bismi-lLah wa-lhamdu li-lLah wa-shshalatu wa-ssalamu 'ala rasuli-lLah
wa 'ala alihi wa ashhabihi wa ma-wwalah, amma ba'd, assalamu 'alaikum.
saya dapet kiriamn nech, bagi2 dech yaaach.
Thirst for Learning
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) says:
"After the passing away of the Prophet (peace be upon him), I said to
an Ansari friend of mine: The Prophet is not now with us. But a large
number of Sahabah are still among us. Let us go to them and get
knowledge of the Islamic practices. He said: ' Who is going to
approach you for learning a regulation in the presence of these eminent
Sahabah?' I was not discouraged. I kept up my quest for knowledge and
approached every person who was supposed to have heard something from
the Prophet. I managed to gather substantial information from the
Ansar. If on my visit to someone of the Sahabah, I found him asleep, I
spread my shawl at the gate and sat waiting. Sometimes my face and body
would get covered with dust, but I kept sitting till they woke and I
was able to contact them. Some of them said: 'Abdullah you are the
cousin of the Prophet; you could have sent for us. Why did you take the
trouble of coming to our places?' I said to them: 'I must come to you,
for I am a student and you are my teachers.' Some people for whom I had
waited said: 'Since when have you been waiting for us?' I informed them
that I had been sitting there for a pretty long time. They said: 'What
a pity! You could have awakened us from our sleep.' I said: 'I did not
like to disturb you for my own sake.' I thus carried on my pursuits,
till there came a time when people began to flock to me for learning.
My Ansari friend realized this at that time and remarked: 'This boy has
surely proved himself more sensible than us.'"
Source: From the book "Stories of the Sahabah" by Shaikh Muhammad
Zakariyya Kaandhlawi.
Besides our quest for knowledge to earn a livelihood in this world, we
must as well gain sufficient knowledge of Islam. No matter what age
group we belong to at this moment, we should atleast have that much
Islamic knowledge with which we can turn our 24 hours life into
worship. Those with knowledge and practice will be exalted in this
world and in the hereafter.
Taraweeh Changed His Life
The following story is about how Taraweeh salah changed the life of a
person during the month of Ramadan.
About 20 years ago, brother Khawaja used to live with his family in an
apartment building in Toronto, Canada. During the month of Ramadan, the
local Muslims would get together and arrange a small room in that
building to offer Taraweeh prayers. Brother Khawaja states, "I wasn't
that particular about offering prayers so I didn't show much interest
in going to Taraweeh which was Sunnah and not even Fardh." His wife
would constantly tell him to go but that didn't change his mind.
However, she would prepare her two small sons and send them to the
prayer. One day, his sons returned back from Taraweeh with tears in
their eyes. Brother Khawaja became concerned and asked why they were
crying. They replied, "Everyone's father goes to Taraweeh but our
father doesn't go." This really touched his heart and he promised his
sons that he will go with them to Taraweeh the next day. It so happened
that there was a speech on that day after listening to which Brother
Khawaja decided to change his life. Since then, he has been actively
participating in many Islamic activities and have built and supported
various Masjids.
Many days of Ramadan has already passed by. Let us spend our time
properly to obtain as much as we can from this Ramadan. Be generous in
this month and increase your acts of worship.
A Young Man's Fear of Allah
One day, Malik bin Dinar (rahimaullah) was passing by a place when he
noticed a young man wearing old clothes and crying by the roadside. His
name was Uthbah. Sweat was dripping down his body even though the
temperature was very cold at that time. Malik bin Dinar became very
surprised at this scene and asked Uthbah, "Oh young man, why are you
crying? And why are you sweating during this cold temperature?"
Uthbah replied, "Once, I committed a sin at this place. Today, as I was
passing by this place, I remembered that sin."
Source: Obtained from the book "Tambihul Ghafileen" by Shaikh Abul
Laith Samarkandi.
Look how pious were the early Muslims. Today, we are committing
thousands of sins, yet, we are walking around with happiness and joy as
if we have nothing to worry about
Sunnah is like Medicine
Shaikh Khidir from Toronto, Canada once gave a very beautiful example
on the importance of following the ways (sunnah) of Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him). He said that sunnah is like medicine. Usually,
when we visit the doctors for treatment, they write on the
prescriptions the medicines we need. We take these prescriptions to
pharmacists who then sell the medicines to us. Sometimes these
medicines are bitter and hard to swallow, but we still consume them as
we know that the cure is in them. Similarly, each and every sunnah has
physical and spiritual cure for us in this world and in the hereafter.
Even if some of sunnah are hard to follow, we should still follow them
as the cure is in them.
"...So take what the Messenger gives you, and refrain from what he
prohibits you..." Al Quran 59:7
Don't Complain, be Patient
Khabbaab ibn al-Aratt (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: "We
complained to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) when he was reclining on his cloak in the shade of the
Ka'bah. We said to him: "Why do you not ask Allaah to help us (grant us
victory)? Why do you not pray to Allaah for us?" He said, "A man from
the people before you would be placed in a hole dug for him, then they
would bring a saw and cut his head in two, yet that would not make him
renounce his faith. They would use an iron comb to drag the flesh and
nerves from his bones, yet that would not make him renounce his faith.
By Allaah, this matter will be completed (i.e. Islam will be perfected
and will prevail) until a rider travelling from Sana' to Hadramawt will
fear nobody but Allaah or the attack of a wolf on his sheep, but you
are too impatient." Source: Sahih Bukhari.
The conditions of Muslims may go up and down but Islam will always
remain on top. We should never lose hope even during the most difficult
times as Allah is always in control. Surely, Allah helps those who are
patient
BROTHER IN ISLAM
KHALID BIN UMAR
Leo Imanov
Abdu-lLah
AllahsSlave
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