allah is all that matters.
Every morning, after leading the Fajr prayer, Abu Bakr (RA) would walk far into the outskirts of Medina.
Curious about this, Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) decided to follow him one day.
Keeping a distance to avoid being seen, Umar (RA) watched Abu Bakr (RA) enter a small, rundown home.
He remained there for a long time, well past sunrise, before quietly leaving and heading back to Medina.
Once Abu Bakr (RA) was out of sight, Umar (RA) approached the home and knocked on the door.
An elderly, blind woman answered, surrounded by children running about.
Umar (RA) greeted her and asked, “Who is the man that visits you every day?”
The woman replied, “I don’t know his name. He never told me.”
Umar (RA) asked, “What does he do for you?”
“May Allah bless him,” she said. “Every morning, he comes here, cleans my house, washes our clothes, grinds our wheat, bakes our bread, and cooks our breakfast. Then, he leaves without saying a word.”
Stunned, Umar (RA) asked, “Do you give him anything for his work?”
“No,” she replied, “he accepts nothing from us.”
Umar (RA) could no longer hold back his tears at that moment.
He whispered to himself,
“You have exhausted us, O Abu Bakr (RA). You have set a standard that no successor can ever match.”
A Legacy of Hidden Good
Abu Bakr (RA) did not seek recognition, praise, or compensation for his actions.
For him, service to Allah’s creation was an extension of his love for Allah.
Imagine how many deeds of his like this were never recorded—acts of kindness and service known only to Allah.
He set his standards, unaffected by the expectations of others.
No task was too small, no service beneath him.
Despite being the leader of the Ummah, he remained deeply grounded.
A Lesson for Us All
As believers, we should strive to have acts of goodness known only to Allah.
Whether it’s helping a neighbor in need, making silent du’a for someone, or secretly supporting a cause, let there be a part of our worship hidden from the world.
Abu Bakr (RA) didn’t serve for recognition or reward.
He served because of his love for Allah.
May we be inspired to follow his example, weaving quiet acts of goodness into our daily lives and seeking no one’s approval but Allah’s.
Reflection:
What deeds in your life are known only to Allah?
What did you think of today's reflection? |
🕯️ Inspiration:
🤲 Make Du’a for Aimie Razali 🤲
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Ya Rabb, Forgive Aimie and her family and place her parents in Jannatul Firdaus. Bless her siblings and family with Your mercy and guidance.
Grant Aimie Razali strength, wisdom, and ease in becoming a skilled and compassionate Muslimah cardiac surgeon. Protect her, Ya Shafi’, in her treatments, and safeguard her from causing harm to any soul.
Increase her taqwa, knowledge, and rizq, and make her a source of benefit for the Ummah. Bless her journey in this world and the Hereafter. Strengthen and unite all Muslims, bless the oppressed, especially the Palestinians, and grant us Jannah, Ya Rabb.
Ameen.🤲🏽
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Day 433
‼️ Study: 96% of children in Gaza feel their death is imminent, 49% wish to die due to ongoing trauma of living through a genocide
🇵🇸 71+ Palestinians killed in Gaza yesterday
‼️ Deadly massacre as Israeli warplanes launched multiple airstrikes on residential block in Nuseirat (central) housing dozens of displaced families killing 33+ Palestinians, majority from 1 family & kids, 84+ injured & missing (👆🎥)
🩺 Ongoing 69-day north Gaza siege: 4,000+ people killed or missing since start of siege. IOF drone targeted, shot in the head & killed Dr. Saeed Jouda, only orthopedic specialist in besieged north, while traveling in ambulance w/ patients & medical supplies from Kamal Adwan to al-Awda hospitals. More IOF drone fire at Kamal Adwan Hospital injured several + bombing of Jabalia killed 2+ people. IOF air strikes & demolitions cause huge fires of homes in Jabalia & Beit Hanoun
🇵🇸 IOF renews forced displacement orders for Rimal & Sabra in Gaza City (north), housing many recently displaced from besieged north
👆 IOF ground forces & air strikes bombard Gaza City: bombed home on al-Jalaa street killing 10+ people; IOF tanks & fighter jets target homes in Saftawi & Sabra
West Bank:
🏠 IOF seized & evicted Palestinian family from home in Jenin, making it a military outpost
🚩 New clashes escalate between resistance groups & US-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) forces near Jenin after PA forces killed 19 y/o Palestinian
🇵🇸 IOF special forces storm Qalqilya, fired tear gas & bullets; IOF shot & killed 25 y/o Palestinian then took his body
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