Saddidu wa Qaribu wa Abshiru

Hadith: Saddidu wa Qaribu wa Abshiru... (and more)

Saddidu means look for the fruit of your good deeds. We are praying every day, giving sadaqah, doing Hajj, etc, why? What's the reason for this? Are just just doing all these ibadat as a habit?

We need to know the meaning of salah and sadaqah and Hajj and rest of the amal. Salah has a meaning of 'silah', which means connection. We are actively connecting to Allah, directly during our prayers 5 or more times a day. According to another hadith, it is like a Mi'raj of the Muminin to Allah. The moment you say Allahu Akbar, it's called Takbir Tahrima, which means you are putting the world and everything in it behind you and you are alone standing in front of Allah. So, we need to prepare our minds and our souls prior to salah so that we can establish a firm connection with Allah every time and thus our status and relationship with Allah can grow continuously.

Think of Sadaqah as giving away our sickness and sins. And put your hands below the receiver, because he/she is doing you a favor, not the other way around. See on the left; that's how you should offer sadaqah/charity to others and let the receiver's hands be on top of your hand. This is the etiquette of Islam; this is the beauty of Islam.

Hajj is supposed to make you divert your attachment to the world and worldly wealth and relationships. The poor and the rich are all together. The healthy and sick are all together. The black and the white are all together; everyone (male) is wearing 2 pieces of white plain cloth. You throw stones at the shayateen (devil's stones); it means you will not obey satan no more or follow his ways.

Qaribu means perfect your deeds; perfect your salah and jakah and rest of the amal. No one (but the prophets) is perfect, but we need to try our best.


Abshiru means give glad tidings and or think about the jazaa/rewards you will be getting; so be happy. Be happy when you are in the masjid for salah thinking about the reward. Be happy when you are giving sadaqah or doing any good deeds; knowing that Allah will reward you. Be excited and actively compete with other Muslims.


Even when all our amal are nearly perfectly, we can never go to Jannah/paradise without the mercy of Allah. All these good deeds are for the mercy of Allah. Once we are granted jannah, then our deeds will determine our levels there.


Mi'raj: Great journey of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. when he was invited by Allah with the company of Angel Jibril alayhissalam from Mecca to Jerusalem, and then from there to beyond 7th heaven to meet Allah directly, on a Buraq (4 legged animal).