Theme
التوبة
Repentance
at-Tawbah
The Companions made mistakes, and the sources do not hide them. What they show is how quickly they turned back: an apology the same day, a habit changed the moment it was corrected, a past that Islam wiped clean.
These practices are about returning to Allah without delay and without despair.
… كَذُبَابٍ مَرَّ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ". فَقَالَ بِهِ هَكَذَا قَالَ أَبُو شِهَابٍ بِيَدِهِ فَوْقَ أَنْفِهِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ" لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلاً، وَبِهِ مَهْلَكَةٌ، وَمَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ، فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَنَامَ نَوْمَةً، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَتْ رَاحِلَتُهُ، حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْحَرُّ وَالْعَطَشُ أَوْ مَا شَاءَ …
“A believer sees his sins as if he were sitting under a mountain”
18 practices from 16 companions
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Abdullah ibn Mas'udعبد الله بن مسعود
Fearing one's sins and returning to Allah
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Take small sins seriously and repent quickly, trusting Allah's pleasure in your return.
Sit with this Do your small sins feel like a fly or like a mountain?
Abu Ayyub al-Ansariأبو أيوب الأنصاري
Correcting himself immediately when he learned a ruling
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When you learn that a habit is wrong, change it immediately and ask Allah for forgiveness.
Sit with this What would it take to change a habit the very day you learn it is wrong?
Abu Bakr al-Siddiqأبو بكر الصديق
Asking for a dua to use inside prayer
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Learn one forgiveness dua by heart and say it before the salam.
Sit with this Which forgiveness du'a do you say before the salam?
Abu Bakr al-Siddiqأبو بكر الصديق
Forgiving a relative and resuming support
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Keep helping someone who has hurt you, for the sake of being forgiven yourself.
Sit with this Who has hurt you that you could keep helping, hoping Allah forgives you?
Abu Bakr al-Siddiqأبو بكر الصديق
Quick repentance after a harsh word
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Apologise the same day, before the matter settles in the heart.
Sit with this Is there a harsh word from today you could apologise for before you sleep?
Adi ibn Hatim al-Ta'iعدي بن حاتم الطائي
Keeping your word and breaking an oath for something better
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Do not let pride or anger bind you to a worse choice; do the better thing and expiate.
Sit with this Is pride holding you to a promise that is worse than the alternative?
Aisha bint Abi Bakrعائشة بنت أبي بكر
Seeking the Night of Decree with the right dua
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In the last ten nights, say this dua often.
Sit with this Have you learned the du'a for Laylat al-Qadr by heart?
al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswadالمقداد بن الأسود
Awareness of the Day of Judgement
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Keep the Day of Judgement in mind when choosing deeds.
Sit with this Which deed today would you want to see on the Day of Judgement?
Learning from correction
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When you realise you did something imperfectly, learn the correct way and teach it.
Sit with this What did you get wrong recently that you could now learn and teach properly?
Repentance and fresh start
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Never assume your past makes it too late. Return, and then commit.
Sit with this What in your past are you treating as too late to turn back from?
Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalibصفية بنت عبد المطلب
Seeking nearness to Allah through deeds, not lineage
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Family closeness to good people does not replace your own deeds.
Sit with this Are you relying on whom you know instead of what you do?
Fear of taking what is not yours
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Check your own conscience before you defend yourself: if there is doubt, give the right back.
Sit with this Is there anything in your hands that might belong to someone else?
Thabit ibn Qaysثابت بن قيس بن شماس
Fearing for his own deeds
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Fear Allah, but never let that fear become hopelessness.
Sit with this Does your fear of Allah lead you to hope, or to despair?
Ubadah ibn al-Samitعبادة بن الصامت
Keeping the pledge
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Renew your commitment to the basics, and keep it.
Sit with this Which basic commitment to Allah do you need to renew?
Accepting correction and learning from regret
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Be quick to accept correction and restrain yourself from judging the heart.
Sit with this Are you quick to judge what is in someone else's heart?
Weeping at the graveside
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Visit a graveyard to soften the heart and put the world in perspective.
Sit with this When did you last visit a graveyard to put the world in perspective?
Uthman ibn Madh'unعثمان بن مظعون
Humble, immediate acceptance of correction
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Respond to advice with 'I seek to follow', not with defensiveness.
Sit with this Do you meet advice with "I seek to follow" or with defence?
Quickly calm after anger
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Let anger pass fast and move to reconciliation.
Sit with this How quickly does your anger pass into reconciliation?
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