Regular showers, smelly today?

Many of us have showers everyday, or even every morning and evening, and if you hear that someone hasn't taken a shower one day, you think that he is "unclean" and "dirty", and sometimes you can smell the person.

But have we taken a spiritual morning or evening shower today? Do we take a spiritual shower everyday? To purify the stench/smell of our souls? This shower is the shower of the Qur'an, the shower of the dhikr of Allah (Hallowed is He) and thus the shower of the Mercy of Allah Most High which removes our sins.

The Prophet said "No people gather together in one of the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, but tranquillity and peace descends upon them, mercy envelopes them, the angels surround them, and Allah makes mention of them amongst those who are with Him. And whosoever is slowed down by his actions will not be hastened forward by his lineage" (Muslim)

The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said “The Quran is an intercessor, and it is rightfully believed in. Whoever puts it in front of him, it will lead him to Paradise; whoever puts it behind him, it will steer him to the Hellfire.” [At-Tabarani]

Life Advice by Sayyidina Ali (RA)

"Accept good exhortations and refresh your mind with them. Adopt piety and kill your inordinate desires with its help. Build your character with the help of true faith in religion and Allah. Subjugate your nature with the vision of death, make it see the mortality of life and of all that it holds dear, force it to realize the actuality of misfortunes and adversities, the changes of circumstances and times and compel it to study the lives of past people. Persuade it to see the ruined cities, the dilapidated palaces, decaying signs and relics of fallen empires of past nations. Then meditate over the activities of those people, what they have all done when they were alive and were in power, what they achieved, from where they started their careers; where, when and how they were brought to an end, where they are now; what have they actually gained out of life and what was their contributions to the human welfare.

If you carefully ponder over these problems, you will find that each one of those people has parted company with the others and with all that he cherished and loved and he is now in a solitary abode, alone and unattended; and you also will be like him." - Sayyidina Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (may Allah be pleased with him and ennoble his face)

What to do on Fridays

It is recommended to do a lot of recitation of the Qurʾān, adhkār and supplications on the day of Friday and the night, as well as prayers upon the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, and the recitation of Sūrat al-Kahf in the day. Al-Shāfiʿī, may Allah have mercy on him, said in the book al-Umm, ‘It is recommended to read it on Friday night.’


The full article is found here:
http://www.marifah.net/articles/recommendedadhkar-imamal-nawawi.pdf