Thread by @Pengpappi_xo

Today, I want to remind you all that there are different forms of piety we don't pay attention to and overlook everyday.

Piety and worship of Allah is not limited to Taraweeh and khatams of Quran during Ramadan.

As Muslims we sometimes tend to have a tunnel vision of what it means to be pious. We may see Muslim influencers and daees and expect to be like them and consider them as people who alone have a good standing with Allah.

Consider them the people whose Ibadah and duas will be accepted, while our ibadah and our duas may not be heard or rejected. We see highlight reel of others and compare it with behind the scenes of our life.

See when you do this, you don't realise it but you are internally putting yourself down and doing a disservice to the efforts of many others as well.

Sure obvious signs of a believer is that they are attached to Quran and dhikr,

they spent their nights standing till their feet hurt, they cry when they hear Quran, they give in charity dollars that would put many to shame.

But guess what?! In the eyes of Allah these alone are not pious.

✦ Perhaps the cancer patient who finally kept her fast after 5 years of healing has a better standing with Allah.

✦ Perhaps the mother who can only recite 2 pages of Quran and 4 rakat of taraweeh because she has to nurse her crying baby while helping her 10 year old with homework has a better standing with Allah.

✦ Perhaps the student who is studying sincerely to become an asset to the Ummah has a better standing with Allah.

✦ Perhaps the worker who gives up private ibadah to serve at their jobs, community and homes have a better standing with Allah.

✦ Perhaps the person who cannot even recite Quran but is making an effort to learn Tajweed for the first time this Ramadan has a better standing with Allah.
✦ Perhaps the one who cries to Allah, who is unable to fast so she feeds poor people instead has better standing w/ Allah

✦ Perhaps the sister who can only do fard salaah because she is a single mother and has to work overtime to put food on the table and make ends meet has a better standing with Allah.

✦ Perhaps those will mental health issues who are ostracized by the society, who sleep all day during their fast and wake up only to offer fard Salaah have better standing with Allah.

Allah values efforts.
Allah sees quality over quantity.
Allah alone knows our intentions.

Allah will never let your hardship, your sabr, your tawakkul, your husn adh dhan, your sincerity go to waste.

What is a walk in the park for some may be surviving the storm and an uphill battle for others. Please don't undermine your efforts or that of others.

Please do the best you can and know that is enough.

Obsessing over perfection and constantly comparing your ibadah to others isn't healthy. Ibadah is about internal healing, sincerity and steady effort.

And always remember this beautiful hadith. ❤

❝Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately and know that your deeds will not make you enter Paradise, and that the most beloved deed to Allah is the most regular and constant even if it were little.❞
- Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
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