بِسْــــــــــــــــــــــمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْم
5. Increase your Charity
We are surrounded by countless blessings, so make sure to spread those blessings in the month of Ramadan. Give money to a good cause, such as supporting Syrian refugees, helping a local poor family with school fees, or supporting students of Islamic knowledge through SeekersGuidance.
In a very busy world, we may have little opportunity to give our time to help others in charity - giving money takes minimal time, but brings great benefit. See: Eligible Zakat Recipients, Giving Locally vs. Abroad, Charity to a Mosque, and Proper Handling of Donations.
6. Make Your Responsibilities a Form of Worship
Sometimes, women are overwhelmed by the responsibilities of the home and young children, and cannot make time to do things like study or sponsor an iftar. In these circumstances, renew your intention regarding your role as a mother and a wife. See these demanding and time-consuming roles for what they are: responsibilities that you are fulfilling to please Allah, which makes them a type of worship.
Ask Allah to accept all your work as worship, and approach all that you do in this way. This will make even the most mundane of tasks, such as changing another diaper, cleaning up another spilled cup of apple juice, or making yet another dinner a way for you to gain the pleasure of your Lord. See: Balancing Worship and Caring for a New Child.
7. Listen to the Qur'an
Although the Hanafi school holds that women cannot touch the mushaf or recite the Qur'an while experiencing menses or postpartum bleeding, they are able to listen to the recitation of the Qur'an. Doing so offers much benefit in a month that has such a heavy emphasis on reciting the book.
You can take special time out of your day to listen to it, such as while children are napping, or you can listen to it while in the midst of cooking or cleaning the house. See also: Listening to Qur'an While Occupied With Other Tasks
8. Increase Repentance
Ramadan is an excellent time to increase repentance to Allah. Use moments when others are praying or breaking their fast to ask Allah to forgive you and your loved ones and to keep you from returning to sin.
All we have is a gift from Allah, so even forgetting that for a moment is a deed worth asking forgiveness from. Know that Allah is the Forgiving, and trust that, as our scholars have said, the moment you ask for forgiveness you are truly forgiven. See also: Damaged Inner State? Imam Ghazali on Repentance
9. Babysit to Help Mothers Worship
Mothers with young children often find it difficult to go to the mosque because they worry that their kids will disturb others who are praying. Since you don't need to be at the mosque, volunteer a night or two (or more) to babysit the children of a young mother who would love to go pray tarawih. If you have young children of your own, you can tell the mother to bring her kids to your house before the prayer. By helping this woman worship, you will gain the same good deeds she gets from going to that prayer. See: I Love Being A Woman.
10. Spread Love and Light
Use the extra time and energy you have to share the joys of Ramadan and Eid with your non-Muslim friends, peers, and neighbors. Invite a work colleague for an iftar, make a special Ramadan dish and give it to a neighbor, or take time to make special cookies or gift bags for peers at the office or in school to hand out during Eid.
By sharing these happy moments with friends and colleagues in the non-Muslim community, you counter the negative narratives about Islam in the media. More than that, however, you become someone who creates bonds in an increasingly isolated world, reflecting the beauty of the Prophetic light to all those around you.
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#Duaoftheday
Ya Allah Improve our behaviour with each other امين
Ya Allah Strengthen our practice of the deen together. امين
Ya Allah Make us join together in bliss in Jannah al Firdaus.
Ya Allah, assist us with physical & emotional strength to be a good parents & example to our children.
Ya Allah Save our children from the impact of our mistakes in their lives.
Ya Allah Bless us with righteous children.
Ya Allah Make our children the coolness of our eyes and make them sawaab-e-jaariya for me & my spouse.
Ya Allah Make them of those who establish Salah and prostrate only to you.
Ya Allah Protect my family from evil, calamities, enviers & the shayaateen from man & jinn.
Ya Allah Protect our children from harm, sicknesses, disbelief, haraam and destruction.
Ya Allah Grant our children success in Deen, duniya & Aakhirah & grant us a lineage of righteous offspring until Yawm al Qiyaamah.
Ya Allah Unite our entire lineage in Jannah al Firdaus.
Ya Allah Make our children workers for Your Deen, hafidhul Quran, da'ees, imaams, scholars and shaheeds.
Ya Allah Make them become the reason for our place in Jannah & shield against the Hellfire.
Ya Allah save me & my entire family from the Hell Fire & make us enter Jannah al Firdaus Aa'laa without being accounted.
Ya Allah, you are Al Gaffaar. Forgive my parents.
Ya Allah Reward them in the greatest measures in this dunya & akhirah.
Ya Allah Elevate their ranks and grant them Jannah al Firdaus.
Ya Allah Make me coolness of their eyes in their old age.
Ya Allah Grant my siblings success in this dunya & akhirah.
Ya Allah Elevate the ranks of my parents, spouse's parents,my sisters & brothers, my elders & entire Ummah.
Ya Allah Protect them from illnesses and difficulties of old age.
Ya Allah Forgive the sins of those who have passed away in my family & the Ummah - young & old.
Ya Allah Grant them a peaceful time in the barzakh till they meet You.
Ya Allah Save us from trials of Dajjal, Yujuj & Majuj & the last Day.
Ya Allah Grant my family & friends who are waiting for the gift of "children".
Ya Allah Unite the hearts of my worldly companions who work for You & strengthen our brotherhood.
Ya Allah Unite the hearts of those undergoing family/marital difficulties.
Ya Allah Grant your perfect cure to those who are sick.
Ya Allah Protect my brothers & sisters across the warzones & from the persecution, rape, slaughter, humiliation.
Ya Allah Relieve their sufferings & elevate their ranks.
Ya Allah Bring the downfall of those (modern day pharaohs) oppressors &
Relieve those who are deprived, burdened, oppressed, in debt.
Ya ALLAH bless the person who forwarded this duas and make this a source of sadaqa jariah for them Aameen.
Ya Allah, answer our Duaas You are the All Hearing, All Knowing! Aameen Ya Rabb.
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اللَّهُمَ تَقَبَلْ صَلاَتَنَا وَصِيَامَنَا وَقِيَامَنَا وَرُكُوعَنَا وَسُجُودَنَا وَتَوْبَاتَنَا
أَمِينْ
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