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Beware of negligence
Masih al-quloob Mawlana Masihullah Khan (Allah have mercy on him) said,
Stay among people, but remain aloof.
Your body should be among creation, but your heart with the Creator. This will ensure that negligence does not overtake you. Beware of such negligence lest you conform with people in a way which entails opposition to Allah and His displeasure.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Ceramah di Masjid Jamek Sri Petaling
Masjid Jamek Sri PetalingA very good posting taken from http:/// provides us some important guidance how to preserve our iman or belief. Thanks for sharing. Jazakallahu khair!
Pada 15/11/2009, aku ke Masjid Jamek Sri Petaling ikuti program mingguan di sana. Berikut adalah perkara-perkara penting dalam ceramah (maghrib) yang disampaikan oleh Ustadz Hamid:
1) Manusia akan yakin dengan apa yang diusahakan pada setiap hari. Apakah yang kita usahakan hari-hari?
2) Disisi Allah perbezaan antara dua orang yang pergi bekerja dengan iman dan tanpa iman umpama langit dan bumi.
3) Dakwah nabi 13 tahun di Mekah amar makruf untuk hancurkan keyakinan yang salah dalam hati.
4) Sebenarnya kita masih lagi tidak faham bagaimana dengan agama boleh berjaya.
5) Kisah paling banyak diceritakan di dalam al-Quran adalah kisah bani Israel, namun setiap hari tanpa sengaja kita ulang ‘perkataan’ yang pernah dilafazkan oleh bani Israel…
6) Semua kisah di dalam Al-Quran menceritakan kesudahan yang baik (berjaya) adalah bagi orang yang bertaqwa.
7) Dengan agama kita Berjaya. Bagaimana nabi telah tunjukkan agama akan datang pada ummat ini adalah dengan cara yang telah tunjukkan baginda Muhammad Rasulullah saw.
8) Apabila dakwah ditinggalkan maka, generasi masa hadapan yang lahir dengan shahwat mereka meninggalkan solah (kami minta lindungan dari Allah).
9) Nahi munkar = indirect (major)/ direct (minor)
10) Dalam diri kita sendiri ada bukti kekuasaan dan kehebatan Allah yang ditunjukkan.
11) Tidak pergi ke sekolah pun boleh cerita kebesaran dan kehebatan Allah.
12) Perkataan yang betul untuk guna ‘kalau’ adalah supaya kesalahan yang sama tidak berulang semula. Jangan buka ruang pintu syaitan dengan menggunakan ‘kalau’ dengan cara yang salah.
13) Rasa kematian adalah sama seperti dicincang dengan 1000 pedang, namun seorang yang syahid umpama rasa gigitan semut.
14) Apabila kita ada takluk dengan seseorang, kita suka/ rindu nak jumpa. Adakah hati kita ada takluk kepada Allah?
15) Setelah habis ilmu manusia maka bermulalah ilmu anbia’ ‘alaihimusollatu wassalam.
16) Mana yakin kita kepada kehidupan Rasulullah?
17) Allah telah letakkan keredhaan/ janji-Nya pada cara nabi dan yang golongan yang mengikuti nabi.
18) Walau nabi telah wafat, semasa Rom nak menyerang Islam, namun bantuan Allah tetap datang. replica watches Bantuan Allah datang pada amalan agama. Maka, jagalah agamamu!
19) Dua perkara, sama ada jaga agama (Islam) atau jaga orang Islam? Allah akan jaga orang Islam selagi orang Islam jaga agama Allah (Islam). Tiada jaminan dari Allah untuk menjaga orang Islam yang tidak menjaga agama Allah.
Monday, December 7, 2009
The Importance of Fixing a Time for Daily Tilawah
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“A person once told me that he was so busy that he did not have any time for daily recitation of the Qur’an. I put the point to him that he did not possess a true appreciation of the Qur’an or a true sense of its importance. We all have countless things to do every day, yet if we can do them but not have time for the Qur’an, it is a sign that we do not give the Qur’an its due importance.
I advised the person to develop a sense of the Qur’an’s greatness in his heart by studying the ahadith pertaining to the status and virtues of the Qur’an. I then advised him to fix a definite time of day, bearing in mind his other commitments, solely for tilawah. He chose to do his tilawah after ‘Isha salah. I told him not to leave the masjid after ‘Isha without having completed his tilawah. Some time afterwards, I learned that he had become punctual in his tilawah.
So we all need to do these two things: 1) realise the greatness of the Qur’an; 2) fix a time for daily tilawah and stick to it.
Beware of the tricks of the nafs in this regard; take the example of someone who, after reaching the masjid, has ten minutes in which he can engage in tilawah. He thinks to himself that ten minutes is insufficient to complete one juz, and his nafs persuades him to do his tilawah afterwards when he has enough time.
This is a trap, for the ‘afterwards’ promised by the nafs will never come! If he had made use of those ten minutes and recited as much as possible, chanel handbags he would have been well on his way to completing his daily tilawah. By following the devious nafs he deprived himself completely of any tilawah.
Treat your nafs as you would your child: without fixing a time every day for your child to attend maktab to study, he/she will not be able to learn. Similarly, without forcing your nafs to do certain things at certain times, you will not get it to do what you want.”
“A person once told me that he was so busy that he did not have any time for daily recitation of the Qur’an. I put the point to him that he did not possess a true appreciation of the Qur’an or a true sense of its importance. We all have countless things to do every day, yet if we can do them but not have time for the Qur’an, it is a sign that we do not give the Qur’an its due importance.
I advised the person to develop a sense of the Qur’an’s greatness in his heart by studying the ahadith pertaining to the status and virtues of the Qur’an. I then advised him to fix a definite time of day, bearing in mind his other commitments, solely for tilawah. He chose to do his tilawah after ‘Isha salah. I told him not to leave the masjid after ‘Isha without having completed his tilawah. Some time afterwards, I learned that he had become punctual in his tilawah.
So we all need to do these two things: 1) realise the greatness of the Qur’an; 2) fix a time for daily tilawah and stick to it.
Beware of the tricks of the nafs in this regard; take the example of someone who, after reaching the masjid, has ten minutes in which he can engage in tilawah. He thinks to himself that ten minutes is insufficient to complete one juz, and his nafs persuades him to do his tilawah afterwards when he has enough time.
This is a trap, for the ‘afterwards’ promised by the nafs will never come! If he had made use of those ten minutes and recited as much as possible, chanel handbags he would have been well on his way to completing his daily tilawah. By following the devious nafs he deprived himself completely of any tilawah.
Treat your nafs as you would your child: without fixing a time every day for your child to attend maktab to study, he/she will not be able to learn. Similarly, without forcing your nafs to do certain things at certain times, you will not get it to do what you want.”
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Knowledge that is useless
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Contrary to popular belief, the tree whose fruit Adam and Eve ate was not necessarily an apple tree.
Scholars disagree over the type of the tree. Some people have tried to determine its type by looking into books of hadith, athaar, and the Bible.
But is this issue worth all the debate? Imaam Abu Ja'far at-Tabaree, who was a Mufassir (scholar of tafsir), didn't think so:
وذلك عِلمٌ، إذا عُلم لم ينفع العالمَ به علمه، وإن جهله جاهل لم يضرَّه جهلُه به
"For such type of knowledge: If one knows it, then his knowledge of it doesn't benefit him, and if one is ignorant of it, then his ignorance of it doesn't harm him."*
There are other examples of trivial details that we need to ignore. For example Allah (swt) in Suratul Kahf (chapter 18 of the Quran) talks about how people debated about the number of the Men of the Cave, but after mentioning this He doesn't tell us their real number,chanel handbags because it is not important. Instead He asks us not to dwell on it.
We can look at the Quran to find out what Allah (swt) wants us to focus on. For example, Allah (swt) keeps reminding us of the Day of Judgment, and He keeps describing Paradise and Hell. When Allah constantly reminds us of something, it means He wants us to think about it.
Points to remember
* Don't busy yourself with trivial details that have no benefit for you in this life or the Hereafter. It wastes your time and makes you ignore more important matters.
* To determine what is important, read the Quran. Certain subjects are repeated constantly—these are your priorities.
* The point of this post is not to discourage you from seeking details (you can memorize all the details about Paradise that are mentioned in the Quran, this will be a great Islamic motivation for you); we only mean useless details.
Contrary to popular belief, the tree whose fruit Adam and Eve ate was not necessarily an apple tree.Scholars disagree over the type of the tree. Some people have tried to determine its type by looking into books of hadith, athaar, and the Bible.
But is this issue worth all the debate? Imaam Abu Ja'far at-Tabaree, who was a Mufassir (scholar of tafsir), didn't think so:
وذلك عِلمٌ، إذا عُلم لم ينفع العالمَ به علمه، وإن جهله جاهل لم يضرَّه جهلُه به
"For such type of knowledge: If one knows it, then his knowledge of it doesn't benefit him, and if one is ignorant of it, then his ignorance of it doesn't harm him."*
There are other examples of trivial details that we need to ignore. For example Allah (swt) in Suratul Kahf (chapter 18 of the Quran) talks about how people debated about the number of the Men of the Cave, but after mentioning this He doesn't tell us their real number,chanel handbags because it is not important. Instead He asks us not to dwell on it.
We can look at the Quran to find out what Allah (swt) wants us to focus on. For example, Allah (swt) keeps reminding us of the Day of Judgment, and He keeps describing Paradise and Hell. When Allah constantly reminds us of something, it means He wants us to think about it.
Points to remember
* Don't busy yourself with trivial details that have no benefit for you in this life or the Hereafter. It wastes your time and makes you ignore more important matters.
* To determine what is important, read the Quran. Certain subjects are repeated constantly—these are your priorities.
* The point of this post is not to discourage you from seeking details (you can memorize all the details about Paradise that are mentioned in the Quran, this will be a great Islamic motivation for you); we only mean useless details.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Sabrun Jamil - Beautiful Patience
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Mujâhid said: “Beautiful patience is patience without any panic.” ‘Amr ibn Qays said: “Beautiful patience means to be content with adversity and to surrender to the will of Allâh.”
Yûnus ibn Yazîd said: I asked Rabî‘ah ibn Abu ‘Abdur-Rahmân: “What is the ultimate of patience?” He said: “To be outwardly the same at the time of affliction as one was the day before it struck.” (This does not mean that a person does not or should not feel pain or anguish; patience in this instance means that one refrains from panicking and complaining.)
"Whoever tries to be patient, Allah will make him patient. And nobody can be given a better and greater gift than patience."
(Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 24, No. 548)
Omar ibn Al Khattab said: "Whatever hardship befalls a believing servant, Allah will make an opening for him after it, chanel handbags and one hardship will be overcome by two eases." (Malik Muwatta Book 21, No. 21.1.6)
Commenting on the meaning of Sabrun Jamîl, i.e, beautiful patience, in the verse : "So be patient with a good (i.e, beautiful) patience." (Quran Ma'aarij 70:5) Qays ibn al-Hajjâj said: “The person who is suffering from some affliction should behave in such a way that nobody is able to distinguish him from others (Ibn Qayyim)
Mujâhid said: “Beautiful patience is patience without any panic.” ‘Amr ibn Qays said: “Beautiful patience means to be content with adversity and to surrender to the will of Allâh.”
Yûnus ibn Yazîd said: I asked Rabî‘ah ibn Abu ‘Abdur-Rahmân: “What is the ultimate of patience?” He said: “To be outwardly the same at the time of affliction as one was the day before it struck.” (This does not mean that a person does not or should not feel pain or anguish; patience in this instance means that one refrains from panicking and complaining.)
"Whoever tries to be patient, Allah will make him patient. And nobody can be given a better and greater gift than patience."
(Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 24, No. 548)
Omar ibn Al Khattab said: "Whatever hardship befalls a believing servant, Allah will make an opening for him after it, chanel handbags and one hardship will be overcome by two eases." (Malik Muwatta Book 21, No. 21.1.6)
Commenting on the meaning of Sabrun Jamîl, i.e, beautiful patience, in the verse : "So be patient with a good (i.e, beautiful) patience." (Quran Ma'aarij 70:5) Qays ibn al-Hajjâj said: “The person who is suffering from some affliction should behave in such a way that nobody is able to distinguish him from others (Ibn Qayyim)
Monday, November 30, 2009
KELEBIHAN SURAH AL-MULK
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Surah Al Mulk adalah surah keamanan dan keselamatan, kerana ia menyelamatkan pembaca-pembacanya dari siksa kubur. Sejarah telah membuktikan seperti yang berlaku di zaman Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam. Ibnu Abbas menceritakan:
"Pernah suatu ketika setengah para sahabat berkhemah di atas kubur. Mereka sebenarnya tidak menyangka tempat itu adalah kubur. Setelah beberapa ketika berada di dalam khemah, mereka tiba-tiba terdengar suara orang membaca Surah Al Mulk dari mula hinggalah akhirnya. Suara itu datangnya dari dalam tanah. Tahulah mereka, sebenarnya mereka sedang berkhemah di atas kubur. chanel handbags Kemudian hal itu diadukan kepada Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam lalu baginda bersabda yang bermaksud: "Surah Al Mulk adalah surah pelepasan kerana ia menghindar pembacanya dari azab neraka."
Meskipun begitu, Surah Al Mulk juga mempunyai kelebihan-kelebihan yang lain. Di sini penulis bentangkan sebahagian daripadanya sahaja. Diantaranya:
1. Abu Hurairah meriwayatkan hadis, katanya yang bermaksud: "Sesungguhnya di dalam Al-Quran itu, ada satu surah yang mengandungi 30 ayat, ia mensyafaat bagi lelaki yang membacanya. Maka selagi mana lelaki itu membacanya, selagi itu pula ia meminta ampun unutuknya. Surah itu ialah surah Al Mulk."
2. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Surah Al Mulk itu memelihara dan menghindarkan pembacanya dari azab kubur."
3. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Aku sungguh gembira, sekiranya orang mukmin sentiasa membaca surah Al Mulk sehingga seolah-olah surah itu tertulis di dalam hatinya."
4. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Barangsiapa membaca surah Al Mulk setiap malam, diselamatkannya dari azab kubur."
5. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Sesiapa membaca surah Al Mulk pada mana-mana malam, nescaya datang ke dalam kuburnya surah itu sebagai pengganti untuk bersoal jawab dengan Munkar Nakir.
6. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Sesungguhnya di dalam Al-Quran ada satu surah yang terkandung 30 ayat. Surah itu ialah surah Al Mulk. Ia akan datang kepada pembacanya untuk membantu bersoal jawab dalam kubur sehinggalah mereka selamat masuk ke dalam Syurga."
7. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Sebahagian surah-surah yang terdapat di dalam Al-Quran ada satu surah yang mengandungi 30 ayat. Surah itu surah Al Mulk. Ia memberi syafaat kepada orang yang membacanya dengan mengeluarkannya dari Neraka dan memasukkannya ke dalam Syurga."
8. Ulama berkata: "Sesungguhnya Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam tidak akan beradu melainkan setelah membaca surah As Sajadah dan surah Al Mulk."
9. Ulama berkata: "Sesungguhnya surah Al Mulk itu melepaskan pengamal-pengamalnya dari kena azab. Ia akan bersoal jawab pada hari kiamat di hadapan tuhan kerana menuntut kelepasan mereka yang mengamalkannya dari azab api Neraka."
10. Saiyidina 'Ali berkata: "Barangsiapa mengamalkan surah Al Mulk, nescaya dibawa ia pada hari kiamat di atas sayap malaikat serta wajahnya yang cantik seperti nabi Yusuf."
11. Ulama berkata: "Sesungguhnya surah Yasin dan surah Al Mulk terkandung di dalamnya beberapa rahsia dan kelebihan. Barangsiapa mengamalkannya nescaya ia mendapat rahsia-rahsia dan kelebihan-kelebihan itu serta dikasihi oleh semua manusia dan juga menjadi hebat pada pandangan makhluk."
12. Saiyidina 'Abdullah bin Abbas berkata: "Barangsiapa membaca surah Al Mulk sehingga menjadi amalan wiridnya, nescaya ia mendapat bantuan dan pertolongan dari Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala di dalam kuburnya. Bila azab hendak datang ke pihak kepala, terdengar satu seruan: "Tidak boleh engkau datang ke pihak kepala ini kerana ada surah Al Mulk."
Begitulah keadaanya bila azab itu pergi ke pihak kaki dan perutnya. Kerana semuanya mengandungi surah Al Mulk."
Surah Al Mulk adalah surah keamanan dan keselamatan, kerana ia menyelamatkan pembaca-pembacanya dari siksa kubur. Sejarah telah membuktikan seperti yang berlaku di zaman Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam. Ibnu Abbas menceritakan:
"Pernah suatu ketika setengah para sahabat berkhemah di atas kubur. Mereka sebenarnya tidak menyangka tempat itu adalah kubur. Setelah beberapa ketika berada di dalam khemah, mereka tiba-tiba terdengar suara orang membaca Surah Al Mulk dari mula hinggalah akhirnya. Suara itu datangnya dari dalam tanah. Tahulah mereka, sebenarnya mereka sedang berkhemah di atas kubur. chanel handbags Kemudian hal itu diadukan kepada Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam lalu baginda bersabda yang bermaksud: "Surah Al Mulk adalah surah pelepasan kerana ia menghindar pembacanya dari azab neraka."
Meskipun begitu, Surah Al Mulk juga mempunyai kelebihan-kelebihan yang lain. Di sini penulis bentangkan sebahagian daripadanya sahaja. Diantaranya:
1. Abu Hurairah meriwayatkan hadis, katanya yang bermaksud: "Sesungguhnya di dalam Al-Quran itu, ada satu surah yang mengandungi 30 ayat, ia mensyafaat bagi lelaki yang membacanya. Maka selagi mana lelaki itu membacanya, selagi itu pula ia meminta ampun unutuknya. Surah itu ialah surah Al Mulk."
2. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Surah Al Mulk itu memelihara dan menghindarkan pembacanya dari azab kubur."
3. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Aku sungguh gembira, sekiranya orang mukmin sentiasa membaca surah Al Mulk sehingga seolah-olah surah itu tertulis di dalam hatinya."
4. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Barangsiapa membaca surah Al Mulk setiap malam, diselamatkannya dari azab kubur."
5. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Sesiapa membaca surah Al Mulk pada mana-mana malam, nescaya datang ke dalam kuburnya surah itu sebagai pengganti untuk bersoal jawab dengan Munkar Nakir.
6. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Sesungguhnya di dalam Al-Quran ada satu surah yang terkandung 30 ayat. Surah itu ialah surah Al Mulk. Ia akan datang kepada pembacanya untuk membantu bersoal jawab dalam kubur sehinggalah mereka selamat masuk ke dalam Syurga."
7. Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam bersabda yang bermaksud: "Sebahagian surah-surah yang terdapat di dalam Al-Quran ada satu surah yang mengandungi 30 ayat. Surah itu surah Al Mulk. Ia memberi syafaat kepada orang yang membacanya dengan mengeluarkannya dari Neraka dan memasukkannya ke dalam Syurga."
8. Ulama berkata: "Sesungguhnya Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam tidak akan beradu melainkan setelah membaca surah As Sajadah dan surah Al Mulk."
9. Ulama berkata: "Sesungguhnya surah Al Mulk itu melepaskan pengamal-pengamalnya dari kena azab. Ia akan bersoal jawab pada hari kiamat di hadapan tuhan kerana menuntut kelepasan mereka yang mengamalkannya dari azab api Neraka."
10. Saiyidina 'Ali berkata: "Barangsiapa mengamalkan surah Al Mulk, nescaya dibawa ia pada hari kiamat di atas sayap malaikat serta wajahnya yang cantik seperti nabi Yusuf."
11. Ulama berkata: "Sesungguhnya surah Yasin dan surah Al Mulk terkandung di dalamnya beberapa rahsia dan kelebihan. Barangsiapa mengamalkannya nescaya ia mendapat rahsia-rahsia dan kelebihan-kelebihan itu serta dikasihi oleh semua manusia dan juga menjadi hebat pada pandangan makhluk."
12. Saiyidina 'Abdullah bin Abbas berkata: "Barangsiapa membaca surah Al Mulk sehingga menjadi amalan wiridnya, nescaya ia mendapat bantuan dan pertolongan dari Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala di dalam kuburnya. Bila azab hendak datang ke pihak kepala, terdengar satu seruan: "Tidak boleh engkau datang ke pihak kepala ini kerana ada surah Al Mulk."
Begitulah keadaanya bila azab itu pergi ke pihak kaki dan perutnya. Kerana semuanya mengandungi surah Al Mulk."
Saturday, November 21, 2009
No Wazīfa* is more effective than Duā’ (Suplication).
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In a discourse Maulāna Ashraf Ali Thānvi rehmatullāhi alayh said,
One person has sent a letter that he is indebted and needs an effective wazīfa. I replied that there is no better wazīfa in effect than Dua’.
People have stopped asking Allāh. The connection between the slave and Allāh has weakened a lot. The perception of people in this matter is very corrupt, and one thing which is even more harmful than this is when the wazīfa does not work, they start to doubt the ability of the verses of Allāh. This further corrupts ones belief.
All this is because of the ignorant Āmilīn (expert in issuing wazīfa). All they learn is to give a wazīfa for every little thing. They do not even see if the person is capable or not. Over and above that, while they issue these wazāif they use such a confident tone that the questioner becomes sure that the problem will be solved through this measure, and there is no doubt in it.
Now if what was destined is contrary to what they hoped for, then the belief of such an individual comes in great danger. His belief in the verse of Allāh weakens. The result of such a weakened belief ought to be that the dua’ doesn’t get accepted.
Look, the matter is very simple. If we give $2.00 to someone per month and then we find out that he doubts our ability to give him that money, then such bad thoughts (regarding us) will cause us not to give him any money at all. chanel handbags But Allāh is so merciful that He hears all the hue and cry and yet continues to give the sustenance. Surely, Allāh is most merciful.
Malfuzāt Hakīmul Ummat Malfuz # 92 – vol. 1 pg. 86
* Wazīfa (pl. Wazāif) literally means a stipend or dosage, but in sulūk every murīd has specific amount of dhikr or recitation of a specific phrase or verse which is given. These recitations have a lasting effect in the long run.
In a discourse Maulāna Ashraf Ali Thānvi rehmatullāhi alayh said,
One person has sent a letter that he is indebted and needs an effective wazīfa. I replied that there is no better wazīfa in effect than Dua’.
People have stopped asking Allāh. The connection between the slave and Allāh has weakened a lot. The perception of people in this matter is very corrupt, and one thing which is even more harmful than this is when the wazīfa does not work, they start to doubt the ability of the verses of Allāh. This further corrupts ones belief.
All this is because of the ignorant Āmilīn (expert in issuing wazīfa). All they learn is to give a wazīfa for every little thing. They do not even see if the person is capable or not. Over and above that, while they issue these wazāif they use such a confident tone that the questioner becomes sure that the problem will be solved through this measure, and there is no doubt in it.
Now if what was destined is contrary to what they hoped for, then the belief of such an individual comes in great danger. His belief in the verse of Allāh weakens. The result of such a weakened belief ought to be that the dua’ doesn’t get accepted.
Look, the matter is very simple. If we give $2.00 to someone per month and then we find out that he doubts our ability to give him that money, then such bad thoughts (regarding us) will cause us not to give him any money at all. chanel handbags But Allāh is so merciful that He hears all the hue and cry and yet continues to give the sustenance. Surely, Allāh is most merciful.
Malfuzāt Hakīmul Ummat Malfuz # 92 – vol. 1 pg. 86
* Wazīfa (pl. Wazāif) literally means a stipend or dosage, but in sulūk every murīd has specific amount of dhikr or recitation of a specific phrase or verse which is given. These recitations have a lasting effect in the long run.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
How to attain Allah's mercy (Tips)
How to attain Allah's mercy [Tips]
source: http://www.quranclub.net(by Ikram Kurdi)
The Quran has a lot of simple, yet profound, advice for us that we tend to ignore.
Do you find yourself in need of Allah's mercy? Here is how you can get it:
اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
"Be conscious of Allah so that you may be given mercy." [Holy Quran, 49:10]
We have to think about Allah every now and then if we want to be conscious of Him. If you forget His presence for hours on end, chanel handbags you'll know you are not that conscious of Him.
To improve your consciousness, read more Quran and make it a habit to thank Allah for everything that happens to you during the day.
It might be hard at first not to forget Allah, but as Allah says, your solution is to improve your remembrance of Allah during the times that you DO happen to remember Him:
وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَى أَنْ يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَذَا رَشَدًا
"And remember your Lord if you forget Him and say: May my Lord give me better guidance than what I already have." [Holy Quran, 18:24]
source: http://www.quranclub.net(by Ikram Kurdi)
The Quran has a lot of simple, yet profound, advice for us that we tend to ignore.
Do you find yourself in need of Allah's mercy? Here is how you can get it:
اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
"Be conscious of Allah so that you may be given mercy." [Holy Quran, 49:10]
We have to think about Allah every now and then if we want to be conscious of Him. If you forget His presence for hours on end, chanel handbags you'll know you are not that conscious of Him.
To improve your consciousness, read more Quran and make it a habit to thank Allah for everything that happens to you during the day.
It might be hard at first not to forget Allah, but as Allah says, your solution is to improve your remembrance of Allah during the times that you DO happen to remember Him:
وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَى أَنْ يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَذَا رَشَدًا
"And remember your Lord if you forget Him and say: May my Lord give me better guidance than what I already have." [Holy Quran, 18:24]
Why does speaking the Truth causes problems
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Speaking Truth
SubhaanAllah, I just came across this amazing post at At-Talib:
Why does speaking the Truth causes problems
By Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (db)
Hazrat Maulana [Shabbir Ahmad Usmani] (ra) used to say that if Haqq [a truthful word], in a truthful [proper] manner [of conveying], with a truthful [sincere] intention, is said, then it will never cause fitna. But there are these three conditions, first is that what is being said is the truth, second is that the intention is correct, and the third is that the manner [of conveying the message] is proper.
So if you happen to see anywhere that due to speaking the truth some fitna is arising, or any dispute or argument, then know that from amongst these 3 conditions a condition was unfulfilled: either the message was not the truth; or the niyyah was improper, as the message was the truth but was said with a wrong intention. [For example] the purpose was to show-off or to make oneself be seen as higher, chanel handbags or to lower another; so the niyyah was wrong. Or if the niyyah was also correct then the method [by which the message was conveyed] was incorrect.
If the method was correct, the niyyah was correct, and the message was the truth then it would not have caused fitna. Eventually at one time or another, [the message] would have had its effect but it would not have created fitna.
Translated (from Urdu) from a talk entitled Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: Lessons from His Life delivered in England on July 30, 2000 by Shaykh Mufti Taqi Usmani (db) at a symposium to commemorate the life of Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali an-Nadwi (ra).
Speaking Truth
SubhaanAllah, I just came across this amazing post at At-Talib:
Why does speaking the Truth causes problems
By Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (db)
Hazrat Maulana [Shabbir Ahmad Usmani] (ra) used to say that if Haqq [a truthful word], in a truthful [proper] manner [of conveying], with a truthful [sincere] intention, is said, then it will never cause fitna. But there are these three conditions, first is that what is being said is the truth, second is that the intention is correct, and the third is that the manner [of conveying the message] is proper.
So if you happen to see anywhere that due to speaking the truth some fitna is arising, or any dispute or argument, then know that from amongst these 3 conditions a condition was unfulfilled: either the message was not the truth; or the niyyah was improper, as the message was the truth but was said with a wrong intention. [For example] the purpose was to show-off or to make oneself be seen as higher, chanel handbags or to lower another; so the niyyah was wrong. Or if the niyyah was also correct then the method [by which the message was conveyed] was incorrect.
If the method was correct, the niyyah was correct, and the message was the truth then it would not have caused fitna. Eventually at one time or another, [the message] would have had its effect but it would not have created fitna.
Translated (from Urdu) from a talk entitled Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: Lessons from His Life delivered in England on July 30, 2000 by Shaykh Mufti Taqi Usmani (db) at a symposium to commemorate the life of Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali an-Nadwi (ra).
Friday, November 13, 2009
Unlawful Gaze
“A man who gazes at a non-mahram woman is just like a pauper who stares through a shop window and desires items that he cannot afford. The pauper will get nothing by staring through the window. Likewise, a person involved in lustful glances gets nothing but frustration, for he is unable to acquire what he sees and desires.
So why stare at something that you cannot obtain?
Every time you look at a forbidden thing, your desire will grow, and its thought will haunt you even when it is out of sight. chanel handbags When this is the consequence of the unlawful gaze, is it not better to control the gaze at the very outset?”
Source: http://shaykh.wordpress.com/
So why stare at something that you cannot obtain?
Every time you look at a forbidden thing, your desire will grow, and its thought will haunt you even when it is out of sight. chanel handbags When this is the consequence of the unlawful gaze, is it not better to control the gaze at the very outset?”
Source: http://shaykh.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Genuine Humbleness
“Pride and arrogance come in many forms. One manifestation of pride, which is not easily recognisable, takes the outward form of humility: some people feel the need to outwardly display humility while within they actually think highly of themselves for doing so.
People who are genuinely humble don’t have a high opinion of themselves, but truly believe themselves insignificant and humble. An analogy will help us understand what true humbleness is.
Imagine a sleeping person: while fast asleep he does not know that he is asleep; it is only after waking up that he realises that he had been asleep. Likewise, chanel handbags a person who is humble does not feel that he is being humble; his behaviour is naturally full of humbleness without him knowing it.”
Source: http://shaykh.wordpress.com/
People who are genuinely humble don’t have a high opinion of themselves, but truly believe themselves insignificant and humble. An analogy will help us understand what true humbleness is.
Imagine a sleeping person: while fast asleep he does not know that he is asleep; it is only after waking up that he realises that he had been asleep. Likewise, chanel handbags a person who is humble does not feel that he is being humble; his behaviour is naturally full of humbleness without him knowing it.”
Source: http://shaykh.wordpress.com/
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