1. At the begining of making wudu
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Prophet (SAW)'s Prayers
At the begining of making wudu
Recite:
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
"I begin in the name of Allah, who is the Most Merciful, Most Gracious".
It is stated in the hadith that one should begin wudhu with Allah's
name. No words have been specified and our elders read the above. It
is recorded in some ahadith that wudhu is valid although no"Bismillah"
is recited.
(Mishkat)
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2. During wudu
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Prophet (SAW)'s Prayers
During wudu
Recite:
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي وَوَسِّعْ لِي فِي دَارِي وَبَارِكْ لِي
فِي رِزْقِي
"O Allah, forgive my sins and widen my grave and grant barakat in my
Rizq (sustenance)".
(Hisnul Hasin)
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3. On completion of wudu
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Prophet (SAW)'s Prayers
On completion of wudu
Look towards the sky andrecite:
أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ
وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَاً عَبْدَهُ وَرَسُولَهُ
"I testify that there is no one worthy of worship besides Allah. He is
all by Himself and has no partner and I testify that Muhammad is
Allah's Rasul (Messenger)".
Eight doors of Jannah will be open for the reciter of this dua. He
willbe able to enter from whichever door he pleases. (Mishkat)
It is recorded in the samenarration that the dua should be recited three times.
(Hisnul Hasin)
Thereafter this dua should be recited
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ
"O Allah, count me (make me) among those who seek forgiveness and
amongst those who stay clean".
(Hisnul Hasin)
Also recite this dua
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا
أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبَ إِلَيْكَ
"O Allah, You are pure, I praise You and testify that only You are
worthy of worship and I seek forgiveness from You (I turn to You for
forgiveness).
(Hisnul Hasin, from Mustadrak)
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Death is not the end
trial. And you will be returned to Us. (Surat al-Anbiya': 35)
Death, which is certain to happen to all of us, is a very important
fact in one's life. We can never know exactly what we will experience
in an hour or even in the next moment. This being the case, it is
obvious how wrong it would be to plan our lives based on events that
may never happen. Death, on the other hand, is the only thing that is
certain to happen. Only the recognition of this basic truth makes us
understand that we must found our lives according to it. Death is also
a part of the trial of man. Allah informs us in the Qur'an that He
created death and life totry man:
He Who created death and life to test which of you is best in action.
He is the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving. (Surat al-Mulk: 2)
Death is the end of merely the life of this world-thus the end of the
trial-and the beginning of the next life. For this reason, believers
have no fear ofdeath. The thought of death does not distress them,
because, every moment of their lives is spent in the pursuit of good
deeds as preparation for the Hereafter.
For unbelievers, however, fear causes them great distress, because
they consider it a complete annihilation. Thus, they avoid the thought
of death and they don't even let that thought pass their mindsand they
escape from death. But it is futile. No soul can escape death when the
predetermined time for it has come. This, in a verse, is stressed as
follows:
Wherever you are, deathwill catch up with you, even if you are in
impregnable fortresses...(Surat an-Nisa': 78)
To avoid the thought of death is to avoid the truth. As death will
eventually catch up with man sooner or later, it is wise to conduct
oneself with a mind busy with the thought of death. This is the
rational disposition by which believers abide. Until death comes upon
them,they engage in good deeds, as Allah commands us in the Qur'an:
And worship your Lord until what is Certain comes to you. (Surat al-Hijr: 99)
Thinking about death strengthens one's spirit and will. It prevents
one's lower soul from leading him astray, by being lured through the
false temptations of this world. It instils him with the resolve and
determination to avoid all forms of behaviour unpleasing to Allah. It
is for this reason that a believer must often think about death,
neverforgetting that all people, including himself, will someday die.
From the Qur'an, we learn what really happens to someone who dies, and
what he or she actually experiences and feels. When we see someone
dying, we only observe his "biological death." The truth is, however,
the dying person, though in a totally different dimension, confronts
the angels of death. If he is a unbeliever, his death causes him great
pain. The angels of death, after extracting his soul, beat and torment
him. A unbeliever's trauma is described as follows:
...If you could only see the wrongdoers in the throes of death when
the angels are stretchingout their hands, saying,"Disgorge your own
selves! Today you will berepaid with the punishment of humiliation for
saying something other than the truth about Allah, and being arrogant
about His Signs." (Surat al-An'am: 93)
How will it be when the angels take them in death, beating their faces
and their backs? That is because they followed what angers Allah and
hated what is pleasing to Him. So He made their actions cometo
nothing. (Surah Muhammad: 27-28)
Death promises great joyand bliss for the believers. Contrary to
unbelievers, whose soulsare torn from them violently, the souls of
believers are drawn from them gently. (Surat an-Nazi'at: 2) This
experience is similar to the case of the soul in sleep, which leaves
the body and moves into a different dimension (Surat az-Zumar: 42). In
the verses, the followingis stated regarding believers:
Gardens of Eden which they enter, with rivers flowing under them,
where they have whatever they desire. That is how Allah repays those
who have fear for Him: those the angels take in a virtuous state. They
say, "Peace be uponyou! Enter Paradise for what you did." (Surat
an-Nahl: 31-32)
Sin and repentance
religion is that they consider themselves unforgivable out of the deep
distress they feel because of the sins they have committed. Satan
attempts repeatedly to instil such groundless thoughts in human
beings. To one who has committed a sin, he stealthily whispers the
message, "You are wicked and rebellious against Allah." If he has
committed only a few sins, satan tempts him tosin still more. Towards
his purpose, satan employs the feeling of embarrassment man feels
towards Allah, but manipulates this feeling in order to draw man
further distant from Allah.
However, like all others, this trick of satan's is a feeble one. The
fact that someone committed a sin does not mean that he has been
cursed by Allah, and that he will never be able to follow the straight
path again. Not just one simple sin, but even if he were to commit the
greatest sins,over and over again, he will always have the opportunity
to repent and turn towards Allah. Allah informs us in the Qur'an that
He will forgive each person whosincerely repents of his sins, that is,
asks for forgiveness and remains firm in not committing the same sin
again:
But if anyone repents after his wrongdoing and puts things right,
Allah will turn towards him. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(Surat al-Ma'ida: 39)
Allah is infinite in mercy. In a verse of the Qur'an, He provides the
good news to His servants, "...I am the Ever-Returning, the Most
Merciful" (Suratal-Baqara: 160). Every individual has the opportunity
to repent. Allah even accepted the repentance of some Jews, who went
astray and worshipped an idol they made out of gold, after having
believed in Him, and forgave them:
And when Moses said to his people, "My people, You wronged yourselves
by adopting the Calf so turn towards your Makerand kill your own
(guilty) selves. That is thebest thing for you in your Maker's sight."
And He (Allah) turned towards you. He is the Ever-Returning, the Most
Merciful. (Surat al-Baqara: 54)
After repentance and asking for Allah's forgiveness, a person may well
again become heedless, committing thesame sin again. In fact, this may
happen many times over. However, provided that that person repents
once andfor all, and is committed to not sin again, he may hope for
Allah's mercy.
Nevertheless, as it is in every issue, the important factor is
sincerity. An insincere action is unacceptable inAllah's sight. If one
is notresolved to ending his sinning, and says, "I will repent
eventually," he is clearly insincere, which is likely to bring sorrow
to man. Allah warns those who hold such rationale as follows:
Allah only accepts the repentance of those who do evil in ignoranceand
then quickly make repentance after doing it. Allah turns towards such
people. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. There is no repentance for
people who persist in doing evil until death comes to them and who
then say, "Now I make repentance," nor for people who die unbeliever.
We have prepared for them a painful punishment. (Surat an-Nisa':
17-18)
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cup of coffee, I waited for what seemed like forever when I spotted
Dr. Levvy as he strolled in with his green scrubs. Hisdark green eyes
sought out the room as they settled back on his clipboard.
"Mrs. Heins?" he read off a clipboard.
I sat there for a little while longer, frowning as he repeated the
name.My head snapped up a second too late, realizing I'd put my last
name as Satchel's family name. I gulped the stodgy coffee down, and
discarded the cup into the wastebasket.
"That's me." I raised my hand, as his eyes settled on me with a nod.
He gestured for me to followhim to the back, and into his office.
Yawning, I trudged over to Dr. Levvy, rubbing my eyes in the process.
"Howis he?" I asked, though I had trouble keeping my voice from
trembling. I tried not to think about the way Satchel's wolf form had
looked in the woods, lying desolate on the ground, as if he'd given
up. But the memory was so vivid, I had to blink a couple of times to
make sure I was still in the waiting room in a hospital. I searched
Dr. Levvy's face for answers, but the look on his face made me think
he was going to give me the wrong one.
His tight lipped smile spoke louder than words,and the impending truth
I was trying desperately to avoid, was nearing its end. I was afraid I
was going to hurl my coffee all over his shoes from the bad news.
"It doesn't look so good. Here, have a seat." He urged me to sit, as
he took a seat in his swivel chair, but I shook my head. I'd been
sitting for almost twenty two hours,I don't think I could handle a
minute more.
"I'm perfectly fine standing, what's wrong. Is he going to be okay?"
Iasked, more focused on his hands than I was withhis expression. I
couldn't seem to look in his eyes for fear of seeing the mark of pity.
His hesitation spoke louder than words, and I had a hard time
regaining my composure.I squeezed my eyes shut briefly, and heaved in
an exaggerated breath, onlyto pin them back on him moments later.
"Tell me," I pleaded. The intensity of his stare made me think he
hadn't heard me, but then his face changed, and he cleared his throat.
"Please, just tell me," I whispered, my voice quivering a little.
With another gesture, he gestured for me to sit, so I reluctantly
complied. Myarms sought comfort around myself, I had to force myself
to suck in a couple of breaths. I swallowed, feeling a lot smaller
than I'd felt before I came in. I let my eyes roam the walls of the
office, trying to focus on the high level certificates plastered all
over it, trying to focus onsomething other than thenews I was about to
get. Isilently prayed, that if there was a God somewhere up there,
that maybe he'd give me an answer I wanted to hear, because hearing
Satchel is dead was not an option.
"He's suffered multiple blows to the head, stomach and foreleg,
causing a clot in the mainartery in the cerebral cortex and internal
bleeding just under the pelvis. We found several fractures on his
vertebrae, as well as a huge amount of blood loss from his foreleg.
We've had to rush him into theatre twice now."
My heart constricted, feeling an achy pain simmer to the surface. "Dr.
Levvy, I just need to know if he's okay?"
He nodded, and his smile turned genuine. A little hope filtered
through meat that little gesture, but Ididn't want to get my hopes up
too early. My eyes instinctively closed, silently awaiting his final
speech.
Abruptly, I felt warm hands on my shoulder, and my eyes jolted open.
Dr. Levvy's forest green eyes met mine, and I had a moment of clarity,
as henodded. "The bad news is: he's in a coma…the good news is, he's
still breathing."
A long awaited breath dispersed out of my lips, at his last statement.
He was still breathing. Thosewords alone were music to my ears.
"For how long?" I asked amoment later.
His face took on a new expression, and that feeling lodged in the back
of my throat was back again.
He kicked his legs backward, making his swivel chair roll away from
me, as he swung it left under his desk to retrieve a clipboard. "We're
not entirely sure how long. It could take days, weeks, months even
years."
"Years?" I breathed.
He nodded, typing in his computer, and the whirring of the printer
sounded seconds later. "As I said, we're not sure, but we're doing
everything we can to bring him back to awareness." He scribbled
something at the bottom left hand corner of the small paper and handed
it to me. I frowned, looking down at the undecipherable scribbles that
Dr. Levvy had marked on the paper. I could just make out the word
Tylenol, and Benadryl. I looked up at him with my eyebrows raised in
question.
"For you, to help you sleep."
My facial expression belied my thoughts. I wastired to the point of
restlessness, but I couldn't sleep until I saw him with my own eyes.
"May I see him?"
"Sure, come with me." I followed him through two lengthened corridors,
stuffing the prescription into my backpocket, and keeping my eyes on
the path in front of me. The fluorescent glare from the lights above
reflected off the white floors, and the squeak of shoes meeting the
linoleum sounded as we passed doctors, and patients lurking the halls.
"So, how long have you been married?"
I snapped my attention back over at Dr. Levvy and frowned. "Excuse me?"
He smiled. "You and the patient. You must be newly weds, considering
your age, Mrs. Heins."
I blinked, liking the fuzzy feeling I got at the title. I smiled,
recognition flaring on my face. "Oh, yeah, you can say that."
"Congratulations."
"Yeah," I muttered lightly, hating the fact that I was lying. Of
course, I couldn't exactly go back on my lie now that I'd been only
seconds away from seeing Satchel, but it still felt wrong to lie like
this.
We halted from a pair of swinging doors, as he opened it half way for
me to go in. "Just through those doors. Remember, he's still breathing
so he can hear you."
I gave him one last appreciative glance, and smiled. "Thanks, Dr. Levvy."
I pushed open the doubledoors, leaving Dr. Levvy out in the hallway.
Not even seconds later, I was hyperventilating when my eyes settled on
the figure lying peacefully onthe gurney. Tears prickedthe corner of
my eyes as Itook him in, and I was fighting the urge to spill them
when I saw wires attached to his mouth, his nose and practically
sprawling out all over hisbody as if he'd been covered in spaghetti.
He was no longer in his wolfform, and I silently wondered at what
point of his trip into the hospital had he gone through his
transition, and what or rather whom had been there to witness it.
Especially sincethey'd had a call out for ainjured animal, not a
injured human. Satchel.
He looked paler than I'd ever seen him, and smaller now that he was
lying down with his eyes closed. His hair stark and smoothed out over
the white expanse of the hospital pillows, and his chest bare save for
the spaghetti wires that sprouted out every this way and that. I
wanted to curl up beside him, and protect him from anything that posed
a threat to him. The instantneed to protect him was more out of
instinct than out of compassion, though there was a lot ofthe latter
that my human self had conjured up in the last few minutes I'd been
staring at him. I realized I hadn't gained afoot closer to him,
neither had I been breathing. The thought of losing him like
this—inthis unnatural state, made my inner wolf scream to be loose, so
it can howl out in sorrow.
Especially when I witnessed his left leg. It had been amputated from
the shinbone down,and it had been bandaged to the point ofno
recognition.
My eyes leaking as I reached to touch his face.He was so cold, so
alone, so peaceful.
I fought for control, but I was slowly losing the battle. The machine
to my left reminded me thathis heart was still pumping, but judging
from the pace of the beeping noise, it didn't sound so good. Letting
my hands roam the contours of his face, I felt his stubble over his
chin, realizing that I'd never recognized it before. He must've
groomed often, since he never had it before when I'd been with him. I
thought of all the times I'd had encountered him, and the first day
I'd arrived inDenvers Drove. The distant memory of his kisses, and
that one nightI'd spent with him when he'd suffered small bites of
hypothermia. The piercing glow of his light green eyes, and the
scentthat lingered in his skin. Iremembered it all, and I couldn't
believe that all of those memories could be just that: memories.
"Satchel…I..." My throat caught, and I swallowed, trying to convey a
simple message that would let him hear me. My inner wolf threatening
to howlout in sorrow, but I contained it. Though, there was no holding
back my tears, and his figure blurred for too long before the next
seeped out. Running my fingers down his arms, I squeezed his hands.
What used to be a simple gesture to say, "I'm still here", turned out
to be a pleading question "Are you still here?"
I squeezed again, and three times for good luck, but I got the same
response. Nothing.
"Squeeze my hand if you could hear me?" I whispered in his ear,
running my other hand over his hair. It was longer than I remembered,
even the way his eyelashes teased the top of his cheekbones, made it
seem like they were thicker. My eyes flickered toward his hands to see
any life in them, but nothing. His hands swallowed mine whole, but the
only movement was coming from me.
"Anything, just to know you're okay?" I pleaded, but the only voice
that bounced back was the beep of the machine.
Bursting into tears, I tookhis hand and placed it to my lips to kiss
it. My silentprayers drowning my thoughts, and my tears making a pool
out of my face.
My eyes raked over his body, landing at the missing part of his left
leg, and I cried harder. Sniffing uncontrollably every time he didn't
respond.
I must've been there for hours now, just holding his hand. Waiting for
thatlittle sign that said he was alive. Sure, the machine was still
beeping, but I could barely hear a pulse that assured me that he was
still here.
Night time had come, and a doctor had informed me that I could rest up
in the visitors lounge, eat something at least, but I refused to leave
his side. I'd even been told that visitors weren't allowed privileges
of staying overnight, but Dr. Levvy pulled some strings, and though he
couldn't provide me with a bed, he allowed me to stay be his side.
I couldn't leave him like that. I wouldn't.
I crawled onto the gurney, and lay beside him. Though the gurney
lacked sleeping space for two, I maneuvered myself so I could fit,
careful not to disturb anywires that hooked him tothe machine. Lying
downin the crook of his arm, I burrowed my head into his warmth trying
to inhale as much of his scent as I could, trying to determine if his
heart was still beating on its own. Barely, I silently thought.
The drone of the beepingsound clouded my ears, praying that he'd wake
up. Begging that he'd wake up. I'd always cherished the feeling I had
when I woke up nextto Satchel, to his sweet caresses. But as I woke
up, there was no caressesfrom his hands, no sweet murmurs of his
promises. Just the beeping sound of a machine, which was the thin line
holding him between life and death.
***
Several weeks passed and still no sign of Satchel's recovery, but
while his condition had altered the way I thought, and how life as
Iknew it, seemed impossible to carry on, I couldn't let myself wallow.
For Derryn's sake.
I'd put up a front to please her, and try act like Satchel's recovery
was imminent, instead ofthe hollow thought of hisimpending death that
threatened to drown me.Derryn kept my optimisticviews in tact. Her
light smiles, and hard work ethic reminded me too much of Satchel, but
I hidmy feelings.
Over the weeks, we'd spread Mrs. Heins ashes over the stream just
inches from the willow tree, saving half of it for Satchel to do as he
pleased...when he woke up.
I cursed when a light sting fired up my leg as I hauled a bunch of
sticks toward the backyard of my fathers estate.
"Stupid trees!" I exclaimed, kicking the wooden branches that would
later serve as a warm blanket to warn off the remnants of winter, as
it made its everlasting mark on our estate. Spring was due, and though
there was evidence of melted snow,the air still felt crisp and cold.
Derryn sidled up beside me, bending down to retrieve the stack of
branches I'd dropped on my foot.
"You know, it'll help if you tied a flax around the bunch, that way
you can carry it by the string."
I watched her tie a strip of flax around a bunch ofstick branches, and
madean extra loop at the top to compensate for a handle. I marveled at
her work and brains, raising my eyebrows at her.
"How old are you again?"
Her head perked up. "Seven and a half," she said triumphantly.
"Hmm…could've fooled me." I kneeled beside her, making identical knots
around each pile ofbranches, hauling one in each hand, while leaving
Derryn to carry the small piles.
The light breeze swept my bangs to the side, andI could just make out
a faint smell of pine in the air. I looked to Derryn, watching her
small ringlets bounced as we made our way back to the estate. "You
know, this is kind of therapeuticworking in the woods. You guys make a
living out of this stuff?"
Derryn nodded. "Of course, it's the only way we know how to survive."
I smirked, hiking up the bunch of branches in my right hand because
they were slipping out of my grasp. The sound of our boots crunching
in the gravel, kicking up left over snow that had turned brown from
the rain. "See, I'm almost convinced you have a thirty year old soul."
Derryn giggled, clutchingthe branches with two hands. "That's what
mama always says," she breathed, as if she were out of breath.
We stacked the pile of branches with the rest of them out the back of
my late fathers estate, and kicked our boots off to grab a couple of
drinks.
I had to remind myself to write down a shopping list, because our
winter storage was running low,and I still had to think about what I
was going to do about the Heins manor. I hadn't had time to clean it
up, so it was still in its messy state since Mrs. Heins death.
Although, I had to thank Satchel for taking care of Sheeba's wolf
body, storing it in a big freezer down in his basement. Hestressed her
wolf pack—or what was left of them, would be back to claim her, and
give hera proper burial.
"Willy, when do you think he'd wake up?"
I jumped at the sound of Derryn's sing song voice, forgetting I'd had
her as company, and sighed, making my breath form foamy white clouds
in the air.
Shrugging, I knelt down to avoid her stare. Her light green eyes that
regarded me expectantly made the unknown answers that I was about to
let free, feel like I was suffocating. I didn't have that answer, and
I didn't want to blind her with hopeful promises.
So I said the most convincing truth I believed. "Hopefully, soon."
I handed her a cup of hotcocoa, as we both sat on the steps in the backyard.
She smiled, and squeezedmy hands. "I wish he was here right now. He'd
be faster at getting our wood."
I laughed, eyeing the three piles of branches, and a loose pile of
wood near the door. "Me too." And I really meant it. We finished off
our cocoa's, and the smell of burnt pine lingered in the air, causing
a tingle to my nose. The instant goosebumps crawling upmy arms sent me
on high alert. Derryn's eyes had changed too, and as if she could
smell it too, shesniffed the air.
"Derryn, get in the house."
She bolted upright, and sprang toward the door. "Lock the doors, and
close all the windows." The sound of her footfallspounded around the
house, as she slammed each door, and windows.
The smell was stronger, and I stood up in a fighters stance, scanning
the pine trees for any trouble, grabbing for the shot gun my father
had stored in his estate. I'd practiced how to use it over the weeks
Satchel lay idle in his bed, but I was still a little off when it came
to shooting a bulls eye.
There, on the right. I could just made out movement to the right, as
leaves rustled in the distance. I poised the shot gun in the air,
tryingto level it out toward the target.
"Don't shoot."
I squinted to see if I couldget a better look, and frowned when a
familiar half naked boy came bustling through the forest, with his
hands in the air in surrender. The tousled brown hair, and the taut
muscles on his chest made him look older, but his big yellow eyes made
my honey ones narrow in suspicion,when I knew who it was. It was
Cairo—the brown wolf that had not only attacked me—but forced Derryn
into a wolf, and marked her as his.
I glared. "Step any closer,and my trigger hand will slip."
He paused in his tracks, as a leather animals skin flapped at his
waist covering what modesty he had left. I still couldn't see the
resemblance to Sheeba, or Trench, wondering how it was they were
related at all, let alone being Sheeba's twin brother.
Then the weirdest thing happened, as a few otherboys stepped out
behind him as I noticed twenty odd faces materialize outof the brush.
All dressed in different animal skin to cover below their waist, and
each of them kneeling down on one knee, and pounding theirfists into
the gravel making the leaves and birds shudder from the treetops.
"We're here to swear allegiance to our Alpha, and to protect our Alpha
female and the kid."
"You're what?" I breathed, slightly lowering the shotgun in my hand.
Cairo was on his knees, his head down but his eyes looking up to me.
"We're here to swear ourallegiance to you and ourAlpha—Black wolf."
I stood glued to my spot, as each pair of eyes stared up at me with
hopeful gazes. Different greens, and blues and every color in between
stared back at me, still kneeling in a line, as if they protected us
from the many mysterious the forest had to threaten me. Derryn had
come out to witness it all, and her eyes were just as wide.
"What are they waiting for?" Derryn whispered to me, and I shook my
head, blinking again at the sight of them. I gnawed on my bottom lips,
astonished and baffled at the same time.
A few cleared their throats, coughed and some didn't move at all. Just
their eyes staring, and waiting for something.
"Umm…you guys are a pack?" It was the stupidest thing that cameout of
my mouth, but I was so overwhelmed, it was the only thing that managed
to escape my lips.
Cairo smirked, and nodded once. "To serve you, and our Alpha,
BlackWolf." He frowned abruptly. "Which by the why, I haven't seen
yet. Where is he?"
"He's…" I scratched the back of my head, wondering if I should
tellthem that he was at the hospital. The mere though crossed my mind,
but maybe telling them was a bad idea? There was a lot of males lined
out of the backyard, but we were the only females. And knowing Satchel
wasn't here, who knows what they would do to us, even if just minutes
ago they'd sworn allegiance to protect us. What if they only said it
because they thought Satchel was here? What if knowing Satchel in his
vulnerable state, they wouldn't feel so threatened any more and start
attacking us?
"Well?"
"He's…"
"Right here."
I blinked, whipping my head around at the familiar husky croon that
I'd been praying to hear since that night in the forest, and my eyes
had to blink a couple of timesto see Satchel, with Derryn on his right
side, and a wooden cane with intricate designs carved into it, on the
left. He hada slight limp to him, but he looked older. His dark hair
slicked back into a ponytail, a white shirt underneath a pair of crisp
ironed slacks with black suspenders, both matching his beige
pinstriped fedora he wore on his head.
His green eyes as brilliantas I remembered them, that caught the
overhangof the sun, peering through a slit of gloomy clouds. He caught
sight ofme, in a pair of steel capsthat were way too big onme, and old
worn out overalls that was coveredin soot, mud and pine when Derryn
and I had been salvaging for wood.
I felt self conscious underhis scrutiny, feeling like adollar bill
beside his million bucks of good looks. He must have thought I looked
disgusting, as I noticed grit and grime buried in my chipped nails. I
ran a hand over my hair, as a trail of pine showered in tow, blushing
under his gaze. I hadn't seen him inalmost three months, andseeing him
now, made my heart thrum violently in my chest. Surely I was dreaming,
I had to be, because the last time I'd heard Satchel, he was lying in
a coma.
"Derryn, I'm dreaming aren't I?"
"No," she said, smiling like the sun shone in her eyes. I had a hard
time breathing, let alone smiling.
"Pinch me," I heard myself say.
I flinched under the tiny jolt of pain that stung on my arm where
Derryn had pinched me, squeezing my eyes shut again for emphasis. When
I opened them, Satchel was right in frontof me, the smell of faint
pine and gum, and pure Satchel wafting though my nose. A smell I'd
missed for too long.
He grabbed for my hands, rubbing at the calluses that had formed on
the inside of my palms. "Surely I'm the one dreaming, because the
Willy I knew would never get her hands dirty."
I smiled, my face heating up at the gentle touch of his hands. They
were smooth as silk, with no blemishes, or visible calluses of years
working on the estate.
Grimacing, I turned my hands over, flicking dirt out of my nails.
"Yeah, they're kind of disgustingat the moment. If I knew you were
coming, I would've cleaned up to make myself presentable."
He shrugged, a sly smirk teasing his lips. "I don't know, I kind of
like the way you look right now."The hypnotic low voice was
refreshing. I'd missed his voice. He brushed a stray hair out of my
face, sweeping it over my ears. "You smell like the forest," he
murmured.
"You smell awake...err..." I blushed, "I mean, you'reawake," I stammered.
We turned to the awkward coughing coming from behind. I had completely
forgottenwhere we were. I watched Satchel's eyebrows frown. "What'sall
this?" He gestured toward Cairo and the lineof males that were still
kneeling before us, moving in front of Derrynand me, to ward off any
threats.
Cairo spoke up, "We're here to swear our allegiance to you, Alpha."
Jinn, witchcraft ,,evil eye -, Is it possible for the jinn to kidnap a human being?.
by al-Bayhaqi (7/445-446) and its isnaad was classed as saheeh by
al-Albaani in al-Irwaa', 6/150, no. 1709
Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah ibn Jibreen]
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I have heard many stories about the jinn kidnapping human beings. I
read a story which said that a man ofthe Ansaar (may Allaah be pleased
with him) went out to pray 'Ishaa' and the jinn took him prisoner and
he was lost for years. Is this possible – I mean that the jinn could
kidnap a human being?
Praise be to Allaah.
With regard to the question of possibility, itis possible, but it is
very rare. Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah ibn Jibreen (may Allaah preserve him)
answered this question as follows:
That is possible. It is well known that Sa'd ibn 'Ubaadah was killed
by the jinn when he urinated in a hole in which was their dwelling
place, and they said, "We have killed theleader of Khazraj Sa'd ibn
'Ubaadah; we struck him with an arrow and we did not miss his heart."
At the time of 'Umar, a man was kidnapped by the jinn and stayed with
them for four years, thenhe came back and told the people that some
mushrik jinn had kidnapped him, and he stayed with them as a prisoner,
then some Muslim jinn launched a campaign against them and defeated
them, and brought him back to his family. This was mentioned in Manaar
al-Sabeel and elsewhere.
(See Manaar al-Sabeel, 2/88. The story of the kidnapped man was
reported by al-Bayhaqi (7/445-446) and its isnaad was classed as
saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Irwaa', 6/150, no. 1709).
Jinn, witchcraft ,,evil eye -, How to deal with sihr (magic/witchcraft) .
Praise be to Allaah.
Whoever is affected by sihr should not treat it with sihr, because
evil cannot be removed by evil, and kufr cannot be removed by kufr.
Evil is removed by good. Hencewhen the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) wasasked about al-nushrah (treating sihr with
sihr), he said: "This is the workof the Shaytaan." Nushrah means
removing sihr from a person who has been affected by it by using more
sihr. But if it is treated by means of the Qur'aan and permissible
medicines or good ruqyahs, there is nothing wrong with that, but
treating it with sihr is not permitted, as previously stated, because
sihr means worshipping the shayaateen (devils). The saahir (magician,
practitioner of witchcraft) does sihr or learns sihr only after
worshipping and serving the shayaateen, and drawing close to them by
means of the things that they like. After that, they teach him the
means of sihr. But, praise be to Allaah, there is no reason why the
person who has been affected by sihr should not be treated bymeans of
reciting Qur'aan and the prayers for refuge with Allaah that are
prescribed in sharee'ah, and permissible medicines, just as patients
with all kinds of sicknesses are treated by doctors. The patient does
not necessarily recover, because not every sick person does recover. A
sick patient might be treated and then recoverif his appointed time
(of death) has not yet arrived, or he may not recover and may die from
this sickness, even though he may be been seen by the most skilled
physicians and knowledgeable doctors. When the appointed time of death
comes, no medicine or treatment will be of any avail, because Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And Allaah grants respite to none when hisappointed time (death) comes"
[al-Munaafiqoon 63:11]
Medical treatment is of benefit when the appointed time has not yet
come, and Allaah decrees that His slave should be healed. The same
applies in the case of one who has been affected by sihr; Allaah may
decree that he should recover, or He may not decree that, as atest and
a trial, or for other reasons which are known to Allaah. Among those
reasons may be the fact that the one who is treating him doesnot have
the right treatment for this problem. It was narratedin a saheeh
report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "For every disease there is a medicine, and if that medicine is
applied to the disease, he will recover by Allaah's Leave." And he
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allaah has not sent
down any disease but Hehas also sent down the cure; the one who knows
it knows it and the one who does not know it does not know it."
Among the treatments prescribed in sharee'ah is the treatment of sihr
with recitation of the Qur'aan. The greatest soorah in the Qur'aan,
which is al-Faatihah, should be recited over the person who has been
affected by sihr. This should be repeated several times. If it is
recited by a believing, righteous reader who knows that everything
issubject to the will and decree of Allaah, that Allaah is in control
of all things, that when He says to a thing 'Be!' it is, if the
reciting is based on faith, taqwa and sincerity, and is repeated
several times, then the sihr may be removed and the personmay recover
by Allaah's Leave. Some of the Sahaabah (may Allaah bepleased with
them) passed by some Bedouins whose shaykh,i.e., their leader, had
been bitten. They had done everything they could but he had not gotten
better. They said to one of the Sahaabah, "Is there any raaqi (one who
performs ruqyah) among you?" They said, "Yes." So one of them recited
Soorat al-Faatihah over him, and he immediately got up full of energy
as if nothing had happened; Allaah healed him of the ill-effects of
that snakebite. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "There is nothing wrong with ruqyah so long as it does not
involve shirk." He (peaceand blessings of Allaah be upon him)
performedruqyah and had it performed for him. There is a lot of good
in ruqyah, and a great dealof benefit. Al-Faatihah, Aayat al-Kursiy,
"Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad", al-Mi'wadhatayn and other aayahs may be
recited over the person who has been affected by sihr, as well as good
du'aa's narrated in the ahaadeeth from the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), such as the du'aa' he said when he
performed ruqyah for a sick person and said, "Allaahumma Rabb al-naas,
adhhib il-ba's, washfi anta al-Shaafi laashifaa'a illa shifaa'uka
shifaa'an laa yughaadir saqaman (O Allaah, Lord of mankind, remove the
harm and heal him, for You are the Healer and there is no healing
except Your healing, with a healing which does not leave any disease
behind)." This may be repeated three times or more. And it was also
narrated from him (peace and blessingsof Allaah be upon him) that
Jibreel (peace be upon him) performed ruqyah for him and said three
times: "Bismillaah arqeeka min kulli shay'inyu'dheeka, wa min sharri
kulli nafsin aw 'aynin haasid Allaah yashfeek, bismillaah arqeek (In
the name of Allaah I perform ruqyah for you, from every thing that is
harming you, from the evil of every soul or envious eye may Allaah
heal you, in the name of Allaah I perform ruqyah for you)." This is a
great ruqyah which was narrated in a saheeh hadeeth from the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). It is prescribed to
perform ruqyah for the one who has been bitten or stung,and the one
who has been affected by sihr, and the one who is sick. There is
nothing wrong with performing ruqyah for one who is sick or has been
affected by sihror bitten or stung, by reciting good du'aa's, even if
they were not transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him), so long as they do not contain anything that is
haraam, because of the general meaning of the hadeeth of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): "There is nothing wrong
with ruqyah so long as it doesnot involve shirk."
Allaah may heal the sick person and the person affected by sihr, and
others, without any ruqyah and without any action on the part of other
people, because He is Able to do all things, and He is Wise in all
that He does. Allaah says in His Holy Book:
"Verily, His Command, when He intends a thing,is only that He says to
it, 'Be!' and it is!"[Yaa-Seen 36:82]
To Him be praise and thanks for all that He wills and decrees, for He
is wise in all that He does.
The sick person may not be healed if his appointed time has come and
it is decreed that he should die from this disease. Among the things
that may be used in ruqyah are the verses which speak of sihr, which
may be recited into water. These are theverses about sihr in Soorat
al-A'raaf, where Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And We revealed to Moosa (saying): 'Throw your stick,' and behold! It
swallowed up straight away all the falsehood which they showed.
Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of noeffect.
So they were defeated there and returned disgraced
[al-A'raaf 7:117-119]
And in Soorat Yoonus (interpretation of the meaning):
"And Pharaoh said: 'Bring me every well-versed sorcerer.'
And when the sorcerers came, Moosa said to them: 'Cast down what you
want to cast!'
Then when they had castdown, Moosa said: 'Whatyou have brought is
sorcery, Allaah will surelymake it of no effect. Verily, Allaah does
not set right the work of Al-Mufsidoon.
And Allaah will establish and make apparent the truth by His Words,
however much the Mujrimoon may hate (it).'"
[Yoonus 10:79-82]
And in Soorat Ta-Ha (interpretation of the meaning):
"They said: 'O Moosa! Either you throw first or we be the first to throw?'
Moosa said: 'Nay, throw you (first)!' Then behold!their ropes and
their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved
fast.
So Moosa conceived fearin himself.
We (Allaah) said: 'Fear not! Surely, you will have the upper hand.
And throw that which is in your right hand! It will swallow up that
which they have made. That which they have made is only a magician's
trick, and the magician will never be successful, to whatever amount
(of skill) he may attain.'"
[Ta-Ha 20:65-69]
These aayahs are amongthe things by which Allaah causes the
ruqyahagainst sihr to be beneficial. If the qaari' (reader) recites
these verses into water, and also reads Soorat al-Faatiha, Aayat
al-Kursiy, "Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad", and al-Mi'wadhatayn into the
water, then pours it over the person who he thinks has been affected
by sihr or is being prevented by magic from having intercourse with
his wife, then he will be healed by Allaah'sLeave. If seven lotus
leaves are ground up and added to the water as well, this is
appropriate, as was mentioned by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Hasan (may
Allaah have mercy on him) in Fath al-Majeed, quoting from some of the
scholars in the chapter entitled Ma jaa'a fi'l-Nushrah. It is
mustahabb to recite the three soorahs, namely Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad,
Qul A'oodhu bi Rabb il Falaq and Qul A'oodhu biRabb il-Naas. The point
isthat these and similar treatments which are used to treat this
problem of sihr, may also be used to treat the one who is prevented
bymagic from having intercourse with his wife. This has been tried a
great deal and Allaah caused it to yield results. A person may be
treated with al-Faatihah alone and be healed, or with Qul Huwa Allaahu
Ahad and al-Mi'wadhatayn on their own, and be healed. It is very
important that the person performing this treatment and the person who
is being treated should both have sincere faith and trust in Allaah;
they should know that He is control of all things and that when He
wills a thing it happens, and when He does not will a thing it does
not happen. The matter is in His hand, whatever He wills happens and
whatever He does not will does not happen. When both the reader and
the one who is read over have faith and are sincere towards Allaah,
the sickness will disappear quickly by Allaah's Leave, and both
physical and spiritual medicine will be beneficial. We ask Allaahto
help us all to please Him, for He is All-Hearingand is ever Near.
Majmoo' Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi'ah li Samaahat al-Shaykh
al-'Allaamah 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him),
p. 70
Jinn, witchcraft ,,evil eye -, It is possible for witchcraft to come between a man and his wife?.
in Arabic to make other peole fail in their lifes.
I dont know if you understand what I meanor not. I will give you an
example, I was told that some people dont like others, so what they
do,they go to specializedpeople and ask them to do something by the
help of the (Jin) or whatever and make the life of that person
misery,like makes him fail in his life or ....... I dont know whether
this is available truley or not.
please give me an answer
Praise be to Allaah.
The correct view according to the majority of Ahl al-Sunnah is that
witchcraft or magic is real and that it can have an effect – if Allaah
wills and decrees it – on the body of the one against whom it is
directed, and it could even kill him.
Imaam al-Quraafi said: "Witchcraft is real and the person against whom
it is directed could die, or his mood and habits could be changed…
This was also the view of al-Shaafa'i and Ibn Hanbal…" (al-Furooq,
4/149)
The Mu'tazilah and Qadariyyah did not agree with this… but that is of
no significance.Al-Quraafi and others mentioned that the Sahaabah
agreed that it (witchcraft) is real, before there emerged anybody who
denied this.
Among the evidence of Ahl al-Sunnah is:
The aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
"but the Shayaateen (devils) disbelieved, teaching men magic andsuch
things that came down at Babylon to the two angels, Haaroot and
Maaroot, but neither of these two (angels) taught anyone (such things)
till they had said,"We are for trial, so disbelieve not (by learning
this magic fromus)." And from these (angels) people learn that by
which they causeseparation between man and his wife, but they could
not thus harmanyone except by Allaah's Leave. And they learn that
which harms them and profits them not." [al-Baqarah 2:102]
This aayah clearly indicates what is being asked about here, whichis
that witchcraft is real and that the practitionerof witchcraft can
cause separation between a man and his wife and that he can cause harm
to people by his witchcraft – if that is decreed by the universalwill
of Allaah.
The aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
"And from the evil of thewitchrafts when they blow in the knots"
[al-Falaq 113:4]
'the witchcrafts when they blow in the knots' refers to witches or
female practitioners of witchcraft who tie knots as part of their
magic and blow on them. If witchcraft were not real,Allaah would not
have commanded us to seek refuge from it.
Further proof is to be seen in the fact that witchcraft was directed
against the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) by the
Jew Labeed ibn al-A'sam. This is a saheehhadeeth which was narrated by
al-Bukhaari and Muslim.
Further evidence is to beseen in the real-life experiences of many
people, which cannot beoverlooked.
Ibn al-Qayyim said: the witchcraft which causes people to be sick or
to feel depressed, or which makes them love or hate, exists and is
well known to all people. Many people have experienced what it can do
to them." (al-Tafseer al-Qayyim, p. 571).
Ibn Qudaamah said: "It iswell known among people that a man can be
separated from his wife (by witchcraft) when he gets married, so that
he is unable to have intercourse with her, but when the spell is
lifted, then he is able to have intercourse withher. This is so
commonly known that it cannot be denied. There are so many reports of
witchcraft that it is inconceivable that so many people would agree on
a lie." (al-Mughni, 8/151)
There are many ways of protecting oneself against witchcraft:
The best way is to fear Allaah, obey His commands, put one's trust in
Him, seek refuge with Allaah, and start each morning by eating seven
dates. All of these were narrated in saheehahaadeeth.
There are many ways of removing the effects of witchcraft, including:
Ruqyah [prayers, supplications], the best of which is
supplicationsfrom the Qur'aan, then du'aa's narrated in saheeh
haadeeth.
Finding the objects used for witchcraft purposes and doing something
to neutralize them.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: the Sunnah for
treating this sickness – two kinds were transmitted from him:
One of them – which is the best – is to locate and neutralize the
object, as it was reported in a saheeh hadeeth that he (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) asked his Lord about that, and He
directed him to a well where he found a comb, some hairs that had
fallen when he combed his hair ….…. When he removed these things from
the well, he felt better, as if he had recovered from an illness. This
is this is the best way of dealing withthis problem, and is like
removing something bad from the body by expelling it.
Cupping, induced vomiting and surgery.
Ibn al-Qayyim said – continuing what he said in the words quoted
above: "The second kind is by physically removingthe place affected by
thewitchcraft, because witchcraft has an effect on human nature and
the bodily humours, and can affect moods. If its effects are noted in
any part if the body and it is possible to remove the bad material,
this will bevery beneficial." (Zaad al-Ma'aad, 4/124, 125).
And Allaah knows best.
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Biography -, The story of Prophet Nooh -III
He collected wood and tools and began working day and night to build
the ark. The people's mockery continued: "O Nooh! Does carpentry
appeal to you more than prophethood? Why are you building an ark so
far from the sea? Are you going to drag it to the water or is the wind
going to carry it for you?" Nooh replied:"You will come to know who
will be put to shameand suffer."
Allaah, the Almighty, Says (what means): "And He [Nooh] constructed
the ship, and whenever an assembly of the people passed by him, they
ridiculed him. He said: 'If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you
just as you ridicule. And you are going to know who will get
apunishment that will disgrace him [on earth] and upon whom will
descend an enduring punishment [in the Hereafter].'" [Quran: 11:38-39]
The ship was constructed,and Nooh sat, awaiting Allaah's command.
Allaah revealed to him that when water miraculouslygushed forth from
the oven at Nooh's house, that would be the sign ofthe start of the
flood, andthe sign for Nooh to act.
The Flood
The terrible day arrived when the oven at Nooh's house, overflowed.
Nooh hurried to open the ark and summon the believers. He also took
with him a pair, male andfemale, of every type of animal, bird and
insect. Seeing him taking these creatures to the ark, the people
laughed loudly:"Nooh must have gone out of his head! What is he going
to do with the animals?" Almighty Allaahnarrates in the Quran (what
means): "[So it was], until when Our command came and the oven
overflowed, We said: 'Load upon it [i.e., the Ark] of each [creature]
two mates andyour family, except those about whom the word [i.e.,
decree] has preceded, and [include] whoever has believed.' But none
had believed with him, except a few." [Quran: 11:40]
Nooh's wife was not a believer, so she did not join him; neither did
one of Nooh's sons, who was secretly a disbeliever but had feigned
faith in frontof Nooh . Likewise most of the people were disbelievers
and therefore did not go on board.
A Description of the Flood
Water rose from the cracks in the earth; there was not a crack from
which water did not rise. Rain poured from the skyin quantities never
seen before on earth. Water continued pouring from the sky and rising
from the cracks; hour after hour the level rose. The high waves
flooded the land. The interior of the earth moved in a strange way,
and the ocean floors lifted suddenly, flooding the dry land. The
earth, for the first time was submerged.
The Quran records this story in these verses (which mean): "And [Nooh]
said: 'Embark therein; in the Name of Allaah is its course and its
anchorage. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful.' And it sailed
with them through waves like mountains, and Nooh called to his son who
was apart [from them]: 'O my son! Come aboard with us and be not with
the disbelievers.' [But] he said: 'I will take refuge on a mountain to
protect me from the water.' [Nooh] said: 'There is no protector today
from the decree of Allaah, except for whom He gives mercy.' And the
waves came between them, and he was among the drowned." [Quran:
11:41-43]
The Flood Ends
Allaah Almighty Says in the Quran (what means): "And it was said: 'O
Earth! Swallow up your water, and O sky! Withhold your rain.' And the
water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and it [i.e., the
ship] came to rest on the [mountain of] Joodiyy. And it wassaid: 'Away
with the wrongdoing people'. And Nooh called to his Lord and said: 'My
Lord! Indeed my son is of my family; and indeed, Your promise is true;
and You are the most just of judges!' He [Allaah] said: 'O Nooh!
Indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was
other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no
knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant.'
[Nooh] said: 'My Lord! I seek refuge in You from asking that of which
I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have Mercy upon me,
I will be among the losers.' Itwas said: 'O Nooh! Disembark in
security from Us and blessings upon you and upon nations [descending]
from those with you. But other nations [of them] We will grant
enjoyment; then there will touch them from Us a painful punishment.'"
[Quran: 11:44-48]
With the issue of the divine command, calm returned to the earth,
thewater retreated, and the dry land shone once again in the rays of
the sun. The flood had cleansed the earth of the disbelievers and
polytheists.
Nooh released the birds and the beasts which scattered over the earth.
After that, the believers disembarked. Nooh put his forehead to the
ground in prostration. The survivors kindled a fire and sat around it.
Lighting a fire had been prohibited on board so as not to ignite the
ship's wood and burn it up. None of them had eaten hot food during the
entire period of the flood. Following the disembarkation, there was a
day of fasting in thanks to Allaah.
Nooh's Death
The Quran draws the curtain on the story of Nooh . We do not know how
his affairs with his people continued. All we know or can ascertain is
that on his deathbed he requested his son to worship Allaah alone, and
then passed away.
'Abdullaah Ibn 'Amr Ibn Al-'Aas narrated that the Prophet said: "When
the death of the Messenger of Allaah Nooh approached, he admonished
his sons: 'Indeed I give you far-reaching advice, commanding you to do
two things, and warning you against two others: I beseech you to
believe that there is no deity except Allaah, and that if the seven
heavens and the seven earths were put on one side of a scale and the
words 'There is no deity but Allaah' were put on the other, the latter
would outweigh the former. I warn you against associating partners
with Allaah in worship and against pride.'" [Al-Bukhaari]
Biography -, The story of Prophet Nooh -II
Prophet Nooh (Noah) firmly continued his efforts in calling hispeople
to the way of Allaah Almighty. The rulers were tired ofNooh's
arguments. Allaah, the Exalted, related their attitude in the
following verses (which mean): "They said: 'O Nooh! You have disputed
[i.e., opposed] us and been frequent in dispute of us. So bring us
what you threatenus with, if you should be of the truthful.' He said:
'Allaah will onlybring it to you if He wills, and youwill not cause
[Him] failure. And my advice will not benefit you – although I wished
to advise you –if Allaah should intend to put youin error. He is your
Lord, and to Him you will be returned.'" [Quran: 11:32-34]
The battle continued; the arguments between the disbelievers and Nooh
became prolonged. When all the refutations of the disbelievers
collapsed and they had no more to say, they began to be offensiveand
insulted Allaah's prophet as in the verse (which means): "Said the
eminent among his people: 'Indeed, we see you in clear error.'"
[Quran: 7:60]
Nooh responded in the manner of the prophets; he said (what means):
"…'O my people! There is not error in me, but I ama messenger from the
Lord of theworlds. I convey to you the messages of my Lord and advise
you; and I know from Allaah what you do not know.' " [7: 61-62]
Nooh continued appealing tohis people to believe in Allaah hour after
hour, day after day andyear after year. He admonished his people and
called them to Allaah day and night, in secret and openly. He gave
them examples, explained Allaah's signs and illustrated Allaah's
ability in the formation of His creatures. But whenever he calledthem
to Allaah, they ran away from him. Whenever he urged them to ask
Allaah to forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears and
became too proud to listen to the truth.
Allaah, the Almighty, relates whatNooh faced, Saying (what means):
"Indeed, We sent Nooh to his people, [saying]: 'Warn your people
before there comes to them a painful punishment.' He said: 'O my
people! Indeed I am to you a clear warner, [Saying]: 'Worship Allaah,
fear Him and obey me. He [i.e. Allaah] will forgive you of your sins
and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allaah,
when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew.'' He said: 'My
Lord! Indeed I invited mypeople [to truth] night and day. But my
invitation increased them not except in flight [i.e. aversion].And
indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put
their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments
[in refusal], persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.
Then I invited them publicly. Then I announced to them and [also]
confided to them secretly. And said: 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord.
Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver. He will send [rain from] the
sky upon you in [continuing] showers. And give you increase in wealth
and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allaah
[due] grandeur, while He has created you in stages? Do younot consider
how Allaah has created seven heavens in layers, and made the moon
therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp? And
Allaah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
And Allaah has made for you the earth an expanse. That you may follow
therein roads of passage.'' Nooh said: 'MyLord! Indeed they have
disobeyedme and followed him whose wealth and children will not
increase him except in loss. And they conspired an immense conspiracy,
and said: 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwaa' or
Yaghooth and Ya'ooq and Nasr [i.e., the names of their idols]' And
already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the
wrongdoers except in error.' Because of their sins they were drowned
and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides
Allaah [any] helpers." [Quran: 71:1-25]
Nooh continued to call his people to believe in Allaah for nine
hundred and fifty years. Allaah, the Almighty, Says (what means): "And
We certainly sent Nooh to his people, and he remained among them a
thousand years minus fifty years…" [Quran: 29:14]
Insistence on disbelief
It happened that every passing generation admonished the succeeding
one not to believe Nooh and to wage war against him. The father would
teach his child about the matter that was between himself and Nooh and
counsel him to reject his call when he reached adulthood. Their
inclination rejected believing and following the truth.
Nooh saw that the number of believers was not increasing, while that
of the disbelievers was. He was sad for his people, but he never
reached the point ofdespair.
There came a day when Allaah revealed to Nooh that no others would
believe. Allaah inspired him not to grieve for them, at which point
Nooh prayed that the disbelievers be destroyed, saying (which means):
"…'My Lord! Do not leave upon the earthfrom among the disbelievers an
inhabitant. Indeed, if you leave them, they will mislead Your servants
and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever.'"
[Quran: 71:26-27]
Allaah accepted the prayer of Nooh . The case was closed, and He
passed His judgment on the disbelievers in the form of a flood. Allaah
the Exalted ordered His worshipper, Nooh to build an ark with His
knowledge and instructions and with the help of angels. Almighty
Allaah commanded (what means): "And construct the ship under Our
Eyesand Our inspiration and do not address Me concerning those who
have wronged; indeed, they are [to be] drowned." [Quran: 11:37]
Biography -, The story of Prophet Nooh -I
Almighty sent to guide people to His Path - that of Monotheism. Ibn
'Abbaas narrated that Prophet Muhammad said: " The periodbetween Aadam
and Nooh was ten centuries." [Al-Bukhaari]
Nooh was therefore born some one thousand years after Aadam's
creation, or after he left the Garden of Eden. For many generations,
the people of Nooh had been worshipping statues that they called gods.
They believed that these gods would bring them good, protect them from
evil and provide all their needs. They gave their idols names such as
Wadd, Suwaa', Yaghooth, Ya'ooq, and Nasr.
Allaah Almighty revealed in the Noble Quran (what means): "And [the
idolaters] said: 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd, nor
Suwaa' or Yaghooth and Ya'ooq and Nasr [i.e., the names of their
idols]." [Quran: 71:23] Originally, these were the names of good
people who had lived among them. After their deaths, statues of them
were erected to keep their memories alive. After some time, however,
people began to worship these statues. Later generations did not even
know why they had been erected;they only knew their parents had prayed
to them. That is how idol worshipping developed. Since they had no
understanding of Allaah Almighty who would punish them for their evil
deeds, they became cruel and immoral.
Ibn 'Abbaas explained:"Following the death of those righteous men,
Satan inspired their people to erect statues in the places where they
used to sit.They did this, but these statues were not worshiped until
the coming generations deviated from the right way of life. Then they
worshipped them as their idols."
In his description of this story, Imaam Ibn Jareer narrated:"There
were righteous people who lived in the period between Aadam and Nooh,
may Allaah exalt their mention, and who hadfollowers who held them as
models. After their death, their friends who used to emulate them
said: 'If we make statues ofthem, it will be more pleasing to us in
our worship and will remind us of them.' So they built statues of them
and, after they had died and others came after them, Iblees (Satan)
crept into their minds saying: 'Your forefathers used to worship them,
and through that worship they got rain.' So they worshipped them."
Imaam Ibn Abu Haatim related the following story:"Wadd was a righteous
man whowas loved by his people. When hedied, they withdrew to his
grave in the land of Babylonia and were overwhelmed by sadness. When
Iblees saw their sorrow caused by his death, he disguised himselfin
the form of a man saying: 'I have seen your sorrow because of this
man's death; can I make a statue like him which could be put in your
meeting place to make you remember him?' They said: 'Yes.' So he made
the statue like him. They put it in their meeting place in order to be
reminded of him. When Iblees saw their interest in remembering him, he
said: 'Can I build a statue of him in the homeof each one of you so
that he would be in everyone's house and you could thereby
rememberhim?' They agreed. Their children learned about and saw what
theywere doing. They also learned about their remembrance of him
instead of Allaah. So the first to be worshipped instead of Allaah was
Wadd, the idol which they named thus."
The essence of this point is that every idol from those earlier
mentioned was worshipped by a certain group of people. It was
mentioned that people made pictures and, as the ages passed, they made
these pictures into statues, so that their forms couldbe fully
recognised; afterwards they were worshipped instead of Allaah.
It was narrated that Umm Salamah and Umm Habeebah who were two of the
wives of the Prophet informed him about the church named 'Maria' that
they had seen in the land of Abyssinia . They described its beauty and
the pictures therein. He said: "Those are the peoplewho build places
of worship on the grave of every dead man whowas righteous and then
make therein those pictures. Those are the worst of creation in the
sight of Allaah." [Al-Bukhaari]
Worshipping anything other thanAllaah is a tragedy that results not
only in the loss of freedom; its serious effect reaches man's mind and
destroys it as well. Almighty Allaah created man and his mind with its
purpose set on achieving knowledge, the most important of which is
that Allaah alone is the Creator and all the rest are worshippers
(slaves). Therefore, disbelief in Allaah, or polytheism, results in
the loss of freedom, the destruction of the mind, and the absence of a
noble target in life. By worshipping anything other than Allaah, man
becomes enslaved to Satan, who is himself a creature, and becomes
harnessed to his own baser qualities.
Into that environment, Allaah sent Nooh with His message to his
people. Nooh was the only intellectual not caught in thewhirlpool of
man's destruction which was caused by polytheism.
Allaah, out of His Mercy, sent His messenger Nooh to guide his people.
Nooh was an excellent speaker and a very patient man. He pointed out
to his people the mysteries of life and the wonders of the universe.
He pointed out how the night is regularly followed by the day andthat
the balance between these opposites was designed by AllaahAlmighty for
our good. The night gives coolness and rest while the day gives warmth
and awakens activity. The sun encourages growth, keeping all plants
and animals alive, while the moon and stars assist in the reckoning of
time, direction and seasons. Hepointed out that the ownership of the
heavens and the earth belongs only to the Divine Creator.
Therefore, he explained to this people, there cannot have been more
than one deity. He clarified to them how the devil had deceived them
for so long and that the time had come for this deceit to stop. Nooh
spoke to them of Allaah's glorification of man, how He had created him
and provided him with sustenance and the blessings of the mind. He
told them that idol-worshipping was a suffocating injustice to the
mind. He warned them not to worship anyone but Allaah and described
the terrible punishment Allaah would mete out if they continuedin
their evil ways.
The people listened to him in silence. His words were a shock to their
stagnating minds as it is a shock to a person who is asleepunder a
wall which is about to fall and who is vigorously awakened. This
person may be alarmed and may even become angry, although the aim was
onlyto save him.
The people of Nooh were divided into two groups after his warning. His
words touched the hearts of the weak, the poor, andthe miserable, and
soothed their wounds with its mercy. As for therich, the strong, the
mighty and the rulers, they looked upon the warning with cold
distrust. They believed they would be better off if things stayed as
they were. Therefore, they started their war of words against Nooh .
First they accused Nooh of being a mere human, just like themselves,
as the verse states (what means): "So the eminent among those who
disbelieved from his people said: 'We do not see you but as a man like
ourselves'…." [Quran: 11:27]
He, however, had never said anything other than that. He asserted
that, indeed, he was only a human being; Allaah had sent a human
messenger because the earth was inhabited by humans. If it had been
inhabited by angels, Allaah wouldhave sent an angelic messenger.
The contest between the polytheists and Nooh continued. The rulers had
thought at first that Nooh's call would soon fade on its own. When
they found that his call attracted the poor, the helpless and common
labourers, they started to verbally attack and taunt him: 'You are
only followedby the poor, the meek and the worthless.'
Allaah the Almighty tells us in theQuran (what means): "And We had
certainly sent Nooh to his people, [saying]: 'Indeed, I am to you a
clear warner. That you not worship except Allaah. Indeed, I fear for
you the punishment of a painful day.' So the eminent among those who
disbelieved from his people said: 'We do not see you but as a man like
ourselves, and we do not see you followed except by those who are the
lowest of us [and] at first suggestion. And we do not see inyou over
us any merit; rather, we think you are a liar.'" [Quran: 11:25-27]
Thus, the conflict between Nooh and the heads of his people
intensified. The disbelievers tried to bargain: "Listen Nooh! If you
want us to believe in you, then dismiss your believers. They are meek
and poor, while we are elite and rich; no faith can includeus both."
Nooh listened to the heathens of his community and realised they were
obstinate.However, he was gentle in his response. He explained to his
people that he could not dismiss the believers as they were not
hisguests but Allaah's.
Nooh appealed to them saying (what means): "O my people! I ask not of
you for it any wealth. My reward is not but from Allaah. And I am not
one to drive away those who have believed. Indeed, they will meet
their Lord, but I see that you are a people behaving ignorantly. And O
my people! Who would protect me from Allaah if I drove them away? Then
will you not be reminded? And I do not tell you that I have the
depositories [containing the provision] of Allaah or that I know the
unseen,nor do I tell you that I am an angel, nor do I say of those
upon whom your eyes look down that Allaah will never grant them any
good. Allaah is most knowing of what is within their souls. Indeed, I
would then be among the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].'" [Quran:
11:29-31]
Nooh refuted the argumentsof the disbelievers with the nobleknowledge
of the prophets. It is the logic of intellect that rids itself of
personal pride and interests.
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Waking Up Seven-Year Old Child for Fajr.Dought clear -,
have to wake her up for the Fajr (early morning) prayer, knowing that
this made her dislike praying?
Praise be to Allaah.
The father is like the shepherd of his household and is responsible
for his flock, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said. Based on that, he shouldeducate his children andteach them
to fulfil obligations and avoid haram (unlawful) things.That includes
telling them to pray when they reach the age of seven years, because
of the report narrated by Abu Dawood (495) from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from
his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Tell your children
to pray when they are seven years old and smack them (lightly) if they
do not pray when they are ten, and separate them in their beds."
Classed as saheeh (authentic) by al-Albaaniin Saheeh Abi Dawood.
But the father should be kind in teaching his small children how to
pray, and he should encourage them by praising them, and giving them
gifts and rewards so that they willget used to it and love it.
You can delay waking your daughter up until near sunrise, and
encourage her to sleep early so that it will be easier for her to get
up.
There is nothing wrong with you not waking herup on days when you
think it will be too hard for her to wake up, because – for example –
she went to sleep late or because it is very cold, and so on.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: I have
a son who is about nine years old; should I wake him up for Fajr
prayer?
He replied: Yes, if a man has children, male or female, who have
reached the age of ten, he should wake them up. With regard to
children who are younger than that, if he wakes them up so that they
may pray on time, that is better, but there is no sin on him if he
does not do that. But it isbetter to wake them up, because the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Tell your children
to pray when they are seven years old and smack them (lightly) if they
do not pray when they are ten, and separate them in their beds." End
quote from Fataawa Noor 'ala'l-Darb.
He was also asked: My son is eight years old; should I wake him up to
pray Fajr? If he does not pray, am I sinning?
He replied: It seems that it depends. If it is winter,for example, and
it is very cold, then there is nothing wrong with leaving him and
telling him to pray when he wakes up. But if the weather is normal and
there is no harm done by waking him up, then you should wake him upso
that he will get used to praying with the people. Nowadays, praise be
to Allaah, thereare young boys betweenthe ages of seven and ten whom
we see coming with their fathers to pray Fajr. If a child gets used to
that from an early age there is a great deal of goodness in that. But
if it causes hardship, then you do not have to wakethem up. But when
they wake up you should tell them to pray. End quote from al-Liqa'
al-Shahri (40/18).
And Allaah knows best.
Part of the adhkaar for morning and evening is to say “Hasbi Allaah laa illaha illa huwa (sufficient for me is Allah, there is no god besides Him…)”.Dought clear -,
says in the morning and in the evening Hasbi Allaah laa illaha illa
huwa 'alayhi tawwakaltu wa huwa rabb al-'arsh il-'azeem (Sufficient
for me is Allaah, there is no god besides Him; in Him haveI put my
trust and He is the Lord of the mighty Throne), seven times, Allah,
may He be exalted,will suffice him for what concerns him of the
affairs of this world and the Hereafter." Is this hadeeth saheeh or
not?.
Praise be to Allaah.
This hadeeth was narrated in a mawqoof report from Abu'd-Darda' (may
Allah be pleased with him) by Abu Dawood in his Sunan with a jayyid
isnaad, as follows: "Whoever says in the morning and in the evening
Hasbi Allaah laa illaha illa huwa 'alayhi tawwakaltu wa huwa rabb
al-'arsh il-'azeem (Sufficient for me is Allaah, there is no god
besides Him; in Him haveI put my trust and He is the Lord of the
mighty Throne), seven times, Allah, may He be exalted,will suffice him
for what concerns him," and it does not contain the additional phrase
mentioned ("of the affairs of this world and the Hereafter"). This is
a mawqoof hadeeth, the isnaad of which ends with Abu'd-Darda' and does
not go back to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him),
but it comes under the heading of a marfoo'hadeeth, because such words
could not be said on the basis of individual opinion. And Allah is the
source of strength. End quote.
Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baaz, 26/65
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Islamic Stories - , No choice but to regret
came from the sky that whosoever picks up the rocks will regret and
whosoever doesn't pick up the rocks will regret. Now, the people were
confused. How can this be? Whether you pick upthe rocks or not, you
willregret! Anyway, some people picked up the rocks and some didn't.
Inthe morning when they reached their homes, they saw that the rocks
turned into diamonds. Now, those people who didn't pick up the rocks
started regretting saying"If only we had picked up some rocks." Those
people who did pick some rocks also started regretting saying "Why
didn't we pick up more rocks?" Both sides endedup regretting. Dear
Muslims, this same incident will take place with us on the Day of
Judgement. Those people who spent their time in useless things will
start regretting by looking at those who achieved a great position in
Paradise by spending their time in the way of Allah. Now, those who
did achieve a position in Paradise will start regretting by looking at
those who did more than them and are higher in status."Alas! If we had
only done more to please Allah."
Islamic Stories - , I feel clean for the first time
himself a container for water so that he can use it for toilet
purposes. So, everytime he goes to thetoilet, he fills the container
with water and takes it with him. One day, a Christian man,who also
works there, saw him taking water and asked him about thereason for
it. The Muslim brother told him that after releasing the dirty
materials, we should clean that place and thatcleanliness is a major
part of Islam. The man said that why not use the toilet papers? The
brother asked him that ifsuch dirty thing touched his hands, would he
use a toilet paper to wipe it off or use water? The man understood and
said that he would use water. The next day, the Christian man brought
a container for himself and used it during relieving himself. When he
came out of the toilet, he was crying andtears were rolling down his
cheeks. The Muslim brother asked him aboutwhy he is crying. The
Christian man said that"For the first time in my life, I feel
completely clean." Thereafter, he accepted Islam and became a devouted
Muslim.
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