Assalamulaikum

Seeking religous knowledge is one way of increasing your iman and taqwa.When you realize the significance of something you tend to become more conscious of it.

For example,
'Abu Huraira(radi allahu anho) reported: Allah’s Messenger said: When a bondsman-a Muslim or a believer-washes his face (in course of ablution), every sin he contemplated with his eyes, will be washed away from his face along with water, or with the last drop of water; when he washes his hands, every sin they wrought will be effaced from his hands with the water, or with the last drop of water; and when he washes his feet, every sin towards which his feet have walked will be washed away with the water or with the last drop of water with the result that he comes out pure from all sins.

Sahih Muslim,The Book of Purification '

Now after reading this I'm sure we would all be more conscious when taking wodhu and the significance of wodhu to us would be definitely on another level.

AlHamdullillah we have some excellent english speaking alims these days and if i may say so 'ironically' many of them are from the west.To mention a few Sh Yasir Qadhi and Br Nouman Ali Khan.With the advent of youtube,halatube and other mediasharing avenues it is not hard to gain access to lectures by these talented speakers. Khutbas have adverse effects on us. Some take you a certain distance closer to your religion , some a bit more and some just pierce your heart and shake you up within. These khutbas have the power to be the turning point of your lives , the power to turn your life flipside and make you promise yourself that you are earnestly going to do all you can to become a better muslim.

There have been a few solid sermons,lectures and even debates that have this effect on me Alhamdulillah.Reminded me of my purpose here , convinced me of my deen and appealed to both my emotion and rationale.

With the intention of sharing these lectures with you all , I'd like to start a countdown on this blog of my favourite 10 lectures.All the way from number 10 to my toplist favourite , InshAllah.

I'm going to call this Personal10 , purely for bling bling and marketing reason.may you all and I benefit from it.

Countdown begins

Salams