بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that Ramadhan is full of blessings for you and your families.
Somebody whose hearing, seeing, hand and foot are with Allah is not a normal person. His life is not a normal life. He might have difficulties, might have tests, might have lost his loved ones, might not have much to speak of, but he is content and pleased with Allah. This is a life of a strong person.
This is a tremendous goal--for Allah to love us. But it means practicing Islam. First you do the obligatory acts of worship, then increase with recommended acts of worship. This will lead to Allah loves you and when Allah is completely with you in everything.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, Allah be pleased with him, who said that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Allah (Mighty and Sublime be He) said:
Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him. My servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I have enjoined upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall love him. When I love him I am his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate about anything as much as I hesitate about [seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate hurting him. (related by al-Bukhari)
'O soul at peace, Return to your Lord, well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)! Enter you, then, among My (honored) slaves, And enter you My Paradise!' Qur'an al-Fajr 89:27-30
May Allah grant us righteous deeds so He loves us. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
wassalaam
Showing posts with label righteous deeds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label righteous deeds. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Saturday, December 26, 2009
A man with his garden
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم
I pray that you are well.
From Surah Al-Kahf--A man with his garden
"and he went into his garden while in a state and disbelief unjust to himself. He said: I think not that this will perish." The believing man said: "It was better for you to say, when you entered your garden: 'That which Allah wills will come to pass! There is no power but with Allah!' If you see me less than you in wealth and children."
This disbelieving man was arrogant and Allah sent a sweeping mighty rain destroying his plantations and trees.
"Wealth and children are the adornment of the present world; but the abiding things, the deeds of righteousness, are better with God in reward, and better in hope." The good righteous deeds are meant to be the five compulsory daily prayers, remembrance of Allah with glorification, praises and thanks, or that they are the righteous deeds or the good and nice talk.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Never has Allah granted a slave with a bliss, be it in his family or wealth or children and said, 'That which Allah wills will come to pass! There is no power but with Allah!' ما شا ءالله لا قوة إلا بالله but nothing of suffering would strike him in regard with them except for death.
May our Lord guide us to excellence in worship till we meet Him. Ameen.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
السلام عليكم
I pray that you are well.
From Surah Al-Kahf--A man with his garden
"and he went into his garden while in a state and disbelief unjust to himself. He said: I think not that this will perish." The believing man said: "It was better for you to say, when you entered your garden: 'That which Allah wills will come to pass! There is no power but with Allah!' If you see me less than you in wealth and children."
This disbelieving man was arrogant and Allah sent a sweeping mighty rain destroying his plantations and trees.
"Wealth and children are the adornment of the present world; but the abiding things, the deeds of righteousness, are better with God in reward, and better in hope." The good righteous deeds are meant to be the five compulsory daily prayers, remembrance of Allah with glorification, praises and thanks, or that they are the righteous deeds or the good and nice talk.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Never has Allah granted a slave with a bliss, be it in his family or wealth or children and said, 'That which Allah wills will come to pass! There is no power but with Allah!' ما شا ءالله لا قوة إلا بالله but nothing of suffering would strike him in regard with them except for death.
May our Lord guide us to excellence in worship till we meet Him. Ameen.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Enjoining Patience
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamua alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Reflect on these verses (Qur'an Al-Asr 103:1-3)
I swear by the time,
Surely Man is in the way of loss
Save those who believe, and do righteous deeds, and counsel each other unto the truth, and counsel each other to patience.
Imam Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "If nothing of the Qur'an was revealed to people except this surah it would have sufficed them." It has been narrated that the companions of the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, would not part company until one of them recited this surah to the other.
Time is our capital and our life is a transaction. Time will outstrip us because our life in this world is temporary and each moment that pass by is a moment closer to the end of our life in this world.
Each of us has a capital which we must use to make a profit. If we fail to do so we lose our capital--this is a clear loss. If we don't understand what time represents, then we cannot profit from it. If we understand the significance of time, our attitude to life would be very different. We would struggle to make sure every moment of our time is spent in a way that will give us maximum profit in the next life. Wherever we are with Allah, there is a closer rank and higher station, so we don't stop striving. We should not be satisfied with a minimum. However pure our prayer is, for example, there is always a purer prayer that we can aimed for. "I just need to scrape in into Paradise" should not be part of our vocabulary. So lay out a plan of action to reach a higher rank. We will still be rewarded for our plans even if we didn't get to execute our plans.
Patience is a key to all these. Patience enable us to put up with the difficult and unexpected in life. Putting up with these difficulties without complaining and without losing hope is of the highest ranks of patience and has a tremendous reward.
We need each other to remind us to be patient. Each of us has that responsibility as part and parcel of doing righteous deeds and perfecting ourselves to reach that high "profitable" rank with Allah. This surah emphasizes that social responsibility a lot as well as the urgency of time and the need to do good as many good deeds as you can. The good deeds in Islam are the truths of Islam. Enjoining to truth includes putting up with things you don't like. So the single most important good deed is to enjoin people to patience because patience is what people need the most when enjoining people to the truth and when striving oneself to nearness to Allah.
And Allah knows best.
May Allah give us blessings in our time, and what little we do is much with Him out of His Grace. Ameen.
Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamua alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Reflect on these verses (Qur'an Al-Asr 103:1-3)
I swear by the time,
Surely Man is in the way of loss
Save those who believe, and do righteous deeds, and counsel each other unto the truth, and counsel each other to patience.
Imam Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "If nothing of the Qur'an was revealed to people except this surah it would have sufficed them." It has been narrated that the companions of the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, would not part company until one of them recited this surah to the other.
Time is our capital and our life is a transaction. Time will outstrip us because our life in this world is temporary and each moment that pass by is a moment closer to the end of our life in this world.
Each of us has a capital which we must use to make a profit. If we fail to do so we lose our capital--this is a clear loss. If we don't understand what time represents, then we cannot profit from it. If we understand the significance of time, our attitude to life would be very different. We would struggle to make sure every moment of our time is spent in a way that will give us maximum profit in the next life. Wherever we are with Allah, there is a closer rank and higher station, so we don't stop striving. We should not be satisfied with a minimum. However pure our prayer is, for example, there is always a purer prayer that we can aimed for. "I just need to scrape in into Paradise" should not be part of our vocabulary. So lay out a plan of action to reach a higher rank. We will still be rewarded for our plans even if we didn't get to execute our plans.
Patience is a key to all these. Patience enable us to put up with the difficult and unexpected in life. Putting up with these difficulties without complaining and without losing hope is of the highest ranks of patience and has a tremendous reward.
We need each other to remind us to be patient. Each of us has that responsibility as part and parcel of doing righteous deeds and perfecting ourselves to reach that high "profitable" rank with Allah. This surah emphasizes that social responsibility a lot as well as the urgency of time and the need to do good as many good deeds as you can. The good deeds in Islam are the truths of Islam. Enjoining to truth includes putting up with things you don't like. So the single most important good deed is to enjoin people to patience because patience is what people need the most when enjoining people to the truth and when striving oneself to nearness to Allah.
And Allah knows best.
May Allah give us blessings in our time, and what little we do is much with Him out of His Grace. Ameen.
Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
Wassalaam
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