tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51021307352124392772024-03-05T00:55:24.197-08:00The musk platformNishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.comBlogger310125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-67973950566697341502020-04-02T03:14:00.000-07:002020-04-02T03:19:49.996-07:00Update <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-55962265679903759062017-05-17T05:30:00.000-07:002017-05-17T06:45:52.122-07:00The garment and the three dates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sheikh Ibn Uthaimeen narrates from a trustworthy person that there was a man who use to forbid his wife from giving charity to any poor person who knocked on the door!<br />
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So one day a poor man knocked on the door, he said that he has no clothes to protect him from the cold. She was afraid for his situation and so she gave him a garment and three dates.<br />
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The husband was sleeping in the mosque and he saw in his dream that it was the Judgment day and Judgment has begun.<br />
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He saw the people in enormous waves, extreme heat, and the sun burning. He then raises his head into the garment, and it, the garment, has three holes. Then he saw three dates came into to fill these holes so he was astonished and woke up from his sleep horrified. He related this story to his wife who then explained to him that the reason for this dream is the garment and dates she gave as charity.<br />
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So he replied to her: Do not turn away a poor person after today.<br />
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This incident made this person guided by Allah (عز وجل) and the Prophet (صلي الله عليه وسلم) Said “Every man will be in the shade of his charity on the Day of Resurrection.”</div>
Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-54834313536791157692016-08-29T22:34:00.000-07:002016-08-29T22:34:08.177-07:00A short story of a man who feared hypocrisy <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"If you ask them (about this), they declare: "We were only talking idly and joking." Say: "Was it at Allah, and His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and His Messenger (Sallallahu alibi wasallam) that you were mocking?" (Surah Tawba:65)<br />
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Ikrimah said in the Tafseer of this verse, "There was a man from among the people (May Allah Forgive him) who was saying , " Oh Allah, I heard a verse that is directed toward myself which make my skin pale and my heart tremble with fear for it. Oh Allah, make me die a death in your way (fee sabeeluka) , without a single person saying, 'I bathed him, I shrouded him, and I buried him'."<br />
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"After that he was killed in the Battle of Yamama, and no Muslim looked for him but instead found another (the body of another person, while his body was not found)."<br />
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"وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ ۚ قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ" Surat Tawba:65<br />
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قال عكرمة في تفسير هذه الآية : كان رجل ممن إن شاء الله عفا عنه يقول : اللهم إني أسمع آية أنا أعنى بها ، تقشعر منها الجلود ، وتجب منها القلوب ، اللهم فاجعل وفاتي قتلا في سبيلك ، لا يقول أحد : أنا غسلت ، أنا كفنت ، أنا دفنت ، قال : فأصيب يوم اليمامة ، فما أحد من المسلمين إلا وقد وجد غيره</div>
Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-27278668557169487922016-07-27T12:46:00.000-07:002016-07-27T12:46:13.896-07:00Thabit bin qais, The man of Jannah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
O you who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet (SAW), nor speak aloud to him in talk as you speak aloud to one another, lest your deeds may be rendered fruitless while you perceive not. (Holy Qur'an 49:2)<br />
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When this Ayah was revealed, the Sahaba Thabit bin Qais who have a strong voice and used to be in the Majalis of Prophet sallallahu alihi wasllam stayed in his house crying day and night.<br />
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Prophet sallallahu alihi wasallam missed him and asked the companions about Thabit. The Sahaba replied: Oh prophet sallallahu alihi wasllam. He from the time the Ayah was revealed, he is in his crying day and night. Prophet called Thabit and asked him about the reason and thabit replied that he fears that the Ayah was revealed about him. And he feared all his deeds would go waste.<br />
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Prophet sallallahu alihi wasallam gave him the good news that he will live a praise worthy life and will die a martyr and his abode is Jannah.<br />
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Anas bin Malik commented : We used to see Thabit walking among us knowing he was a man of paradise.<br />
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After praiseworthy life Thabit was martyred in the Battle against Musaylama al Kazzab.</div>
Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-84444858537655588402014-03-30T16:51:00.000-07:002014-04-11T07:20:56.152-07:00The Amputation: A Story For Those in Distress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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By: Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Actually,
let me tell you this story and this will tell you what Raghbah is. Not only
Raghbah, but all three of these Ibaadaat that we will mention today Inshaa
Allah. It will tell you what Raghbah, Rahbah and Khushoo’ are and how they
pertain to and affect your Ibaadah, and in particular the story I am going to
tell you is how it affects Salah. The chain of this story is authentic, had it
not been authentic you would think it is a fictional story or a figment of
someone’s imagination. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">The story
is about ‘Urwah Ibn az-Zubayr Ibn al-‘Awwaam radhiallahu ‘anhuma. ‘Urwah was a
man with a golden ancestry. His father is az-Zubayr Ibn al-‘Awwaam, one of the
ten people promised to go to Jannah and the companion who was one of the six
people that Umar radhiallahu ‘anhu chose when he was stabbed, to choose the
destiny of this Ummah after he dies. His mother is Asmaa’ Bint Abu Bakr, that
makes his maternal grandfather Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq radhiallahu ‘anhu. His
paternal grandmother was Safiyyah Bint Abdul-Muttalib. If his mother is Asmaa’,
that means his aunt is Aishah radhiallahu ‘anha. That is why he used to enter
upon Aishah, if you know Hadith where he used to narrate Ahaadith from her and
he used to learn with her. And because of that, he became one of the top seven
Fuqhahaa’ in Madina. May Allah honour this Ummah with the likes of Aishah and
Asmaa’ who play their proper model role in raising revivers and Mujaahideen for
this Ummah. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">After the
death of the Messenger sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, he remained in Madinah.
When he grew older, he decided to visit Bilaad ash-Shaam. During his journey or
possibly before it, he was infected with some kind of disease in his foot that
began to spread during the journey where it reached the shin area (somewhere
between the knee and the ankle). When he arrived in Bilaad ash-Shaam, they
brought him the doctors who told him this leg needs to be amputated otherwise
it is going to spread and kill you. And back then, they used alcohol for
anaesthesia, that is what reduced the pain when they operated in these kind of
surgeries. ‘Urwah held himself to a higher standard. If it was permissible for
normal people in such circumstances, it is not something ‘Urwah would allow
upon himself. He held himself to a higher standard and this is our point here,
he said let me make Salah and when you see me get into my Salah, amputate my
leg as you wish. You know what he meant by that? What he meant is let me get
into my Salah, let me stimulate and rev up my Raghbah, Rahbah and Khushoo’ and
then amputate my leg. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Why ‘Urwah?
Because when a heart elevates in that Ibaadah of Raghbah, Rahbah and Khushoo’
during Ibaadah, it numbs the feeling of the limbs. You are present in your
body, but in reality you are in another world. You may see a bodybuilder or
someone very athletic in the peak of his fitness abilities, you tell him your
son just got hit by a car and if it affects him and moves him internally. That
strong and athletic man will drop down to his knees in weakness. Where are his
muscles? Where are his athletic abilities? The heart feeling overwhelms and
overpowers his physical strength and paralyses the limbs. While ‘Urwah was deep
in his Raghbah, Rahbah and Khushoo’ (and this is precisely how the story goes),
they cut with a knife. It is by a bone area (by the shin area) and when they
got to the bone area, they heated a saw and began to saw it off. First cut,
then saw. At that time, out of his seven sons his most beloved son Muhammad
went to a stable for the leader (al-Waleed Ibn Abdul-Malik) and a horse or a
camel booted and stamped him to death. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">When the
people began to visit him and among them was al-Waleed Ibn Abdul-Malik, they
gave him condolence about his leg and then they informed him and gave him
condolence over his son. Why? First my leg and now my son? Problem after
problem. My grandfather is Abu Bakr radhiallahu ‘anhu and he gave victory to
Islam. I am one of the top seven Fuqhahaa’ in Madinah. Why me? I am the son of
the man who gave your Messenger victory Yaa Allah. Is that what he said? That
is not ‘Urwah Ibn az-Zubayr. Listen to what he said. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">He said:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">اللهم كانوا سبعة</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>، فأخذت واحدا وأبقيت ستة </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Oh Allah
they were seven, You took one and You left me six. He means about his sons, he
had seven. He said You took one and You left six. Look at the positive
thinking, You have been so gracious and kind to me Yaa Allah.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">وكن أربعا</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>، فأخذت واحدة وأبقيت ثلاثا</span></b><b><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Now he is
talking about his limbs. Oh Allah they were four (two hands and two legs), You
took one and You left me with three. You have been so gracious and kind to me.
Look at the positive thinking in the middle of a calamity. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then he
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<b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">اللهم لك الحمد</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>،</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">فلئن</span></b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
<b>إن كنت قد أخذت فقد أبقيت<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Allah if
You took, You left me with plenty. You took one of my limbs and You left me
with three. You took one of my sons and You left me with six.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">وإن كنت قد ابتليت فلطالما عافيت</span></b><b><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">And if You
tested me, you kept me sound and well for such a long time. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">فلك الحمد على ما أخذت وعلى ما عافيت</span></b><b><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">All thanks
to you Allah for what You took and for what You kept.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">This story
has a few narrations to it and what will stun you is the addition in Ibn Abi
ad-Dunya. He said the night that happened (he lost his leg and he lost his
son), he did not miss his Qiyaam. Take a break ‘Urwah, mourn your son, wait
until your pain eases and then resume your night recitation. These were men who
were born for the Aakhirah, he did not miss his night recitation that night. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">It gets
more amazing, and I remember mentioning this in one of the first Jumu’ah
Khutbahs I gave. It had to have been one of the first ten that I delivered
maybe twenty or twenty five years ago and I said back then what I will still
say today. For me the most amazing and astonishing part of it is what Ibn
Katheer stated that al-Awzaa’ee said.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">وقال الأوزاعي</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>: لما نشرت رجل عروة قال</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>:
اللهم إنك تعلم أني لم أمش بها إلى سوء قط</span></b><b><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When his
leg was cut, ‘Urwah said oh Allah, You know I never used this leg to walk to a
sin before. How many of us can look at their legs today and say that? Or look
in the mirror at their eyes and say the same statement? Or at their tongues or
at their hands and say Allah You know we never used this for a sin? Do you know
it is the opinion of some of the Hanafiyyah that whoever says Allah You know
(Ya’lamullah (</span><b><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">يعلم الله</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>))
I did this or that and he is a liar, that he becomes a Kaafir. Because in
reality, by that statement and by that lie, he claims that Allah does not know.
That is the opinion of some of the Hanafiyyah and it may be the weaker of two
opinions on that issue, but what I am trying to say is it shows you how
dangerous it is to say Ya’lamullah on a lie, it is more dangerous than saying
it on an oath. Saying Wallahi and lying is easier than saying Ya’lamullah on a
lie. ‘Urwah was so sure of his past that he said oh Allah, You know I never
used this leg to commit a sin before. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Listen to
the icing on the cake of this story. I told you his leg was amputated in Bilaad
ash-Shaam, so he returned back to Madinah with no son and no leg. He lost his
son and he lost his leg. When he returned back to Madinah, they said Wallahi we
never heard him complain about his foot or about his son. Men raised by
Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. Before we get carried away, this story
has so many lessons in it, however our point for this class and why I mention
it for this class is the affect Raghbah, Rahbah and Khushoo’ have on someone’s
Salah. The affect that it has is that it numbs and paralyses the limbs, because
Raghbah, Rahbah and Khushoo’ take a person to another world. A true, spiritual
world. A true Imaanic world. Some make superficial Salah, as many or most do.
Others have Raghbah, Rahbah and Khushoo’ in them, like ‘Urwah. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jibril </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-76124490705923189252014-03-02T12:43:00.003-08:002014-03-02T12:44:14.117-08:00The Story of Princess of Mongols and the Shaykh <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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By: Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let me conclude with this story. We
mentioned a lot about Hulagu in Ramadhaan, those who were present in the Ramadan
Gems, I mentioned who Hulagu was. He was one of the leaders of the Mongols, he
massacred the Muslims. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He had a daughter that was walking around
in town one time, she saw a man and he had a crowd around him, she asked who is
that guy? They told her that is a Shaykh, that is an ‘Aalim, they run the
Muslim land. There is a Shaykh there, they were probably asking him questions,
she said oh that is a Shaykh? She tried to embarrass him but look, a lot of
lessons in this story I do not want get into because we do not have time but
you will understand it. The daughter of Hulagu told the Shaykh or ‘Aalim, are
you guys not the people that say Allah will make you guys victorious, supreme
and inheritors on this land? It is in your Qur’an. That is fake because you are
under our rule, I can order any one of my guards to kill you right now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Shaykh said, do you know shepherds?
When they take their sheep to graze, they take a few dogs. He asked her, what
is the purpose of those dogs with the shepherd? Everyone knows the purpose. She
said when the sheep run off the herd, the dogs are unleashed and run wild after
the sheep to get them back in the herd. He told her, you guys are the dogs;
Allah unleashed you after us to get us back in the guidance of the Qur’an and
the Sunnah. Once we get back in the guidance of the Qur’an and the Sunnah, you
will be tethered by the One who unleashed you. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Deep story, meaning when we come back to
Allah, that is when we will become victorious over you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Allah </span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;">سبحانه وتعالى</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> - Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-15933565995154579262014-02-16T12:13:00.001-08:002014-02-16T12:13:24.943-08:00Jihad is required in all Conditions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنْفُسِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(March
forth, whether you are light (being healthy, young and wealthy) or heavy (being
ill, old and poor), strive hard with your wealth and your lives in the Cause of
Allah. This is better for you, if you but knew.)</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Sufyan Ath Thawri narrated from his father from Abu-Duha,
Muslim bin Subayh, who said, “This Ayah,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(March forth, whether you are light or
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was the first part to be revealed from “Surah Bara’ah” <i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(At-Tabari 14:270)</span></i>
Mu’tamir bin Sulayman narrated that his father said, “Hadrami claimed that he
was told that some people used to declare that they will not gain sin (if they
lag behind the forces of <i>Jihad</i>) because they are ill and old. This Ayah
was revealed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(March forth, whether you are light or
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Allah commanded mass mobilization together with the
Messenger of Allah<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> (<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span> for the battle of Tabuk, to
fight the disbelieving, People of the Book, the Romans, Allah’s enemies. Allah
ordained that the believes all march forth with the Messenger<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> (<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span>
regardless whether they felt active, lazy, at ease or had difficult
circumstances, <i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(At Tabari 14:266)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(March forth, whether you are light or
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Ali bin Zayd narrated that Anas said that Abu Talhah
commented (on this Ayah), “Whether you are old or young, Allah did not leave an
excuse for anyone.” Abu Talhah marched to Ash-Sham and fought until he was
killed. In another narration, Abu Talhah recited Surah Bara’ah until he reached
this Ayah, <span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنْفُسِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(March forth, whether you are light (being
healthy, young and wealthy) or heavy (being ill, old and poor), strive hard
with your wealth and your lives in the Cause of Allah. This is better for you,
if you but knew.)</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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He then said. “I see that Allah had called us to mobilize
whether we are old or young. O my children! Prepare my supplies.” His children
said, “May Allah grant you His mercy! You conducted Jihad along with the
Messenger of Allah<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> (<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span> until he died, then with
Abu Bakr until he died, then with Umar until he died. Let us perform Jihad in
your place.” Abu Talhah refused and he went to the sea [under the command of
Mu’awiyah] where he died. They could not find an island to bury him on until
nine days later, during which his body did not deteriorate or change and they
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As-Suddi said, <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(March
forth, whether you are light or heavy)</span></i>, whether you are rich,
poor, strong, or weak. A man came forward, and he was fat, complained, and
asked for permission to stay behind (from Jihad) but the Prophet <span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">(<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span>
refused. Then this Ayah,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(March
forth, whether you are light or heavy)</span></i> was revealed, and it
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الْمَرْضَىٰ وَلَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ مَا يُنْفِقُونَ حَرَجٌ إِذَا نَصَحُوا
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ill or who find no resources to spend [in holy fighting (Jihad)], if they are
sincere and true (in duty) to Allah and His Messenger.) (9:91)</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Ibn Jabir said that Hibban bin Zayd Ash-Shar’abi narrated to
him; “We mobilized our forces with Safwan bin ‘Amr, who was the governor of
Hims towards the city of Ephsos appointed to the Jerajima Christian expatriates
(in Syria). I saw among the army an old, yet active man, whose eyebrows had
sunk over his eyes (from old age), from the residents of Damascus, riding on
his animal. I said to him, ‘O uncle! Allah has given you an excuse (to lag
behind).’ He said, ‘O my nephew! Allah has mobilized us whether we are light or
heavy. Verily, those whom Allah loves, He tests them. Then to Allah is their
return and eternal dwelling. Allah tests from His servants whoever thanks (Him)
and observes patience and remembrance of Him, all the while worshipping Allah,
the Exalted and Most Honored, and worshipping none else.’” (At-Tabari 14:264)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Next, Allah encourages spending in His cause and striving
with one’s life in His pleasure and the pleasure of His Messenger<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> (<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span>,<o:p></o:p></div>
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فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lives in the Cause of Allah. This is better for you, if you but knew.)</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: _PDMS_IslamicFont; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Allah says, this is better for you
in this life and the Hereafter. You might spend small amounts, but Allah will
reward you the property of your enemy in this life, as well as, the honor that
He will keep for you in the Hereafter. The Prophet<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> (<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span> said,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Traditional Arabic","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">«<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">تَكَفَّلَ اللهُ لِلْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِهِ إِنْ تَوَفَّاهُ
أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ، أَوْ يَرُدَّهُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ بِمَا نَالَ مِنْ
أَجْرٍ أَوْ غَنِيمَة</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>»</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">(Allah
promised the Mujahid in His cause that if He brings death to him, He will enter
him into Paradise. Or, He will return him to his house with whatever reward and
war spoils he earns.) [Muslim 4:1496]<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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So Allah said;<o:p></o:p></div>
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عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰ أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ
خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ
يَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">(Jihad is ordained for you
(Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which
is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but
you do not know.) [2:216]<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></i></div>
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Messenger of Allah<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> (<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span> said to a man,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Traditional Arabic","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">«أَسْلِم»</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Islam,) but the man said, "I dislike doing so.'' The Messenger</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> (<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> said,</span></i><i><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Traditional Arabic","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">«أَسْلِمْ
وَإِنْ كُنْتَ كَارِهًا»</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Traditional Arabic","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Embrace
Islam even if you dislike it).'' [Ahmad 3:109]</span></i><i><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div>
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قَاصِدًا لَاتَّبَعُوكَ وَلَٰكِنْ بَعُدَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّقَّةُ ۚ وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ
بِاللَّهِ لَوِ اسْتَطَعْنَا لَخَرَجْنَا مَعَكُمْ يُهْلِكُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَاللَّهُ
يَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Had it been a near gain (booty in front of them) and an easy
journey, they would have followed you, but the distance (Tabuk expedition) was
long for them, and they would swear by Allah, "If we only could, we would
certainly have come forth with you." They destroy their ownselves, and
Allah knows that they are liars. [9:42].<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol 4) P: 432 to 435, Jihad is Required in all Conditions</div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-82498684247766767442014-01-25T08:51:00.000-08:002014-03-03T06:17:36.145-08:00And Hasten to the Forgiveness from Your Lord – Abu Ayyub al-Maaldifi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your Lord and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the
righteous”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">When the enemies join forces, to
destroy the Deen of Allah, When the Sharia of Allah is belittled, and the
Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam is mocked, when the Muslims are
oppressed, and mischief widespread, when the true callers are imprisoned, and
the word jihad omitted, Oh you who are oppressed by the hands of tyrants Oh you
who are distressed by the situation of the Ummah Know that the Victory of Allah
is near.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">For; This is the religion of
Allah the Creator of Heavens and Earth, No doubt Allah will keep sending His
glorious soldiers, the best of His creation to protect & safeguard the firm
Religion of Islam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">This is the Ummah of Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam which produced Sahabas of Great Caliber most of whom
took their last breath in the battlefields never to give up even when their
limbs were cut off and their bodies mutilated. And no doubt their successors
and grandsons will rise to irrigate the oasis of faith and action with their
blood to aid the Ummah of Islam as time goes by.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">This is the Muslim Ummah of Jihad
in which, no doubt mother’s would keep giving birth to heroes and wives would
keep sending their husbands out of comfort of their life into the cross fire of
guns and swords never to return unless in shrouds of lifelessness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">That is when we see the Lions of
Allah moving killing and roaring “Labbaik ya Allah” in the battlefields
beginning from the deserts of Arabia to the horn of Africa over to the torabora
proceeding to open the gate of Ash Sham and finally to al Quds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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magnificent men who are willing to fasten the bridges of Deen with their bodies
in response to kuffar’s invasion for nothing but the reward of Paradise
responding to the call of Jihad Fi Sabilillahi when it is announced from every
corner of the earth; from north to south and from east to west.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">They are the Lions of monotheism
and the moths of Prophethood, standing in the vanguard of the Ummah defending
the Kalimah La ilaha ill Allah. Whose hearts are filled with love of being
killed for the sake of Allah and whose hearts are filled with hatred of enemies
for the sake of Allah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be induced by this world forgetting the hereafter but by the will of Allah
sunhanahu wata alaa, the turner of hearts brings him out of darkness into
light. After true guidance starts to shine through his life, Allah becomes more
beloved than anything else in his life. Tears roll down his cheeks in Salatul
Tahajjad. He feels the pain of Muslims in his heart for Muslims are like one
body, if one limb is hurting then the rest of the body hurts. As he moves he
sees that indigence and indignity has becomes fate of the Ummah. He sees the
prevailing kufr with Wahn submerged in the hearts of Muslims. Realization dawns
upon him that the aid to the religion of Allah is only through Jihad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">He starts to write the history of
sacrifice and devotedness with his heart moving here and there looking for
Hijrah to the lands of Jihad like a fish wanting to be in the water. He would
cry tears of truth and he would not rest until he gets to the lands of Jihad to
help the Ummah to once again raise the banner of Tawheed and eliminate the
Disbelievers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">It may be a journey of trials and
tribulations, prison and torment but he gives the message to every kuffar’s
squadron and leaders that he can slay his neck for the Tawheed of Allah but he
would not submit to the sills of their Thagooth with a single beat left in his
heart. (In sha Allah)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">These are the Soldiers of Allah
whose sweat and blood paves the road of the Deen and whose torn bodies become
the brick of it pillars. For you will see them with greed and eagerness for the
everlasting Jannatul Firdawus which is wider than the heavens and the earth.
For they become the Martyrs rushing towards the pleasure of their Lord the true
Lord of the heavens and the earth.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Abu Ayyub al Maaldifi<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Source: </span>http://biladalsham.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/and-hasten-to-the-forgiveness-from-your-lord-abu-ayyub-al-maaldifi/</div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-64432491876116288032013-06-05T08:09:00.001-07:002013-06-05T08:09:18.882-07:00The bravery of Tulayhah al Azdi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When Saad bin Abi Waqqaas (ra) asked the Khalifah Umar (ra) to
send him reinforcement. Umar (ra) replied: “I have sent you 2000 men: Amr bin
Ma’adi Yakrib and Tulayhah al Azdi. Each one of them counts as a thousand.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tulayhah al Azdi , Amr, and Qays bin Makshooh went on a
reconnaissance mission to the enemy’s army. Both Amr and Qays kidnapped some Persian
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Tulayhah went
further until he was in the camp of the army’s commander. He hid until nightfall
and then went straight to the tent of the commander and took away his horse -
which was tied to the tent - and ran away. A Persian horseman saw that and
followed him. Tulayhah killed him and took his horse along with his and the
commander’s horse. Another horseman pursued him and Tulayhah also killed him
and took his horse. A third horseman attacked him but then surrendered.
Tulayhah captured him and carried him away, along with a total of four horses
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The Muslim leaders gathered to question the Persian who was
captured who turned out to be one of their leaders. He said: “I have fought
numerous battles but I have never seen anything like this man! He crossed our camps
until he made it to where even the brave would not dare: the camp of our army’s
commander, which had over 70,000 soldiers. As if that wasn’t enough he went
ahead and took the commander’s horse! The first of us to follow him was
considered among us to be equal to a thousand men and he killed him! The second
to follow him was killed and then I pursued him and I don’t think that there is
anyone in the army equal to myself in strength and courage. But I saw death on
his hands and surrendered! The man then accepted Islam and fought alongside the
Muslims.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Source: ‘Mashari al-Ashwaq ila Masari al-Ushaaq’ by Imam Ibn Nuhaas</div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-38269919661260294442013-05-31T08:58:00.001-07:002014-03-02T13:13:28.921-08:00A Miswak from Medina<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">Oh Miswak! I wonder
whether you came from the blessed land of Madina, the land of our beloved
Prophet<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">(</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: justify;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: justify;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">.</span></div>
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<u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I wonder this was
just the type Prophet<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11pt;">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> used
& so did the Sahabas too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Chewed a bit on to
the Miswak, & Thoughts began to drift…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The last moments of
our Prophet<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11pt;">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>), as he laid on the lap of his beloved
wife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">As she chewed the
Miswak gently and cleansed the beloved teeth of the Prophet...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">He<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11pt;">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> took such
care for hygiene though He<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11pt;">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> was
feeling the pain and agony of death drawing nearer and nearer...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Tears rolled down as
I wondered about how everyone present near the beloved Prophet (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11pt;">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) would have felt, as time
drove near for Him<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11pt;">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The fever, the
fainting to unconsciousness, the waking up, pouring of water over on the
beloved head of the Prophet<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11pt;">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> just
so to break the fever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">And yet He constantly
kept asking "Have they prayed? Have they prayed? So much concern and
protection over Salah yet we do not take heed...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A calling brought me
back and was questioned for my stillness and tears...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Shared my thoughts
and the listener too broke into bitter tears as he had the other half of
the Miswak in his hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">You see for us
Muslims using of a Miswak is just not something simple. It is a Sunnah of our
Prophet<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11pt;">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> with so
many medical benefits to fill the pages...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">But most importantly
it is a Sunnah to be followed and loved so that we may be loved by Allah
subhanahu wa’ta’aalaa for following the Prophet (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11pt;">صلي الله عليه وسلم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) though it may seem simple and small...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">And as for me the
Miswak is a reminder of the last day spent in this Dhunya by the Mercy sent to
the mankind...<o:p></o:p></span><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">By Ummu Ayyub<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-39456011977931241962013-05-03T13:02:00.001-07:002013-05-03T13:03:13.134-07:00The description of the house in which Prophet (Peace be upon him) use to live with Aisha (Radiy Allah anha)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was about six feet wide, had
earthen walls and the roof was of leaves and twigs. To prevent rain water from
seeping in the roof was covered with a blanket. The roof was so low that a
person standing upright could touch the roof. There was a single shuttered
door, which was never closed; a blanket served as a curtain. Close to the room,
on a slightly higher level was another small room, which Muhammad (Peace be upon him) occupied on the one occasion when he had boycotted the Mothers of the
believers. A mat, a thin mattress, a pillow filled with the bark of trees, a
leather water bag, a small plate for dates and a glass for drinking water were
all the things in the room. There were none of the signs of worldly wealth and
pomp, but this little room was filled with spiritual treasures. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Source: Great Women of Islam</div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-9069035549885047162013-05-03T08:53:00.000-07:002013-05-03T08:53:55.949-07:00The description of the Prophet (Peace be upon him)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Describing the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him), who
passed by her tent on his journey of migration, Umm Ma‘bad Al-Khuza‘iyah said
to her husband: <i>“He was innocently bright and had broad countenance. His manners
were fine. Neither was his belly bulging out nor was his head deprived of hair.
He had black attractive eyes finely arched by continuous eyebrows. His hair
glossy and black, inclined to curl, he wore long. His voice was extremely
commanding. His head was large, well-formed and set on a slender neck. His expression
was pensive and contemplative, serene and sublime. The stranger was fascinated from
the distance, but no sooner he became intimate with him than this fascination
was changed into attachment and respect. His expression was very sweet and distinct.
His speech was well set and free from the use of superfluous words, as if it
were a rosary of beads. His stature was neither too high nor too small to look
repulsive. He was a twig amongst the two, singularly bright and fresh. He was
always surrounded by his Companions. Whenever he uttered something, the listeners
would hear him with rapt attention and whenever he issued any command, they
vied with each other in carrying it out. He was a master and a commander. His
utterances were marked by truth and sincerity, free from all kinds of
falsehoods and lies.”</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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‘Ali bin Abi Talib describing him said: <i>“The Messenger of
Allah (Peace be upon him) was neither excessively tall nor extremely short. He
was medium height among his friends. His hair was neither curly nor wavy. It
was in between. It was not too curly nor was it plain straight. It was both
curly and wavy combined. His face was not swollen or meaty-compact. It was fairly
round. His mouth was white. He had black and large eyes with long haired
eyelids. His joints (limbs) and shoulder joints were rather big. He had a
rod-like little hair extending from his chest down to his navel, but the rest
of his body was almost hairless. He had thick hand palms and thick fingers and
toes. At walking, he lifted his feet off the ground as if he had been walking
in a muddy remainder of water. When he turned, he turned all. The Prophet hood
Seal was between his shoulders. He is the Seal of Prophets, the most generous
and the bravest of all.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>His speech was the most reliable. He was the keenest and
the most attentive to people’s trust and was very careful to pay people’s due
in full. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) was the most tractable and the most
yielding companion, seeing him unexpectedly you fear him and venerate him. He
who has acquaintance with him will like him. He who describes him says: ‘I have never seen such a person neither
before nor after seeing him.’””<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Jabir bin Samurah reported that Allah’s Messenger (Peace be
upon him) had a broad face with reddish (wide) eyes and lean heels.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Abu At-Tufail said: <i>“He was white, good-looking. He was
neither fat nor thin; neither tall nor short.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Anas bin Malik said: <i>“He had unfolded hands and was pink-colored.
He was neither white nor brown. He was rather whitish. In both his head and
beard there were as many as twenty grey hairs, besides some grey hairs at his
temples.” In another version: “and some scattered white hairs in his head.”</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Abu Juhaifa said: <i>“I have seen some grey color under his
lower lip.”</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Al-Bara’ said: <i>“He was of medium height, broad-shouldered;
his hair went up to his earlobes. I saw him dressed in a red garment and I (assure
you) I have never seen someone more handsome. At first he used to let his hair
loose so as to be in compliance with the people of the Book; but later on he
used to part it.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Al-Bara’ also said: <i>“He had the most handsome face and
the best character.” When he was asked: “Was the Messenger’s face sword-like?”
“No,” he said: “it was moon-like.” But in another version: he said, “His face
was round.” <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Ar-Rabi‘ bint Muawwidh said: <i>“Had you seen him, you would
have felt that the sun was shining.” <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Jabir bin Samurah said, <i>“I saw him at one full-moon
night. I looked at him. He was dressed in a red garment. I compared him with
the moon and found that — for me — he was better than the moon.”</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Abu Huraira said<i>: “I have never seen a thing nicer than
the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him). It seems as if the sunlight were
moving within his face. I have never seen one who is faster in pace than the
Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him). It seemed as if the earth had folded
itself up to shorten the distance for him. For we used to wear ourselves out
while he was at full ease.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Ka‘b bin Malik said: <i>“When he was pleased, his face would
shine with so bright light that you would believe that it was a moon-piece.”
Once he sweated at ‘Aishah’s (house), and the features of his face twinkled; so
I recited a poem by Abu Kabeer Al-Hudhali:<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>“If you watch his
face-features, you will see them twinkling like the lightning of an approaching
rain.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Whenever Abu Bakr saw him he would say<i>: “He is faithful, chosen (by Allâh), and calls
for forgiveness. He shines like a full-moon light when it is far from dark
(clouds).”</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>“Were you other
than a human being, you would be a lighted moon at a full-moon night.” Then he
would add: “Thus was the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) . When he got angry his face would go so red that you would
think it were “an inflected red skin-spot with pomegranate grains on both
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Jabir bin Samurah said: <i>“His legs were gentle, delicate
and in conformity. His laughter is no more than smiling. Looking at him will
make you say ‘He is black-eyed though he is not so.’”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Ibn Al-‘Abbas said: <i>“Between his two front teeth were
gaps, so whenever he speaks, light goes through them. His neck was as pure and
silvery as a neck of doll. His eyelids were long haired but his beard was
thick. His forehead was broad; but his eyebrows were like the metal piece attached
to a lance, but they were unhorned. His nose was high-tipped, middle-cambered
with narrow nostrils. His cheeks were plain, but he had (little hair) running
down like a rod from his throat to his navel. He had hair neither on his abdomen
nor on his chest except some on his arms and shoulders. His chest was broad and
flatted. He had long forearms with expansive palms of the hand. His legs were
plain straight and stretching down. His other limbs were straight too. The two
hollows of his soles hardly touch the ground. When he walks away he vanishes
soon; but he walks at ease (when he is not in a hurry). The way he walks seems similar
to one who is leaning forwards and is about to fall down.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Anas said: <i>“I have never touched silk or a silky garment
softer than the palm of the Prophet’s (Peace be upon him); nor have I smelt a
perfume or any scent nicer than his.” In another version, “I have never smelt
ambergris nor musk nor any other thing sweeter than the scent and the smell of
the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him).”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Abu Juhaifa said: <i>“I took his hand and put it on my head
and I found that it was colder than ice and better scented than the musk
perfume.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Jabir bin Samurah — who was a little child then — said: <i>“When
he wiped my cheek, I felt it was cold and scented as if it had been taken out
of a shop of a perfume workshop.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Anas said, “His sweat was pearl-like.” Umm Sulaim said: <i>“His
sweat smelt nicer than the nicest perfume.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Jabir said: <i>“Whoever pursues a road that has been trodden
by the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him), will certainly scent his smell
and will be quite sure that the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) has
already passed it.” The Seal of Prophet hood, which was similar in size to a
pigeon’s egg, was between his shoulders on the left side having spots on it
like moles.””<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Source: Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum</div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-66024506780689593442013-04-30T09:57:00.000-07:002013-04-30T09:57:15.261-07:00A poem which made Ahmed ibn Hanbal cry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Abu Hamid Al-Khulqani
said: I asked Ahmed ibn Hanbal (Rahimahullah): "O Abu Abdullah, Here is a poem which mentions
Paradise and Hell? What do you say about these". He asked, "Like what?" He said, "It
says:</div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">إذا ما قال لي ربي</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> أما استحييت تعصيني</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">وتخفي الذنب عن خلقي</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> وبالعصيان تأتيني</span></div>
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"When my Lord asks me,<br />
Are you not ashamed to disobey Me?<br />
And you hide your sins from My creation, <br />
And with disobedience (sins) you come to Me"" </div>
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Ahmad said, "Read it to me again", so he did. Then Ahmad went into his house
and closed the door. Then Abu Hamid said, “I could hear him from inside the
house weeping and reciting :</div>
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الذنب عن خلقي</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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"When my Lord asks me,<br />
Are you not ashamed to disobey Me?<br />
You hide your sins from My creation, <br />
And with disobedience (sins) you come to Me""<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.faedh.net/2012/03/blog-post.html" target="_blank">Source</a></div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-81718042622032782762013-04-27T08:40:00.000-07:002013-04-27T08:40:31.048-07:00Oh, they left me alone to suffer the torture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Imam Adh-Dhahabi mentions this story in “<i>Kitabul-Kabaair”</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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““Muhammad Ibn Yusuf Al-Feriabi said, “Once I went out
accompanied with a group of my friends to visit Abu Sann'an, (May Allah have
mercy on him). When we entered his house and sat down for a while, he said, “Let
us visit a neighbor whose brother has recently died to console him.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then, we all went to the man but we found him wailing and
impatient for the death of his brother. Accordingly, we tried to console him
but of no avail. We admonished him that death is an inevitable end. Then, he
said, I know. I just weep for my brother’s death abode and the torture he is
in. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We asked, “Did Allah enable you to know the Unseen?” He said,”
Of course not, but when I buried him and people went away I sat down by his
grave.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Meanwhile, I heard a sound of distress. I heard someone
crying.” ‘Oh, they left me alone to suffer the torture. I was praying, and
fasting’. The brother went on saying “I wept out of pity for those words and I
began to dig the grave to see his status. The grave was full of fire and I
noticed a circle of fire around his neck. Out of pity I extended my arm to help
him out from the fire. No sooner I extended my hand ,my fingers were burnt.
Then, the man showed us his burnt hand. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He went on saying; “I hoarded the earth over him and went
away. Thus, how can I keep patient after I have seen how he is”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We, then, asked, "What did your brother do in this
world (to deserve such a status)?" <o:p></o:p></div>
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He replied. “He did not pay <i>Zakah from </i>his money<i>."
</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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We said, "This is in accordance with Allah's saying,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>{</i><b>And let not those who covetously withhold of that
which Allah has bestowed on them of His Bounty (Wealth) think that it is good
for them (and so they do not pay the obligatory Zakat). Nay, it will be worse
for them; the things which they covetously withheld shall be tied to their
necks like a collar on the Day of Resurrection. And to Allah belongs the
heritage of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is Well-Acquainted with all
that you do</b>.}<i> </i>(Al-Imran: 180)<i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Your brother, therefore, is being tortured in advance in his
grave until the Day of Judgment.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Afterwards, we went to Abu Dharr (Radiy Allah anhu), the
companion of the prophet (Sallallahu ‘alahi Wasallam), and told him this man's
story. We also said, "When a Jew or a Christian dies, we do not notice
them suffering like this," He said; "They are undoubtedly in the
Hell-fire. Allah shows you the abode of the Muslims in order to learn the
lesson. Allah, the Most High, says,<o:p></o:p></div>
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{<b>Verily, proofs have come to you from your Lord, so
whosoever sees, will do so for (the good of) his ownself, and whosoever blinds
himself, will do so to his own harm, and I (Muhammad SAW) am not a watcher over
you</b>.)}<i> </i>(AI-An' am: 104)””</div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-88268980741993900012013-04-17T08:48:00.000-07:002013-04-17T08:48:06.089-07:00Your Heart is the Pillar of Your Worship<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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By Sheikh Abdullah Azzam</div>
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"...the heart is
the machine that drives all acts of worship. It is what moves the entire body!
As long as the heart is alive, then the limbs will be alive, and the soul will
open itself up to worship. However, if the heart becomes diseased, then worship
will become too heavy on the soul, leading to it eventually disliking and
hating - and we seek refuge with Allah from this - worship. Because of this,
Allah - the Glorified and Exalted - said, regarding the prayer: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>{"...and truly, it is extremely heavy and hard
except on those who are submissive..."} [al-Baqarah; 45] <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The prayer is heavy, because one's legs and hands are not
what get up for the prayer. What gets up for the prayer are the heart and the soul.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>{"Verily, the hypocrites seek to deceive Allah, but
it is He Who deceives them. And when they stand up for the prayer, they stand
with laziness and to be seen of men, and they do not remember Allah but
little."} [an-Nisa'; 142] <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Because of this, it is the heart that stands up for worship.
The limbs are simply slaves of this heart, carrying out what it commands them.
If the heart is alive, then the soul will be alive, and worship will become
beloved and sweetened to the hearts and the souls, and they will open up for
it. However, if the heart becomes diseased, then worship becomes too heavy on
it. The heart is like the digestive system: right now, the most beloved thing
to you is meat. However, if you develop an ulcer somewhere in your digestive
system, then the meat - along with its fat and oil - becomes the most hated
thing to it, since it is diseased. Sweets are also something that are beloved
to the soul. For example, if you were fasting right now and were to break your
fast on some desserts, then your soul would become satisfied with that, right?
However, if one were to be stricken with diabetes, then he would not be able to
handle these sugary foods, even if they were beloved to him. The heart is like
this: it must be strong so that it can handle worship that is strong. The
stronger your heart becomes, then throw as much worship upon it as you wish.
You would get up to pray at night, and you would cherish this prayer and
consider sleep to be your enemy: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>{"Their sides forsake their beds, to invoke their Lord
in fear and hope..."} [as-Sajdah; 16]</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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He begins to forsake it because an enmity develops between
him and his bed. He prays behind the imam, and he says to himself: "If
only he would make the prayer longer," so that he would increase in his
opening up to this worship, and his tasting of its sweetness. At times, I would
pray a normal prayer with the people behind me, so I would elongate the prayer.
<o:p></o:p></div>
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The youth would then come to me and say (the hadith): <b>"Whoever
leads the people in prayer should go easy on them,"</b> - the youth! And
there was an old man behind me who was between 90 and 100 years of age - his
face filled with light - and he would say to me: "Keep making the prayer
long and do not answer them." A man of 90 years getting pleasure out of a
long prayer, and a youth of 20, who probably practices karate and judo, cannot
handle the same prayer. Why? If he went to the soccer field and spent two hours
playing there without becoming bored, then why would he become bored from
hearing the Qur'an for five minutes? The difference between a short prayer and
a long prayer is simply five minutes, so why does he become bored from these
five minutes of Qur'an, yet he does not become bored from two hours of soccer?
Why does he not get bored from standing for two hours staring at an inflated
piece of leather, his heart attached to it? Because, what stands up to pray is
the heart, and what stands up for sports are simply the body and muscles."
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['at-Tarbiyah al-Jihadiyyah wal-Bina''; 1/220]<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-10989425036597983392013-04-11T07:58:00.001-07:002013-04-11T08:00:11.752-07:00Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Yahya ibn Mu'een and the Hadith fabricator<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On one occasion, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Yahya ibn Mu'een
prayed in the Ar-Rassafah Mosque. A storyteller stood among the people gathered
in the Mosque and said,<o:p></o:p></div>
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"Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Yahya ibn Mu'een related to me
from 'Abdur-Razzaq from Qatadah from Anas that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alahi Wasallam) said…..” <o:p></o:p></div>
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He continued to relate twenty or so pages worth of
narrations, while Ahmad stared in amazement at Yahya and Yahya stared in
amazement at Ahmad. Each asked the other, "Did you relate this?"<o:p></o:p></div>
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And each of them answered, "By Allah, until this hour,
I had not heard this." When the storyteller was finished, Yahya asked,
"And who related this to you?" He said,"Ahmad ibn Hanbal and
Yahya ibn Mu'een." <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yahya said, "I am Yahya and this is Ahmad, and we have
never heard of this to be among the sayings of the Messenger of Allah
(Sallallahu Alahi Wasallam)"<o:p></o:p></div>
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The storyteller said, "I used to always hear that Yahya
ibn Mu'een was an imbecile, but that fact has not dawned upon me until
now." Yahya asked, "And how is that?" He said, "Is there
not any Yahya ibn Mu'een and Ahmad ibn Hanbal in the world other than you two?
I have indeed written from seventeen Ahmad ibn Hanbals and Yahya ibn Mu'eens”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Tahdheer al-Khawas min Akadheeb al-Qussas by As-Suyootee<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Source: The Sunnah and its role in Islamic legislation by Dr.
Mustafa as-Siba'ee / Translated by Faisal ibn Muhammad Shafeeq / P122<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-51099914754044801632013-04-03T08:38:00.000-07:002013-04-03T08:39:49.870-07:00The status of the shuhadha and the Muraabit on the Day of Judgment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When the people will be filled with terror on the Day of Judgment,
<i>the shaheed</i> (martyr) will feel no fear. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In <i>Sunan at-Tirmidhi</i> and <i>sunan ibn Maajah </i>it
is narrated that Al-Miqdaam ibn Ma’di Karb related: The Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu
‘Alahi Wasallam) said: <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Before Allah, <i>the shaheed</i> has six virtues: he is
forgiven from the first drop of blood shed; he will be shown his place in
paradise; he will be protected from the torment of the grave; he will be safe
from the greater terror (of the Day of Resurrection); a crown of dignity will
be placed on his head, of which one ruby is better than this world and all that
is it; he will be married to seventy two of Al-Hoor al ‘Iyn; and he will
intercede for seventy of his relatives. “ <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(1)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The pertinent point of this Hadith is that <i>the shaheed</i>
will be safe from the greater terror, the terror of the Day of Resurrection.
Similar to the <i>Shaheed</i> (Martyr) is the the <i>muraabit</i>, who guards
the borders of Islam for the sake of Allah. If he dies whilst he is guarding the
borders of Islam, Allah will keep him safe from the greater terror. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Tabaraani </i>narrated with a saheeh isnaad from Abu’d-Dardaa’
that the Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alahi Wasallam) said: <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Guarding the borders of Islam for a day is better than
fasting for a lifetime. Whoever dies guarding the borders of Islam for the sake
of Allah will be kept from the great terror, his provision and breeze will be
brought from Paradise, and the reward of the <i>Muraabit</i> will continue
until Allah resurrects him.”<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(2)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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One of the ways in which Allah will honor the <i>shaheed</i>
on the day of Resurrection will be that He will raise him with his wounds
flowing with blood. The color will be blood but it will smell like musk.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bukhari narrated from
Abu Hurayrah ( Radi Allah anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu ‘Alahi
Wasallam) said:<o:p></o:p></div>
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“By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, no one is wounded for
the sake of Allah- and Allah knows best who is wounded for His sake- but he
will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wounds flowing with blood . The color
will be of blood but smell musk.”<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(3) </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Tirmidhi, Nasaa’i and Abu Dawood narrated with a <i>saheeh
isnaad</i> from Mu’aadh ibn Jabal that he heard the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu
‘Alahi Wasallam) say:<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Whoever fights for the sake of Allah , even for the
interval between two milkings of a camel, will be entitled to Paradise, and
whoever is wounded or injured for the sake of Allah , the injury will appear on
the Day od Resurrection bleeding copiously , the color of saffron and with the
fragrance of musk.” <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(4)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Ibn Hajar said: “The
scholars said: ‘The reason why he will be resurrected in this state is that it
will be a testimony to his virtue, becausae he sacrificed himself in Obeying
Allah.”” <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(5)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(1)<i>Mishkaat
al-Masaabeeh</i>, 2/358, <i>Hadith</i> no.3834. The editor of <i>Al-Mishkaat</i>
said its <i>isnaad</i> is <i>saheeh</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(2)<i>Saheeh
al-Jaami’ as-Sagheer</i>, 3/171, <i>hadith</i> no. 3473.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(3) <i>Bukhari:
kitaab al-Jihaad, Baab man yujrah fi Sabeel Allah, Fath al-Baari,</i> 6/20.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(4) <i>Mishkaat
al-Masaabeeh,</i> 2/355, <i>Hadith</i> no.3825.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(5)<i>Fath
al-Baari,</i> 6/20.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">Taken from the book "The Day of Resurrection" by Dr. 'Umar S. al-Ashqar</span></div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-44696410552112096402013-03-31T07:48:00.000-07:002013-03-31T07:49:43.411-07:00The Unexpected occurs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>The righteous will
die and the wicked will die...<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><br /></i></div>
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<i>The warriors who
fight Jihaad will die and those who sit at home will die...<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><br /></i></div>
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<i>Those who busy
themselves with correct belief will die and those who<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>treat the people
as their slaves will die...<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><br /></i></div>
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<i>The brave who
reject injustice will die, and the cowards who seek<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><br /></i></div>
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<i>to cling on to
this life at any price will die...<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><br /></i></div>
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<i>The people of
great concern and lofty goals will die,<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>and the wretched
people who live only for cheap enjoyment will die...<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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A noble person said: <o:p></o:p></div>
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How many people I have known, if I wished, I could name
them, who surrendered themselves to their desires and became prisoners of their
lusts and forgot about death and their reckoning. So when Allah, the Mighty and
Magnificent guided me to His obedience, to following His orders, and to fearing
Him, then I went to my friend, advising
him, and admonishing him with encouragement and warning, but he used the excuse that he was still a young
man, and he was fooled by false hopes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then, by Allah, death came unexpectedly. So now he is one
who lies buried under the earth, tied to the burden of his sins. His passions
have left him, his female companions have departed from him and now he must
face the consequences, now he has to face the Overpowering Compeller with the
actions of the sinful and depraved... <o:p></o:p></div>
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May Allah save you and me from a record or an end like his?
So fear Allah, O Servants of Allah, and
do not be like him, since you know that this world is passing away and the Hereafter is coming towards us,
so keep in mind the point of death and
one's passing on, and the number of sins that one has committed and the small amount of good that one has done. Think of the
good that you would earnestly wish to do at that time - then bring that forward
and do that today, and think of all those things which you would desire to
clear yourself from, then clear yourself from them now. <o:p></o:p></div>
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"If it were the
case that when we die we would be left untroubled,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then death would be
rest and relaxation for everyone living:<o:p></o:p></div>
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However when we die
we shall be raised up again,<o:p></o:p></div>
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And questioned about
everything we have done."<o:p></o:p></div>
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Source: “Death” by Sheikh 'Alee Hasan 'Alee 'Abdul-Hameed<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-31016786237166759982013-03-24T11:38:00.001-07:002013-03-24T11:38:21.132-07:00Allah is Indeed Pleased with their deed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A man went to the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallaam)
and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Indeed I am extremely hungry.” The
Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallaam) sent a message to one of his wives
asking, “Do you have any food with you?” She said, “No, by the One
Who has sent you with the truth, all I have with me is the water!</div>
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He (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallaam) then sent messages to
all of his wives asking the same question, and the answer of each one of
them was, “No”, by the One Who has sent you with truth, all we have is
water.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Allah’s Messenger (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallaam) said to
his Companions; “Who will be a host tonight, May Allah have mercy on him.” A
man from the Helpers (Ansar) called Abu Talhah stood and said, “I, O
Messenger of Allah.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He went to his house and asked his wife, “Do you have any
food with you?” She said, “All I have with me is a little bit of food for our
children.” He said, “Give excuses to them, and then try to make them
go to sleep! And when our guest comes, make him think we are also eating
as he puts his hand forward to eat. Then go to the lamp and pretend that you
are fixing it, but instead put it out. And give him the impression that we are
eating, so that our guest eats and fill himself.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She did what her husband asked her to do; she made her
children sleep hungry, she placed the food before the guest, she stood to turn
the lamp-off but she was giving the impression of simply adjusting the lamp.
Then she sat with her husband and with the guest for meal, they sat idle as the
guest ate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the following day, he went to Allah’s Messenger (sallallaahu
`alayhi wa sallaam) who said to him, “Tonight Allah laughed, or wondered
at your action.” And then the following verse was been revealed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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‘And give them preference over themselves, even though they
were in need of that…”[Qur’an 59:9]<o:p></o:p></div>
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Source: <o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Gems and Jewels/compiled
by Abdul-Malik Mujahid/ Darussalam</span></div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-11709218225347397762013-03-20T05:18:00.001-07:002013-03-20T05:18:47.875-07:00The disease of extravagance (Sharh)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Sharah</i> might be in regards to pleasant arts, such as
decorated buildings, fine branded horses, fancy clothes, etc. This is a disease
that originates from following hawa, the
cure for it is to know that the account for lawful earning is grave, extravagance
is prohibited and Allah does not look at the one who drags his garment out of
pride. Allah rewards a believer for everything except building. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Therefore the wise is the one who looks at how long he is
going to live, and reflect on his final abode for that is when he will be
contended with what he wears of his clothes and with whatever shelters him of
buildings. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was reported that prophet Nuh (Alihi Salam) lived in a
house made of wool for nine hundred and fifty years. The Messenger (Peace be upon
him) never put a stone over another (build a house/ his house was built out of
mud) and on Umar bin Khattab’s (radiy Allah anhu) clothes there were twelve
patches. This is because they understood that this world is a bridge and a
bridge should be not taken as a home. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thus whoever fails to be aware of this knowledge will be
afflicted with the disease of <i>Sharh</i>, and should cure himself by seeking knowledge and contemplating the
biographies of the wise scholars. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Source: “Disciplining the soul” by Ibn al-Jawzi. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-56145649513676479922013-03-07T08:45:00.001-08:002013-03-07T08:45:07.422-08:00The story of Khalid bin Waleed killing the devil<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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An-Nasa'i recorded that Abu At-Tufayl said, "When the
Messenger of Allah(Sallalahu alaihi wasallam) conquered Makkah, he sent Khalid bin Al-Walid
to the area of Nakhlah where the idol of Al-`Uzza was erected on three trees of
a forest. Khalid cut the three trees and approached the house built around it and
destroyed it. When he went back to the Prophet and informed him of the story,
the Prophet (Sallalahu alaihi wasallam) said to him, <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ارْجِعْ فَإِنَّكَ
لَمْ تَصْنَعْ شَيْئًا </span><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Go back and finish your mission, for you have not finished
it.) Khalid went back and when the custodians who were also its servants of
Al-`Uzza saw him, they started invoking by calling Al-`Uzza! When Khalid
approached it, he found a naked woman whose hair was untidy and who was throwing
sand on her head. Khalid killed her with the sword and went back to the
Messenger of Allah , who said to him, <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">تِلْكَ الْعُزَّى </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(That was Al-`Uzza!) ”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir / Surah An-Najm/ Ayah 19</div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-22402926719561520602013-02-28T04:43:00.001-08:002013-02-28T04:43:23.626-08:00A Glimpse at Imam an-Nawawi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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By Sheikh Abdullah Azzam<o:p></o:p></div>
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“…It is known that he is from the most knowledgeable of
scholars in the history of Islam. I mean, if you were to take the ten most
notable scholars of the Muslims throughout history, an-Nawawi would be one of
them. He wrote a commentary on ‘Sahih Muslim,’ and he wrote his book ‘al-Majmu” in Fiqh,
regarding which Ibn Kathir said: “Nothing was ever written to match its
brilliance.” And yes, nothing was ever written like this book.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When you read anything by an-Nawawi, you feel as if you are
a plant that is being watered, as he delves deeply into meanings and concepts.
Add to this that he abstained from the worldly pleasures, he was a devout
worshipper, he would enjoin what was good, and he would forbid what was wrong.
He would stand up to the rulers in the peak of their power. One time, the lamp
he was using went out, and he lit it with his hand – he continued writing using
light that was emanating from his hand!<o:p></o:p></div>
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He came into conflict with Dhahir Baybras, the ruler of Sham
and Egypt. Dhahir Baybras requested a fatwa from the scholars that
money should be collected in order to prepare an army to fight the Tatars in
658 H. When the Tatars occupied Baghdad and advanced upon Palestine and turned
towards Sham, he requested a fatwa while the Tatars were in Palestine
that money should be collected to purchase weapons.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Every single scholar issued the fatwa except for
an-Nawawi. He said: “I will not provide you with such a fatwa.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dhahir asked: “Why not? I want to purchase arms for this
struggle, and you refuse to issue a fatwa for it? The entire Ummah and
Religion will be exposed to loss.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He replied: “Because you came to us as a slave who owned
nothing, and I see that you now own gardens, servants, slave girls, silver, and
gold. So, if you sell all of these things and still need money after that, I
will issue the fatwa you seek.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He said: “Leave Sham.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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And he left and went to a small village in Nawa (his
hometown). The scholars came to Dhahir Baybras and said to him: “The scholars
of Sham are nothing without Muhi ad-Din an-Nawawi.” He replied: “Bring him
back.” They then went to an-Nawawi and said: “Come back, O Muhi ad-Din.”
an-Nawawi said: “By Allah, I will not go back while Dhahir is in it,” and Allah
fulfilled his oath: Dhahir died a month later, and an-Nawawi returned to Sham.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is an-Nawawi, the devout worshipper, the scholar, the zahid,
the scholar of Usul, Fiqh, and Hadith. Look at the blessing that
is in his books…ya Salam! Look at the barakah: his book ‘al-Majmu” has
provided much benefit, his book ‘Riyad as-Salihin,’ his book of fortyHadith,
his book ‘al-Adhkar’ – you can feel the barakah in his
books. No books have been so widely distributed as the books of an-Nawawi…”<o:p></o:p></div>
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['Fi Dhilal Surat at-Tawbah'; p. 67-68]<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://iskandrani.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/a-glimpse-at-an-nawawi/" target="_blank">Source</a></div>
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Nishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558398204470710349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102130735212439277.post-51095510543807758322013-02-25T23:13:00.000-08:002013-02-25T23:13:04.428-08:00Some Hadiths concerning young people<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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1. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: Your Lord is
delighted (in the way that suits Him) about a young person who does not have youthful
(lustful) desire. (An authentic hadith recorded by Imam Ahmad, at-Tabarani, Abu
Yala and Ibn Abi Asim)<o:p></o:p></div>
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2. Allah will give shade to seven on the day when there will
be no shade but His. They are: a just ruler; a youth who has been brought up in
the worship of Allah sincerely from his childhood; a man whose heart is
attached to the mosques; two people who love each other only for Allah's sake
and they meet and part in Allah's cause alone; a man who refuses the call of a
charming woman of noble birth for illegal sexual intercourse with her and says:
I am afraid of Allah; a man who gives charitable gifts so sincerely that his left
hand does not know what his right hand has given; and a person who remembers
Allah in seclusion and his eyes become flooded with tears. (Recorded by Bukhari
and Muslim)<o:p></o:p></div>
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3. Hasan and Husayn will be the chiefs of the young dwellers
of paradise. (An authentic hadith recorded Imam Ahmad and at-Tabarani)<o:p></o:p></div>
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4. The dwellers of paradise will be told: It is for you to remain
young and never grow old. (Recorded by Muslim)<o:p></o:p></div>
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5. Abu Bakr said to Zayd ibn Thabit in the presence of 'Umar
(may Allah be pleased with them all): You are a wise young man and we do not have
any suspicion about you and you used to write down the divine inspiration for
Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him). So you should search for the fragmentary
scripts of the Quran and collect them into one book. (Recorded by Bukhari)<o:p></o:p></div>
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6. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) went to visit a young man
who was dying and asked him: How do you feel? The youth replied: I seek Allah's
mercy, O Allah's Messenger, and I am also afraid of the consequences of my
sins. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: These two feelings cannot be together
in a slave's heart at this particular moment except that Allah gives the slave
what he seeks and saves him from that of which he is afraid. (A reliable hadith
recorded by Ibn Majah and at-Tirmidhi)<o:p></o:p></div>
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7. Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib (RadiyAllah anhu) said while recalling
the events of the Battle of Hunayn: No! By Allah, Allah's Messenger (Peace be
upon him) did not flee, [what actually happened was that] his young unarmed
Companions met a group of men ... who happened to be (excellent) archers. The
latter shot at them a volley of arrows that did not miss. The people turned to
the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him)... So he got down, prayed and invoked
Allah's help (Recorded by Muslim)<o:p></o:p></div>
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8. Ibn Mas'ood (RadiyAllah anhu)said: We used to fight along
with the Prophet (Peace be upon him) when we were youths. (Recorded by Muslim
and Imam Ahmad)<o:p></o:p></div>
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9. Anas ibn Malik (RadiyAllah anhu) said: There were some
seventy youths among the Ansar who were called the reciters of the Qur' an.
They used to stay in the mosque and in the evenings they would go to an area in
Madinah and study and pray there. While they were in that place their families would
think that they were in the mosque, while the people of the mosque would think
that they were with their families. When the dawn appeared, they would fetch
water and firewood and take it to the Prophet's (Peace be upon him )apartment. (Recorded
by Imam Ahmad, Bukhari, and Muslim) These youths also used to buy food with the
proceeds of their firewood and water and give it to the poor emigrants from Makkah
who had no family or clan in Madinah. They used to dwell in the shaded part of
the Prophet’s (Peace be upon him) mosque or near it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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10. 'Alqamah, one of Ibn Mas'ood's companions, said: I was walking
in Mina along with Ibn Mas 'ood when 'Uthman met him and had a conversation
with him. 'Uthman then told him: 0 Abu 'Abdur-Rahman! Can we marry you to a young
woman who will remind you of some of the past days of your life? Ibn Mas'ood replied: As you have said that,
the Prophet (Peace be upon him) once said: 0 young men! Whoever is capable of
maintaining a wife among you should get married, for marriage lowers the gaze
and protects the private parts from fornication and adultery. And whoever is not
capable should fast, for fasting curbs the sexual urge. (Recorded by Bukhari
and Muslim)<o:p></o:p></div>
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11. It is also reported in a hadith about the Dajjal that
the TheProphet (Peace be upon him) said: The Dajjal will call a man in the
prime of his youth and will cut him with a sword into two pieces and will throw
them. He will then call him and he will respond with his face bearing joy and
smiling. (Recorded by Muslim)<o:p></o:p></div>
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12. Malik ibn Huwayrith (RadiyAllah anhu) said: We came to
Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) while we were youths of almost the same
age and stayed with him for twenty days and nights. The Prophet (Peace be upon
him) was compassionate and kind. When he assumed that we were yearning for our
families, he asked about those we left behind and we told him. He then said: Go
back to your people and stay with them, teach them and command them (then he
mentioned some things) and pray as you saw me praying. When it is time for
prayer, someone among you should make the adhan (call to prayer) and the eldest
of you should lead you in prayer. (Recorded by Bukhari and Muslim)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Source: Youth’s
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Uthman (ra) stood on the pulpit and said: “I heard from the
Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) a hadith that I didn’t tell you about
previously because I feared you would all leave from Madinah. I heard him say:
‘Being stationed in the path of Allah for a day is better than 1000 days
anywhere else. So let everyone choose what they like.”<br />
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Abu Bakr as Sideeq (ra) escorted an army and walked with
them and then said, “Praise be to Allah for having dust on our feet in his
cause.” A man said: “But we just escorted them and gave them farewell?” Abu
Bakr said: “We prepared them, gave them farewell and made prayers for them.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Abu Bakr bin Abi Musa said I heard my father say: “Paradise
is beneath the shadow of swords.” A man dressed in poor clothes stood up and
said: “O Abu Musa! Did you hear that from the Messenger of Allah(Peace be upon
him)?” He said “yes” The man went back to his companions and gave them his
salaams, then he drew out his sword, broke his sheath and went on to fight
until he was killed.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Urwah bin al Zubair said: “Al Zubair had three scars from
sword wounds. One was on his shoulder. It was so large I would stick my fingers
in it. Two of them were from Badr and one in the battle of Yarmuk”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anas bin Malik (ra) said: ‘Abu al Dujanah threw himself
behind the walls in Yamamah and his leg broke. He kept on fighting with a
broken leg until he was killed.’<o:p></o:p></div>
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Muadh bin Amr bin al Jamooh said: ‘I made Abu Jahl my target
on the day of Badr. When I found him, I charged at him and hit him with my
sword and cut his leg in two. Then his son Ikrimah hit me on my shoulder until
he cut off my arm. It only remained hanging to my body by the skin of my side.
But because fighting distracted me I remained dragging it behind me for most of
the day. Dragging my arm behind me annoyed me so I placed my foot over it and
pulled it off.’<o:p></o:p></div>
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Khalid bin al Waleed (ra) said: “That I were to marry a
beautiful woman whom I love, or that I were given the good news of having a
newborn son, it is less beloved and dear to my heart then to be, in a cold icy
night, in an army waiting to meet the enemy the next morning. I advise you to
go on Jihad”<o:p></o:p></div>
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These were the words of Khalid before his death. He also
said, “I was prevented a lot of reciting of Quran because of my preoccupation
with Jihad.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Abdullah bin Amr said, “Shall I tell you about the best
martyr on the Day of Judgment? That is the one who stands in the ranks on the
battlefield and when they face the enemy he does not turn left or right. Rather
he carries his sword and says: “O Allah! Today I hand over to you my soul to
make up for my past days!” and then he is killed. That person is among the
martyrs who now lie down in the high rooms of Paradise wherever they wish!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ibn Umar (ra) said, “One trip on Jihad is better than 50
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Abu al Hassan al Muradi narrated that Ali bin Bakar said: “I’ve
seen a Muslim in a battle against the Romans with his intestines spilled in
front of him over his saddle. He stuck them back to his stomach and tied his
turban around it. He carried on fighting and ended up killed over ten Roman soldiers
before falling dead!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Al Khateeb mentions in “The history of Baghdad” and Ibn
Asakir in “The history of Damascus”, that Muhammad bin Fadhail bin Iyad said:
“I saw Ibn al Mubarak in my dream so I asked him “What did you find your best
deeds to be?” He said: “The deed that I preoccupied myself with.” I asked “Jihad
and Ribaat?” He said: “Yes.” I told him “So what did Allah Almighty do to you?”
He said, “He forgave me.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Al Fadhl bin Ziyad said: I heard Abu Abdullah (Imam Ahmad)
when Qazw was mentioned to him he started to cry and then said, “There is no
act of worship greater than it”<o:p></o:p></div>
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(Ibn Qudamah records) in al Mugni it states that Imam Ahmad
said: “There is nothing comparable in rewards to meeting the enemy. And for one
to involve in the actual fighting is the best of deeds (compared to supportive
roles.) The ones who are fighting the enemy are the ones defending Islam, so
what can be greater than that? People feel save while they feel fear. They have
given up their souls for Allah.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Uthman is one of the Imams of the Tabi’een and one of their
fighters. He was asked, “Are you going out to fight this year?” He said, “Yes,
I wouldn’t want to miss fighting even if I were to make 100,000 dinars.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Saad bin Abdul Aziz said Abu Muslim al Khawlani died in the
territory of the Romans during the reign of Mu’awyah. He told Bisr bin Arta’ah
(a companion who was the leader of their army): “Appoint me as the Amir
(commander) over the dead and hand me the banner of war and make my grave the
closest of all the graves of the martyrs to the enemy. I want to be resurrected
on the Day of Judgment carrying the banner of war leading the martyrs.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yazeed bin Abi Ubayd said: “I asked Salamah bin al Akwa: “What
was your pledge to the Messenger of Allah on the day of Hudaybiah?” He said: “We
pledged to die.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Al Qurtubi writes in his Tafseer, “As long as the enemy is
more than twice the number of Muslims they can retreat but being steadfast and
fighting is better. In the battle of Mutah the Muslims with only 3000 faced the
Roman army of 200,000 Roman soldiers and 100,000 Arab soldiers. It is also mentioned
that when Tariq was opening al Andalusia he had only 1700 soldiers while his
enemy was 70,000 strong.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Source: ‘Mashari al-Ashwaq ila Masari al-Ushaaq’ by Imam Ibn Nuhaas
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‘Abd ar-Rahman bin Jubayr bin Nufayr related that his father
said:<br />
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“We were sitting with al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad one day, and a
man came by and said: “How fortunate those two eyes of yours are that have seen
the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him). I wish I had seen what you have
seen and witnessed what you witnessed.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, al-Miqdad became angry, and I was surprised! The man
only said something good!<o:p></o:p></div>
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He then walked over to the man and said: “What makes this man
wish to be where Allah made him absent when he has no idea how he would’ve
acted there? By Allah, there were people who saw the Messenger of Allah who
will be dragged by Allah on their noses in Hell because they didn’t respond to
his call and did not believe in his message. Will you not thank Allah that you
were born knowing only your Lord, believing in what your Prophet came with, and
have been relieved of trials that others had to go through?””<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the day of Badr the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon
him) consulted the people for advice and conveyed the news about Quraysh to
them. Abu Bakr stood up and said something good, and so did `Umar. Al-Miqdad
bin `Amr stood up and said, `O Allah's Messenger! March to what Allah has
commanded you, for we are with you. By Allah! We will not say to you what the
Children of Israel said to Musa, <o:p></o:p></div>
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("So go you and your Lord and fight you two, we are
sitting right here'') <span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>﴿</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>5:24<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>﴾</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Rather, go you and
Your Lord and fight, we will be fighting along with you both. By He Who has
sent you with Truth! If you decide to take us to Birk-ul-Ghimad, we will fight
along with you until you reach it.'<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span>(Tafsir Ibn Kathir)</div>
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