Ishraaq today

Did ishraaq today.
Read some Quran after Fajr until ishraaq time.
Finished 15th Sipara

Fasting today

Trying to keep up one fast a week

Did Ishraaq and Chaast for the first time in years on the past weekend

Alhamdoulillah I did these nafl salaat.

It must be at least 10 years since I last did this.

Insha Allah I will make it more of a habit at least on weekends.

See here for a description of these salaats

Ali (radi allahu anhu) accepts Islam at the age of 6

He was living with the Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wassallam).
He saw him praying with Khadijah (radhia allahu anha) and ask about this.

He was invited to Islam and said that he needed to ask his father first.
Overnight he thought about Islam and his father's religion. In the morning he accepted Islam without speaking to his father.

There may be a difference of opinion on this as pointed out in this article

Hypocrites amongst Bedouins

Surah 9 Verse 86

They said something like 'if we go with you, such and such tribe will attack them'.

The Prophet (sallahu alaihi wassallam) would simply accept their excuses, saying something like Allah is sufficient for us.

The Prophet (sallahu alaihi wassallam) had no need for them in his army.

They are likened to women in the next verse and Allah describes their hearts as sealed.

Their hearts are so closed that they really do not understand the gravity of their actions.

Abu Bakr (radhi allahu anhu) - very good at Dawah

Out of the 10 given glad tidings of Jannah in this world, 6 accepted Islam at the hands of Abu Bakr (radhi allahu anhu)

Another article here

Fasted on 2nd November

Trying to make the most of the winter short days to get some nafl/sunnah fasts on my account.