When the Day of Resurrection comes, a man’s hasanaat (good deeds) will be his capital. If he had done wrong to any people, they will take from his hasanaat to the extent that he mistreated them. If he does not have any hasanaat, or if his hasanaat run out, then some of their sayi`aat (bad deeds) will be taken and added to his burden.
 
Bukhari narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Whoever wronged his brother with regard to his honour or any other matter, should seek his forgiveness today, before there are no longer any dinars, or dirhams; and if he has any righteous deeds, they will be taken from him, in accordance with the wrong he did; and if he has no hasanaat, some of the sayi`aat of his counterpart will be taken and added to his burden.” [Bukhari: Kitaab al-Mazaalim, Baab man kaanat lahu mazlamah `inda rajul, Fath al-Baari, 5/101]
 
This person whose hasanaat are taken from him by the people, and then has their sayi`aat placed on his own back, is the one who is bankrupt, as the Messenger (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) called him.
 
Muslim narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Do you know who is the one who is bankrupt?” They said, “The bankrupt is the one who has no money and no possessions.” He said, “Among my ummah, the one who is bankrupt is the one who will come on the Day of Resurrection with prayer and fasting and zakah (to his credit), but he will come having insulted this one, slandered that one, consumed the wealth of this one and shed the blood of that one, and beaten that one. So they will all be given some of his hasanaat, and when his hasanaat run out, before judgement is passed, some of their sins will be taken and cast onto him, then he will be cast into the Fire.“ [Muslim: 4/1998, hadith no. 2581.]
 
If a debtor died when he still owed money to people, they will take from his hasanaat whatever is in accordance with what he owes them. In Sunan ibn Maajah it is narrated with a saheeh isnaad that Ibn ‘Umar (radhiallahu `anhu) stated: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Whoever dies owing a dinar or a dirham, it will be paid from his hasanaat, for then there will be no dinars or dirhams.” [Saheeh al-Jaami’ as-Sagheer, 5/537, hadith no. 6432.]
 
If people wronged one another, the score will be settled between them. If they mistreated one another equally, then there will be no score to settle. If one of them is still owed something by the other, he will take what he is entitled to.
 
In Sunan at-Tirmidhi it is narrated that ‘Aa’ishah said: “A man came and sat in front of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam), and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have two slaves who tell me lies, betray and disobey me, and I insult them and beat them. What is my position with regard to them?” The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘On the Day of Resurrection, their betrayal, disobedience and lying will be measured against your punishment of them. If your punishment is commensurate with their wrongs, then there will be no score to settle. If your punishment of them was less than their sins deserved, then this will count in your favour. If your punishment of them was more than their sins deserved, then the score will be settled against you.’ The man turned away and started to weep. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said to him, ‘Have you not read the words of Allah?’ –
“And We shall set up Balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection, then none will be dealt with unjustly in anything. And if there be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient are We to take account.” (Qur’an 21: 47).’” [Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh, 3/66, hadith no. 5561. It is also narrated in Saheeh al-Jaami`, 6/327, hadith no. 7895, where it attributed to Ahmad and Tirmidhi.]
 
Because zulm (oppression) is such a serious matter, it is better for those who fear that Day to give up oppression and avoid it. The Messenger (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) has told us that oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection.
 
Bukhari and Muslim narrated from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:“Oppression (zulm) will be darkness (zulumaat) on the Day of Resurrection.” [Bukhari: Kitaab al-Mazaalim, Baab az-Zulm Zulumaat Yawm al-Qiyaamah, Fath al-Baari, 51100; Muslim, 4/1969, hadith no. 2579.]
 
Muslim narrated from Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:“Beware of oppression (zulm), for oppression will be darkness (zulumaat) on the Day of Resurrection.” [Muslim: 4/1969, hadith no. 2578.]

UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese said on Saturday that Israel uses torture against Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention centers and against the wider Palestinian population in the occupied territories.

Her remarks came after a New York Times investigation by Nicholas Kristof said that torture and sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners had become systematic in Israeli custody.

Albanese shared her report Torture and Genocide, which was prepared for the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council.

The report examined the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories since 1967 and focuses on Israel’s treatment of Palestinians since Oct. 7, 2023.

According to the report, torture has long been a central part of Israel’s dispossession of Palestinians. It says that since October 2023, Israel has used torture on a scale that suggests collective revenge and destructive intent and that the rise in torture inside Israeli detention facilities reflects a coordinated policy.

The report also refers to Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, saying he ordered Palestinian prisoners labeled as terrorists to be kept handcuffed in dark cells and exposed continuously to the Israeli national anthem.

Albanese’s report argued that torture is not limited to prisons or interrogation rooms.

It said Palestinians are also subjected to torture through mass displacement, siege, restrictions on humanitarian aid and food, military violence, and attacks by Israeli occupiers.

The report stated that Israeli authorities have created an environment intended to break Palestinian resistance, dignity, and determination across the occupied territories.

It also argued that systematic torture of an entire population can serve both as a means of domination and as evidence of genocidal intent under the Genocide Convention.

The New York Times investigation, published on May 11, included allegations that Israeli soldiers, occupiers, and prison guards subjected Palestinian detainees to rape, sexual abuse of children, physical torture, degrading treatment, and other forms of mistreatment.

On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tel Aviv would sue The New York Times over the allegations in its report.

Mohammed Shalalda leaned on a cane to walk after a bloody night of Israeli settler violence that shattered his family's sense of safety in their own home.

At dawn on Sunday, a group of settlers, numbering in the dozens, attacked the Shalalda family home in the al-Daraja area near the town of Sair, east of Hebron, wounding Mohammed, his elderly mother, his sister, and his brother.

Mohammed was sleeping on the roof of his old house when he awoke to the sound of voices around 3am. More than 15 settlers then attacked him, brutally kicking him and beating him with wooden sticks before he had barely opened his eyes. 

The settlers dragged him to the ground despite his wounds bleeding profusely.

“I started screaming to wake the residents and rescue me, but the settlers put a blanket over me and continued beating me violently. I was bleeding, and I didn’t know where the bleeding was coming from; my whole body was their prey,” he told Middle East Eye.

The settler raid is part of a broader pattern of escalating Israeli attacks aimed at forcing Palestinian families to leave their homes so that settlers can seize their land, in a policy pursued throughout the occupied West Bank.

During the assault, the settlers repeatedly asked Mohammed, “Where are the sheep?” When he replied that there were no sheep, they continued beating him and sprayed tear gas in his face from canisters they were carrying.

His brother, Amer, 36, was asleep inside the old house. When he heard his brother’s screams and realised settlers were attacking him, he rushed outside to try to stop them, but they attacked him too, severely beating him and tying a rope around his neck.

“When I saw my brother like that, I was terrified and panicked despite my own bleeding wounds. I started shouting at them to get away from him, but one of them pulled a knife from his pocket and stabbed me in the leg,” Mohammed said.

Targeting women

Neighbours tried to stop the attack, but the number of settlers kept growing, eventually forming five groups of at least 10 each.

Suad Shalalda, 60, and her daughter Arwa, 20, were fast asleep in their home when they were woken by the sound of the attack, and Mohammed and Amer's screams. They did not dare go outside, fearing they too would be assaulted.

The settlers then stormed the house, ransacking its rooms. At that point, Arwa grabbed her phone, intending to call for help.

"They were like madmen, wreaking havoc in the house. I didn't know what to do. One of the settlers approached my daughter and snatched her phone from her hand so she couldn't call for help. I pushed him away, and he attacked me, pushing me with all his might against the wall. My head hit it, and I started bleeding," Suad told MEE.

One settler struck Arwa on the head, causing a deep gash. The settlers then sprayed gas in the women's faces, deliberately targeting their eyes.

They also smashed all mobile phones they found in the house.

On the roof, Mohammed and Amer were covered in blood and still calling out for help. More locals gathered and chased away the settlers, who fled the scene without managing to steal the sheep.

'Nowhere else to live'

The Shalalda family has lived in the area for more than 35 years, relying on livestock farming for their livelihood. However, they are frequently subjected to settler attacks, some of which have been nearly fatal.

Mohammed suffered a deep stab wound to his leg, a head injury, and severe bruising across his body. He said settlers had previously attacked the same leg in a similar incident.

"There's no leaving from here. We have nowhere else to live but this area where we built our homes, raise our sheep, and make our living from farming. This attack is not the first against us, and it won't be the last," he said.

Suad said that, despite what happened, she and her family will not leave the area, as doing so would fulfil the aim of far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who enables settlers to harass Palestinians.

Al-Daraja is an open, rural agricultural region near the eastern edge of the town, bordering the desert and grazing lands. It is an important area due to its farmland, livestock areas and shepherds' routes.

In recent years, particularly since October 2023, the eastern areas of Sair - including al-Daraja and nearby areas such as Wadi Sair and Jorat al-Khail - have become hotspots for escalating settler attacks, amid efforts to expand the settlement outposts and the nearby settlements of Asfar and Kodovim.

The settlers carry out a systematic pattern of attacks, including preventing farmers and herders from accessing their land or forcibly removing them at gunpoint from grazing areas and agricultural roads. They also set fire to agricultural land planted with olive, almond and grape trees in the eastern vicinity of Sair.

The settlers also routinely cut down and damage trees using chainsaws, steal livestock, and harass Bedouin and pastoral communities to pressure small Palestinian population centres in the area.

In April, Israeli settlers carried out 799 attacks against Palestinian citizens and their property, a 135 percent increase compared with the same period in 2025, according to a report by the Department of Labour and Planning of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

The report said that 18 Palestinians were killed by settlers from the beginning of the year until early May, most of whom died from gunshot wounds.

In April, attacks against Palestinians included 37 shooting incidents, the uprooting and destruction of 2,414 trees, and the theft and killing of 488 head of livestock belonging to Palestinian farmers.

Settlers also damaged 53 vehicles by setting them on fire or throwing stones at them, in addition to destroying and burning five homes and agricultural livestock, and service facilities near Jerusalem and Nablus.

As part of settlement expansion, the report documented attempts to establish 20 new pastoral outposts, the highest number recorded in a single month.

By the end of 2024, 778,000 Israeli settlers were living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, compared with 3.4 million Palestinians.

Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem

By His wisdom, Allah Ta’ala gave preference to some places and times over others. For Muslims, Friday is the best day of the week, Ramadan is the best month of the year, “Laylat al-Qadr” is the best night in Ramadan, the day of “Arafah” is the best day of the year. Likewise the first ten days of the month of “Zul-Hijjah” are the blessed days for Muslims.

On the merits of the first ten days, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is reported to have said:

“There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.“

The people asked,

“Not even Jihad for the sake of Allah?”

He said:

“Not even Jihad for the sake of Allah, except in the case of a man who went out to fight, giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing.”

(Al-Bukhari)

Rasulullah Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam said,

“On no days is the worship of Allah desired more than in the (first) ten days of Zul Hijjah. The fast of each of these days is equal to the fast of a whole year, and the worship of each of these nights is equal to the worship of Laylatul Qadr.”

(Tirmizi, Ibne Mãjah)

Fasting the first 9 days

The mother of the believers, Hafsah Radiyallaahu anhaa reports that Rasulullah Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam used to fast the (first) nine days of Zul Hijjah.

(Nasã’ee, Ahmad, Aboo Dãwood)

The Messenger of Allah, Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam, has said,

"One fast during these days is equal to the fasting of one complete year, and the worship of one night during this period is equal to the worship of "Lailatul-Qadr"."

(Tirmizi)

Fasting on the day of Arafat

Rasulullah Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam was asked about the fast on the day of Arafat. He said,

“It compensates for the (minor) sins of the past and the coming year.”

(Muslim, Tirmizi, Ibne Mãjah)

Abu Hurairah stated,

"The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu'alaihi wa sallam) forbade fasting on the day of Arafah for one who is actually at 'Arafah."

[This is related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, and Ibn Majah]

At-Tirmidhi comments:

"The scholars prefer that the day of 'Arafah be fasted unless one is actually at 'Arafah."

💬 Takbeer

Rasoolullah Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam said,

“No days are as weighty with Allah and so liked by Him for good deeds than the first ten days of Zul Hijjah. So on these days increasingly read Subhãnallah, Lã ilãha illallãh, Alhamdulillah and Allahu Akbar.”

(Musnad Ahmad)

It is Sunnah to say Takbeer ("Allaahu akbar"), Tahmeed ("Al-hamdu Lillaah"), Tahleel ("La ilaha ill-Allaah") and Tasbeeh ("Subhaan Allaah") during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, and to say it loudly in the mosque, the home, the street and every place where it is permitted to remember Allaah and mention His name out loud, as an act of worship and as a proclamation of the greatness of Allaah, may He be exalted. Men should recite these phrases out loud, and women should recite them quietly.

The Prophet said:

“The best supplication is that of the Day of "Arafah, and the best thing that I and other Prophets before me said, is: La ilaha illa allahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-hamdu wa huwa "ala kulli shai’in qadeer (There is no Allah Ta’ala but Allah alone. He has no partners. To Him belong the sovereignty and all praise. He has power over all things.)”

(Al-Tirmidhi)

📍 Here are some tips so we can all make the most of these blessed days:

📌 Read the Quran

Reading the Qur’an is a good deed and Allah (Subhaanahu WaTa'ala) especially loves the good deeds done in these days. Read as much as you can, even if it is a few verses each day.

📌 Increase in Nawaafil Prayers

There are a number of extra prayers you can observe during the day to increase your worship and good deeds.

📌 Repent to Allah Ta'ala

Make a sincere repentance to Allah Ta’ala and promise Him that you will not do bad deeds again. This may be your last chance. You are not sure if you will live till next year.

📌 Give in charity

Give in charity in these blessed days, as much as you can.

📌 Preserve ties of kinship

Maintaining the ties of kinship is from the best of deeds due to the saying The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him):

“Whoever would like his provision to be increased and his lifespan to be extended, let him maintain the ties of kinship.”

[Bukhari]

Israel is running a widespread and deeply embedded, covert influence operation in Canada, and the government has refused to treat it as interference by a foreign actor, a new report by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) has said.

The group is now calling on Ottawa to designate Israel as a "key threat actor" alongside the likes of China and India, expel Israeli diplomats, and ban Israeli spyware, among other recommendations published on Wednesday. 

"The pattern of deception and disinformation outlined in this report demonstrates the malicious role of the Israeli state in interfering in Canadian public affairs, undermining the rights and safety of Canadians," CJPME said.

"This rogue state behaviour has taken place within Canadian borders with a total lack of accountability, and requires immediate intervention by authorities."

While most countries are known to lobby one another in their own interest, Israeli activities cross a line because they are largely undisclosed, the report said. 

Five examples are provided in the document, all of which are designed to shape Canadian public opinion, government regulations, and media narratives via local intermediaries, as CJPME described.

The citations rely on reporting from the Canadian investigative outfit, The Breach, the left-leaning news site, Press Progress, and papers such as The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Haaretz, and The New York Times. 

Influence operations

The first example is of "secretly" funded polling in the aftermath of the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel, "which used biased language to sway results in support of Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza [and] was conducted by Toronto public relations firm Aurora Strategies Global without disclosing that it was on behalf of the Israeli consulate", the report said.

Liberal Party insiders also discussed sharing the results with then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office before the poll's publication, the report noted.

The second example follows the federal court's ruling in 2019 that "Product of Israel" labels on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are "misleading".

The report said that Israel’s Ministry of Justice "secretly" hired a law firm in Toronto to intervene in the legal dispute and had staffers from that firm draft talking points for Canadian officials on the issue. 

The objective was to pressure Canada into appealing the ruling and preserving the labelling system favourable to Israel, CJPME said. 

The third example pertains to "propaganda junkets" by the Israeli government that "use Canadian entities as proxies" to send politicians and other influential figures on all-expense-paid trips to Israel.

"The lack of transparency around these delegations is a major issue, as the entire purpose... is to build support for Israel and influence Canadian politics," the report said, pointing to unelected Canadians who are not bound by the same disclosure policies as lawmakers.

"Even if these junkets were fully transparent, they would still be unethical, which is why [former] Prime Minister Brian Mulroney banned his colleagues from accepting paid trips to Apartheid South Africa in 1985 (although some Conservative MPs defied the voluntary ban)," CJPME said. 

A 'campaign of transnational repression'

The fourth example is of a mass disinformation campaign aimed at Canadians by the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, first revealed in 2024.

"Israel commissioned a political marketing firm in Tel Aviv to create fake English- language websites, including one called United Citizens for Canada, as well as hundreds of fake social media accounts powered by ChatGPT, to spread racist and pro-Israel messages," the report said.

The messaging portrayed Muslims as threats to western society, and the report highlighted "Israel’s strategy of repressing global pro-Palestinian movements outside its borders". 

At the time, Ottawa admitted that the fake platforms were considered interference, and corroborated "elements" of the allegations when it raised its concerns with Israel, but no known accountability measures were taken. 

Finally, CJPME's report described what it called "a campaign of transnational repression" by Israel, which includes surveillance, profiling, and doxxing of activists in Canada who criticise Israel.

"Recent efforts by Israel through the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs have sought to brand any opposition to its illegal blockade of Gaza as a conspiracy of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood," it said, also citing Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, who has said that the Canadian government should "limit" certain "freedoms".

"This amounts to overt advocacy in support of measures to restrict Canadian civil liberties," the CJPME said.

To that end, it recommended banning the procurement of Israeli spyware, which aids in tracking critics. 

The report named NSO Group's Pegasus, Cytrox’s Predator, and Paragon Solution’s Graphite. 

"The Government of Canada has many legal and diplomatic tools available to fight foreign interference," the report said, and recommended that Ottawa expel the Israeli ambassador and other diplomats, and sanction all actors involved in covert influence campaigns. 

"A holistic approach to countering illicit Israeli influence will require holding Israeli state officials accountable while finding ways to discourage Canadian participation in these schemes," it concluded. 

Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem

By His wisdom, Allah Ta’ala gave preference to some places and times over others. For Muslims, Friday is the best day of the week, Ramadan is the best month of the year, “Laylat al-Qadr” is the best night in Ramadan, the day of “Arafah” is the best day of the year. Likewise the first ten days of the month of “Zul-Hijjah” are the blessed days for Muslims.

On the merits of the first ten days, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is reported to have said: “There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.” The people asked, “Not even Jihad for the sake of Allah?” He said: “Not even Jihad for the sake of Allah, except in the case of a man who went out to fight, giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing.” (Al-Bukhari)

Rasulullah Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam said, “On no days is the worship of Allah desired more than in the (first) ten days of Zul Hijjah. The fast of each of these days is equal to the fast of a whole year, and the worship of each of these nights is equal to the worship of Laylatul Qadr.” (Tirmizi, Ibne Mãjah)

⌛Fasting the first 9 days

The mother of the believers, Hafsah Radiyallaahu anhaa reports that Rasulullah Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam used to fast the (first) nine days of Zul Hijjah. (Nasã’ee, Ahmad, Aboo Dãwood)

The Messenger of Allah, Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam, has said, “One fast during these days is equal to the fasting of one complete year, and the worship of one night during this period is equal to the worship of Lailatul-Qadr.” (Tirmizi)

🕰️Fasting on the day of Arafat

Rasulullah Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam was asked about the fast on the day of Arafat. He said, “It compensates for the (minor) sins of the past and the coming year.” (Muslim, Tirmizi, Ibne Mãjah)

Abu Hurairah stated, “The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu'alaihi wa sallam) forbade fasting on the day of Arafah for one who is actually at 'Arafah.” [This is related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, and Ibn Majah]

At-Tirmidhi comments: “The scholars prefer that the day of 'Arafah be fasted unless one is actually at 'Arafah.”

💬Takbeer

Rasoolullah Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam said, “No days are as weighty with Allah and so liked by Him for good deeds than the first ten days of Zul Hijjah. So on these days increasingly read Subhãnallah, Lã ilãha illallãh, Alhamdulillah and Allahu Akbar.” (Musnad Ahmad)

It is Sunnah to say Takbeer (“Allaahu akbar”), Tahmeed (“Al-hamdu Lillaah”), Tahleel (“La ilaha ill-Allaah”) and Tasbeeh (“Subhaan Allaah”) during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, and to say it loudly in the mosque, the home, the street and every place where it is permitted to remember Allaah and mention His name out loud, as an act of worship and as a proclamation of the greatness of Allaah, may He be exalted. Men should recite these phrases out loud, and women should recite them quietly.

The Prophet said: “The best supplication is that of the Day of Arafah, and the best thing that I and other Prophets before me said, is: La ilaha illa allahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-hamdu wa huwa ala kulli shai’in qadeer (There is no Allah Ta’ala but Allah alone. He has no partners. To Him belong the sovereignty and all praise. He has power over all things.)” (Al-Tirmidhi)

📍Here are some tips so we can all make the most of these blessed days:

📌Read the Quran: Reading the Qur’an is a good deed and Allah (Subhaanahu WaTa'ala) especially loves the good deeds done in these days. Read as much as you can, even if it is a few verses each day.

📌Increase in Nawaafil Prayers There are a number of extra prayers you can observe during the day to increase your worship and good deeds.

📌Repent to Allah Ta'ala Make a sincere repentance to Allah Ta’ala and promise Him that you will not do bad deeds again. This may be your last chance. You are not sure if you will live till next year.

📌Give in charity Give in charity in these blessed days, as much as you can.

📌Preserve ties of kinship Maintaining the ties of kinship is from the best of deeds due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): “Whoever would like his provision to be increased and his lifespan to be extended, let him maintain the ties of kinship.” [Bukhari]

1. Stop saying *“what if”*

what if they leave? what if I fail? what if I mess everything?

Replace ’what if’ with قَدَّرَ الله وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ Allah decreed it, and whatever He wills, He does.

Shaytan loves hypothetical disasters. He keeps you in fear so you never move forward.

2. Stop complaining Complaining rewires your brain towards negativity. It trains your heart to focus on what’s missing instead of what present.

If you keep speaking lack, you’ll start seeing lack everywhere. If you speak gratitude, Allah promises to increase you.

Say الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ instead.

3. Stop rehearsing disasters When you constantly replay the worst-case scenario, you train your heart to fear the creation more than the Creator.

That’s how anxiety becomes a habits. Stop predicting pain that doesn’t exist yet.

Your job is effort. Allah’s job is outcome.

4. The 10-second waswas rule. You have 10 seconds to decide: Is this thought pulling me closer to Allah or away from Him?

Not every thought deserves your attention. Most are just passing shadows.

When it hits, say: أعوذُ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

5. Stop comparing your life. Comparison makes you feels behind even when you’re blessed.

Nothing steals peace faster than measuring your life against someone else’s.

Your tests, your timing, your rizq, it’s all written specifically for you.

He taught that when your mind feels restless or overwhelmed, you should turn your thoughts into dhikr (remembrance of Allah).

One powerful example is this du’a:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَال Transliteration: Allahumma inni Auzubika Minal Hammi Wal Hazan wal Ajzi Wal Kasali, wal Bukhli wal Jubni, wa Dhalai d-Dayni wa Ghalabatir-Rijaal

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, and from the burden of debts and being overpowered by men. (Bukhari)

May Allah swt grant us the tawfeeq to be of those who put our Tawakkul in Him swt , آمــــــــــين آمــــــــــين آمــــــــــين يا رب العالمين

Dear beloved Haji,

You are chosen.

Not because you were the richest, the most powerful, or the most "deserving" by the world's standards.

You were picked from billions to stand on that sacred ground.

That's weight. Holy weight.

You are not just a pilgrim. You are an ambassador of this Deen — breathing, walking, supplicating on behalf of an entire Ummah that looks to you with quiet, aching hope.

So know your role. Know your position.

When you raise your hands for yourself — raise them for all. When you cry — remember someone's silent tears back home. When you walk between Safa and Marwah — walk with the urgency of a community waiting for rain.

The Ummah has hope in you.

Look around the Ummah today. What do you see?

Bleeding brotherhood. Fractured unity. Misunderstanding masked as piety. Communication that cuts instead of cures. Guidance shouted, not lived. Respect traded for arrogance. Rights trampled — of family, neighbour, stranger. Imaan shaken by every storm. Community that crumbles from within.

Muslim by name — not by practice. Islam a slogan — not a way of life.

This is the cry of the Ummah. This is what your dua can heal.

And above all — the Ummah is in desperate need of:

Divine assistance and guidance of Allah Ta'ala.

Because no strategy, no speech, no summit succeeds without His nusrah and hidayah.

The Ummah has hope in you.

Not perfection — but presence. Not performance — but sincerity. Not empty ritual — but soul-moving, 'Arsh-shaking 'ibadah. Not "I made dua for you" — but "My dua for you will be accepted, inshaAllah."

Your determination:

"I will not leave this blessed land the same person who entered it. I will carry back more than souvenirs — I will carry back dua and well-wishing for all. I will carry back righteous actions and Islam as 'a way of life' for me. I will carry back a renewed Ummah within me."

May Allah Ta'ala accept your ziyarah of Rasullullah ﷺ, your 'Umrah, and your Hajj. May He accept your petitioning in His court — for you, and for all of us.

Aameen.

1. Stop saying *“what if”*

what if they leave? what if I fail? what if I mess everything?

Replace ’what if’ with قَدَّرَ الله وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ Allah decreed it, and whatever He wills, He does.

Shaytan loves hypothetical disasters. He keeps you in fear so you never move forward.

2. Stop complaining Complaining rewires your brain towards negativity. It trains your heart to focus on what’s missing instead of what present.

If you keep speaking lack, you’ll start seeing lack everywhere. If you speak gratitude, Allah promises to increase you.

Say الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ instead.

3. Stop rehearsing disasters When you constantly replay the worst-case scenario, you train your heart to fear the creation more than the Creator.

That’s how anxiety becomes a habits. Stop predicting pain that doesn’t exist yet.

Your job is effort. Allah’s job is outcome.

4. The 10-second waswas rule. You have 10 seconds to decide: Is this thought pulling me closer to Allah or away from Him?

Not every thought deserves your attention. Most are just passing shadows.

When it hits, say: أعوذُ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

5. Stop comparing your life. Comparison makes you feels behind even when you’re blessed.

Nothing steals peace faster than measuring your life against someone else’s.

Your tests, your timing, your rizq, it’s all written specifically for you.

He taught that when your mind feels restless or overwhelmed, you should turn your thoughts into dhikr (remembrance of Allah).

One powerful example is this du’a:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَال Transliteration: Allahumma inni Auzubika Minal Hammi Wal Hazan wal Ajzi Wal Kasali, wal Bukhli wal Jubni, wa Dhalai d-Dayni wa Ghalabatir-Rijaal

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, and from the burden of debts and being overpowered by men. (Bukhari)

May Allah Ta'ala grant us the tawfeeq to be of those who put our Tawakkul in Him Ta'ala , آمــــــــــين آمــــــــــين آمــــــــــين يا رب العالمين

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Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing.

Palestinians who were detained in Israeli prisons have revealed how they suffered dehumanising treatment by guards and soldiers, including torture and sexual violence.

Speaking to Al Jazeera in the Gaza Strip, many former detainees said that even after they were released, their struggle did not end as survival started another psychological battle, with the harrowing memories of imprisonment still haunting them.

Survivor Mohammed al-Bakri was arrested during Israeli military operations in Gaza in March 2024 and was jailed for about 20 months.

He was transferred between several Israeli detention centres before ending up in a prison in occupied East Jerusalem.

There he remained blindfolded and handcuffed alongside other detainees for months, cut off from the outside world, he told Al Jazeera.

One night in prison, Israeli soldiers stripped him naked, unleashed dogs and sexually assaulted him.

“They first handcuffed our hands in front of us. When the rape began, they forced our hands behind our backs, stripped us naked, and threw us onto the floor,” he said.

“Dogs were unleashed on us and viciously attacked us. One of them was extremely large. Some soldiers also used sexual objects during the assaults.”

Upon release, al-Bakri learned that his wife had been killed in an Israeli strike while he was in prison.

More than 9,600 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons last month, compared with about 5,250 before the war – an 83 per cent increase, say prisoners’ advocacy groups.

‘It’s not a lone wolf’

In another case, 17-year-old Ahmed, whose identity is being concealed by Al Jazeera at his family’s request, was detained near an aid distribution point in Rafah in southern Gaza while trying to get food to his hungry family.

Instead of returning with flour, Ahmed was fearful and traumatised.

He says he endured degrading sexual abuse during detention.

“Israeli female soldiers suddenly arrived and handcuffed us. They stripped us completely and restrained our legs with metal,” he said.

“I was confined in a very small space, and then eight female soldiers appeared fully naked and started to touch sensitive organs in my body. They filmed us and forced us to repeat degrading sexual words.”

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, a nonprofit organisation for the protection of human rights, says these testimonies are part of a broader and systematic pattern.

In its April report titled “Another Genocide Behind Walls,” the organisation documented accounts from released detainees, describing how male detainees have suffered degrading treatment in Israeli detention facilities.

Maha Hussaini of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor told Al Jazeera that Ahmed and al-Bakri are just two of dozens of cases documented in the organisation’s report.

“We have documented seven forms of sexual violence, including rape and threats of rape as well,” Hussaini said.

Kifaya Khraim from the Ramallah-based Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling, told Al Jazeera that allegations of torture and sexual violence within Israeli prisons is “very widespread”.

After interviewing 75 women detained in separate centres and police stations in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, all spoke of sexual violence, including rape, sexual torture, humiliation or degradation, Khraim said from the Hague in the Netherlands.

“It’s systematic. It’s not isolated incidents. It’s not a lone wolf committing that,” Khraim said, adding that Palestinian women and men are victims, while male and female Israeli guards and soldiers are accused of perpetrating the violence.

It happens every day. Often we know of the person who has fallen into its clutches and at times we don’t! Most view it merely as a cycle of life which is inevitable, as a result they fail to heed the message it delivers. Our pious predecessors used to say that if a person cannot learn a lesson from the Janaazah that leaves before him then nothing in life would teach him a lesson for this is by far life’s greatest and most powerful lesson. This is nothing but the lesson of DEATH that we are talking about here which is delivered more frequently these days than before.

Once a pilot of the air force narrated a personal experience of a lifetime: one that shook his imagination to the core and transformed his subsequent behaviour in life completely. He recounted:

"On a routine flight, the engine of my aircraft developed some complications which I was unable to locate and correct. Frantic messages to the control tower were not proving too helpful. Very soon the plane was accelerating towards the ground in a deathly nose-dive. I got frightingly convinced that my very few moments of life were fast ticking away. As death was staring at me with horribly lustful eyes, I could see the `performance' of my life flashing across my mind in those very last few seconds of my survival. I was a terrified and an ashamed witness to my own misdeeds. I could see no one around to soothe and comfort me---none of those assuring and reassuring heroes, friends, and relatives who used to help avoid the discomforting question of death and its consequences. The ordeal was terrible; the chances of survival nil!

It was a new life for me when I was miraculously survived the crash: It was incredible indeed. I forced my way out of the cockpit with some minor injuries and the most important message I could possibly learn: Life is too precious to be wasted in the meaningless pursuits of self-gratification. Thereafter, my attitude has undergone a complete transformation. Now I try to make sure that I learn about the Religion of Allah Ta’ala as much as I can and practise it sincerely. I hope my Gracious Creator forgives my shameful past when my unavoidable day of meeting Him would suddenly arrive."

All of us may not experience a near-death before the real one. We do, however, receive enough reminders of death in the news of the departure of others. There are only two options with us: either to sincerely prepare for the ultimate by submitting to the Message of Allah Ta’ala or to avoid contemplating the idea of death until it actually arrives. The consequence of the first choice will be lasting happiness in the future; the second option may result in an uncertain pleasure in the present existence, but will result in a definite disaster in the next one. The choice is ours!

We can view death as merely a cycle of life and let it have no impact on our lives or we can view it in the way it is meant to- more than a cycle of life, a message that no matter who we are or what our worldly successes and achievements and accomplishments are, one day it will all come to an end, sometimes even abruptly without a warning! Death would render all our worldly achievements and successes invalid and bring us to the harsh reality of what a truly meaningful life in the sight of our Creator Allah Ta’ala is! The Qur’aan and hadeeth are replete with this warning. Suratut Takaasur does a fine job at delivering this message even clearer!

Are the countless Janaazas before our eyes not empirical enough or do we require more to prove this?

Can we still live life with the attitude of wanton of a teenager when death and its most powerful message is all around us?