بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalaamu alaykum
I pray that you are being enveloped by Allah's Mercy.
We want what pleases us and we dislike what displeases us. We don't want hardships. We want bliss. But bliss must be earned. How do we earn it? This is what this life is for.
Anybody can say "I believe", but are you telling the truth? When that hardship comes, are you going to break?
"Do the people reckon that they will be left to say 'We believe,' and will not be tried? We certainly tried those that were before them, and assuredly God knows those who speak truly, and assuredly He knows the liars." Qur'an The Spider 29:2-3
One day the Prophet (may Allah give him peace and blessings) asked his companions, "Do you see what I see?" They replied, "No". He said, "Verily I see fitan falling on your homes like rain."
Trials will continue to surge like the waves of the sea.
"Be patient, for no time will come except that the one after it shall be worse than it until you meet your Lord." (hadith)
"...have patience until you meet me at the Pool." (hadith)
(where you will have a drink from after which you will never be thirsty again, followed by eternal bliss in Paradise.)
Remember,
"On no soul does Allah place a burden greater than it can bear..." (Qur'an 2:286)
"So, truly with the hardship is (tremendous) ease. Truly with hardship is (tremendous) ease" (Qur'an 94:5-6)
Du'a is a very powerful act of worship. In times of hardship du'as become purer. Ask for Allah Himself and ask Him what He is asking you to do.
May Allah protect you and your family from the trials. Ameen.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Object of love
بسم الله الحمن الرحيم
Assalaamu alaykum
I pray that you are well.
One of bases of love is acquaintance and understanding. Man does not not love one with who he is not acquainted. When it is strong and firm, then is deep love. One of the causes of love is secret connection between a lover and his beloved. This love is cemented not for beauty but for the union of their souls.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,
"Out of them, love grows among those who have got similarity of souls."
"The souls are regulated army." Love begets among persons of similar nature and habits. Remember the proverb, "birds of a feather flock together"? The souls which agree with one another love one another, and those souls which have no agreement differ.
Only Allah should be the object of our love. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is an object of love because he (peace and blessings be upon him) is the beloved of Allah. So is love for the learned, religious and good people, as the dear ones of the beloved are object of love. The ambassadors and the messengers of the dear ones are also objects of love.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Imbue yourself with divine attributes." This injunction is only for following the good attributes, such as acquisition of knowledge, honesty, showing kindness, to do good to people, enjoin them good, to show them right path and to prohibit from evils.
There is no object of love other than Allah. The way to love Him is through Divine knowledge. A man gets great pleasure getting the secret information of an emperor. God is the most High and Most Honorable. So, the pleasure gained by the pursuit of knowledge of His attributes is the greatest. The best and highest pleasure is by the pursuit of knowledge relating to God and His attributes. It is many times more than the pleasure gained by satisfaction of lust or greed by the sense organs.
Allah knows best.
May Allah increase us in Divine knowledge. Ameen.
source: Imam Ghazzali's Ihya Ulum-Id-Din
Assalaamu alaykum
I pray that you are well.
One of bases of love is acquaintance and understanding. Man does not not love one with who he is not acquainted. When it is strong and firm, then is deep love. One of the causes of love is secret connection between a lover and his beloved. This love is cemented not for beauty but for the union of their souls.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,
"Out of them, love grows among those who have got similarity of souls."
"The souls are regulated army." Love begets among persons of similar nature and habits. Remember the proverb, "birds of a feather flock together"? The souls which agree with one another love one another, and those souls which have no agreement differ.
Only Allah should be the object of our love. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is an object of love because he (peace and blessings be upon him) is the beloved of Allah. So is love for the learned, religious and good people, as the dear ones of the beloved are object of love. The ambassadors and the messengers of the dear ones are also objects of love.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Imbue yourself with divine attributes." This injunction is only for following the good attributes, such as acquisition of knowledge, honesty, showing kindness, to do good to people, enjoin them good, to show them right path and to prohibit from evils.
There is no object of love other than Allah. The way to love Him is through Divine knowledge. A man gets great pleasure getting the secret information of an emperor. God is the most High and Most Honorable. So, the pleasure gained by the pursuit of knowledge of His attributes is the greatest. The best and highest pleasure is by the pursuit of knowledge relating to God and His attributes. It is many times more than the pleasure gained by satisfaction of lust or greed by the sense organs.
Allah knows best.
May Allah increase us in Divine knowledge. Ameen.
source: Imam Ghazzali's Ihya Ulum-Id-Din
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Who is our wakeel?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
I pray that you are well.
When we hire an attorney, we trust the attorney to make everything alright. We are relaxed because we think someone is going to take care of our matters. In Arabic world, when they say "I assign a wakeel," it means I assign an attorney.
Who is really our wakeel?
wa kafa billahi wakeel وكفى بالله وكيل (translated as "And Allah suffices for a wakeel") Qur'an Annisaa 4:81
When we say Hassbiyallahu wa nikmal wakeel حسبيا الله ونعم الكيل (translated as "Allah is sufficient for us, an excellent Wakeel is He)
did we feel it, did we mean it? If we mean it, we should be at that state of peace at least for that moment.
"If truly I know" new poem on Tawakkul, visit
http://www.scribd.com/people/documents/18648830-aisha-othman
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
I pray that you are well.
When we hire an attorney, we trust the attorney to make everything alright. We are relaxed because we think someone is going to take care of our matters. In Arabic world, when they say "I assign a wakeel," it means I assign an attorney.
Who is really our wakeel?
wa kafa billahi wakeel وكفى بالله وكيل (translated as "And Allah suffices for a wakeel") Qur'an Annisaa 4:81
When we say Hassbiyallahu wa nikmal wakeel حسبيا الله ونعم الكيل (translated as "Allah is sufficient for us, an excellent Wakeel is He)
did we feel it, did we mean it? If we mean it, we should be at that state of peace at least for that moment.
"If truly I know" new poem on Tawakkul, visit
http://www.scribd.com/people/documents/18648830-aisha-othman
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Love is sweet
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalaamu alaykum
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
First I would like to thank those who asked about me--about what happened to me that they didn't find my email yesterday first thing in the morning. May Allah bless you. The email was delayed because my ideas were all over the place and I did not know which one to focus on. Alhamdulillah, your emails came right at a time when I needed it most. Jazakallahu khairan. I had received a nasty and vulgar email from someone who I used to be closed to, I believe this person was responding to yesterday's email. I was shaken by it but then I remembered the event when the Quraysh was torturing and trying to humiliate the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in front of the Ka'bah and Abu Bakr (Allah be pleased with him) said to them, "Do you have to kill a man for asking you to believe in the One God?" That give me some perspective. And your emails give me a lot of encouragement. Jazakallahu khairan. This person has been in my emailist for a while for no other reason but for the love of Allah. Tell me friends, if I should keep or remove this person from my emailist.
This brings me to the subject of love again. Love is a sweet and beautiful feeling, undescribable. You experience some of this beauty and sweetness when you are in love with someone. Don't you wish it never go away? Increase your knowledge of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and you will experience the true sweetness of love that never go away, inshaAllah. Don't go a day without learning something about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
When the Prophet's pulpit (peace and blessings be upon him) was made, he ascended the pulpit and began to give his sermon. A palm tree nearby his masjid cried. Previously, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lean against this palm trunk when giving his sermon. The palm trunk yearned for him and cried so loud until people could not hear his sermon. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) descended from the pulpit, stroke it and hugged it and spoke to it--do you want to be a palm tree in this world until the Day of Resurrection or be a palm tree in Paradise with me. The palm tree chose to be with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Paradise. SubhanAllah! If this is how much the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cared about a piece of wood that long for him, imagine the treatment we would get from loving and yearning for him! If your love for him is not there or has not increased since my previous email below, do something about it. Our hearts shouldn't be harder than the palm trunk. I have heard this hadith before but this was narrated by a beloved learned teacher this way and it truly touches my heart this time. May Allah preserve and bless my teacher.
May Allah increase our love for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Ameen
Assalaamu alaykum
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
First I would like to thank those who asked about me--about what happened to me that they didn't find my email yesterday first thing in the morning. May Allah bless you. The email was delayed because my ideas were all over the place and I did not know which one to focus on. Alhamdulillah, your emails came right at a time when I needed it most. Jazakallahu khairan. I had received a nasty and vulgar email from someone who I used to be closed to, I believe this person was responding to yesterday's email. I was shaken by it but then I remembered the event when the Quraysh was torturing and trying to humiliate the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in front of the Ka'bah and Abu Bakr (Allah be pleased with him) said to them, "Do you have to kill a man for asking you to believe in the One God?" That give me some perspective. And your emails give me a lot of encouragement. Jazakallahu khairan. This person has been in my emailist for a while for no other reason but for the love of Allah. Tell me friends, if I should keep or remove this person from my emailist.
This brings me to the subject of love again. Love is a sweet and beautiful feeling, undescribable. You experience some of this beauty and sweetness when you are in love with someone. Don't you wish it never go away? Increase your knowledge of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and you will experience the true sweetness of love that never go away, inshaAllah. Don't go a day without learning something about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
When the Prophet's pulpit (peace and blessings be upon him) was made, he ascended the pulpit and began to give his sermon. A palm tree nearby his masjid cried. Previously, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lean against this palm trunk when giving his sermon. The palm trunk yearned for him and cried so loud until people could not hear his sermon. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) descended from the pulpit, stroke it and hugged it and spoke to it--do you want to be a palm tree in this world until the Day of Resurrection or be a palm tree in Paradise with me. The palm tree chose to be with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Paradise. SubhanAllah! If this is how much the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cared about a piece of wood that long for him, imagine the treatment we would get from loving and yearning for him! If your love for him is not there or has not increased since my previous email below, do something about it. Our hearts shouldn't be harder than the palm trunk. I have heard this hadith before but this was narrated by a beloved learned teacher this way and it truly touches my heart this time. May Allah preserve and bless my teacher.
May Allah increase our love for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Ameen
Good companion
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
I pray that you are well.
How do we make our children wake up for tahajjud (night vigil prayer)? This is how...
Maymunah (Allah be pleased with her), the last wife of the Prophet ﷺ, used to have her young nephew spent the nights in her home when the Prophet ﷺ was there. This young nephew was none other than Abdullah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him), one of the greatest Companions and a great gift to the ummah of Rasullullah ﷺ.
Ibn Abbas said (in meaning, not exact words), "I spent the nights in the house of my aunt, Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ used to pray the night prayer (qiyamu lail) in the house of Maymunah. I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) praying so I went and got on his left side and I began to pray with him and the Prophet ﷺ grabbed me and put me on his right." Ibn Abbas, in his later years, lost his eyesight and had lines on his face from crying at night. He learned this directly from the Prophet ﷺ in the home of his aunt when he was young.
The Prophet ﷺ said, "A man's religion is that of his intimate, so let each of you consider who to be intimate with." "A good companion is better than solitude and solitude is better than an evil companion."
Be vigilant as to make sure that our children are in the company of the best of people and they stay away from that of the worst.
May Allah protect our children and guide them and make them a source of our happiness in this world and the Hereafter. Ameen
I pray that you are well.
How do we make our children wake up for tahajjud (night vigil prayer)? This is how...
Maymunah (Allah be pleased with her), the last wife of the Prophet ﷺ, used to have her young nephew spent the nights in her home when the Prophet ﷺ was there. This young nephew was none other than Abdullah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him), one of the greatest Companions and a great gift to the ummah of Rasullullah ﷺ.
Ibn Abbas said (in meaning, not exact words), "I spent the nights in the house of my aunt, Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ used to pray the night prayer (qiyamu lail) in the house of Maymunah. I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) praying so I went and got on his left side and I began to pray with him and the Prophet ﷺ grabbed me and put me on his right." Ibn Abbas, in his later years, lost his eyesight and had lines on his face from crying at night. He learned this directly from the Prophet ﷺ in the home of his aunt when he was young.
The Prophet ﷺ said, "A man's religion is that of his intimate, so let each of you consider who to be intimate with." "A good companion is better than solitude and solitude is better than an evil companion."
Be vigilant as to make sure that our children are in the company of the best of people and they stay away from that of the worst.
May Allah protect our children and guide them and make them a source of our happiness in this world and the Hereafter. Ameen
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