While praying to Allah for a blessing, one must also ask Him for the moral values with which to appreciate it

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There are innumerable blessings even in the lives of people living
under the most difficult conditions. However, most people, instead of
realizing these blessings,generally focus on deficiencies before all
else. They forget the existence of hundreds ofbeauties around them
and get saddened by those blessings they could not possess. They
consider themselves to be badly wronged and deprived of the best
things in the world. Theyspend almost all their lives pondering about
these missing things andthe grievance they experience. While
concentrating entirely on those, they remain unaware of the fact that
there are many blessingsaround them, which are created for them, at
every single moment.
Naturally everyone on earth would not be living under the exact same
circumstances. Someone may lack a blessing enjoyed by someone else.
One may be very healthy while another struggles against a disease. One
may be rich and anothermay be poor. In many aspects of life when the
blessings given are compared, they may be different from each other.
And in all these, there is much good and wisdom for everyone. But even
without considering such different circumstances, the blessings people
enjoy in general are so profuse that they should all rejoice at these
great blessings from Allah and be very happy.
Our Almighty Lord says that these blessings are innumerable, even just
in general terms:
If you tried to number Allah's blessings, you could never count them.
Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surat an-Nahl, 18)
He has given you everything you have asked Him for. If you tried to
number Allah's blessings, you could never count them. Man isindeed
wrongdoing, ungrateful. (Surah Ibrahim, 34)
And there is a great secret created by Allah behind all these
blessings. If one cannot see the delights he enjoys; cannot appreciate
the favor of Allah over him and is inclined to think only about
deficiencies, then he can never be happy. That is because if Allah
gives him even more blessings, even if He bestows all those blessings
he grieves overnot having, in just the form he would like themto be,
that person will still – because of the moral values he possesses –
see only what he lacks, and instead of being happy with what he has,
will grieve for what he does not. Because what this person actually
missing is not the blessings he does not possess, but rather the
ability to appreciate the mercy, love and blessings of Allah. So long
as he fails to attain profound moralvalues in that regard, even if all
the blessings in the world are bestowed on him, he will still be
unable to rejoice in these blessing.
Furthermore, someone who knows how to appreciate the blessings;who
feels the love of Allah in every beauty he sees, great or small; and
who is filled with joy because of the love of Allah; will be very
happy even if he is lives under the worst conditions in the world. No
worldly joy can replace the happiness that person enjoys. The joy and
peace that such a personexperiences never ends. Even if he faces
hundreds of troubles and destitutions, he will still experience the
spiritual excitement of the presence of one single blessing until the
end of his life. He gives his thanks to Allah with love and passion
for He is the One Who has created that blessing for him. He will
experience the joy of feeling the love, infinite kindness, mercy,
friendship, closeness and protectionof Allah even in that single
blessing. Even under the most difficult circumstances, he enjoysthe
beauty of knowing that Allah is with him, that He is closer to him
than his own jugular vein, that He will be his closest friend and will
never withhold His Help from him for as long as he is sincere.
Thinking that the existence of only this spiritual delightconstitutes
one of the biggest blessings created for him in this world, he gives
his thanks to Allah as much as he possibly can, in themost sincere and
candid manner.
Therefore, it is not the blessings themselves or their number that
will make a person happy. It is living by the moral values with which
to appreciate them. Unless one attains these moral values, it is
literally impossible for him to be made happy, in the true sense of
the word, by the existence of blessings. That is the secret imparted
by Allah in the Qur'an with the words: "And when your Lord announced:
'If you are grateful, I will certainly give you increase, but if you
are ungrateful, My punishment is severe'." (Surah Ibrahim, 7) That
secret is giving thanks for the blessings and living by the moral
values with which to appreciate them. Or else someone without faith
may also rejoice at blessings. Or a nonsane person may also be pleased
when he is given a present, something to eat or something to wear. But
that joy is merely a physical reaction obtained without the use of
reason, stemming from the person having acquired a worldly gain. True
joy is one that is experienced through love of Allah, with reason and
the consciousness of faith. That is why, when a believer looks at his
life he must reflect on whether he truly experienced that joy through
the blessings heenjoyed. If a person only experiences the physical joy
in the face of blessings, that means there is a serious gap in his
life that needs to be made good as a matter of urgency. Because this
may mean not giving proper thanks to Allah, failing to properly
appreciate blessings or even ingratitude for them. (Allah knows the
truth.) And a person's unhappiness despite all the countless blessings
at his disposal, his constantly seing deficiencies throughout his life
and grieving overthem, may be a punishment from Allah for this
ingratitude. Allahreminds people of this inthe Qur'an:
Remember Me – I will remember you. Give thanks to Me and do not be
ungrateful . (Surat al-Baqara, 152)
... When We let a man taste mercy from Us he exults in it. But if
something bad strikes him for what he has done he is ungrateful.
(Surat ash-Shura, 48)
That is how We repaid them for their ingratitude. Are any but the
ungrateful repaid like this ? (Surah Saba', 17)
Curse man for his ingratitude! (Surah 'Abasa, 17)
Truly man is ungrateful to his Lord and indeed he bears witness to
that. (Surat Al-'Adiyat, 6-7)
You can ask forgiveness for them, or not ask forgiveness for them.
Even if you asked forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah still
would not forgive them. That is because they have rejected Allah and
His Messenger . Allah does not guide deviant people. (Surat
at-Tawba,80)
In fact, one can only eat so many meals a day; even if he wants to eat
more than 3-4 times a day, the body will not accept. Even if one has
hundreds of outfits and changes them all the time, one can still only
wear a certain amount of them in a day. If one had hundreds of homes
or cars, he can still only use one at a time. Even ifone could go
wherever one likes on holiday, onecan still only be in one place at a
time. Even if one never sleeps – whichis in itself impossible – one
can still only enjoy these blessings for 24 hours a day. Therefore,
the life of this world has not been created in sucha way that
happiness could be attained from worldly things themselves.
The joy in blessings that stems from love of Allah, on the other hand,
is a great blessing to be enjoyed forever under all conditions and at
every moment. And it is a huge privilege and a great blessing for a
person who attained such morality, to be able to see the signs of
Allah'slove wherever he looks. Because that is the source of a joy and
happiness that will never end. For that reason, rather than
concentrating on the presence or absence of ablessing, one should
rather reflect on whether or not he has managed to acquire this
understanding.

'Any disaster that strikes you is through what your own hands have earned' (Surat Ash-Shura: 30)

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There is an important characteristic of the lower self of a man.
When something good befalls on one; when he receives goodness and
kindness from the people around him; when things go the way he wants
them to go, in a way that would cheer him up and make him happy; he
feels rather complacent. He believes that the beautiful things going
on around him and the benevolence he receives are taking their sources
from him. He thinks the reason why things go well for him and why
course of events go the way he hoped them to go, is because he strives
a lot and because he is a good person who makesa great effort in many
subjects and because he acts reasonable and precautious. In other
words, he is of the idea that he had earned all the good things
befalling on him to the smallest detail.
However when the sameperson faces things that he doesn't want to face;
when goodness and benevolence is not anymore offered to him by people
around him; when things do not give the results he wants them to give;
when the blessings in his life lessen and some difficulties and
troubles arise; he would not think that "all those, again to the
smallest detail, befall on him because he earned themall himself". On
the contrary, he believes that he did not deserve any of those things
happening to him, he feels hard done-by and wronged. He even
thinksthat all these things befall on him because hehas been too good
towards everyone and thus he lives in the psychology of a person"being
wronged".
Most of the time, a person living through these things would not stop
to think: "Could there be something wrong with me? Could it be that I
have some wrong beliefs and a wrong point of view? Dothe things that
befall on me have something to do with such wrong beliefs I have or
with mymorality? Would the goodness and beauties in my life be any
different if I acted somehow different? Could it be that I have been
experiencing all these because I earned them due to the flaws I have
in my morality?"
Had he been thinking like this even for a very short time; and instead
of looking for the problem in other details,had he sincerely censured
himself; he would have realized the truth which in fact is very
evident.
Allah revealed in the Qur'an that: "Any disasterthat strikes you is
through what your own hands have earned" (Surat Ash-Shura: 30)
This verse gives a personthe true point of view with which he could
evaluate the things he is experiencing in a correctand sound manner.
In another verse Allah informs us that; "Those who do good will have
the best and more" (Surah Yunus: 26). Whena person keeps his heart
pure and sincere; when he looks at every event in his life by
searching the approval of Allah; as long as he thinks by the morality
of the Qur'an and approach people only through this point of view
stemming from the Qur'an; Allah would definitely "increase the
beauties in such a person's life".
If he is harboring any evil in himself, if he doesnot think purely by
the Qur'an and if he is adding a little bit of the moral values of
ignorance in his approach, if he evaluates the incidents taking place
not by the Qur'an but by the rules and value judgments of the
ignorance, it is natural for the things that befall on him and the
things he experiences to be just like that. Whatever he manifests
spiritually would somehow reflect on his life.
It is very important not to forget this truth, which has been very
explicitly revealed in the Qur'an. Man is very prone to think
continuously well of himself; he adopts a wrong point of view by
thinking that he earned all the good things that befall on them but
that he never deserved (Allahis beyond such claims) the troubles he
experiences. To think on these verses of the Qur'an is in fact
sufficient for him to see that these suggestions ofhis lower self are
not true.
Allah is All-Compassionate and Most Merciful. His Mercy extends to all
things. Allah is the One Who loves His servants infinitely, Who
continuously bestows goodness and beauty onthem through concealedand
overt means. Every moment of a person's life is full of thousands of
details in which he can see the love of Allah. And Allah is the Owner
ofthe Infinite Justice. Allah shows His Mercy even ona person who has
committed the worst evils on earth and showshim the ways to salvation.
Allah creates new means every moment for man and inspires his
conscience what is right for him, to abstain from doing wrong, feel
remorse anddesist.
One should see this infinite perfection in Allah's Character and
submit himself to His Justice. If one has some adequacies in his life,
heshould search for the solution of this in his own morality. He
shouldintend to love Allah evenmore; to live by the morality Allah
commandsmore fastidiously; to erase even the smallest evil thoughts
from his heart; to look into every incident through the Qur'anic point
of view; and to live all his life with the accuracy Allah demands.
Then, by the leave of Allah- as Allah promised- all the goods he had
done, would be recompensed with even betters both in this world and in
the Hereafter.
Anyone who acts rightly,male or female, being a mumin, We will give
them a good life and Wewill recompense them according to the best of
what they did. (Surat An-Nahl:97)

Even in situations one would think in his own mind that there is no way out, there is always a way out for real believers

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One of the mistakes people generally fall in istheir descending into
desperation whenever they face even the slightest difficulty. Most
people, under such circumstances, instead ofthinking "There is
definitely a way out thatwould correct this situation", they are prone
to believe that all the solution ways are exhausted by acting with
logics such as:"that's it", "there is nothing more to be done," "this
is as far as itgoes", "we came to a deadlock", "this matter is in a
deadlock now".
Yet, no matter how difficult the circumstances are; no matter how
limited the means he has are; and no matter if he has doneeverything
that could have been done; he should believe that therecan always be a
new way out, and never lose hope.
Allah has revealed in the Qur'an that a person who believes in Allah
would never lose hope in any matter as follows:
"My sons! Seek news of Yusuf and his brother. Do not despair of solace
from Allah. No one despairs of solace from Allah except for people who
are unbelievers. '" (Surah Yusuf: 87)
They said, 'We bring you good news of the truth, so do not be among
those who despair .' (Surat Al-Hijr: 55)
Consequently, no matter what the situation a Muslim faces is, he
should never give way to hopelessness, despair or negative thoughts
even indirectly. This is a command of Allah on Muslims.
Lower self, when facing such a situation, -almost like a reflex- would
lead one to instantly think about the most negative possibilities that
might happen. Almost everyone, ever since their childhood –until they
learn the morality of the Qur'an- approach every incident with such a
point of view. Since they do not think about the falsity and the harm
of this, they do not feel the need to resist and change this reflex.
This is the reason why the first words that come out of their mouths
are words like "alas!" and"unfortunately".
And the pain that desperation, thinking with negative possibilities
and believing that there is no way out, would makepeople feel is
really severe. The state of mindof people, who feel this way, is the
reward Allah had created for them in this world as a result of their
living by a moralityAllah does not approve.
Yet, living by the morality which is opposite to this one is really
easy. A person's knowing Allah Who has infinite wisdom, Who has
infinite justice, Who has infinite compassion and infinite grace, Who
is forgiving and Who possesses infinite creation power is really a
great blessing for him. Allah is mighty of creating whatever He wills,
whenever He wants. And in the Qur'an Allah says: "If My servantsask
you about Me, I am near. I answer the call ofthe caller when he calls
on Me. They should therefore respond to Me and believe in Me so
thathopefully they will be rightly guided" (Surat al-Baqara: 186) In
the Qur'an Allah had informed us that people can ask whatever they
want from Allah. Since aperson could ask for anything from Allah
Whohas the power to create whatever He wants, whenever He wills, it is
totally unreal for him to be living among the possibilities such as:
having exhausted all the ways out or having no way out. That is
because–by the will and help of Allah- a person's way is always open
in every matter. His knowing Allah's might and compassion would
always enable him to be hopeful about every matter.
This morality is the one Allah commanded in the Qur'an. And carrying
out this command of Allah turns into a great blessing for people. It
is much more beautiful, reassuring and comfortable for people to live
by a hopeful morality, instead of pessimism. While, in the contrary,
a person would be continuously living restless, in a state of fear
with his mind occupied in negative suggestions; someone abiding by the
morality Allah demands, would live in peace, tranquility and joy of
expecting the help, mercy and the closeness of Allah even under most
difficult conditions.
And another point that should be thought abouthere is; while living
among blessings, plenty and safety, a person trusts in Allah and lives
in the awareness of the truth that all those come about because of the
infinite might of Allah; but when there is something missing about
those, he forgets how limitless and endless the might of Allah is.
Allah has informed us about the morality that people in this situation
would show in the Qur'an, as follows:
When We give people a taste of mercy, they rejoice in it, but when
something bad happens to them because of whatthey themselves have
done, they immediately lose all hope. (Surat Ar-Rum : 36)
Man never tires of praying for the good and if evil touches him, he
despairs and loses hope. (Surat Fussilat : 49)
Such a person cannot appreciate the fact that Allah Who had given
himblessings before, also have the Power to give –again and again
whenever He wants as much as He wills. He fails to think that all the
beauties he has in his life exist not because he himself had found a
wayto attain them but because Allah had willedthem to be so and
granted him that means through His Grace. Everything that he possesses
has been created from nothing. When difficulty and troubles arise the
situation is no different than that: Allah, Who created everything
from nothing, even if there is a situation in which there seems to be
a no way out, would again create the way from nothing and would show
him the way out.
Allah says in the Quran: "… But your Lord is a sufficient guide and
helper." ( Surat Al-Furqan: 31). The guidance of Allah for a man is –
by the leave of Allah- a great blessing with which he can solve every
matter. And moreover man does not have the power to find away out on
his own anyway. Humans are weak creatures who have no power for
anything unless Allah wills the contrary. Man is in need of Allah
showing him the ways out, the solutions and rights. Consequently what
one should do is totrust in Allah very much, by being very sincere
towards Allah; to ask full of hope for His help and to show all the
effort that he is capable of showing by using his mind and conscience
in the best possible manner. However the secret here is in
wantingeverything from Allah in hope and believing that they can
definitely come true. It is Allah Who creates the result. And Allah is
the One Who always creates the best for Muslims both in this world and
in the Hereafter.
Their sides eschew their beds as they call on their Lord in fear and
ardent hope . And they give of what We have provided for them. (Surat
Al-Sajda:16)
And when the two hosts came into sight of one another Musa's
companions said, 'We will surely be overtaken!'
He said, 'Never! My Lord is with me and He will guide me. '
So We revealed to Musa, 'Strike the sea with your staff.' And it split
in two, each part like a towering cliff.
And We brought the others right up to it.
We rescued Musa and all those who were with him. (Surat Ash-Shu'ara': 62-65)

Friendship

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Friendship is not about finding the right person but, Creating the
right relation. It's not how much we care
A friend is never a coincidence in ur life, they are meant 2 enter ur
life 2 bring u joy and laughter. So,i will treasurethe friendship
Friendship is a network that needs. NO Recharge NO Roaming NO Validity
NO activation NO Signal prbms Just don't switch off ur Heart
Everyday I See Lots Of Strangers Passing By Me This Makes Me Realised
That, Life Would Be Boring, Without A Friend Like u.
Life Starts INTENSE, But Ends With SILENSE. Love Starts With FEAR,
Buts Ends With TEARS. And Friendship Starts HOWEVER,

The Concept of Tawaatur

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The first thing to be considered when a report reaches us is how did
it reach us, is it by way of Tawaatur, or by way of Ahad?
Tawatur in the Arabic language comes from the tri-literal root wa• to
• ra, represented in English by the letters 'w' • 't' • 'r'. Some
words derived from this root have "consecutiveness," "rapid
succession," or copiousness woven into their meaning in one way or
another.
For example, Allaah Says (what means): {Then We sent Our messengers in
succession.} [Quran 23:44] The word used in Arabic is tatra, which
means one after the other, in succession. Besides, in a great poem,
Labeed Ibn Rabee'ah describes the raindrops descending in "rapid
succession," drenching the fur coat of a doe, using the word
Mutawaatir.
Phonetically (and even visually when the sounds are written in English
letters), this word soundsis like its meaning: watara watara
watara....You can imaginethat sound of raindrops patteringagainst a
window-pane, one dropafter another.
Tawaatur in the terminology of the scholars of hadeeth means
transmitting a narration or religious text by a group of narrators
from a group of narrators, generation after generation and so forth,
and theyare all trustworthy people and it is absolutely impossible for
them to agree on a lie. The relationshipbetween the terminological
meaning and the linguistic one is that what is Mutawaatir is reported
by one person after the other after the other and so on, as if the
people were coming like raindrops in a downpour.
For example, take the great Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Asia and
Africa on 26 December 2004. The vast majority of readersof this
article were not eyewitnesses to its actual occurrence. Nor can one
depend on what was seen on television to prove that it did happen
because we all know that film technology is eminently capable of
producing imagery, whether accurate or fake.
Even if we exclude the possibility of tampering with images, the
report we received was that the tsunami hit the entire coastline of
the Indian Ocean, Asia, and Africa, while the images we saw only
covered a minute portion of this. What would you say if I told you
that he tsunami never happened and that the news wasa conspiracy? You
would reject what I said without investigation, and you would be right
in doing so because it would be irrational to think that millions of
people who were, indeed, witnesses to the tsunamiwould conspire to
invent such a lie. Even though you were likely not an eyewitness to
the tsunami, you can be 100 percent certain that it did happen. This
is an example of a Mutawaatir report.
There are three conditions that must be fulfilled for a report to be Mutawaatir:
1. A large unexceptionable number of people convey the report. There
is no specific number that constitutes a "large number." Rather, this
is defined by the impossibility of conspiracy or collective mistake.
2. That there are a large number of people in every link of the chain
of narrators.
3. That the conveyed report itself be about something that is tangible
or perceptible, such as:"We saw," or, "We heard," or,"We felt," and so
on. So saying, for example, that the universe began with a big bang
cannot be Mutawaatir, since it is something conceptual, something that
noneof us were capable of perceiving. However, that does not mean that
the big bang is false. It just means that it is not a
Mutawaatirreport.
There are two categories of Mutawaatir reports:
The first category is those reportsthat are conveyed word for
word,such as the statement of the Prophet : "He who lies about me
intentionally, then let him await his place in Hell-Fire." More than
70 Companions who actuallyhad heard the Prophet saying these words had
reported it. Then the number increased in every successive link of the
chain through the generations.
The second category of Mutawaatir reports are those Ahadeeth whose
meanings are conveyed by Tawaatur but not a verbatim, word-for-word
statement, such as the fact that the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi
sallam, used to raise his hands while supplicating. This has been
reported in about 100 Ahadeeth, all of which have some variations,but
make the common, perceptible observation that the Prophet used to
raise his hands when supplicating.
There are a significant number of Mutawaatir reports, but the vast
majority of Hadeeth literature is comprised of Ahad reports, meaning
anything that does not fall under the category of Tawaatur.
The scholar, Jamal Al-Deen Al-Sayooti, and others have compiled these
Mutawaatir reports into books of their own for easy reference.
This is the general idea of the concept of Tawaatur.

The audacity of faith

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The Prayer Has Never Been this Hard
Libraries are like studios. No sound goes unheard. No noise passes
without someone looking up or, in this case, a librarian hissing and
excitedly shushing the disturber of the peace, silencing the noise
polluter.
Nervously flitting and creeping about the bookshelves, I was
endeavoring to be as quiet as such can be.
Every footfall, every little brave breath was carefully measured toan
exact decibel level, no more, no less.
The only dynamics that I failed to control were the thumping of
myheart and a much more subtle tone that somehow made it past all my
enacted sound barriers, mymental matrix-built firewall, my muffled
mind. It was similar to a flute in that it was both soft and gentle.
Yet at the same time, it was piercing and bold, a constantanthem
striking out through my internal environment. It was my soul, my
little life-giving charge.
It was calling to me, chanting a sweet Athaan that only I could hear
in this muted world of books. And oh how I loved it, yet dreaded it!
I had to find a place to make prayer, somewhere in this
collegelibrary, in my first term ever of a higher education. But I was
so afraid to do so, so shy to bow myface in the presence of others, so
worried about the impression of expression. What if some malicious
person attacked me? What if I was held in contempt because I was
"fanatical," a loon?Newspaper headings flashed through my mind's eye:
Terrorist Plot in University Campus Exposed! Homicidal Ritual
Offeredin Campus Library! Al Qaeda's Hand Reaches the Countryside! And
Librarian Tasers Student Fanatic.
Passing the atomic clock on the wall no less than 10 times, the minute
hand began to drive into my mind, each tick sounding like a deafening
beat on a kettledrum. The situation was getting desperate. I could not
miss my Prayer. But what about the people? What about all the possible
pain, the potential outcomes, internal and external?
I felt as though I had to breathe. I had to go make Prayer. It was a
bodily function. I silently battled on, pretending to read random
books on politics. If the librarianscould hear my insides now, what
with all the furious debating and intense fracas going on, they would
probably eat me alive. How bad it was, this predicamentof mine.
Dragging myself just in time, I found a relatively secluded,
undisturbed spot and began to perform my Prayer. Every noticeable
motion was a huge movement, a draining operation for me. I felt as
though my waist,that corporal hinge that enables us to bend and bow
down, was rusty. I really needed some spiritual WD-40.
This was a ground-shaking test, at least to me. I've been reflecting
on it all week. It took all my will to simply make Prayer,to express
my piety, my gratitudeto God the Magnificent Being behind my organic
architecture, my magical physique, my creativeexpression, my artistic
passion—my nafs, that invisible soul thatmakes me who I am. And now,
fire-tested and gauged, I realize that my soul, the gift from its
Crafter, has not been thanked for properly, in the right fashion in
the wrong situation.
I look at the creation around me—the horses and the birds, the trees
and the falling snow, the little springs and hills —and know that I
have seen authentic, whole worship. Flapping, loping, growing,
falling, bubbling up, all these creatures worship their Creator in
their own unique, prescribed ways. The bird flies and fulfills its
Prayer, its bodily functions. Our equine companions thunder about the
plains around the world.
They fulfill their purpose, express their worship, and provide
momentum not only to their graceful forms, but also to their tender
souls. The trees reach intothe heavens. The rills gurgle fromthe
earth. Everything worships Allaah Almighty.
One creature among all creations that live in the world, we are in no
way exempt from fulfilling ourfunctions to completion. Being creatures
composed of minds, souls, and bodies, we must satisfy all these
individual aspectsto remain healthy, to possess that spunk, that
bounce that keeps us in full blossom, at full tilt, if you'll pardon
the idiom.
We eat, drink, exercise, make love, and many more things to meet our
bodily needs. In order to quaff our intellect, we go to school, read
instruction manuals,take on mathematical concepts, and memorize.
But what do we do for our spirit, our internal core that inspires all
the other parts of our body? We make Prayer. A simplistic answer?I
think not.
Worship opens our entire being to a refreshing breeze from the
outside, cools our hot interiors, and inspires the mind, the body, and
the soul. Would you live in a house of stifled air? Would you swim in
a stagnate marsh, no spring or current to wash it clear? Would you
have your wings clipped?
The Prayer to us has become an outstanding act, a massive struggle,
five battles a day. Floating about the stratosphere of modern secular
life in our hot air balloons, it is tempting to justthrow those canvas
sacks of Prayer, those weighty responsibilities, overboard.
For in the eyes of my rising generation, the Prayer has been demoted
to spiritual baggage, to an audacious act of faith. But without it,
how can we be healthy?
Now, if we have to fight ourselves on something as basic as the
Prayer, with what might must we strive simply to survive? Worship
should be a thing to be proud of not to boast, but to be full with.
The Prayer that we know—this Prayer of Islam—is the ultimate paradox,
the real irony, for it brings us literally down to earth and makes us
humble. Yet at the same time it elevates us just as unambiguously to
the heavens and, behold, we metamorphose into sublime beings, better
than the angels. And that is somethingworth not fighting for.
Surrender.

The Status of Muslim Women in Communal Life

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The status of the Muslim woman in Islam is very noble and lofty, and
she has a great influence on the life of every Muslim in her
community. Indeed, a Muslim woman is the initial teacher who
contributes towards building a righteous society, provided that she
follows the guidance of the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah (tradition)
of His Prophet since adherence to the Quran andthe Sunnah keeps every
Muslim -- male or female – away from being misguided in any way.
The misguidance and deviation ofnations are the result of being
faraway from the path of Allaah The Almighty and from what His
prophets and messengers, may Allaah exalt their mention, came with.
The Prophet said: "I am leaving behind two things, you will not go
astray as long as you cling to them, the Book of Allaah and my
Sunnah."
The Noble Quran mentions the great importance of the role of Muslim
women, whether she is a mother, wife, sister or daughter, her rights
and duties, and this has been explained in detail in the purified
Sunnah.
Her importance lies in the tremendous burden and responsibility that
is placed on her shoulders, and the difficultiesthat she has to
shoulder -- responsibilities and difficulties that are sometimes
greater than those which a man has to bear. Hence, one of the most
important duties is to show gratitude to the mother, be dutiful to her
and accompany herin kindness. In this matter, she is to be given
precedence over the father. Allaah The Almighty says (what means):
پœ {And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother
carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness,and his
weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me
is the [final] destination.} [Quran 31:14]
پœ {And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His
mother carried him with hardship and gave birthto him with hardship,
and his gestation and weaning [period] isthirty months.} [Quran 46:15]
A man came to the Messenger of Allaah and said, "'O Messenger of
Allaah! Who among people is the worthiest of my kind companionship?'
He replied: 'Your mother.' The man asked, 'Then who?' He replied:
'Your mother.' The man then asked, 'Then who?' So the Prophet replied
again: 'Your mother.' The man then asked, 'Then who?' He replied:
'Then your father.' " This implies that the mother should be given
three times the dutifulness and good treatment that the father is
given.
As regards to the wife, her statusand her effect in making the soul
tranquil and serene has been clearly shown in the noble Quranic verse
where Allaah The Almighty says (what means): {Andof His signs is that
He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility
in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy.} [Quran 30:21]
Al-Haafith Ibn Katheer commented on this verse, saying, "It encourages
love, affection, compassion and piety since the man keeps his wife
either because he loves her, or because of compassion and pity for her
if he has a child from her."
The unique stance that the Prophet's wife Khadeejah took in supporting
him and calming and reassuring the Messenger of Allaah when theangel
Jibreel (Gabriel) first came to him in the cave of Hiraa'.
The Prophet returned to Khadeejah with the first revelation and with
his heart trembling, he said to her: "Cover me! Cover me! I fear for
myself." Khadeejah said, "Rejoice. Never! By Allaah! Will Allaah fail
you? You maintain kinship ties with your relatives, you help the poor
and the destitute, you serve your guests generously and you assist
those who have been afflicted with calamities."
We should also not forget 'Aa'ishah and her great contribution as the
great Companions used to acquire the knowledge of Hadeeth (narration)
from her, and many ofthe female Companions learnt the various rulings
pertaining to women's issues from her.
In the recent past, during the era of Imaam Muhammad bin Su'ood his
wife advised him to accept the call of the revivalist Imaam Muhammad
bin 'Abdul-Wahhaab when he offered his call to him. His wife's advice
had a great impact on him agreeing to renew and disseminate the Da'wah
(Islamic propagation). Today we see the effect of that in the firm
belief of the citizens of the Arabian Peninsula.
There is also no doubt that a house in which there is kindness,
gentleness, love and care, along with the correct Islamic upbringing
will greatly affect a man. He becomes – Allaah willing– successful in
his affairs and in any matter, whether it is seeking knowledge,
trading, agriculture, or any other work.
Majmoo' Fataawa wa Rasaa'il Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibn 'Abdullaah ibn Baaz vol. 3

Should he focus on purifying his heart or ondoing naafil acts?.

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▬▬ - Which is more important– dealing with feelings and
thoughts that Allaahdislikes, such as destructive envy,
hatred,arrogance, showing off, thinking highly of one's deeds,
hard-heartedness, etc., which form the evil that resides in the heart,
or focusing on doing outward naafil deeds such as prayer, fasting and
other acts of worship and fulfilling vows even though those other
things are present in the heart? Please advise us, may Allaah reward
you with good.
Praise be to Allaah.
Some of the acts mentioned are obligatory, and those which are
obligatory should be given precedence, as Allaah says according to the
hadeeth qudsi narrated from His Messenger (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him): "Myslave does not draw near to Me with anything
more loved by Me than the religious duties I have enjoined on him."
Then He says: "And My slave continues to draw near to Me with
supererogatory works sothat I shall love him." Outward physical acts
are not valid and acceptable unless they are accompanied by
appropriate actions of the heart, because the heart is like the king
andthe physical faculties arelike his troops. If the king is evil his
troops will also be evil. Hence the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: "In the body there is a piece of flesh: if
it is sound the whole body will be sound and if it is corruptthen the
whole body willbe corrupt." Similarly the (hidden) actions of the
heart inevitably affect the (visible) physical actions. So precedence
must be given to that which is more obligatory, whether it is called
inward or outward. Perhaps things that are called inward may be more
obligatory, such as refraining from destructive envy and arrogance,
for that is more essential than observing naafil fasts. Oracts that
are described as outward or physical may be better, such as qiyaam
al-layl (praying at night), which is betterthan simply giving up some
thoughts that may cross one's mind such as (non-destructive) jealousy,
etc. Inward andoutward deeds support one another, and prayer keeps one
from doing evil actions and generates fear of Allaah, and has other
important effects. It (prayer) is the best of good deeds and charity.
And Allaah knows best.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him), Majmoo'
al-Fataawa, 6/381
So there is no separationbetween correcting what is inward and
correcting what is outward or physical.
The outward acts of worship which a person performs with his physical
faculties – if he does them for the sake of Allaah – will undoubtedly
have an effect on his inward nature.
For example, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "Shall I not tell you of something that will take away the evil
of the heart? Fasting three daysof each month." (Narrated by
al-Nasaa'i, 2386; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh
al-Nasaa'i, 2249). The evil of the heart refers torancour, hatred and
destructive envy.
One of the most important remedies for diseases of the heart is to
study and ponder the texts which include warnings to the one who
leaves these diseases to fester in his heart, such as the hadeeth in
which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
"No one will enter Paradise who has an atom's-weight of arrogance in
his heart." (Narrated by Muslim, 91).
And the hadeeth according to which Hell will say, "My share is the
arrogant." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4850; Muslim, 2846)
And the hadeeth: "On the Day of Resurrection the arrogant will be
gathered like ants in the form of men." (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi,
2492; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 2025).
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The
disease of the nations who came before you has started to spread among
you: destructive envy and hatred. These are the shavers. I do not mean
that they shave hair but they shave away religious commitment. By the
One in Whose hand is my soul, you will not enter Paradise until you
believe, and you will notbelieve until you love one another. Shall I
not tell you of something which if you do it, you will love one
another. Spread (the greeting of) salaam amongst yourselves."
(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2510; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in
Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 2038).
Whoever ponders with true insight such warnings about the diseases of
the heart willundoubtedly strive to cleanse his heart thereof, and
will seek help in doing so by doing outward physical acts, praying to
his Lord to cleanse his heart of hatred, destructive envy,rancour and
so on, as Allaah says, describing the prayer of the believers:
"and put not in our hearts any hatred against those who have believed"
[al-Hashr 59:10 – interpretation of the meaning]
And Allaah knows best. May Allaah send blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad.

How to deal with a brother’s wife who has abad attitude.

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▬▬ - I have a brother wife Who has no respect for any-one
even her husband and I live with them - can I say something to her to
change her attitude . If she refuses, what shall I do?
Do I give her Slam. Jazaka Allah Khira.
Praise be to Allaah.
A kind word opens the doors to people's hearts and removes enmity from
them, and tolerance, forgiveness and sincerity restore love between
people. When a person speaks a kind word and turns a blind eye to bad
treatment, he earns people's respect and makes the one who has done
something bad apologize for his bad behaviour or stop persisting in
it. Undoubtedly some people may choose a way of dealing with people
that they themselves would not like to be dealt with, andthey think
that being tough and confrontational is what will make people
respectthem. When a person insists on persisting in sin, and faces
harsh criticism, he finds himself lost in a vicious circle of hatred
and revenge, so he can no longer tell right from wrong or true from
false. So nobody can advise him, because whatever is said is takenas
the opening of a confrontation or a continuation of enmity, and he is
always watching and waiting for trouble. It is safer in this case to
think about how we are going to deal with such a person, so we leave
him alone for a while, trying to calm his fears of criticismand being
called to account. We use some kind words, gentleness and smiles to
make him feel that we forgive him and care about him. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"… Repel (the evil) with one which is better (i.e., Allaah ordered the
faithful believers to be patient at the time of anger, and to excuse
those who treat them badly), then verily! He between whom and you
there was enmity, (will become) as though he was a close friend. But
none is granted it (the above quality), except those who are patient,
and none is granted it except the owner of the great portion (of
happiness in the Hereafter, i.e., Paradise, and in this world of a
high moral character)."[Fussilat 41:35]
Leaving the person alone does not mean cutting all ties and refraining
from returning greetings or talking to him; what it does mean is
avoiding mixing with him so that we give him the opportunity to
prepare himself to accept advice. Then we can start by mentioning his
good points and saying what good things we wish for him and the hopes
we have for him. Then we can give him advice (naseehah) in an
appropriate manner, without hurting his feelings, offending him or
boring him. We should do this in the hope of earning reward from
Allaah, and with patience and tolerance. From our behaviour and good
treatment we should set an example tothe one whom we wish to advise.
We should listen to the direction given by Allaah to His Messenger
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, andturn away from the foolish
(i.e., don't punishthem)."[al-A'raaf 7:199]
Rushing to condemn andcriticize without lookingfor the appropriate
moment usually leads to the opposite of the desired results. Humility
and a gentle approach lifts barriers and removes aggression and
hostility. According to a saheeh hadeeth narrated by 'Ayaad (may
Allaah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allaah has revealed to me that
you should be so humblethat no one oppresses another or boasts to
another." (Reported by Muslim, 2865).

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What is zuhd (asceticism)? Does it mean wearing scruffy clothing,
fasting constantly, and keeping away from society, or something else?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Zuhd does not mean wearing scruffy clothing,withdrawing from people
and keeping away from society, or fasting constantly. The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the leader of all
zaahids (ascetics) but he would wear new clothes; adorn himself tomeet
delegations, for Jumu'ah and for Eid; mix with people and call them to
do good and teach them about their religion; and he forbade his
companions (may Allaah be pleased with them) to fast constantly.
Rather zuhd means shunning that which is haraam and that which Allaah
hates; avoiding shows of luxury and overindulging in worldlypleasures;
focusing on doing acts of worship; and making the best preparation for
the Hereafter. The best explanation of that is the life of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
And Allaah is the Source of strength. May Allaah send blessings and
peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions. End
quote.
Standing Committee for Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah li'l-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wa'l-Ifta (24/369).

The One who did Sajdah to Allah - Islamic Stories

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following incident was mentioned by brother Aslam Nakhuda during a
lecture that he gave on 24/1/2004. Brother Aslam is an Imam of Jame
Masjid Brampton in Canada.
He said that three years back a group of eight brothers, including
him, set out to Texas, USA for dawah. They spent sometime there to
remind the residents about the reality of this life. On their way
back, they stopped by a service station beside a highway to perform
the Magrib prayer. One of the brothers gave the Adhan (Call to
prayer). Two Non Muslim men were passing by when the Adhan was being
called. Being curious, they came to the brothers and asked themwho
they were, where do they come from and what they were doing. The
brothers told them that they are Muslims who are coming from Toronto,
Canada with the glad tidings of Islam.A scholar, who was with them,
discussed about Islam with the non-Muslim men for 2 or3 minutes. Then
the brothers prepared to offer the salah. The non Muslims who were
standing by asked what they should be doing now. The brothers told
them to join the prayer and just follow along. The two men decided to
join the prayer. The imam recited Surah Fatiha and another surah after
it. Then he went to Ruku' and both the Non Muslims did the same. When
time for sajdah (prostration on the ground) came, the Non Muslims
started hesitating and didn't know whether they should also prostrate
on the ground as they never did this before. One of them decided notto
do so and he left the prayer. However, the other one just went to
sajdah. After the prayer, this person who agreed to prostrate to Allah
was blessed with iman. He accepted Islam from the brothers.
Dear readers, this is what we have to do. We have to submit to the
will of Allah and in return He will bless us with iman. On the other
hand, a person who is arrogant and decide not to submit to the will of
Allah may just be deprived of iman.

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Abu Hurairah (RA) narrates that Rasulullah (peace be upon him)
happened to pass by a heap of grain and inserted his hand into it; his
fingers were moistened by the wet grain. At this, he asked the owner
of the grain: What is this? The man replied: O Rasulullah! It isdue to
rain. Rasulullah (peace be upon him) said: Why didn't you put the damp
(wet) grain ontop of the heap, so people could see it? He who deceives
people does not belong to me (my Ummah).
Source: Sahih Muslim.
We should always remember that deception is one of the qualities of
Shaitan. Others may not see us when we are deceiving them but Allah is
there watching us. A true believer knowing that he has to stand in
front of Allah will avoid such activities.