“In our view, a person does not have an understanding of the religion until he thinks of a hardship as being a blessing, and a comfort and luxury as being a hardship.”
- Sufyan ath-Thawri
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Dec 4, 2009
Hardships as a blessing...
Mar 12, 2008
Importance of reading the Qur'an
Assalamualaikum,
Insha'Allah everyone is doing wonderfully.
Prior to coming across a certain piece of information, I had never taken my Qur'an reading very seriously. Like, I hadn't been reading it every single day. One day, while randomly browsing around on the internet, I came across this:
Rasulallah (SAW) said:When a man dies and his relatives are busy in funeral, there stands an extremely handsome man by his head.
When the dead body is shrouded, that man gets in between the shroud and the chest of the deceased.
When the people return home after the burial, two angels, Munkar and Nakir (angels who test the faith of the dead in their graves), come in the grave and try to separate this handsome man so that they may be able to interrogate the dead man in privacy about his faith.
But the handsome man says, “He is my companion, he is my friend. I will not leave him alone in any case. If you are appointed for interrogation, do your job. I cannot leave him until I get him admitted into Paradise”.Thereafter he turns to his dead companion and says, “I am the Qur’an, which you used to read, sometimes in a loud voice and sometimes in a low voice. Do not worry.
After the interrogation of Munkar and Nakir, you will have no grief. When the interrogation is over, the handsome man arranges for him from Al-Mala’ul A’laa (the angels in Heaven) a silk bedding filled with musk.
Rasulallah (SAW) said: “On the Day of Judgement, before Allah, no other intercessor will have a greater status than the Qur’an, neither a Prophet nor an angel."
Upon reading this, I was shaken. Who but All Mighty Allah knows when we will die? Are we ready for what is yet to come? SubhanAllah, I found this relation very beautiful and it served as a wake up call for me. Insha'Allah, with the help of Al-Muhaymin, I will try to read and memorize parts of the Qur'an everyday.
May Allah (SWT) give us the strength and the patience in this world so that we may be prosperous in the Hereafter. Ameen.
As always, please keep me in your dua's,
ma'asalaam =)
Feb 7, 2008
The Beautiful Names of Allah (SWT)
Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,
Insha'Allah you are all doing well.
Allah loves to be glorified and praised by His Names when invoked . Allah says: "The most beautiful names belong to Allah: so call on him by them" (Qur’an 7:180)
Insha'Allah at the beginning of each month, I will post one of His Most Glorious Names and describe it in detail using Samira Fayyad Khawaldeh's book entitled "The Most Beautiful Names of Allah".
This month's name: Allah (SWT)
Things exist by the will of Allah. "When We decree a thing, We need only say: 'Be', and it is" (16:40). He supervises their affairs: "Surely your Lord is Allah, whom created the heavens and the earth in six days, then ascending His throne, ordaining all things," (10:3),...
"And He is God; there is no god but He. His is the praise in this world and in the hereafter; His too is the power supreme, and to Him you shall be recalled" (28:70).
While other Names are attributes, 'Allah' is the proper name of God, that has never been given to any other being in Islam or Jahiliyya (pre-islamic times).
Insha'Allah you have learned from this and I hope that we can implement what we learn for the greater good.
ma'asalaam =)
Feb 6, 2008
Assalamualaikum!
Allhamdulillah you have reached my blog. Insha'Allah I will be updating it soon so be sure to visit often!
"The World is three days: As for yesterday, it has vanished, along with all that was in it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work on it."
- Hassan al-Basr
ma'asalaam =)
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