Peace be upon you, Jabir Ibn Abdullah said that they were once sitting with the Prophet when he asked them, `Shall I tell you about the rooms in the houses of Paradise?'
They replied, `O yes, Prophet of Allah, you are dearer to us than our fathers and our mothers' He said, `Allah the Exalted has created the rooms of Paradise from all kinds of jewels. You can see them from the outside just as you can see them from the inside. They contain a variety of pleasures that no eye has ever seen; nor any ear has ever heard; nor has ever occurred to the hearts of any human being' Jabir asked, `Who occupies these rooms, O Prophet of Allah?' He said, `It is for those who propagate salutations and greetings, offer food, fast frequently and pray at night while others are fast asleep' Jabir asked, `And who is steadfast enough to tolerate all of these things O Prophet of Allah?' He replied, `My followers tolerate that Jabir: Those who meet a fellow and greet him has propagated greetings; those who fed their wives and children until they are satisfied is considered to have offered food; those who fast the month of Ramadan and another three days each month are considered to have fasted frequently; and those who perfom the night prayers as well as the dawn prayers in a group is considered to have performed prayers whilst other people are asleep' [Abu Dawood, Daleel al-Saileen, p 509] May Allah Almighty have mercy on us all, ameen. In peace, f ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lik1AB/fOaOAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended: http://www.islamonline.net http://www.islam-guide.com http://www.prophetmuhammadforall.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
