Dought & clear, - (Knowledge ), - Virtue of teaching Arabic

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What is the reward on teaching someone arabic? and is there any hadiths?, also what if i ask some to teach me but he refuses to teach me?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
To highlight the virtue of the Arabic language it is sufficient to note that it is the language of the Holy Qur’aan, the eternal miracle, which was revealed to be a way of life for mankind until the Hour begins. Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, chose the Arabic language to be the vessel which would carry this light and guidance to mankind. This is mentioned in approximately ten places in the Qur’aan, such as the verse in which Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation):
“And indeed We have put forth for men, in this Qur'ân every kind of similitude in order that they may remember.
An Arabic Qur'ân, without any crookedness (therein) in order that they may avoid all evil which Allâh has ordered them to avoid, fear Him and keep their duty to Him”
[al-Zumar 39:27-28].
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The Arabic language is the symbol of Islam and its people.
End quote fromIqtida’ al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem, 1/519
On our website we have previously discussed the status and virtue of the Arabic language, in the answers to questions no. 90066and 130720
Secondly:
Once the status of the language is clear, we will understand the reward and status of the one who teaches Arabic:
1. By teaching Arabic he is helping to spread this virtue among people, and teaching the language of the Holy Qur’aan and the language that was chosen by the Lord of the Worlds.
2. He is playing a role in the memorization and understanding of the Qur’aan, teaching it and acting upon it. He is also playing a role in spreading understanding of the Prophet’s hadeeth, preserving it, explaining it and acting upon it. Any branch of knowledge that is connected to the Qur’aan and Sunnah is praiseworthy knowledge for which the one who teaches it will be rewarded.
3. The one who teaches Arabic is the direct cause of the spread of Islamic knowledge and education of people, because understanding Islam is based on understanding of Arabic language. So whoever helps the people to understand it has helped them to understand Islam, and has become a means of spreading goodness among people.
4. Especially since the effects of learning a language are not limited to the person who learns it only; rather they also spread to the people around him. When the person who learns Arabic studies and reads Islamic sources, he becomes a means of transmitting that culture that he reads to the culture whose language he speaks. This is undoubtedly part of spreading Islam and calling people to it.
5. The reward that the one who learns Arabic attains because of his worship and the manners that he learns from Arabic, the one who teaches him will have a similar reward, in sha Allah, and that will not detract from the reward of the one who does those things in the slightest. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The one who tells another about something good is like the one who does it.” Narrated by Muslim, 1983.
Whoever does not have an excuse for refusing to teach Arabic to the one who needs it has deprived himself of a great reward, and has fallen short in his duty towards his ummah and his religion, as he is expected to be a caller to it and the means of spreading it and calling people to it, and he is content to be with those who fail to convey this religion and who are too lazy to call others to it.
And Allah knows best.



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For children, - Just P.U.S.H! Religious Stories for Kids, Obedient to God, Religious Stories for Children

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This is a fictional story, only for the purpose of explanation and easy understanding.
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light, and the Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might. So, this the man did, day after day. For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down; his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all of his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Since the man was showing discouragement, the Adversary (Satan) decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the weary mind: "you have been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn't moved." Thus, giving the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man. Adversary (Satan) said, "Why kill yourself over this?" "Just put in your time, giving just the minimum effort; and that will be good enough."
That's what he planned to do, but decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled thoughts to the Lord. "Lord," he said, "I have labored long and hard in your service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What is wrong? Why am I failing?"
The Lord responded mercifully and compassionately, "Oh my poor creature, when I asked you to serve Me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all of your strength, which you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to Me with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But, is that really so? Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled, your back sinewy and brown, your hands are callused from constant pressure, and your legs have become massive and hard.
Through opposition you have grown much, and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. Yet you haven't moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom. This you have done. Now I, my poor creature, will move the rock."
Conclusion: At times, when we hear the words of God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what God wants, when actually what God wants is just a simple obedience and faith in Him.
By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but know that it is still God who moves mountains.
When everything seems to go wrong ... just P.U.S.H!
When the job gets you down ... just P.U.S.H!
When people don't react the way you think they should ... just P.U.S.H!
When your money is "gone" and the bills are due ... just P.U.S.H!
When people just don't understand you ... just P.U.S.H!
P + U + S + H = Pray + Until + Something + Happens


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Hajj & Umrah, - Educational situations from the school of Hajj - II

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Educational situations from the school of Hajj - II



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Hajj & Umrah, - The Conference Legislated by Allaah

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When Muslims sight the crescent of the month ofThul-Hijjah, they leave for the House of Allaah from every distant place and remote country. They come on foot, riding camels, by ships and planes in order to witness the divine Islamic conference that Allaah has prescribed witnessing once in one's life in order to bring hearts together for His sake, fraternize among people who are upon the truth, and strengthen people’s relations every year through kindness and solidarity. It revives hope and determination. It unites the various complaints of the people stricken by material politics, an automated civilization and colonial aspirations. They chant their complaints in one supplication that is echoed in the desert and the sky.
Muslims today badly need to witness this conference as the colonialists have long confined them in their extorted lands and cut relations and communications among them and separated them from their inspiring past and promising future through obliterating their history, destroying their language, and extinguishing the torch of religion. Muslims have had no opportunity to gather except in theHajjseason if they could. However, there have been overt and covert schemes that resulted inHajjnot culminating in the wisdom that is intended behind theHajjand thus many Muslims did not obtain the expected benefit fromHajj.
This was the case when Muslims were disunited, disagreeing, and under foreign occupation. Now that the colonial powers and invaders have been evacuated and Muslims have assumed the reigns of the Arab countries, only geographic and political lines separate Muslims in the east and west of the Arab lands without separating their hearts, hands, tongues, or brotherhood. These borders do not impede them from meeting inMakkahto mention the name of Allaah The Exalted in known days. They thank Allaah for His favors upon them including Islam, faith, answering the supplication ofIbraaheem)Abraham(ransomingIsmaa‘eel)Ishmael(and the prophethood of Muhammad, the final Messenger of Allaah.
HajjandZakaah)obligatory charity( are the two social pillars of the religion. Upon these two pillars, there is a relation between the individual and other individuals and between the individual and society. The other three pillars of Islam focus on the relationship between the individual, his Lord and his heart.Zakaahestablishes the social system upon sympathy and mercy.Hajj, on the other hand, establishes it upon the basis of acquaintance and familiarity. Hence,Zakaahachieves the meaning of fraternity by preventing undutifulness whileHajjestablishes equality by removing differences.
Fraternity and equality are mottos of Islam, the rule of peace, the head of freedom, the meaning of true civilization and the spirit of sound egalitarianism.
Hajjwas and still is the purifier of worldly life through clearing it from the fetters of desires and the filth of materialism.
Hajjwas and still is the spring of safety that cools down exhausted nerves and hearts.
Hajjwas and still is the place of security where souls feel at ease in the land of revelation, where the conscience becomes tranquil in the birthplace of creed and where feelings delight in the divine blessings of this heavenly land.
Hajjwas and still is the meeting for Muslims from all over the world at‘Arafah, sincerely loving each other, equally standing before Allaah with a modest appearance and humble souls, and raising hands invocating Allaah with similar words. Their supplications rise like incense and perfume. Muslims stand in this worldly gathering where the Prophet, his Companions, Muslim kings and princes and millions of pilgrims from different places speaking in different languages stood. Muslims commemorate this event withThikr)mentioning Allaah( and reflecting on how the religion, in a certain age, was revealed in this land, and how the heavens here made contact with the earth, and how in this arid desert grew gardens and fruits - in the east and the west.
Each spot in the land ofHijaazhas a quality for sacrifice and heroism.Hajjto this land is an inspiration of pride, a motivation to dignity, an urging of liberty and a reminder of unity. There is the Cave ofHiraa’, the first place where revelation descended; there is the House ofAl-Arqam, which is a symbol of sacrifice; The Cave ofThawr, which is the rise of glory; and there is the house whereAbu Bakr,‘Umar,‘Ali,‘Amr,Sa‘dandKhaalidwere sitting. Then there is Bat'haa’, whose sands had the footprints of world leaders and the guiding lamps of humanity.
Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:}And ]due[ to Allaah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way.{]Quran 3:97[ Nowadays, a lot of people meet the conditions of ability due to welfare and security. You can performHajjwith a small amount of money in a short time by car, ship or plane without jeopardizing your life, wealth or health.
Due to the extreme hardships ofHajjin the past, it was almost confined to the labor class of farmers and artisans and the opulent and gentle people of authority did not think about it. So, the benefit ofHajjwas seen as slight and did not exceed the limits of performing rituals.
But what prevents the Arab and Muslim leaders now from setting an appointment to meet atHajjin order to achieve the goal ofHajjwhere they could sincerely discuss worldly and religious affairs and common causes?
Were they to performHajjyear after year, they would raise the status of the religion, encourage people to perform this obligatory act of worship, and unite the Muslim word. The Ancient House, from which light spread and from whose heaven revelation came down, is still a beacon of light for theUmmah)Muslim nation( and the place from which its glorious and joyous future will rise!



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