بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم
I pray that you are well.
The tendency is when people say bad things about you or simply something you don't like to hear, you want to respond--to set it straight. There is no need because as for you what matters is what Allah think of you. Allah is the judge and He is just. Leave it to Him--He will make it right for you. So don't be sad or mad. Allah will reward you abundantly for being patient and for avoiding confrontation with your brother/sister. Remember, our enemy is the Shaytan, not our brother/sister.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, reminded us of Shaytan, "Beware of Shaytan, for your safety of your religion. He has lost all hope that he will ever be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things."
Shaytan does not care about causing dissension among the kuffar, he is concerned about the Muslims since he cannot make them non-believers, he is making them fight among themselves. He is always instigating this waswasa in the hearts of Muslims and causing fitnah among us.
A lesson from surah Yusuf when Ya'qub, Allah grant him peace, said to Yusuf, Allah grant him peace:
"He said, 'O my son, relate not thy vision to thy brothers, lest they devise against thee some guile. Surely Satan is to man a manifest enemy." Qur'an Yusuf 12:5
This is my personal story related to this topic--only in brief
A person of authority and high esteem hated me for none other than me being a Muslim woman. Suffice to say she was on a mission to destroy me. After you think she has exhausted all avenues to destroy me, she began another theory--she called me insane and someone with impaired cognitive functions. I was then had a successful career and led a systems project for a big company--so how could my cognitive functions be impaired! Alhamdulillah, I was not any of the two that she wanted people to believe.
But I knew I could not fight her at the time--I was alone and didn't have the right armor. So I waited 4 years and then fought back. How did I fought back? I immediately took the LSAT (law school entrance exam) and went to law school. I thought if I could not fight her from outside, I fight her from inside. And the only way for me to fight her from inside was to be an officer of the court (an attorney). Yes, she was a judge. After I graduated from law school, I fought her. I believe she was privately reprimanded and removed from office. La hawla wala quwwata illa billah. Throughout the four years, Allah helped me through my law school professors, some of them were judges. One of my teachers was a very wise and beloved federal court district judge and he said: "If your cognitive functions are impaired then all of ours are too, including hers. May God save us!" SubhanAllah!
So, we have bigger things to fight. Not squabbling between us. Like the cliche: what goes around comes around. Don't worry. Allah will aid you in ways unimaginable if you have believe and put all your trust in Him.
May Allah give us tawfiq. Ameen. Please don't forget me in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
Wassalaam
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Sacrifices
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
This is one of those days when my mind says YES but my body says NO! So I wanted to challenge my body. I put on my running shoes and ran 1.5 miles and here I am. Alhamdulillah. I actually set myself up to run 2 miles but it was becoming too exhaustive for me. I do listen to my body once in a while and let it win a little. That's okay. Alhamdulillah.
It was the morning of September 11, 2001 (9/11). I believe the first tower was already down, not the second. But I didn't know anything about what was happening. I had been busy preparing court papers and getting ready to go to court for an ex parte hearing in a child custody case. The night before my client had called me, in frantic, because his ex wife failed to drop off his daughter at the designated drop off place--the police station parking lot. Before I left my house, I called the visitation supervisor (a lady who facilitates the drop off), and asked her if she could meet me at the courthouse with a written report. She blurted, "I am shaking right now, I am trying to reach my family. The country is at war!" Puzzled, I asked, "What war, what country?" She said, "The twin tower is bombed! Turn on your TV!" and she hung up. I rushed and turned on my TV (I had TV at that time) and couldn't believe my eyes! I had a glimpse of the news, got my things and drove to the courthouse. The roads were quiet--it was like a ghost town in Martinez, where the courthouse was. I could feel people were looking at me strangely. I went through the normal security, which was no security check for attorneys, except that we need to flag our our bar card and drivers license as we walked through. The security guard on duty knew me and he smiled and gestured for me to just proceed without my id. I said to myself--"good sign, Alhamdulillah." I had to file some papers before going inside the court so I stood in line with the rest of the people. People were glancing at me and glancing at me. All of a sudden, I heard from across the room someone shouting, "Miss, over here!" and I looked at the direction of the voice, and the person was actually talking to me. I asked her what did she want. She said, "that line you are standing is for attorneys!" I then asked, "What does an attorney looks like?" Everybody started laughing.
Lesson--we should not be afraid to show that we are Muslims. It may be uncomfortable sometimes but our discomfort is nothing compared to the sacrifices of our Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the early Muslims, in order to bring Truth to us. We need to push ourselves to give and give and give more. Paradise is not free. We have to work for it. As for woman, what separates us and the non-believer women in public is the proper hijab we wear. Be proud to carry the banner of Islam. Don't be afraid, and have good opinion of Allah that He will not leave us alone to fend for and by ourselves after He put us on this earth.
May Allah give you tawfiq. Ameen.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
This is one of those days when my mind says YES but my body says NO! So I wanted to challenge my body. I put on my running shoes and ran 1.5 miles and here I am. Alhamdulillah. I actually set myself up to run 2 miles but it was becoming too exhaustive for me. I do listen to my body once in a while and let it win a little. That's okay. Alhamdulillah.
It was the morning of September 11, 2001 (9/11). I believe the first tower was already down, not the second. But I didn't know anything about what was happening. I had been busy preparing court papers and getting ready to go to court for an ex parte hearing in a child custody case. The night before my client had called me, in frantic, because his ex wife failed to drop off his daughter at the designated drop off place--the police station parking lot. Before I left my house, I called the visitation supervisor (a lady who facilitates the drop off), and asked her if she could meet me at the courthouse with a written report. She blurted, "I am shaking right now, I am trying to reach my family. The country is at war!" Puzzled, I asked, "What war, what country?" She said, "The twin tower is bombed! Turn on your TV!" and she hung up. I rushed and turned on my TV (I had TV at that time) and couldn't believe my eyes! I had a glimpse of the news, got my things and drove to the courthouse. The roads were quiet--it was like a ghost town in Martinez, where the courthouse was. I could feel people were looking at me strangely. I went through the normal security, which was no security check for attorneys, except that we need to flag our our bar card and drivers license as we walked through. The security guard on duty knew me and he smiled and gestured for me to just proceed without my id. I said to myself--"good sign, Alhamdulillah." I had to file some papers before going inside the court so I stood in line with the rest of the people. People were glancing at me and glancing at me. All of a sudden, I heard from across the room someone shouting, "Miss, over here!" and I looked at the direction of the voice, and the person was actually talking to me. I asked her what did she want. She said, "that line you are standing is for attorneys!" I then asked, "What does an attorney looks like?" Everybody started laughing.
Lesson--we should not be afraid to show that we are Muslims. It may be uncomfortable sometimes but our discomfort is nothing compared to the sacrifices of our Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the early Muslims, in order to bring Truth to us. We need to push ourselves to give and give and give more. Paradise is not free. We have to work for it. As for woman, what separates us and the non-believer women in public is the proper hijab we wear. Be proud to carry the banner of Islam. Don't be afraid, and have good opinion of Allah that He will not leave us alone to fend for and by ourselves after He put us on this earth.
May Allah give you tawfiq. Ameen.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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