ISLAM the religion of PEACE: January 2013

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Thanking and being grateful to Allah for the wealth bestowed upon us

Being Grateful To Allah and Thanking him for the favours and wealth conferred upon us Sahih Muslim Book 42, Number 7070:Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Look at those who stand at a lower level than you but don't look at those who stand at a higher level than you, for this would make the favours (conferred upon you by Allah) insignificant(in your eyes). Abu Mu'awiya said: Upon you.
Avoiding Envy and jealousy over wealthSahih Muslim Book 42, Number 7068:Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When one of you looks at one who stands at a higher level than you in regard to wealth and physical structure he should also see one who stands at a lower level than you in regard to these things (in which he stands) at a higher level (as compared to him).The world is a prison-house for a believer and Paradise for a non-believer.

Sahih Muslim Book 42, Number 7058:Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The world is a prison-house for a believer and Paradise for a non-believer.

The world is like a dead lamb in the eyes of Allah
Sahih Muslim Book 42, Number 7059:Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) happened to walk through the bazar coming from the side of 'Aliya and the people were on both his sides.There he found a dead lamb with very short ears. He took hold of his ear and said: Who amongst you would like to have this for a dirham? They said: We do not like to have it even for less than that as it is of no use to us. He said: Do you wish to have it (free of any cost)?They said: By Allah, even if it were alive (we would not have liked to possess that), for there is detect in it as its ear is very short; now it is dead also.Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: By Allah, this world is more insignificant in the eye of Allah as it (this dead lamb) is in your eye.Wealth Spent on oneself , one's family and on others(the poor and needy) is money saved for the Hereafter , Wealth spent is wealth saved
Sahih Muslim Book 42, Number 7061:Mutarrif reported on the authority of his father: I came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as he was reciting: "Abundance diverts you" .He said: The son of Adam claims: My wealth, my wealth.And he (the Holy Prophet) said: O son of Adam. is there anything as your belonging except that which you consumed, which you utilised, or which you wore and then it was worn out or you gave as charity and sent it forward?
Sahih Muslim Book 42, Number 7063:Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A servant says, My wealth. my wealth, but out of his wealth three things are only his: whatever he eats and makes use of or by means of which he dresses himself and it wears out or he gives as charity, and this is what he stored for himself (as a reward for the Hereafter), and what is beyond this (it is of no use to you) because you are to depart and leave it for other people.This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-'Ala' b. 'Abd al-Rahman with the same chain of transmitters.Spend and Allah will give Sahih Muslim Book 5, Number 2178:Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that Allah, the Most Blessed and High, said: O son of Adam, spend. I will spend on you. The right hand of Allah is full and overflowing and in nothing would diminish it, by overspending day and night.

Excellence of Spending on ones family and saving them from want

Sahih Muslim Book 5, Number 2180:

Thauban reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The most excellent dinar is one that a person spends on his family, and the dinar which he spends on his animal in Allah's path, and the dinar he spends on his companions in Allah's path. Abu Qilaba (one of the narrators) said: He (the narrator) started with family, and then Abu Qilaba said: Who is the person with greater reward than a person who spends on young members of his family (and thus) preserves (saves them from want) (and by virtue of which) Allah brings profit for them and makes them rich.

Importance of being modest and having Humility and doing Justice to others inspite of being wealthySahih Muslim Book 42, Number 7067:'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. al-As reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: How would you be, 0 people. when Persia and Rome would be conquered for you?' Abd at-Rahman b Auf said: We would say as Allah has commanded us and we would express our gratitude to Allah Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Nothing else besides it? You would (in fact) vie with one another, then you would feel jealous. then your relations would be estranged and then you will bear enmity against one another. or something to the same effect.Then you would go to the poor emigrants and would make some the masters of the others.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Namaz e Janaza and Mehboob Duaen

Azaan aur Namaz parhny ka tareeqa

BOYCOTTING QURAN

Boycotting Quran is of a number of types:

First Type: To boycott listening to it, having faith in it and concentrating on it.

Second Type: To boycott acting upon it and restricting one's self to the boundaries of that which is Permissible and that which is Impermissible – this could be despite having faith in it.

Third Type: To boycott applying its rulings and laws, and returning back to it in the principles of the religion as well as its finer branches. Also, to believe that the [information in the] Quran does not equate to absolute certainty; believing that its written evidences do not equate to certainty in knowledge.

Fourth Type: To boycott contemplating and understanding it, and knowing the intent of the One who spoke with it.

Fifth Type: To boycott using it as a source of cure for all types of diseases of the heart and its poisons. So you seek cure for the ailments of the heart from other than the Quran and yet boycott the cure of the Quran.

All of these types of boycotting are included in the saying of Allah:

{And the Messenger (Muhammad) will say: "O my Lord! Verily, my people boycotted this Quran.} [25:30] [1]

Some of these types of boycotting may be less serious than others.

Footnotes:

[1] Shaykh As-Saadi said regarding this verse,

"{And the Messenger will say} calling his Lord and complaining to Him about how his people have rejected what he came with; he will regretfully say {O my Lord! Verily, my people} to whom You sent me in order to guide them and preach to them {have boycotted this Quran} i.e. they have rejected, boycotted and left it. This is despite the obligation upon them of submitting to its command and turning accepting its rules…" [Tafseer As-Saadi, 25:30]

May Allah Taala grant us Quran's guidance in this life, its companionship in the grave, and its intercession in the hereafter.

by Shaykhul Islaam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

Reference: Al-Fawaaid