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The small consistent actions of today add up to create the life achievements (or failures) of tomorrow. By exploring and learning the daily routines of successful people, you discover new habits and new routines that might lead to your own success, Insha Allah.

As one learns and explores daily routines, it occurs that there could not be a daily routine that is more successful, more balanced, and more pleasing to Allah than the daily routine of our beloved Prophet Muhammad . He is the most successful man who ever lived, and the most successful man both in dunya and akhira. A man of inspiration to be aspired.

Allah says in the Qur’an: “There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah …show more content…
We seek to cultivate in every Muslim the desire to strive for greatness and fulfill high ambitions in accordance to the teachings of Islam. “As for those who strive hard in Us (Our Cause), We will surely guide them to Our Paths (i.e. Allah’s Religion). And verily, Allah is with the Muhsinoon (good doers)’ [al-‘Ankaboot 29:69]

In molding ourselves to aspire to inspire people to the fold of Islam the best human we could possibly emulate is our beloved Prophet Muhammad . As an illustration we could narrate examples of life changing stories from Prophet Muhammad life.

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This worried him, because he thought something must have happened to her for not being over there. So he knocked at the door. "Who is it?" asked a feeble voice. "Muhammad bin Abdullah," was the reply, "can I come in?" The woman feared, "I am sick, and too weak to fight or talk back, therefore Muhammad has come to take revenge for what I have been doing to him." But the permission to enter her house was in such a gentle voice that she allowed him in.

Muhammad (pbuh) entered the house and told the woman that not finding her on the roof had worried him and he thus wanted to inquire about her health. On finding out how ill she was, he gently asked if she needed any help. Hypnotized by the affectionate tone in the Holy Prophet's (pbuh) blessed voice, she forgot all fear and asked for some water. He kindly gave her some in a utensil and prayed for her health, while she quenched her thirst. This made her feel very guilty for being so cruel to him in the past and she apologized for her mean behavior. He forgave her and came to her house everyday to clean it, to feed her and to pray for her, till she was on her feet again. The kind attitude of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) inspired her into the recognition of the Truth, and his prayers were answered in the form of yet another addition into the growing number of

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